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Document Properties error - wrong data

Bug #179750 reported by Julian the flat roof repair/recovering specialist on 2008-01-01

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	openoffice.org (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Hi,

on OpenOffice Word Processor, when I looked into the 'Properties' of a document (an invoice) produced in the past months on my computer to see when it had been created, I found that its creation date was 02/07/07, 07:38:00 its modification date the same - 02/07/07, 07:38:00 but that it had last been printed 18/12/06, 11:22:00 i.e. it had been printed before it was even created.

So somewhere there is a data reading problem I suppose - the doc had been setup on MS word, if my memory serves correctly, (now being read by Gutsy Gibbon in front of me) but it just may have been set up in Ubuntu/open office Wordprocessor, Feisty Fawn (I've recently upgraded to the Gibbon).

Just speculating, it could be that the doc was held to be 'created' when Ubuntu (or gibbon/OO Word Processor first read it, but it's a bit ambiguous and is giving me a bit of a headache at the moment - and may be doing so for others.

Hope this helps in the world of trapping.

BTW is there any chance that you can call the next release or so of UBUNTU "The Dog's Bollocks?" - I assume you are in the States but just in case you think I'm being abusive - the Dog's is Northern English slang for the best thing since sliced bread - why, I don't know... as Edmund Hillary should perhaps have said "Because they're there"?

Cheers, Jules

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2008-06-27:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in openoffice.org.

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote on 2008-07-03:

Do you know how to consistently reproduce this problem? If you do please describe it. If you don't can you attach the file that shows this problem?

Thanks,

Chris

Changed in openoffice.org:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Julian the flat roof repair/recovering specialist (greenerfuels) wrote on 2008-07-04: Re: [Bug 179750] Re: Document Properties error - wrong data

Invoice 818 copy for UBUNTU correction.doc Edit (327.5 KiB, application/msword; name="Invoice 818 copy for UBUNTU correction.doc")

Hi Chris, thanks for looking into this.

I was thinking about it and the way I usually make a new invoice is to open an old, existing invoice, and then "save as" with the new invoice number, and then change the contents. Then I do a normal "save" when it's complete and ready to send. And I suspect the document properties remain the same as the original invoice I've used, when they should perhaps (?) reset as though it has never been printed. I've never tried to do this in Windows to test its behaviour so I'm not sure what the best solution is. It isn't a big issue, but it is nice to be able to refer to when a document was printed when auditing paperwork months later.

Please find an attached document which shows the issue.

Thanks again, yours sincerely, Julian Dixon

Chris Cheney <email address hidden> wrote: Do you know how to consistently reproduce this problem? If you do please
describe it. If you don't can you attach the file that shows this
problem?

Thanks,

Chris

** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) on 2008-07-22

Changed in openoffice.org:
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote on 2008-10-29:

Can you still reproduce this bug with new documents on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)?

I tried reproducing it and the 'save as' document kept the original creation/save dates as well. For times when you are intending to make an entirely new document you can hit 'reset' in the properties dialog which will reset all information.

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status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Julian the flat roof repair/recovering specialist (greenerfuels) wrote on 2008-10-29:

Hi Chris - I didn't even know there was an "Intrepid" (- have just been updating Hardy regularly, so can't say if it's different).

Thanks v much for looking into this and for your help - will hit reset in future - possibly, that's the best way, anyway, for most people, (though I suspect some small business users like myself will use an earlier invoice, copy it, and make a new one of it and so come across what I did)?

Cheers. Jules

Chris Cheney <email address hidden> wrote: Can you still reproduce this bug with new documents on Ubuntu 8.10
(Intrepid)?

I tried reproducing it and the 'save as' document kept the original
creation/save dates as well. For times when you are intending to make an
entirely new document you can hit 'reset' in the properties dialog which
will reset all information.

** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote on 2008-10-30:

Julian,

What I was talking about with respect to saving a copy is that all the stats are kept at least now with Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid). (Created / Modified / Printed / etc), it sounds like in the past that perhaps only the Printed stat was kept across saving for you.

Chris