Installation Instructions for Hot Fix L41001

Windows for x64


Hot fix L41001 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 6.1 on Windows for x64 as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/L41.html#L41001


The hot fix downloaded, L41001x6.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
If you are using the SAS Deployment Manager (SDM) to install this hot fix, do NOT extract the contents of L41001x6.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 6.1 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.


Installation using the SAS Deployment Manager (SDM)

If you originally installed SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 6.1 using the SAS Deployment Wizard (SDW), then Hot Fix L41001 should be applied to your system 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 L41001x6.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.


Installation using Windows Installer (MSI)

If you originally installed SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 6.1 using the Independent Installer from the SAS Software Depot\standalone_installs directory, then Hot Fix L41001 should be applied to your system using using the following steps:

1) Create a "L41001x6" directory on your machine and extract the contents of L41001x6.zip into that directory.

2) Go to the L41001x6\products directory

3) Select the msofficeint__L41001__wx6__[LANGUAGE]__sp0__1 directory that corresponds with a language that was installed with SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 6.1 where [LANGUAGE] is:

  • de = German
  • es = Spanish
  • fr = French
  • it = Italian
  • ja = Japanese
  • ko = Korean
  • pl = Polish
  • zh = Chinese (Simplified)
  • zt = Chinese Traditional (Taiwan)
  • zx = Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong SAR)

    • 4) Double-click msofficeint.msi to install L41001 for that language

    5) Repeat steps (3) and (4) for each language for SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 6.1 that you have installed on your system


    This completes the installation of hot fix L41001 on Windows for x64.