Problem Note 59036: The background color for the SAS® Enhanced Editor window is black and text is not visible
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When you start SAS in an interactive session, you might see that the background color for the Enhanced Editor window is black rather than white, as in the example shown here:
The default background color for the Enhanced Editor window is white, but when this problem occurs, you are not able to correct the background color. That is, changing the appearance options for the Enhanced Editor does not fix the issue.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enhanced Editor | Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Enhanced Editor 9.44 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B1W.html#59036A fix for this issue for SAS Enhanced Editor 9.431 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A2V.html#59036A fix for this issue for SAS Enhanced Editor 9.43 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A2F.html#59036A fix for this issue for SAS Enhanced Editor 9.41 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A2G.html#59036A fix for this issue for SAS Enhanced Editor 9.4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A2H.html#59036| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2016-10-20 11:55:10 |
| Date Created: | 2016-09-23 17:18:49 |