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Compares two files, then shows you the differences, if any.
Most commonly, the Show Differences command is used before checking in a file to compare your copy of the file to the master copy in Visual SourceSafe. This gives you a list of the changes you have made, which can be helpful for generating your comment.
When you use the Show Differences command on an ASCII text file, Visual SourceSafe displays a color-coded list of line differences between the respective files.
For binary files, Visual SourceSafe identifies differences, but it cannot display the differences.
Note It is also possible to compare two earlier versions of a file to each other or to compare an earlier version to the current version. To do so, select the two versions in the Show History dialog box, and then click Diff.
For More Information For more information about using the VBA Source Control add-in, see Using Source Code Control. For more information about Visual SourceSafe, see the Visual SourceSafe documentation.