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[2.0.0] External resources always updated regardless of settings


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System: Windows 11 22H2 (22621.819), Affinity Photo 2.0.0 (Microsoft Store)

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open the Preferences by Edit -> Preferences -> General
  2. Ensure that "Automatically update linked resources when modified externally" is off
  3. Create any new image
  4. Drag and drop an existing image into the canvas
  5. Open the Resource Manager by going to Window -> Resource Manager
  6. Select the image and click the "Make linked..." button, close the Resource Manager
  7. Edit the linked image externally, for example, scribble something in it using the preinstalled Windows Photos app and save it
  8. Go back to Photo 2, the image will have been updated, even though it shouldn't
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Hi @LCamachoDesign,

I've not been able to replicate this issue so far on Windows 10 when editing externally within Windows Photos, Paint 3D and the other Affinity apps, I'm always prompted the message the resource has been changed but this requires me to manually update it via resource manager, as expected.

The only time the image auto updates within the app with this option disabled is when I open the same linked image within Photo 2, make my edits and then save, this is as expected as I'm not editing the image from an external app.

I'll see if I can replicate this on Windows 11 using the Photos app, could you confirm if trying this in a different external editor, such as in Designer 2 also causes the same issue? Could you possibly also provide a screen recording which demonstrates the issue?

Many thanks in advance

 

 

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On 12/1/2022 at 2:58 PM, NathanC said:

Hi @LCamachoDesign,

I've not been able to replicate this issue so far on Windows 10 when editing externally within Windows Photos, Paint 3D and the other Affinity apps, I'm always prompted the message the resource has been changed but this requires me to manually update it via resource manager, as expected.

The only time the image auto updates within the app with this option disabled is when I open the same linked image within Photo 2, make my edits and then save, this is as expected as I'm not editing the image from an external app.

I'll see if I can replicate this on Windows 11 using the Photos app, could you confirm if trying this in a different external editor, such as in Designer 2 also causes the same issue? Could you possibly also provide a screen recording which demonstrates the issue?

Many thanks in advance

 

 

I forgot to update this ticket.

For some reason the problem went away on it's own... I don't think I changed anything, anywhere, and the apps haven't updated either so... I don't know why this was happening, or it stopped. You can close this. If I ever stumble upon this again I'll let you know.

Thanks and apologies.

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