Bug 92770 - thisComponent is not valid during "Open Document" at startup in non-document macro
Summary: thisComponent is not valid during "Open Document" at startup in non-document ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: BASIC (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.4.2.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
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Keywords: bibisected, bisected, regression
Depends on:
Blocks: VclPtr
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Reported: 2015-07-15 17:24 UTC by Lionel Elie Mamane
Modified: 2023-05-17 13:19 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Crash report or crash signature:


Attachments
reproduction case (4.07 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database)
2015-07-15 17:24 UTC, Lionel Elie Mamane
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Description Lionel Elie Mamane 2015-07-15 17:24:05 UTC
Created attachment 117261 [details]
reproduction case

When:

 - LibreOffice is started with instruction to open document foo.odb
   (for example, type in a shell "/path/to/soffice foo.odb")
AND
 - in foo.odb, the "Open Document" event is bound to a macro "OnOpen"
AND
 - the macro "OnOpen" is not saved in foo.odb, but in "My Macros"
   OR calls (without delay, without a MsgBox before, etc)
      a macro "Go" that is saved in "My Macros"
AND
 - OnOpen/Go tries to use thisComponent

THEN

thisComponent is not set to a valid value. E.g., XRay cannot introspect it, it doesn't have a supportsService method, ...BUT isEmpty(thisComponent) is *false*.

Just adding a "wait 5000" solves the problem, which hints at a race condition, or a wrong order of initialisation (if the wait() makes a Yield/DoEvents).

If the macro OnOpen, saved in the .odb file, uses thisComponent directly, then it works.
If the macro is executed *after* the document is finished opening, then it works.
If one first starts LibreOffice and *then* opens the file through the UI, then it works.

Regression with respect to 5.0 (my GNU/Linux dev tree), 4.4 (Windows TDF build) and 4.3 (Debian package).


Reproduction steps:

Put in "My Macros" the following (beware bugzilla's word wrap):

Sub showThisComponent
	MsgBox "Macro in ""My Macros"": " & _
            thisComponent.supportsService("com.sun.star.document.OfficeDocument")
End Sub


Set Macro security to medium or lower.


CLOSE LIBREOFFICE


Open the attached odb file by starting libreoffice with as argument /path/to/odb_file.
Accept macros if prompted.


Actual result: error message

  BASIC runtime error.
  Property or method not found: supportsService.

Expected result (and actual result with previous versions): message box saying:

  Macro in "My Macros": True
Comment 1 Noel Power 2015-07-16 08:52:19 UTC
(In reply to Lionel Elie Mamane from comment #0)
> Created attachment 117261 [details]
> reproduction case
> 
> When:
> 
>  - LibreOffice is started with instruction to open document foo.odb
>    (for example, type in a shell "/path/to/soffice foo.odb")
> AND
>  - in foo.odb, the "Open Document" event is bound to a macro "OnOpen"
> AND
>  - the macro "OnOpen" is not saved in foo.odb, but in "My Macros"
>    OR calls (without delay, without a MsgBox before, etc)
>       a macro "Go" that is saved in "My Macros"
> AND
>  - OnOpen/Go tries to use thisComponent
> 
> THEN
> 
> thisComponent is not set to a valid value. E.g., XRay cannot introspect it,
> it doesn't have a supportsService method, ...BUT isEmpty(thisComponent) is
> *false*.
> 

Unlikely this is anything to do with basic but rather something has changed in the framework code which creates/sets the 'ThisComponent' value. iirc basics ThisComponent value is set in objxstor.c as part of the opening of a document. In this case it seems like the object behind 'ThisComponent' at this point is partially contructed or maybe some sort of placeholder, you'll have to dig deeper in the framework code I expect
Comment 2 pierre-yves samyn 2015-07-24 13:36:07 UTC
Hi

I reproduce on Windows 7/64 & Version: 5.0.0.3
Build ID: f79b5ba13f5e6cbad23f8038060e556217e66632
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR)

I set status to New

I also get problems with macro on open document (see bug 92916). May be related ?

Regards
Pierre-Yves
Comment 3 raal 2015-10-14 15:34:05 UTC
I can confirm with LO 4.4.2, linux
Comment 4 raal 2015-12-03 15:25:20 UTC
This seems to have begun at the below commit.
Adding Cc: to Michael Meeks ; Could you possibly take a look at this one? Thanks

bibisect-win32-5.1: ba5c12eeb1977bd3f7466df16a94b4c6f9523f6e is the first bad commit
commit ba5c12eeb1977bd3f7466df16a94b4c6f9523f6e
Author: Norbert Thiebaud <nthiebaud@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Jul 14 14:13:07 2015 -0700

    source 7aae8772aa18744cb1bbd8348272be99cc882c47
    source 7aae8772aa18744cb1bbd8348272be99cc882c47

author    Michael Meeks <michael.meeks@collabora.com>    2015-06-05 15:37:49 (GMT)
committer    Michael Meeks <michael.meeks@collabora.com>    2015-06-05 19:45:12 (GMT)
commit    7aae8772aa18744cb1bbd8348272be99cc882c47 (patch)
Clear VclPtr instance reference on removed UserEvents.

Some crashers during bibisecting, I marked them as "git bisect bad"
Comment 5 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-13 11:13:25 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Björn Michaelsen 2016-04-16 16:56:21 UTC
blocks vclptr as per comment 4
Comment 7 Caolán McNamara 2016-05-26 11:42:48 UTC
lionel, does this still fail for you. For me, assuming I'm doing it right. It works for me on 5.0, 5.1 and master
Comment 8 Lionel Elie Mamane 2016-05-26 11:56:16 UTC
(In reply to Caolán McNamara from comment #7)
> lionel, does this still fail for you. For me, assuming I'm doing it right.
> It works for me on 5.0, 5.1 and master

Yes, it still fails for me with:
 5.1.3.2 (Debian package) - macro security medium (and "Security Warning / Enable Macros" prompt)
 5.2.0.0.alpha1+ (my debug build) as of 18 may 2016 - macro security medium (and "Security Warning / Enable Macros" prompt)

It does *not* fail for me with:

 5.1.3.2 (Debian package) - macro security low (and *no* "Security Warning / Enable Macros" prompt)
 5.2.0.0.alpha1+ (my debug build) as of 18 may 2016 - macro security low (and *no* "Security Warning / Enable Macros" prompt)

It also fails with 5.1.3.2, if I start LibreOffice, get the start screen and open attachment 117261 [details].

It does *not* fail with 5.1.3.2 if I start LibreOffice, get the start screen, open a blank writer document and then open attachment 117261 [details] (from menu file / "recent documents")
Comment 9 Julien Nabet 2016-10-23 12:09:43 UTC
On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today (+enable-dbgutil), I could reproduce this.

I noticed this on console:
warn:xmloff.core:20330:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:1011: exception caught
warn:legacy.osl:20330:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:1012: DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION in virtual void SvXMLImport::setTargetDocument(const com::sun::star::uno::Reference<com::sun::star::lang::XComponent>&)
    type: com.sun.star.lang.NotInitializedException
    context: N8dbaccess17ODatabaseDocumentE

warn:xmloff.core:20330:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:1011: exception caught
warn:legacy.osl:20330:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:1012: DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION in virtual void SvXMLImport::setTargetDocument(const com::sun::star::uno::Reference<com::sun::star::lang::XComponent>&)
    type: com.sun.star.lang.NotInitializedException
    context: N8dbaccess17ODatabaseDocumentE

warn:xmloff.core:20330:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:1011: exception caught
warn:legacy.osl:20330:1:xmloff/source/core/xmlimp.cxx:1012: DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION in virtual void SvXMLImport::setTargetDocument(const com::sun::star::uno::Reference<com::sun::star::lang::XComponent>&)
    type: com.sun.star.lang.NotInitializedException
    context: N8dbaccess17ODatabaseDocumentE

warn:legacy.osl:20330:7:basctl/source/basicide/doceventnotifier.cxx:127: DocumentEventNotifier::Impl::notifyEvent: illegal source document!
warn:legacy.osl:20330:7:basctl/source/basicide/doceventnotifier.cxx:127: DocumentEventNotifier::Impl::notifyEvent: illegal source document!
warn:legacy.osl:20330:7:basctl/source/basicide/doceventnotifier.cxx:127: DocumentEventNotifier::Impl::notifyEvent: illegal source document!
Comment 10 Buovjaga 2017-05-19 14:31:07 UTC
Tried with Xray 5.2. It works for me: Macro in "My Macros": True

Could it be this work fixed it: bug 105735 / bug 107029 ?

Arch Linux 64-bit, KDE Plasma 5
Version: 5.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: cee02e81cd3b55fb46eacf5db5713e8bf4363bcd
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.10; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; 
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group
Built on May 19th 2017
Comment 11 Lionel Elie Mamane 2017-05-19 15:49:47 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #10)
> Tried with Xray 5.2. It works for me: Macro in "My Macros": True

> Could it be this work fixed it: bug 105735 / bug 107029 ?

From reading these bugs, I think not.

Retested and reproduced with

Version: 5.2.5.1
Build ID: 1:5.2.5-2
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.9; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group

Version: 5.3.4.0.0+
Build ID: (Lionel's development build; updated to
 commit 8501821f3b5ad541c40b5465aab000a6960b97ba
 Author:     Katarina Behrens <Katarina.Behrens@cib.de>
 AuthorDate: Wed May 3 16:55:00 2017 +0200
 Commit:     Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com>
 CommitDate: Tue May 9 09:50:21 2017 +0200)
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.9; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk3; Layout Engine: new;
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group

but NOT reproduced with any of:

Version: 5.3.4.0.0+
Build ID: 5756d3d5bd2175335ac302aaa806fd5f2277f564
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.9; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk2; Layout Engine: new; 
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:libreoffice-5-3, Time: 2017-05-19_06:34:54
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group

Version: 5.3.3.2
Build ID: 3d9a8b4b4e538a85e0782bd6c2d430bafe583448
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.9; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk2; Layout Engine: new; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group

Version: 5.3.2.2
Build ID: 6cd4f1ef626f15116896b1d8e1398b56da0d0ee1
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.9; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk2; Layout Engine: new; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group

Version: 5.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: d880df3a44497cdec49017538a9d38d48e543bad
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.9; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; 
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2017-05-19_07:51:21
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group


Hmm... Might be linked to gtk3, or might be fixed. More testing needed.
Comment 12 Lionel Elie Mamane 2017-05-19 16:08:55 UTC
Nah, using SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk does not make it disappear.

My local build is with --enable-dbgutil... Is that the difference? But the Debian package that I test is a release build...

Reproduced with

(TDF build)
Version: 5.2.7.2
Build ID: 2b7f1e640c46ceb28adf43ee075a6e8b8439ed10
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.9; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk2; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group

I tried again several times with

Version: 5.3.2.2
Build ID: 6cd4f1ef626f15116896b1d8e1398b56da0d0ee1
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.9; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk2; Layout Engine: new; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group


Often it works, sometimes not. So it definitely smells like a race condition.

Ah, now reproduced with

Version: 5.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: d880df3a44497cdec49017538a9d38d48e543bad
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.9; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; 
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2017-05-19_07:51:21
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.utf8); Calc: group

after several tries... like 10.

Ah, I found a way to reproduce each time:


settings: medium security, giving a warning and a choice "enable macros" or "disable macros".

$ /opt/libreofficedev5.5/program/soffice attachment_117261
# give focus to another non-LibreOffice window
# give focus back to security warning window WITHOUT GOING THROUGH focus to LibreOffice main window (which would "pass" its focus to the security warning window)
# click "Enable Macros"


On the other hand, this *always* works (bug does not appear):

$ /opt/libreofficedev5.5/program/soffice attachment_117261
# give focus to another non-LibreOffice window
# give focus back LibreOffce main window; it "passes" its focus to the security warning window
# click "Enable Macros"
Comment 13 QA Administrators 2018-05-20 02:33:09 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 14 Buovjaga 2019-08-09 18:15:58 UTC
I get
BASIC runtime error.
Variable not defined.

for showThisComponent() even when opening the file with Low macro security setting.

Lionel: can you please re-test? This report is one of the few still remaining in the VclPtr meta bug.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 6.4.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 37fc9f51a8de11d40632e8cda17ccf1fa4b1f503
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.2; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Built on 6 August 2019
Comment 15 Lionel Elie Mamane 2019-08-09 21:50:29 UTC
Reproduced on 6.3.0.4 (Debian package).

(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #14)
> I get
> BASIC runtime error.
> Variable not defined.
> 
> for showThisComponent() even when opening the file with Low macro security
> setting.

I think you didn't follow the following step in the reproduction instructions:

Put in "My Macros" the following (beware bugzilla's word wrap):

Sub showThisComponent
	MsgBox "Macro in ""My Macros"": " & _
            thisComponent.supportsService("com.sun.star.document.OfficeDocument")
End Sub
Comment 16 Buovjaga 2019-08-10 07:27:39 UTC
(In reply to Lionel Elie Mamane from comment #15)
> Reproduced on 6.3.0.4 (Debian package).
> I think you didn't follow the following step in the reproduction
> instructions:
> 
> Put in "My Macros" the following (beware bugzilla's word wrap):
> 
> Sub showThisComponent
> 	MsgBox "Macro in ""My Macros"": " & _
>            
> thisComponent.supportsService("com.sun.star.document.OfficeDocument")
> End Sub

You are right, I repro as well after doing this.
Comment 17 QA Administrators 2021-08-10 03:49:17 UTC Comment hidden (spam)