Date:         Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:13:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Peter Janssen <P_Janssen99@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Peter Janssen <P_Janssen99@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Call external dll / web service from SAS
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Dear all,
I'd like to call a set of external functions _from_ SAS.

How do I do this?

* I have a set of functions  and methods in C# - can these be called
through some COM interface?

*Or, do I need to set up a web service, and call this web service from
SAS? Is that possible?


More details:
What I need to do from SAS is something like the following
1) set some parameters in an object "o" from the external dll
" e.g. o.setParams(2.3, 4.5,. ..)"
2) Call a method from "o";
" output = o.calc(input)"

Is this possible? Can anyone point me in the right direction?


Best regards,

Peter Janssen