Installation instructions for hot fix A3W003 on Windows

Installation Instructions for Hot Fix A3W003

Windows

Hot fix A3W003 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 7.13 on Windows as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A3W.html#A3W003

The hot fix downloaded, A3W003wn.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of A3W003wn.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.

IMPORTANT NOTES

You must have SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 7.13 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. Refer to SN-35968 for instructions on how to determine which product releases you have installed.
Files delivered in this hot fix will be backed up during the installation process. However, it is good general practice to back up your system before applying updates to software.
You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.
All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.
This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.
CONFIGURATION: No automatic configuration scripting is included for this hot fix. If you have previously configured software installed, the SAS Deployment Manager may present a screen where you will see "Apply SAS Hot Fixes" and "Configure SAS Hot Fixes" options. On this screen, you must ensure that the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option is *not* selected. If this option is automatically selected, please de-select it prior to proceeding with the SAS Deployment Manager Screens. Failure to do so could have unintended consequences when applying this hot fix.

INSTALLATION

The A3W003 hot fix for SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 7.13 will be installed using the SAS Deployment Manager. By default, the SAS Deployment Manager will search in the <SASHOME>\InstallMisc\HotFixes\New directory for hot fixes to be applied, but will also prompt for a location if you have downloaded hot fixes to a different directory.

After downloading A3W003wn.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.

Please review the CONFIGURATION Important Note above concerning proper selection of the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option in the SAS Deployment Manager.

The content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.

Installation using Windows Installer (MSI)

If you originally installed SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 7.13 using the Independent Installer from the SAS Software Depot\standalone_installs directory, then Hot Fix A3W003 should be applied to your system using using the following steps:

1) Create a "A3W003wn" directory on your machine and extract the contents of A3W003wn.zip into that directory.

2) Go to the A3W003wn\products\msofficeint__A3W003__win__en__sp0__1 directory

3) Double-click "msofficeint_patch.msp"