Bug 88494 - FILEOPEN: Dropdown list disappears when the file is opened by MS Excel
Summary: FILEOPEN: Dropdown list disappears when the file is opened by MS Excel
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 67146
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.3.5.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2015-01-16 12:53 UTC by Gergely Rácz
Modified: 2015-01-21 10:23 UTC (History)
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sample files for the bug (15.77 KB, application/x-compressed)
2015-01-16 12:53 UTC, Gergely Rácz
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Description Gergely Rácz 2015-01-16 12:53:12 UTC
Created attachment 112340 [details]
sample files for the bug

Steps to reproduce with sample.ods:

1. Open the attached .ods file with LibO. (Cell A1 has a dropdown list).
2. Open the attached .ods file with MS Office (I worked with MS Office 2013).
3. Click OK when a window pops up with the following message: "Excel was able to open the file repairing or removing the unreadable content".
4. Put the active cell on A1.

Current behavior:
A1 shows an empty cell.

Expected behavior:
A1 should show a dropdown list.

Steps to reproduce with sample.xls:

1. Open the attached .xls file with LibO. (Cell A1 has a dropdown list).
2. Open the attached .xls file with MS Office (I worked with MS Office 2013).
3. drop down the list of A1.

Current behavior:
It shows only part of the validity list.

Expected behavior:
A1 should show the full content of the dropdown list.


Steps to reproduce with sample.xlsx:

1. Open the attached .xlsx file with LibO. (Cell A1 has a dropdown list).
2. Open the attached .xlsx file with MS Office (I worked with MS Office 2013).
3. Click 'Yes' when a pop-up window appears. ("We found a problem with some content in %FILENAME%. Do you want us try to recover as much as we can? If you trust the source of this workbook. click Yes.")
4. Click 'Close' when the "Repairs" window appears.
5. Put the active cell on A1.

Current behavior:
A1 shows an empty cell.

Expected behavior:
A1 should show a dropdown list.

Facts:
- Issue can be reproduce if you copy the content of the validity list into another sheet/file.

Here you can read the log of the repairs by MS Office:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
-<recoveryLog xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main">
<logFileName>error082200_01.xml</logFileName>
<summary>Errors were detected in file 'H:\Products\LibreOffice\2014_04_28 (Dropdown list)\Szakagi_alkalmazas_ertekelolap.xlsx'</summary>
-<removedFeatures summary="Following is a list of removed features:">
<removedFeature>Removed Feature: Data validation from /xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml part</removedFeature>
</removedFeatures>
</recoveryLog>
Comment 1 raal 2015-01-21 10:23:47 UTC
Hello Gergely,
Tested with versions:
LO 4.3.5, win7
Excel 2010

sample.ods
LO - 18 items
Excel-Excel was able to open the file repairing or removing the unreadable content".
A1 shows an empty cell.
This is probably excel's bug:
https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Differences-between-the-OpenDocument-Spreadsheet-ods-format-and-the-Excel-xlsx-format-4311c54f-ee86-4197-bd2d-5ecc35deb138
Data Validation  Partially Supported

sample.xls
LO - 8 items
Excel - 8 items
OK

sample.xlsx
LO - 18 items
excel - no list after recovery
duplicate of bug 67146

I'm closing this bug as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 67146 ***