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Usage Note 47105: "Unreadable content" errors occur when you export files using the XLSX driver
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"Unreadable content" errors occur when you open Excel files that were created by the XLSX driver. The problem occurs when 26 or more columns are exported.
To circumvent the problem, do one of the following:
- Specify DBMS=EXCELCS. You need to have the SAS® PC Files Server installed to use this driver.
- If you are using a 64-bit version of the Windows system, install the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office and then use DBMS=EXCEL to export to an Excel file. On a Windows 32-bit system, you can use DBMS=EXCEL normally without any installation of software.
- Use DBMS=TAB or DBMS=CSV to create text files that can be imported into Excel.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Linux | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 TS1M1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||