The IMAGENAME= option can be used to name images that are generated by an Output Delivery System (ODS) GRAPHICS statement. An ODS GRAPHICS statement can generate an error and multiple segmentation violations when the following are true:

• The SAS session encoding is UTF-8.
• The IMAGENAME= option specifies a character string that ends with a punctuation mark. 

For example, executing the following statement in SAS with UTF-8 session encoding causes the error: 

In addition to the error and segmentation violations, the following behavior occurs in certain applications:

• In SAS^® Foundation, a dialog box appears, stating that sas.exe has stopped working. The only option is to select OK, which ends the SAS session. 
• In SAS^® Enterprise Guide^®, the statement results in a disconnection from the server. 

The expected behavior is that a warning in the SAS log states that the IMAGENAME= option or the output name contains invalid characters. 

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	Base SAS	z/OS	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		z/OS 64-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows 10	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.4_M5		9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4_M5		9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4_M5		9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Microsoft Windows Server 2016	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		HP-UX IPF	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Linux for x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7
		Solaris for x64	9.4_M5	9.4_M7	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M7

* 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.

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A fix for this issue for Threaded Kernel National Language Support 9.4_M5 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B5Y.html#64572

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If you are running SAS in UTF-8 session encoding and you use an IMAGENAME= option that contains a character string ending with a punctuation mark, an error is generated, followed by multiple segmentation violations.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2019-08-12 10:03:08
Date Created:	2019-08-06 17:56:50