If you attempt to run code or a task using SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office in a Microsoft client, the following error dialog box might appear:

If you click the Show Details arrow, you see the following error:

The problem occurs when SAS/GRAPH is not installed on the server because the wrapper code contains statements for SAS/GRAPH.

Pressing Continue in the dialog box causes the code to execute. However, every time you run the code, the dialog box opens.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Post Hot Fix Instructions

To circumvent this issue, you must use a configuration option to keep the SAS/GRAPH statements from being added to the wrapper code after you install the hot fix.

1. Create a backup copy of the sas.officeaddin.dll.config file if one exists. If the file does not exist, create a file called sas.officeaddin.dll.config in the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office installation directory.
2. Add the following code to the sas.officeaddin.dll.config file:

3. Save the file.
3. Restart your Microsoft client and run the code.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Visual Analytics Add-In for Office 8.4 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.4 is available at: