SourceSafe Options Dialog Box, Difference Tab (Explorer)

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Allows you to specify global options for viewing differences between files or projects. These options are reflected in the Difference Options and Project Difference dialog boxes, in which some of the global settings can be adjusted for particular circumstances.

Dialog Box Access

In Visual SourceSafe Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Options, then Difference.

  • Background
    Specifies the background color for a selected item. See Colors for foreground defaults.

  • Colors
    Specifies the items that appear in the difference viewer. Possible options are:

    • Standard Text; defaults black foreground and white background

    • Unchanged lines; defaults black foreground and gray background

    • Inserted lines; defaults green foreground and gray background

    • Deleted lines; defaults red foreground and gray background

    • Changed lines; defaults blue foreground and gray background

    • Difference Filler lines; defaults red foreground and gray background

    • Source Conflict Box; default green foreground

    • New Conflict Box; default blue foreground

    • Unresolved Conflict Box; default red foreground

    • Resolved (both) Conflict Box; default black foreground

  • Font
    Specifies the font that is used for the selected item. The current font, size, and style are displayed. Click Modify to change the font.
  • Foreground
    Specifies the foreground color for a selected item. See Colors for foreground defaults.
  • Ignore white space differences when merging files
    Specifies whether differences in white space are ignored when merging two files. White space includes tab and space characters.
  • Modify
    Brings up a standard Windows dialog box that allows you to change the font for the selected item.
  • Reset
    Resets all values on this tab to their defaults.
  • Sample
    Shows the colors and font for the selected item.
  • Show line numbers
    Specifies whether line numbers are to be displayed in the difference viewer.
  • Tabstop width
    Specifies the number of spaces equivalent to each tab stop.

See Also

Reference

Difference Options Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)
Project Difference Dialog Box (Explorer and Plug-in)

Other Resources

Visual SourceSafe User Interface Reference