Re: password prompt when choosing doc on rtf

From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 22:20:56 EDT

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     --- "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote: > I
    saved a file in Abiword as "Microsoft Word
    > (.doc)".
    >
    > Then later I tried to open it by choosing "Microsoft
    > Word" as type instead
    > of auto detect.
    >
    > A password box popped up and then dialog box said it
    > was "bogus or invalid
    > document".
    >
    > It opens fine as set as RTF or auto detect. (I know
    > it was really RTF.)
    >
    > If abiword can save it as "Microsoft Word" then
    > abiword should be smart
    > enough to know to accept RTF when "Word" is used for
    > opening.
    >
    > I didn't see this at bugzilla.
    >
    > I was able to reproduce this issue. This is 0.99.5
    > installed via NetBSD
    > pkgsrc (abiword-personal-0.99.5). (Sorry didn't try
    > with latest code.)

    Hi Jeremy. Can you open a bug at
    http://bugzilla.abisource.com and attach the offending
    .doc there for us to test and fix.

    You might want to check with the latest version of
    AbiWord before you open a bug report.

    Andrew Dunbar.

    > Jeremy C. Reed
    > http://www.reedmedia.net/
    >

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