To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104065 Issue #|104065 Summary|external link to variable, not cell Component|Spreadsheet Version|OOo 3.1 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows XP Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|spreadsheet Reported by|tab
------- Additional comments from t...@openoffice.org Thu Aug 6 17:32:26 +0000 2009 ------- 1: Read LnkX.ods: xx=B1=3, and zz=B2=4*B1=12; 2: Read LnkY.ods: aa=C2='file:///C:/Docu.../LnkX.ods'#$Sheet1.B1; result: 3. OK. 3: insert a row before row 1 in LnkX.ods; now, B1 is blank, and B2=3. Save file. 4: close and reopen LnkY.ods; OO asks: 'update links?'. Click yes. Now, aa=0 because, in LnkX.ods, B1=0, because the reference (in aa=) to cell B1 has not been updated to point to B2. OK; it would be difficult for a formula in LnkY to keep track of changes in another file like LnkX. (In LnkX, zz is still 12 because Calc was smart enough, in the same SS, to change the formula from '=4*B1' to '=4*B2'.) A solution to the above problem would be to assign a variable name such as 'Xa' to cell B1 in LnkX, and to use that name in the aa formula, instead of the cell name B1. Possible formula: aa='file:///C:/Docu.../LnkX.ods'#Xa; Then, Calc would keep track of Xa (eg, when a row in inserted before), and the aa formula would still give the right result. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: issues-unsubscr...@sc.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sc.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
