The browser that you use with SAS Studio can become unresponsive when you try to open a large SAS program.  The point at which SAS Studio becomes affected depends on the browser that is used.  Microsoft Internet Explorer shows performance issues with a much smaller file than other browsers.

SAS Studio now imposes a limit on the size of the SAS program that it will open so that the application does not become unresponsive.

To determine whether you are running SAS Studio 3.6 and have any hot fixes applied, do the following:

In SAS Studio, go to ? ► About SAS Studio and look at the release and the build date.

If you see Release: 3.6, check the build date:

• November 8, 2016: no hot fixes applied
• January 12, 2017: the first hot fix has been applied
• May 2017: the second hot fix has been applied

The first hot fix for SAS Studio 3.6 results in the following behavior:

On Internet Explorer, the limit is 1 MB.  On all other browsers, the limit is 10 MB.

If you try to open a SAS program in the editor that exceeds these limits, an error message is generated.

The second hot fix for SAS Studio 3.6 (available on the Hot Fix tab above) results in the following behavior:

On Internet Explorer, the limit is 3 MB.  On all other browsers, the limit is 10 MB.

If you attempt to open a program that is larger than the limits, you are prompted with a warning and asked whether you want to continue.  If you respond "Yes", the program will be opened, but you might experience performance issues.

If you have set the Start Up Preference to Continue where you left off and left a tab open that contains a program that exceeds the limit, SAS Studio will not open that tab when you sign out and sign back in.  This is to prevent the application from hanging when you sign on.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue for SAS Studio Basic and SAS Studio Mid-Tier editions.  Use the Downloads page to upgrade SAS Studio Single-User Edition to the latest release, including hot fixes.

The hot fix that you link to on the Hot Fix tab is the second hot fix for this issue.  When selecting the hot fix to download and apply, you must match the product release in your deployment registry.  If you have installed previous hot fixes to upgrade your SAS Studio release, the value in the deployment registry might be different from the information in ? ► About SAS Studio in the product.  To find your product release, follow the instructions in SAS KB0036131, "Using the ViewRegistry Report and other methods to determine the SAS® 9.2 and later software releases and hot fixes that are installed", to generate a SAS Deployment Registry report.  Then verify that the appropriate product releases are installed on your system.  The product release number in the Registry report should match the hot fix product release number that is installed on each machine.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Studio 3.6 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Studio - Single User 3.6 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Studio 3.5 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Studio 3.4 is available at: