Linked raw+afphoto on Windows and on iPad = assets not found

[Darek K]

i run AP on Windows.

Created afphoto with raw file linked to afphoto.

Both files are  in the same folder on NAS.

I was trying to open this afphoto file on iPad but… received message „assets not found”

Why ? both files stored in the same folder and raw not found !

Darek

[Dan C]

Hi Darek,

Essentially this is always needed when changing to the iPad platform from desktop due to the way the file structure and sandboxing works on iPad.

Once you open the document you have open is no longer in that folder, so there are no files relative to it's location, as it's sandboxed it's unaware of files outside of it (i.e. in your files app/NAS) unless you manually give it permission to look there.

 

You will always need to relink them when changing platform due to this OS restriction.

 

In your preferences we have provided an option for Dropbox Linking which is the recommended way to link your embedded files across devices.

 

Lee

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, LeeThorpe said:

In your preferences we have provided an option for Dropbox Linking which is the recommended way to link your embedded files across devices.

Just curious: should it also work if a Windows user stores files in iCloud? Is iCloud automatically a linked service in the Affinity applications on Windows, as it is on Mac/iPad?

[Darek K]

Lee.

Yes I know paths in various systems are vary.

In windows it is : z:\path\to\myphoto

or \\nas_name\path\to\myphoto

in ipados it is very\long\path\staragelooking\to\myphoto.

But when myphoto.arw and myphoto.afphoto are in the same folder it should be only common part of path like this .\myphoto.arw and .\myphoto.afphoto.

Darek

[Darek K]

IMHO good option would be message like this "Affinity found similar named file FileName_here in the same folder, would You like to relink them?"