Johann Seidel Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 I have been using Affinity Publisher working on an ongoing document with a lots of images (mostly linked). When I try to save the document I get the following message: Quote Failed to save document: test Save failed because there are too many files open in the system Sometimes when I try to open the resource manager it will just crash the document or I get a lot of messages: Quote <image path> The file was not found Please note if you look in explorer the files are definitely in the path mentioned and there is nothing wrong with the images. When I try to replace the image I get the following message: Quote The file could not be opened because there are too many files open in the system None of the images has been moved and if you actually just split the document in multiple parts the problem seems to go away, which tell me that there are a limit to the amount of linked images a document can have. I am running Windows 10 and Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.584 (Release Candidate).
carl123 Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Johann Seidel said: which tell me that there are a limit to the amount of linked images a document can have. Out of interest, how many linked images do you have in the document? And, how big is the Publisher document (in pages and file size on disk)? To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
Johann Seidel Posted February 27, 2020 Author Posted February 27, 2020 About 120 pages and about 300 images and counting and some of them are placed multiple times throughout the document. Most images are PSD files. I have previously worked on many more pages and links in Indesign.
Staff Gabe Posted March 10, 2020 Staff Posted March 10, 2020 Hi @Johann Seidel, Can you upload your file here or on our dropbox account so we can have a look? https://www.dropbox.com/request/4aOF9QBk9upP8m9WjZOi
Johann Seidel Posted March 11, 2020 Author Posted March 11, 2020 Unfortunately it contains confidential info. Has any tests been done on large files with hundreds of pages and a lot of links? It seems all links are "opened" while one works on the document and that is what causes the issues
Staff Gabe Posted March 11, 2020 Staff Posted March 11, 2020 I can provide a private upload link if you wish, and only staff have access to it: https://www.dropbox.com/request/4QKWyYabHN5SwABVrqY7
Johann Seidel Posted March 12, 2020 Author Posted March 12, 2020 I have now converted all PSD files to TIFs and replaced them throughout the document. This took some time and now everything works great, so it seems the problem is that I have placed too many PSD files throughout the document. A few things I have realized during this process: Once a PSD is embedded, it cannot be made linked. Even if a PSD wass linked, you cannot "collect" it. If you move images to a new folder each and every link must be found by hand. In Indesign, it would see that there are other files corresponding to missing files and link them automatically, maybe Affinity Publisher must warn you if it find other missing files in the folder and give the user the choice to update it. NilsFinken 1
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