/-------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Beyond Compare Version History - 1.0 through 1.5 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | 09Nov97 V1.5c: New "older than..." display filter, color code. | | Added optional "legend" to main window. New "collapse | | all" complement to "expand all". "Expand from here" in | | context menu. Just Differences option now "sticks" | | between file views. Optional normal select for "find | | next diff". Disallow focus on horizontal scrollbar so | | keystrokes go to listbox. When reactivated, File Viewer| | senses change to file on disk and prompts for reload. | | On reload, File Viewer attempts to return to same spot. | | Quick Compare produces a report even if all files match.| | Reverse change in 1.5a concerning single click selection| | of directories in Select Base Folders. Modified toolbar| | icons. Fix status display for disk free space > 2GB. | | | | 19Oct97 V1.5b: Support OpenWith from within default viewer. | | Support filename, line number parameters in Open With. | | Show error message if OpenWith app not found. Lengthen | | horizontal scrollbar in file viewer. Left, right arrow | | keys scroll viewer horizontally. Fix remaining "List | | index out of bounds" problem when collapsing subfolder. | | Do not auto-create Select Base Folders dialog. Support | | ampersands in registration data (About box). Clarify | | "Ignore Whitespace" option. Improve command line | | processing. Change mailbag.com to scootersoftware.com. | | Change default colors from purple to blue. New icon. | | Change email to web URL in About box. | | | | 13Sep97 V1.5a: Rewrite of text viewer code. Eliminate 64KB | | limitation in 16-bit code. Delineate text differences | | and missing text. Add support for "plugin" viewers and | | "open with" external apps (such as user's text editors).| | Add "find", "goto line", "save", "save as" and "refresh"| | functions to file viewer. Next/Previous Difference | | feature now sets current line. Files now closed during | | comparison. Improve error handling while saving files. | | Make "backup before save" optional. Improved Delphi | | form file (.DFM) display. Allow DFM file editing. Add | | new Differences Report option. | | Minimizing viewer minimizes program. Dbl-click selects | | entire section of mismatched text. Separate options | | dialogs for main window, viewers. Redesign menus. Menu| | and listbox headers are no longer optional. Add "older"| | and "newer" display filters. Make confirm copy dialog | | optional. Store datestamps in 64-bit UNC format to | | avoid rounding discrepancies (32 bit only). Add | | 2-second tolerance option for comparing timestamps. | | Use Windows95's shell file copy. Added "All" option for| | copying over readonly files. Fixed (yet again!) | | positioning of Delete dialog. Handle file open errors | | during Quick Compare. Fixed problem with creating | | backups of files with no extensions. Fixed problem with| | Select Folder dialog over initially maximized window. | | Select directories with single click in Select Folder | | dialog. Command line processing now works under Windows| | NT. Individual files on command line calls File Viewer | | directly. Fixed one "List index out of bounds" error. | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | 21May97 V1.4c: Improve security in delete confirmation. Keep | | files selected if copy/delete operation cancelled. | | Fixed sluggish behaviour with long directory lists. | | Added Ctrl/RightArrow, Ctrl/LeftArrow shortcuts for | | copying files. Added "Notepad" to file options. | | | | 10May97 V1.4b: Fixed bug with delete confirmation dialog | | positioning off-screen. Eliminated directory list | | repositioning after copy operations. Fixed obscure | | bug concerning duplicated directory entries. | | | | 04May97 V1.4a: Complete rewrite of directory comparison. | | Subdirectory processing. Quick compare now overrides | | directory entry comparisons. Quick compare optionally | | ignores line termination differences in text files (Unix| | vs MSDOS files). Fixed bug concerning certain long | | filename file copies. Filenames are now displayed in | | upper/lower case (like Windows Explorer). Shows system | | as well as hidden files and displays file attributes. | | Also, displays hidden subdirectories in the "select | | directories" dialog. New "mismatched doubles" button | | shows only mismatched files that are on both panes. New| | button toggles the "backup before copy" function. Esc | | key no longer closes main window. Viewer window | | supports copy to clipboard. | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | 05Mar97 V1.3c: Now supports Unix-style text files (lines | | terminated by linefeed only). Add option to show hidden| | files. Fixed directory selection bug. | | | | 15Feb97 V1.3b: Add Reset Defaults to Sync Algorithm properties,| | fix tab order. Viewer now prompts for saving each file | | separately. Expand Ignore Columns feature to Starting | | Column/Ending Column. Improve text compare algorithm. | | Speed up right-click selection on long files. Add | | progress/cancel dialog for long text compares. | | | | 14Jan97 V1.3a: Sync Algorithm Properties for greater control | | over text synchronization: Min Match, Skew Tolerance and| | Ignore Whitespace options. | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | 12Jan97 V1.2e: Improve viewer handling of out-of-memory errors.| | Expand capacity of viewer to 32,500 lines. Fixed bug in| | single-side viewing. Recognize eof marks (ctrl/Z). | | | | 06Jan97 V1.2d: Expand capacity of viewer (32 bit only) to | | 10,000 lines. Add "ignore cols" feature to ignore COBOL| | style line numbers. | | | | 03Jan97 V1.2c: Expand capacity of viewer (32 bit only) from | | 200,000 bytes to 20,000,000 bytes (or available virtual | | memory). Match buffer allocations to size of files. | | | | 05Dec96 V1.2b: Minor changes to startup code, viewer close | | code. Fix bug with copying over readonly files. | | | | 01Dec96 V1.2a: New feature - viewer window supports copying or | | deleting specific lines of text. Add *.* shortcut | | button to Select Directories dialog. Fix problem with | | overwriting backup files. Allow copying, deleting | | readonly files. | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | 25Nov96 V1.1e: Allow for long filenames in directory display. | | | | 24Nov96 V1.1d: Fixed problem with excessive checking of free | | disk space. Eliminate display of negative value for | | free space over 2GB. Fixed bug in 32-bit version: files| | were opened ReadWrite/NoShare. Improved horizonal | | scrolling. Added support for directories on the command| | line. | | | | 16Nov96 V1.1c: Add status bar to directory window w/summary | | info. Fix scrolling problem with Select Newer. Add | | Select Newer to menu. | | | | 11Nov96 V1.1b: Make file backups optional. Add progress/cancel| | dialogs for copy, delete operations. Add "Select Newer"| | function. | | | | 10Nov96 V1.1a: Some code optimization. Eliminate THeader | | components. Change toolbar, headers to "Win95" style. | | Handle non-visible characters in viewer, eliminating | | "binary file - cannot view" restriction. Add new | | "sync-it-yourself" feature. Use same registration ID | | for 16 & 32 bit versions. | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | 03Oct96 V1.0h: Extend width of file size field. Add directory | | comparison report printing. | | | | 28Sep96 V1.0g: Fix bug in viewer window right-click support. | | Fix horizontal scrolling of really long lines. Fix | | command line session selection for Win95 long directory | | names. Open files ReadOnly/Share. Minor ToolbarConfig | | improvements. | | | | 14Sep96 V1.0f: Allow session selection on command line. Change| | default directory font to non-bold. Change default | | viewer window to 640x480. Improve viewer response to | | binary files. Increase capacities in 32-bit version. | | Speed up single-sided text viewing. | | | | 14Aug96 V1.0e: Added "link" support to compare files with | | different names. Change session "Save"/"Remove" | | handling to mimic Windows' screen color scheme handling.| | Create certain dialogs as needed rather than auto-create| | them. | | | | 06Aug96 V1.0d: Minor help file editing. Added "last chance" | | messages to nag screen. Fixed bug where files that | | mismatch only on size do not show with "Mismatch Only" | | view selection. | | | | 21Jul96 V1.0c: Minor help file editing. Change name of program| | from BC16/BC32 to BEYOND16/BEYOND32 to avoid possible | | confusion with Borland C compiler products. | | | | 14Jul96 V1.0b: "Hot match" support improves text matching | | algorithm. Added SelectAll functionality. Added | | BeginUpdate/EndUpdate to improve listbox performance. | | | | 26Jun96 V1.0a: Includes context-sensitive help file, | | registration process, shared code for 16 & 32 bit | | versions. | | | \-------------------------------------------------------------------/