https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126990
--- Comment #4 from John <[email protected]> --- Created attachment 85564 --> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/attachment.cgi?id=85564&action=edit Some examples of damaged files - all zeros, garbage and a mixture See the forum post 22 page term paper replaced with pound signs which is at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17677#p81363. You will see well over 200 cases of "My document is all #####" reports, many with uploaded damaged files. I have identified a few below: These reports have each uploaded files which are full of zeros: 1. Retrieving document at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17690 2. File now contains nothing but # characters at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18573 3. Character Set issue opening an .ODT document at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23463 4. Problem with file at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25534 5. .odt corrupted at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25838 There are many more ... These reports have each uploaded a damaged file: 1. Re: ASCII Filter? Help me save my doc!!! at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25503#p265546 The file appears to be a valid .odt when you unzip it, but the file is damaged 2. Re: 22 pages term paper replaced with pound signs at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17677&start=30#p275921 points to a file at http://www.mediafire.com/download/x75pb ... s_copy.ods which is partially full of zeros and partially full of garbage. There are many more ... See the forum post [Hint] How did I fix my ODT file at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1532 (viewed 140,000 times) which has many, many corrupted files which have been uploaded. Many have been analysed by forum posters. A small collection include: 1 Re: [Hint] How did I fix my ODT file at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1532&start=390#p372337 uploaded a file clinical opthalmolog1.odt which appears to be a valid odt file, but is full of zeros after FF0 (4,080) bytes. Is the 2^n significant? 2 Re: [Hint] How did I fix my ODT file at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1532&start=420#p372836 has upl;oaded $R67BQ9D.odt which starts with readable text which looks like a Firefox crash report, then is full of zeros, then has binary data and then ends with zeros. 3 Re: [Hint] How did I fix my ODT file at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1532&start=330#p354771 Both dz.odt and mc.t.odt start off looking like a valid PK zip files, but then just end - the files are corrupted. 4 Re: [Hint] How did I fix my ODT file at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1532&start=330#p357120 uploaded the water door.odt. The file is full of garbage - it looks like a dump of memory. I have uploaded a ZIP file with examples of these damaged files. There are also many reports, with uploaded files, where the file is perfect ... but the XML tags in content.xml are incorrect. acknak is often able to correct the XML errors manually and thus recover the file. For example, see https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1532&start=360#p357769 for currupted tags, which refers to Issue 126219: invalid xml on saving document with comment/annotation -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue.
