Issue 70138

Summary: Microsoft Excel OLE not shown in .sxi on Unix
Product: Impress Reporter: aziem <ahz001>
Component: uiAssignee: AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact:
Severity: Trivial    
Priority: P3 CC: issues
Version: OOo 2.0.3Keywords: oooqa
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Unix, all   
Issue Type: DEFECT Latest Confirmation in: ---
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Description Flags
An Impress document with an Excel all made in OOo 1.1.5 Linux none

Description aziem 2006-10-05 19:18:11 UTC 
A Microsoft Excel format spreadsheet is embeded as an OLE object in an Impress
.sxi document.  The document displays inconsistently depending on the platform.

How to reproduce:
1. In Linux OpenOffice.org 1.1.5, create an .xls
2. Still in Linux OpenOffice.org 1.1.5, insert->object->ole with the .xls
3. Save as .sxi (attached)
4. Open the .sxi in Linux OpenOffice.org 2.0.4rc2: the spreadsheet is displayed
as an electrical socket icon (a sort of placeholder).
5. Still in the Linux OpenOffice.org 2.0.4rc2, double click the spreadsheet: it
opens up and displays correctly in Calc.
5. Open the .sxi in Windows OpenOffice.org 2.03: the spreadsheet is displayed
correctly.

The problem:
Solaris/Linux OpenOffice.org 2 should display the OLE the same as Windows.

Notes:
In Linux OpenOffice.org 2, the configuration setting to convert Excel to Calc on
load seems to have no effect.

The practical problem behind this issue is using a Solaris machine as an
automated .sxi to .odp document converter.  

FWIW, the issue was referred to me by someone at a major financial services
company with over 100,000 employees. Also, according to this person, OOo 1.1.5
Unix will read the document, but in my case, it won't.

Question:
Is there a workaround so that the automated document conversion can continue?
Comment 1 aziem 2006-10-05 19:19:10 UTC 
Created attachment 39595 [details]
An Impress document with an Excel all made in OOo 1.1.5 Linux
Comment 2 wolframgarten 2006-10-06 08:09:14 UTC 
Reassigned.
Comment 3 christian.guenther 2006-10-06 09:31:19 UTC 
Set to new and change the target.
Comment 4 christian.guenther 2006-10-06 09:34:33 UTC 
I can reproduce the bug.
I think the cause is that there is no Exel as OLE server.
If there is no Exel we should use Calc as OLE server.
Please have a look.
Comment 5 aziem 2007-05-11 17:22:43 UTC 
I can still reproduce problem with same document on OOo 2.2 Linux (FC6).
Comment 6 Marcus 2017-05-20 11:08:36 UTC 
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".