Select Recipes to Compare

When you first start the Recipe Compare utility, the screen is blank except for three buttons: Save As, Compare, and Help.

To compare recipes

1. Click the Compare button or press Ctrl + Shift + C on your keyboard. The Select Recipes To Compare dialog box appears

   

2. In the Original Recipe box, enter the first recipe or select a recipe using the Browse (...) button.

   Note: When you use the Browse button or enter an XML file name without a full path, the default path is used. You can set up the default path in the Environment Display system parameter ("Version File Path"). Configuring a network path enables you to access recipe versions from the AVEVA Batch Management Development Client and also support redundant configurations.
   If the Version File Path is not configured, then the path is defaulted to ..\Config_A\Recipe Versions folder.

3. In the Compare to Recipe box, enter the second recipe or select a recipe using the Browse (...) button.

4. Click Compare. The HTML report describing the differences between the recipes is generated and shown.

   If all the details for the compared recipes are the same, a status message "Recipes are the same" is shown in the report.

5. Click Save As or press Ctrl+S on your keyboard to save the report. The Save As dialog box appears.

   Note: If you do not save the report, when you close the Recipe Compare utility, the report will be lost.

   For more information about the report, see "Recipe Comparison Report".

To view the Help

To view the online Help, click the Help button, and then select Help Topics. Alternatively, press F1 on your keyboard.

To view the About information

To view the About dialog, click the Help button, and then select About AVEVA Batch Management Recipe Compare.