Bug 142112 - Calc : routine Msgbox(Application.Name) returns "Microsoft Excel" in place of "LibreOffice Calc"
Summary: Calc : routine Msgbox(Application.Name) returns "Microsoft Excel" in place of...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: BASIC (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.1.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium minor
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Keywords: implementationError
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Reported: 2021-05-06 06:51 UTC by Laurent Louvet
Modified: 2023-05-19 03:17 UTC (History)
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2021-05-06 06:51 UTC, Laurent Louvet
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Description Laurent Louvet 2021-05-06 06:51:16 UTC
Created attachment 171668 [details]
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VBA Calc : Routine Msgbox(Application.Name) returns "Microsoft Excel" in place of "LibreOffice Calc"


Version: 7.1.2.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8a45595d069ef5570103caea1b71cc9d82b2aae4
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR); UI: fr-FR
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2021-05-06 07:11:56 UTC
Code pointer: ScVbaApplication::getName in sc/source/ui/vba/vbaapplication.cxx.
Comment 2 Regis Perdreau 2021-05-11 19:36:10 UTC
Comment said 
// #TODO perhaps we should switch the return type depending of the filter
// type, e.g. return Calc for Calc and Excel if it's an imported doc

May be not so simple ?
Comment 3 Laurent Louvet 2021-05-18 07:03:13 UTC
When we use Libreoffice, vba macro must return "Libreoffice Calc".
It doesn't matter if we use imported excel or not.
The difference is important to adapt code if we use Excel or Calc.
Because some instructions are differents (like filter).
Comment 4 Mike Kaganski 2021-05-18 07:09:34 UTC
(In reply to Laurent Louvet from comment #3)

I agree; (OT) however, I'd like to point out that any difference in the behavior is a bug in LibreOffice; so any such conditional behavior in macros should be considered a temporary workaround; and users must be ready to fix their macros when LibreOffice fixes the difference.
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2023-05-19 03:17:14 UTC
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