[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 126792] New: DOCX legacy drop-downs are only supposed to hold 25 items

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126792

            Bug ID: 126792
           Summary: DOCX legacy drop-downs are only supposed to hold 25
                    items
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.0.0.alpha0+ Master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: filter:docx
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: baron at caesar.elte.hu
                CC: zolnaitamas2000 at gmail.com
            Blocks: 104523, 104528

Created attachment 153262
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=153262&action=edit
Sample DOCX (corrupted)

- In Writer Compatibility options, enable Reorganize Forms menu to have it MS
compatible
- Add a Forms -> Legacy Form Fields -> Drop-Down Form Field.
- Double-click on it, and add 26 items, eg. characters from a to z (doesn't
matter what).
- Save as DOCX, and open it in Word.

=> Word refuses to open the file, giving a nondescript error (details:
Unspecified error).
When adding a similar drop-down in Word, only 25 entries can be added to it.

Likely we should limit number of entries to 25 in a drop-down field (that was
specifically added for Word compatibility), and perhaps for existing files we
could silently drop the superfluous entries during save (would be nice to give
a message, but perhaps too much work that's only relevant for existing buggy
files, and this feature is only there since 6.3).

Attaching a sample created in Writer that fails to open in Word.

Observed using LO 6.4.0.0.alpha0+ (d2750b7eb02d6f1c8866199c98fe2e2286639b88) /
Windows 7.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104523
[Bug 104523] [META] DOCX (OOXML) ActiveX and Legacy form control related issues
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104528
[Bug 104528] [META] Saved DOCX files that MS Word can't open
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