https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166992
Bug ID: 166992
Summary: Improve reporting of errors in opening files
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.8.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Blocks: 112703, 117718
Created attachment 201252
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LO 26.2 Start Center with an FODT file open failure message box
If you try opening an (F)ODT file, and it has a syntax error which LO does not
auto-recover from - it brings up a message box saying:
General Error
General input/output error
this is poor behavior, because:
1. It's not true. That is, there was no "general error". There wasn't even an
error in the input filter. It's the _file_ that had an error (or content we
were unable to parse).
2. It doesn't say in which input file the error occurred.
3. It doesn't say where in the input file the error occurred.
4. It doesn't say during what action/operation the error occurred.
5. It doesn't say what was erroneous (which it could say; there's a description
of the error printed to stdout)
6. It's a very small message box, at first glance it's barely noticeable after
coming up (screenshot to follow)
7. There is no graphic in this message box, e.g. something indicating that it's
an error (although TBH that's a more general problem with message boxes for
errors).
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112703
[Bug 112703] [META] ODF (XML) bug tracker
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117718
[Bug 117718] [META] Flat XML/ODF issues
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