| Summary: | (FILEOPEN, EDITING) Bookmark Referenced fields to DDE data o not update correctly on file open | ||
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| Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | trumpton9 |
| Component: | Writer | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | medium | CC: | sasha.libreoffice, trumpton9 |
| Version: | 3.3.2 release | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux (All) | ||
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| i915 platform: | i915 features: | ||
| Attachments: |
Calc and Writer files used to re-create DDE / Field bug
screenshot of problem |
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Actual Version Details: LibreOffice 3.3.2 OOO330m19 (Build:202) 3.3.2.2 Running On: Mandriva 2011.0 RC [This is an automated message.] This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases. Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1 more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html Created attachment 56223 [details]
screenshot of problem
reproduced in LibO 3.6.0 master on Fedora 64 bit
on screenshot we see word "Squared2" and in field below "Squared1", therefore field has previous value of table
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Created attachment 48488 [details] Calc and Writer files used to re-create DDE / Field bug Writer document has a DDE linked table to a Calc spreadsheet. Writer document has bookmarks on certain fields within the table. These bookmarks are used elsewhere in the document as fields. Tools / Update / All - correctly updates everything with data from Calc file close / file open, however updates the Linked table, but not the bookmark-referenced field. repeatedly closing the file and re-opening it shows that the bookmark-referenced field is one save/load operation behind. Other fields such as the time-stamp update as expected on loading. The field can be updated by doing one of the following: 1) F9 2) Tools / Update / All 3) Selecting some text, cutting it to the clipboard and pasting it back Bug conclusion is as follows: 1) File / Open updates bookmark-referenced fields before loading the DDE data in. Some iteration or re-sequencing is required so that external data is updated first, and internal data updated second. To re-create, please see the two attached files. Start with reading the Calc file, which walks you through the re-creation ...