When the keys PREVWIND RESULTS REVIER and PREVWIND EXPLORER are used in SAS 9.2, you might receive an error in the Log window and the Results window disappears. You will see this happen when the SAS Keys are set. The following error is displayed:

ERROR:  Read Access Violation In Task [ SASVODSV ]
   Exception occurred at (67CB94B3)
   Task Traceback
   Address   Frame     (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
   67CB94B3  03E3E4BC  sasvwu:mcn_main+0x784B3

   ERROR: Generic critical error.

The following scenario re-creates this problem:

1. Type keys on the command line and press RETURN. This start ups the Keys window. Go to ALT/F11 and type prevwind results revier, then go to ALT/F12 and type prevwind explorer. It will look like this:
   Alt/F11 prevwind results revier Alt/F12 prevwind explorer
2. In the Results Viewer window click Tools ► Options ► Preferences, click the Results tab, click the Create HTML checkbox, and then click OK.

In SAS 9.2 there were some changes made for the Results Viewer and remote browsing that added the full path to the results file and to the title of the Results Viewer window. The buffer for the window title is only 64 characters, and the end of the buffer was being overwritten.

Use the following workaround for this problem:

1. Click Tools ► Options ► Preferences ► Results.
2. Clear Use WORK folder.
3. In the Folder text box, enter a short path to a folder that exists (for example: C:\temp).

A fix is planned for a future software release.

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