When using SAS^® Drug Development version 3.5 with DBCS characters in a filename, the end of the filename can be truncated.

For example, the expected result is "あabc.txt" while the actual is "あabc.tx".

This problem occurs when using DBCS characters in a FILENAME statement.

For example, when submitting following program from the Process Editor, the resulting filename can be "あabc.tx" instead of "あabc.txt".

%let outfile=あabc.txt;

data _null_;
  file "&outdir./&outfile.";
  put "aaa";
run;

In another case, when running a SAS program and using DBCS character in the file pathname, the expected .rtf extension is not created:

ods rtf file = "&WORKDIR./&wfname." 

As a workaround, consider using a local SAS session with UTF-8 configuration to change the filenames before loading into SAS^® Drug Development.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at: