Bug 151250 - Database - no DB UI wizards are functional in LibreOffice from AppStore (macOS)
Summary: Database - no DB UI wizards are functional in LibreOffice from AppStore (macOS)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.6.2 release
Hardware: ARM macOS (All)
: high major
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: notBibisectable, regression
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Reported: 2022-09-30 11:06 UTC by Alex Thurgood
Modified: 2023-03-17 03:27 UTC (History)
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Description Alex Thurgood 2022-09-30 11:06:49 UTC
Description:
None of the UI wizards that are displayed in and ODB container are functional in the version of LibreOffice available from the macOS AppStore.

Examples:
- table creation wizard
- query creation wizard
- form creation wizard
- report creation wizard


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open an embedded Firebird ODB file
2. Click on any of Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports on the lefthand side
3. Click on any of the wizard entries
4. Nothing happens when these entries are clicked.

Actual Results:
None of the wizards are functional.

Expected Results:
Wizards should function to assist user.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.6.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: c28ca90fd6e1a19e189fc16c05f8f8924961e12e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 12.6; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Alex Thurgood 2022-09-30 11:11:46 UTC
And before anyone retorts that, "duh, of course they don't function because they are written in Java", I know that, but the point is, the AppStore product description over which TDF does have control says you can use databases, and the UI of a loaded database file leads the user to believe you can.

What will the user's appreciation of the product be on discovering that actually most of that blurb isn't true for the version available from the AppStore?
Comment 2 Julien Nabet 2022-09-30 14:14:38 UTC
Yes without Java, Base part is not user friendly.
Comment 3 m.a.riosv 2022-09-30 20:29:58 UTC
I think to have read somewhere that the appstore doesn't allow the full app with Java dependencies.
Comment 4 Julien Nabet 2022-10-01 08:03:03 UTC
(In reply to m.a.riosv from comment #3)
> I think to have read somewhere that the appstore doesn't allow the full app
> with Java dependencies.

From https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/:
"2.4.5 Apps distributed via the Mac App Store have some additional requirements to keep in mind: "

"(viii) Apps should run on the currently shipping OS and may not use deprecated or optionally installed technologies (e.g. Java)"

BTW, there's also:
"(ix) Apps must contain all language and localization support in a single app bundle."
but that's another story.
Comment 5 Alex Thurgood 2023-03-16 12:06:24 UTC
Still reproducible with

Version: 7.4.6.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5b1f5509c2decdade7fda905e3e1429a67acd63d
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 13.2.1; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Calc: threaded

from the App Store