On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:35:25 -0400 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:34:33 +0200 > > dav...@flossconsulting.it wrote: > > > >> > >> > What options do we have available? Do we accept private attachments in > >> > Bugzilla? Can a properly obtained stack trace replace the need for the > >> > actual document, maybe? Other options? > >> > >> What about anonymize the DOCX by searching and replacing any simple char > >> with X char? > >> With MS Office of course.... > >> > >> Davide > >> > >> > >> > > >> > Note: in my case I already asked for, and received, a working ODT > >> > version. I'm interested in the generic discussion. > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > Andrea. > > > > One can't anonymize an unopenable file! It would have to be done using the > > generating application. > > > > But it is possible, in theory to do something like this with the > Apache ODF Toolkit (incubating). > > But it is tricky, especially if the document has embedded documents, > OLE embeddings, images with confidential information, etc. You could > need to replace it all. But the stuff you replace might be the source > of the crash. > > A safer way is for the person who edited the document to do a binary > search for the issue, e.g., creating test documents containing the > first half of the document and another with the 2nd half. See which > one crashes. Then divide that test document. And so on, until you've > narrowed down what is causing the crash. Of course, not all crashes > can be narrowed down that way, but many can. > > -Rob > For what it's worth, I have come across a few cases of files that crash when OpenOffice attempts to open them, but which can open correctly if /Insert /File into a blank OpenOffice document of the correct type. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
