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@philhibbs: I have read most of this issue thread and I understand that it is a
very difficult issue. As an amateur programmer, I agree with you that the way
OO handles this is more "right" than the way Excel handles this (although I
would prefer an error return over a 0 return). As an IT professional, I have to
look at how the programs are used by the end-users.
To me, the simplest answer is to flag these situations (as Excel 2003 apparently
does) and let the user know what is going on. Somewhere in this thread someone
mentioned that this is annoying in certain situations, so add the ability to
turn off these flags (either on a per case basis or globally).
In this way, the native OO spreadsheets will still work correctly, and any
imported Excel sheets will have the issue identified and the user can deal with
them. I do not know how complicated it is to program this, but from a high
level this seems to me to be a reasonable solution.
Thank you for your dedication to this issue and OO in general!
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