Problem Note 43590: SAS® Enterprise Guide® returns an error when importing a CSV or TXT file that is open in Microsoft Excel
In SAS Enterprise Guide, if you attempt to import a CSV or TXT file while it is open in Microsoft Excel, you might see the following error.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an
object.
at SAS.Tasks.ImportData.SpecifyData.BeforeDisplay()
at SAS.Tasks.ImportData.ImportDataView.specifyDataPage_VisibleChanged(Object
sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnParentVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnParentVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnParentVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr
wparam, IntPtr lparam)
The workaround is to close the file in Microsoft Excel and then import it.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
*
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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2011-07-01 09:45:52 |
| Date Created: | 2011-06-24 12:19:36 |
