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Show Differences Command (Tools Menu)

See Also

• Compare Files/Projects
• History Diff Dialog Box
• Label Diff Dialog Box
• Project Difference Dialog Box

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.