Hi Michael, looks like this one didn't make it to the list. And it is
very interesting. In light of all the XML reports I think the first step
is to ask the site why XML docs are masquerading as XLS. It would be
good to know the version of MSO you are using so I can quote this to them.
FYI I am using Office 2007 and the file opens without this message,
Thanks to all for your feedback so far.
Cheers
On 03/26/2013 01:23 PM, Michael Manning wrote:
I also found that this file locked up Calc. I also attempted to open
the file using Excel on my Windows computer and received the following
message from Excel:
There does seem to be a problem with the file structure is Excel does
not recognize it as a .xls file. Renaming the file as .xlsx did not
fix the situation.
Opening the file in an editor reveals that it is in XML format:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
<DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
<Title/>
<Author>system</Author>
<LastAuthor>system</LastAuthor>
<Created>1364168930</Created>
<LastSaved>1364192393</LastSaved>
<Company>Fairfax Media</Company>
<Version>102</Version>
...
Mike
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd <tim.ll...@gmx.com
<mailto:tim.ll...@gmx.com>> wrote:
Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone
has seen it before/potential fix identified.
I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables
from a financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently
clicked on the wrong table by accident and tried to open it. Calc
locked up! No problem with the files I normally look at, Calc
opened them fine.
So I tried again today and waited for an error - "LibreOffice
4.0.1.2 General input/output error". So I hopped over to the
windows PC and tried LO portable. Same error. The error was
repeated whether I tried to open directly from the website or if I
saved to disk and then attempted to open the file. MS Excel has no
problems.
The file in question is accessible using this link:
http://www.afr.com/share_tables/
Just click on the xls link next to "Warrant Market"
Any comments?
Cheers
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