https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173932
Bug ID: 173932
Summary: CRASH Writer: form letter (mail merge) - printing ALL
records to PDF crashes LibreOffice (printing/saving to
ODT works)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 26.8.0.3 release
Hardware: All
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Printing a form letter (mail merge document) to a PDF printer/destination
crashes LibreOffice Writer as soon as all records (all occurrences) are to be
merged and printed. Using the very same document and data source, the ODT
output path ("File" > "Save as single document") works without any problem.
The crash is therefore specific to the PDF output path combined with "Records =
All".
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a Writer document (form letter) and insert at least one database
field: Insert > Field > Other... > Database > <your data source> «Field». (Or
create it with Tools > Mail Merge Wizard.)
2. Connect/register a data source (.ods spreadsheet or .odb) containing [TEXT,
e.g. Mrs. X] records, and insert its fields into the letter. Save the document
as .odt.
3. File > Print (Ctrl+P).
4. Dialog "Your document contains address database fields. Do you want to print
a form letter?" -> Yes.
5. In the form letter / print dialog set:
Output = Printer -> a PDF destination
(Windows: "Microsoft Print to PDF";
Linux/macOS: "Print to File (PDF)" / CUPS-PDF)
Records = All
6. Click Print/OK.
Actual Results:
LibreOffice Writer crashes [immediately / after generating approx. N pages -
state which]. No PDF file is produced (or only a truncated/empty one). All
unsaved work in other open documents is lost.
Expected Results:
A PDF is generated containing one merged letter per record (all occurrences),
exactly as the ODT output already does. No crash.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
Additional Info:
Version: 26.8.0.3 (X86_64)
Build ID: 680(Build:3)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 7.1; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Debian package version: 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
Calc: threaded
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