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Problem Note 18156: Invoking an autocall macro which is stored as a SOURCE entry within a catalog may cause errors
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Invoking an autocall macro that is stored as a SOURCE entry within a catalog may produce one of the following when running in SAS System 9.
Segmentation Violation In Task [ Language ] Fault and traceback information not available Task Traceback ERROR: Generic critical error. ERROR: Read Access Violation In Task [ task-name ] Exception occurred at (67652A97)
An alternative to storing the macro as a SOURCE entry would be to store it with a .sas extension. The following link provides instructions on how to set up the autocall facility when storing the macro with a .sas extension:
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||