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**CheckChanges(**//filename//**,** //file//**)**

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| **CheckChanges** | Checks the record for changes. |
| //filename// | A string constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression containing the label of the file that is audited. |
| //file// | The label of the FILE being auditied. |

The **CheckChanges **method checks to see if there were any changes made to the columns in the audited file. This method calls the CheckPairs method to compare the before and after field values of the audited file.

**See Also:     **[[beforechange  update audit log file before file change  2.htm|DbChangeManagerBeforeChange]], [[onchange  update audit log file after a record change  2.htm|IDbChangeManagerOnChange]], [[checkpair check field pairs for changes .htm|DbChangeManager.CheckPair]]