Using an External Difference Viewer
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After you succeed in Adding a New Difference Viewer, use the external difference viewer as follows:
- In the IDE, open the file that you want to diff. The file should be open in the Code Editor.
- Open the History Manager by clicking the History tab, which is located in the center of the lower edge of the IDE main window.
- On the History Manager, click the Differences tab, located in the lower part, too.
- Select one revision in the Differences From: list and a second revision in the To: list.
- On the History Manager, locate the button (Show in external difference viewer).
- To load the default external Difference Viewer, click the left-hand side of the button (that is, ).
- (To set an external viewer as the default, select the viewer you want on the Difference Viewer dialog box and click Default. Then click External Viewer as the Preferred Difference Viewer.)
- To display a list of the available external difference viewers, click the down-arrow on the right-hand side of the button. To load a specific viewer, click a viewer from the list.
- To load the default external Difference Viewer, click the left-hand side of the button (that is, ).
If installed correctly, the external Difference Viewer loads immediately.