· 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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