Bug 162875

Summary:	Unable to insert OLE object in writer (of calc)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robert Locke <rlocke>
Component:	openoffice.org	Assignee:	Caolan McNamara <caolanm>
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Fixed In Version:	1.9.116-3	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Robert Locke 2005-07-11 01:12:16 UTC

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Description of problem:
When trying to insert an existing .ods (calc) spreadsheet into an .odt (writer) document, via Insert-Object-OLE Object - Existing file, error ensues: The operation on "filename" was started with an invalid parameter.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openoffice.org-writer-1.9.112-1.1.0.fc4

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Save existing spreadsheet as .ods
2. From writer choose, Insert-Object-OLE Object
3. Choose "Create from file..."
4. Locate file
5. Select OK
  

Actual Results:  Error ensues as defined in description

Expected Results:  File should have been inserted.

Additional info:

This did work in various incarnations of 1.1 under earlier FC releases.  Have also tried using an older .sxc file to try to import that without success.

Comment 1 Caolan McNamara 2005-07-11 07:56:52 UTC

after you select the file is there "//" at the start of the path in the file
location shown in the insert ole dialog, if so change it to "/" manually and see
if that makes it work. I think it's a small problem of the file selecter.

Comment 2 Robert Locke 2005-07-11 12:44:47 UTC

Fantastic!  That was it, just didn't notice the pair of "//" at the
beginning....  Thank you - as this is easy enough to work around now.....