Microsot Works documents (.wps) are not associated with OpenOffice.org

Bug #148550 reported by Jonathan Ernst
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
shared-mime-info (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Nominated for Intrepid by Jonathan Ernst

Bug Description

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

OpenOffice.org 2.3 in gutsy is able to open wps files but they are not associated with this application and thus cannot be double clicked to be opened in OpenOffice.org.

You can download a sample file here : http://go-oo.org/discover/msworks.wps
You can see the feature demonstrated here : http://go-oo.org/discover/

.wps file miss a mime icon as well

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

Confirmed on openoffice.org 1:2.4.0~rc2-1ubuntu3

Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote : Re: [Ubuntu] [hardy] Word perfect documents (.wps) are not associated with OpenOffice.org

File returns useless mime-type:

  standard::content-type: application/x-ole-storage
  standard::fast-content-type: application/octet-stream

Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Low → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.04
status: In Progress → New
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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote : Re: Word perfect documents (.wps) are not associated with OpenOffice.org

I think this file isn't really a WordPerfect file.

"This document was created using Microsoft Works for Windows version 4.5 for Windows 95 on Windows 98."

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in shared-mime-info:
milestone: ubuntu-8.04 → none
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in shared-mime-info:
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.10-beta
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Sukarn Singh Maini (sukarn) wrote :

Changed status to "Confirmed"

Changed in shared-mime-info:
status: New → Confirmed
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Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst) wrote :

This is fixed in Intrepid. Thanks

Changed in shared-mime-info:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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