https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38492
--- Comment #7 from Greg <[email protected]> 2012-03-29 13:12:01 PDT --- This is a bug which is a duplicate, or others of this, for a very long time. It is unacceptable to say use another newer format. XML 2003 has some unique features not found in the newer formats: a) it is easy to parse, simple --- low cost in time to use b) can easily be diffed using XML diff tools (ok one has to strip out style info) b) it is text (not compressed, not a hierarchical directory structure Other tools (not EXCEL, OO, LO), but self generated can easily written: thus read/modify/write this file format without major investment. At this time we are forced to use EXCEL as both LO and OO crashes when trying to use these files. EXCEL of course has its own burdens. (not Linux; $; and MS). File inter-operability is one of the keys to a products (LO) success? Real customers need this feature. As far as NEEDINFO, pretty much any simple spreadsheet will fail. Doesn't require a formula, just columns of data will do. It does require may 100 rows, 30 cols or so. EXCEL->XML 2003->LO or OO. a) LO fails to load at all b) or if LO loads, save once, then exit; then re-load LO, if loads at all, may take a long time if loads at all, can save, will hand a long time, then get a file write IO error. c) as LO loads once, and then saves, the file has removed the EXCEL'ness. I doubt it is an EXCEL issue. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
