Reducing the differences between your overrides and the installation files
Now that you have identified which files contain overrides, you must compare the code in the new installation files with the code in your override files. If you are not familiar with what the new code is doing, this task can be daunting. However, if you invest a bit of time now, you will save yourself a lot of trouble when a deadline is looming.
Use your file comparison tool to compare your customized files to the corresponding installation files in the newest version of the WebWorks folder.
Compare the code in your override file to the new code in the corresponding installation file
IMPORTANT : Perform this task with great care. You do not want to delete or overwrite your customizations by accident; you only want to delete or overwrite them on purpose.
1. Back up your override files to a different location on your computer.
2. Compare your override files to the installation files.
3. Decide whether to accept the new code.
•If WebWorks has changed the code so that it does the same thing as your override, overwrite your custom code with the new code in the installation file.
•If WebWorks has not changed the code and you still need your override, keep your override code.
4. If WebWorks has changed the code or added new code to the installation file in general, and you cannot tell what the code does, then go to What the Heck is That Code Doing? or Three-way Merge.
5. After you reduce all the differences between your override files and the installation files, regenerate your project in ePublisher. If your output does not function as you expect it to, or if no output is created at all, go back and compare your customized files to the installation files again.
6. When you are satisfied that all the differences have been reduced, update your stationery.
Published date: 10-17-2023
Last modified date: 09-28-2023