Home » File Formats » Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer » Bug #6118
Excel Crashes when cells Merged
Details
| Submitted | 2005-11-30 20:45 UTC |
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| From | normansantos at midlandstechnologygroup dot com |
| Status | Bogus |
| Package | Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer |
| PHP Version | 4.4.1 |
| OS | Win XP Pro |
| Roadmaps | (Not assigned) |
Comments
[2005-11-30 20:45 UTC] normansantos at midlandstechnologygroup dot com
Description:
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Excel seems to crash after a certian amount of cells are merged. See the url for the test script source for more details. Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.9.0
Test script:
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Source:
https://secure.netexpertsolutions.com/wholesale/excelCrash.phpt
Working Excel Crashing Version:
https://secure.netexpertsolutions.com/wholesale/excelCrash.php
Expected result:
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Excel 2k, Excel 2003 both crash and ask if you want to send an error report.
[2005-11-30 22:25 UTC] normansantos at midlandstechnologygroup dot com
Updating email addy.
[2005-11-30 23:33 UTC] normansantos at midlandstechnologygroup dot com
Also a note, the file will open with open office but does not show any of the cells merged.
[2005-12-01 21:16 UTC] normansantos at midlandstechnologygroup dot com
After some more digging it seems to be an issue that Excel only allows for 255 columns and this script exceeds that by double. This package will write as much data in that direction as it’s given, which is a great thing, no limits and all. So looks like the solution is to split it across multiple sheets, ugh. Closing this for now.