Complete the following steps to configure text comparison for recovered project (.lvproj, project library (.lvlib, XControl (.xctl, and LabVIEW class (.lvclass files.

Note If LabVIEW automatically recovers one of the previously listed file types before you configure text comparison, LabVIEW disables the Compare Backup with Original button in the Select Files to Recover window.
  1. In the LabVIEW Data directory, create a new text file called LVAutoSave_Text_Compare.txt.
  2. Use format specifier syntax to enter a string that calls the third-party text comparison software that you want to use to compare recovered files. Enter the path to the text comparison executable within quotation marks, then enter the string "%s" "%s". On Windows, for example, if you want to call a program located on the C:\ drive, enter the following text, where xxx represents the name of the executable to use for text comparison. "C:\\Program Files\\ Folder Name \\ xxx.exe" "%s" "%s"
  3. Do not enter any other text or make any carriage returns. Save LVAutoSave_Text_Compare.txt and close the file.