Publisher2 master created with an older release

[Joansz]

OS is Win 10. I created a master for my publication with release 2.0 and I'm now on 3.0. If I open Publisher by double clicking the master it looks like the older release is active because I get an update message. If I open the master from Publisher, there are no update messages. Is there a way to update the master without having to recreate it?

ETA: If I try to open a file that started with the older Publisher release, but was modified with the latest release that I have, I get this message:

Edited December 11, 2023 by Joansz
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[GarryP]

In terms of Affinity applications and documents...

The ‘application version’ of the document is the version of the application you last saved that document in, not the version of the application the document was first created in.

You cannot (generally) open a document in an application which has a lower version number than that of the application which you last saved that document in.

I hope that helps to explain things.

P.S. I don’t know what you mean by “created a master for my publication” (not a term I'm aware of in the 'Affinity universe') so I might not be understanding what the problem is. If you can explain more about what you mean by this then that would help.

[stokerg]

4 hours ago, Joansz said:

If I open Publisher by double clicking the master it looks like the older release is active because I get an update message.

How did you install the 2.3 update?  As the update should have updated 2.2 to 2.3, meaning 2.2 is no longer on your system.

 

[walt.farrell]

Possibly you were using the EXE version of 2.2, but when you updated to 2.3 you downloaded the MSIX version of the installer, and now you have both 2.2 and 2.3 installed. Double-clicking the application would cause Windows to choose one of them (probably 2.2), which would give this problem.

[Joansz]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Possibly you were using the EXE version of 2.2, but when you updated to 2.3 you downloaded the MSIX version of the installer, and now you have both 2.2 and 2.3 installed. Double-clicking the application would cause Windows to choose one of them (probably 2.2), which would give this problem.

I don't remember exactly how I installed the updates, but I did it when I got the email about release 2.3. Here's a screen shot of the program files folder:

When I double click the afpub file that I last saved with Publisher2.3 from what was started in Publisher2.1:

I get this:

and when I close this window, I get this:

Which suggests to me that it defaults to the earliest release of pub used to start the afpub.

[Joansz]

4 hours ago, stokerg said:

How did you install the 2.3 update?  As the update should have updated 2.2 to 2.3, meaning 2.2 is no longer on your system.

 

I installed the 2.3 update when I got an email from Serif and followed the link to your site. I don't remember what I downloaded, but here's what is in my Program files:

I only see one executable publisher.

[Joansz]

5 hours ago, GarryP said:

In terms of Affinity applications and documents...

The ‘application version’ of the document is the version of the application you last saved that document in, not the version of the application the document was first created in.

You cannot (generally) open a document in an application which has a lower version number than that of the application which you last saved that document in.

I hope that helps to explain things.

P.S. I don’t know what you mean by “created a master for my publication” (not a term I'm aware of in the 'Affinity universe') so I might not be understanding what the problem is. If you can explain more about what you mean by this then that would help.

I created a document with all the repeated elements for my "master" before Publisher 2.3 was available. I updated the document after updated Publisher to 2.3 and got these messages when I double clicked the updated document originally created using 2.0.4

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[walt.farrell]

It is very easy to download the wrong version of the program when the EXE version says there's an update and you click the Download button. At that point, you must not choose the easy, obvious link to click on as that's for the MSIX version. Instead, you must scroll down to find the EXE version.

Otherwise you end up with both. 

You will probably find, in the standard Windows Start menu, that you have to versions of the Affinity Publisher 2 application installed. To fix this: 

1. Choose the Publisher 2 application if it's running. 

2. Start the first Publisher 2 shown in the Windows Start menu. 

3. Start Task Manager. In it, find the entry for Subymit Publisher 2, and expand it. Right-click on the second line of the entry, and choose Open File Location. 

At that point, File Explorer will show you either a file path with "Program Files" in it (for the EXE version) or with "WindowsApps" in it (for the MSIX version).

Close Publisher 2. 

If File Explorer showed that you were running the EXE version, then right-click the second Affinity Publisher 2 entry in the Windows Start menu and Uninstall.

Or, if it showed you were running the MSIX version, then right-click that first Affinity Publisher 2 entry in the Start menu and Uninstall it.

 

 

 

[Joansz]

On 12/11/2023 at 11:28 AM, walt.farrell said:

It is very easy to download the wrong version of the program when the EXE version says there's an update and you click the Download button. At that point, you must not choose the easy, obvious link to click on as that's for the MSIX version. Instead, you must scroll down to find the EXE version.

Otherwise you end up with both. 

You will probably find, in the standard Windows Start menu, that you have to versions of the Affinity Publisher 2 application installed. To fix this: 

1. Choose the Publisher 2 application if it's running. 

2. Start the first Publisher 2 shown in the Windows Start menu. 

3. Start Task Manager. In it, find the entry for Subymit Publisher 2, and expand it. Right-click on the second line of the entry, and choose Open File Location. 

At that point, File Explorer will show you either a file path with "Program Files" in it (for the EXE version) or with "WindowsApps" in it (for the MSIX version).

Close Publisher 2. 

If File Explorer showed that you were running the EXE version, then right-click the second Affinity Publisher 2 entry in the Windows Start menu and Uninstall.

Or, if it showed you were running the MSIX version, then right-click that first Affinity Publisher 2 entry in the Start menu and Uninstall it.

 

 

 

I didn't want to play with what I had until I published, but was finally able to get to it today and all I had to do was uninstall Publisher 2.0.4 that existed in my start window. I was already running EXE on both so didn't have to uninstall both and reinstall the latest version. Thank you so much for setting me straight.