topic Setup SAS EG Custom Task Forms in SAS Enterprise Guide

Setup SAS EG Custom Task Forms

Bill_Guinan — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:58:34 GMT

I am attempting to learn how to write a custom task in Visual Studio 2013 for SAS EG 6.1. I am following along in "Custom Tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide Using Microsoft .Net".

Where I'm stuck is getting the form to show, I've used the Template to create the application and it has created a defaut Overrides Function Show method. In the book, when it comes to "Adding a User Interface" I copied what was there (changed for my form)

' This function is called when it's time to show the task window
    Public Overrides Function Show(ByVal Owner As IWin32Window) As SAS.Shared.AddIns.ShowResult
        Dim dlg As Form1 = New Form1()
        dlg.Text = String.Format("Test my form.")

        If (DialogResult.OK = dlg.ShowDialog(Owner)) Then
            Return ShowResult.RunNow
        End If
        Return ShowResult.RunNow
    End Function

However, when I run the debugger and click on my task in SAS EG, it just opens a file dialog, not the Windows From I created.

Any help would be appreciated.

BIll

Re: Setup SAS EG Custom Task Forms

ChrisHemedinger — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:04:49 GMT

I think the initial file dialog you see comes from EG wanting you to add/select a data set for your task. After selecting the data set, your task form would show.

If your task does not require input data, then change the properties of your task by specifying this class attribute on your task class:

[InputRequired(InputResourceType.None)]

(Instead of "[InputRequired(InputResourceType.Data)]")

Chris

Re: Setup SAS EG Custom Task Forms

Bill_Guinan — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:16:40 GMT

Thanks, I knew I was missing something relatively simple.