Layer state update doesn't update

[Dazmondo77]

Great to have Layer States directly available in Pub persona but I'm having problems with update not working as expected.

I have had problems with drop shadows showing pink boxes when viewing a PDF/X-4 in Packzview, switching off advanced features when creating a PDF gets rid of the pink boxes but there's a slight difference in transparency where the drop shadow sits, my workaround is to duplicate the text with the drop shadow and place inside the background group which displays the problem and click off fill knocks out shadow and set fill opacity to zero in layer FX, and switch layer FX off on the original text layer (both layers are set up as custom fields for easy future updates) then duplicate the problem group and rasterise, then set up layer states, first by setting separate layer tag colours, Blue for Raster and Red for editable, in the queries section, then create a captured state for each, which works great but if I then make an edit to the editable group then duplicate and rasterise and set to blue, the queries section behaves as expected but the update button doesn't work in the captured states section, currently the solution is to delete the captured states then add new captured states which then works as expected.

If this is by design what is the point of the update button?

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[Sean P]

Hi Dazmondo77

This is currently working as intended. Layers that were not present when the state is captured are not included or considered when updating the state. You will have to delete and re-add the captured state to then include them.

The Update option will only update that visibility of objects already present in the captured state to its current setting. 

[Hangman]

16 hours ago, Dazmondo77 said:

I have had problems with drop shadows showing pink boxes when viewing a PDF/X-4 in Packzview,

I believe this is a bug with Packzview... I've seen an identical issue with a different file but the same file opens correctly in Acrobat and Callas PDF Toolbox... Packzview is quite buggy in general...

 

[Dazmondo77]

On 1/12/2024 at 9:08 AM, Sean P said:

Hi Dazmondo77

This is currently working as intended. Layers that were not present when the state is captured are not included or considered when updating the state. You will have to delete and re-add the captured state to then include them.

The Update option will only update that visibility of objects already present in the captured state to its current setting. 

Thanks for clearing that up Sean P - a great addition to Pub. Hopefully, there'll be improvements such as colouring states and highlighting the whole state, similar to layers, renaming and maybe the most obvious, double click to activate 👍

 

On 1/12/2024 at 9:23 AM, Hangman said:

I believe this is a bug with Packzview... I've seen an identical issue with a different file but the same file opens correctly in Acrobat and Callas PDF Toolbox... Packzview is quite buggy in general...

 

 Damn! I'll just have to move PDF's over to my Mojave mac so I can check in Acrobat pro 9 which is a total PITA -- such a shame that PDF Toolbox is so expensive - I remember Quark did a special bundle deal a few years ago that included PDF Toolbox for a special price - shame there's no other options☹️