2014-03-14 11:41 GMT+01:00 William Drago <[email protected]>: > All, > > I tried Tom's suggestion and opened the file with Gnumerics. This awesome > little program opened the spreadsheet and let me know what was wrong with > it: > > Unable to load the file 'https://retiretxn300. > fidelity.com/images/savings2/alert.gif'. > Unable to load the file 'https://retiretxn300. > fidelity.com/images/savings2/alert.gif'. > Unable to load the file 'https://retiretxn300. > fidelity.com/images/savings2/alert.gif'. > Unable to load the file 'https://retiretxn300. > fidelity.com/images/savings2/alert.gif'. > Unable to load the file 'https://retiretxn300. > fidelity.com/images/savings2/alert.gif'. > Unable to load the file 'https://retiretxn300. > fidelity.com/images/savings2/alert.gif'. > Unable to load the file 'https://retiretxn300.fidelity.com/static/ > netbenefits/common/images/nb_footer_logo.gif'. > > At one time I had copied & pasted some information from my retirement > account into the spreadsheet. Unless I'm logged into my Fidelity account, > none of these URLs will work. > > Now I have 3 questions: > > 1) Why doesn't LO tell us what the problems are like Gnumerics does > instead of stalling for 20 minutes or more? >
Not sure, maybe he is just trying to open them. But these images load fine without being logged anywhere (I can see them), so I'm not sure that the problem is there. It might be related to another resource on internet anyway. 2) Why is the timeout period so long? 20 minutes? Really? > My previous statement kinda invalid the idea of a timeout (unless the website was down all the time you tried to open the file...). But if the issue lies in Calc behing unable to open a file with https links, the timeout "per file" isn't insanely high: 2-3 minutes is a fairly reasonable value to accomodate with dead-slow connections. But since the images load correctly... moot point :( > 3) When we copy & paste a webpage why is LO storing links to images > instead of the actual images? > I believe it's by design: it is not always desirable to create multiple copies of the image source; especially if it's not a static image, that is used to convey "updated" informations for example; or if you are working on a document where graphic designers can update their work, put placeholder in places, etc. In this regard, it keeps the URL as the image source as it would keep the abolute file path from a file source. Note that you can see and "kill" these links by going in the Edit menu: Edit->Links. There you can select all links and hit "Break Links". If the issue lies in Calc loading a file with linked images on the web, this can avoid the issue (given you do it before saving, of course). However, since these links are publicly accessible, a failure to load them by Calc is likely a bug if it is confirmed. -- To unsubscribe 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
