Re: Fwd: Issues with Open XML in Office 2008 for Mac SP2

[Yegor Kozlov <ye...@dinom.ru>]

I've dropped a line on compatibility with MS Office 2008 on http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/index.html
This clearly describes the fix and how to remove it.

P.S. the .html will be available in a hour or two, after the next rsync cycle.

Yegor

> Hi All -
> 
>  From Microsoft - very responsive.
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
> 
> From: Blair Neumann <Bl...@microsoft.com>
> Date: July 29, 2009 3:38:56 PM PDT
> To: Dave Fisher <da...@jmlafferty.com>
> Subject: FW: Issues with Open XML in Office 2008 for Mac SP2
> 
> Hi Dave. Please forward to dev@poi.apache.org.
> 
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Blair Neumann <bl...@microsoft.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:37:25 -0700
> To: "dev@poi.apache.org" <de...@poi.apache.org>
> Subject: Issues with Open XML in Office 2008 for Mac SP2
> 
> Hello Dave Fisher and other POI contributors.
> 
> Pat McMillan forwarded email from Dave Fisher describing the Apache POI 
> project’s concerns about an issue in Office 2008 for Mac SP2, concerns 
> that we share. This email is a response to Dave Fisher's earlier 
> correspondence.
> 
> We are aware of a serious bug in Office 2008 for Mac SP2 version 12.2.0 
> causing some Open XML files to fail to open in Office 2008 SP2. This bug 
> is affecting Open XML files from a variety of sources including Office 
> for Windows, Office for Mac, and the Apache POI project. We understand 
> the problem and are working to release a version 12.2.1 of Office 2008 
> that addresses this issue in August.
> 
> A few points from Dave Fisher's mail should be addressed.
> 
>  >> the Apache POI project has adjusted code to produce "MS-compatible 
> OOXML by adding docProps/app.xml with "Microsoft Excel". We've done 
> similar for DOCX files. This will allow users of future versions of 
> Apache POI to produce OOXML documents that will work with Office 2008 
> for Mac SP2.
> 
> This is not the best long-term solution, though we understand that it 
> may be an effective short-term response to a bug in Office 2008 for Mac 
> version 12.2.0. This isn't about producing "MS-compatible" Open XML but 
> is rather a workaround for a short-term bug. Rather than asserting that 
> Apache POI files are written by Microsoft, we hope that your long-term 
> guidance will be to recommend that affected Office 2008 for Mac users 
> use version 12.2.1 or later (or version 12.1.9 or earlier) with files 
> written by Apache POI.
> 
>  >> In our understanding of the standard docProps/app.xml is optional.
> 
> Our understanding also. An extended properties part (such as app.xml, 
> which happens to be what we call it) is indeed optional as stated in 
> ECMA-376, Part 4, Section 7.2, "If all extended property elements are 
> omitted then the extended properties part may be excluded from a document."
> 
>  >> If this [the Application tag] were required by the standard then we 
> think this would mean that the proper value for Apache POI created 
> documents would to be "Apache POI" and not "Microsoft Excel"
> 
> Our understanding also. Related to my discussion above, we believe that 
> an Application value "Apache POI" is appropriate.
> 
>  >> we expect that Microsoft will return to compliance with ISO standard 
> 29500 as promised.
> 
> To be clear, Office 2008 for Mac conforms to ECMA-376 and does not yet 
> conform to ISO/IEC 29500. The current situation is a bug in our ECMA-376 
> implementation and will be remedied as soon as possible.
> 
> Warm regards.
>  -Blair.
> 
> Blair Neumann
> Program Manager, Macintosh Business Unit
> blair.neumann@microsoft.com
> 
> 
> 
> ------ End of Forwarded Message
> 
> 


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