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John Portnov (rocketscientist008) wrote : Re: [Bug 1434721] Re: Crash when opening WMF file

No. This is the file I have to work with.

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:44 PM, David Mathog <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Does the OP have a way in the generating program to edit this file down
> to a smaller sample? For instance, select half the drawing and delete
> it. Save to SVG. Import in Inkscape. If it crashes delete another
> half. If it doesn't crash delete the other half instead. Rinse and
> repeat until the drawing is whittled down to the smallest possible
> sample that crashes.
>
> The example posted has 602398 records in it, and it doesn't go wrong, I
> think in the SVG parser operating on the SVG made by the EMF conversion
> routine, until over half a million lines have been processed.
>
> libUEMF's reademf got all the way through it without crashing. However,
> that output is so huge there is no way I can just eyeball it to see what
> the problem is.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434721
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> Title:
> Crash when opening WMF file
>
> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> On 2015-03-20 14:16 (+0100), John Portnov asked this question:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/263913
>
> Original question:
> ==================
> I need to load my WMF File into InkScape so that I can work with it and
> save it as svg file eventually.
>
> Based on what I read, InkScape allows you to open wmf files. When I
> place WMF file in InkScape it closes and/or crashes.
>
> I have done open, import, and dragged WMF file into InkScape. The
> result is that InkScape closes without warning.
>
> Version info:
> =============
> I got InkScape (0.91 version) yesterday and believe that I have the
> latest version of it.
>
> Test case:
> ==========
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/22kxob0phnn73te/test12.wmf?dl=0
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