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kspread can't find a maindoc.xml file

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Sunday, August 24th 2003, 1:05pm

kspread can't find a maindoc.xml file

What happened was I was editing a spreadsheet opened from a
fileserver.

As I was saving the file, I hadn't noticed the file server had shut
down, probably due to a loose power cable.

Now the proper file can't be reopened due to above error.

Any way to remedy this and collect the file?

:shock:

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Sunday, August 24th 2003, 1:58pm

Perhaps you still have the autosaved backup copy of the file around.
Should be named filename~

If this doesn't help you can extract the file.
A KSpread file is actually tar.gz (.zip in next KSpread), which then contains th maindoc.xml and embedded subfiles.

KSpread should be able to open the maindoc.xml if given on commandline

But if you have bad luck the maindoc.xml is corrputed.

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Sunday, August 24th 2003, 2:18pm

Quoted from ""anda_skoa""

Perhaps you still have the autosaved backup copy of the file around.
Should be named filename~

If this doesn't help you can extract the file.
A KSpread file is actually tar.gz (.zip in next KSpread), which then contains th maindoc.xml and embedded subfiles

Thanks, I'll try it. The autosave was corrupted as well.

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Sunday, August 24th 2003, 2:32pm

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Perhaps you still have the autosaved backup copy of the file around.
Should be named filename~

Thanks, I'll try it. The autosave was corrupted as well.


Nope, says maindoc.xml doesn't exist.

Well, I have begun over in a new file in OpenOffice. Hope it's more recilient.

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Saturday, October 11th 2003, 6:25pm

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Original von anda_skoa

Perhaps you still have the autosaved backup copy of the file around.
Should be named filename~

If this doesn't help you can extract the file.
A KSpread file is actually tar.gz (.zip in next KSpread), which then contains th maindoc.xml and embedded subfiles

Thanks, I'll try it. The autosave was corrupted as well.


Just for the records: KOffice 1.2 already uses zipped files. Tar.gz is only up to KOffice 1.1.

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