GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 561708
File/Properties... crashes when no printer selected as the default printer
Last modified: 2008-11-21 00:39:14 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1. Use Windows, remove all printers or set "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" as the default printer 2. Select File/Properties... from the menu Stack trace: Other information: Windows XP, gnumeric-1.9.3-20081017.exe So, File/Properties... crashes if: - no printer driver is installed (nothing is selected as the default printer), or if - "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" is selected as the default printer. According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa964988%28VS.85%29.aspx "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" is the default print-to-file driver on Windows Vista, and seems to be installed with the .NET framework on Windows XP. I think the above means that if a user doesn't have a printer installed on Windows, File/Properties... crashes Gnumeric.
File/Properties should have absolutely nothing to do with printing. Do you really mean that menu item?
Yes, it's File/Properties that crashes. Additional information: File/Print preview just tells me that print preview is not available, and File/Print instructs me to add a new printer.
Doesn't crash when a printer is installed and selected as the default printer.
For me it simply crashes... And that's on Linux.
I don't think printers are at all involved. It's memory corruption (which might very well only cause visible problems when a printer just happens to be selected). This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.