> 2008/6/17 Twayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Top posted rather than a new thread, and the original text pushed >> down as simply history to keep it connected. This is essentially a >> re-start of the thread: >> >> OK, I had a second occurrence of Calc refusing to Save a file. The >> first was with OOo 2.4, this time with 2.4.1 (XP Pro SP2). >> It consists of a lot of pasted data from many sources, largely text, >> including the 'net, and a lot of my own entries too. >> ALL other applications continued to function properly but Calc would >> not Save or Save As. I could copy, move, delete, to/from the Calc >> file, to/from itself and to/from other applications (Excel, Word, >> Writer), CTRL-x, c, v, and z all work. I could copy data to new >> sheets and delete the old sheets, but none of that helped anything. >> Everything literally seemed to work but Save or Save As. >> Other apps or other Calc files would Save OK; there is apparently, >> my guess, something "broken" in one of the three Calc sheets within >> this file. I don't have a large number of Notes in it, but I do >> have a couple that, though they are long, they don't approach the >> length limitations. >> The error message is simple, no number, it simply says Calc cannot >> save the file. The "X" for it is in the upper left corner rather >> than the upper right as expected, and goes away when you click OK. >> >> There's nothing personal in the file at all if anyone would like to >> see it, but after closing without saving and then reopening it, it >> again saves OK, same as last time. I've been faithful about saving >> so no data was lost either although it seems like the last entry >> should have been missing; I don't -think- it is! >> >> I plan to keep using Calc for the time being for this file's intended >> purpose, so I should be able to get it to happen again and try some >> other things I didn't think to try this time. Any suggestions, let >> me know. I'm leaning toward the sheet somehow being corrupted right >> now. Next time I plan to try deleting parts of it useing the rule of >> halves to find where the corruption might be unless someone has >> abetter idea. Like I said, it CAN be copied to another file for >> saving while it's in the "won't save" mode. >> Unfortunately though I have put all my other Calc files back into >> Excel until this is worked out; not that many were converted yet; I >> make transitions like this slowly. >> >> Any tips or suggestions? Requests to see the file? >> >> Twayne >> > > What, if anything, shows in the Windows Event Viewer for the time this > happened?
Fair question: No errors in the Applications log. System log has a couple errors for DCOM and couldn't register within the required timeout, plus a couple of w32 time warnings for date/time synchronization. DCOM has always confused me but I don't think it has much to do with this issue - right? Besides, they were before/after the time of the problem by about a half hour one way, 10 - 15 minutes the other side. I was able to tell the approximate time by checking the created date/time for the Excel backup file I created; which was my very first activity when Save failed. Didn't try Save As or anything else until I'd "backed it up" into a .xls file. Checked firewall logs too; no untoward acitivity on the NAT or Zone Alarm. Some things are occurring to me: 1. I don't know that it could, but I am running a local Apache server & test my PHP code locally. And, 2. I'm kind of mentally "stuck" on the Notes being a possible cause since this is the first time I've used more than one or two at a time, and first time in Calc. Assuming it will happen again (I think it will) I'm going to go thru and delete all the Notes next time it happens and see if that makes any difference. I'll make sure I get a better handle on whether any data was lost too, next time. Thanks for your interest, Harold, Twayne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
