Before you export or archive a module, you can create a checksum validation package for
it. If you later import or restore the module, you can compare the checksum validation record with
the imported or restored module. The comparison is helpful to identify changes to the text or other
attribute values in the selected views.
About this task
The checksum feature generates XML files and stores them in a compressed package with a .zip
extension. The checksum package identifies a module name, description, and location. The package
also lists selected views for the module and the object attributes that are used in those views.
The generated output does not reference links, OLE objects, images, and baselines. The validation
compares textual content, but not rich text formatting.
Note: If you create an archive for checksum validation, do not use special characters or
non-English-language characters in name of the archive file. The checksum feature cannot compare
modules that are restored from archives that include special characters in the file name.