Public Function CompareFiles (FilePath1, FilePath2) Dim FS, File1, File2 Set FS = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) If FS.GetFile(FilePath1).Size <> FS.GetFile(FilePath2).Size Then CompareFiles = True Exit Function End If Set File1 = FS.GetFile(FilePath1).OpenAsTextStream(1, 0) Set File2 = FS.GetFile(FilePath2).OpenAsTextStream(1, 0) CompareFiles = False Do While File1.AtEndOfStream = False Str1 = File1.Read(1000) Str2 = File2.Read(1000) CompareFiles = StrComp(Str1, Str2, 0) If CompareFiles <> 0 Then CompareFiles = True Exit Do End If Loop File1.Close() File2.Close() End Function Return value: The function returns 0 or False if the two files are identical, otherwise True. Example: File1 = “C:\countries\apple1.jpg” File2 = “C:\countries\apple3.jpg” If CompareFiles(File1, File2) = False Then MsgBox “Files are identical.” Else MsgBox “Files are different.” End If Source: Mercury Forum’s KB articles
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