Re: Word 2004 BUG: Disk full when it is not (OsX 10.4.4)

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In article <C00161E7.2BB%junk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Quentin
<junk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 26/1/06 22:03, in article
> 0001HW.BFFEF7CF00405284F0284550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Hodgson"
> <hamrun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Is it the infamous bug described at
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/rick_schaut/archive/2004/05/19/135315.aspx? It's a
> > long
> > read but worth a look.
> >
>
> Nope, I think this is a different problem. With my experience of the problem
> it is as straight forward and hard as this: I open the file, and try to save
> the file immediately with no edits and get disk full.
>
> As a work around, I can open, edit and save this file in NeoOffice and this
> had enabled me to complete the form inside it.
>
> If you are interested in looking at the file you can find download the
> application pack on this page http://tinyurl.com/c4cp6 . It is the
> application form that gives the disk full on Mac Word.

Yep, I opened the form in the VMS version of Word.
When I went to save it, it gave a different error:
SYS%F%MANAGEMENT DOUBLETHINK POLITICALLY CORRECT CLICHE LIMIT EXCEEDED

Seriously. I can reproduce the behaviour you report.

Even after saving it as HTML and then trying to save the re-opened
result, Word still barfs with the disk full malarkey.
I can't select or edit the boilerplate text. I suspect that it is
exercising a misfeature related to locking all that.

PS that Rick Shout blog is an unintentional damning indictment of the
state of Office Software. How can you go for ten years without looking
at system file limits exceeded? A simple lsof would have shown 'em
that!
On the other hand, this current exploit shows they have not nailed it
yet.

PPS Whichever way you look at it, East Sussex County Council needs that
job filled soonest!

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