I opened them in a browser, which, if everything was working correctly, should not be different from the point of view of the server, meaning it should provide the requested files to both. And I copy/pasted a page from a website containing linked images into a calc file, which closed and reopened just fine. Now, I can't link these image specifically, as Calc just won't paste them at all if they are not on a "complete" page (which is weird in itself). Maybe there's something in the image format, or the fact that it's https, that Calc just don't like. Saldy I can't test this extensively.
2014-03-14 12:26 GMT+01:00 William Drago <[email protected]>: > Did you try embedded those images in a LO spreadsheet to see if they load, > or did you just open them in your browser? > > -Bill > > > On 3/14/2014 7:00 AM, Cley Faye wrote: > >> 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 > -- 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
