INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 81BA23 ON WINDOWS


BEFORE DOWNLOADING:


The hot fix 81BA23 addresses the PROC REPORT issue(s) in Release 8.1 (TS1M0) 
of Base SAS software on Windows as documented in SAS Note(s):  

      SN-003246  Using the FLOW option on GROUP variables in conjunction
                 with an ACROSS variable produces undesirable results   
      SN-003261  GROUP variable with FLOW option and DISPLAY variable
                 under ACROSS variable causes error
      SN-003472  DISPLAY values under an ACROSS variable may incorrectly
                 give missing values when GROUP and BREAK or COMPUTE are specified
      SN-003587  PROC REPORT abnormally terminates with GROUP and ACROSS
                 variables which have both a BREAK BEFORE and a BREAK AFTER
      SN-003605  BREAK statement and an ACROSS variable with a DISPLAY
                 and ANALYSIS variables underneath may cause error
      SN-003599  COMPUTED variable under multiple ACROSS variables may
                 cause an error
      SN-003798  DISPLAY variable under an ACROSS variable and an ANALYSIS
                 variable under an ACROSS variable may cause error
      SN-004119  PROC REPORT with ACROSS may result in error regarding 
                 PAGESIZE 
      SN-004170  GROUP variables can now be specified under ACROSS variables

which may be reviewed at:

      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003246.html
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003261.html 
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003472.html 
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003587.html 
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003605.html 
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003599.html 
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003798.html
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004119.html
      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004170.html


IMPORTANT NOTE(S):

1.  You must have Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installed on your system before 
    applying this hot fix.



AFTER DOWNLOADING:

The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named 
81ba23wn.exe.  Launching the executable will initiate the install wizard, 
which will guide you through the setup process.  The following files will
be installed:

      * sasrepmn.dll
             the replacement module containing the hot fix

      * sasrepwd.dll
             the replacement module containing the hot fix 

      * 81ba23wn.aud
             a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support
             to determine which fixes have been applied to a system

      * 81ba23wn.txt
             a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed
             in !SASROOT\core\sasinst\hotfix 



This completes the installation of hot fix 81BA23 on Windows.