Bug 132003 - No way to enable external content for a newly created spreadsheet
Summary: No way to enable external content for a newly created spreadsheet
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.2.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Network Calc-Function
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Reported: 2020-04-09 14:09 UTC by Mike Kaganski
Modified: 2023-08-03 12:58 UTC (History)
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What I see (140.02 KB, image/png)
2020-04-09 21:22 UTC, m_a_riosv
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Description Mike Kaganski 2020-04-09 14:09:47 UTC
1. Create a new spreadsheet
2. Add a formula: '=WEBSERVICE("https://www.example.net/foo/bar/")'

The result is "ERR:540" ("External content disabled"). But there's no relevant infobar with a button to enable it; and I couldn't find related function in menus (or in "Edit Links" dialog).

Saving and reloading the document indeed brings the infobar; but if I close it, I again cannot enable external content without reloading the document.

Tested with Version: 6.4.3.1 (x64)
Build ID: 4d2b2b47cca498fed6abf712a36d0788901091eb
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2020-04-09 21:22:54 UTC
Created attachment 159458 [details]
What I see

=WEBSERVICE("https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/") works fine for me.

with your formula I get #VALUE! Error: Wrong data type

Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: 95ec2e9b024ff12a3005777c902d7e0975460b1d
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19592; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win; 
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI-Language: en-US Calc: CL
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2020-04-09 21:34:09 UTC
I didn't yet found what is the setting that made that here. But do you see it if you save, reload, and close the infobar using closing cross?
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2020-04-09 22:39:31 UTC
Ok, I see Err:540 reloading the file but seems doesn't matter to do or not 'Allow updating', and the problem it's there with the link "https://www.example.net/foo/bar/" but not "https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/"
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2022-04-10 03:36:02 UTC
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