Affinity Publisher Public Beta - 1.7.0.167

[AdamW]

Status: Public Beta
Purpose: Stability and General Testing
Requirements: None

Hi, we have a preview of Publisher build 167 now available. It is currently provided as a manual download from the link above.

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity where you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 

We hope you enjoy the product, and as always, if you've got any problems installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post in this thread.

Any problems actually using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum. Many thanks for your continued feedback.

Fixes

This build has been issued to fix the 'Failed to Save Document' issue that some testers are experiencing with build 162. 

This issue could arise if Embedded Documents were placed on master pages or were duplicated on regular pages.

Other Updates and Fixes

Preview Mode
- Added 'Preview Mode' to the main toolbar. Will only be visible after 'Clear User Defaults'

Other Fixes
- Placed PDFs not displaying at correct size
- Changing substitution fonts can crash app
- Fixed Master Page tool tips in Layers Panel
- Fixed two specific document load crashes
- Fixed Pages panel redraw issue after converting artboards to spreads
- Fixed crash when resetting keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
- Fixed possible crash applying Table formats
- Updated representation of Non-breaking Space when viewing special characters
- Reviewed Thin Space handling
- Added / updated default shortcut keys for File > Place, View > Masters
- Changed default shortcut for Preview Mode

Note that default shortcut key changes will only be visible after 'Clear User Defaults'

Earlier Release Notes beta #162
 

[jobeyb]

Guess what. Still getting setup failed. Not got a lot of hair left!

Tried restarting.

I notice there is nothing about curing setup failed in updates and fixes. Perhaps they've not noticed!

 

[dominik]

1 hour ago, AdamW said:

- Reviewed Thin Space handling

Update went without a problem here.

Can anyone explain what 'Thin Space handling' is?

Thanks (for the update and any explanation),
d.

[Petar Petrenko]

Thanks A-team.

Everthing went fine as always.

Thanks expecially for:

• Placed PDFs not displaying at correct size
•  Added default shortcut keys for File > Place

[Chris_K]

31 minutes ago, jobeyb said:

Guess what. Still getting setup failed. Not got a lot of hair left!

Tried restarting.

I notice there is nothing about curing setup failed in updates and fixes. Perhaps they've not noticed!

 

Hi jobeyb

Can you go to %temp%/AffinitySetup in file explorer and in the folders see if there is a Setup.log and a SetupUI.log you can attach for us to look into. We are aware of the problem and are trying to track it down

Cheers

[affwin]

Hello, update to .167 failed. Install ok, but when starting the program error message:
The instruction in 0x7723f157 references memory 0x00000050. The read operation could not be performed in memory. "
Have the .162 reinstalled -> works.
System: WIN7 64, 16GB RAM
Please help.

Here the Setup-Files

SetupUI.log

Setup.log

[MickRose]

Installed but won't run. Get a message. Uninstall & re-install doesn't help. Last few versions have been fine but had a similar problems on a previous occasion.

[affwin]

The same error message as mine.

[AdamW]

It looks like you are both using Windows 7. Could be relevant.

[Bladehatched]

Same Problem same Error message)  like Affwin and MikeRose. Im Using win7 64bit.

deinstalled 1.7.0.167.

reinstalled 1.7.0.162.  -> works

 

[artbraune]

52 minutes ago, MickRose said:

Installed but won't run. Get a message. Uninstall & re-install doesn't help. Last few versions have been fine but had a similar problems on a previous occasion.

Getting the same error - Windows 7 - 64bit.

[AlainP]

Easy install here on Win 10.

[Gnobelix]

Download and installation without problems.
For me was the first test positive.
Makes  keep it up.

Cheers

 

Cheers

[Mithferion]

Easy install on Windows 10. also noticed that the Startup time has improved a lot.

Best regards!

[jobeyb]

2 hours ago, Chris_K said:

Hi jobeyb

Can you go to %temp%/AffinitySetup in file explorer and in the folders see if there is a Setup.log and a SetupUI.log you can attach for us to look into. We are aware of the problem and are trying to track it down

Cheers

Hi Chris_K

Here are the required files.

Thanks

Setup.log

SetupUI.log

[jobeyb]

20 hours ago, Chris_K said:

Hi jobeyb

Can you go to %temp%/AffinitySetup in file explorer and in the folders see if there is a Setup.log and a SetupUI.log you can attach for us to look into. We are aware of the problem and are trying to track it down

Cheers

Hi Chris_K

Checked log, got this - see attached. But AP was installed from download folder - I think. Is there some way to check?

[jobeyb]

51 minutes ago, jobeyb said:

Hi Chris_K

Here are the required files.

Thanks

Setup.log

SetupUI.log

I am now running .167 Force uninstalled .145, new install went fine.

Registry keys pointed to the downloads folder, so don't know what was going on.

Thanks for your time.

p.s. I think previous pic was a bit big!!

[mykee]

Have an important PDF export bug in version 167 ! Under 162 was not, please check before install new version, and make backup! Same projects, same PDF export profile, but different results!

More info here:

 

[Max N]

windows 7 64-bit

SetupUI.log

Setup.log

[petrpastor]

same issue here crash with memory violation on my windows 7. Had to revert to 1.7.0.162. Did not try it yet on my home windows 10. Will do later this evening.

-p-

[MickRose]

Has any Windows 7 user been able to run the new beta 167?

[Antoine_neth]

If I will choose the options BOLD or ITALIC, after I have changed the color of (a part of the)  text the "buttons" of these options are "down" as a result of the change of color.

Why does the fact that I changed the color influence these buttons? 

[Patrick Connor]

9 minutes ago, Antoine_neth said:

If I will choose the options BOLD or ITALIC, after I have changed the color of (a part of the)  text the "buttons" of these options are "down" as a result of the change of color.

Why does the fact that I changed the color influence these buttons? 

Please post this again into a new thread. This thread is for installing problems or difficulty running the application.

[Typo998]

Hi,

I'm on Windows 7 and agree with others... unable to start the version .167.

Thanks!

[GarryP]

Note: On WIndows 10 I had to drag the Preview Mode icon from the Customise Toolbar dialog to get it (after resetting the user defaults); it wasn't on the toolbar by default (as the text in the first post seems to suggest). Don't know if this is expected behaviour or not.