Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice 4 corrupting Calc files

I'm sort of having a similar problem. I too have a spreadsheet file for 
personal finances tracking. When I made the change from Fedora 19 to 
Fedora 20 I suddenly started getting the file recovery dialog reporting 
that my budget calc file needed to be recovered when I would open a 2nd 
unrelated Libreoffice file. It does not matter whether I am opening an 
existing or new calc, write, draw or base file. The dialog would pop up 
pointing to the one file, even though I already had it open and had been 
using it. Of course if I elect to recover it'll fail since it is already 
open and the recovery encountered the file lock. I did one time open 
another file first and then attempted to open the file that gets 
flagged. This time I was able to allow the recovery process to run and 
it opened. I have gone a few days with no further problems until just 
now, the dialog suddenly popped up upon opening another file.

I have already tried removing the .config directory tree for LibreOffice 
with only a few days reprieve from this problem. I am currently running 
4.2.1.1 from the Fedora 20 repo. Just my .02¢, it seems to be a similar 
problem to the OP.

Scott C.

On 03/02/2014 12:54 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2014-03-02 7:00 GMT+01:00 "J. Van Brimmer" <jerry.vb@gmail.com>:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm new to the list, so if this is an inappropriate subject, please let me
> > know.
> >
> > I am using Libreoffice on Manjaro Linux. Over the last several months the
> > version has been regularly updated. The currently installed version is:
> > "Version: 4.1.5.3
> > Build ID: 4.1.5.3 Arch Linux build-1". I have been using Manjaro for about
> > six months. Over this time I have been using Libreoffice to update some
> > Calc spreadsheets that I created to keep track of my finances. There is
> > only one of those files that occasionally gets corrupted. It's always the
> > same file, and only this one file that gets corrupted. I keep the files on
> > a USB drive. I always save the file, close Libreoffice, and unmount the
> > drive before removing it from the computer. I have no forewarning that the
> > file is corrupt until the next time I open it. When I open the file when
> > its corrupted, I get this window:
> > Screenshot<
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/aak5y545qsmhe30/Screenshot_TextImport_2014-03-01.png
> > ​.  Nothing I try can get Libreoffice to open or repair the file. ​
> > ​But​
> > ​, if ​
> > ​I open the file with Libreoffice 3 on my Debian system, I am offered a
> > window that asks me if I want Libreoffice to repair the file. If I click on
> > 'Yes' Libreoffice 3 completes the repair and I see the spreadsheet. The
> > only strange thing that I notice about the repaired file is that the last
> > chart I had created is only a placeholder. I then delete the placeholder
> > and recreate the chart. If I then save an​
> > ​​d close the file, and reopen it in Libreoffice 4, it opens fine until the
> > next time it gets corrupted. I don't know how to cause the problem, other
> > that to keep opening the file until it happens.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this problem? Is there anything I should try?
> I have seen a problem that seems to be similar, but that was an earlier
> version of LibreOffice, I think 3.7.something. It corrupted a spreadsheet
> for me and I couldn't repair it with LibreOffice, so I installed Apache
> OpenOffice and opened it. Apache OpenOffice repaired the file for me and I
> have been using it ever since, and since then the spreadsheet never got
> corrupted again.
>
> That's probably not the solution you are looking for, I just wanted to say
> that you are probably not the only one who had this problem, but I'm not
> 100% sure it's the same bug.
>
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>
>
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> > Jerry Van Brimmer
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