Use the TestStand File Diff and Merge utility to compare and merge non-type differences among two or three sequence files and compare type differences among two sequence files or type palette files You can launch this utility in the following ways:

• (Windows 8.1) Click the NI Launcher tile on the Start screen and select TestStand»Tools»TestStand File Diff and Merge Utility .
• (Windows 10 or 7) Select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»TestStand Shared»TestStand File Diff and Merge Utility .
• Run <TestStand> \Bin\FileDiffer.exe .

In the Sequence Editor, you can select the Edit»Diff Sequence File Against and Edit»Diff Against Saved Version menu options to launch the TestStand File Diff and Merge Utility to compare an opened sequence file to a file on disk.

The Select Files dialog box launches when you launch the utility. Use the Diff tab of the Select Files dialog box to specify two sequence files or type palette files you want to compare. Use the Merge tab to specify three sequence files you want to compare—a base file from which modified versions originate and two modified versions—and a fourth sequence file to become the resulting merged file to create.

Click the Options button in the Select Files dialog box to launch the File Differ Options dialog box, in which you can configure settings for the utility, including options for loading and automatically merging types, managing type conflict resolution, and so on.

When you specify files to compare in the Select Files dialog box and click OK , the utility launches the main window, which contains the following information:

• File List —The specified files you are comparing and a count of changes, insertions, and deletions for each file.
• Differences Table —Displays the differences grouped by sequences, file global variables, file properties, and types for each specified file.
• Filters Tab —Hide properties with no differences in the Differences window.