SAS® Enterprise Guide® OLE Automation Using C#

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Figure 1 below gives a diagram of the Enterprise Guide 3.0 object model. …. describes automating Enterprise Guide projects using OLE Automation with C#. …

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Paper 016-2007
SAS?Enterprise Guide?OLE Automation Using C#
Kevin Kramer, Comsys IT Partners, Kalamazoo, MI
ABSTRACT
Like many other applications including the Microsoft Office Suite, SAS has provided access into the internal
methods and properties of Enterprise Guide through the use of OLE Automation. With OLE Automation,
clients have a way to programmatically control Enterprise Guide applications. This feature enables many
products the ability to work together as a single entity to solve a common task. There are now hundreds of
applications that can be used in this way. Microsoft now claims that every function of every application in
the Office suite is available to a developer via the application’s object model.
The key to controlling an Automation application is to have a firm understanding of the application’s object
model. Each application’s object model is different. To expose the object model of an application is to
expose the objects, methods, and properties to the outside world. SAS Enterprise Guide exposes many of
its properties and methods, which enables us to develop applications that can take advantage of the
capabilities that it provides.
This paper’s intent is to shed some light on using OLE Automation with…