Nousmedis Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Is there a way to convert a purchased and downloaded version of Affinity Publisher to the downloable (and automatically installable) version of the Mac App Store? Others apps from other developers allow you to activate the App Store version... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 No, you can't do that. You could return the one you purchased from Serif for a refund, and repurchase from the MAS. To do that you would contact affinityreturns@serif.com via email. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiftEleven Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Do you know if it's possible to go the other way? Purchase from Mac App Store or Microsoft Store and then get a download license to use from Serif? The reason I ask is that the Capture One integration with Photo from the Microsoft Store is non-existent for me. Just the way UWP apps work where there isn't the command line arg support that you can get from the Serif download. Apparently this has a lot to do with the sandboxing of the store UWP apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 7 hours ago, ShiftEleven said: Do you know if it's possible to go the other way? Purchase from Mac App Store or Microsoft Store and then get a download license to use from Serif? The reason I ask is that the Capture One integration with Photo from the Microsoft Store is non-existent for me. Just the way UWP apps work where there isn't the command line arg support that you can get from the Serif download. Apparently this has a lot to do with the sandboxing of the store UWP apps. No, that's not possible, either. But someone may have an answer base on the suggestion you posted in your other topic. I've seen that discussed before, and solved without changes on the Affinity side. By the way, when I mentioned this case to one of the Serif staff the other day, he commented that it could mean that the other application (Capture One) is not using the proper Windows API to invoke UWP programs. So you might also discuss this with the Capture One developers. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiftEleven Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: No, that's not possible, either. But someone may have an answer base on the suggestion you posted in your other topic. I've seen that discussed before, and solved without changes on the Affinity side. By the way, when I mentioned this case to one of the Serif staff the other day, he commented that it could mean that the other application (Capture One) is not using the proper Windows API to invoke UWP programs. So you might also discuss this with the Capture One developers. Thanks Walt. Most docs I've seen where one app can launch a UWP is through a protocol. But I'll keep digging. The only other idea I have right now is to call Invoke-Item on the images and then let Windows use it's supported mime-type mapping. Gonna give it a try. The good news is that edit/open functionality in Capture One is done through a Plugin, and anyone can write a plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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