Installation Instructions for Hot Fix B48003

Windows


*** Please see the disclaimer regarding this experimental fix at the bottom of this page. ***


Hot fix B48003 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Financial Management 5.1 on Windows as documented in

Problem Note 43376   SAS® Financial Management Add-In API for Microsoft Excel does not return correct information for Server, URL, and Port in a Data-Entry form


B48003 is a "container" hot fix that contains the following "member" hot fixes which will update the software components as indicated. See the Container Hot Fixes section in the Maintenance Install Tool (MIT) Usage Guide for more information about container hot fixes.

B50003 for SAS Financial Management Add-in for Microsoft Excel 5.1
B49003 for SAS Solutions Services Add-in for Microsoft Office 5.1

Before applying this hot fix, follow the instructions in SAS Note 35968 to generate a SAS Deployment Registry report, then verify that the appropriate product releases are installed on your system. The software components and release numbers should match the list of software components updated by the individual hot fix installers.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. 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.

  2. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.

  3. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.

  4. This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.


INSTALLATION

This hot fix must be installed on each machine where the updated components of the product, listed above, are installed. The installation process will determine which components of SAS Financial Management 5.1 are installed on each machine, and apply the appropriate updates.

If the updated components of this product are installed on multiple operating systems, you must download the hot fix for the appropriate operating system(s) and follow the installation instructions provided to complete the deployment of this hot fix.

The installer downloaded is B48003wn.exe.

  1. Exit out of SAS Financial Management Studio, the SAS Financial Management Add-In for Microsoft Excel and the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

  2. Select Start > Run and enter cmd to invoke a command prompt.

  3. Change your directory to the location where B48003wn.exe was saved (c:\temp in the following example) and enter the following
    C:\temp> B48003wn.exe -alwaysoverwrite
    to invoke the SAS Maintenace Install Tool. The wizard will guide you through the application of the hot fix. Accept the defaults, select ‘Start Install’ when prompted, and be sure to select ‘Finish’ when you are prompted with ‘Installation Complete’.

  4. Re-start your SAS Financial Management client application(s) and all of the changes should be in effect. There is no need to re-deploy any web applications, clear any cache, or re-start any servers/services.


See the Maintenance Install Tool (MIT) Usage Guide for more details on the installation of hot fixes.


This completes the installation of hot fix B48003 on Windows.



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