Issue 125833

Summary: Very slow to open a Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet (.xls)
Product: Calc Reporter: Tamara Walton-Gray <timai>
Component: open-importAssignee: AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact:
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P3 CC: alex, oooforum
Version: 4.1.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
Issue Type: DEFECT Latest Confirmation in: ---
Developer Difficulty: ---
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Description Tamara Walton-Gray 2014-11-07 00:50:04 UTC 
My Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet (.xls) Document wont open at all, it goes to a blank screen and then the program crashes.

All other calc files work fine, its just this one, but this file works fine on Microsoft excel on my mums computer
Comment 1 Tamara Walton-Gray 2014-11-07 00:51:56 UTC 
Created attachment 84170 [details]
the download link for the file that wont work
Comment 2 oooforum (fr) 2014-11-07 14:35:47 UTC 
I confirm that AOO 4.1.1 can't open this file.
Very strange because, OOo 2.4.2 opens without crash.
Comment 3 oooforum (fr) 2014-11-07 15:13:01 UTC 
Seems to be specific with Windows 7 (for me Pro x64).

I don't reproduce with AOO 4.1.1 and WinXP.
Comment 4 Tamara Walton-Gray 2014-11-07 15:27:29 UTC 
Ok, its very strange...
Comment 5 oooforum (fr) 2014-11-07 15:37:57 UTC 
Forget it!
The spreadsheet opens but after a very loooooong time.
You must wait till 10 to 15 min.
Comment 6 Tamara Walton-Gray 2014-11-07 16:08:35 UTC 
Ok I will have to wait for it then... Thanks
Comment 7 oooforum (fr) 2014-11-10 11:01:38 UTC 
Benchmark:

- AOO 4.1.1 with Debian Wheezy x64 = 13 min.
- AOO 4.1.1 with Win7 Pro x64 = 12 min.
- AOO 4.1.1 with WinXP = 16 min.

- OOo 2.4.2 with WinXP = 2 min.

- LibO 4.3.2.2 with WinXP = 1 sec.
Comment 8 oooforum (fr) 2015-10-05 09:20:54 UTC 
*** Issue 126565 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***