Installation Instructions for Hot Fix D73011

Windows for x64

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

Hot fix D73011 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Financial Management 5.2_M1 on Windows for x64 as documented in the following SAS Notes

41974   'Template save failed' message when trying to save a form template that has been migrated from SAS® Financial Management release 4.x to release 5.x
42554   table.Model property not working in SAS® Financial Management Add-In API for Microsoft Excel
42657   "Code execution has been interrupted" when VBA code performs a double-click in SAS® Financial Management table
43539   The data validation object in supplemental schedules is limited to 255 total characters
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

D73011 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.

D74005 for SAS Financial Management Add-in for Microsoft Excel 5.2
E40003 for SAS Solutions Services Add-in for Microsoft Office 5.2

INSTALLATION

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.

Downloading the hot fix

1. 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 5.2_M1 are installed on each machine, and apply the appropriate updates.

2. 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.

3. When downloading SAS 9.2 hot fix packages, you must choose to Save the hot fix to disk, then execute the install from the saved location. Attempting to install a hot fix directly from the download page results in the error documented in SAS Note 37104.

4. The installer downloaded is D73011x6.exe.

Prior to executing the hot fix

1. Exit out of all Microsoft Office applications.

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

Installing the hot fix

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

2. Change your directory to the location where D73011x6.exe was saved (c:\temp in the following example) and enter the following

   C:\temp> D73011x6.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’.

3. Re-start your SAS Financial Management client application(s) and all of the changes should be in effect.

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

This completes the deployment of hot fix D73011 on Windows for x64.



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