Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 13586
Data Grid component instability in writer
Last modified: 2006-05-31 14:29:06 UTC
I'm not really sure where to put this, but since it involved my data access, I've put it here instead of in writer. Those in the know may want to redirect it to the appropriate sector. I created a writer document containing a check box and a drop down list. THe list was bound to a single field in a dbf database. Saved everythin and reloaded. THe document opened OK and the first entry in the database appeared in the list box, with all the relevant database access buttons at the bottom of the window (search, update, new etc). When I click on the grid component button, the data grid appears, but the grid contains two columns, an empty one containing no data, and a second one containing the data from the bound field. If I then play with the values in the grid, or double-click somewhere in the grid, OOo will crash with an unrecoverable error. There doesn't seem to be any systematic behaviour that will do this, I had three crashes with three different manipulations (copying data, double-clicking on the empty field, closing the datagrid via the button), but it does seem rather unstable. This may be because it's a beta or possibly for some other reason, but I haven't been able to nail it down. alex
I could reproduce the empty column in the grid view (which definately is a bug), but not the crash, despite me clicking like hell in the table view :). Alex, which platform do you use?
Hi Frank, I'm on Linux Mandrake 9.0, but I haven't tried this out again since I installed the beta2. Let me get back to you on this one. Alex.
Hi Frank, Now testing on beta2. Well, it doesn't crash anymore (at least I haven't got it to yet), but now when you click on the grid view : - two columns are present (same bug as with beta1), so the first bug is confirmed ; - none of the cells in the grid view show any data even if data is displayed in the corresponding form control drop down list. Is this another bug or are they related ? Platform 1.1beta2 EN, Linux Mandrake 9.0. Alex.
> Is this another bug or are they related ? Doesn't sound to me like if it's the same. The more as with 1.1Beta 2, I could not yet reproduce that _both_ columns are empty. For the empty column for the check box, I submitted a new issue, to separate these two things (issue 15101). Still have to reproduce that no data is displayed at all, even in the properly bound columns.
Due to comments from wurzel Fri May 30 04:25:25 (no more crash) and comments from fs Fri May 30 05:24:29 (created new issue 15101), the resting problem is: "Still have to reproduce that no data is displayed at all, even in the properly bound columns. Reporter, can you tell us, whether still visible in 1.1.0? If yes we need more material, for example a little writer file with a small database, preferentially both in a folder c:\test (eases tests). If I will not see any further action as votes, attachments or confirmations in this issue, I will have to close this issue 2004-01-31 as WFM. Rainer
Hi Rainer, I can't reproduce this crash scenario anymore in the 1.1.0 binary for Linux. However, what I do note is that now in the grid view, every entry in the grid is a drop down list. Surely, this is wrong, I mean the grid view is supposed to show the underlying data that is bound to the list box as a table isn't it. With the way it works now, people could very easily change the data in a give tuple by an accidental mouse click on the grid view dropdown, since no questions are asked as to whether you want to save the modified tuple. Maybe I should open this last remark up as a separate issue so that we can close this one. Like I said, I can't reproduce the crash behaviour now.
closing as I can't reproduce it any more with 1.1.0.
closing
Wrong resulution, I correct. Rainer
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change subcomponent to 'none'