Show Differences Command (Tools Menu)
See Also
Compare Files

Compare
Projects

Command Remarks
Compares two items and shows
the differences if any.
This command may be performed
at the file level and project level. You can use Show Differences
command to compare a file/project to any of their own versions or others in a local or
server path.
In Dynamsoft SAW Hosted, you can also perform a
History Diff
or
Label Diff
to compare two earlier versions of items to each other.
For file diff, Dynamsoft SAW
Hosted visually
displays the differences between two mergeable files but only can identify the
differences between binary files.
Dynamsoft SAW Hosted may be configured with an external application for
visual diff on files. This setting is in Tools->Options->External
Programs tab. The default diff utility in Dynamsoft SAW
Hosted is
MergeHero.
For project diff, Dynamsoft SAW
Hosted visually displays the differences in the
Project Difference
dialog box.
Access Rights
Any Dynamsoft SAW Hosted user can use this command.
Dialog Box Items
Source Path
Specifies the source item you want to compare. You can click the Browse
button to navigate to the source path in Local Path or Server Path.
Source Version
- Type: Chooses the source version you want to compare by. There
are three ways to find the version of the source item:
- Version: Specify the version of the source item by version number.
See Select Version.
- Label: Specify the version of the source item by label. See
Find
Label.
- Latest Version: Specify the latest version of the source item.
Target Path
Specifies the target item to which you want to compare the source item.
Target Version
- Type: Chooses the target version you want to compare by.
View Options (Available only for Folder Diff)
- Recursive: Shows the differences for the selected folder and all
its descendants.
- Show items that exist only in source path: Includes files in the
source path only.
- Show items that exist only in target path: Includes files in the
target path only.
- Show items that are different: Includes all files that are in
both places but are different from each other.
- Show items that are the same: Includes files in both places that
are the same from each other.
OK
Opens the Visual Diff window to show the comparison result.
Cancel
Cancels the Show Differences command and closes the dialog box.