Bug 42910 - [Calc] xls export corrupts some formulas with named ranges
Summary: [Calc] xls export corrupts some formulas with named ranges
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 81195
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.4.3 release
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2011-11-14 03:37 UTC by Stephan Zietsman
Modified: 2015-01-22 07:34 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Original.xls file (from MS Excel 2007) (57.50 KB, application/vnd.ms-excel)
2011-11-14 03:37 UTC, Stephan Zietsman
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Description Stephan Zietsman 2011-11-14 03:37:24 UTC
Created attachment 53512 [details]
Original.xls file (from MS Excel 2007)

When you open the attached Original.xls file in LibO Calc (3.4.3) and re-save it as .xls (using "Save As...") some of the formulas that contain named ranges produce Err:520.

--==  Steps to reproduce  ==--
1. Open attached file (Original.xls) in LibO
2. Select "File" -> "Save As... (Ctrl + Shift + S)"
3. Enter some file name (e.g. "Saved_as_xls.xls")
4. Click "Save" to confirm
5. Close LibO
6. Open newly saved file (e.g. "Saved_as_xls.xls")

Expected result: File should look exactly the same as the original.

Actual result: Some (not all) formulas containing named ranges produce Err:520, specifically D8:E24.
--==  End of reproduction  ==--

Additional comments:
All the formulas in D6:E24 should contain the same formula (with updated relative references).  However, only D8:E24 produce the error (D6:E7 appear fine).

The attached file "Original.xls" was created with MS Excel 2007.  The names have local scope (local to the sheet "Standard").  The file I attached is a trimmed version of the file I noticed it with.

If the newly saved file (e.g. "Saved_as_xls.xls") is opened in Excel, it also produces an error (#NAME?).

If original.xls is opened and saved to .ods, there is no problem.  Additionally, if that .ods file is opened and saved as .xls, there is also no problem.

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Using LibreOfficePortable 3.4.3 (as from portableapps.com)
Windows 7 Professional x64
About:
LibreOffice 3.4.3 
OOO340m1 (Build:302)
Comment 1 Stephan Zietsman 2011-11-14 03:40:00 UTC
May be related to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38204
Comment 2 Markus Mohrhard 2011-11-29 00:47:16 UTC
let me have a look at it

I suspect another case of named ranges referencing each other
Comment 3 Markus Mohrhard 2011-11-30 06:19:19 UTC
the linked bug report had a totally different reason and is fixed for a long time
Comment 4 Markus Mohrhard 2011-11-30 07:40:29 UTC
and just to amke it clear, I think it is an import bug but had not yet time to look into it
Comment 5 Christian Lohmaier 2011-12-28 15:35:14 UTC
reproducible with 3.5.0beta2
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2015-01-05 17:51:03 UTC
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Comment 7 Buovjaga 2015-01-20 09:33:12 UTC
No problem anymore.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, LibO Version: 4.3.6.1
Build ID: 9629686a67dd1f357477c13325e45a66f3452bb9

Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 5f6bdce0c0ac687f418821ce328f2987bf340cda
TinderBox: Win-x86@62-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2015-01-17_01:06:46
Comment 8 Stephan Zietsman 2015-01-22 07:06:43 UTC
This still appears to be a problem.

I notice that the file has a lot of other problems (invalid references), but the bug I originally reported still appears.

--==  Steps to reproduce  ==--
1. Open the file (Original.xls)
2. RE-SAVE IT as an xls file (Saved_as_xls.xls)
6. Open the re-saved file (Saved_as_xls.xls)

Compare the formula in cell D8 between the two xls files (Original.xls vs. Saved_as_xls.xls)

Expected result:  The formula (in D8) should read "=B6-x_"

Actual result:  The formula (in D8) reads "=B6-" in Saved_as_xls.xls

--==  End of reproduction  ==--

Additional comments:  I no longer have access to MS Office, so I cannot test the file in Excel.

I notice that many of the cells contain reference errors.  Those are beyond the scope of this bug report; only concentrate on the formula at D6.

@Beluga:  Can you give more details about how you tested?  Did you re-save the file?  What was the formula in cell D8?

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About: LibO Version: 4.3.5.2
Build ID: 430m0(Build:2)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Comment 9 Markus Mohrhard 2015-01-22 07:34:36 UTC
Fixed with http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-4-3-6&id=1d45667276f671f6b73dd03550978458f27cc52d which is only in 4.3.6 and not in 4.3.5.

Please don't just reopen bug reports if you don't read in detail what the QA guys did.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 81195 ***