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Problem Note 41918: SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office appears to stop responding when opening a Microsoft Excel file that contains data to be refreshed on open

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When using the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office to open SAS tables, Microsoft Excel might appear to stop responding. This problem can occur when the Refresh on file open execution property is set for the SAS tables. You also might see an error similar to the following.

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To circumvent the problem, deselect the Refresh on file open option on the Execution tab in the properties window of the SAS table.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Add-in for Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft® Windows® for x644.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition4.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition4.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition4.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x644.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x644.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional4.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Windows Vista4.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
Windows Vista for x644.24.39.2 TS2M09.2 TS2M0
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.