[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 125705] Impossible to edit any TextField (except URL) inside a spreadsheet cell by user code.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125705

--- Comment #6 from Wolfgang Jäger <jag at psilosoph.de> ---
There was a misunderstanding.  
If I just wanted to get the behavior of Calc changed or to get a feature added,
I would post an "enhancement" bug (request).  

This is a *bug report* because the actual behavior of textfield objects imo is
different from how it should be regarding the *existing specifications*.  

However, I also can't see the differences as a "feature". To the contrary it is
annoying and makes textfield instances (with the exception of .textfiel.URL) in
Calc next to useless. Concerning DateTime the unchangeable NumberFormat is not
acceptable. 

BTW: Since I don't use sheet headers/footers, I didn't test the details, but it
seems that everything I reported here about SheetCell objects also holds for
textfield instances there.

(Of course, I also am unhappy with the differences in the "specialized"
implementations of .Text services for generic objects of different kind, but
this is off topic here.)

Just tested with LibO V7.2.0.4: Everything as reported earlier. 
The "setting back to IsFixed=False" (and similar) is reported about the actual
textfield of the inspected text portion, not about the instance the code below
is working on.

I also tested with the modified code below (and with additional variants):

Sub lookAtDateTimeFields() REM In advance of running this Sub: Select the
single cell you want to inspect.
cell = ThisComponent.CurrentSelection(0)
For Each quasiPar In cell
  For Each portion In quasiPar
    If portion.TextPortionType="TextField" Then
      tf = portion.TextField
      With tf
        If .supportsService("com.sun.star.text.TextField.DateTime") Then
          dt = .DateTime
          .IsFixed      = True 'Was first accepted but later set back to False.
          tf.IsDate = False
          dt.Day = 1
          dt.Hours = 13
          tf.NumberFormat = h_findCreateNumberFormatStyle("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM")
REM Name and code for findCreateNumberFormatStyle() are by Andrew Pitonyak. 
          .DateTime = dt
        End If
      End With
REM An attempt to assign portion.TextFiled = tf fails ("ReadOnly").
    End If
  Next portion
Next quasiPar
End Sub

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