Change Highlighting via Extract Data Control

The Extract Control dialog has been enhanced to highlight outstanding changes in a child extract in the graphical view. It can also highlight changes introduced to a child extract by a refresh operation. The highlighting is controlled and customised within a "Change Highlighting" framebox, shown below.

When the "Outstanding in Extract" checkbox is selected, all changed elements in the child extract that have not yet been flushed or issued to the parent are highlighted if they appear in the current graphical view. The Colour button allows selection of the change highlight colour using the standard colour palette. The highlighting is cleared when the dialog is closed, or when a subsequent extract operation is performed using the dialog. In the latter case the checkbox becomes unselected.

When the "Introduced by Get All Changes" checkbox is selected, all elements that are changed by the next Get All Changes action, or Flush or Issue actions if these include Get All Changes, are highlighted if they appear in the current graphical view. The same highlighting colour is used as for outstanding changes. The highlighting is cleared when the dialog is closed, or if the "Outstanding in Extract" checkbox is selected. In the latter case the "Introduced by Get All Changes" checkbox becomes unselected.

There is a subtlety to the Flush and Issue actions available in this dialog: these operations include an extract refresh by default. The exception is in a Global project, where the parent extract is not primary. In this case a refresh is not included in the operation. In order to clarify whether a refresh will occur as part of a Flush or Issue action, an indication has been added to the dialog, as shown below: