Exporting a .afpub file with missing linked files generates too many warnings

[walt.farrell]

I exported the attached .afpub file, which contains 2 missing linked files, to PDF (for export). After pressing Export, entering the file name, and pressing Save, I received 4 warning/error popups, 2 for each missing file.

(Also, note that the popups say the resource is Changed when actually it's missing as I moved and/or renamed them. In a way, it's correct that they "were changed outside the application", but missing seems like it should be a different and perhaps more severe situation. At the moment it doesn't seem to matter much, as even linked image remain embedded in the .afpub file, and export just fine. But that's a different issue )

move-linked-test.afpub

[Edit: On the other hand, doing a Save As after opening that .afpub file, I get only 1 warning popup, for font.png, rather than the 2 popups I would expect.]
 

[Chris B]

Hi Walt,

I can't seem to reproduce this in build 139 as I believe we made some changes for a similar recipe. Have you seen this since updating?

[walt.farrell]

Hi, @Chris B.

File > Export and File > Save As are now consistent, in that they give only 1 message (saying that font.png was modified outside the application).

I still think there's an error, though, for 2 reasons:

1. Strictly speaking, while it may be true that it was "modified outside the application" it is in fact missing, which to me is both a different error and potentially a worse one.
    
2. Artboard2.png is also missing, but no message was given for that one. If Publisher is not going to name all the missing files, perhaps it could at least give a count? E.g., "font.png and 1 other file" or "font.png and 2 other files"? Or for simplicity "One or more linked files are missing. Please use the Resource Manager to locate them."