Viewing the differences between two versions of a form

When you create an in-place revision for a study object, the View Differences dialog box allows you to compare the latest version of the form containing the revised study object with the same form from an existing InForm study version.

If you do not use automated deployment to deploy your study, you are unable to use the View Differences dialog box without a successfully deployed baseline. In addition, if a successfully deployed baseline exists, if you perform an in-place revision change and apply the change manually, the differences that appear in the View Differences dialog box are not correct.

Note: If in-place revision changes are made to a study that was created in a Central Designer release prior to 2.1, you must continue to review the Annotated Study Book PDFs to see differences.

In the IPR Configuration dialog box, select a study version, and click View Differences.
The View Differences dialog box appears, and displays data for the first form and study version that appear in the Form and Preexisting version drop-down lists.
To view the differences between other form versions, enter the following:
- In the Form drop-down list, select a form.
- In the Preexisting version drop-down list, select a study version with which to compare the form.
- If your study uses more than one locale, in the Locale drop-down list, select a locale.
Click Show Differences.
The two versions of the form appear in layout view at the top of the dialog box.
- New study objects are highlighted in green on the latest version of the form.
- Deleted study objects are highlighted in red on the existing version of the form.
- Modified study objects are highlighted in yellow on both versions of the form.
To view details about the differences, at the bottom of the dialog box, select a study object.
To preview or print each version of the form individually, click the Preview Form button, and select an action from the drop-down list.