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Bug 343241

Summary:

DBCS3.7 Fail to compare MS Word's docx format document files

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

Kentaroh Noji <kennoji>

Component:

Compare

Assignee:

Tomasz Zarna <tomasz.zarna>

Status:

VERIFIED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

major

Priority:

CC:

camle, kazm, kitlo, pwebster, Szymon.Brandys

Version:

4.1

Flags:

Szymon.Brandys: review+

Target Milestone:

3.7 RC1

Hardware:

OS:

Windows XP

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
screem capture	none
Fix v01	none
mylyn/context/zip	none
Good result with I20110511-0815 build (screen capture)	none

Description Kentaroh Noji

2011-04-19 03:48:08 EDT

Build Identifier: I20110329-2200

This problem is found and reported in DBCS enablement test, but the problem may be not caused by DBCS. 
Comparing two MS word documents which have .docx file extension, Text compare editor shows garbled characters in the editor. When the MS word documents are .doc file extension, no problem. 
JDK version: java full version "JRE 1.6.0 IBM Windows 32 build pwi3260sr9fp1-20110208_03 (SR9 FP1)"
OS: Windows XP SP3 (Japanese)
MS Word: MS Office Professional Plus 2010, MS word version is 14.0.4760.1000 (32 bit)  


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create two MS word document files and save the files. Ensure that file extension is .docx
2. Create a simple project in Eclipse
3. Copy the two MS word document files and paste them in the project. 
4. Select the two MS word document files in project explorer, and open context menu. Compare > each other

Comment 1 Kentaroh Noji

2011-04-19 03:51:48 EDT

Created attachment 193550 [details]
screem capture

Comment 2 Kentaroh Noji

2011-05-10 02:59:55 EDT

Are there any updates?

Comment 3 Tomasz Zarna

2011-05-10 05:35:43 EDT

Created attachment 195187 [details]
Fix v01

Adding .docx file extension fixed the issue. From now on, files with the new extension are recognized as Word Documents and compared using WordMergeViewer.

Comment 4 Tomasz Zarna

2011-05-10 05:35:45 EDT

Created attachment 195188 [details]
mylyn/context/zip

Comment 5 Tomasz Zarna

2011-05-10 05:37:03 EDT

Szymon, let me know what do you think about it. It's a straightforward fix, safe for RC1 imho.

Comment 6 Szymon Brandys

2011-05-10 05:37:54 EDT

Looks good.

Comment 7 Tomasz Zarna

2011-05-10 06:57:48 EDT

Thanks, applied to HEAD. Available in builds >=I20110510-0800.

Comment 8 Kentaroh Noji

2011-05-11 22:18:40 EDT

I verified the fix worked fine with I20110511-0815 build.

Comment 9 Kentaroh Noji

2011-05-11 22:24:33 EDT

Created attachment 195453 [details]
Good result with I20110511-0815 build (screen capture)

Comment 10 Tomasz Zarna

2011-05-12 04:45:13 EDT

Thanks for the quick verification.