Andrie - since you're starting to work on this, I'll assign this task to you. Thanks!

Andrie, any progress on this?

Using the reporter's excel file supporting the original bug, for me on 2RC7 generates the error stack uploaded. The error on RC7 is in the cell formatting code of excel-reader2, which makes no sense to me. I striped formatting, just in case, and there is no change.

There is nothing that I notice in the xls file that comes to mind to generate the specific error. The only anomaly in the file, as I can see, is that the SQ relevance cells have values duplicating the name cells; in theory, this shouldn't matter.

Ran also on Tom W's 192+ , locally, with Tom's excel import/export code included. Essentially the same thing happens...except

On that 192+, it successfully imports the file, and shows off a 1 for relevance for the questions [not the string "GENERAL"]. The survey executes both questions without problems. The 4 errors that hit on import [I force echo them from the exception...at the end of the import_function:excelImportSurvey] :

Notice: Undefined offset: 14 in C:\xampp\htdocs\limesurvey\admin\classes\excel\excel_reader2.php on line 1247

Notice: Undefined offset: 15 in C:\xampp\htdocs\limesurvey\admin\classes\excel\excel_reader2.php on line 1247

Notice: Undefined offset: 14 in C:\xampp\htdocs\limesurvey\admin\classes\excel\excel_reader2.php on line 1247

Notice: Undefined offset: 14 in C:\xampp\htdocs\limesurvey\admin\classes\excel\excel_reader2.php on line 1247

I have no idea why sheet formatting should pop as a source for an error...

This was resolved when we switched to the tab format