Hi again,
I am having fun with developing custom tasks, and would like to utilise as much functionality as possible.
I was wondering whether it was possible for SAS to communicate with your custom task whilst the custom task is running. Say I have a login custom task, and the user name and/or password is incorrect. Is it possible for the custom task to supply code to SAS, for SAS to run a program, return a result to the task whilst it is still active, and then act upon this result? This would allow SAS to check the validity of a username/password, return the result and the custom task could then decide to ask the user to try again rather than ending and displaying a result via the output window.
All the custom task examples that i can see, work by building up a SAS program, then submitting it at which point the custom task ends.
Also Chris, any idea when your book on custom tasks will be published? - I am eagerly awaiting.
Thanks