[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 141940] ODS File Corrupted. Error found in content.xml.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141940

--- Comment #2 from matchstickman <matchstickman25 at gmx.com> ---
I believe you are correct. I've tested what was said in the other bug report
and saving the file is causing this value to double each time. As I noted
previously, I am not even sure exactly what this value dictates, but looks like
it has something to do with spaces? In order to reach a value of 67108864 I
must have saved the spreadsheet 25 times, which sounds about right.

Any idea why this value went up to 8388608, 16777216, 33554432, no problems.
And then 67108864, and it's bingo, suddenly the file no longer responds
what-so-ever. Why is that I wonder?

And why is this version of the program still being offered as the stable
release when this problem is known about? I would have thought there would be a
lot of people regularly using spreadsheets containing cells with such Data
Validation. If all it takes to make a file corrupt is to re-save the
spreadsheet 25 times, I would think there are a whole lot of people who can no
longer open important files and don't have any idea for the reason why not. I
spent a lot of time searching the internet to try and figure out where the
problem might lie while looking to the answer to my own problem, and never saw
any mention of this issue.

Lastly, is there any way that files which have been effected by this issue can
be corrected in some later release, automatically? ie. Reverting the value of
67108864, or whatever it may be, back to it's normal level of 4, or 8, or
whatever it probably should be. I can't imagine the average user modifying
content.xml even if they were aware this issue may have effected their file.

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