Re: [libreoffice-users] Err:504 with DDE links since LO 4→5 upgrade

Hi Martin,

martin f krafft schrieb:
> Hey list,
>
> We're dealing with a complex document containing hundreds of DDE
> links. Worse yet, those DDE links are dynamically created, e.g.
> using the following formula to reference filename ($B$2), sheet name,
> ($B$3), column ($B$6), and row (in column $A starting at $A8):
>
>    =DDE("soffice";
>      CONCATENATE("file:./";$B$2);
>      CONCATENATE("$";$B$3;".$";$B$6;"$";$A8);
>      0)

Such DDE works for me on Windows. But I have no part "file:./" but for 
me it is "c:\". I know Linux has a different way to write a path, but 
are you sure about the part "file:"?

Does DDE works, if you make a new pair of documents (source and target) 
in LibreOffice 5?

> This worked very well a year ago, but when we tried to open it as of
> late, we get "Err:504" (parameter list error) all over.

You should generate a test file in LibreOffice 4 with a DDE-link, which 
works. (A administrative installation or a portable version should work 
for that.) Then go to Edit > Links.. in that version and look, what link 
information are actually generated. Below the list in that dialog you 
read 'Source file', 'Element' and 'Type'.

> The only thing that's changed is that we've since upgraded from
> Libreoffice 4 to version 5.
>
> Are you aware of (a) the relevant change, and (b) a remedy to this
> problem, so that we can use DDE links as we used to with Libreoffice
> 5.1.2?

I have tested it with a current developer built from master. 
[http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/] Perhaps you try such version too.

I am not aware of any relevant changes. If you can reproduce the problem 
with a small pair of test documents, then please write a bug report and 
attach the documents.

Kind regards
Regina



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