Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

Hi :)
So it meant that instead of discovering a bug with LibreOffice it was a discovered  problem with 
the 3rd party's website and their strange way of setting up their downloads.  

The question was whether reporting a bug against LibreOffice might improve LibreOffice's handling 
of Xls files but the answer to that is just "No" and that solves the problem.
Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Tim Lloyd <tim.lloyd@gmx.com>
> To: nvrk <nvrk.89410@gmail.com> 
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 3:23
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem
>
> It was not a matter of preferences. It was because calc could not open a 
> .XLS file. On further investigation it was found that it is not an XLS 
> file hence the problem
>
> Cheers
> On 03/28/2013 01:48 PM, nvrk wrote:
> > Is there a reason why the .xls file version is preferred to the .csv
> > version from the afr.com site?
> > nvsoar
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Michael Wu <mwu@tercel.com.tw> wrote:
> >
> > > > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd <tim.lloyd@gmx.com
> > > > > <mailto:tim.lloyd@gmx.com>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >       Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone
> > > > >       has seen it before/potential fix identified.
> > > > >
> > > > >       I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables
> > > > >       from a financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently
> > > > >       clicked on the wrong table by accident and tried to open it. Calc
> > > > >       locked up! No problem with the files I normally look at, Calc
> > > > >       opened them fine.
> > > > >
> > > > >       So I tried again today and waited for an error - "LibreOffice
> > > > >       4.0.1.2 General input/output error". So I hopped over to the
> > > > >       windows PC and tried LO portable. Same error. The error was
> > > > >       repeated whether I tried to open directly from the website or if I
> > > > >       saved to disk and then attempted to open the file. MS Excel has no
> > > > >       problems.
> > > > >
> > > > >       The file in question is accessible using this link:
> > > > >
> > > > >       http://www.afr.com/share_tables/
> > > > >
> > > > >       Just click on the xls link next to "Warrant Market"
> > > > >
> > > > >       Any comments?
> > > > >
> > > > >       Cheers
> > > Hi Tim,
> > >
> > > Since you use Fedora Linux, maybe you can try gnumeric as a temporary
> > > alternative.
> > >
> > > Hope it helps and regards,
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
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