INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82BA14 ON WINDOWS BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 82BA14 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) of Base SAS software on Windows as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-005237 When reading a MS/Access 97 file into 8.2 using DDE, the last character in the last observation is being dropped. which may be reviewed at: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/005/005237.html IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have Release 8.2 (TS2M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. AFTER DOWNLOADING: The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named 82ba14wn.exe. Launching the executable will initiate the install wizard, which will guide you through the setup process. The following files will be installed: * sasvadde.dll the replacement module containing the hot fix * 82ba14wn.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 82ba14wn.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT\core\sasinst\hotfix This completes the installation of hot fix 82BA14 on Windows.