When trying to open a spreadsheet document (for example, MS Excel) in OpenOffice that contains embedded data or external links a dialog is displayed prompting whether the links should be updated.
This file contains links to other files. Should they be updated?
As OpenOffice runs on the server this can cause issues as nobody is available to process the dialog and the conversion process therefore fails.
The solution is to adjust the options in OpenOffice to supress the message as follows;
Tools > Options > OpenOffice Calc > General – Updating – Update links when opening = Never
By setting the option to Never you shouldn’t get the prompt / dialog box displayed.