LibreOffice (5.0.2) Writer freeze in Serial letter assistant. In item 6(document prepare ) LibreOffice (5.0.1) works. All data for trigger the Bug is in Bug #90059
So I opened Serienbrief.odt, added the database, printed and selected to create a file. It went ok. Are these the steps for reproducing the freeze? I'm asking, because I'm not seeing any "item 6" in my steps. Set to NEEDINFO. Change back to UNCONFIRMED after you have provided the information. Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Version: 5.0.2.2 (x64) Build ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)
Created attachment 119413 [details] item 6.png, show item 6
Ok, so Tools - Mail merge wizard. No problem here with that one either.
*** Bug 94912 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We got a confirmation from bug 94912 and this only happens with German UI!
Also happened to me; Libre Office 5.0.2.2, Windows 7
On pc Debian x86-64 with LO Debian package 5.0.2.2 and German UI, I don't reproduce this. German UI + Windows only bug?
Could not repro on Win: Version: 5.0.2.2 (x64) Build-ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe Gebietsschema: de-DE (fi_FI)
I used the by-default options for mailmerge steps. Fritz: could you indicate the options you choose for the 5 first steps?
I used the by-default options for mailmerge steps. Fritz: could you indicate the options you choose for the 5 first steps? 1. incomingdocument select -> use current document 2. document category select -> letter 3. adress block insert -> skip 4. letter salutation generate -> skip 5. Layout adapt (inactive, grey) 6. document prepare -> crash
Bug survival in Version: 5.0.3.2 (Window 7, x64)
Thank you for your feedback but I don't understand enough the process (above all how to skip a step in mailmerge, either you cancel the whole process or you select what the step requires) here to help. Surely someone may give a try.
5.0.3.2 (x64) User interface: *English* (UK, NEW!) And it works(like a charm:)!
Sorry, I have forget: System: Window 7, X64 5.0.3.2 (x64) User interface: *English* (UK,NEW) And it works (like a charm:)! 5.0.3.2 (Window 7, x64)
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #12) > Thank you for your feedback but I don't understand enough the process (above > all how to skip a step in mailmerge, either you cancel the whole process or > you select what the step requires) here to help. > Surely someone may give a try. "Skip" means you just click next without diving into the thing that the step allows.
(In reply to Beluga from comment #15) > (In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #12) > > Thank you for your feedback but I don't understand enough the process (above > > all how to skip a step in mailmerge, either you cancel the whole process or > > you select what the step requires) here to help. > > Surely someone may give a try. > > "Skip" means you just click next without diving into the thing that the step > allows. "Next" is disabled/grayed if I don't enter required information. For step 3, I just can't click "Next" without providing address information.
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #16) > "Next" is disabled/grayed if I don't enter required information. For step 3, > I just can't click "Next" without providing address information. Did you use the database and data source from bug 90059?
I just copied pasted all the files of the bugtracker and opened the odt file then launched Mailmerge.
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #18) > I just copied pasted all the files of the bugtracker and opened the odt file > then launched Mailmerge. F4, Right-click the list background, Registered databases, New and add the db file. I think that should be enough.
(In reply to Beluga from comment #19) > (In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #18) > > I just copied pasted all the files of the bugtracker and opened the odt file > > then launched Mailmerge. > > F4, Right-click the list background, Registered databases, New and add the > db file. I think that should be enough. Thank you for the help. I gave a try with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen + German UI on pc Debian x86-64 with LO Debian package 5.0.3, I didn't reproduce the freeze. Certainly someone may be luckier than me :-)
Oliver Specht committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=cc5899ff62dd4e9c76aa456fe845c5812bb8d93a tdf#94816: fixed some problems in the mail merge wizard It will be available in 5.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
This bug exists in the most recent version (5.2.0), still. Serial letter assistant freezes when going to "layout adation" (?) (Layout anpassen in German) This is very annoying!
heuteinkognito: on which env are you? For the moment it seems to impact MacOs (reporter's env) + Windows (reporter by other people). So the goal is to know if it impact Linux too
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #23) > heuteinkognito: on which env are you? > For the moment it seems to impact MacOs (reporter's env) + Windows (reporter > by other people). So the goal is to know if it impact Linux too Hi Heuteinkognito, We're interested if you can still trigger this bug on Linux (which is easier for us to test), or if you were on Mac OS or Windows. I ran into issues trying to reproduce with LO 5.1 on the Mac, so it'd be great to get your feedback here. Thanks!
(In reply to Robinson Tryon (qubit) from comment #24) > Hi Heuteinkognito, > > We're interested if you can still trigger this bug on Linux (which is easier > for us to test), or if you were on Mac OS or Windows. > > I ran into issues trying to reproduce with LO 5.1 on the Mac, so it'd be > great to get your feedback here. Thanks! Heuteinkognito: Can you give specific feedback about which 5.2/5.3 build(s) can demonstrate this problem? If we can't reproduce this bug in current builds, we should resolve it and open a new bug if the problem reappears.
Tested against : Version: 5.2.0.4 Build-ID: 066b007f5ebcc236395c7d282ba488bca6720265 CPU-Threads: 2; BS-Version: Mac OS X 10.11.6; UI-Render: Standard; Gebietsschema: de-DE (fr.UTF-8) If I follow the steps (1 to 3) in comment 10, the mailmerge wizard refuses to move to step 5 unless I choose to activate a salutation. The database is registered with LO and I am using SerienBrief.odt and proceding via the mailmerge wizard (Tools > Mailmerge). For me, there is at least some information missing to reproduce the bug, or else I have misread something in the previous comments.
In fact, it makes no difference even if I select a personal greeting, I still can't go any further than step 4.
What I don't understand is why Serienbrief.odt has prefilled data (Dirk Strehlau). The mailmerge document should surely contain field names rather than actual data until the data is picked from the database ?
I am confused. If I click on the "Record" forward/backward arrows of the Mailmerge toolbar that appears in LO5.2, I can cycle through the names and addresses of the various intended recipients of the mailmerge. This is the new embedded system where the datasource data is stored in the document. In the old system, the datasource data was not stored in the ODT document, merely a reference to it. The problems that Fritz is experiencing might lie in when his document was conceived (old mailmerge system ?) and the fact that the mailmerge wizard doesn't appear to have been adapted to the new system ? Fritz : what exactly do you mean by "freeze" in comment 22 ? This report is made against LO for Mac OSX, yet in comment 11 and comment 14 you reported the bug being present in Windows. Which OS(es) is/are still showing the buggy behaviour ? Does the app stop responding (beach ball mode requiring forced kill) or is it simply, as I have reported, that you can not proceed past a certain step in the mailmerge wizard ?
@Fritz : any update in response to my questions in comment 29 please ? Unless the problem is now resolved of course ;)
More than 6 months of no response, bug was for 5.0 and from 5.2 there are just 5 steps, there was some fix here. I'll close this one. Should this exact bug be reproduced, feel free to set back to Unconfirmed.
Since there was a fix, let's close as Fixed.