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  1. /-------------------------------------------------------------------\
  2. | Beyond Compare Version History - 1.0 through 1.5                  |
  3. |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  4. |                                                                   |
  5. | 09Nov97   V1.5c:  New "older than..." display filter, color code. |
  6. |           Added optional "legend" to main window.  New "collapse  |
  7. |           all" complement to "expand all".  "Expand from here" in |
  8. |           context menu.  Just Differences option now "sticks"     |
  9. |           between file views.  Optional normal select for "find   |
  10. |           next diff".  Disallow focus on horizontal scrollbar so  |
  11. |           keystrokes go to listbox.  When reactivated, File Viewer|
  12. |           senses change to file on disk and prompts for reload.   |
  13. |           On reload, File Viewer attempts to return to same spot. |
  14. |           Quick Compare produces a report even if all files match.|
  15. |           Reverse change in 1.5a concerning single click selection|
  16. |           of directories in Select Base Folders.  Modified toolbar|
  17. |           icons.  Fix status display for disk free space > 2GB.   |
  18. |                                                                   |
  19. | 19Oct97   V1.5b:  Support OpenWith from within default viewer.    |
  20. |           Support filename, line number parameters in Open With.  |
  21. |           Show error message if OpenWith app not found.  Lengthen |
  22. |           horizontal scrollbar in file viewer.  Left,    right arrow |
  23. |           keys scroll viewer horizontally.  Fix remaining "List   |
  24. |           index out of bounds" problem when collapsing subfolder. |
  25. |           Do not auto-create Select Base Folders dialog.  Support |
  26. |           ampersands in registration data (About box).  Clarify   |
  27. |           "Ignore Whitespace" option.  Improve command line       |
  28. |           processing.  Change mailbag.com to scootersoftware.com. |
  29. |           Change default colors from purple to blue.  New icon.   |
  30. |           Change email to web URL in About box.                   |
  31. |                                                                   |
  32. | 13Sep97   V1.5a:  Rewrite of text viewer code.  Eliminate 64KB    |
  33. |           limitation in 16-bit code.  Delineate text differences  |
  34. |           and missing text.  Add support for "plugin" viewers and |
  35. |           "open with" external apps (such as user's text editors).|
  36. |           Add "find", "goto line", "save", "save as" and "refresh"|
  37. |           functions to file viewer.  Next/Previous Difference     |
  38. |           feature now sets current line.  Files now closed during |
  39. |           comparison.  Improve error handling while saving files. |
  40. |           Make "backup before save" optional.  Improved Delphi    |
  41. |           form file (.DFM) display.  Allow DFM file editing.  Add |
  42. |           new Differences Report option.                          |
  43. |           Minimizing viewer minimizes program.  Dbl-click selects |
  44. |           entire section of mismatched text.  Separate options    |
  45. |           dialogs for main window, viewers.  Redesign menus.  Menu|
  46. |           and listbox headers are no longer optional.  Add "older"|
  47. |           and "newer" display filters.  Make confirm copy dialog  |
  48. |           optional.  Store datestamps in 64-bit UNC format to     |
  49. |           avoid rounding discrepancies (32 bit only).  Add        |
  50. |           2-second tolerance option for comparing timestamps.     |
  51. |           Use Windows95's shell file copy.  Added "All" option for|
  52. |           copying over readonly files.  Fixed (yet again!)        |
  53. |           positioning of Delete dialog.  Handle file open errors  |
  54. |           during Quick Compare.  Fixed problem with creating      |
  55. |           backups of files with no extensions.  Fixed problem with|
  56. |           Select Folder dialog over initially maximized window.   |
  57. |           Select directories with single click in Select Folder   |
  58. |           dialog.  Command line processing now works under Windows|
  59. |           NT.  Individual files on command line calls File Viewer |
  60. |           directly.  Fixed one "List index out of bounds" error.  |
  61. |                                                                   |
  62. |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  63. |                                                                   |
  64. | 21May97   V1.4c:  Improve security in delete confirmation.  Keep  |
  65. |           files selected if copy/delete operation cancelled.      |
  66. |           Fixed sluggish behaviour with long directory lists.     |
  67. |           Added Ctrl/RightArrow, Ctrl/LeftArrow shortcuts for     |
  68. |           copying files.  Added "Notepad" to file options.        |
  69. |                                                                   |
  70. | 10May97   V1.4b:  Fixed bug with delete confirmation dialog       |
  71. |           positioning off-screen.  Eliminated directory list      |
  72. |           repositioning after copy operations.  Fixed obscure     |
  73. |           bug concerning duplicated directory entries.            |
  74. |                                                                   |
  75. | 04May97   V1.4a:  Complete rewrite of directory comparison.       |
  76. |           Subdirectory processing.  Quick compare now overrides   |
  77. |           directory entry comparisons.  Quick compare optionally  |
  78. |           ignores line termination differences in text files (Unix|
  79. |           vs MSDOS files).  Fixed bug concerning certain long     |
  80. |           filename file copies.  Filenames are now displayed in   |
  81. |           upper/lower case (like Windows Explorer). Shows system  |
  82. |           as well as hidden files and displays file attributes.   |
  83. |           Also, displays hidden subdirectories in the "select     |
  84. |           directories" dialog.  New "mismatched doubles" button   |
  85. |           shows only mismatched files that are on both panes.  New|
  86. |           button toggles the "backup before copy" function.  Esc  |
  87. |           key no longer closes main window.  Viewer window        |
  88. |           supports copy to clipboard.                             |
  89. |                                                                   |
  90. |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  91. |                                                                   |
  92. | 05Mar97   V1.3c:  Now supports Unix-style text files (lines       |
  93. |           terminated by linefeed only).  Add option to show hidden|
  94. |           files.  Fixed directory selection bug.                  |
  95. |                                                                   |
  96. | 15Feb97   V1.3b:  Add Reset Defaults to Sync Algorithm properties,|
  97. |           fix tab order.  Viewer now prompts for saving each file |
  98. |           separately.  Expand Ignore Columns feature to Starting  |
  99. |           Column/Ending Column.  Improve text compare algorithm.  |
  100. |           Speed up right-click selection on long files.  Add      |
  101. |           progress/cancel dialog for long text compares.          |
  102. |                                                                   |
  103. | 14Jan97   V1.3a:  Sync Algorithm Properties for greater control   |
  104. |           over text synchronization: Min Match, Skew Tolerance and|
  105. |           Ignore Whitespace options.                              |
  106. |                                                                   |
  107. |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  108. |                                                                   |
  109. | 12Jan97   V1.2e:  Improve viewer handling of out-of-memory errors.|
  110. |           Expand capacity of viewer to 32,500 lines.  Fixed bug in|
  111. |           single-side viewing.  Recognize eof marks (ctrl/Z).     |
  112. |                                                                   |
  113. | 06Jan97   V1.2d:  Expand capacity of viewer (32 bit only) to      |
  114. |           10,000 lines.  Add "ignore cols" feature to ignore COBOL|
  115. |           style line numbers.                                     |
  116. |                                                                   |
  117. | 03Jan97   V1.2c:  Expand capacity of viewer (32 bit only) from    |
  118. |           200,000 bytes to 20,000,000 bytes (or available virtual |
  119. |           memory).  Match buffer allocations to size of files.    |
  120. |                                                                   |
  121. | 05Dec96   V1.2b:  Minor changes to startup code, viewer close     |
  122. |           code.  Fix bug with copying over readonly files.        |
  123. |                                                                   |
  124. | 01Dec96   V1.2a:  New feature - viewer window supports copying or |
  125. |           deleting specific lines of text.  Add *.* shortcut      |
  126. |           button to Select Directories dialog.  Fix problem with  |
  127. |           overwriting backup files.  Allow copying, deleting      |
  128. |           readonly files.                                         |
  129. |                                                                   |
  130. |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  131. |                                                                   |
  132. | 25Nov96   V1.1e:  Allow for long filenames in directory display.  |
  133. |                                                                   |
  134. | 24Nov96   V1.1d:  Fixed problem with excessive checking of free   |
  135. |           disk space.  Eliminate display of negative value for    |
  136. |           free space over 2GB.  Fixed bug in 32-bit version: files|
  137. |           were opened ReadWrite/NoShare.  Improved horizonal      |
  138. |           scrolling.  Added support for directories on the command|
  139. |           line.                                                   |
  140. |                                                                   |
  141. | 16Nov96   V1.1c:  Add status bar to directory window w/summary    |
  142. |           info.  Fix scrolling problem with Select Newer.  Add    |
  143. |           Select Newer to menu.                                   |
  144. |                                                                   |
  145. | 11Nov96   V1.1b:  Make file backups optional.  Add progress/cancel|
  146. |           dialogs for copy, delete operations.  Add "Select Newer"|
  147. |           function.                                               |
  148. |                                                                   |
  149. | 10Nov96   V1.1a:  Some code optimization.  Eliminate THeader      |
  150. |           components.  Change toolbar, headers to "Win95" style.  |
  151. |           Handle non-visible characters in viewer, eliminating    |
  152. |           "binary file - cannot view" restriction.  Add new       |
  153. |           "sync-it-yourself" feature.  Use same registration ID   |
  154. |           for 16 & 32 bit versions.                               |
  155. |                                                                   |
  156. |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  157. |                                                                   |
  158. | 03Oct96   V1.0h:  Extend width of file size field.  Add directory |
  159. |           comparison report printing.                             |
  160. |                                                                   |
  161. | 28Sep96   V1.0g:  Fix bug in viewer window right-click support.   |
  162. |           Fix horizontal scrolling of really long lines.  Fix     |
  163. |           command line session selection for Win95 long directory |
  164. |           names.  Open files ReadOnly/Share.  Minor ToolbarConfig |
  165. |           improvements.                                           |
  166. |                                                                   |
  167. | 14Sep96   V1.0f:  Allow session selection on command line.  Change|
  168. |           default directory font to non-bold.  Change default     |
  169. |           viewer window to 640x480.  Improve viewer response to   |
  170. |           binary files.  Increase capacities in 32-bit version.   |
  171. |           Speed up single-sided text viewing.                     |
  172. |                                                                   |
  173. | 14Aug96   V1.0e:  Added "link" support to compare files with      |
  174. |           different names.  Change session "Save"/"Remove"        |
  175. |           handling to mimic Windows' screen color scheme handling.|
  176. |           Create certain dialogs as needed rather than auto-create|
  177. |           them.                                                   |
  178. |                                                                   |
  179. | 06Aug96   V1.0d:  Minor help file editing.  Added "last chance"   |
  180. |           messages to nag screen.  Fixed bug where files that     |
  181. |           mismatch only on size do not show with "Mismatch Only"  |
  182. |           view selection.                                         |
  183. |                                                                   |
  184. | 21Jul96   V1.0c:  Minor help file editing.  Change name of program|
  185. |           from BC16/BC32 to BEYOND16/BEYOND32 to avoid possible   |
  186. |           confusion with Borland C compiler products.             |
  187. |                                                                   |
  188. | 14Jul96   V1.0b:  "Hot match" support improves text matching      |
  189. |           algorithm.  Added SelectAll functionality.  Added       |
  190. |           BeginUpdate/EndUpdate to improve listbox performance.   |
  191. |                                                                   |
  192. | 26Jun96   V1.0a:  Includes context-sensitive help file,           |
  193. |           registration process, shared code for 16 & 32 bit       |
  194. |           versions.                                               |
  195. |                                                                   |
  196. \-------------------------------------------------------------------/
  197.