Publisher: pinned text frame on master page not showing and also crashing the application

[Michael G.]

I have a text frame which is pinned to the text of another text frame on a master page. However if I apply the master page to a regular page the pinned text frame is not shown there. Also if I try to copy and paste the text frame containing the pin on the master page the application crashes.

Both effects are reliably reproducible, however sometimes the pinned text is shown when you've just edited the master page in which case you have to manually (re-)apply the master page, then it disappears.

It also happens on completely new documents and I have attached an example document.

It happens with hardware acceleration turned on and off.

It has worked (and still works) in V1.

I'm using Publisher 2.1.1 on macOS Big Sur 11.7.8.

Example.afpub

[Hangman]

Hi @Michael G. and welcome to the forums,

This looks like a possible bug but the following seems to work.

• On Master A, Unpin the Inner Text
• Re-apply Master A to Page 1
• On Master A, re-pin the Inner Text to the Outer Text
• Both the Inner and Outer Text now appear on Page 1

[MikeTO]

I've reproduced it, too, and the problem is with applying a master with a pinned object - it doesn't have to be a pinned text frame. Watch the layer disappear in the Layers panel when I apply the master.

test2.afpub

 

 

[Michael G.]

1 hour ago, Hangman said:

This looks like a possible bug but the following seems to work.

• On Master A, Unpin the Inner Text
• Re-apply Master A to Page 1
• On Master A, re-pin the Inner Text to the Outer Text
• Both the Inner and Outer Text now appear on Page 1

Yes it works, but I have to do that each time I add a new page based on this master or if I want to apply the master to another page. And I need to remember to unpin before I try to copy so it doesn't crash.

It's cumbersome but at least I can work with that until the bug is fixed. Thanks!

[Hangman]

Hopefully, this will be logged and fixed in an upcoming release...

[Dan C]

Hi @Michael G.,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums & thanks for your report!

I can confirm that I've been able to replicate both the Master Pinned object issue and crashing behaviour here and therefore have logged these both with our development team to be resolved.

I hope this helps

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Applied Master Page- Copying and Pasting objects containing pinned/inline objects causes an app crash" (REF: AF-76) has been fixed by the developers in build "2.4.0 Release".
This fix is in the current customer release.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us

[BenSemioz]

@Serif Info Bot

Hi, 

Few years ago I made a file with an object pinned to a text on a master page. It worked nicely until now. 
Il recreated the file from scratch to be sure the bug do not come from a compatibility problem with the new Affinity version but I still cannot apply a master to a page without loosing the pinned curve. 

It's problematic because the text the curve is attached to need to be populated with a data merge. Once generated, the new file is created without the pinned object.
Hopefully, this year I only have 18 new pages to print and it won't be so long to place the object at the right place after the datamerge but it could have been terrible if my clients asked me a reprint of the whole project like they did last year (about 155 pages to generate). 

My setup : 
— Macbook Pro M1 / Sonoma 14.4.1
— Affinity Publisher 2.5.3

I tried to shut hardware acceleration off, do some maintenance with Clean My Mac then restart the computer, make the object pinned inline and floating …

Thank you by advance 
 

RECTO - cartes métiers CRIJ DATA.afpub MAJ 2024 DATA.xlsx

[Dan C]

Thanks for your report @BenSemioz & our apologies for the delayed response here!

I can confirm that the issue you're reporting is different from the resolved bug the Info Bot is posting about above - this bug in your workflow occurs when Applying a Master Page that contains a Pinned object, and the Pinned object is not included on the document page.

When creating your data merge document, the app is essentially 'applying' the Master to the created pages, triggering this bug.

This issue is logged with our development team separately as issue 'AF-1144', and I'll be sure to 'bump' this now to bring it to their attention once again.

Unfortunately I'm not aware of a workaround in order to use Pinned objects when applying a Master Page, our apologies.

I hope this clears things up

[kaffeeundsalz]

Hello, I just wanted to note that the bug AF-1144 is still not resolved in the current Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 (2805) Beta. I'm not sure if I reported this correctly by posting here or if I should instead have created a new post or if I shouldn't have commented on this at all. I'd just like this to be looked at again since the problem is quite serious for my workflow. The only workaround is to manually copy every text frame with inline-pinned objects to the desired pages which completely defeats the purpose of master pages.

[MEB]

Hi @kaffeeundsalz,
I've bumped the existing report to bring this to the dev team's attention again.
No need to create a new thread if you are experiencing the same issue as described in an existing thread.
Thanks for raising it up.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Applying Master Page with Pinned object does not include Pinned object on applied Page" (REF: AF-1144) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2900). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us.