Description: I was mistakenly trying to save a file with a date formatted with a slash, and was getting an unhelpful "Nonexistent object. Path to the file does not exist." error. I had looked around for advice on this issue, only to find other bugs, such as #90189 and forum posts regarding network file shares. In the same vein as #95336, it would be a great improvement to user experience if the warnings were more specific when there are invalid character issues, instead of leaving them with a vague error that returns unhelpful results when looking it up. Thank you. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a LibreOffice document 2. Try to save it as a new file 3. Mistakenly enter an invalid file name character such as `/` Actual Results: A somewhat unhelpful error, "Nonexistent object. Path to the file does not exist.", which may lead one to overestimate their issue, is given. Expected Results: The user should get an error warning them of their mistake, instead of being directed towards unrelated issues. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.5.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 50(Build:2) CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 6.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
I think the message it's from the OS not from LibreOffice. This is in win11: /downloads/_test/CF_2.ods 'El nombre de archivo no es valido' Translation'The file name is invalid' The message is in Spanish like my OS, even my LibreOffice UI is in English. Version: 7.6.0.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 776eaf34564cbf3f034a0ba1fd1d5c32ff9ccf1c CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
(In reply to David Chen from comment #0) > Description: > I was mistakenly trying to save a file with a date formatted with a slash, > and was getting an unhelpful "Nonexistent object. Path to the file does not > exist." error. I had looked around for advice on this issue, only to find > other bugs, such as #90189 and forum posts regarding network file shares. > In the same vein as #95336, it would be a great improvement to user > experience if the warnings were more specific when there are invalid > character issues, instead of leaving them with a vague error that returns > unhelpful results when looking it up. Thank you. > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Open a LibreOffice document > 2. Try to save it as a new file > 3. Mistakenly enter an invalid file name character such as `/` > > Actual Results: > A somewhat unhelpful error, "Nonexistent object. Path to the file does not > exist.", which may lead one to overestimate their issue, is given. > > Expected Results: > The user should get an error warning them of their mistake, instead of being > directed towards unrelated issues. Forward slash is not an invalid character on Linux, but a directory delimiter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing) The error message is as helpful as it can get.