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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 1, 2016

Compare/Merge of designs

When comparing/merging design entities, there are few editor options to resolve issues.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    May 29, 2018

    This feature was delivered in version 9.6.1.

  • Guest
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    Sep 13, 2017

    We have evaluated this request and determined that it cannot be implemented at this time because it's very costly to implement and we have no business case to put in front of it.

  • Guest
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    Jun 8, 2017

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.

  • Guest
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    May 12, 2017

    I had a conversation with author of this RFE.
    Currently, when comparing two design entities, there are two ways for the user to make changes in the comparison editor :
    - Use the buttons to copy a change from left to right or right to left
    - Switch to the "Text comparison" and directly modify the XML text
    The request is to have a more simple way to make a change, by allowing the user to change values directly in the entity when show as a tree (Design comparison).
    We do not request a full edition capacity, but at least being able to change a value of a field.
    To start with, we need to be able to change the value "Line number" in macro-calls in programs.

  • Guest
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    Sep 19, 2016

    The design entity should not be read only. I was able to change the compare type to xml and then edit it.

  • Guest
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    Sep 16, 2016

    Looks like you try to merge to a read-only file which might explain why you can't realize operation. What you want to do is possible we think it's a usage problem.

  • Guest
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    Sep 1, 2016

    Attachment (Use case): I was able to resolve one of the macros, but I can only overlay the existing one. The desired result would be for both macros to exist and one to have a new line number.

  • Guest
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    Sep 1, 2016

    Attachment (Use case): The -cp compare only wants to overlay my changes. Copying all 'non-conflicting' changes will just reverse my code.