HenrikM Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 When I open a book file, and then click on a chapter in the book file, the first file I tried to open does open, but it is locked and cannot be edited. Same thing with the second file I tried. I have also tried opening the same file directly, but it remains locked. Closing the chapter file makes Affinity Publisher freeze. The third or fourth time I tried open the chapter file by clicking on it in the book file, I got a message that AP is updating page numbers, then the program froze. dbon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikM Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 Since the message I get when I open the chaper file says "The selection is locked...", I tried unlocking all layers. It does not work. dbon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 16 minutes ago, HenrikM said: Since the message I get when I open the chaper file says "The selection is locked...", I tried unlocking all layers. It does not work. You get tha message by simply opening the chapter file? That seems odd. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted May 31 Staff Share Posted May 31 Hi @HenrikM, Can you please check if any of the chapter .afpub files also have a hidden ~lock~ version of the document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcadint Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 I'm having trouble with Affinity Publisher 2.5.0 locking non-book pub files. It is doing it so regularly and causing publisher crashes when I trie to open a locked file with an unlocked file to copy between the two that it has become unusable. I tried the beta 2.5.2.2486 and the locking issue went away and it is much more stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikM Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 1 hour ago, DWright said: Hi @HenrikM, Can you please check if any of the chapter .afpub files also have a hidden ~lock~ version of the document. Publisher creates a lock file when I open the document. It does not remove the lock file when I close the document. However, removing the lock file manually makes no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbon Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 13 hours ago, dcadint said: I'm having trouble with Affinity Publisher 2.5.0 locking non-book pub files. It is doing it so regularly and causing publisher crashes when I trie to open a locked file with an unlocked file to copy between the two that it has become unusable. I tried the beta 2.5.2.2486 and the locking issue went away and it is much more stable. Pub is locking my book files over and over for no reason, totally pissing me off. I can't publish the book because 1 - 3 files keep locking. I'm even duping the file, deleting the old one, etc. How did you get the beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbon Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 On 5/30/2024 at 9:46 AM, walt.farrell said: You get tha message by simply opening the chapter file? That seems odd. I'm having the exact same experience. I have closed, reopened the app, duped the files, etc. The problem can "go away" after a reboot but the minute I try to export as PDF, some random number of files, 2-5 out of 20, lock up. I finally redownloaded 2.4.3 after this issue on 2.5, and even 2.5.x beta which I just tried, and 2.4.3 worked perfect the first time. I want my 3 hours back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbon Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 On 5/30/2024 at 9:29 AM, HenrikM said: Since the message I get when I open the chaper file says "The selection is locked...", I tried unlocking all layers. It does not work. Same exact issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbon Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 15 hours ago, DWright said: Hi @HenrikM, Can you please check if any of the chapter .afpub files also have a hidden ~lock~ version of the document. This problem remains after the lock files visible in finder on mac go away, even after closing the app. Once a file has locked in the book view one time, it will "lock" again even if you reboot and don't see a lock initially. It shows back up especially if you try to export the book as PDF. It will be chugging along seeming good with preflight green checks, then a certain chapter will be skipped and you'll see a lock, and every time you try to restart the app and export, that same file will lock again. I have duped the file, deleted original, renamed the dupe to old file name, and it will still lock up again. Tried the latest beta, same thing. Finally got 2.4.3 again and it worked perfectly first try with no issues on the same files that were locking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikM Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 On 5/31/2024 at 2:54 PM, DWright said: Hi @HenrikM, Can you please check if any of the chapter .afpub files also have a hidden ~lock~ version of the document. I reinstalled 2.4.2, and now I can edit the chapter file again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Publisher 2.5.3 has not solved that pesky problem for me. Very annoying. Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly131 Posted Friday at 05:32 PM Share Posted Friday at 05:32 PM Same problem on 2.5.5. I can't export the book as a pdf due to the locks ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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