Using Affinity files and place files from a MS SharePoint drive

[Andreas_B]

Hi,

is it possible to open / save any Affinity file from a MS SharePoint drive?
Can I place a file, e.g. an image in Affinity Publisher from a MS SharePoint drive?

I found no way to do this.

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

You probably should not Open an Affinity file from SharePoint, nor Save to SharePoint, as using network-based files for that purpose is known to cause problems.

However, if you configure your system so that you can access SharePoint files via Windows File Explorer, you should also be able to access them from the Affinity applications, as they use standard File Explorer processes to let you access files. So you should be able to Place files from SharePoint, or copy them to a local drive to Open or Save them.

Do a web search for "sharepoint file explorer" (without the quotes) and you should find instructions for configuring your system to allow that access.

[NotMyFault]

It is possible if you use OneDrive in an compatible version (e.g. for business), and sync the folder / file to your PC. Alternatively, you can map a SharePoint folder as network drive to your PC, and use the regular file open/save dialogue of Photo. The steps depend on your PC OS (Win, Mac) and type of SharePoint (Home, for Business).

Assuming Windows: In principle, you can copy the URL from the browser, the use explorer and “map network drive”, paste the URL. 

Even if it possible, a would advise against using these methods (some depend on WebDAV) as they are less reliable vs files stored locally. Some users run into files gotten corrupted or truncated. Access Token may time out, it the becomes temporarily impossible to save files back where opened from, until you open (and authenticate) again via browser. 
 

It is more robust to manually copy files using a browser and dedicated folder locally on your disk.

 

[Andreas_B]

19 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

You probably should not Open an Affinity file from SharePoint, nor Save to SharePoint, as using network-based files for that purpose is known to cause problems.

However, if you configure your system so that you can access SharePoint files via Windows File Explorer, you should also be able to access them from the Affinity applications, as they use standard File Explorer processes to let you access files. So you should be able to Place files from SharePoint, or copy them to a local drive to Open or Save them.

Do a web search for "sharepoint file explorer" (without the quotes) and you should find instructions for configuring your system to allow that access.

Hi Walt,

thanks for your welcome

[Andreas_B]

Thanks for your reply.

It is SharePoint Business, but with our SharePoint version the solution in WIN10 "Copy the URL from the browser, the use explorer and “map network drive”, paste the URL" is no longer working.

I can activate the Sync function in SharePoint and find all files on my harddisk and could using it in Affinity (and synced back to SharePoint after saving). But this is only for some files a good idea, but not for an image library of hundrets or thousands of images. Makes no sense to sync all these files and and at some point the local harddisk do not have enough space. And working with colleagues together and all of them sync the same thousands of files to the local harddisk make as well no sense.

Looks like not really working in a useful way.

[NotMyFault]

You can select which files get synced, no need to sync all.