Installation Instructions for Hot Fix D73033

Windows


Hot fix D73033 addresses issue(s) in SAS Financial Management 5.2_M1 on Windows.

You MUST apply D73027 before applying this hot fix.


D73033 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.

D74015 for SAS Financial Management Add-in for Microsoft Excel 5.2

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.


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. 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 D73033wn.exe.


Prior to executing the hot fix shut down the SAS servers

  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 D73033wn.exe was saved (c:\temp in the following example) and enter the following
    C:\temp> D73033wn.exe -alwaysoverwrite
    This will initiate the installation wizard, which will guide you through the hot fix installation process.

    Note: If your Windows operating system is Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, it may be necessary to "right-click" D73033wn.exe and select "Run as administrator".

  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 installation of D73033. You must perform any "Post-Installation Instructions" documented below to successfully complete the deployment of this hot fix.


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

After applying a hot fix to SAS Financial Management Add-in for Microsoft Excel or SAS Solutions Services Add-in for Microsoft Office

If you encounter Visual Basic Application errors in your reports/forms after applying the hot fix, such as

("Type mismatch" error)
Compile error: Object library feature not supported
Object variable or With block variable not set
perform the following steps.

  1. Log off of the Financial Management or SAS Solutions Add-In.

  2. From the report/form, select Alt + F11 to open Visual Basic for Applications window.

  3. Select Tools > References and de-select the SASSESExcelAddin.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Select Tools > References. Notice that the previous SASSESExcelAddIn reference is now missing from the list.

  6. Select Browse, navigate to SASSESExcelAddIn.tlb and select Open

    (file location is typically C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFinancialManagementAdd-InforMicrosoftExcel\5.2\SASSESExcelAddIn.tlb).

  7. The new SASSESExcelAddIn reference will appear in the list and will be selected.

  8. Select OK.

  9. Select File > Save.

  10. Exit our of your Excel session.

  11. Open the report/form and log on to the Financial Management or SAS Solutions Add-In.

  12. The report/form should now recognize the reference to the latest SASSESExcelAddIn.tlb with no errors.


This completes the deployment of hot fix D73033 on Windows.