Installation Instructions for Hot Fix E67024

Windows


Hot fix E67024 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 4.305 on Windows as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E67.html#E67024


The hot fix downloaded, E67024wn.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of E67024wn.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 4.305 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.

  2. 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.

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

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

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

  6. You must have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update patch applied to your system prior to installing this hot fix. You must install the x86 version (vcredist_x86.EXE), even when you are running on a 64 bit machine.


INSTALLATION

The E67024 hot fix for SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 4.305 will be installed using the SAS Deployment Manager (SDM). By default, the SDM 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 E67024wn.zip, follow the instructions provided in the SAS Deployment Wizard/SAS Deployment Manager 9.3: User’s Guide; see the Apply Hot Fixes section in Chapter 5 -- SAS Deployment Manager Tasks to complete the installation of the hot fix.


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

None



This completes the installation of hot fix E67024 on Windows.