Affinity Publisher - combine multiple PDFs not working

[Tart]

Hello!

I use Publisher to combine multiple PDFs, but it sometimes does not work. I get a notification I should specify a valid target. I have clicked all possible options and non of them works.

PDfs have different sizes, but I believe this should not affect, or?

Anyone has similar issue and could guide me to a solution?

 

[Dan C]

Hi @Tart,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble and thanks for your screenshot provided!

I can see that there is currently no Page Number entered in the 'Pages' dialog box - although you have set the document to be added 'After Last Page', this dialog still requires the dialog box to have a valid value, in order to add the page from file.

Please change the 'Add Pages' option to any other option in the list, then type any value in the 'Pages' box (such as 1), then change back to 'After Last Page' and you should find the document is added to the file as expected.

Of course, this value should not be required for this specific 'Add Pages' option, therefore I will be logging this as a bug with our development team now.

I hope this helps

[thomaso]

16 minutes ago, Dan C said:

I can see that there is currently no Page Number entered in the 'Pages' dialog box

FWIW, on mac (V1) a page number is automatically set when this dialog window opens, even in a file with only 1 page.

To trigger this error message I need to manually delete the page numbers + press the OK button, whereas pressing Tab or Enter key after deleting the field gets re-filled with the previous / auto-set number(s) again.

[Dan C]

Thanks for letting me know thomaso - I also noticed this difference, as well as a few other oddities with the dialog (such as entering '0' for the Page, causing a crash on Windows!) and I'm getting these all logged with our team now

[R C-R]

5 hours ago, thomaso said:

To trigger this error message I need to manually delete the page numbers + press the OK button, whereas pressing Tab or Enter key after deleting the field gets re-filled with the previous / auto-set number(s) again.

FWIW, in APub V2 on my Mac it works the same way, which is as I think it should since deleting the page number(s) does mean no valid page range is specified. Also, no crash when (for instance) entering 0, which also means no valid page range has been specified & thus correctly triggers the error.

Thus, it appears this is a Windows only issue?

[Dan C]

5 hours ago, Dan C said:

such as entering '0' for the Page, causing a crash on Windows

already noted above, thanks R C-R

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, Dan C said:

already noted above, thanks R C-R

Yes, that's why I said it appears to be an Windows only problem....

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The issue "[Win] Add Pages from File dialog allows for invalid values, causing crashing or failure to add document" (REF: AF-330) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.3.0.2083".
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