Error "The file contains features from a newer Affinity version" even though the file was created in V2

[chrysenteron]

After closing and only some minutes later trying to reopen a file the I have been working on, I got the Error message "The file contains features from a newer Affinity version". The file has been created using Affinity Designer V2 and has only ever been edited using V2.

Any possibility to get the file to open again? There's more than 10h of work in this and I have no backup...🤦🏻‍♂️

Thanks in advance!

Profilblatt.afdesign

Edited March 27, 2023 by chrysenteron
In case it helps, I added the file in question

[carl123]

Your file opens OK in the V2 Beta

I would suggest you download and use that 

Be advised you have a corrupt pdf file showing in Resource Manager of having a file size of 0px X 0px

Once you open the file delete that layer in the layers panel and reload it from the original source (if still needed)

The pdf is called Bodenprofil_6-1.pdf

[chrysenteron]

53 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Your file opens OK in the V2 Beta

I would suggest you download and use that 

Be advised you have a corrupt pdf file showing in Resource Manager of having a file size of 0px X 0px

Once you open the file delete that layer in the layers panel and reload it from the original source (if still needed)

The pdf is called Bodenprofil_6-1.pdf

Thanks a lot for the tip with the Beta version, I ended up copy and pasting the layers (except for the corrupted pdf) from the 2.1 Beta to the current version (2.0.4) though, because I'll need this document to be useable by others in my company. Just deleting the corrupted layer and saving didn't make it work with the current version, but this did the trick. 👍

[Dan C]

Hi @chrysenteron,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

Sorry to hear you're having trouble with this document and I'm glad to hear you've been able to recover the contents!

I can confirm that our team believe the cause of this issue has been resolved in the 2.1 beta, meaning it should not occur for new documents created in 2.1, which we hope to release to retail in due course.

We hope that you shouldn't encounter this again but should you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask