Kirill S. Palagin wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:36 PM >> To: users@openoffice.org >> Subject: Re: [users] Calc, disable saving in Excel 5/95 format? >> >> On Thursday 09 November 2006 07:03 am, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: >> > Hello. >> > >> > How do I disallow saving in particular format (specifically Excel >> > 5/95)? I need to do this because Calc produces damaged file (see >> > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=32785) and >> I can not >> > rely on users avoiding this format. >> > >> > Thanks a lot. >> > WBR, >> > K. Palagin. >> >> The simplest yet hardest way would be to get your users >> to install OOo. That would solve quite a few problems at once. >> The only other real solution would probably have Excel >> 5.0 or 95 installed on your computer. If you had a later >> version of Excel, there still might be problems with >> exchanging files because of the differences built into the >> newer versions. >> Dan > > Huh? We already use OO and my problem is that some older files are in > Excel 5 format. Calc opens them just fine, but produces damaged file it > saves in Excel 5 format. I want to prevent Calc from saving in Excel5 > format.
Go to the share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter folder and open the file "fcfg_calc_filters.xcu" in a text editor. Search for the string "MS Excel 5.0/95". In the line below remove the word "EXPORT" and now the filter should work as a pure import filter. If that is fine for you I could tell you how you can deploy this change as an extension. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
