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Issue #|85650
Summary|Problems with opening .xls files on shared folders in
|XP on Parallels on Mac
Component|ui
Version|OOo 2.3.1
Platform|All
URL|
OS/Version|Windows XP
Status|UNCONFIRMED
Status whiteboard|
Keywords|
Resolution|
Issue type|DEFECT
Priority|P3
Subcomponent|AccessBridge
Assigned to|ru
Reported by|realgrouchy
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2008 -------
I'm having some difficulties opening files in my current configuration.
I suspect this bug is new, as no other bug had "Parallels" in the title. I'm not
sure if I've entered the correct fields for this bug report; I'm not sure which
component is involved with opening files.
I'm also not sure if this problem relates to OOo, to Parallels, both, or neither
(I could find no similar bug here or on forums.parallels.com). I'm reporting it
here first, as I suspect the problem is with an OOo component. If it is not an
OOo problem, I hope this report is sufficiently detailed that I can post an
inquiry on the Parallels support forums with a link to this bug report.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:
I am running OSX 10.4.11 on a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo mac. I have Parallels
3.0 (Buld 5582), running Windows XP SP2.
I have OOo 2.3.1 installed on the virtualized XP.
I have my OSX User/Public folder set as one of my Parallels Shared Folders, so
that files in that folder are accessible from within XP (as "[Username] Public
on .psf").
I do not have MSO installed on XP; however, I do have MSO 2004 installed on OSX.
Within XP, MSO files are set to open with OOo by default (though "Microsoft
Excel (Mac)" is an option in the "Open With" context menu option)
To maximize reproducibility, the spreadsheet documents mentioned below were
created as follows:
- Open OOCalc
- Type "test" into cell A1
- Save as "psf doc test.xls" and again as "psf doc test.ods" onto XP desktop
- Copy/paste into "[Username] Public on .psf" folder
DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM:
Within XP, I navigate in Windows Explorer to the folder "[username] Public on
.psf", usually by clicking on my "Parallels Shared Folders" icon on the desktop,
then clicking on the "[username] Public" network folder icon.
When I double-click on a file icon in that folder (or right-click and ask it to
open with OOo), I get a variety of inconsistent, strange behaviours.
(Double-clicking on files that are on the XP desktop or elsewhere within the XP
filesystem works fine) Unfortunately, I don't think I can compile an exhaustive
list of trials, but here is a selection:
- Note: the QuickStarter is not yet open (and soffice.bin/exe processes are not
running in the Task Manager)
- Clicking on an .odg file starts the quickstarter and opens a new OODraw
document. In a second attempt, it started the soffice.bin and .exe processes but
the Quickstarter did not appear, nor did the new document window (ERROR: should
open the .odg file)
- Clicking again on the same file (whether the previous window was left open or
was closed) does nothing. Once or twice it initiated a second soffice.(bin?)
instance, which immediately terminated, but a second Quickstarter icon would
appear, and one of the two would disappear as I hovered over it.
- With the quickstarter running (i.e. by opening OOo from the Start menu), I can
right-click the quickstarter, click "Open Document", navigate to this .odg file
in the "[username] Public on .psf" folder, and it will open the file correctly
- Clicking on a .xls file or a .ods file yields similar results. The
Quickstarter didn't open, but that could be for the same reason that it only
opened the first time I tried the .odg file (as I haven't restarted XP since
trying that one)
- Opening the .xls file and .ods file from the QuickStarter appears to work
alright.
- One of the .xls files I was trying earlier actually opened in Writer/Web when
I tried opening it in the quickstarter, however that was a .xls file created by
a custom app from one of my company's suppliers, and that file was opening
strangely in MSO 2004/OSX as well (though it seemed to open alright in OOo when
I open it from the desktop...).
- This last one is the main reason I wanted to make the bug report, but I
suspect now that the opening-with-writer/web problem is a problem with our
vendor trying to create a .xls file, more than a problem with OOo. Nevertheless,
there is still a problem with opening the real OOo files.
TEST CONTROLS:
- As a control, other file types open properly in XP when I double-click them
from the "username] Public on .psf" folder in XP. For example, a PDF file opens
properly with Adobe Reader, and a .txt file opens with Notepad (although it will
not open with OOo if I right-click and tell it to do so).
- I also created another file, using MS Excel 2002 SP3, on another machine ("the
Dell") that shares the Windows network with my XP machine on Parallels. I saved
this file into the Dell's Shared Documents folder. Accessing this folder from my
OSX/Parallels/XP/Windows Explorer, I was able to double-click the file, and it
opened normally with OOo.
I appreciate the community's assistance in this, and I hope my time spent
creating this bug report will not be in vain!
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