Preflight Profile versions
As a user, you are probably not aware of the version of your Preflight Profiles - and in most
cases, it doesn't matter. However, when comparing Preflight Profiles, the version number does
matter, as different versions by default result in a mismatch, regardless of the contents of the
Profiles.
The version number is not displayed anywhere in the Profile, but it's easy to find out the
version of your Preflight Profile:
- Version 3 Profiles are Preflight Profiles that do not have any restrictions defined
in the SETUP > Restrictions category. This can be "old" Preflight
Profiles (created with PitStop 11 or 12) or "new" Preflight Profiles created with PitStop 13
or later.
- Version 4 Profiles are Preflight Profiles that do have at least one restriction
defined in the SETUP > Restrictions category. These restrictions do not
have to be used in one of the CHECK ON: categories; it's enough to have
them defined.
Note:
- If you remove the restrictions from a version 4 Profile, it's downgraded automatically to
a version 3 Profile.
- Version 1 and 2 Profiles exist as well. Version 1 Profiles are the oldest Profiles shipped
with the first versions of PitStop Pro, but they are no longer in
use. Version 2 Profiles are created with PitStop 10 or earlier and still supported, but they
cannot be compared to more recent Profile versions.
Comparing version 3 to version 4 Profiles (and vice versa)
When comparing Preflight Profiles, the enabled checks in the Preflight Profile attached to the
PDF are compared to the checks in the Preflight Profiles included in the Preflight Profile
Compare Configuration concerned. If restrictions were set (enabled!), they are taken into
account as well.
However, if version 3 Profiles are compared to version 4 Profiles, PitStop is not able to
perform a comparison. Even if the checks are completely the same, if the version is different,
they will be considered "not equal".
| Preflight Profile attached to the PDF |
Preflight Profile in the configuration |
Issues? |
| Version 3 |
Version 3 |
No |
| Version 4 |
Version 4 |
No |
| Version 3 |
Version 4 |
Yes |
| Version 4 |
Version 3 |
Yes |
Work-around
To prevent issues due to a version mismatch:
- Duplicate your version 3 Preflight Profiles.
- Edit the duplicates and import a dummy restriction in the SETUP >
Restrictions category. As this restriction is not used, the content is not
important.
- For every version 3 Preflight Profile in a configuration, add the version 4 counterpart to
the configuration as well.
This will solve the problem.
| Preflight Profile attached to the PDF |
Preflight Profile in the configuration |
Issues? |
| Version 3 |
Version 3 |
No |
| Version 4 |
Version 4 |
No |
| Version 3 |
Version 3 + Version 4 |
No |
| Version 4 |
Version 3 + Version 4 |
No |