Issue 95280 - printing .xls files (calc) from context menu fails
Summary: printing .xls files (calc) from context menu fails
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: printing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.0
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.4.0
Assignee: kla
QA Contact: issues@sc
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Reported: 2008-10-21 17:49 UTC by fechtelm
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:30 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description fechtelm 2008-10-21 17:49:11 UTC 
Dear sir,

I have installed open office 3.0 on WinXP Pro SP 3. I tried to print excel
sheets (Extension .xls) by right-click and selecting "Print" from the context
menu, which fails. Other file types (e.g., .doc) print properly from the context
menu.

Is this a bug in the current version?

Sincerely,
Michael Fechtelkord
Comment 1 efsq 2008-11-12 10:44:43 UTC 
I wish to confirm this issue. Moreover, it's a bug as far as I'm concerned. More
specifically: printing an .ods document from the context menu works fine,
printing an .xls document does not produce an item in the print queue. 

From the commandline (cmd.exe):
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\scalc.exe" -p "C:\Temp\Testprint.ods
prints a document, whereas
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\scalc.exe" -p "C:\Temp\Testprint.xls
does /not/

Related forum posts:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=76563
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10993
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11044
Comment 2 oc 2008-11-12 14:45:31 UTC 
Hi Andreas, please have a look
Comment 3 efsq 2008-11-12 15:13:58 UTC 
Also encountered on Ubuntu Ibex, running OOo2.4.1 (from the Ubuntu repositories,
therefore probably ooobuild edition?):

/usr/bin/soffice -p testprint.xls 
produces nothing.
Comment 4 mjoncic 2009-02-10 10:53:27 UTC 
Hi, this is not a defect, it's a feature ;-)

the solution to your Problem is well known:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=63294

Hope this helps
Michael
Comment 5 Mathias_Bauer 2009-05-06 17:29:48 UTC 
According to the linked forum entry the reason is that obviously no sheet is
selected in the xls file. 

Should we either print all sheets in that case or at least give an error message?
Comment 6 niklas.nebel 2009-10-14 17:04:24 UTC 
adjusting target
Comment 7 niklas.nebel 2010-08-25 15:41:10 UTC 
retargeting to 3.4 for time reasons
Comment 8 niklas.nebel 2010-12-03 15:51:44 UTC 
Fixed in CWS "dr78". XLS files have information about the selected sheet, and we
use it now.
Comment 9 niklas.nebel 2011-02-28 14:18:11 UTC 
Reassigning to QA for verification.
Comment 10 kla 2011-03-09 13:05:42 UTC 
Works fine in cws dr78 -> verified