Bug 65746 - FILESAVE: Excel 2003 XML formulas are not preserved
Summary: FILESAVE: Excel 2003 XML formulas are not preserved
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.0.3.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard: BSA
Keywords:
: 76891 98223 101570 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: MSO-XML2003
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Reported: 2013-06-14 09:17 UTC by Sawradym
Modified: 2024-11-18 03:15 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Crash report or crash signature:


Attachments
This is example of document in XML format. (8.31 KB, text/xml)
2013-06-14 09:17 UTC, Sawradym
Details
Resaved version (under v4062) of original file with v3462 console messages (3.03 KB, application/zip)
2013-12-15 09:58 UTC, Owen Genat (retired)
Details

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Description Sawradym 2013-06-14 09:17:36 UTC
Created attachment 80804 [details]
This is example of document in XML format.

Problem description: 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create document for Libreoffice Calc in XML format with formulas linked to another cells (like =C(5)*D(5)).
2. Open this document with Libreoffice Calc.

Current behavior: Wrong indexes in formulas. =C(15)*D(15)

Expected behavior:

              
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 4.0.3.3 release
Comment 1 Owen Genat (retired) 2013-12-15 09:58:26 UTC
Created attachment 90796 [details]
Resaved version (under v4062) of original file with v3462 console messages

This appears to be a Calc-related issue. The provided file was created in Excel 2003 and saved in XML format (i.e., in Calc use File > Save As > Microsoft Excel 2003 XML) and appears to be using using Excel R1C1 (rather than Calc A1) notation. I opened the provided file under Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 running:

- v3.3.0.4 OOO330m19 Build: 6
- v3.4.6.2 OOO340m1 Build: 602
- v3.5.7.2 Build ID: 3215f89-f603614-ab984f2-7348103-1225a5b
- v3.6.7.2 Build ID: e183d5b
- v4.0.6.2 Build ID: 2e2573268451a50806fcd60ae2d9fe01dd0ce24
- v4.1.3.2 Build ID: 70feb7d99726f064edab4605a8ab840c50ec57a

All versions open the file OK, although v3.3.0.4 produces the warning:

> Running an XSLT 1.0 stylesheet with an XSLT 2.0 processor
> Warning: on line 4476 of file:///opt/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/xslt/import/spreadsheetml/spreadsheetml2ooo.xsl:
> Creating an attribute here will fail if previous instructions create any children

Attempting to resave the file to Microsoft Excel 2003 XML format has these results:

v3.3.0.4: hang.
v3.4.6.2: failure to save.[1]
v3.5.7.2: same as for v3.4.6.2.
v3.6.7.2: same as for v3.4.6.2.
v4.0.6.2: save OK but with formula problems.
v4.1.3.2: same as for v3.4.6.2.

In the case of v4.0.6.2 the formulas are converted (refer attached): 

E4 from =C14*D14 to of:]=[.C14]*[.D14]
E5,E6,E7,E8 as for E4.
E9 from =SUM(E18:E18) to of:]=SUM([.E18:.E18])

This would seem to be the problem indicated in this report.

[1] Refer attached files for full console message. Dialog displayed states:

> Error saving the document <filename>:
> Write error.
> The file could not be written.
Comment 2 Owen Genat (retired) 2013-12-15 10:19:57 UTC
Confirmed as per comment #1. Status set to NEW. Component set to Spreadsheet. Platform set to All/All. Summary amended for clarity.

(In reply to comment #1)
> v3.4.6.2: failure to save.[1]
> v3.5.7.2: same as for v3.4.6.2.
> v3.6.7.2: same as for v3.4.6.2.
> v4.1.3.2: same as for v3.4.6.2.
> 
> [1] Refer attached files for full console message. Dialog displayed states:
> 
> > Error saving the document <filename>:
> > Write error.
> > The file could not be written.

This would appear to be bug 36427 or bug 52035 (according to the console messages).
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2015-04-19 03:22:42 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2015-06-18 15:13:00 UTC
(In reply to Sawradym from comment #0)
> Created attachment 80804 [details]
> This is example of document in XML format.

Still opens wrong.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 437210d58f32177ef1829d704f7f4d2f1bbfbfdd
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2015-06-18_07:21:56
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2016-03-09 07:52:00 UTC
*** Bug 98223 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Alex Thurgood 2016-08-18 08:19:41 UTC
*** Bug 101570 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Alex Thurgood 2016-08-18 08:26:26 UTC
*** Bug 76891 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Theo van Oosten 2017-06-05 11:41:12 UTC
Bug is still present in version 5.1.6.2
Also the content is moved up 1 row (A3 --> A2, B3 --> B2 etc.)
Field A3 = 12
Field B3 = 15
Field C3 = "=A3+B3"
Save to XML format and reopen
Field A2 = 12
Field B2 = 15
Field C2 = "of:]=[.A3]+[.B3]"
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2018-11-17 03:45:55 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2020-11-17 05:00:36 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2022-11-18 03:36:19 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2024-11-18 03:15:38 UTC
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