Bug 34311 - meta information lost when editing a calc OLE object from writer
Summary: meta information lost when editing a calc OLE object from writer
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: ODF-export-invalid
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Reported: 2011-02-15 14:15 UTC by florianP
Modified: 2025-05-25 03:11 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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clean and corrupted otd files, with its template and a text.odt (40.44 KB, application/octetstream)
2011-02-15 14:15 UTC, florianP
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Description florianP 2011-02-15 14:15:24 UTC
Created attachment 43400 [details]
clean and corrupted otd files, with its template and a text.odt

I think the meta information in my odp file is deleted when using the odt file as an OLE object from writer.

How to reproduce : (zip file included)

 In writer Insert/Object/OLE Object
   create from file 'avec_modeleOK.odt' with LINK TO FILE
   OK
 Modify OLE object :
   double click on OLE
   scroll
   click elsewhere
 Save

Actual results :
 
  File avec_modeleOK.odp has been corrupted into avec_modelePASOK.odp :
    no meta.xml when unzipping the file
    when opened in impress, File/properties : no more link to the template.


Version used :
  LibreOffice 3.3.1    OOO330m19 (Build:7)
  tag libreoffice-3.3.1.1, Debian package 1:3.3.1~rc1-2

  Also reproduced on older version openoffice 3.2.1-11 from debian package
  1:3.2.1-11+squeeze2
Comment 1 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 11:52:32 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 sasha.libreoffice 2012-01-04 23:10:09 UTC
reproduced on LibO 3.5.0 beta 1 on Fedora 64 bit
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2014-06-25 17:38:00 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2015-07-18 17:44:20 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2015-10-23 16:22:25 UTC
Still repro.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: fcc2415ade6ae93710bbbda9f7e163045e323105
TinderBox: Win-x86@62-merge-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2015-10-21_16:55:13
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2016-11-08 11:23:25 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Franklin Weng 2019-11-23 12:57:48 UTC
Not reproducible in

版本:6.4.0.0.alpha1
組建 ID:cc57df8f942f239d29cb575ea5a7cb01405db787
CPU 執行緒:4; OS:Linux 5.2; UI 算繪:預設; VCL: kf5; 
語言地區:zh-TW (zh_TW.UTF-8); UI-Language: zh-TW
Calc: threaded


Actually I even couldn't reproduce it in very old version:

版本 4.0.6.2 (組建 ID:2e2573268451a50806fcd60ae2d9fe01dd0ce24)
Comment 8 Buovjaga 2019-11-23 16:40:51 UTC
(In reply to florianP from comment #0)
>  In writer Insert/Object/OLE Object
>    create from file 'avec_modeleOK.odt' with LINK TO FILE
>    OK
>  Modify OLE object :
>    double click on OLE
>    scroll
>    click elsewhere
>  Save
> 
> Actual results :
>  
>   File avec_modeleOK.odp has been corrupted into avec_modelePASOK.odp :
>     no meta.xml when unzipping the file
>     when opened in impress, File/properties : no more link to the template.

I still repro. The meta.xml disappears.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 6.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: b30251ca0d102ced36799ee18d4bbcd9e8530fa0
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5; 
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Built on 22 November 2019
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2021-11-23 04:32:22 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Regina Henschel 2021-12-04 15:28:47 UTC
The sub-file meta.xml is still lost in Version: 7.1.5.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-GB (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded.

In version Version: 7.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e95a808020de12351714965f5656e893d94d50f4
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
I could insert the object only in read-only mode.
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2025-05-25 03:11:45 UTC
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