In SAS^® 9.3 (TS1M0) and 32-bit SAS^® 9.4 (TS1M1), a SAS error occurs when you use the FILENAME statement with the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) clipboard and Microsoft Excel. This problem occurs on European editions of SAS on Microsoft operating systems, such as French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Polish (locales FR, IT, ES, and PL). The problem does not occur with English or Asian languages. The error is as follows:

For example, the following code produces the problem:

The problem occurs because the following, when used in a FILENAME statement, is translated instead of remaining in English:

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue. Hot fixes are available for both SAS 9.3 and the first maintenance release for SAS 9.4 (TS1M1).

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M1 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3 is available at: