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------- Additional comments from mike2...@openoffice.org Mon Aug 23 08:39:49 +0000 2010 ------- It's amazing that this still hasn't been fixed. As I wrote 6 years ago, we have many tab separated ASCII data files that do not have a .csv extension. We would like to open them in calc. We CAN NOT rename them, change the extension, copy them etc. We work in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment and this just isn't allowed! I know that may seem weird to some people, but that's the way things work when you are dealing with data where a small mistake or mix up can cost millions or even kill someone. Many of these files have a .rst extension. Now if I'm in calc and do a File | Open on one of these .rst files, it should open it in calc. If I'm in writer and do a File | Open then the .rst file should be opened in writer. What is simpler or clearer than that?! It's logical. It's how all modern programs work. It's how MS Office works! I think all this sub-system stuff about OOo trying to guess what file it is and then open the file in the "correct" program is crazy and a fundamental design flaw. It may have seemed clever originally, but you have to assume that the user has a brain! If I open a csv file in writer it should open in writer and not switch to calc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
