On 05/12/2011 01:50 PM, RA Brown wrote: > Kara Samantha Mcdermott wrote: >> Alright. My College Thesis has been "corrupted." I am not fooling around >> here. My college education is at stake, and I am unamused, I have my >> document, and it is is bringing up the "ASCII" shenanigans. It has been >> corrupted- alright. I need it to be fixed. My thesis is due, Friday. >> I have many people working on fixing it, to no avail. OpenOffice has >> ruined my college education. >> It is corrupted, without fixing. The best that anyone can do is pull up >> an old, seriously un-revised copy from months ago. I have a few issues. >> A. Why did this happen? >> B. Why can't I pull up an old copy? I saved hundreds of times, today alone. >> C. I will not graduate now, because I will not be able to hand this in. >> There is no fixing this. No apology will be good enough. >> >> Kara McDermott > > You have already had answers to this on the OOoForum [1]. > > [1] http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=123234&highlight= >
Actually I think the fact that users documents end up as data files with # pound signs (all hex zeros in the actual file) merits further investigation. If you read though the entire 2 page thread on: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17677 [22 pages term paper replaced with pound signs] you'll see that Hagar has compiled quite a few of the type of reports. He also filed a bug report: http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107847 [File content changed to hashes at crash or power loss ] But it is: Status: CLOSED INVALID because unfortunately it's something that is hard to test/reproduce. Also, unfortunately, those that have the problem generally are in panic mode and can't/won't provide detailed information on what else may have ocurred to cause the problem. Perhaps if someone else has the issue and can provide detailed data a fix could be found. More from the thread: > Well, that's rather strange, it's at least the 4th case of such hashes. > -> Corrupted Writer file OOo 2.3 (GNU/Linux Linpus) > -> My 18 page file is now #######s (2.3, Windows XP) > -> ASCII Filter Options Dialogue Question (2.4.1, Windows XP) > -> Here, 3.0.1, Windows 7. > Added topics after first posting this message: > -> Retrieving document (3.0, Windows XP), again with a shutting down issue > -> File now contains nothing but # characters (3.1, Windows Vista) > -> Damaged File (3.0, GNU/Linux Ubuntu 9.04), again shutdown (?) > -> ###### No Text (3.1, Windows XP) > -> File save error (3.1.1, Windows Vista 64 bit) > -> Character Set issue opening an .ODT document (3.1, Windows XP) > -> Saving files incrementally each time ctrl+s is pressed (3.1, Windows XP), > computer freeze > -> ASCII Filter Options (3.1, Windows XP), power loss > -> I can´t open saved text document (3.1), power loss > -> Botched file save (OpenOffice 3.1.1 on a Mac OSX Snow Leopard) > -> ASCII Filter? Help me save my doc!!! (OOo 3.1, Windows Vista) > -> Problem with file (OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista), computer crash > -> .odt corrupted, OOo 3.1 on Windows XP, power loss > -> I can't open my spreadsheet, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista, no power loss, it's > a spreadsheet this time > -> Ods file corrupted or worse, OOo 3.1.1 on Windows Vista, no power loss, > it's a spreadsheet again > -> File contains nothing but ####, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista, no power loss, > nothing special it seems > -> Can't access doc file I was working on, OOo 3.1.0 on Windows XP, OS freeze > -> Documents being corrupted, OOo 3.1.1 on Windows 7 > -> ASCII Filter Option prevents opening files, OOo 3.1.1, on Windows XP and > Mac > -> Text all replaced with ###, OOo 3.2 (first case) on Windows XP > -> Text all replaced with ### (other user), OOo 3.2 on Windows Vista > -> Document broken, OOo 3.1 on Windows XP > -> Corrupted.doc file, OOo 3.1 on Windows XP > -> Saved as MS Office 97 Word Doc; now it's all pound signs, OOo 3.0 on > Windows XP, saving as .doc > -> Corrupt file??? full of #####, OOo 3.1on Windows Vista > -> My document has been turned into pound symbols, OOo 3.2 on Windows XP. > Overheating laptop > -> Important Writer Document corrupted, OOo 3.2 on Windows XP SP3 > -> Recovered Document gone to Gibberish, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista, .doc file > format > -> Writer document is corrupted, OOo 3.0, power loss at save operation. > -> Corrupted file (only hashes remaining), OOo 3.2.0 on Windows XP, crash at > save > -> Problem with .odt file, can't see its content, OOo 3.2, Windows 7 > -> System crash and data recovery, crash after saving the file. OOo 3.1 on > Windows 7 > -> IMPRESS odp file opens through WRITER - and is corrupted, OOo 3.0.1 on > Windows Vista, laptop with old battery, USB stick corrupted > -> Locked Document, OOo 3.2 on Windows 7. Power shut down by mistake > -> Help Corrupt File, OOo 3.2 on Windows Vista. Power failure > -> Corrupt odt file, OOo 3.2 on Linux Mint 9, power failure > -> I can't open the file ..., OOo 3.2 > -> Emergency: Exam report is gone :S, OOo 3.1 on Windows XP, power failure > during save > -> that post in this topic, OOo 3.2.1 on Windows XP, freez during save > operation > -> Saved Spreadsheet as ODT, OOo 3.2 on Windows 7, bad hard disk involved it > seems > -> Weird File Problem Help :(, OOo 3.2.1 on Windows. Battery died while > edition. > -> File corruption? What happened?!, OOo 3.2 on Windows XP. Computer shut off > after saving > -> Pound signs in document locked for editing by: Unknown User, OOo 3.2.1 on > Windows Vista; power loss > -> Extremely serious problem - File corrupted, OOo 3.2 on xubuntu 10.04. > -> How can I fix my ODT file?, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista > -> Possible Corrupt File?, OOo 3.1.0 on Windows Vista > -> Error report crashed, OOo 3.1 on Windows 7, power loss > -> Can't open my file. Nothing but ##'s, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista > -> OpenOffice.org File Self-Mutilation, OOo 3.2.? on Windows Seven > -> Autorecovery issue, OOo 3.2 on Windows XP > -> Previously functional text doc now unreadable, OOo 3.2 on Windows 7 > -> ODT file wont open up anymore :(, OOo 3.1 on Windows 7 > -> Openoffice restore emergency, Go-oo/OOo 3.2.1 (guess) on Ubuntu 10.10, > power loss (Ubuntu forum) > -> ASCII filter options, OOo 3.3 on Windows 7 > -> Lost my file to text encoding!, OOo 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10 > -> 32 bit & 64 bit compatibility, OOo 3.2 on Windows Vista > -> Computer crash destroys document?, OOo 3.3.0 on Windows Vista, computer > crash > -> Hashes after a document recovery, OOo 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10 (Go-oo build I > guess, following a machine crash. > -> Loss of data in OOo Calc, OOo 3.3.0 on Windows XP after a power cut > -> Ascii Filter Options error, OOo 3.2.0 on Windows 7 > -> That post in this thread, OOo 3.3 on Windows XP > -> Failed Save - File Content all #####, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista > So it doesn't seem to be related to the OS, neither to the version. But > that's the first time I see such cases in a short time. Moreover, that's the > first time I see that behavior in 3 years on the forums. There is something > here. Lot of power failures there, but also recent one's that are not powerfailure/Windows related: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=38960 In the past I recall advising to change the default temp location to other than /tmp (I reset my Temporary file paths to /home/<user>/.openoffice.org/2/User/temp for safety. This is because of the system crashes (power or otherwise) the /tmp (or similar on Windows) files will be cleared on reboot. I also recall several bug reports regarding this, but can't find them at the moment. In any event, I think the issue needs further attention. If I get some time later in the week I'll try a few tests to see if I can replicate. 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