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superwoman
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JKT
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Same here - NO/J 0.8.3 aborts (without any error message) during the loading of the document and Console.app has the following:
CGColorSpace.c:223: failed assertion `cs->shouldFree'
I don't have MS Office installed to check the file... does this cause any issues in MS Office as well?
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pluby
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I get the same crashing behavior when I open this file on Panther. However, it opens without a problem on Jaguar. So, it seems that this file bumps into a Panther-specific Java bug.
Debugging this is not hard but it might be timeconsuming so if anyone can help try the following steps, that would be a big help:
1. Open the file in NeoJ on Jaguar (it will take 2 - 3 monites to open) or with OpenOffice.org 1.0.3, delete the first page, and save the file.
2. Try to open the file in NeoJ on Panther. If it crashes, repeat step 1.
After doing this, let me know which pages you deleted. That will help me debug the code.
Thanks,
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pluby
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Well, After deleting most of the document, I found the crashing stops after I delete most, but not all, of the OLE objects in the document.
I still don't know why this causes Java to crash, but I thought that I'd share what I have found so far.
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superwoman
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| JKT wrote: | | I don't have MS Office installed to check the file... does this cause any issues in MS Office as well? |
For info, I'm using a Test Drive version of Office 2004. Word opens the file okay. |
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Terry Teague
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:07 am Post subject: Re: OLE objects cause crash |
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| pluby wrote: | Well, After deleting most of the document, I found the crashing stops after I delete most, but not all, of the OLE objects in the document.
I still don't know why this causes Java to crash, but I thought that I'd share what I have found so far. |
I haven't downloaded the document in question, but there are known problems with OLE objects in OOo versions prior to v1.1.0 (and there are still known problems to be fixed in OOo 2.0 or later).
This may not be your specific problem, but you may want to look at :
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16015
Regards, Terry |
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jakeOSX
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If the file is a Word 2004 file, this too may be an issue if there were changes from Word X to 2004 the filters may not work 100%.
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superwoman
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I'm not the originator of the document, but I don't believe it's a Word 2004 file. I just happen to be using Word 2004 to see if the file opens okay.
On another note, imcompatibilty with OLE is okay, but at least it should die/fail gracefully.
For info, I tried opening with AbiWord 2.1.<something>, Mac version. It didn't crash, but the mathematical equations did not appear. Perhaps I was expecting that kind of behaviour.
So is it a 1.0.3 code base problem, or a Java problem? |
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pluby
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| superwoman wrote: | | So is it a 1.0.3 code base problem, or a Java problem? |
After lots of debugging yesterday, I figured out where the crash is occurring and I believe that the problem is a bug in Java 1.3.1. This bug seems to only show up when you upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3.4. NeoJ has no problems opening the document on Mac OS X 10.2.8.
My guess is that the 10.3.4 upgrade changes the behavior of a system library that Java 1.3.1 depends one. What is interesting is that the crash is being caused by Apple's code invoking the abort() function which shuts down NeoJ.
Now that I know where this is occurring, I am working on ways to avoid the code that causes this problem. Look for a patch in the next week or so.
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pluby
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I finally found the cause of the problem!
I have created "patch-1" for NeoJ 0.8.3 and the patch at the following URL:
http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/download.php#install
Let me know if you still have problems opening the document with "patch-1".
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superwoman
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| Great work! Although the maths symbols are not imported properly, at least no crash. |
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sardisson
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| superwoman wrote: | | Although the maths symbols are not imported properly, at least no crash. |
Though strangely enough at least some seem to appear fine in TextEdit (I guess; this is way beyond my math knowledge!)...but pasting into NeoJ turns them into boxes again. Selecting the Symbol or Greek keylayout (I had to open a new document before they became active for some reason) and the Symbol font one can then type some of them, though the font seems to switch back to Times New Roman on entry and must be switched back to Symbol again...bizarre.
(And now I can't turn the Greek layout off, so maybe some of this is just my Mac....)
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Terry Teague
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:34 am Post subject: Re: Importing Math symbols |
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| superwoman wrote: | | Great work! Although the maths symbols are not imported properly, at least no crash. |
Again, I don't know the specifics of your document, but there are known problems with importing and displaying Math symbols (not my area of expertise).
Here is a bug report to look at :
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11756
If you are interested you can do your own searches for OLE/Math related bugs (a search I did for OLE bugs returned 400 results) :
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi
Regards, Terry |
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amake
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| That document was the perfect example of using the wrong tool for the job. LaTeX would have been an infinitely better choice. Maybe you (the original poster) should suggest that to the professor (or whoever). |
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superwoman
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| amake wrote: | | That document was the perfect example of using the wrong tool for the job. LaTeX would have been an infinitely better choice. Maybe you (the original poster) should suggest that to the professor (or whoever). |
You missed the point of my post. This is a testing forum. It's not about the which tool for which job. It's about a fatal crash condition, which this document just happens to precipitates. I thought I should report it, so that NeoOffice/J can iron out another kink. |
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