Issue 91516 - Writer "Database changer" doesn't follow Windows shortcuts
Summary: Writer "Database changer" doesn't follow Windows shortcuts
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.4.1
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial with 4 votes (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2008-07-09 14:00 UTC by pwirtz
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:35 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Shortcut as database (26.41 KB, text/plain)
2009-04-14 04:06 UTC, vladimir_hitekschool
no flags Details
Shortcut as database (26.41 KB, text/plain)
2009-04-14 04:07 UTC, vladimir_hitekschool
no flags Details

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Description pwirtz 2008-07-09 14:00:51 UTC
The datasource selector selects a shortcut as new database instead of following
the shortcut to the specified folder.

How to reproduce : Under Windows, create a shortcut on your desktop, pointing to
a directory containing an ods file (copy the folder, then "paste as shortcut" on
your desktop). Then, in Writer, choose "Edit -> Change database...", just like
you would do to select an ods file for a mailing. Click the "browse" button
(name may vary, my OOo is in french) to select a file, navigate to your desktop
and double-click on the shortcut you created. The browsing window will close and
you'll see a new database "shortcut to XXX" with no datas in it.

This is obviously a bug, since Writer should follow the shortcut to the
specified folder, instead of selecting the shortcut.

This behavior has been observed with OOo 2.3.1 and 2.4 under Windows XP, but I
suspect it will behave like this with every windows and every OOo since 2.0.
Comment 1 Frank Schönheit 2008-07-15 07:39:03 UTC
This has nothing to do with following links, but with the inability to select
spreadsheet documents in this dialog. Directly selecting the linked .ods
(instead of the link) also gives the same problem.
Comment 2 michael.ruess 2008-07-15 08:05:02 UTC
Reassigned to MSC.
Comment 3 vladimir_hitekschool 2009-04-14 04:02:26 UTC
I can reproduce Issue 91516 in master version OOo-dev 3.1.0 (OOO310m9 Build:9396) 
for Windows XP SP3, but in other way. After choosing "Edit -> Exchange 
Database..." and clicking the "browse" button to select a file, I navigate to my 
desktop and double-click on the shortcut I have created. And I get the name of my 
shortcut as a name of database instead of getting access to brows inside it. (See 
attachment).
Comment 4 vladimir_hitekschool 2009-04-14 04:06:47 UTC
Created attachment 61538 [details]
Shortcut as database
Comment 5 vladimir_hitekschool 2009-04-14 04:07:12 UTC
Created attachment 61539 [details]
Shortcut as database
Comment 6 Edwin Sharp 2014-03-12 11:34:21 UTC
double click on shortcut brings destination folder
AOO410m14(Build:9760)  -  Rev. 1573601
2014-03-03 17:47:48 (Mo, 03 Mrz 2014)
Win 7