**SAS Packages Framework**, version 20211111:
- The `packages` fileref can point to multiple directories now, e.g. `filename packages ("/dir/nr/one" "/dir/nr/two");`
- New macro `%extendPackagesFileref()` added,
- Help updated,
- Packages regenerated with new version of SPF:
- DFA,
- GSM,
- MacroArray,
- BasePlus,
- dynMacroArray,
- SQLinDS.
**SAS Packages Framework**, version 20210528:
Help tags selection modified in the `%generatePackage()` macro.
New solution allows to write help tags surrounding comments in two ways.
The first (old) is:
```
/*** HELP START ***/
/*
comment
*/
/*** HELP END ***/
```
and the second (new):
```
/*** HELP START ***//*
comment
*//*** HELP END ***/
```
The second allows to print help info in log without `/*` and `*/` surrounding comments. It looks better and is easier for building `.md` files or other help documents (so you do not have to remove `/*` by hand).
Documentation updated.
The following packages were regenerated with new version of the SPF:
- BasePlus
- DFA
- dynMacroArray
- macroArray
- SQLinDS
SAS Packages Framework, version 20210122
New parameters to the `%installPackage()` macro added:
- `URLuser=` - A user name for the password protected URLs, no quotes needed.
- `URLpass=` - A password for the password protected URLs, no quotes needed.
- `URLoptions=` - Options for the `sourcePath` URLs filename. Consult the SAS documentation for the further details.
**SAS Packages Framework**, version 20201115
A new macro and a new functionality added.
The `%previewPackage()` macro allows to print out, into the log, the code of the package.
Documentation updated.
Packages recompiled with the new version of the SAS Packages Framework:
- `SQLinDS` (version 2.2)
- `macroArray` (version 0.7)
- `DFA` (version 0.2)
- `BasePlus` (version 0.9)
- `dynMacroArray` (version 0.2)
**SAS Packages Framework**, version 20201101:
- In the `%generatePackage()` macro two new parameters `sasexe=` and `sascfgfile=` pointing the location of the SAS binary and the config file were added.
- The first points location of a *directory* where the SAS binary is located, if null (the default) then the `!SASROOT` is used.
- The second points location of a *file* with testing session configuration parameters, if null (the default) then no config file is pointed during the SAS invocation, if set to `DEF` then the `!SASROOT/sasv9.cfg` is used.
- Documentation updated.
Important: The default GitHub repository changed from: `master` to: `main`
The SAS Packages Framework available packages:
- `SQLinDS` (version 2.2)
- `macroArray` (version 0.7)
- The `%mcHashTable()` macro was added in the package.
- `DFA` (version 0.2)
- `BasePlus` (version 0.8)
- New macros added:`%dedupListS()`, `%dedupListC()`, `%dedupListP()`, `%dedupListX()`, and `%QdedupListX()`
- `dynMacroArray` (version 0.2)
New package added:
- MacroCore[version 1], a macro library for SAS application developers. Over 100 macros for Base SAS, metadata, and Viya. Provided by the SASjs framework (`https://sasjs.io/`).
**SAS Packages Framework**, version 20201101:
- In the `%generatePackage()` macro two new parameters `sasexe=` and `sascfgfile=` pointing the location of the SAS binary and the config file were added.
- The first points location of a *directory* where the SAS binary is located, if null (the default) then the `!SASROOT` is used.
- The second points location of a *file* with testing session configuration parameters, if null (the default) then no config file is pointed during the SAS invocation, if set to `DEF` then the `!SASROOT/sasv9.cfg` is used.
- Documentation updated.
The SAS Packages Framework available packages:
- `SQLinDS` (version 2.2)
- `macroArray` (version 0.7)
- The `%mcHashTable()` macro was added in the package.
- `DFA` (version 0.2)
- `BasePlus` (version 0.8)
- New macros added:`%dedupListS()`, `%dedupListC()`, `%dedupListP()`, `%dedupListX()`, and `%QdedupListX()`
- `dynMacroArray` (version 0.2)
New package added:
- MacroCore[version 1], a macro library for SAS application developers. Over 100 macros for Base SAS, metadata, and Viya. Provided by the SASjs framework (`https://sasjs.io/`).
**SAS Packages Framework**, version 20201018:
- In the `%generatePackage()` macro new parameter `testResults=` pointing the location where tests results should be stored was added.
- Datasets provided by the `data` type can be reloaded with help of the `lazyData=` parameter.
- The way the dataset help is displayed was improved.
- In the testing process the note about quoted string length was turned off.
- Tests results (i.e. `log` and `lst` files) can be redirected to a different location and are stored in directories named: `test_packagename_yyyymmddthhmmss`.
- Documentation updated.
Packages recompiled with the new version of the SAS Packages Framework:
- SQLinDS (version 2.2)
- macroArray (version 0.6)
- DFA (version 0.2)
- BasePlus (version 0.7)
- dynMacroArray (version 0.2)
**SAS Packages Framework**, version 20201010:
- Improvement in testing facility for the framework.
- Change in SAS components testing, missing component issues a *warning* instead of *error*.
- Documentation updated, `SPFinit.md` file added.
- Minor bug fixes.
Packages recompiled with new version of SAS Packages Framework:
- `SQLinDS` (version 2.2)
- `macroArray` (version 0.5)
- `DFA` (version 0.2)
- `BasePlus` (version 0.7)
- documentation updated
- new macro `%symdelGlobal()` added
- `dynMacroArray` (version 0.2)
SAS Packages Framework, version 20201001
- `%installPackage` macro allows to install/download the framework file like any other package, e.g. `%installPackage(SPFinit)`,
- improvement in testing if HASHING_FILE function is available,
- documentation updated.
SAS Packages Framework, version 20200911:
- New macros added: %loadPackageS() and %verifyPackage()
- %installPackage() allow to install multiple packages with in run
- %listPackages() updated
- %generatePackage() provides hash digest of the package zip file (for SAS 9.54M6 and later)
- Bug fixes
- New version of documentation and "getting started"
Packages recompiled with new version of SAS Packages Framework:
- BasePlus [0.62]
- getVars() modified to handle "long" lists of variables
- QuickSort functions added
- SQLinDS [2.1]
- DFA (Dynamic Function Arrays) [0.2]
- macroArray [0.4]
-new parameter `which=` added to the %do_over macro
- dynMacroArray [0.2]
version 20200811, changes:
- in the %generatePackage() macro the filesLocation is now positional parameter (the first one),
- in the framework both `%loadPackage()` and %loadPackage(HELP)` command prints out the help information for the %loadPackage() macro,
- documentation updated.
