Re: Problem opening file in 1.1.16

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 05:44:55PM -0700, Patrick Kellaher wrote:
> I had a file saved in the generic XML gnumeric format and at one point
> when I was doing a Save As... I mistakenly choose the Experimental
> Gnumeric XML format.  I am now unable to open the file.  I select the
> file for opening and hit ok, but then the program just freezes.  Is
> there anyway to convert the file back to the normal XML format?

You _saved_ using the experimental XML ??
I'm sorry to say that there is no way to recover.  That method is
intended to save in the native xml format but using a faster more
efficient method.  It is also incomplete !  Only a small fraction of
the data is saved.  The experimental reader should be fine, but the
data loss on export is too great to recover.

That method should have been disabled in the release.
Apologies,
    Jody