Hi :) Yes, i agree. Not handling a weird sort of Xls is not necessarily a bug. Native formats might be more of an issue. Since it's an ultra-weird format and not even an Xls it's definitely not an LO bug.
Btw many apols for being rude earlier. I'm a bit of a pillock sometimes. Sorry chap. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Jay Lozier <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 18:23 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem > >On 03/28/2013 01:23 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> So it meant that instead of discovering a bug with LibreOffice it was a >> discovered problem with the 3rd party's website and their strange way of >> setting up their downloads. >> >> The question was whether reporting a bug against LibreOffice might improve >> LibreOffice's handling of Xls files but the answer to that is just "No" and >> that solves the problem. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >IMHO it not necessarily a bug but certainly a feature request. >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Tim Lloyd <[email protected]> >>> To: nvrk <[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 3:23 >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem >>> >>> It was not a matter of preferences. It was because calc could not open a >>> .XLS file. On further investigation it was found that it is not an XLS >>> file hence the problem >>> >>> Cheers >>> On 03/28/2013 01:48 PM, nvrk wrote: >>>> Is there a reason why the .xls file version is preferred to the .csv >>>> version from the afr.com site? >>>> nvsoar >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Michael Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd <[email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether >>>>>>>anyone >>>>>>> has seen it before/potential fix identified. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables >>>>>>> from a financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently >>>>>>> clicked on the wrong table by accident and tried to open it. Calc >>>>>>> locked up! No problem with the files I normally look at, Calc >>>>>>> opened them fine. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So I tried again today and waited for an error - "LibreOffice >>>>>>> 4.0.1.2 General input/output error". So I hopped over to the >>>>>>> windows PC and tried LO portable. Same error. The error was >>>>>>> repeated whether I tried to open directly from the website or if >>>>>>>I >>>>>>> saved to disk and then attempted to open the file. MS Excel has >>>>>>>no >>>>>>> problems. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The file in question is accessible using this link: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.afr.com/share_tables/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just click on the xls link next to "Warrant Market" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any comments? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> Hi Tim, >>>>> >>>>> Since you use Fedora Linux, maybe you can try gnumeric as a temporary >>>>> alternative. >>>>> >>>>> Hope it helps and regards, >>>>> >>>>> Michael >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >>>>> Problems? >>>>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>>>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>>>> deleted >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >-- >Jay Lozier >[email protected] > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
