Users can take snapshot(s) of the form design changes by clicking on the “Snapshot Management” menu item.

Snapshots are back up copies of the form, what the form definition looks like at that time. It’s a good practice to always take a snapshot of the form definition before changing.  If the autosave feature is “ON”, then when a definition is open for design, an “Auto-Backup” snapshot is created automatically.  

The form definition snapshot names can be generated automatically by clicking on Generate button. User may also provide snapshot names of their choice. Click on “Create” button when ready. 

The snapshot is created with an alert notification as shown in the image below. 

Render a snapshot

Select a snapshot from the dropdown list and click on “Render” button. The form definition (snapshot) is rendered in a new page. 

Restore a snapshot

Select a snapshot from the dropdown list and click on “Restore” button. The form definition (snapshot) is restored in the same page.

Remove a snapshot

Select a snapshot from the dropdown list and click on “Remove” button. The snapshot (form definition) is remove from the repository.

Manage form definition snapshots

Select the form defintion from the table and click on Actions → Snapshot Management menu option. 

Using the menu options the user can Create, Restore, Remove snapshots. 

Users can create a new form definition by selecting the snapshot and on clicking on the “Create Definition” menu option. 

The newly created definition will be displayed under the form definitions table as shown below:

View - Render form definition snapshots

Select a snapshot from the table and click on View - Render menu option. The form definition (snapshot) is restored in the same page.

Export form definition snapshots

Select a snapshot from the table and click on Export menu. The form definition (snapshot) can be exported in XML, HTML, ZIP and SQL file format. The files are generated and downloaded to your local system folder. 

The SQL file format for the snapshot includes an SQL Insert statement - a sample is shown below. 

INSERT INTO [deFormDefinitions] ([FORMDEFID],[FORMDEFNAME],[FORMDEFCONTENT],[FORMDEFXML],[CREATEDBY],[CREATEDON],[UPDATEDBY],[UPDATEDON],[TENANTID],[DATATABLENAME],[FORMDEFEVENTS],[FORMDEFSTYLES],[LOCKEDBY],[LOCKEDON],[ISANONYMOUS],[FORMURL],[FORMGLOBALCSS],[TRACKCHANGES]) VALUES('9eca3ad8-fc64-4e79-a724-c9c85441df30','RRS-MyMobileForm-09May2023','%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22objectx%22%20style%3D%22display%3A%20none%3B%2m hdnformbackground="">
  <field id="img1" type="img" value="/images/FormImages/9eca3ad8-fc64-4e79-a724-c9c85441df30/Smiley-Rating-OhMyGod-Hurray.jpg" />
  <field id="textFirstName" type="text" value="" />
  <field id="textMiddleName" type="text" value="" />
  <field id="textLastName" type="text" value="" />
  <field id="label1" type="label" value="Select DATABASE any one" />
  <field id="select1" type="select" value="" values="" />
  <field id="label2" type="label" value="Select DATABASE multiple" />
  <field id="select2" type="select" value="" values="" />
  <field id="label7" type="label" value="Select STATIC any one" />
  <field id="select3" type="select" value="" values="Fish|Apple|Egg|Basket|Degree|Car|Good" />
  <field id="label8" type="label" value="Select STATIC multiple" />
  <field id="select4" type="select" value="" values="Fish|Apple|Egg|Basket|Degree|Car|Good" />
  <field id="label9" type="label" value="Select ROLES any one" />
  <field id="select5" type="select" value="" values="" />
  <field id="label10" type="label" value="Select ROLES multiple" />
  <field id="select6" type="select" value="" values="" />
  <field id="label11" type="label" value="Select LOOKUP any one" />
  <field id="select7" type="select" value="" values="" />
  <field id="label12" type="label" value="Select LOOKUP multiple" />
  <field id="select8" type="select" value="" values="" />
  <field id="label3" type="label" value="Current Date" />
  <field id="date1" type="date" value="" />
  <field id="label4" type="label" value="Your social media presence" />
  <field id="checkbox1" type="checkbox" value="" values="Facebook,1|Instagram,2|Twitter,3" />
  <field id="label5" type="label" value="Subscribe Newsletter" />
  <field id="radio1" type="radio" value="" values="Yes,1|No,2" />
  <field id="label6" type="label" value="Upload Profile Picture" />
  <field id="file1" type="file" value="" />
  <field id="label13" type="label" value="Your Signature" />
  <field id="signature1" type="signature" value="" />
  <field id="Htmltable1" type="table" value="" />
  <field id="subform1" type="subform" value="" />
  <fieldset id="subform1" value="0" formDefID="ee22b25a-cbf2-44cc-9b11-49a7354066fd" gridForm="false" header="true" name="subform1">
    <field id="subform1_label1" type="label" value="Service Rating between 1 and 10" />
    <field id="subform1_text1ServiceRating" type="text" value="" datatype="number" />
    <formWidget id="subform1_submitform1form" value="" type="submitform">
      <field id="subform1_submitform1btnSave" type="button" value="Submit" />
    </formWidget>
    <formWidget id="subform1_formapproval1form" value="" type="formapproval">
      <field id="subform1_formapproval1btnCompleteTask" type="button" value="Complete Task" />
      <field id="subform1_formapproval1btnRejectTask" type="button" value="Reject Task" />
    </formWidget>
  </fieldset>
  <formWidget id="submitform1form" value="" type="submitform">
    <field id="submitform1btnSave" type="button" value="Submit" />
  </formWidget>
</deForm>','35635c17-06b5-455b-a1e6-51507c1e971f','2023-06-23T08:56:12','35635c17-06b5-455b-a1e6-51507c1e971f','2023-06-24T09:14:48',null,'FormData_RRS_MobileFormDT','{"deFormEvents":{"FormControl":[]}}',null,'35635c17-06b5-455b-a1e6-51507c1e971f','2023-06-24T09:14:48','False',null,null,'False')