You can selectively find front panel and block diagram differences when comparing VIs or VI hierarchies. For the block diagram, you can ignore cosmetic differences. A cosmetic change is any change that does not affect the execution of the block diagram. For the front panel, you can ignore position and size changes in objects. Position and size changes include movement of an object from front to back and vice versa.

You also can identify differences in VI attributes, such as settings in the VI Properties dialog box.