[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 128498] New: "Update Links when Loading" doesn't work

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128498

            Bug ID: 128498
           Summary: "Update Links when Loading" doesn't work
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.2.7.1 release
          Hardware: x86 (IA32)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: johnsmithbeatles at gmail.com

Description:
1. Open Writer, ensure text boundaries are enabled:
   Menu bar > View > Text Boundaries = True.
2. Press the Enter button 5 times, return to the 1st line, type 2 or 3 short
text lines, select them.
3. Menu bar > Insert > Section.
   In the Insert Section window:
     3.1. Section name (left column) = Foo
     3.2. Click the Insert button to create the section.

Now we are going to create a link to this section, i.e. to create its updatable
copy.

4. Return to the last line.
5. Menu bar > Insert > Section.
   In the Insert Section window:
     5.1 Section name (left column) = Bar
     5.2. "Link" checkbox = True
     5.3. "Section" drop-down menu (which is located above the Write Protection
section) = Foo.
     5.4. Click the Insert button to create the link to the Foo section.

Now you have 2 sections. The Foo section works as a source. The Bar section
works as its mirror.

Each time you change the Foo section, you can click menu bar > Tools > Update >
Links, and the Bar section will be changed accordingly.

You can close and open the document. When you open it, you will see a small
window:

  The document test.odt contains one or more links to external data.
  Would you like to change the document, and update all links to get
  the most recent data? [Yes] [No]

A good alternative to manual updating.

However, this window is a bit annoying, isn't it? I think the anser is "yes".
There is an option to avoid (i.e. to update links silently), but it doesn't
work.

Click menu bar > Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > General > Update Links
when Loading = Always.

Make some changes in you document, close it, open it. The "small window" is
still here.

Notice that "Update Links when Loading = Never" works fine, though.

* * *

Tested with LO 6.2.7.1 and 6.4.0.0.alpha0+.

Version: 6.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x86)
Build ID: f0443fa4438aa98bce48bfd53dc6a687737687b6
CPU threads: 1; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: default;
VCL: win; 
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



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