Issue 35050

Summary:	application should be choosable which opens a document
Product:	General	Reporter:	pascaln <pascal.niklaus>
Component:	ui	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Minor
Priority:	P3	CC:	elish, issues
Version:	OOo 1.1.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux, all
See Also:	https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=19887
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	4.1.0-dev
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description pascaln 2004-10-06 14:47:08 UTC

Two examples:

When opening a file from e.g. OOCalc, (i.e., a file with comma separated
values), it is opened in OOWriter instead if the file extention is not .csv but
.ascii or .data.

On the other hand, it is impossible (as far as I know) to force OOWriter to open
a .csv file -- it opens in OOCalc instead.

This behaviour is undesirable in many cases:
- For example, I would like to import a data file which has the extention .ascii
 into OOCalc without renaming it (because it is generated by another application)
- I also might want to open a .csv file in OOwriter (e.g., to check the content,
or do some search-and-replace)
- especially under Linux, file names do not necessarily contain "extentions".
This especially applies to raw data which generated by other apps.

A possible fix would be to offer the choice to select the application which
opens a file.

Comment 1 thorsten.martens 2004-10-06 14:50:40 UTC

TM->BH: Not a defect, but a wish for an enhancement.

Comment 2 ace_dent 2008-05-16 02:10:23 UTC

OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised is currently 'Unconfirmed' pending review, but has not been
updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the
latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed.
Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing):
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/
 
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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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Comment 3 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 14:43:42 UTC

To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".

Comment 4 Edwin Sharp 2014-02-23 09:41:24 UTC

former .csv renamed to .data opens in Writer
AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1566800
2014-02-11_04:11:01 - Rev. 1566981
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