Bug 114754 - mail merge: database selection blocked
Summary: mail merge: database selection blocked
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.3.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Mail-Merge
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Reported: 2017-12-29 18:50 UTC by hrkoch
Modified: 2018-09-03 14:57 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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window on which the app blocks e.g. does not advance (132.52 KB, image/png)
2017-12-29 18:52 UTC, hrkoch
Details

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Description hrkoch 2017-12-29 18:50:02 UTC
Description:
while wanting to include a database field after selecting the database in the edit window, the process is blocked.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open document with adress block prepared for mail merge
2.mark a line from the adress block to be edited
3.edit window opens - select a database

Actual Results:  
process does not advance / is blocked

Expected Results:
database should open with fields contained


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
see attached screenshot


User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0
Comment 1 hrkoch 2017-12-29 18:52:23 UTC
Created attachment 138736 [details]
window on which the app blocks e.g. does not advance
Comment 2 Buovjaga 2018-01-27 17:38:37 UTC
Could not reproduce. Used same material and basic steps to create a Letter as in bug 114748.

Please try with 5.4/6.0 pre-release.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 6.1.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 2d8f17565ebe867210f5769851d91b2e7b612a8f
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.14; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; 
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded
Built on January 27th 2018

Win 10
Version: 6.1.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: 2765189d8bca11a403fe5597f565964a4e6fe019
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; 
TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2018-01-27_00:36:59
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI); Calc: group threaded

Set to NEEDINFO.
Change back to UNCONFIRMED, if the problem persists. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2018-07-31 09:38:38 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2018-09-03 14:57:04 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still
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