Beyond Compare 3.1.0.10168

Beyond Compare 3.1.0.10168 | 4.95 MB

Beyond Compare is a utility for comparing things. Things like text files, folders, zip archives, FTP sites, etc. Use it to manage source code, keep folders in sync, compare program output, and validate CD copies

Beyond Compare is a useful and reliable utility that will help you compare and synchronize your files and folders.

Although there is support for automatic functions, the main goal of Beyond Compare is to help you analyze differences in detail, and carefully reconcile them. It commands a wide range of file and text operations.

Beyond Compare distinguishes the information it compares as either files or folders. Beyond Compare is not limited to comparing folders and files on its host computer. It can compare folders and files over a network connection or via FTP.

In the context of Beyond Compare, folder-like files, such as ZIP files and CAB archives, are considered folders as well.

Beyond Compare can also create a folder-like file called a "snapshot." Snapshots are a picture of a folder's contents at a particular time, but snapshots do not show the actual contents of the folder's files.

Beyond Compare's major components are a side-by-side Folder Viewer and a side-by-side File Viewer.

Key features 

· compare text files

· compare folders, zip archives, ftp sites

· update websites

· merge code changes

· compare program output.

What's New

· Notable Changes

· Data Compare now supports modifying delimited and fixed width files.

· Added support for third-party BC v2 plugins.

· Added support for zip archives with Unicode filenames, AES encryption, and

· files larger than 2GB.

· Added support for comparing over HTTP.

· Added support for comparing RPM files (Linux only).

· Added support for creating and modifying .gz and .tar.gz files.

· Fixed excessive "Refreshing..." step before large file operations or those

· on slow connections.

· Archives

· Added support for AES zip encryption.

· Added support for 64-bit zips.

· Added support for storing Unicode filenames in zips.

· Added support for creating and modifying .gz and .tar.gz files.

· Added support for .tar files containing files with paths longer than 100

· characters.

· Added support for CRC32s and file sizes in .gz archives (not .tar.gz).

· Added support for changing Unix owner/group and mode in .tar and .tar.gz

· files.

· Gzipped files that don't include a filename now use the archive's name

· (without .gz) instead of "Unknown".

· Deleting a folder containing files in a zip no longer saves the archive

· multiple times.

· Improved error handling when trying to add files to an archive.

· Fixed crash creating a zip within a zip using the "New Folder" command.

· Fixed crash when saving a snapshot that includes CRCs or exe version

· information and excludes filtered items.

· Fixed support for opening snapshot files where the original source path

· had extended characters.

· Fixed crash after failing to modify a zip.

· Fixed cancelling a save snapshot operation when "Items excluded by file

· filters" is checked or disabled.

· Fixed .tar/.tgz support for extracting files where the target filename is

· longer than 260 characters.

· Fixed crash when using "Copy to Folder" to create a new zip.

· Command Line

· Data Compare

· Added support for modifying delimited and fixed width files.

· Added auto-detecting the pipe (|) character as a delimiter.

· Added support for showing character differences within a cell.

· Added "Decimal Separator" format setting.

· Replaced "Trim leading and trailing whitespace" setting with "Treat

· surrounding whitespace as part of delimiter".

· Improved number handling for 1000s separator, converting (###) to -###,

· and handling currency symbols.

· Fixed crash when changing columns while columns are hidden and the view is

· scrolled to the right.

· Fixed crash when editing the "Other delimiter" file format field.

· Fixed changing the "Trim leading and trailing whitespace" option to

· refresh the comparison.

· Fixed scrollbars so they're disabled if the display is empty.

· File Formats

· Added "Indentation" grammar item to "Python Scripts" format to make

· leading whitespace important.

· File Views

· Added support for third-party BC v2 plugins.

· Added support for comparing over HTTP.

· Added "New File" command to empty the contents of the current pane.

· Added "Go to next difference after copying section" option.

· Added [Ctrl+Shift+V] as the default shortcut for "Open Clipboard".

· "Recompare Files" can now be shown on the toolbar.

· Improved Find dialog's handling of search sides.

· Improved error handling when only one side of the comparison has an error.

· Fixed "Access Denied" error when trying to save in a folder that allows

· modifying a file but does not allow creating new ones.

· Fixed opening a child view in a new window so if that view is already open

· it brings it to the front instead of opening a new view.

· Fixed crash when closing file views.

· Fixed Load button so it tries to reload files that failed to load

· previously.

· Folder Compare

· Merged "Compare in New View Using" and "Open With" menus and added "Open

· With Associated Application" command.

· Fixed excessive "Refreshing..." step before large file operations or those

· on slow connections.

· Creating a folder or copying/moving a file that only has a short (8.3)

· name into a folder containing a file with a matching short name but

· different long name is now detected and the existing file's short name is

· changed to remove the conflict.

· Failed content comparisons now clear any previous comparison results for a

· particular pair of files.

· Expand All followed by a Collapse All now cancels the expansion but

· continues to build the comparison.

· Added vertical scrollbar to operation error dialog

· Fixed error messages so they include file paths.

· Fixed binary comparisons to treat read errors as an unknown comparison

· instead of a binary difference.

· Fixed support for changing folder timestamps on Vista.

· Fixed "Touch" and "Attributes" commands not respecting the "Disable

· editing" session setting.

· Fixed deleting a folder that contains filtered items so if the entire

· folder is deleted to the recycle bin, it's moved as one item instead of

· all of the contents individually.

· Fixed crash when closing the "File Operation Error" dialog after the

· progress panel has been closed automatically.

· Fixed hang when counting files/folders after building them as part of a

· large file operation.

· Fixed refreshing so it re-sorts the display if one of the sides takes

· longer than 5 seconds to finish.

· Fixed crash when closing a Folder Compare/Sync while a file view has a

· "Files changed, Reload?" prompt open.

· Fixed display of SUID, SGID, and sticky bits in Unix permissions.

· Fixed support for copying .pst files from network storage devices failing

· with "The request is not supported" errors.

· Fixed support for detecting locked .pst files when copying to an FTP site

· or archive.

· Fixed support for regular expression renames using '^' or '$' as the "Old

· Mask" to add a prefix or suffix to a file.

· Folder Sync

· FTP

· Added support for PASV replies from Microsoft FTP Service that don't

· include a trailing parenthesis "Entering Passive Mode (100,1,1,1,23,45".

· Opening a file view for a pair of files that are waiting for a background

· content comparison now downloads the files immediately.

· Improved behavior when the control channel times out during a successful

· download.

· Added support for detecting incorrectly resumed file transfers. Fixes

· issue with duplicate file contents when downloading from sbftp.

· Loading an SFTP or FTPS path in the Standard edition now shows a message

· about upgrading to the Professional edition.

· SSL session is now reused between data and control connections. Fixes

· support for vsftpd 2.1.0.

· Fixed "Touch local files when copying to an FTP site" setting incorrect

· timestamps when the destination's parent folder was created as part of the

· copy.

· Fixed SFTP support for VanDyke VShell 3.0 (broken in 3.0.15).

· Fixed crash following a dropped FTP connection when comparing file

· contents or copying between FTP sites.

· Fixed support for resume when comparing file contents or copying between

· FTP sites.

· Fixed crash when cancelling FTP transfers.

· Fixed support for editing files on VMS and MVS (z/OS, OS/390) servers.

· Fixed support for VxWorks and Windows CE FTP servers.

· Fixed crash when rapidly using Full Refresh (Ctrl+F5).

· Hex Compare

· Removed "Open Clipboard" command.

· Fixed hang when searching on an empty side.

· Home View

· Session settings page control is now resizeable.

· Improved appearance after resizing.

· Fixed crash when the session tree doesn't have a selection.

· Fixed crash when rearranging sessions using drag and drop.

· Fixed dragging a folder to preserve the lock icons on its contents.

· Linux

· Added support for comparing RPM files.

· Added a "Show Hidden Items" context menu to "Browse for Folder" dialog.

· Fixed permissions when modifying a file via a symlink.

· Fixed Nautilus context menu support for fully qualified paths.

· Fixed "Check For Updates" dialog so it uses the http_proxy environmental

· variable.

· Fixed crash when saving an HTML folder compare report.

· Misc

· Windows 7 taskbar will now show all view tabs. Live preview is not

· supported.

· Improved warning when persistent settings corruption detected on startup.

· Double clicking on a tab's close button no longer creates a new tab.

· Added icons for shell extension's "Merge" and "Sync" commands when shown

· in a submenu.

· Fixed various crashes during shutdown.

· Fixed crash when trying to load a path that doesn't exist and one of the

· parent folders is a non-archive file.

· Fixed display of dual-platform licenses in About dialog.

· Fixed crash when creating a session view window.

· Fixed crash in "Browse For Folder" dialog when expanding a folder that

· isn't available.

· Fixed session dropdown so it adjusts its size to handle larger fonts.

· Fixed position of "Additional file formats" URL in File Formats dialog.

· Fixed character encoding dropdowns so they no longer reset a saved

· codepage if it doesn't exist on the current system.

· Update About logo to say "Version 3" rather than "Version 3.0".

· Fixed shell extension's "Select Left File/Folder" text when switching

· between selecting a file and a folder.

· Registration dialog now closes after entering a reset key.

· MP3 Compare

· Added support for showing character differences within a tag.

· Tag names are no longer colored red for lines with differences in the tag

· value.

· "Simple Data (ID3v1)", "Advanced Tag (ID3v2.3)", and "Audio" lines are

· only colored red if they're collapsed and contain differences.

· Removed "Open Clipboard" command.

· Fixed playback of files longer than 3:37.

· Fixed "Swap Sides" so it updates the display filter.

· Options

· Added "Available session types" option to control which sessions types

· appear in the menus and Home view and are used for file format matching.

· Picture Compare

· Fixed crashes when loading invalid images.

· Fixed appearance of "Replacements" page.

· Reports

· Fixed persistance of "Page breaks between reports" option.

· Scripting

· Scripts now set the DOS error level if a fatal error occurs.

· Including '...' at the end of an EXPAND command will now expand all of the

· named folder's subfolders. Eg: "EXPAND Documents..."

· Fixed crash when generating file reports for files on unavailable drive

· letters.

· Fixed crash when "Close when finished" is checked and the script involves

· background content comparisons against an FTP site.

· Sessions

· Added "Clear Session" command that clears both sides of the comparison and

· switches session settings to the defaults.

· Fixed Session Settings dialog's "Last modified" text so it's visible after

· resizing.

· Source Control

· Fixed crashes when using Perforce, Seapine Surround, or Serena Change

· Manager integration.

· Fixed ClearCase crash when comparing files with paths longer than 260

· characters.

· Text Views

· Added "Compare Selection to Clipboard" command.

· Fixed overwriting a checked in, read-only, or system file in a Text Merge

· session or using the /savetarget= switch so it prompts for confirmation.

· Fixed "Ctrl+Z indicates end of file" option not to insert Ctrl+Z

· characters in the middle of the file when saving.

· Fixed crash when using "Align With" on a multi-line selection.

· Fixed "Next/Prev Difference" to scroll the difference into view if context

· lines are larger than the screen height.

· Fixed undoing a multi-line paste so it doesn't leave the last character of

· the paste.

· Fixed crash when using Select by Word.

· Fixed "Open with Web Browser" support for filenames with extended

· characters.

· Text Compare

· Pasting into a gap now aligns the pasted text with the opposite side.

· Added "Line Endings" conversion submenu.

· Using the "Disable editing" checkbox now forces a save or discard of

· existing edits.

· Pasting text into an empty side is now treated as a paste and realignment

· instead of an "Open Clipboard" request.

· Added "Pasting text in empty pane treated as Open Clipboard" tweak

· Text pasting, typing deletes any selected text, inserts at start of

· selection

· Fixed appearance of "Replacements" page.

· Fixed manual alignment preservation of top and current line positions.

· Fixed "Align Manually" for ranges to handle end of file and trailing

· orphans.

· Text Merge

· "Undo" and "Redo" now work if focused on an input pane.

· Version Compare

· Added support for showing character differences within a field.

· Version names are no longer colored red for lines with differences in the

· value.

· "Fixed Header", "Variable Header", and "File Info" lines are only colored

· red if they're collapsed and contain differences.

· Fixed "Swap Sides" so it updates the display filter.

· Removed "Open Clipboard" command.

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