Issue 70851 - Input Fields prompted for TWICE (double prompted)
Summary: Input Fields prompted for TWICE (double prompted)
Status: ACCEPTED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: editing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0.4
Hardware: All All
: P2 Trivial with 3 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2006-10-25 14:56 UTC by tanstaafl
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:45 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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No Double Prompt (7.46 KB, application/msword)
2006-10-25 14:58 UTC, tanstaafl 		no flags Details
Input Fields Double Prompted (7.59 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2006-10-25 14:58 UTC, tanstaafl 		no flags Details
No Fields present - still prompted once for them (7.15 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2006-10-25 15:00 UTC, tanstaafl 		no flags Details
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Description tanstaafl 2006-10-25 14:56:54 UTC 
This is a strange one...

The issue is, once the bug is triggered, whenever you initiate the prompt for
Input Fields (either using 'ctrl-shift-F9' or when dbl-clicking on a template),
it prompts for all of the fields, then does it AGAIN - so, prompts for all of
the fields TWICE. Interestingly, deleting ALL of the Input Fields from both the
Header and Footer results in all of the Fields still being prompted for (even
though there are none there), but this time only once.

What I did to reproduce it was:

1. Modify the 'Default' Page Style of the newly created document to contain
Headers and Footers, then place Input Fields into them. Save it.

2. Create a new Page Style based on the 'Default' (which should be the current
selection) by using the 'New Style from Selection' option in 'Styles and
Formatting' > 'Page Styles'.

3. Apply the newly created Style by dbl-clicking it.

4. Initiate the prompt for Input Fields ('ctrl-shift-F9').

5. You should be dbl-prompted for the fields.

NOTE: this bug does NOT trigger (at least it didn't for me) if you create the
Page Styles you want to use and apply them BEFORE you add the Input Fields to
the Header/Footer.

In other words, it should be reproducible by simply copying the 'Default' page
style to a custom one, then changing the current Page Style to the newly created
custom one.

I will attach three sample documents (templates are affected the same way), one
that doesn't exhibit the bug (before I changed the Page Styles), one that DOES
exhibit the bug (AFTER I changed the Page Styles), and one that I deleted ALL of
the Input Fields from AFTER the bug was triggered, which still prompts for all
of the Input Fields, but this time only once.

I have not been able to 'fix' a document once the bug is triggered. In fact,
deleting EVERYTHING in a broken document results in ALL of the Input Fields that
WERE there being prompted for ONCE.
Comment 1 tanstaafl 2006-10-25 14:58:05 UTC 
Created attachment 40054 [details]
No Double Prompt
Comment 2 tanstaafl 2006-10-25 14:58:56 UTC 
Created attachment 40055 [details]
Input Fields Double Prompted
Comment 3 tanstaafl 2006-10-25 15:00:05 UTC 
Created attachment 40056 [details]
No Fields present - still prompted once for them
Comment 4 michael.ruess 2006-10-25 15:40:41 UTC 
Reassigned to ES.
Comment 5 kpalagin 2006-12-02 20:13:04 UTC 
Confirming with OO 2.0.4 on WinXP - 
double prompt in "Input fields - double-prompted.odt"
still propmpted with no input fields visible - "NO Input fields - single-
prompted.odt"
(note that you have to trigger prompt by pressing 'Ctrl-Shift-F9' )
Comment 6 eric.savary 2007-01-12 08:58:12 UTC 
ES->OS: as described.
Comment 7 Oliver Specht 2007-01-12 10:43:14 UTC 
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Comment 8 tanstaafl 2008-02-20 12:34:25 UTC 
Has there been any progress on fising this issue? I'm just curious, because it
still causes me no end of problems on some of my templates...
Comment 9 tanstaafl 2008-02-20 12:34:33 UTC 
Has there been any progress on fixing this issue? I'm just curious, because it
still causes me no end of problems on some of my templates...
Comment 10 tanstaafl 2009-02-13 15:01:25 UTC 
Ok, this problem just bit me again after a major editing session on some of our
templates, but this time I am being QUADRUPLE prompted for the fields! :(

This bug shows as being 'STARTED', but with a milestone of 'later'.

This problem has got to be bogger than just me...

Is there any interest in these templates, or is the problem known, but the fix a
lot of work?

Please, someone (dev), comment and let me know whats up.

Thanks...
Comment 11 tanstaafl 2009-02-13 15:31:53 UTC 
I really, really need to be able to have multiple/optional page styles that can
be applied, depending on the status of the document...

For example, I want to have a page style for 'REVISED', and one for 'CANCELLED',
that apply different watermark backgrounds when applied.

But currently there is no way to do this if you have any fields in either the
header or footer, unless you're willing to suffer with massive multiple prompts
for the same fields.

Please, please, someone tell me this problem is fixable, or that someone cares.
Comment 12 cno 2010-06-10 21:40:15 UTC 
sorry to read that your questions have not been answered.
But believe me: there are toooo many issues, and (IMHO) many much and much more
urgent.

Maybe a direction to find a work around:
place an imput field in a hidden location (section or so) and user field that
referrenced by that imput field in the header / footers.

Cor
Comment 13 Adriana Luca 2013-09-30 19:20:35 UTC 
Confirming with OO 4.0.0 on WinXP sp3
Double prompt in "Input fields - double-prompted.odt"
Prompted once - "NO Input fields - single-
prompted.odt"
Prompts have to be started with "Ctrl-Shift-F9"
Comment 14 Marcus 2017-05-20 10:45:19 UTC 
Reset the assignee to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".