Affinity Designer crashes when trying to open Document Setup if Windows' format settings have an illegal character

[Aadolf Kärki]

Took me a while to hunt down the cause of this issue that has plagued me for a few years, ever since V1. Apparently, Affinity software crash when attempting to open Document Setup if your Windows format has a minus sign (−) as the negative sign symbol instead of the common dash (-).

Happens regardless of software version, every time, in all documents. Happens regardless of Windows 11 version, with and without hardware acceleration. Attached is a video of the bug, the resulting DMP, and a log from my Event Viewer for good measure ( ͡~͜ʖ ͡°)

4599d715-95e3-4f16-9713-326a606986fb.dmp Event 1026, dotNET Runtime.txt

[Komatös]

Hello @Aadolf Kärki and welcome to the forums.

I can confirm this bug.

 

[stokerg]

Hi @Aadolf Kärki,

Thanks for reporting this and great detective work in tracking down the cause.

I'll get this logged with the Developers  

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[Win] Crash when clicking Document Setup if Windows Region settings use a minus sign as the negative sign symbol instead of the common dash" (REF: AF-3086) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2805). 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.