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Problem Note 49798: A syntax error might occur in the SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office when the first variable name in the data is "case"
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When you open data in Microsoft Excel 2007 and 2010 using the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office versions 4.3 and 5.1, if the first variable name is "case," then the following syntax error occurs. This error occurs regardless of how "case" is capitalized and regardless of its variable type.
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 | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Windows Vista | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 9.2 TS2M0 | |||