[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 78731] FILEOPEN: Specific SYLK file with .XLS extension opens in Writer instead of Calc

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78731

--- Comment #19 from Ian Stuart <ians at hbic.co.za> ---
We have just encountered a minor variation of this problem at a site where the
opening of file with .xls extensions has been working flawlessly on an old
version of Libreoffice.  The upgrade has had shall we say deleterious effects.

The behaviour on LibreOffice 5.3.2.2 on Mint and OpenSuse Leap 42 however is
erratic - sometimes LibreOffice opens with scalc and other times  ignores the
switch on the command line that specifies --calc.

The files generated are simple text files containing tab delimited data from a
single application on a Linux server.  The number of columns can vary from file
to file but the basic structure is the same.  The files are generated "on the
fly" and LibreOffice is invoked by the application on demand; the user has no
choice and does not have the facility to change extension from .xls to .csv;
i.e the files are opened "for them"

The file formats are identified by file -b as either ISO-8858 text with CR line
terminators or ASCII text with CR line terminators. However changing the
extension of the files identified as ASCII from .xls extension to .csv results
in the file opening with calc yet the file type remains ASCII.

If it will help or contribute in any way to resolving what has now become a
significant problem in the life of the users affected by this feature, example
files of those that open in calc and those that open in writer can be posted

Having read the explanation regarding filtering and parsing etc (comment 8 I
think) it just seems to me and the users affected by this feature, that when a
user specifies the application to use (in this case calc) it should be left to
the user to override/determine the application . 

Does Microsoft Office decide to use Word when a user opens a file with Excel? 
Surely there must be a way to override LibreOffice and determine/decide what
application is required.
Kind regards

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