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Araxis PMdiff 4.6 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0
Release Notes - 15 January 1998
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IMPORTANT NOTES
Do you have the latest version of PMdiff? Check the Araxis
Web site (http://www.araxis.com/) to make sure.
You can order copies of PMdiff on-line. See the PMdiff home page
(http://www.araxis.com/html/pmdiff.html) for further details.
PMdiff 4.6 is a fully 32 bit multithreaded application. It is
intended for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
PMdiff will NOT run on Windows 3.x, Win32s, or Windows NT 3.51
or earlier.
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INTRODUCTION
PMdiff is a visual file comparison application. It works the
way you work. Visually. Files are displayed side by side.
Differences are highlighted and lines are drawn showing how
the files are related.
PMdiff allows you to select individual changes between two
versions of a file, and save the resulting merged file.
PMdiff is highly configurable. Fonts and colours and other
settings can be altered to show changes in a way that suits
you. Check out the friendly on-line help for details.
PMdiff for Windows 95 and Windows NT lets you compare entire
folder (directory) trees. You can quickly compare all the
files in two different directories that are different. Ideal
for team-working!
PMdiff is available for Microsoft Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0
and IBM OS/2 Warp version 3.0.
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INSTALLATION
Run the installation program, setup.exe, supplied with the
package. You can install from floppy or hard disk.
Alternatively, use the Add/Remove Programs object in the
Control Panel.
Should you wish to uninstall PMdiff, you can use the uninstall
facility available from the Add/Remove Programs object.
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GENERAL NOTES
Two pairs of (small!) sample files are provided with PMdiff.
These are installed to the PMdiff installation directory.
The files are:
hippo1.txt, hippo2.txt
and mary1.txt, mary2.txt
You may wish to try comparing these.
The Araxis Web site now has three full PMdiff tutorials.
Even if you've used PMdiff before, you will probably
benefit from viewing these.
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EVALUATION AND LICENSED VERSIONS
PMdiff exists in evaluation and commercial versions.
The two version are identical, except that the evaluation
version has an enforced 30 day trial period.
You may use the evaluation version freely for up to 30 days.
The current evaluation version will expire on 31st June 1998.
A new evaluation version will be made available on the
Araxis web-site at that time.
If you find PMdiff useful and wish to continue using it after
the 30 day evaluation period then you should purchase the
commercial version.
Purchasing is easy. You can order on-line via the Internet
(see http://www.araxis.com/html/pmdiff.html), by e-mail,
by fax, by phone or by ordinary mail. You can use your
credit card. See 'How to register and receive support' in
the on-line help for more details about registration. You may
like to use the text file orderfrm.txt to help you place your
order.
The use of Araxis PMdiff 4.6 is subject to a license
agreement. See the license.txt file included in this distribution
for full details. The license agreement is also shown during
PMdiff installation.
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WARRANTY
Your attention is drawn to the disclaimer in the on-line help
(see 'Warranty' in the on-line help).
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HISTORY
PMdiff 4.6 Menu keyboard mnemonics now work.
Folder comparison changes:
+ Results are now presented in a proper
expandable/collapsable tree format.
+ A new pattern filter has been added to the
folder comparison options page.
+ Files and folders can be hidden temporarily. This
can be useful for hiding irrelevant files when
conducting a code review.
+ Comparison progress is now displayed in the status
bar.
+ A new filter has been added. It is now possible to
have the file list contain only those files that
match the new filter.
+ Files can now be copied easily from one folder
hierarchy into the right position in another
folder hierarchy.
+ Files can be re-tested after merging to update their
icon states.
A selection bug in the drop-down file and folder
history lists on NT 4.0 has been fixed.
There is a new printing option for file comparison
views. You can now choose to print only those pages
within a comparison that contain changes.
The PMdiff Automation APIs have been enhanced.
A few bug fixes.
PMdiff 4.5 File and folder comparisons can be printed out in
a variety of different ways.
Merged files can be viewed and edited within PMdiff
before saving them.
The file comparison window can be split
horizontally and vertically.
File comparison and folder comparison windows now
have drop-down history lists for file and folder
names.
Text within file comparison windows can be copied
to the clipboard. Keyboard support within the file
comparison windows has been greatly enhanced.
You can search for text within file comparison
windows and (also replace text in) merged files.
Tab expansion within file comparisons is now
performed on-the-fly so you no longer lose tab
characters when saving merged files.
There is now an option to save merged files with
either CR LF or LF line-endings.
Timestamps for files in the folder comparison
window can be toggled on/off. "More recent" files
are marked with a red dot.
Folder comparison windows no longer automatically
start a comparison when they are opened.
You can have more than one folder comparison
window open at a time.
The More Windows... window is now usable.
The PMdiff Automation APIs have been enhanced.
PMdiff 4.0a You can now use the keyboard (as well as the double
arrow scroll bar buttons) to jump to the next and
previous differences. Use Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn.
OLE Automation is now supported. Control PMdiff
from VB, C++ and your favorite office applications!
The PMdiff.tlb file is a type library which can be
used from Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual J++ and
many other languages. See the on-line help for
details about exposed objects and their methods and
properties.
The "Ignore all whitespace" option now causes
PMdiff to ignore different line endings (CR and
CR LF) as well as other whitespace. This is useful
when comparing documents used on both Unix and PC
systems.
Caseless comparisons can now be performed between
files.
"Perform thorough comparison" will now always
perform a thorough comparison even if file sizes
and timestamps don't match.
Folder names can now be specified on the command
line, and they will be compared within the folder
comparison window.
Numerous other user-interface tweaks.
PMdiff 4.0 Major cosmetic make-over. On-line help re-worked to
follow Windows 95 conventions. Network directory
comparison bug on Windows 95 worked-around.
Overview added. New splash bitmap.
PMdiff 3.0 First port to Windows 95 and NT.
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CONTACTING ARAXIS
You can contact us by visiting our Web site
http://www.araxis.com/, or you can send e-mail to one of the
following addresses:
* sales@araxis.com - for sales related enquiries
* suggestions@araxis.com - for suggestions
* bugs@araxis.com - for bug reports
* support@araxis.com - for general support
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TRADEMARKS
PMdiff and Araxis are trademarks of Araxis Ltd. Microsoft,
Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 95 are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. OS/2 and IBM are trademarks of IBM
Corporation. Unix is a trademark of The Open Group. All
other trademarks are acknowledged.
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Jason Shannon and Daniel Neades, PMdiff team, Araxis Ltd