Error recovery when opening MS Excel:

[kyalpani]

Hi, using rubyXL, I am transforming an existing MS-Excel into a new one... When I open the new one, MS-Excel reports an error and tries to fix the errors...

Excel completed file level validation and repair. Some parts of this workbook may have been repaired or discarded.
Removed Records: Named range from /xl/workbook.xml part (Workbook)
Repaired Records: Cell information from /xl/worksheets/sheet7.xml part

The result of the recovery is stored in the file with the following content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<recoveryLog xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"><logFileName>error018760_01.xml</logFileName><summary>Errors were detected in file 'C:\Users\Win10\Downloads\ZZZZZZZ.xlsx'</summary><additionalInfo><info>Excel completed file level validation and repair. Some parts of this workbook may have been repaired or discarded.</info></additionalInfo></recoveryLog>

I unzipped the contents of the original and transformed Excels and compared them (in meld), specifically I compared workbook.xml in both versions and I can see that under the <sheets> tag all "r:id" values are off by 5, i.e. if a sheet in the original version has r:id=X then in the transformed version it has r:id=(X + 5). I checked the rubyXL code and see that in ./lib/rubyXL/objects/relationships.rb:40 says

:id => "rId#{relationships.size + 1}"

and wonder how it could go wrong... obviously when writing out the file somehow
apriori relationships.size == 5
but I do not understand why? Do you have any idea?
Thanks.

[andyzito]

I am also having this issue. I'm not even modifying the sheet, just reading it in and saving it to file without any changes:

puts 'READ'
workbook = RubyXL::Parser.parse("./assets_template_base.xlsx")
puts 'WRITE'
workbook.write("./assets_template_rubyxl.xlsx")

[weshatheleopard]

@andyzito RubyXL is not perfect, it's the best recreation we can do given the current technologies.

@kyalpani can you please provide the file you are having trouble with?

[andyzito]

idk about @kyalpani, but I'm guessing my issue is related to #198.
I'm hoping that the workaround suggested at the end of that issue (importing/exporting with RubyXL, repair with Excel, then use that repaired file as the new base file) will work for our use case 🤞

@weshatheleopard Thanks for maintaining a gem that can do both reading + writing for xlsx 😄

[kyalpani]

I will be glad to help you locate the problem. If there is specific information that you require, I can try to locate it. #198 is certainly related but reopening the excel was not an option in my case. Nonetheless, at least for Excels generated from scratch, RubyXL is an excellent tool.

[mewthu2]

Hi, using rubyXL, I am transforming an existing MS-Excel into a new one... When I open the new one, MS-Excel reports an error and tries to fix the errors...

Excel completed file level validation and repair. Some parts of this workbook may have been repaired or discarded. Removed Records: Named range from /xl/workbook.xml part (Workbook) Repaired Records: Cell information from /xl/worksheets/sheet7.xml part

The result of the recovery is stored in the file with the following content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<recoveryLog xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"><logFileName>error018760_01.xml</logFileName><summary>Errors were detected in file 'C:\Users\Win10\Downloads\ZZZZZZZ.xlsx'</summary><additionalInfo><info>Excel completed file level validation and repair. Some parts of this workbook may have been repaired or discarded.</info></additionalInfo></recoveryLog>

I unzipped the contents of the original and transformed Excels and compared them (in meld), specifically I compared workbook.xml in both versions and I can see that under the <sheets> tag all "r:id" values are off by 5, i.e. if a sheet in the original version has r:id=X then in the transformed version it has r:id=(X + 5). I checked the rubyXL code and see that in ./lib/rubyXL/objects/relationships.rb:40 says

:id => "rId#{relationships.size + 1}"

and wonder how it could go wrong... obviously when writing out the file somehow apriori relationships.size == 5 but I do not understand why? Do you have any idea? Thanks.

u can show us a file in question?

[mewthu2]

idk about @kyalpani, but I'm guessing my issue is related to #198. I'm hoping that the workaround suggested at the end of that issue (importing/exporting with RubyXL, repair with Excel, then use that repaired file as the new base file) will work for our use case 🤞

@weshatheleopard Thanks for maintaining a gem that can do both reading + writing for xlsx 😄

i think u have a path trouble.. try again with path="/tmp" (dont forget to upload file in there)