Issue 122009

(In reply to comment #0)
> With documents created with Microsoft Word 97-2004 containing more than
> hundred "Hypertext" links, I can't use these when I open those files under
> OOo Writer. 

Can you attach one of the original documents?

> I get the message : "No browser has been detected by
> OpenOffice.org in the system…" 

I couldn't find these string in the source code. Can you attach a screen shot?

> I must recreate the hyperlinks under OOo
> Writer. The link created with MS Word appear in the bar of links of OOo but
> are slightly different from those recreated under OOo : "Volumes" appearing
> at the head of those, just after "file:///, is lacking in MS Word links. But
> adding that does not resolve the problem.

From your description, I understand that the links created by MS Word are pointing to files on the file system. Are these links relative in MS Word, or do the use full, absolute paths?

I was able to reproduce the behaviour described in the initial bug report. Below is the description of my approach:

Configuration details:
*MacBook Air, macOS Sierra, version 10.12
*OpenOffice version 3.4.1
*PC, Windows 10.
*Microsoft Word version 2007


Test scenario:
Use Open Office to open a file generated with Microsoft Word containing more than 100 hyperlinks. Check if the hyperlinks work.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Use Microsoft Word to create a document containing 110 hyperlinks that link to a local file. A link example was: ../Desktop/Rise.wmv
2. Save document using .doc (97/2000/XP) format;
3. Move the document to a MacBook machine;
4. Open the document with Open Office;
5. Press command + click on a link.

Expected result: the file was opened, or an error message is displayed stating that the file does not exist or that the path is incorrect.

Actual result: the following error message is displayed: OpenOffice.org could not find a web browser on your system. Please check your Desktop Preferences or install a web browser (for example, Mozilla) in the default location requested during the browser installation.

Right-clicking on the hyperlink then on "edit hyperlink" shows that OO sees the link as: file:///Users/MyUsername/Desktop/Desktop/Rise.wmv


Follow-up testing:

Test 2: 
I have changed the link type to point to a .doc file. The link was: ../Desktop/TestDoc.doc
I have performed the rest of the steps in the same manner as above.

The error message that appeared on the screen was: /Users/MyUsername/Desktop/Desktop/TestDoc.doc does not exist


Test 3: 
I have only added 1 link in the document. The result did not change => the behaviour of the app is not influenced by the number of hyperlinks.


Test 4:
I have used Microsoft Word to create a document containing hyperlinks pointing to websites (eg. www.google.com).
I have performed the same sequence of steps as in the initial test. 
Result: the links worked as intended and the website was opened in the default browser.

Created attachment 85851 [details]
Document with hyperlinks that point to local files.

Created attachment 85852 [details]
Screenshot with the error message.

I appreciate your effort. But I do not believe any dev will bother with 3.4.1 Version of Open Office.

Can you repeat the test on Apache Open Office 4.1.3?
That would be awesome and I would be at least very greatfull if you could do this.

Thanks for your efforts!

All the best
Peter

I have tried the same tests as in my previous comment and got the same exact results. Will attach a screenshot with the issue.

Created attachment 85853 [details]
Test result for OO version 4.1.3

For me, not specific to Mac system.
Relative hyperlinks are imported as static links.

A .doc document saved in c:\temp
./my_file.txt is converted by AOO in file://c:/temp/my_file.txt

Same problem with export filter reported in issue 31267

According to my previous comment

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 31267 ***