Bug 491015 - Incorrect formulas result when importing Excel xml spreadsheet
Summary: Incorrect formulas result when importing Excel xml spreadsheet
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: openoffice.org
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Caolan McNamara
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-18 21:47 UTC by Robert K. Moniot
Modified: 2009-03-19 12:20 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-03-19 09:00:51 UTC
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Small spreadsheet exhibiting the bug. See cells A7 and B7. (3.11 KB, text/xml)
2009-03-18 21:47 UTC, Robert K. Moniot
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Description Robert K. Moniot 2009-03-18 21:47:10 UTC
Created attachment 335771 [details]
Small spreadsheet exhibiting the bug.  See cells A7 and B7.

Description of problem: Introduces formula errors in functions when importing Excel 2003 xml spreadsheet.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openoffice.org-calc-3.0.1-15.3.fc10.i386


How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use Excel to create spreadsheet.  Save as XML Spreadsheet (*.xml).
2. Open spreadsheet in openoffice calc.
3.
  
Actual results: Any formula originally of form =SUM(B2:B6) is now =SUM(B2:B6])) which is syntactically incorrect.  This error occurs for other functions also.


Expected results: Formulas should be same as original.


Additional info: the attached file Book1.xml exhibits the problem, visible in cells A7 and B7.  It was created using Excel 2003 on Windows XP, but I have seen the exact same problem opening a spreadsheet created using the Apple iPhone Softalk Spreadsheet application.

This also happens with OpenOffice 3.0.1 on Windows XP.  It does not happen with OpenOffice 2.4.1 on Windows XP.  These are all the other versions I have handy.

Comment 1 Caolan McNamara 2009-03-18 23:16:50 UTC
This works in the 3.1 previews, so I guess the question is if its worth digging our the change for a possible backport to F-10 3.0.1

Comment 2 Robert K. Moniot 2009-03-19 12:20:16 UTC
I can wait.  Thanks.


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