[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 49157] New: "Write Error" when saving after inserting new sheet

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49157

             Bug #: 49157
           Summary: "Write Error" when saving after inserting new sheet
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: LibO 3.4.5 release
          Platform: x86-64 (AMD64)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Spreadsheet
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: freedesktop at adamspiers.org


I have a complex spreadsheet with 15 sheets.  If I insert a new blank sheet
anywhere to the left of the 10th sheet, hit Control-S, and get a dialog saying
"Error saving the document income: Write Error. The file could not be written."
 I can reproduce using both LibreOffice 3.4.5 on openSUSE 12.1 x86_64, and
LibreOffice 3.3.4 on Fedora 15 i386.

After a bit of experimentation based on a few hunches, I discovered that cell
D4 in the 10th sheet contained a comment, and if I delete that comment, the
Write Error vanishes and I'm able to save the whole spreadsheet.

Unfortunately I cannot share the spreadsheet due to the sensitive nature of its
contents.  However as a software developer myself, I am very willing to help
debug this issue and find a solution.  Clearly there is an issue with comment
handling, but also when things go wrong like this, the error message needs to
be much more helpful than just 'Write Error'.

N.B. this bug seems to have certain parallels with
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.user/9266

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