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Problem Note 38097: List of SAS Favorites disappears in the SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office
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When a SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office favorite has a name that includes special characters such as &, <, >, or ", the list of SAS Favorites might disappear. The special characters cause a problem because the SAS Add-In converts the favorites to XML and those characters serve a specific purpose in XML.
As a workaround, remove any special characters from favorite names. The list of SAS Favorites should then open successfully.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office | Windows Vista | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||