Has anyone from Reallusion looked into this further?

Why should they? Reading your posts the issue lies with Affinity and not Reallusion so you should direct your questions there as RL, or even Microsoft, have nothing to do with the software not working as published.

Gerry

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Because it's entirely possible that Reallusion could discover a solution.  Why should I not seek answers from all possible sources and solutions?  Reallusion has worked with Affinity products for quite some time, and may be interested in seeking such a solution. It can only benefit them since many people use Affinity products in conjunction with CTA.  Sorry my question offends you so...

I am hoping that Affinity fixes this, but to avoid wasting money and my sanity I have asked for a refund.
Here is the email for that.


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@AverageJoe

Thanks Robert, I did as you suggested.  And it works... sorta...
When I click the SVG button while on a blank scene, I am prompted to choose to create a new file open a file. (I chose new object) Affinity Designer opens up and a Default.svg file is open.  I add some vector elements, and now want to get it to CTA5.  However, when I go to Save, I can only save it to an .afdesign file, not a SVG.  To save to SVG, I have to export it but then it's not available in CTA5.  Unless I of course navigate to where I exported it and manually load it into CTA5.  So the link between them probably isn't ever going to work since clicking Save in Affinity Designer will not allow to just save the current SVG, you have to export it.

@rosuckmedia

Thank you for the information. I did wonder why I could not find the software and a Link to it. I do not often use Affinity, but I have it for whenever I decide to jump in the deep end. :)  I felt a bit miffed when I could not link it to CA. Problem appears to be resolved.

Rog

The solution I provided previously does work. I have used it and was able to get the Microsoft Store versions of Affinity products to launch from Cartoon Animator.

However, the problem is that a lot depends on the Administrator and user account setup of your computer. You must make sure you are giving the right account the necessary permissions.

One other thing that is easy to overlook, and not mentioned in the step-by-step guide, is to make sure you check the option to "Replace owner on sub containers and objects".

Thank you also to rosuckmedia who has provided another workaround that seems to work (and is probably easier). However, hopefully Affinity will provide a different install option as they did with their previous versions which would make life easier for everyone.

                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

Thanks Peter.  rosuckmedia's solution did the trick, and was a lot easier and perhaps safer.
I'm curious though, about using SVGs with Affinity Designer, since it cannot save the currently open file in anything other than an Affinity Designer file (.afdesign).  Would the workflow, in that case, not provide a two way trip, but instead will require one to actually export the current file as an SVG, and then drag that into CTA5?

You can achieve this by replacing default.svg in the source location.
0. Click on affiinity icon (launch to affinity designer)
1. Click new object
2. In affinity draw your object
3. ctrl+s or save file -> copy destination to default.svg file
4. ctrl+shift+alt+s or export 0> chose svg and click Export
5. paste destination and click save
6. confirm replace 
7. Click prop
8.  :)