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I just want to say a big thank you to Serif for adding the filename as an Export variable in the new 2.4.0 release. This is going to save a lot of time in my particular workflow. Thanks for listening. Now to checkout the other new features.

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I think I spoke too soon. This isn't working in as useful manner as I had hoped.

I was hoping that I could set up an export destination filename based on the document filename or document name - which I presumed was the filename without the path and extension. This all works fine with a newly opened file.

What I'm experiencing is that the document name and filename appear to be the original document names and filenames no matter how many iterations the document has been through and then saved under different names. If I open a png file, for example fred.png, that I use as the basis of a design, add content to it then save it as version1.afdesign then the document name stays as fred and the filename stays as fred.png. If I then tweak the design and save as version2.afdesign then document name and document filename are still fred and fred.png.

It appears that I have to save the file, close it and reopen it before the name changes. Is this by design? It would be good if the path components were updated dynamically (just like the slice names) so that when a save or save as is performed they change to match the filename.

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12 minutes ago, Paul Mc said:

It appears that I have to save the file, close it and reopen it before the name changes. Is this by design? It would be good if the path components were updated dynamically (just like the slice names) so that when a save or save as is performed they change to match the filename.

I can confirm this is not by design as far as I'm aware, as it's been reported and subsequently logged as a bug here - 

I'll be sure to 'bump' the development log regarding this issue for you now :)

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The issue "Export persona > Document name and Document filename are empty for newly saved documents" (REF: AF-1496) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.5.0.2415".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and 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.

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