Saving publisher sets

[Anonymous]

Hi I am trying to save a set of publisher documents. For some reason it will not save and it has a yellow caution sign on it. Anyone has any ideas why this is happening?

[Barry Kelly]

It says they have saved.
What happens when you double click on one of the entries in the list?
What information does it give you?

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Now it says failed... . Thanks for your response by the way.

[Barry Kelly]

Usually this fails if you or another user has the PDF(s) open.
Publisher can't save the file if someone has it open.

Barry.

[DGSketcher]

I usually see warning signs when AC has had to rename the file to comply with the O.S. filing system.

A fail will occur as Barry has indicated if the file is open. I'm running a standalone copy of AC on O.S.X and frequently have fails when publishing to replace an existing file, sometimes it is easier just to delete the previous file before creating the replacement. Not sure why this happens other than perhaps files displaying a thumbnail rather than just a name maybe considered to be "open".

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much for all your replies. They are greatly appreciated.

[Barry Kelly]

DGSketcher wrote:
Not sure why this happens other than perhaps files displaying a thumbnail rather than just a name maybe considered to be "open".

This is correct - make sure you do not have the file selected in any finder/explorer otherwise Archicad may consider it as open.

Barry.

[Erwin Edel]

For windows 7 I can confirm that having a preview in explorer open when having file selected will stop it from publishing. Having it open in something like Acrobat obviously has the same result.

Turning off preview fixes it, though.

[Anonymous]

Thank you again for your replies.