In the UNIX or Windows 64 environment, when you use the ExcelCS engine to export SAS output to Excel you can receive the following error:

ERROR: The ODBC table class has been opened for OUTPUT. 
This table already exists, or there is a name conflict with
an existing object. This table will not be replaced.
This engine does not support the REPLACE option. 

The error message will occur if the Excel file already exists and attempts to replace the Excel file, The error occurs despite the fact that the REPLACE option is specified in the EXPORT procedure.

The problem occurs when the name of the Excel file (.xls) is not specified or if the filename does not have the .xls extension in the OUTFILE= option, as shown in this example:

To resolve the problem, specify the name of the Excel file or the extension in the OUTFILE= option, as shown in this example:

On Windows operating systems, the EXCEL engine repaces a default Excel file; however, the EXCELCS engine does not replace such a file.

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