Issue 57488 - OOo does not respect "files of type" in "file open" dialog
Summary: OOo does not respect "files of type" in "file open" dialog
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: oooqa
: 74277 (view as issue list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-11-07 20:32 UTC by jkonecn
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:41 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description jkonecn 2005-11-07 20:32:16 UTC 
I have a comma delimited text file that I want to open in Calc.  I start calc,
click "File -> Open"  Change "Files of type" to "Spreadsheet".  I see my file
(which is named data.txt) and select it.  It opens up in Writer.  I expect Calc
to open it since I changed the "Files of type" to "Spreadsheet".
Comment 1 Regina Henschel 2005-11-07 21:11:32 UTC 
No, that's not enough. You must scroll down and select the filter "Text CSV
(*.csv;*.txt)". The upper part section contains no open-filters, but determines
which files are shown in the window.
Comment 2 Regina Henschel 2005-11-07 21:13:14 UTC 
closing worksforme
Comment 3 jkonecn 2005-11-08 16:03:47 UTC 
Although I disagree with the behavior, I think you should have marked it invalid
and not worksforme.
Comment 4 kpalagin 2007-02-07 21:20:53 UTC 
Reopening and changing to Enhancement
Comment 5 kpalagin 2007-02-07 21:21:21 UTC 
Confirming
Comment 6 kpalagin 2007-02-07 21:24:04 UTC 
*** Issue 74277 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 7 pulsifer 2007-02-07 21:37:20 UTC 
74277 also suggests: "OOo should attempt to open the file in the specified
application, and if it cannot be opened in that application, give an error msg."

See also related issue http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74295,
which states: "when the user attempts to open an unsupported
document type, OOo could ask if the user wants to open it in the default
application, so for example, .pdf files would then be opened using Acrobat Reader."
Comment 8 thorsten.martens 2007-02-12 15:32:23 UTC 
TM->requirements: please have a look.