Bug 36828 - Calc DIF export acts weird and saves wrong sheet
Summary: Calc DIF export acts weird and saves wrong sheet
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2011-05-04 02:41 UTC by Mark Smulders
Modified: 2022-10-10 03:31 UTC (History)
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Description Mark Smulders 2011-05-04 02:41:07 UTC
Steps to reproduce

1. Open/Create an ODS document containing multiple sheets with content
2. Select a sheet other than the first sheet
3. Choose File > Save As 
4. Choose export format : DIF

A prompt will give the warning :
  "Warning saving the document xxxx
   Only the active sheet was saved"

Calc now shows the current document title as the new DIF file (even under File > Properties), however still all sheets and data are visible as were it still the ODS document. This looks like a bug to me ?!

5. Close all documents
6. Open the newly saved DIF file

Instead of the sheet data of the active sheet when we saved the DIF, the document will contain the data of the FIRST sheet of the original ODS document.

System info : LibreOffice Calc 3.3 on Ubuntu 11.04 x86_64
Will provide more details/information/tests if needed.
Cheers.
Comment 1 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:03:13 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Mark Smulders 2012-01-02 23:21:14 UTC
Bug confirmed: still exists in 3.5.0 beta2

During DIF export :
- Calc saves the FIRST sheet, instead of the ACTIVE sheet.
- After saving, the document is said to be a DIF doc, but all sheets remain visible (design choice?!)
Comment 3 A (Andy) 2014-03-08 21:40:38 UTC
reproducible with LO 4.2.1.1 (Win 8.1)
Comment 4 Joel Madero 2015-05-02 15:42:01 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 09:37:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Zineta 2017-08-23 13:31:22 UTC
Still exists in: LO 4.4.6.3; 
LO 5.2.7.2:
OS:Win7.

In Version: 6.0.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 88179e3de8865ea07d5017ca0723afd10ad44ba7
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2017-08-06_23:49:25

 exists but without warning message that only active sheet would be saved.

Because selected file type (DIF) does not support workbooks that contains multiple sheets it is supposed that data in active sheet should be saved.
But only data in first sheet are saved.
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2018-10-09 02:52:28 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2020-10-09 04:17:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2022-10-10 03:31:53 UTC
Dear Mark Smulders,

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