18602 - System Format exceptions can occur when opening data sources from Metadata server with the SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office

Problem Note 18602: System Format exceptions can occur when opening data sources from Metadata server with the SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office

System.FormatException errors can occur when opening data sources from Metadata with the Add-In for Microsoft Office.

The problem occurs when the number of rows returned from the server is set to blank by some operating systems.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed
SAS System	SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office	Microsoft Windows XP Professional	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	2.1	2.1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1	9.1 TS1M3 SP1

* 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.

A fix for this issue for Add-In for Microsoft Office 2.1 is available at:

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2006-10-11 08:25:42
Date Created:	2006-09-25 11:34:18