InDesign Not Reflecting Updates from Linked AI Files

[MEONHOMES]

Hello, I have a multi-page AI file placed in my InDesign document. After making changes to the AI file, I save it. When I check the Links panel in InDesign, the yellow triangle alert appears. I ALT-click the update button, and InDesign updates all the links, but the changes I made in the AI file are not reflected in InDesign.

This is a process I've done many times before without any issues. The same problem occurred with a different file yesterday. I've tried restarting my PC in case it was a glitch, but that didn't help. Do you have any idea why the link update function isn't working as it should?

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[leo.r]

What are your versions of InDesign and Windows?

[MEONHOMES]

Latest of both, ID 19.5 and Windows 10 Enterprise

[Bill Silbert]

Are you linking to files on your hard drive or to files on a server or cloud? If you've been linking to a source that is not your hard drive then try the process with files on your hard drive and see if the problem persists.

[MEONHOMES]

Good morning, I tried copying the working folder (with linked files) to my hard drive, opened the ID file, it asked to update the linked file which I did, but unfortunately, same result. 😞

[Cours23944717lzmp]

I have the exact same problem as OP and both files (ID and AI) are in the same folder on my hard drive, so likely not the issue. The only way I got the file to udpate was to delete it from ID and place it again... each time I make a tiny change to the AI file...

[leo.r]

I have a multi-page AI file placed in my InDesign document.

By @MEONHOMES

Does it happen with any Illustrator file or only multi-page ones?

p.s. multi-artboard, to be accurate.

[MEONHOMES]

So far seems to only be with multi-artboard AI docs

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@MEONHOMES

Maybe your file got corrupted. 

Try IDMLing to fix your file - export as IDML, open, save with a new name - do not overwrite your original file. 

[MEONHOMES · Accepted solution]

I have since deleted the linked file and re-placed it which seems to have resolved the issue. If it happens again I will try this. Thanks.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

I have since deleted the linked file and re-placed it which seems to have resolved the issue. If it happens again I will try this. Thanks.

By @MEONHOMES

Do you still have a copy of your file - before replacing AI file? 

Can you try IDMLing it anyway? Just to see what happens. 

Replacing AI file might have fixed the corruption.