http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2358
Summary: MS Excel regression - can't save valid files Product: Wine Version: 20040615 Platform: Other OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P2 Component: wine-binary AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: winehq@nanonanonano.net
With versions of wine up to and including Wine-20040309, I could get MS Excel 2000 could open, close and save files without incident.
Subsequent versions (20040408 onwards, including 20040615, which is currently installed) still generate a file when you File->Save, however, the file is now not a valid excel file and cannot be opened with Excel running under Wine, under Windows or with OpenOffice. Excel reports "File format is not valid", while OpenOffice just crashes.
Since there is no warning that the file is invalid, this results in data loss.
Example:
1. Start excel
2. File->Save, enter a filename
3. Exit excel
4. Restart excel
5. File->Open, select file. "File format is invalid" message displayed.
I will upload an example (invalid) file as an attachment.