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List:       sas-l
Subject:    Re: Unknown DDE Error - XP update? (Was: Personal Settings?)
From:       "David L. Cassell" <cassell.david () EPAMAIL ! EPA ! GOV>
Date:       2004-04-30 18:07:05
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ben.powell@CLA.CO.UK wrote:
> >I've received the following error following a DDE import that I run
on a
>monthly basis. There were no errors last time and I can't recall
getting
>the error ever before. The error does NOT occur if I open a second
instance
>of SAS and run the import in that window - i.e.
>
>"NOTE: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE. WORK.PROFILE will be opened
instead.
>NOTE: All profile changes will be lost at the end of the session."
>
>The error received is:
>
>"NOTE: The infile IN2 is:
>      DDE Session,
>      SESSION=excel|Good!r2c1:r2952c4,RECFM=V,
>      LRECL=400
>
>ERROR:  Read Access Violation In Task ( DATASTEP ]
>Exception occurred at (2C73726F)
>Task Traceback"
>
>The only thing I can think of that I have change in the SASUSER profile
is
>to add a button to the toolbar that runs a command. Can this be what is
>causing the error?

So SAS runs, but you cannot use the SASUSER.PROFILE file.  Could it be
that
something else has a lock on it?  Check it and see if it is in use by
something
else.

HTH,
David
--
David Cassell, CSC
Cassell.David@epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician

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