Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 52240
problem opening filenames containing chinese characters from WIN EXPLORER
Last modified: 2007-02-08 10:51:52 UTC
In openoffice.org 1.9.118 on Windows XP SP2, double clicking on a file which contains chinese characters in the filename will cause the OpenOffice splashscreen to appear, but OpenOffice will fail to start or open the file.
Framework issue.
TM->davisnw: Please attach file which causes this problem, thanks !
Created attachment 28108 [details] A file with chinese characters in the filename
Note: You will need to download the attachement with a browser other than Firefox (1.0.6 anyway). Firefox destroys the filename for some reason, but Opera will download it correctly.
Actually, it seems to be a problem with any non-Western characters in the filename.
Created attachment 28109 [details] a file with a filename having International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) characters
just for the records: I saved the first attached file and didn't get any problem to op this file on Solaris using m121...
just for the records (#2): works on Linux (FC4), too... (I didn't install system-integration ==> I needed to tell xffm/nautilus which program to use...)
The problem is related to the way the browser translates a filename containing national characters. I got the problem with Opera 7.54 (Win XP SP2, OOo 1.9.113). The downloaded file is correct, only its name is incorrect. I found myself the problem on a filename containing one french national character. Downloading with Opera resulted in an incorrect character and the indicated behaviour. Copy/pasting that character into the name of another local file reproduced the behaviour. I tested Opera, IE6, Firefox. Each browser handles downloaded filenames differently. I got the problem only with Opera. OOo should at least give an error message when it finds an incorrect filename.
The original bug report does not have anything to do with web browsers. Also, the sample files do not have "incorrect filenames". They are perfectly legitimate file names, and previous OOo 2.0 (m109 I think) opened them just find. (I only mentioned the browsers so that the test files could be correctly retrieved).
Thai file name can't double click to open in WindowXP SP2. But I can't attach Thai file to you too.
Completed summary due to original report. I checked with "2.0.2 German version WIN XP: [680m5(Build9011)]" and can still see this problem. This is the same problem as reported in Issue 64764. Althoughthis issue was reported before Issue 64764, I will close this one as DUP, because 64764 is already NEW and with more detailed comments. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 64764 ***
closed