Post by thread:[EE:] Windows file compare utility?

I second the nomination for Beyond Compare. I've been using it for years and it has saved me many hours while debugging code that no longer works after making a bunch of changes. BC not only makes it easy to see the differences, but also makes it easy to quickly copy and paste sections of code from one file to another. Steve Rapinchuk William Couture says: >I've been using "Beyond Compare" for source code comparisons. >http://www.scootersoftware.com/ >Don't know if can be told that "lines that start with ' should be >excluded", but it does know how to ignore C comments. >Bill >

At 01:41 PM 12/18/2006, you wrote: >I second the nomination for Beyond Compare. I've been using it for >years and it has saved me many hours while debugging code that no >longer works after making a bunch of changes. BC not only makes it >easy to see the differences, but also makes it easy to quickly copy >and paste sections of code from one file to another. Does anyone have any comments about UltraCompare (from the guy who wrote Ultraedit)? There's a 30-45 day free trial download available. Features of V4.1(from their web page): www.ultraedit.com/index.php?name=Content&pid=34 Ignore options: * Ignore case * Ignore spaces * Ignore blank lines * Line terminator differences * Lines which begin with: <character or string> * Lines which contain: <character or string> * Lines which end with: <character or string> * A defined number of lines at the beginning of file * A defined number of lines at the end of file It's not free, but $29 isn't too bad if it's anything like as good as Ultraedit. The early (~V2.0) version I tried out some time ago did not have all the ignore options, just the first few, IIRC. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" spam_OUTspeffTakeThisOuTinterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com