Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

Hi :)
Yes, i agree.  Not handling a weird sort of Xls is not necessarily a bug.  Native formats might be  
more of an issue.  Since it's an ultra-weird format and not even an Xls it's definitely not an LO 
bug.  

Btw many apols for being rude earlier.  I'm a bit of a pillock sometimes.  Sorry chap.  
Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 18:23
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem
>
> On 03/28/2013 01:23 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > 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 :)
> IMHO it not necessarily a bug but certainly a feature request.
> > > ________________________________
> > > 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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