Response Documents when using SubForms

Hi,

I have a Form rightn now called DIRTT. This form is made up of 3 subforms, I did this so I could collapse the areas of the form not needed so the original form did not drag out.

My issue is I am trying to make it so that when the original form is edited, that a response document is created so that no original data is lost so we can go back and compare the orignal with any of the edited copies. I am looking for a response to be created anytime the form is edited.

I started by creating a response docucment that the user can edit, then I have one that has all computed text. however I am found that when I get into the subform fields, I can not changed these to computed text without it changing on the original subform. This may be confusing, I am not sure if I am describing this correctly but I am just looking for an easy way to have copy’s of a form created when it is edited so that no data is ever “lost” so we can see what has changed from form to form that has been edited.

Thank you.

Subject: Response Documents when using SubForms

If you anticipate that your form (or subforms) are going to change over time, but you want to be able to open older documents with the form as it was then they were created, then you should select the option Store form the document as below.

Just be aware that this will increase the size of each document saved, and so will increase your database size. Unless you are dealing with a LOT of documents, that should not be a big concern though.

Subject: RE: Response Documents when using SubForms

read about “version control” in the Designer help.

Subject: RE: Response Documents when using SubForms

Thank you both, I will look into what both of you had for suggestions.