# Compare windows?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575 "2016-04-25T16:11:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![kentday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kentday](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kentday)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575/1 "2016-04-25T16:11:12Z")

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I am looking for a way to find differences between windows. Is there a tool that can scan the code for two windows and display all differences?

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**Author:** ![Corne\_de\_Jonge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/corne_de_jonge/32/46823_2.png) [@Corne\_de\_Jonge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Corne_de_Jonge)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575/2 "2022-07-14T13:43:27Z")

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Hi,

I’m interested if (six years later) anyone has got a good idea yet for comparing two windows.  
Especially comparing the ‘override’ window with the parent project and see if there are any diffences.

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**Author:** ![louagejasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/louagejasper/32/86311_2.png) [@louagejasper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/louagejasper)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575/3 "2022-07-14T14:10:05Z")

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Perspective or Vision? A Perspective view comparison is pretty simple in VSCode.

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**Author:** ![Corne\_de\_Jonge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/corne_de_jonge/32/46823_2.png) [@Corne\_de\_Jonge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Corne_de_Jonge)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575/4 "2022-07-14T14:22:16Z")

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In my case Vision. Forgot to mention indeed.

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**Author:** ![louagejasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/louagejasper/32/86311_2.png) [@louagejasper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/louagejasper)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575/5 "2022-07-14T14:33:29Z")

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Ok, no clue in Vision how to do it.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575/6 "2022-07-14T14:42:01Z")

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In the designer tree, shift-right-click on the window, then select “Copy XML to clipboard”. Paste into your favorite editor and save to a file. Repeat for the other project. Use your favorite editor’s diff or command line diff to see.

If any differences, you will have to look very closely. The XML format is very non-human-friendly.

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**Author:** ![Corne\_de\_Jonge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/corne_de_jonge/32/46823_2.png) [@Corne\_de\_Jonge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Corne_de_Jonge)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compare-windows/11575/7 "2022-07-14T15:22:38Z")

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Well that’s one way indeed. Thanks will try to see if I can use that.  
Wish they would add a feature to see if a override resource is identical and if not which components / scripts differ…