Hi,
can please somebody confirm this effect in Corel 2019.
a) Open and edit some Corel file that loads and saves slow (e.g. something with large and many bitmaps)
b) Save your file in the background. Corel Shows the save icon in the toolbar.
c) While Corel saves in the background continue editing (the save incon is shown in the toolbar). I just added some rectangles.
d) Corel completes background saving but the document status doesn't become "dirty". Corel doesn't know the document is changed - no asterix behind the filename - save menu grayed.
If you now close Corel it will not remind you to save your last edits. Everything you have edited while Coreldraw was saving will be forgotten.
Workaround: Edit something after Corel has finished saving in the background. This will make the file "dirty" and the Save option will be available again.
I think Corel has to set the document "dirty" after background saving if editing took place while saving.
What do you see and think?
Eskimo there is method to the madness. The human element has limitations, taking short breaks refreshes the mind, the body and creativity. I know they may only be a minute or two every 10 to 20 minutes or so but they are invaluable.
I consider saving like trigger discipline, NEVER let your attention wonder from your work without FIRST using CTRL S!
Never believe that an automated process is 100% reluable.
Hi!Version 21.3.0.755Funny thing, I have the little asterix appear WHILE background saving. If I add do any maneuvres while saving, the little asterix remains. Once the saving done, that little asterix disappears. I can shutdown either the file or CorelDRAW completely and I also have no warning to save. I confirm. I meet this issue as well as you.I haven't run into another issue that bugged me since this last updated version. It was that only by toggling between files, an already saved file, without any change applied to it, would have the little asterix reappear and the save button available. That caused a lot of confusion. Sometimes, returning to the file in question. I had to undo and redo steps to verify if the last 'good' version of the file was properly saved. Corel developpers probably created another bug while trying to resolve this bug I reported, that probably others met as well...
David Milisock said:I have been using CorelDRAW since version 3 and I have never used auto backup or background saving.
I know that's your personal opinion, and here's mine:
At least use the Auto Backup feature. I've NEVER had a problem with it and it's SAVED me a few times for whatever reason.
If you don't, at least use some sort of other backup option... i.e. daily, hourly every 15 min, whatever.
I use a backup process that keeps multiple versions of files and runs twice a day at scheduled times backing up files that have been edited since the last backup.
I recently had a drive failure and I had as many as 11 versions of my files all sorted by datel
The reason that I do not use auto backup and auto save is that the processes can activate in the middle of an edit and as you've see fail to save. Same with auto backup.
The worst of it is that the process can un known to the user activate at moments of extreme system stress and the additional process can cause a failure or a corruption of the CorelDRAW file.
I've seen it happen and in reality background processes (non Corel or Corel) in many cases are the causes of failures.
Like I said the computer is just the machine, we 're the brains.