Closed Bug 175628 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Apparent conflict with Microsoft Excel

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
General
Platform:
PowerPC
Mac System 8.6
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: cgw, Assigned: asa)

Details

I have Office 98 (Mac) loaded, has run fine for years. With Mozilla 20022091014 running, I tried to open a spreadsheet (in Excel) which I've used for 6 months. I entered some data and suddenly unrelated cells' formats changed. A couple more clicks and the file was completely corrupted and not recoverable. I was able to repeat this failure with copies of a couple other Excel sheets (no macros, nothing fancy in the sheets). The problem only occurred when Mozilla was active. If I ran the same spreadsheets with no browser, or with IntExplorer, no problems. I checked and all applications were well inside their allocated memory limits (as seen in AboutThisMac or the MoreAboutThisMac shareware app). This is on a Mac G3 AllInOne 333MHz, Ethernet modem connected, 96Meg RAM plus VirtualRAM.
Carl, can you still reproduce this problem using a recent nightly build?
Summary: Apparent conflict with M'soft Excel → Apparent conflict with Microsoft Excel
Also, what is VirtualRAM? Does this happen with it disabled?
related to bug 108653 ?
23 October: I downloaded the latest build of Mozilla1.2b and was unable to reproduce the problem. It's still not clear just how the problem came about, as I rebooted and could not reproduce even with the previous copy (Mozilla1.2a). Recommend dumping this bug unless someone else notices a similar problem w/ Office98 components.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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