home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
c't freeware shareware 2001 January
/
CT_SW0101.ISO
/
pc
/
software
/
office
/
offutils
/
de19e.exe
/
{app}
/
Version.txt
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
2001-03-30
|
26KB
|
374 lines
/-------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Beyond Compare Version History |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| 30Mar01 V1.9e: ENHANCEMENTS -- Widen progress dialog for file |
| operations. Increase capacity of report printing. Add |
| Comparison Info button to toolbar. Add /filedisplay |
| command line switch. |
| BEYOND32.INI SETTINGS -- Use "StandardCRC=1" switch in |
| [Directory Window] to use better CRC formula and output |
| as hex. Use "ODIN=1" in [Directory Window] to improve |
| running under the ODIN Windows emulator. |
| BUG FIXES -- Fix bug concerning /*slash star*/ comments.|
| Fix bug concerning closing File Viewer during line edit.|
| Fix "Cannot change visible" error message when accessing|
| plug-ins from command line. |
| |
| 31Jan01 V1.9d+: BUG FIX -- v1.9c had introduced bug concerning |
| the File Viewer's minimize function. |
| |
| 28Jan01 V1.9d: BUG FIX -- v1.9c had introduced bug concerning |
| "Open With" menu items. |
| BEYOND32.INI SETTINGS -- Add "BWAccents=1" switch in |
| [Directory Window] to print using bold instead of red, |
| and italics instead of blue. |
| |
| 25Jan01 V1.9c: ENHANCEMENTS -- Add "Copy to Multiple Targets" |
| feature. Support OEM character set in File Viewer. Add|
| Close All to File Viewer menu. Add Touch button to |
| toolbar. When producing snapshot, give warning but do |
| not fail on system files such as swap file. Add |
| /rightreadonly and /rules command line switches. |
| Expand /leftreadonly and /rightreadonly switches to |
| suppress certain operations. Recognize filename |
| extensions such as .DFM_Version_xxx as Delphi form |
| files. Support saving changes made to the empty side of|
| a file comparison. |
| BEYOND32.INI SETTINGS -- Add "AvoidStream=1" switch in |
| [Viewer Window] to compare huge files under Win95/98. |
| BUG FIXES -- Fix bug that prevented FileComparisonReport|
| from command line. Fix bug in DifByCol=1 handling. |
| Fix whole word matching bug in Viewer's Find function. |
| Fix folder browsing when path ends with slash. Fix bug |
| concerning the MultiLineComments option. Fix bug |
| concerning comments and trailing whitespace as minor |
| differences. Fix coloration bug in File Differences |
| Report concerning truncated lines. |
| |
| 15Feb00 V1.9b: OUTPUT IMPROVEMENTS -- All new Directory |
| Comparison report and File Differences report handling. |
| Three new report styles. All reports can be saved in |
| HTML with color cues. Replace /difrep command line |
| switch with more flexible /out switch. |
| FILE COMPARE IMPROVEMENTS -- Add ability to ignore |
| differences in first "x" lines of files. Add Select All|
| command to File Viewer. Recognize Windows Menu key in |
| file viewer. Change Line Details default to "enabled". |
| Retain "current line" after Insert operation. |
| OTHER IMPROVEMENTS: Additional keyboard shortcuts: |
| Ctrl+Q Quick Compare and Ctrl+T Touch. Add F1 support |
| to the compare windows. Suppress confirmation when |
| deleting readonly files with /dor /dol command line |
| switches. Option to strip rich-text formatting out of |
| certain file types (by adding "StripRTF=rtf abc def" to |
| [Directory Window] section of Beyond32.ini). Option to |
| handle multi-line comments during Content Comparison (by|
| adding "MultiLineComments=1" to [Directory Window] |
| section of Beyond32.ini). Ignore underscore vs period |
| differences in filenames by adding "UnderscoreDot=1" to |
| [Directory Window] section of Beyond32.ini. Extend |
| evaluation period to days of actual use rather than |
| elapsed days. Allow readonly Beyond32.ini file. |
| Improve Toolbar Configuration dialog. Use startup |
| current directory (rather than program folder) as |
| default path for report output. Refresh timestamp on |
| source file after copy. |
| BUG FIXES -- Fix "Limit Comparison to Certain Columns" |
| (broken in 1.9a). Fix "Go To Line #" (broken in 1.9a). |
| Fix bug concerning loss of maximized state in viewer. |
| Fix bug with backup naming style abc.txt -> ~abc.txt. |
| Use program folder explicitly for help file. Try to |
| solve reported "Stay On Top" problem. |
| |
| 09Jan00 V1.9a: DIRECTORY COMPARE IMPROVEMENTS -- New Move and |
| Modify Readonly commands. Rename function now supports |
| renaming both sides, folders. File Differences Report |
| can be run from main window on multiple files. Display |
| folder timestamps. Add alternate backup naming schemes.|
| New option for case sensitive filenames. New keyboard |
| shortcuts, including Ctrl+R and Ctrl+L for Copy Right, |
| Copy Left commands. Extend Older Than Cutoff feature to|
| support Newer Than option, as well as Today, and This |
| Week buttons. Allow touching readonly files (after |
| confirmation). Sort session choices alphabetically by |
| default (override using SortSessions=0 in Beyond32.ini).|
| Support MRU size other than 9 by adding MRU=x to |
| Beyond32.ini. Change font selection on all forms to |
| explicitly use Windows' "default GUI font", and use same|
| font as Explorer in directory window by default. |
| FILE COMPARE IMPROVEMENTS -- New Insert Left/Right |
| feature. New line details option, supporting line |
| editing. New line numbers option. New bookmark |
| feature. New Remove Readonly command. Support |
| comparison of clipboard contents. You can now drop |
| files on the main window and the File Viewer will open |
| to compare them. Add Whole Word Only option to Find |
| Text. Add Just Selected Block option to File |
| Differences report. Support Ctrl+DblClick to add a |
| mismatched section to current selection. Disable |
| Next/Prev buttons rather than message "difference not |
| found". If external app modifies both files, only |
| prompt once for reload. Option to consider text outside|
| column limits as "minor differences" (SoftColRange=1). |
| Option to display differences by column in viewer |
| (DiffByCol=1). |
| COMMAND LINE OPERATIONS -- Add new switches: |
| /readonly |
| /filter= |
| /display=mismatches |
| /display=matches |
| /display=doubles |
| /display=mismatchdoubles |
| /display=singles |
| /display=older |
| /display=newer |
| /configpath= (override location of .ini file) |
| /configpath=exepath |
| On command line, support comparing file with folder |
| (automatically fill in filename). Suppress "Path not |
| found" error on unattended sync operations, when session|
| exists but base path doesn't. |
| MISC IMPROVEMENTS, BUG FIXES -- Recognize Win2000. Use |
| radio buttons rather than check marks in menus where |
| appropriate. Fix bug that limited session definitions |
| to 255 characters. Fixed problems displaying file and |
| path names containing "&". Fix path handling problem |
| concerning multibyte (Japanese) filenames. Fix display |
| of total bytes when selected files exceed 2GB. Fix |
| problem with File Viewer's Open With command causing |
| viewer window to reposition incorrectly. Fix painting |
| of Legend prompt for large fonts. Fix bottom margin in |
| Quick Compare printout. Modify button icon that was |
| causing ATI Rage video driver to crash WinNT. Improve |
| option to suppress "Files match/do not match" dialog. |
| Speed up switching sessions, particularily when leaving |
| large folder comparison. Added ConfigPath option to |
| Beyond32.net. |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| 16May99 V1.8d: BUG FIXES -- Fixed "Text Within Apostrophes" |
| option. In file viewer, fixed clearing of multi-line |
| selection during right-click. Fixed bug which caused a |
| fault when copying entire folder and overwriting files. |
| Fixed bug concerning trailing backslash in command line |
| paths. Fixed memory leak and speed up content |
| comparison with "Use Text-Based Content Comparison" |
| enabled. |
| ENHANCEMENTS -- Added "Problems Encountered, Continue?" |
| dialog to delete operations. Change default on "Show |
| Hidden/System Files" to true. Change default on color |
| printing in reports to false. |
| |
| 11Apr99 V1.8c: BUG FIXES -- Fixed bug concerning passing root |
| directories to BC. In file viewer, fixed wheelmouse |
| scrolling problem introduced in v1.8b. Fixed bug in |
| color printing of Directory Comparison report. Fixed |
| copying of readonly files so that hidden or system |
| attributes aren't lost. In Setup program, fix folder |
| selection. |
| ENHANCEMENTS -- Confirm changing option to ignore file |
| extensions. Add "Ignore 1 hour differences" option to |
| folder comparison criteria. |
| |
| 05Apr99 V1.8b: BUG FIXES -- Fixed bug that caused error when |
| drag and dropping network files to BC. Fix legend's |
| Matching color (when not black). Discontinue use of |
| "Clear" brush in display, due to problem with Matrox |
| video driver. Fix "list index out of bounds" when |
| clicking on thumnail and viewer is empty. In Copy to |
| Folder, support copying files in (open) subfolders, and |
| prompt before overwriting files. Eliminate color cues |
| when saving Directory Comparison report to file. Fixed |
| possible cause of occasional "divide by zero" error in |
| one-sided compares. |
| ENHANCEMENTS -- Text-based Content Comparison now |
| respects Minor Difference definitions by default (can be|
| disabled by adding RulesQC=0 to [Directory Window] |
| section of Beyond32.ini.) Added 'Text Within |
| Apostrophes' to Minor Difference options. Optionally |
| retain the order of sessions, rather than moving current|
| session to top of list (by adding RetainSessionOrder=1 |
| to [Directory Window] section of Beyond32.ini). Do not |
| abort copy operation if single copy fails. In report |
| dialogs, show current display filter in effect. In Save|
| dialogs, fill in appropriate "Save as type" fields, and |
| switch report output from .prn to .txt. |
| |
| 15Mar99 V1.8a: DIRECTORY COMPARE IMPROVEMENTS -- Copy to Folder|
| function lets you copy selected files to a third folder.|
| New Touch Files feature lets you set a specific |
| timestamp on a group of files or copy timestamps from |
| one side to the other. The directory compare "Link" |
| feature has been renamed to "Compare To". It also |
| supports a "Quick Compare To" option. The Quick Compare|
| report now lists reasons for mismatched files. |
| In the main window, pressing the first letter of a |
| filename automatically starts the Find Filename feature.|
| In the appearance options, you can select horizontal |
| striping of the comparison display to enhance |
| readability. The "Set as Base Folder" function changes |
| both sides at once, unless they are the same folder on |
| the same drive. During file copies, if user responds |
| "no" to creating a subdirectory, BC won't ask again for |
| that subdirectory. Change legend wording based on |
| folder comparison criteria. Refresh directory display |
| after Open With, or if file viewer detects date change. |
| [Command Line Options] The following command line |
| switches have been added: "/syncright" and "/syncleft" |
| initiate unattended directory syncing. "/dor" and |
| "/dol" delete orphaned files automatically. |
| "/expandall" invokes the Expand All Subfolders feature. |
| "/fileviewer" starts the built-in file viewer, skipping |
| the main directory compare window. |
| FILE VIEWER FEATURES -- A new "thumbnail" view |
| summarizes differences in the files. The 32500 line |
| limit has been eliminated. Added Just Matching filter |
| to file viewer. Added support for EBCDIC in file |
| viewer. If you setup an "open with" application to |
| accept two files, then the file viewer will pass both |
| files, and (if configured) both line numbers. |
| New "Never Align Mismatches" option. |
| GENERAL FEATURES -- Support color printing in reports. |
| Optionally ignore CtrlZ (end-of-file) control code. |
| Content comparisons (such as Quick Compare) can use the |
| file viewer rules for ignoring minor differences, by |
| editing Beyond32.ini and adding RulesQC=1 to the |
| Directory Window section. |
| BUG FIXES -- Added ShowOlder and ShowNewer to saved |
| initial condition. Added protection against hangup when|
| directory compare window overflows. Fixed Synchronize |
| Left menu item. Fixed bug that caused StartCol to be |
| ignored if StopCol = 0. Fixed "chunk error 2" fault on |
| large files with mixed line termination. Fixed possible|
| hang on startup when auto-expanding folders. Fixed |
| overlap of filename and size in directory display. |
| Eliminate occasional scientific notation for display of |
| bytes used/free. Describe "older than cutoff" feature |
| as "older than or same as". Fixed display of long |
| filenames when dropping files on program icon. |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| 30Aug98 V1.7c: Treat .dfm files as text files if Delphi form |
| conversion fails. Fix automatic expansion of folders |
| when returning to last session. Fix overflow bug in |
| printing Differences Report. Keep progress dialogs from|
| popping over foreground applications. |
| |
| 23Aug98 V1.7b: Add "Sync Right" and "Sync Left" commands. |
| Make "create folder" and "copy readonly" confirmations |
| optional. Rewrite "older than cutoff" feature to |
| eliminate Y2K problems. Increase QuickCompare buffer |
| from 2K to 16K. New plugins install at top of list. |
| Fix session "save as" button for NT3.51. Set "initial |
| conditions" when returning to last session. Fix bug in |
| text sync algorithm concerning large "Initial minimum |
| match" value with line weight = 1. Fix bug in text- |
| based quick compare concerning flexible termination. |
| |
| 21Jun98 V1.7a: UNC support for selecting base folders (32-bit |
| version). New session dialog allows typing paths in |
| addition to browsing. Text comparison rules can be |
| saved per session. Folder comparison criteria, able to |
| ignore timestamps. Directory comparison can now be |
| sorted by date, size or type. You can now set a folder |
| in the directory compare window as a base folder. |
| Added Rename function. Added "modify" to timezone |
| adjustment menu. Optionally display archive attribute. |
| Expand subfolders now applies to multiple folder |
| selections. Refresh directory entry after return from |
| OpenWith. Increase nested folder limit to 32 and handle|
| overflow. Reduced buffer size for quick compares. |
| Added editing buttons to viewer toolbar. Add difference|
| count to viewer status window. New text synchronization|
| algorithm with recursion. "Minor" text differences now |
| include leading, trailing and embedded whitespace, |
| comments and literal string exclusion. Viewer can |
| visualize spaces and tabs. Recognize .~df files in |
| addition to .dfm as Delphi form files. Add side-by-side|
| option to differences report. Add "copy to clipboard" |
| to viewer menu. In viewer, Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right now|
| move by screenfuls. Difference Report respects "just |
| major differences" setting. Interrupting sync now |
| disables editing. Improved horizontal scrolling in file|
| viewer. Fixed bug concerning dbl-clicking last line in |
| file viewer. Convert to Delphi 3. Rewritten help file.|
| Changed dialogs to use field-by-field help context. |
| Ctrl+Tab now changes pages in tabbed option dialogs. |
| Changed left/right arrow behavior in listboxes. Created|
| spacebar shortcut for link function. Optional "flat" |
| style toolbuttons. Add CharacterSet to font properties |
| saved & restored. Network registration support. |
| Comparison Info dialog. User-selectable report fonts. |
| Add installed plugins to Open With menu. Menu items |
| revised and made more consistent. Allow embedded CR+LF |
| in Unix files. Support file extensions that are more |
| than 3 characters. Make delete dialog's graphic |
| clickable. Fixed bug concerning tabstop = 0. Fixed |
| disk free space for local FAT32 drives > 2GB. Fixed bug|
| concerning Difference Report for files with lines longer|
| than 255 chars. Fixed drag/drop file comparison to |
| recognize "text-based quick compare" option. In viewer,|
| display characters in the $7F-$FF range. Support null |
| file extensions in filters. Support various formats for|
| date/time display, as set by Windows Control Panel. |
| Added "Folder not available" warning to 32-bit version. |
| Fix bug concerning right-click over empty listboxes. |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| 09Feb98 V1.6c: Fixed bug with Find Filename dialog appearing |
| instead of Just Compare Files dialog. |
| |
| 06Feb98 V1.6b: New "Find Filename" feature in the directory |
| compare window quickly selects a file as you type a few |
| letters of its name. "Clicked side" is now color |
| highlighted in the headers instead of the subtle glyph. |
| In the File Viewer, an Open File command has been added |
| and the editing commands are now on the menu. Added |
| "All" button to confirmation for creating new folder. |
| Bug fixes: OpenWith did not work if only one external |
| app defined. "Yes to all" did not function in Delete |
| Readonly, and Delete Folder confirmations. Under WinNT4|
| command line specifications relative to the current |
| directory (such as ..) often did not work. In BEYOND16 |
| command line specification of root directories did not |
| work. Fixed Quick Report results dialog for large |
| fonts. |
| |
| 25Jan98 V1.6a: TFolderMechanism abstracts folder implementation|
| Create directory if necessary when copying files. Copy |
| entire "closed" folder. Delete entire "closed" folder. |
| DeleteLeft/DeleteRight dialog. "Yes to all" for |
| deleting r/o files. "No to all" for skipping older |
| files. Drag-n-drop support. Adjust for time zone |
| differences. Split lines on embedded secondary line |
| terminators. Add Ctrl-Enter for "Expand from here". |
| Show full path to selected file. Add "ClickedSide" |
| indicator to headers. Shift-Arrow switches ClickedSide.|
| Enable special Win95 context menu key for listboxes. |
| Edit "older than" by clicking over legend. Improve |
| comparing files from command prompt. Open With now |
| supports pairs of files. Support null file extensions |
| in Plugin associations. Fix viewer positioning after |
| sync-it-yourself, toggling "just differences", and |
| saving files. Fix "list index out of bounds". Add |
| splitter to file viewer. Handle write errors when |
| saving files from viewer. Avoid collapsing folders |
| after editing file. Improve efficiency of 2 second |
| tolerance checking. Allow opening system folders in |
| "Select Base Folders". Improved mechanism for path |
| cues. Add output options to Folder Compare report. |
| Support 24-hour time format. Use MinimizeName in the |
| JustFiles dialog. Collape "open with" menu if only one |
| item. Move registration analysis out of main window. |
| Fix bug in BC16 re returning to comparison with A:\. |
| Fix Hidden Directory bug in BC16 (FileCtrl module). Fix|
| the Directory Compare report heading for long filters. |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| For versions 1.0 through 1.5, see the file "VERS15.TXT". |
\-------------------------------------------------------------------/
