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Problem Note 40896: A fatal error might be issued when attempting to create graphs with ODS Graphics

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The following error messages might be written to the SAS Log when using SAS/GRAPH® ODS Graphics:

[Fatal Error] :1:8: The processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed. Internal Exception:org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed. org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed. at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source) at com.sas.graphics.app.StatGraphSSR.parseXML(StatGraphSSR.java:426) at com.sas.graphics.app.StatGraphSSR.render(StatGraphSSR.java:171) Problem reading XML java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sas.graphics.applets.statgraph.StatGraph.getSessionLocale(StatGraph.java:2174) at com.sas.graphics.app.StatGraphSSR.render(StatGraphSSR.java:179) java.lang.NullPointerException ERROR: Physical file does not exist, C:\DOCUME~1\LEBLAN~1.UNI\LOCALS~1\Temp\SAS Temporary Files\_TD5784\_D3187932BDE4890A77521719A9528CA.bmp. NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

This problem is most likely to occur if any of the SAS profile catalogs have been corrupted.

To circumvent the problem, do the following:

  1. Submit the following statements to SAS:
      proc options option=sasuser;
      run;
    
  2. Look in the SAS Log to find the directory that the SASUSER libref points to.
  3. Exit SAS.
  4. Open the SASUSER directory and rename PROFILE.SAS7BCAT, PROFILE2.SAS7BCAT, PROFBAK.SAS7BCAT, and REGSTRY.SAS7BITM. These files will automatically be recreated when you start a new SAS session.
  5. Restart SAS.


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS/GRAPHz/OS9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.2 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition9.2 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional9.2 TS1M0
Windows Vista9.2 TS1M0
Windows Vista for x649.2 TS1M0
64-bit Enabled AIX9.2 TS1M0
64-bit Enabled HP-UX9.2 TS1M0
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.2 TS1M0
HP-UX IPF9.2 TS1M0
Linux9.2 TS1M0
Linux for x649.2 TS1M0
OpenVMS on HP Integrity9.2 TS1M0
Solaris for x649.2 TS1M0
* 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.