Bug 140507 - embedded pictures disappear when name changed
Summary: embedded pictures disappear when name changed
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.0.0.1 rc
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
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Blocks: Writer-Images
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Reported: 2021-02-18 14:41 UTC by Dr. Matthias Weisser
Modified: 2022-09-27 03:32 UTC (History)
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Attachments
test file for showing lost picture problem (20.50 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2021-02-18 14:45 UTC, Dr. Matthias Weisser
Details
picture for test file to be put in folder BILDER (307.93 KB, image/png)
2021-02-18 14:48 UTC, Dr. Matthias Weisser
Details
second picture to be put in folder BILDER (52.69 KB, image/png)
2021-02-18 14:50 UTC, Dr. Matthias Weisser
Details

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Description Dr. Matthias Weisser 2021-02-18 14:41:45 UTC
I have many Writer texts with very many pictures embedded as links. Embedding and changing names of pictures worked well using LO5.4.7. Unfortunately there are problems using LO_6.4.4_Win_x64.msi or LO_7.0.0.1_Win_x64.msi on Win 7 pro 64bit notebooks.

When I double click on the first picture the menu comes up and "Dateiname" will be shown. When I edit this name from hp214a_bedienfeld.png to hp214a_bedienfeld2.png which does not exist no picture is shown then - only the frame with the name inside is shown.

When I change back the name to hp214a_bedienfeld.png unfortunately the original picture does not show up again. Also using the "Durchsuchen" Button and choosing the file name hp214a_bedienfeld.png from there does not bring the picture up again. The picture seems to be lost. 

The frame still will be shown. But no way to get the picture again into this frame. When LO is closed and reopened the frame is lost. 

Its bad when the frame is lost or has to be deleted because the frame already had the right size and format. The picture then newly has to be added and all the format changes have to be done again. 

This loss of format is really time consuming when working on many pictures. One does not like running through all the menus again. The format should not go lost this way. This problem was not at all there when using LO5.4.7.

So the above sentence from Bug ID 120372 "Embedded pictures disappear from Writer when documents are opened." seems to be true in my case. I really hope this problem can be seen by others and solved.
Comment 1 Dr. Matthias Weisser 2021-02-18 14:45:17 UTC
Created attachment 169859 [details]
test file for showing lost picture problem

this test file also needs a folder BILDER with 2 png pictures inside. Those are also provided.
Comment 2 Dr. Matthias Weisser 2021-02-18 14:48:48 UTC
Created attachment 169860 [details]
picture for test file to be put in folder BILDER

picture to be put in folder BILDER to be tested from odt file.
Comment 3 Dr. Matthias Weisser 2021-02-18 14:50:14 UTC
Created attachment 169861 [details]
second picture to be put in folder BILDER
Comment 4 Dieter 2021-03-05 09:52:35 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ? I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.
Comment 5 Dieter 2021-03-05 17:20:56 UTC
Matthias, is it a duplicate of bug 133201?
Comment 6 Dr. Matthias Weisser 2021-03-05 18:01:06 UTC
Hello Dieter,

the description looks quite similar. Especially the one from Robert.

but there seem to be differences:
"Then when reopening the file, only its empty frame is shown, because the image can't be found at their original set location."

I have seen the problem that the picture was still shown at first - but when the document saved and then reopened no picture shown any longer and also no frame. Simply lost frame !

The problem was not there in LO5.4.7.
I did not test LO6.3.5.2. 
But in LO6.4.4 it clearly was there.

I really hope that there will be a solution because I do have very many pictures and sometimes I have to change them.

Best,
Matthias
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2021-03-06 03:46:53 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Dieter 2022-02-27 05:50:38 UTC
Hello Matthias, a new major release of LibreOffice is available since this bug was reported. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2022-08-27 03:36:11 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2022-09-27 03:32:47 UTC
Dear Dr. Matthias Weisser,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
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