I've encountered a surprising problem using jOpenDocument to read ods file created by libreoffice calc version 7.0.1: the contents of text cells are returned as null.
I've been using jOpenDocument to read ods files for years and have never encountered any problems before. E.g. I have an ods file with text in cell 0,0 of the first sheet, which I access with: File ods = new File("some_file.ods"); SpreadSheet spreadSheet = SpreadSheet.createFromFile(ods); Sheet sheet = spreadSheet.getFirstSheet(); MutableCell x = sheet.getCellAt(0,0); Then x.isValid(); // returns true x.isEmpty(); // returns false x.getValueType(); // returns STRING *But* x.getValue(); // returns null x.getTextValue(); // returns null This problem turned up when I upgraded to libreoffice 7.01, specifically 1:7.0.1~rc1-1~bpo10+1 amd64. It occurs in any file created *or opened *by libreoffice calc version 7.0.1 FYI I'm using jOpenDocument-1.4rc2 on a debian 10 (buster) system. Reverting to version 1.6.5-3 (1:6.1.5-3+deb10u6) solves the problem. In fact, a file created with version 7.01 that has subsequently been opened with version 1.6.5-3 is readable. The problem does not occur reading 'float' cells. I have not tested other cell types. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing a problem like this? It would be a quite serious problem if jOpenDocument can't read files created by future versions of libreoffice. Thanks, -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jOpenDocument" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jopendocument+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jopendocument/03bb8601-a2a7-4afd-8bb6-e78d823e906dn%40googlegroups.com.