Re: xls open file problem

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Morten Welinder wrote:
> > Is there any hard coded upper limit to the amount of data one can store
> > in a an xls file, or indeed for that matter an hard limit to what
> > gnumeric will read from a file?
>
> There should be no such limit beyond the limit on the sheet size
> (256 x 65536).
>
> 1. Does the file load in Excel?
> 2. If you start gnumeric from the command line, is anything printed to
>    the console?

I have not tried the file in excel (I don't have a copy here) but will 
see if I can find a copy.

Opening the file from the console:
<username>@<host>:~/<dir>/<dir>$ gnumeric test.xls
Reading file:///home/argus/work/gnumeric/test.xls
Excel 97 +

** (gnumeric:12346): CRITICAL **: ms_biff_query_next: assertion 
'q->length < 20000' failed

To Jody: Sorry but I can't provide you with a copy of the file, given 
the privacy laws etc here. I can however try anything you would like me 
to do on the file if that helps.

To all: Sorry I didn't respond to emails earlier, my mail filters put 
them in the wrong box.

Brett