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Patient Recruitment results in the ERROR: A character operand was found in the %EVAL function

An error may occur when running Patient Recruitment on a non-English operating system in JMP Clinical 7.0.  The error is 

 

ERROR: A character operand was found in the %EVAL function or %IF condition where a numeric operand is required. 
The condition was: &mon = APR and &day = 31
ERROR: The macro CHKDT will stop executing. MPRINT(PATRECRUIT): ;
ERROR: The target date must be of this form: DDMMMYYYY, e.g. 09Feb1989.
MPRINT(PATRECRUIT): ; MPRINT(CLOCKSTOP): data tmp_clock; MPRINT(CLOCKSTOP):
set _pinfo; MPRINT(CLOCKSTOP): Obs = _n_;
MPRINT(CLOCKSTOP): if TotalTime = .;
MPRINT(CLOCKSTOP): run;

 

To resolve the problem apply the Hot Fix found here.

 

 

[Previously JMP Note 63533]

Details
Operating System
Windows
Reported Version
7.0
Fixed Version
7.1
Products JMP Clinical

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