Issue 5578 - Cannot copy formulas
Summary: Cannot copy formulas
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P2 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: stefan.baltzer
QA Contact: issues@sw
URL:
Keywords: oooqa
: 4523 5074 5405 5444 (view as issue list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-06-05 16:40 UTC by spotsize
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:39 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
Latest Confirmation in: ---
Developer Difficulty: ---

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Screenshot of broken ole formula object after cut and paste. (11.42 KB, image/png)
2002-07-10 02:34 UTC, prgmgr 		no flags Details
Example of a failed copy and paste into the same chart (49.88 KB, image/jpeg)
2002-07-10 09:51 UTC, spotsize 		no flags Details
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Description spotsize 2002-06-05 16:40:25 UTC 
Each time I try to copy a formula (copy and paste or paste special) I get the error:

Error activating object: General OLE error.
Comment 1 prgmgr 2002-07-10 02:34:13 UTC 
Created attachment 2173 [details]
Screenshot of broken ole formula object after cut and paste.
Comment 2 prgmgr 2002-07-10 02:39:50 UTC 
Thanks for posting the issue Massimo.  For future reference, please
include a more detailed description of the issue.

Issue duplicated on RedHat 7.3 stock workstation install, OO 1.0, Gnome

1.  Choose the menu options File | New | Text Document
2.  Choose the menu options Insert | Object | Formula
3.  Create a formula.
4.  Cut or copy the formula.  Keyboard shortcut or menu method for
    cut or copy is irrelevant.
5.  Paste or Paste Special.
    See included screenshot.
6.  A broken OLE(?) icon is displayed.  Double clicking on the
    icon gives the following error message:
    "Error activating object.  General OLE error."
Comment 3 prgmgr 2002-07-10 02:54:30 UTC 
*** Issue 5074 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 4 prgmgr 2002-07-10 02:57:29 UTC 
*** Issue 4523 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 5 prgmgr 2002-07-10 02:59:41 UTC 
*** Issue 5405 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 6 prgmgr 2002-07-10 03:05:54 UTC 
*** Issue 5444 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 7 prgmgr 2002-07-10 03:08:29 UTC 
A few interesting points:

People claim that this bug does not exist in v642 of OO.

Some people claim this affects all OLE objects.  For now, I have
duplicated the formula issue, but it works fine for charts.

This bug cropped up in earlier builds but was supposedly addressed.
Comment 8 spotsize 2002-07-10 09:44:42 UTC 
It works only if I copy a formula from wordprocessor and I paste into
a chart.

If I copy a formula from a chart and I paste it into the same chart it
doesn't work anymore .... I get an empty box.

see the following attachment.

Best
Comment 9 spotsize 2002-07-10 09:51:53 UTC 
Created attachment 2177 [details]
Example of a failed copy and paste into the same chart
Comment 10 stefan.baltzer 2002-11-28 16:47:23 UTC 
Will be OK in oo 1.02
Comment 11 michael.ruess 2003-03-06 08:50:32 UTC 
Yes, I can confirm the Bugfix for OOo 1.0.2