Issue 14205 - Limit on the number of external spreadsheet references
Summary: Limit on the number of external spreadsheet references
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.3
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2003-05-07 15:37 UTC by chameenz
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:40 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description chameenz 2003-05-07 15:37:19 UTC 
I created a spreadsheet that referenced ALOT of external sheets. Enough, in 
fact, that I exceeded the program limit of 256 sheets. I was not aware of the 
limit, and received the #NAME? error message throughout most of the document. 
In researching the problem I found that...

"A Calc doc is limited to 256 sheets. Each referenced external sheet creates a 
hidden sheet in the doc, containing the cached data of the external sheet. If 
the total count of your visible and hidden sheets reaches 256, no more links to 
other files are possible. You can check the number of your sheets in the status 
bar."

It seems that there is no warning message to indicate this to the user.
Is it possible to add this so that the user does not think it is a bug ?
Comment 1 frank 2003-05-07 16:33:11 UTC 
Hi Bettina,

1 4 u

Frank
Comment 2 ace_dent 2008-05-16 02:42:02 UTC 
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised has the status 'New' pending further action, but has not
been updated within the last 4 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/
 
Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as
necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also
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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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Comment 3 gnustavo 2008-05-25 21:34:56 UTC 
I confirm that this problem still happens in OOo 2.4.0.
Comment 4 gnustavo 2008-05-25 21:37:10 UTC 
I would also suggest that the fact that the user gets no warning when she
reaches the limit be considered a bug. The enhancement would be to increase the
limit.
Comment 5 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 14:54:52 UTC 
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".