Bug 41075

Summary:	Base forms uses inappropriate default view
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	dolgener
Component:	Database	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high	CC:	zreizinger
Version:	3.4.4 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Attachments:	Database showing incorrect form view

Description dolgener 2011-09-21 02:41:46 UTC

Apparently since version 3.4, Base opens forms in page (uno:PrintLayout), no more in web layot (.uno:BrowseView). This renders most existing forms unusable!
Morover, apparently there is _no_ way to programmatically switch the view mode (especially
 
	dim args1(0) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
	args1(0).Name = "BrowseView"
	args1(0).Value = true
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:BrowseView", "", 0, args1())

does NOT work). The only workaround is to open a form in edit mode, then toggle edit mode off. However, that's no long-term solution.

Comment 1 Steven Shelton 2011-11-10 10:59:23 UTC

Created attachment 53378 [details]
Database showing incorrect form view

Comment 2 Steven Shelton 2011-11-10 11:00:27 UTC

I should also add this, on the 3.4.4 release:

The switching of views does not stick. For instance, I can open a form in a database and it will default to "print" view. All forms in the database will use this view. If I then edit any of the forms and put it into web view, the rest of the forms will show up in web view. HOWEVER . . . after I close out of LibO and re-open the file, everything goes back to print view again.

This is on Win XP (32-bit).

Example file attached.

Comment 3 Steven Shelton 2011-11-10 11:02:55 UTC

Also, sometimes it just causes LibO to crash when you try to switch views.

Comment 4 Dan Lucier 2011-12-12 08:22:13 UTC

I am having this exact same problem using LibO 3.4.4 in both Linux Mint 12 and Windows XP. 

All of my forms open in Print View. If I edit one of the forms, I can change it to Web View and save. Then when I reopen a form, it opens in Web View, but after I close the database, my view change is lost.

Comment 5 Zoltán Reizinger 2011-12-12 23:53:06 UTC

Duplicate of bug 37024.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 37024 ***

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