On 05/09/2007 09:50 AM, Alejandro Castañaza wrote: > comments below... > > Eike Rathke escribió: >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> On Tuesday, 2007-05-08 12:00:53 -0600, Alejandro Castañaza wrote: >> >> >>> I trusted Calc to read and write to Excel format thinking it was >>> mature enough to do so, but maybe it still is not. Obviously it >>> is not an easy task to do it, mostly if MS does not share >>> documentation about its file formats. >>> >> >> In http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77124 you >> described that the corruption happened while your machine was >> hibernated under Windows Vista with Calc having opened the file. I >> don't see why using the Excel format with Calc should be the >> culprit, the error seems to be related to the combination of an >> open (unsaved?) file on a server / OOo / Vista / hybernation >> instead. >> >> Eike >> >> > Well, that is what I suspect that happened. I usually save files or > close OpenOffice before putting the computer to sleep or hibernate. > I can't make sure that was how they got corrupted. I just opened one > of my files, updated it, then opened another, and Calc wasn't able to > open it. And that was how I discovered another pair of files were > corrupted too. > > > Alejandro > ==== Perhaps it is due to the tmp file location... from one of my earlier posts (OOo tmp paths - April 9, 2007):
Every so often someone posts here about losing their thesis or some large document. If I recall correctly the loss seems to occur after they've shut down their computer, turn it back on and they can't find the document. I wonder if the Temporary files path (Tools|Options|Openoffice.org|Paths|Temporary files| has anything to do with this. Following is a url to a blog that discusses this issue with Firefox & OpenOffice (Ubuntu/linux biased but w/comments regarding Windows as well) that might be an interesting read for the folks on this list: <http://www.murrayc.com/blog/permalink/2006/10/31/tmp-does-not-belong-in-file-save-dialogs/> [/tmp does not belong in file save dialogs.] [http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qpolz] The ubuntu bug report also w/some interesting comments etc: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/15179 So, getting back to my original 'wondering'; can anyone confirm that the Temporary files path may have resulted in a lost document on their OS? ==== And to change the tmp directory/path see the March 20 thread: (changing tmp directory) Tools|Options|Openoffice.org|Paths|Temporary files|Edit and globally (thanks to Mathias Bauer) $(OOoInst)/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Paths.xcu --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
