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Problem Note 19225: DDE stops working after hotfix E9BA55 is installed
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After applying the hotfix E9BA55, DDE stops working. The following error appears in the SAS® log window:
NOTE: The file EXCEL is:
DDE Session,
SESSION=Excel|System,RECFM=V,LRECL=256
ERROR: DDE session not ready.
FATAL: Unrecoverable I/O error detected in the execution of the data
step program.
Aborted during the EXECUTION phase.
NOTE: 0 records were written to the file EXCEL.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time xx.xx seconds
cpu time x.xx seconds
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||