Invoking an autocall macro that was stored in a catalog where the OPTIONS NOTES had been set, causes a message window to appear when exiting SAS. The message window contains something similar to the following. The aaa below might appear as strange characters in the message window.

   NOTE: Fileref MACROS aaa assignment cannot be cleared while it is still in open status. 

The following is an illustration of code that would cause this type of message above:

 
   libname macros 'c:\temp';
   filename foo catalog 'macros.test.testnotes.sas';
   data _null_;
     file foo;
     put '%macro testnotes();';
     put '%put Hello from testnotes() ;';
     put '%mend testnotes;';
   run;
 
   /* execute the autocall macro */
   options notes;
   filename macros catalog 'macros.test' ;
   options mautosource sasautos=macros ;
   %testnotes() ;

Currently the only work-around is to physically remove the OPTIONS statement that contains the NOTES option.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at: