Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 37840
Mail merging option is getting struck
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:26:08 UTC
-In Tools dropdown select "Mail merge" option -select "USE CURRENT DOCUMENT" option and click next -select document type as "letter" and click next -In adress block window "select Adresslist" button -To create a new adress clicked "Create" button -A dialog box opens to fill adress list and after filling all fields of adress and clicked ok -Instead of saving in database option by giving a name -I went to "My Documents" folder and selected an html file(About Issues.html) and clicked ok -Immediately error report got opened saying (as shown in screenshot) -Now problem is iam unable to work on "Mailmerge option" its showing same error and getting strucked. -now iam unable to delete about "issue.html "file from "adresslist".
Created attachment 19668 [details] Problem with mail merge
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HI->OS: User error! But you should limit some possibilities like this.
os->hi: I couldn't reproduce the crash - but I have Java installed. Otherwise it works even with an extension 'html'. It doesn't work when the file name contains a space but it doesn't crash. I can't see a (simple, affordable) way to prevent the selection of strange filenames. Maybe you can create a stack.
HI->OS: Me neither. I've removed my Java but no crash appeared
-It may work properly in your end but it didn't worked in my environment at that time -After removing that file by going to "Tools" and "Options" and then selected particular file and deleted , Then only it allowed me to work in my system -Sorry for wasting your time -But you can take it as an enhancement or comment -Like user shouldnt be allowed to save file other than database folder anduser must be restricted in saving files. -Right now it might dosent cause any error, but later it may effect files .
Reopened to change it as enhancement.
HI->CJ: See the point below from reporter: -Like user shouldnt be allowed to save file other than database folder anduser must be restricted in saving files.
CJ: I can't reproduce this error. It is not easy to save in a different file format as specified (*.csv), because users have to enter *.* first, for making other file types but csv visible. An other way is, if users enter a filename + some kind of extsion by hand, OOo should handle this fault-tolerant in a way that the extension gets automatically extended by csv. For example, if an user tries to save as "XYZ.html" OO.o shall turn this automatically to "XYZ.html.csv" Retargeted to Office later.
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