Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 98432
Creating a new template category popup an error message
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:51:49 UTC
Hi In DEV300_m39 .deb version, when you create a new template category an error message pop up 'Untitled already exist'. Click ok, the new category is created and you can name it. Again, create a new category, an error message pop up 'Untitled1 already exist', click ok, the new category is created and you can name it. Create a new category, the pop up will say 'Untitled12 already exists', etc... Kind regards - Sophie
The problem is already in OO2.4.1, but OOo2.4.1 gives no error message. If you generate a new category, then OOo generates a folder in the writeable template path. This folder has the name "Unbenannt" for a German UI or "Untitled" for an English UI. The connection between folder name and category name is entered in the file "groupuinames.xml". If you create another new category OOo tries to use the folder name "Untitled" and notices that it already exists. Therefore it generates a folder "Untitled1". OOo2.4.1 does this silently, DEV300m39 produces an error message. I think there is a bug, but not in generating the error message. The but is using the folder name "Untitled" instead of the category name, which the user has entered. This sounds similar (not duplicate) to issue 97969, where an error message is produced when file > template > save to an already existing template name.
The bug also exists in OOO310m11 and OOO310m18 (OOo 3.1.1 RC1). If you repeat the steps, folders Unbenannt, Unbenannt1, Unbenannt11 etc. are created after a warning, that Unbekannt already exists. G. Marxen
Short addition: My tests under XP Pro with all patches.
Hello sgauti, *, as Guenther has reported this problem to the Germanophone OOo dev list, I can confirm this issue ... :( Further observation: 1. Open Datei - Dokumentvorlage - Verwalten... (should be something like "File - Templates - Manage" or the like ... ;) ). 2. Rightclick on "My templates" (roughly translated) on the left and choose "New" 3. Name it "test" 4. Rightclick on "My templates" again and choose "New" again. An error message occurs, saying something like "Unnamed already exist". 5. An new folder below "My templates" is created named "Unnamed" You are not able to rename this folder. 6. Rightclick on "My templates" again and choose "New" You get the error message "Unamed1 already exists". A new folder named "Unnamed1" is created. Again, you are not able to rename it to something else like "test1" or the like ... :( If you now look in ~/.openoffice.org/3/user/template, you will find the folders "Unbenannt", "Unbenannt1" and "Unbenannt11". Neither I cannot find my created folder "test" (what I would expect here) nor "Unbenannt1", "Unbenannt2" and "Unbenannt3", what IMHO would be more logical ... HTH Thomas.