Problem Note 64525: SAS® Enterprise Guide® 7.15 disables keyboard customizations, abbreviation macros, and custom code highlighting after applying Hot Fix 8
After you apply Hot Fix 8 to SAS Enterprise Guide 7.15, keyboard customizations, abbreviation macros, and custom code highlighting might no longer be available.
For example, the following display shows a sample keyboard customization created in SAS Enterprise Guide 7.15 with Hot Fix 7. This customization is lost after you apply Hot Fix 8.

The same issue might happen when using abbreviation macros:

If you encounter this problem, you can manually work around this issue by following these steps:
- Select Start ► Run.
- Enter and submit the regedit command.
- Rename HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAS Institute Inc.\Enhanced Editor\BIC_7.1 to BIC_7.1_new.
- Rename HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAS Institute Inc.\Enhanced Editor\BIC_8.1 to BIC_7.1.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 7.15 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
After you apply Hot Fix 8 to SAS Enterprise Guide 7.15, keyboard customizations, abbreviation macros, and custom code highlighting might no longer be available.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-07-29 11:22:44 |
| Date Created: | 2019-07-29 03:19:25 |