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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 10 01:19:55 +0000 2007 ------- I don't see why it needs to be a file format issue. How about this approach... (Note: please be aware that I am note sufficiently familiar with the code module divisions to be certain of naming the technically right portion at each point of my explanation.) Filter option of "Contains" transparently uses regex to do the job (ditto for "Begins with" and "Ends with" if they are also adopted). - When user selects "Contains", Calc/filter code transparently adds regex strings to user search string for processing/saving. - When reading from file, Calc/filter code recognizes the regex strings and present it to user as "Contains". Support for "simple wildcards" could be done in a similar way, with them presented as an alternative option to regex on the dialogue. Alternatively, "simple wildcards" could be the default and are disable when regex support is chosen. (The latter would maintain consistency with current regex selection requirement.) The performance impact of these string detections on loading should be insignificant, i.e. totally unnoticeable to the user, even on slow hardware. And from my limited knowledge of programming, the coding requirements should be small also. Discard these ideas if you want, I just thought that they were worth considering as an alternative that would not require a file format change for the sake of one application, especially when the change to the file format is arguably unnecessary. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
