Displaying Version Differences

In order to display the differences between the current model and any previous version, you must specify the Reference Version in the Version Manager dialog.

Once a Reference Version is specified, GoldSim identifies changed elements in all browsers as follows:

• If an element has been changed since the reference version, the element will appear red in all browsers. (If it is sealed or locked and it has changed, it will appear light red.)

• If any element inside a Container has been modified, but the Container itself has not been modified (e.g., no elements have been added or removed from it), the Container will appear blue in all browsers. (If the Container is sealed or locked and elements within it have been changed, it will appear light blue.)

Warning: If a Reference Version is not selected, none of the changed elements will be indicated in the browser. Hence, you must specify a Reference Version in order to view changes.

If you right-click on a colored element (e.g., a red element or a blue Container) in the browser, a menu item, Show Changes…, is available toward the top of the menu:

This dialog displays all of the changes that have been made to the element since the specified Reference Version. The Reference Version (selected in the Version Manager) is displayed at the bottom of the dialog. You can change the Reference Version directly from this dialog by selecting a version from the drop-list.

Clicking the Show History checkbox shows a history of all the changes between the Reference Version and the current model.

If the Show History box is cleared, only a summary of the differences between the Reference Version and the current model are shown. Hence, if the element was changed several different times, the Show History display will indicate this, while the summary display (with Show History cleared) will only indicate that the element has changed since the Reference Version.

Clicking the Show Global Changes checkbox displays the Global changes to the model (in addition to the changes to elements):

If the selected element is a Container, the Changes dialog identifies any elements added to the Container, any elements removed (or deleted) from the Container, and whether any Container properties (e.g., conditionality settings) have been changed.