On Wednesday May 23 2007 1:49 am, TerryJ wrote: > Shalin Shah wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i am using following version of open office and i have lost my > > data from one > > of the most improted file, that file is password protected and > > once i enter > > pass work it's give me the error: > > > > The File mastersheet of dealers april -07.ods is corrupt and > > therefore can not be oppened.should oppenoffice.org will repair > > the file. > > > > > > > > * I am using version of OpenOffice.org. 2.0 > > * > > * My problem is : as above underline. > > > > would requiest you to please help me to resove this issue and do > > the needful. > > > > > > Warm Regards, > > > > Shalin Shah > > > > Actis Technologies Pvt. Ltd. > > > > 712,714- 7th floor, Milestone, Adjacent to drive in Cinema,Drive > > in Road, Thaltej, Ahmedabad -380054. > > 079-27434589 | Hand-phone: +91 - 9327516689 > > The No. 1 Audio Visual Control Solutions Provider in India > > I hope you have an older version of the file. A corrupted file can > normally, I understand, be recovered but not if you have used > password "protection". The use of a password seems to result > fairly often in corruption of the file, judging by the number of > requests such as yours both here and on the forum. The software > should really carry a warning about its experimental nature. > > There is a password cracker on www.ooomacros.org and another has > been mentioned in recent articles. > > To deal with corruption, I have the following links. As I say, I > believe the so-called protection will stop you from salvaging any > data from the file. > > hol.sten's links: > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=24208 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=23146 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=20840 > > macro to repair (windoze): > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=45473 > other links: > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33263 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33210 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=24208 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=30992 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=31277 > script to recover: > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=34891 > One user: Thanks for the effort! Here's how I did it: > > 1. renamed the defective file extension to .zip > 2. extracted content of the .zip file > 3. opened content.xml with Dreamweaver, selected in the view menu > to show errored lines (shows the bad text with yellow background) > and removed them. 4. did the same with style.xml > 5. updated the .zip file and renamed it back to .ods > Some styling was removed but the file worked and all the data was > in it! Cheers!
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