Bug 90204 - External links to other ods file - behaving strange after closing the file where the link refers to
Summary: External links to other ods file - behaving strange after closing the file wh...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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3.5.4 release
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Calc-External-Datalink
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Reported: 2015-03-24 17:35 UTC by ville_blois
Modified: 2024-05-17 15:19 UTC (History)
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Description ville_blois 2015-03-24 17:35:58 UTC
Bug reproduce steps:

- create 2 calc documents : 'source' and 'link'
- open them
- doc 'source' : in cell A1 enter 'AAAA'. Copy the cell.
- doc 'link' : paste special in A1 with 'Link' box checked. 
- save the 2 docs (don't close them)
- doc 'source' : in cell A1 enter 'BBBB' (don't save)
- doc 'link' : update (CTRL-SHIFT-F9). In A1 'AAAA' becomes 'BBBB' as it should. 
- doc 'source' : in cell A1 enter 'CCCC' then save and CLOSE this doc.
- doc 'link' : update (CTRL-SHIFT-F9). In A1 'BBBB' becomes … 'AAAA' !!!

- if you close and reopen 'link' and accept to update the links, then A1 contains the correct value ('CCCC').


I've tested this on:
- LibreOffice 4.4.1.2 – windows 8.1 64b
- LibreOffice 4.0.6.2 – windows 8.1 64b
- LibreOffice 3.6.5.2 – windows 7 64b
- LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 – debian linux 7.7
Comment 1 A (Andy) 2015-03-24 18:21:21 UTC
Reproducible with LO 4.4.1.2, Win 8.1
Comment 2 tommy27 2016-04-16 07:29:07 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2017-05-22 13:27:39 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Cor Nouws 2019-02-26 21:35:22 UTC
(In reply to ville_blois from comment #0)
> Bug reproduce steps:
> 
> - create 2 calc documents : 'source' and 'link'
> - open them
> - doc 'source' : in cell A1 enter 'AAAA'. Copy the cell.
> - doc 'link' : paste special in A1 with 'Link' box checked. 
> - save the 2 docs (don't close them)
> - doc 'source' : in cell A1 enter 'BBBB' (don't save)
> - doc 'link' : update (CTRL-SHIFT-F9). In A1 'AAAA' becomes 'BBBB' as it
> should. 
I think that only works since the data from source is available in the programs memory. See
  https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114998#c11

> - doc 'source' : in cell A1 enter 'CCCC' then save and CLOSE this doc.
> - doc 'link' : update (CTRL-SHIFT-F9). In A1 'BBBB' becomes … 'AAAA' !!!
That is odd.

> - if you close and reopen 'link' and accept to update the links, then A1
> contains the correct value ('CCCC').

That is expected. Again see
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114998#c11
Comment 5 Cor Nouws 2019-02-26 21:38:09 UTC
still tje same in Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: a798926550ab3ea8613f28a7be2672ebe9e7dfbe
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: GL; VCL: gtk3; 
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@86-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2019-02-24_03:53:22
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 6 John Russell 2020-05-10 18:16:58 UTC
I can only update links with both documents open.
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2022-05-11 03:33:32 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2024-05-11 03:16:57 UTC
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