Overview of SAS/CONNECT Script Files

A SAS/CONNECT script is a SAS program that is stored in a file on the client. However, the programming statements in a script are not the usual SAS programming statements. Scripts use a specialized set of SAS statements called script statements. Scripts are executed to start or to stop SAS/CONNECT sessions. Scripts that start the connection are executed by submitting the SIGNON statement, and scripts that stop the connection are executed by submitting the SIGNOFF statement. In most cases, the same script is used to sign on and sign off.