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Issue 16 of Plope Software Collector [Plope]
Title: Excel file download resolved as txt with firfox
Status: Pending Security related: No
Description: when trying to edit an excel file, it gets opened as a comma delimited text file (*.txt) instead of an excel workbook (*.xls). Using MS IE (v6) it w...
From: John Sanderson on: Oct 7, 05 18:39
Anonymous User Last update: Oct 7, 05 18:39
Topic/class: externaleditor/bug Importance: medium
Version info: externaleditor helper v0.9.1 firefox 1.0.7 ms excel 2003 win xp sp2
Uploads:
File ExcelSample1.gif Erratic behaviour. Transfers are set to text,...
Issue 16 Transcript
4 entries
= Comment - Entry #4 by arthuralbano on Nov 17, 2006 11:12 am

I solved my problem using EE 0.91 msi. Metadata problems on 0.92?
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= Comment - Entry #3 by arthuralbano on Nov 17, 2006 10:39 am


Uploaded: ExcelSample1.gif

I have some similar problem. Ok let's go:
1. Install plone-2.5.1-zope-2.9-6471.exe (EE 0.92) and
2. Enable WebDAV on Plone 2/Data/etc/zope.conf (remove #'s, comments)
3. Start Plone
4. On site settings, assure that External Editor is on
5. On user setting, enable external editor
6. Upload an Excel File (.XLS created with 2003)
7. Click on the EE to edit it
8. Opens on Excel, rubish
9. When saving, says its a CVS and some formatting will be dropped

Some workarounds I've tried (and didn't work):
- Switch Browsers: Firefox 2 and IE 6
- OpenOffice 2 vs Microsoft Office 2003
- Edit ZopeEdit.ini (even tried to change line ends to [CR][LF]
- Change WebDAV port.
- Added to mimetypes_registry .zope (application/x-zope-edit)
- Tried ZEE 0.91 msi install instead of 0.92 exe

I realized that:
- The request (click on EE icon) didn't return a .zope file, it returns the normal .XLS file
- Instead of opening ZEE, it opens the application. Trying to change it to open with ZEE returns an error "Could not launch application..."
- From inside ZMI, the same
- Tryied Word .DOC, same problems
- The transfer maybe set to text, instead of binary
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= Comment - Entry #2 by chrism on Oct 11, 2005 7:47 am

I can't reproduce this. It sounds like a configuration problem.
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= Request - Entry #1 by Anonymous User on Oct 7, 2005 6:39 pm

 when trying to edit an excel file, it gets opened as a comma delimited text file (*.txt)  instead of an excel workbook (*.xls). Using MS IE (v6) it works ok

 When using helper v0.8 and firefox 1.0.5 it works fine.
 
 the failing combination appears to be firefox 1.0.7 and/or helper 0.9.1

 Any ideas would be apreciated