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Bug 623625 - [Python] Gnumeric Crashes When I Try to Get Help on Functions
[Python] Gnumeric Crashes When I Try to Get Help on Functions
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 549387
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: GUI
1.10.x
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
: 623624 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-07-05 17:57 UTC by Tom LaBone
Modified: 2010-07-05 21:55 UTC
See Also:
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Description Tom LaBone 2010-07-05 17:57:33 UTC 
Gnumeric 1.10.7 running on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3

ACTION
Open new Gnumeric spreadsheet, click on the "Help - Functions" button on the menu.

RESULT
Gnumeric terminates and tries to send an error message to Microsoft. The error
signature is 

AppName: gnumeric.exe   
AppVer: 1.10.6.0
ModName: python26.dll
ModVer: 2.6.3150.1013
Offset: 0005505c
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-07-05 18:10:32 UTC 
*** Bug 623624 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-07-05 18:12:26 UTC 
Does this still happen to you if you disable the python plugins and restart gnumeric?

Which version are you in fact running? Your error message appears to indicate that you have version 1.10.6 but you mentioned 1.10.7.
Comment 3 Tom LaBone 2010-07-05 18:19:47 UTC 
Disabling the python plugin fixes the problem. Pressing "Help - About Gnumeric" gives version 1.10.7 whereas the Microsoft crash report gives 1.10.6 as the version.
Comment 4 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-07-05 18:42:43 UTC 
Do you have both versions installed? (Installing 1.10.7 does _not_ automatically deinstall earlier versions.)

Do you have any custom python functions?

I just installed the python plugin and tried it under Linux. There it seems to work fine. Since I have no MSWindows I can only guess but I would not be surprised if this has to do with the documentation for the python functions. (There really isn't any and perhaps that could yield to issues.)
Comment 5 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-07-05 18:44:57 UTC 
I guess this is a known problem.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 549387 ***
Comment 6 Tom LaBone 2010-07-05 21:55:14 UTC 
Just to close out the report, I always uninstall previous versions of Gnumeric before I install a new one. I don't have any custom python functions. I hit the "activate all" button on the plugin menu (because I wanted the time series functions), which activated the python plugin that apparently caused the problem.