topic Re: how to retrieve the macro code from the macro catelog under option=secure? in SAS Programming

how to retrieve the macro code from the macro catelog under option=secure?

blueskyxyz — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:51:47 GMT

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http://support.sas.com/kb/22/352.html
https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2017/08/21/always-save-your-code-when-creating-a-stored-compiled-macro/
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libname mymacro 'D:\W\Code_lib\mymacro';
options mstored sasmstore=mymacro;

%macro test(arg) / store source des="test of the source option" secure;
   %put arg = &arg;
   data one;
      x=1;
   run;
%mend test;

%copy test / source;

Re: how to retrieve the macro code from the macro catelog under option=secure?

ed_sas_member — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:00:59 GMT

Hi @blueskyxyz

As far as I know, the SECURE option is here to prevent reverse engineering of macro code to occur. The goal of this option is to protect source code and prevent its extraction. In practice, it temporarily disables the MPRINT and MLOGIC options so that nothing appears in the log.

Here is an interesting paper about this topic: http://www.mwsug.org/proceedings/2011/appdev/MWSUG-2011-AD13.pdf

Hope this helps,

Best,

Re: how to retrieve the macro code from the macro catelog under option=secure?

blueskyxyz — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:16:16 GMT

Hi ed_sas_member , thanks for sharing.

Re: how to retrieve the macro code from the macro catelog under option=secure?

ed_sas_member — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:26:07 GMT

You're welcome