Perlsowisdom Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 Howdy, I keep having an issue where a publisher template I created causes the application to crash whenever I try to generate a new document using the data merge manager. I'm using the latest version (Affinity Publisher v2.2.0). I'm using windows 11 on a Samsung Galaxy Book 2, with 16gb ram, and a 12th gen i7 processor. I've had the issue happen intermittently on previous versions of the software, but the latest version causes a crash every time I try to generate a document with the correct data fields. I've attached the template file, and the data merge file. The sheet I'm trying to merge data from is in excel, Pentecost Year A. Also attached at the two crash reports from both times I tried it. Lessons Data.xlsm Weekly Booklet Template.afpub 637cb4d7-54a7-4963-88f1-79837beb7526.dmp c878589d-ad42-4141-a53f-1e5c74b673a3.dmp
Old Bruce Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 I am not at all certain that .XLSM files can be used. You may need to make an .XLSX document, or export a .CSV file. In addition I received a notification from LibreOffice that the file has macros in it. So that may be the problem. Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Perlsowisdom Posted October 3, 2023 Author Posted October 3, 2023 Thanks for the response and suggestion, The .xlsm file is just an .xlsl file with macros enabled, and the two macros I've got in the workbook only execute via keyboard shortcut. I'm not sure why that would cause APub to crash though. That said, I did resave the .XLSM file as a .XLSX file, and I'm still consistently getting the same issue. I've attached the .xlsx file in case opening a macro-enabled workbook makes folks nervous. Cheers! Lessons Data.xlsx
Gnobelix Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 I have, on Windows 11 merge your data, all without any problems. (Sheet: YearA-Pentecost) Cheers Affinity Photo 2.6: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.6: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.6: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 24H2 Build (26100.4770)
Staff Callum Posted October 9, 2023 Staff Posted October 9, 2023 Hi Perlsowisdom, I'm also struggling to recreate this here I'm afraid just to rule it out please could you try reinstalling the app and disabling Open CL in the apps performance preferences? Thanks C Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP.
Perlsowisdom Posted October 9, 2023 Author Posted October 9, 2023 I reinstalled, and that seemed to fix whatever the issue was. Thanks.
Perlsowisdom Posted October 10, 2023 Author Posted October 10, 2023 Just kidding, So it seems like an issue with OpenCL using Intel Iris Xe Graphics. Whenever I don't have OpenCL enabled, I have zero issues. However whenever I have OpenCL enabled and try to generate a new document with preview record enabled, and the file hasn't been updated, it causes a crash. It will prompt me to try and update the file before generating the new file, and whenever I select yes, the program crashes.
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