m.vlad Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I stumbled upon this by mistake. You can make a file, save it in a location, and with affinity open still work on it. Now via windows explorer rename the file and/or move it from its location. If AD closes unexpectedly and you didn't resave the file after it being renamed/moved, when you open AD again and go to open recents you'll get the "missing file" error before being able to recover the saved data. However, if you move the file back/rename it back to the way it was (could maybe work even with an empty .afdesign file) and try opening that in AD, it'll show the correct recovery file options and recovered files. Now, this could be solved one of two ways. Either prompt to open the recovery file of the files that are found missing in Open Recents, OR, have an option to see the files for which recovery states are currently present in Affinity. Quote Mădălin Vlad Graphic Designer contact@mvlad.design https://mvlad.design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 14, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 14, 2019 Hi @m.vlad, Sorry for the delayed reply. The auto-recovery relies on the original file still being in the same location. You cannot just open the auto-save file as that's not a complete .afdesign file, but only a "temp" file used to recover the main file. In a nutshell, you need both the autosave file and its "parent" in the original location for it to work. What I could not reproduce is Quote recoverable by placing another file with the same name in its place Can you attach a screen recording of this in action? Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.vlad Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 3 hours ago, GabrielM said: Hi @m.vlad, Sorry for the delayed reply. The auto-recovery relies on the original file still being in the same location. You cannot just open the auto-save file as that's not a complete .afdesign file, but only a "temp" file used to recover the main file. In a nutshell, you need both the autosave file and its "parent" in the original location for it to work. What I could not reproduce is Can you attach a screen recording of this in action? Thanks, Gabe. as previously mentioned, it was only a theory. i tried a switch-around and indeed, it doesn't recognize that there's an autosave. I have no idea how to propose a solution for this then, maybe an indicator that there exists an autosave for a file but since the source file changed it won't be used? Quote Mădălin Vlad Graphic Designer contact@mvlad.design https://mvlad.design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 15, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 15, 2019 Moved to feature requests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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