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[Grafix Smelter]

Is there a way to see the contents/structure of a XDP file.
I need to discover (layer and location) where there is bitmap located in my DPX11 file to remove/re-draw it.
There is a long outstanding problem with exporting to Corel Draw files, in that if there is a bitmap in your Xara file, then Xara will crash.
This has happened to me for every version I have used over the history of the product:-
XXP4, XX, XX¹, XDP7, XDPX, XDPX11

So, does anyone know how to find a pesky bitmap in a DP file that I can remove and avoid the crash when exporting to a CD32 file?

[handrawn]

you should have a list of bitmaps used in the name gallery - you can select them there

once selected there you can use the page and layer gallery 'locate' if the position is not obvious

[Grafix Smelter]

Thanks for the heads up "handrawn"

Knowing where to look is a good start, but the plot thickens:-

Actually I recognise the name of the GIF as being a logo I did in Xara 3D.
I had forgotten I must have inserted it as a GIF, it was some time ago.

Anyways, now deleted and the CD32 file creates without Xara crashing.
Thanks again.

[handrawn]

glad you found it - guess you needed to use 'make all the layers visible/editable' buttons in order to select it ?

[Grafix Smelter]

Bother, and I thought it was just bitmaps that caused the problem:-

Now I am seriously worried, as I don't know another route to produce a CD32 file from a Xara file that is bitmap free.
Anyone care to take a look please.
BackPlate-Label(7061M-SER).xar

[handrawn]

I can look at exporting the file, but I don't have corel draw [only painter

[mwenz]

Using the 32-bit CMX filter has always been a hit or miss for me. So much so that I have just used the 16-bit version.

But, I opened your file and it exported to the 32-bit CMX format just fine. Then and added a bitmap, exported to the 32-bit CMX from XDP 15.



No crashes.

[handrawn]

appears to export ok both cmx6 [32] and cmx5 [16] with XDPX12 - no crashes - no idea if the file is ok as it will not import back into xdpx [well only as a flattened single page] and i don't have CDraw

[Grafix Smelter]

Thanks for looking into this for me guys.
To view a CD32 file I use Inkscape 0.48.5-1 which is the 32bit version.
"hit or miss" has always been the case for me.
I have found a work around in that if I strip the file back to a single page and a single layer, the saved file from XDPX11 loaded into XDPX(8) after a few warnings, will export to a CD32 file.
If I save that file out of XDPX(8) and load it back into XDPX11, try to export to a CD32 file, it fails but not crashes, but it also greys out the "Export" option, so something is not right.

Anyway, I have my file, I just wish the Export option was more stable and didn't fail with a bitmap present on one of the pages that you are not exporting from.

Thanks again.