Art Alexion on 22 Dec 2005 02:16:06 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] OOo 2 File Corruption


gyoza@comcast.net wrote:

>Art Alexion wrote:
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>>I've been using for a while.  No file corruption problems, but...
>>
>>When I *save as* MS-doc to a windows/samba partition, OO2 crashes, like
>>you say.
>>
>>That said, it only occurs when I initially *save as*, only when I save
>>in the doc format, and it always saves and recovers the files with
>>recent edits flawlessly.  I don't know whether the problem is with "save
>>as doc" or saving to the samba partition as I never use the doc format
>>on the Linux partition.  It does not happen with regular saves.
>>
>>Combining our experiences, it may be a problem with the "save as"
>>command, but as it occurs for you with odt files and for me with doc
>>files, I doubt the problem is the odt file format.
>> 
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>Well, I did open an MS formated file during the session, but I didn't
>try to edit or save it.
>
>Something happens that messes up the XML-based file format.
>  
>

The older swx format was also XML-based.  The swx file was actually an
archive consisting of several XML files.

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