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> On Apr 25, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech
> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
> Kirk:
>
> That's a sound approach.
>
> In addition to the hash, my thinking is to store changed documents as
> versions of the original ("reference") document instead overwriting the
> original.
>
> Next step is to find an app that will do a diff that I can display for the
> end user.
>
>
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> Douglas von Roeder
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> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
>> Doug,
>> I'd just grab the text of the document and hash it. MD5 is fine since it's
>> not about security. Save the hash. If any text is changed the hash will
>> change. Since it's in a record you can test for the modified record/
>> changed hash.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Kirk:
>>>
>>> Each end user modifiable document is stored in a record.
>>>
>>> Based my new understanding of the requirement, I'm thinking that a
>>> "reference" copy of each document will be stored on the LAN in a folder
>>> hierarchy. I can flag a document as having been changed on the standalone
>>> and capture that as a new version of the reference document when the
>>> document synchs back to the LAN. That allows me to leave the documents on
>>> the server instead having to synch them.
>>>
>>> The diffing can be done by the server machine, perhaps using LEP and on
>> an
>>> as-needed basis.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Douglas von Roeder
>>> 949-336-2902
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <
>>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Doug,
>>>> Is the document stored in a record or just loose in a folder?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
>>>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've been asked to update the code in an Audit Trail system so it
>> will
>>>> work
>>>>> with 4D Write documents. Rather than simply tracking that there's
>> been
>>> a
>>>>> change and showing the old document vs the new one, I'd like to diff
>>> the
>>>>> old vs new and be able to display the diff.
>>>>>
>>>>> The system has about a dozen LAN users and 25 users on standalones.
>>>> Second,
>>>>> it's Windows-only now but will be Windows and OS X as part of an
>>> upgrade
>>>>> from V13 to V15/16.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions or recommendations will be appreciated.
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