Using the Workspace Manager

Code Samples

Dim obSAS As SAS.Workspace
Dim obWorkspaceManager As New SASWorkspaceManager.WorkspaceManager
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim obConnection As New ADODB.Connection
Dim obRecordSet As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim errorString As String
Set obSAS = obWorkspaceManager.Workspaces.CreateWorkspaceByServer(
"MyWorkspaceName", VisibilityProcess, Nothing, "", "",
errorString)
obSAS.LanguageService.Submit "data a; x=1; y=100; output; x=2;
y=200; output; run;"
obConnection.Open "provider=sas.iomprovider.1; SAS Workspace ID="
+ obSAS.UniqueIdentifier
obRecordSet.Open "work.a", obConnection, adOpenStatic,
adLockReadOnly, adCmdTableDirect
obRecordSet.MoveFirst
Debug.Print obRecordSet(1).Value
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer) ' If we don't close SAS, the
' SAS process might run forever
If Not (obSAS is Nothing) Then
obWorkspaceManager.Workspaces.RemoveWorkspace obSAS
obSAS.Close
End If
End Sub

Using Remote SAS with ADO and No Persisted ServerDefs or LoginDefs

Dim obSAS As SAS.Workspace
Dim obWorkspaceManager As New SASWorkspaceManager.WorkspaceManager
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim obConnection As New ADODB.Connection
Dim obRecordSet As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim obServerDef As New SASWorkspaceManager.ServerDef
Dim xmlString As String
obServerDef.Port = ObjectServerPort
obServerDef.Protocol = ProtocolBridge ' Multiple hostNames can be provided
' for failover; order is unreliable.
obServerDef.MachineDNSName = "myServer.myCompany.com"
Set obSAS = obWorkspaceManager.Workspaces.CreateWorkspaceByServer(
"MyWorkspaceName", VisibilityProcess, obServerDef, "MyUserID",
"MyPassword", xmlString)
obSAS.LanguageService.Submit "data a; x=1; y=100; output; x=2; y=200;
output; run;"
obConnection.Open "provider=sas.iomprovider.1; SAS Workspace ID="
+ obSAS.UniqueIdentifier
obRecordSet.Open "work.a", obConnection, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly,
adCmdTableDirect
obRecordSet.MoveFirst
Debug.Print obRecordSet(1).Value
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
If not (obSAS is Nothing) Then
obWorkspaceManager.Workspaces.RemoveWorkspace obSAS
obSAS.Close
End If
End Sub

Parsing the Returned XML

This example illustrates how to parse the XML that is returned when an error occurs:

Dim obSAS As SAS.Workspace
Dim obWorkspaceManager As New SASWorkspaceManager.WorkspaceManager
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim errorXML As String
On Error GoTo CREATEERROR
' Establish File parameters
Set obSAS = obWorkspaceManager.Workspaces.CreateWorkspaceByLogicalName(
"MyWorkspaceName", VisibilityProcess, "", "", errorXML)
' errorXML only gets returned when there is a successful connection,
' otherwise err.description gets the XML
If (Len(errorXML) > 0) Then ParseXML errorXML
CREATEERROR:
If (Err.Number <> SASWorkspaceManager.Errors.SEE_XML) Then
GoTo TROUBLE
End If
DISPLAYXML:
ParseXML Err.Description
GoTo NOTROUBLE
TROUBLE:
Debug.Print Str(Err.Number) + ": " + Err.Source + ": " + Err.Description
NOTROUBLE:
End Sub
Private Sub ParseXML(xml As String)
' Another option would be to create some XML to make this look nice.
' Write the XML to a file so it can be parsed
' Form2 simply has a WebBrowser control in it
Dim f As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim fname As String
Dim tstream As Scripting.TextStream
fname = f.BuildPath(f.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder), f.GetTempName)
Set tstream = f.OpenTextFile(fname, ForWriting, True)
tstream.Write ("<html><body><xml id=""combridgeOutput"">")
tstream.Write (xml)
tstream.Write ("</xml><table datasrc=""#combridgeOutput""><thead>
<th>sasServer</th><th>sasLogin</th>")
tstream.Write ("<th colspan=50>machineDNSName</th><th colspan=20>
port</th><th colspan=40>status</th>")
tstream.Write ("<th colspan=200>description</th></thead><tbody><tr>
<td><span datafld=""sasserver"">")
tstream.Write ("</span></td><td><span
datafld=""saslogin""></span></td>
<td colspan=50>")
tstream.Write ("<span datafld=""sasmachinednsname""></span></td>
<td colspan=50><span datafld=""sasport"">")
tstream.Write ("</span></td><td colspan=40><span datafld=""status"">
</span></td><td colspan=200>")
tstream.Write ("<span
datafld=""description""></span></td></tr></tbody>
</table></body></html>")
tstream.Close
Form2.WebBrowser1.Navigate "file://" + fname
Form2.Show
End Sub

Example Code Using COM+ Pooling

This example illustrates how to use the COM+ pooling feature:

' Either of these lines will create a PooledWorkspace using COM+
dim obPooledWorkspace as new SASWorkspaceManager.PooledWorkspace
set obPooledWorkspace =
CreateObject("SASWorkspaceManager.PooledWorkspace")
' Note that from this point on, the code is the same in both the COM+
' and the Integration Technologies pooling.
Dim obSAS as SAS.Workspace
Set obSAS = obPooledWorkspace.Workspace
' Now use obSAS.
Debug.Print obSAS.UniqueIdentifier
'When done, release the obPooledWorkspace to return it to the pool.
Set obPooledWorkspace = Nothing

Example Code Using SAS Integration Technologies Pooling

This example illustrates how to use the SAS Integration Technologies pooling feature:

' Get the pool. If it doesn't exist, create it
Dim obWorkspaceManager As New SASWorkspaceManager.WorkspaceManager
Dim obPool As SASWorkspaceManager.WorkspacePool
On Error Resume Next
' Assume the pool already exists
Set obPool = obWorkspaceManager.WorkspacePools("MyLogical")
On Error GoTo 0
If (obPool Is Nothing) Then
' The pool doesn't exist; create it
Dim obServer As New SASWorkspaceManager.ServerDef
Dim obLogin As New SASWorkspaceManager.LoginDef
obServer.Protocol = ProtocolBridge
obServer.Port = 4321 ' A random number
obServer.MachineDNSName = "MyMachine.MyCompany.com"
obLogin.LoginName = "MyLogin"
obLogin.Password = "MyPassword"
Set obPool = obWorkspaceManager.WorkspacePools.CreatePoolByServer(
"MyLogical", obServer, obLogin)
End If
' Now the pool is created, get a Workspace from it:
Dim obPooledWorkspace As SASWorkspaceManager.PooledWorkspace
set obPooledWorkspace = obPool.GetPooledWorkspace("", "", 1000)
' Note that from this point on, the code is the same in both the COM+
' and the Integration Technologies pooling.
Dim obSAS As SAS.Workspace
Set obSAS = obPooledWorkspace.Workspace
' Now use obSAS.
Debug.Print obSAS.UniqueIdentifier
'When done, release the obPooledWorkspace to return it to the pool.
Set obPooledWorkspace = Nothing

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