http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6560
Summary: Problems with Office 97 and "Normal.dot" Product: Wine Version: 0.9.24. Platform: Other OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-files AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: Ronny.Standtke@gmx.net
I installed a German MS Office 97 with wine-0.9.24. When I start Office 97 the second time it complains about not being able to read the file Normal.dot. The complete error message is as follows: ----------- Word konnte diese Datei (Normal.dot) nicht lesen. Bitte stellen Sie die Netzwerkverbindung wieder her, oder ersetzen Sie die Disketten und versuchen Sie es erneut. |Wiederholen| |Abbrechen| ----------- My poor translation to English: ----------- Word could not read this file (Normal.dot). Please re-enable the network connection or replace the floppies and retry. |Retry| |Cancel| -----------
Clicking "Retry" doesn't help; the dialog always reappears. After clicking "Cancel" Word presents another but somehow incomplete warning dialog: ----------- Word kann vorhandene "[] |OK| ----------- In English that means something like "Word can existing...". I will attach a screenshot.
When I want to exit Word I get another warning message: ----------- Soll die bereits existierende Datei Normal.dot ersetzt werden? |Ja| |Nein| |Abbrechen| ----------- Translation: ----------- Do you want to overwrite the existing file Normal.dot? |Yes| |No| |Cancel| -----------
If I choose "No" a FileSave dialog opens. If I close this FileSave dialog I am back in Word.
If I try to exit Word again I get a _another_different_ warning message: ----------- Die durchgeführten Änderungen haben Auswirkungen auf die Dokumentenvorlage Normal.dot. Möchten Sie diese Änderungen speichern? |Ja| |Nein| |Abbrechen| ----------- My translation: ----------- The changes have impact on the template Normal.dot. Do you want to save this changes? |Yes| |No| |Cancel| -----------
Only after choosing "No" I finally managed to exit Word.
Looking at the file does not show any specialities: -rw-r--r-- 1 ronny ronny 30208 2006-10-29 21:32 ./drive_c/Programme/Microsoft Office/Vorlagen/Normal.dot
This is a regression. The problem doesn't exist with wine-0.9.20 but in all following versions (tested until wine-0.9.24)