(Re)Testing Download Content In My Account

[BobCousyKidd]

Hey...

Just to let you guys know.. If you download the new beta releases for Photo and Designer. Then uninstall the apps bought from the Windows Store.. Next Open up one of the beta customers programs in the back to the screen where it asks for the license of the software and email.. At that moment. Go to the Store and then reinstall the apps from the Windows Store it seems to kind of trick the OS somehow or let's some files override that needs to open in order to "Register the Software".  I didn't even run it as an Administrator, I just reinstalled it. It's a work around but it worked for me.

I'm using Windows Version 1.9.1.979

OS Details are Microsoft Windows 10 Home (version 10.0.19041)

So I'm downloading my content and then moving on to Designer. If this works for anyone else let me know. I used the latest Beta Release for Windows.

Hope this helps.

~ Thomas H.

 

Edited February 27, 2021 by BobCousyKidd
Better Explanation

[thomaso]

The amount of responses (and views) during development of this new download & installation interface for easier access to external brushes or assets (styles, palettes, etc. too ?) makes me wonder what role this feature plays within the Affinity roadmap – and what role to the users. It appears to be of large interest.

Unfortunately I am missing the point and can't see a major benefit. I still have no problems with manual, old school downloads and installs of additional app content. Curious:
• Do you use it often? Daily, weekly or monthly?
• Do you install / uninstall / reinstall brushes or assets between certain projects?
If yes, why? Is it to save memory required by Affinity app data? Or to clean / sort / reduce a panel's overload?

While I assume a general scripting interface could be useful every day and multiple times a day I still lack in understanding the goal of this new installation interface and therefore I welcome any ideas, suggestions or help. – How intense do you use it?

[R C-R]

27 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Unfortunately I am missing the point and can't see a major benefit. I still have no problems with manual, old school downloads and installs of additional app content. Curious:

I see it mostly as a quicker & simpler way to add my purchased content to the apps, but also as a quick way to see what is & is not installed. 

[walt.farrell]

38 minutes ago, thomaso said:

I still have no problems with manual, old school downloads and installs of additional app content.

I have no problems downloading manually, but it's easier to let it happen automatically if I can afford the space and performance effects. It's also easier to keep 3 applications synchronized across multiple computers using the new function. 6 applications, really, counting the betas.

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I have no problems downloading manually, but it's easier to let it happen automatically if I can afford the space and performance effects.

I can easily afford the space & performance effects on my iMac with the auto-downloads but I still would like to be able to delete or rename some of the assets & other content items in the same way I can with manual downloads.

[thomaso]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

I still would like to be able to delete or rename some of the assets & other content items in the same way I can with manual downloads.

But you can delete/rename content selectively after installation, right? And then export such customized content locally, e.g. for further/later (re-)installations?

What happens via MyAccount with items of purchased content that aren't meant to be installed inside Affinity, for instance additional material like PDFs with brush / asset preview images? Are they ignored via MyAccount installation?

[R C-R]

4 minutes ago, thomaso said:

But you can delete/rename content selectively after installation, right?

Not for asset "packs" installed via the My Account links, at least on my iMac. The Delete & Rename options are greyed out in the right-click popup menu for each of those items in the sub-category list.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, R C-R said:

Not for asset "packs" installed via the My Account links, at least on my iMac. The Delete & Rename options are greyed out in the right-click popup menu for each of those items in the sub-category list.

Not on Windows, either, the last time I checked.

The delete/rename for individual items is restricted unless the user has manually downloaded from the web store via their browser.

[thomaso]

3 hours ago, R C-R said:

3 hours ago, thomaso said:

But you can delete/rename content selectively after installation, right?

Not for asset "packs" installed via the My Account links, at least on my iMac. The Delete & Rename options are greyed out in the right-click popup menu for each of those items in the sub-category list.

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Not on Windows, either,

Thank you both for your responses. As you noticed I still hesitate to try the MyAccount download/install feature; I am afraid it might cause any not-un-doable consequence (similar to the decision for purchase via either Serif-Store or Apple/Windows-Store). Do you know of such a possibly unexpected result preventing the use of the manual way of installation? Or does an installation via MyAccount versus a manual installation from custom disk not influence each other and do work entirely independent of each other?

And: What happens via MyAccount with items of purchased content that aren't meant to be installed inside the app, for instance additional material like PDFs with brush / asset preview images? Are they ignored – or how do they become presented via MyAccount installation?

[walt.farrell]

5 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Do you know of such a possibly unexpected result preventing the use of the manual way of installation? Or does an installation via MyAccount versus a manual installation from custom disk not influence each other and do work entirely independent of each other?

They are independent.

 

5 minutes ago, thomaso said:

And: What happens via MyAccount with items of purchased content that aren't meant to be installed inside the app, for instance additional material like PDFs with brush / asset preview images? Are they ignored – or how do they become presented via MyAccount installation?

Items which cannot be downloaded/installed via My Account won't be. They are ignored by the download/install process and give you a link to the Affinity Store for you to handle them manually. Though for some items like user guides they may provide a link directly to that guide, which will open in your browser.