Problem Note 70873: SAS® Enterprise Guide® might not correctly save some special characters such as '≤' in program files
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Special characters might be displayed incorrectly in SAS Enterprise Guide under the following conditions:
- You use UTF-8 encoding
- Your program file includes a special character such as the following: √ ∞ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ⌠ ⌡
- You save program file with the default session encoding.
In this scenario, when you reopen the program in SAS Enterprise Guide, the characters might be displayed incorrectly as shown here:
v 8 ˜ ? = = = ( )
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 Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 TS1M8 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Guide 8.4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/N3A.html#70873
This issue occurs when you use UTF-8 encoding.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2024-07-12 09:06:02 |
| Date Created: | 2024-06-28 10:44:26 |