Re: Bug in importing Word 97 document


Subject: Re: Bug in importing Word 97 document
From: Pierre Abbat (phma@webjockey.net)
Date: Thu Jan 17 2002 - 19:32:44 CST


On Thursday 17 January 2002 20:24, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I have a Word 97 document with lists (perhaps nested) and I tried to read
> it with AbiWord. I just cvsed and compiled the code today. The beginning of
> the file looked okay, but then it drew a black line down the left margin,
> put only one or two characters on each page, and threw up all sorts of
> asserts. I asked the guy who sent me it to send me a non-confidential file
> that hopefully will trigger the same bug.

Forgot to say what the asserts were:

**** (18) Assert ****
**** (18) fname != NULL at ie_imp_MsWord_97.cpp:2190 ****
**** (18) Continue ? (y/n) [y] : y

This went up to 18, and then Abi long paused and finally showed the beginning
of the document. The black line flashed.

phma



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