[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 40012] Incorrectly opened very simple rtf file in 3.4.2, regression compared to 3.3

[bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org]

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40012

--- Comment #6 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> 2011-09-13 18:20:11 PDT ---
Created an attachment (id=51170)
 --> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=51170)
The same data after resave in MS WordPad and cleanup

I have removed everything irrelevant from the Untitled.rtf by Volker Blum. Now
this file (Cleanup.rtf) is below 400 bytes long, and contains just the text and
the table, but without any formatting. Note that the borders of the table are
invisible, so it may be necessary to show table borders. This file shows the
same incorrect formatting in LO that the original file.

After that, I opened it in WordPad and saved again as Cleanup1.rtf, and cleaned
it to include only necessary information. Now it is opened correctly in LO.

The comparison of the contents of these files (using any plain text editor)
makes it look like the original file (and Cleanup.rtf) are not well-formatted.
One may notice that an extra row is defined below the last visible table row
(lines 20-25 of Cleanup.rtf). Other differences are in the row definitions.

However incorrect this file could be, it is very common that such files are
generated by some software. Our organization, for example, is heavily affected
by this issue because our e-banking software generates such files.

Naturally, I will report this problem to the other software makers. And
personally I would prefer this issue to be marked as invalid here, because
othervise, if you will fix it, this way you will support those software makers
who generate improper files. This will make such files more common, thus doing
a bad job to everyone.

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the assignee for the bug.