SAS 9 connection - Provide the ability to add custom pre/post code on each submit

[snlwih]

Potential candidate, seems to have no dependency on local/remote IOM support. @Enzhihpp: There is no description of the use case. Am I correct in guessing that this would entail having settings that can be accomplished using SAS language code (libname definitions, options settings that are not system-options) available at the connection level?

[scnwwu]

Note that it is already supported with task https://github.com/sassoftware/vscode-sas-extension/blob/main/connect-and-run.md#custom-task-to-run-sas-code-with-preamble-and-postamble-added

[snlwih]

Got more feedback offline. This request was for having SAS code executed on each submit, not at session startup. Updated title of this issue to reflect this.

Notes:

• For Viya 4 connections, you can already specify custom code to run at session startup, see #355 for details
• As explained by @scnwwu , we already support this by defining a Task in VSCode of type sas: Run sas file.
  • It allows you to specify preamble/postamble code, and if you leave the tag named file empty, all code in the active editor (or if you have selected some text, that selection) will be executed.
  • You can then also associate a keyboard shortcut

@scnwwu , could a user overrule behaviour of the Run button in a SAS editor tab, to have it also run the Task of type sas: Run sas file?