Usage Note 16563: "Error: Window DISPATCH does not exist" message when opening SAS
program from Windows Explorer
If you open a SAS Program from Windows Explorer, the following error
message might appear:
Error: Window DISPATCH does not exist
This message appears if the complete path and filename are more than 158
characters long. The command needed to start SAS OLE automation is
98 characters long and, combined, they cannot exceed 256 characters
because the operating system has a 256-character string limit.
To circumvent the problem, reduce the number of characters in your
path and filename.
Alternately, you can open SAS first and then click on File->'Open
Program' and reference the SAS program. This method works if the
complete path and filename are longer than 158 characters.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9 TS M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Date Modified: | 2006-11-08 15:49:20 |
| Date Created: | 2005-11-21 12:58:43 |
