I have tried to open an X7 doc but nothing comes up. I get a blank grey space with no page border and nothing to zoom into. Help.
This is also CRASHING CorelDraw!
try to open this in 2018 and tell me what happens.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RVo6cngCJnVIu174c9JZ0wzW9wZYTpUE/view?usp=sharing
If I open in X7, then "Save As" back to X5, I get something that I can open in 2018:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iGFK-GO42smQBalUog4ZziKXk1Fzsj0b.
PANTONE colors from previous verisons used on file and it could be source of trouble.
Thanks Mike, Eskimo and Mek for taking the time in helping me test out this issue. I've concluded that there are at least two object styles (in Style Set) that are 'corrupt' and must be deleted in X7 and saved. Once that is done the drawing will open fine in 2018. Whew.
I congratulate you on working out a tricky problem!
I find that if I open it in X7 and delete only the Style Set "SKU Overline1", that's enough to make the file open in 2018.
If I use a VBA macro to get a text description of the information for that style, it looks like this:
{"fill":{"type":"1","overprint":"0","primaryColor":"CMYK255,USER,77,77,77,255,100,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","screenSpec":"0,0,45000000,60,0"},"outline":{"type":"0","overprint":"0","angle":"0","screenSpec":"0,0,45000000,60,0","behindFill":"1","scaleWithObject":"1","overlapArrow":"0","shareArrow":"0","endCaps":"0","joinType":"0","width":"3175","aspect":"100","matrix":"1,0,0,0,1,0","color":"CMYK255,USER,77,77,77,255,100,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","dashDotSpec":"0","leftArrow":"|0","leftArrowAttributes":"0|0|0|0|0|0|0","rightArrow":"|0","rightArrowAttributes":"0|0|0|0|0|0|0","dotLength":"0","miterLimit":"45","justification":"0"},"character":{"inherits":"thk blue line","fill":{"type":"1","overprint":"0","primaryColor":"CMYK255,USER,77,77,77,255,100,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","screenSpec":"0,0,45000000,60,0"},"outline":{"type":"0","overprint":"0","angle":"0","screenSpec":"0,0,45000000,60,0","behindFill":"1","scaleWithObject":"1","overlapArrow":"0","shareArrow":"0","endCaps":"0","joinType":"0","width":"3175","aspect":"100","matrix":"1,0,0,0,1,0","color":"CMYK255,USER,77,77,77,255,100,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","dashDotSpec":"0","leftArrow":"|0","leftArrowAttributes":"0|0|0|0|0|0|0","rightArrow":"|0","rightArrowAttributes":"0|0|0|0|0|0|0","dotLength":"0","miterLimit":"45","justification":"0"},"latin":{"font":"Tekton Pro Cond","charset":"0","size":"42333","weight":"4096","italic":"0","underline":"0","overline":"3","strikeout":"0","script":"0","effect":"0"},"RTL":{"font":"Tekton Pro Cond","charset":"0","size":"42333","weight":"64","italic":"0","underline":"0","overline":"3","strikeout":"0","script":"0","effect":"0"},"farEast":{"font":"Tekton Pro Cond","charset":"0","size":"42333","weight":"64","italic":"0","underline":"0","overline":"3","strikeout":"0","script":"0","effect":"0"},"tnum":"0","liga":"0","valt":"0","vhal":"0","smpl":"0","jp78":"0","jp83":"0","jp90":"0","expt":"0","nalt":"0","fwid":"0","hwid":"0","halt":"0","qwid":"0","twid":"0","cpct":"0","kern":"1","palt":"1"},"frame":{},"paragraph":{"RTL":"0","justify":"2","interCharSpacing":"310235","interLangSpacing":"0","interWordSpacing":"2490235","interLineSpacing":"900000","beforeParaSpacing":"900000","afterParaSpacing":"900000","maxInterCharSpacing":"2000000","minInterWordSpacing":"600000","maxInterWordSpacing":"3000000","spacingMethod":"0","thinAbsolute":"0","thinDistance":"-190909","thinThickness":"45455","thickAbsolute":"0","thickDistance":"-90909","thickThickness":"90909","dblUnderline1Absolute":"0","dblUnderline1Distance":"-90909","dblUnderline1Thickness":"45455","dblUnderline2Absolute":"0","dblUnderline2Distance":"-181819","dblUnderline2Thickness":"45455","thinOverlineAbsolute":"0","thinOverlineDistance":"845455","thinOverlineThickness":"45455","thickOverlineAbsolute":"0","thickOverlineDistance":"868182","thickOverlineThickness":"90909","dblOverline1Absolute":"0","dblOverline1Distance":"800000","dblOverline1Thickness":"45455","dblOverline2Absolute":"0","dblOverline2Distance":"890910","dblOverline2Thickness":"45455","thinStrikeoutAbsolute":"0","thinStrikeoutDistance":"333333","thinStrikeoutThickness":"45455","thickStrikeoutAbsolute":"0","thickStrikeoutDistance":"356060","thickStrikeoutThickness":"90909","dblStrikeout1Absolute":"0","dblStrikeout1Distance":"378788","dblStrikeout1Thickness":"45455","dblStrikeout2Absolute":"0","dblStrikeout2Distance":"287878","dblStrikeout2Thickness":"45455"}}
One thing that catches my eye is the part that reads:
"character":{"inherits":"thk blue line".
That style does not show up in the Style Sets as a "child" of "thk blue line"!
If I open your file in X7, and try to change the Font used for "SKU Overline1", it crashes.
CorelDRAW could use some serious improvements in how Styles are handled. They can be very useful when they work, but wow, what a mess if they get sick.
Interesting. I tried deleting one of those two and 'save as' and it crashed coreldraw. That's why I just narrowed it down to those to and both can be deleted with save as without crash. Pretty cool analysis you got there Eskimo. This 'bug' will prevent us from upgrading to 2018 becuase that style is in ALL of our drawings. Deleting and saving each in X7 would be a waste of time.
Would it be possible to create a macro that runs at document open and it deletes the one problem style SKUOverline1?
I saw your other thread first, and posted a link there to a macro.
The "delete StyleSet automatically on document open" can be set up, and works in X7.
I tried it in 2018, and it crashes.