- Version 1.9 (March 18, 2011)
- Version 1.8 (April 25, 2008)
- Version 1.7 (December 17, 2006)
- Version 1.6n (February 24, 2006)
- Version 1.6m (August 18, 2005)
- Version 1.6k (September 24, 2004)
- Version 1.6j (March 18, 2003)
- Version 1.6i (October 1, 2002)
- Version 1.6h (June 5, 2002)
- Version 1.6g (January 2, 2002)
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Changes In Version 1.9 (March 18, 2011)
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Ability to set negative command line options for /i, /w, /b, /l, /e, /t, and /d |
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Windows 7 support |
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Ability to check for updates |
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Improved messages for identical or binary files |
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Improved multi-monitor support |
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Ability to display long (greater than 2048 characters) lines |
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Changes In Version 1.8 (April 25, 2008)
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Autopick feature in Compare dialog that remembers matching file pairs |
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View/Edit command accessible via the context menu |
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Separate Copy and Copy With Padding Lines commands |
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Windows Vista support |
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Improved current difference marker |
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Changes In Version 1.7 (December 17, 2006)
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File names in the caption |
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True-color toolbar |
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Clicking the ExamDiff status bar always opened ExamDiff Pro web page |
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Changes In Version 1.6n (February 24, 2006)
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Resizable Compare dialog |
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Use of AutoComplete edit controls in Compare dialog to help complete file system paths |
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support for display DPI settings higher than normal size (96 DPI) |
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Changes In Version 1.6m (August 18, 2005)
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Remember position of the Compare dialog |
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Option to keep the Compare dialog on top of other windows |
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Multi-monitor support |
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Changes In Version 1.6k (September 24, 2004)
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Option to change margin size |
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Windows XP look in XP and higher |
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Support for wheel mouse |
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Changes In Version 1.6j (March 18, 2003)
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Occasional file sharing violation in XP |
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Changes In Version 1.6i (October 1, 2002)
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Keyboard shortcuts F7 (Previous Diff) and F8 (Next Diff) |
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Command line option /sd - always show initial "Compare" dialog, even if two filenames are used |
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Copy to clipboard sometimes hung the program |
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Changes In Version 1.6h (June 5, 2002)
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Got rid of "Could not read from file ...: No error" message for empty files |
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Changes In Version 1.6g (January 2, 2002)
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Fix for Windows 2000-style File Open dialog |
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Changes In Version 1.6f (August 21, 2001)
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Ctrl-E keyboard shortcut didn't work |
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Changes In Version 1.6e (May 11, 2001)
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Status bar for large fonts |
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It is now possible to call ExamDiff with just one file name in the command line |
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Changes In Version 1.6d (April 20, 2001)
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Pressing Delete key caused a crash |
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UNC file names support |
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Copying to clipboard stripped linebreaks |
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Changes In Version 1.6 (October 27, 1998)
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Ignore leading white space in lines" and "Ignore trailing white space in lines" options |
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Toggle Splitter Orientation command (vertical or horizontal) |
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Center Splitter command |
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Toggle Files command |
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Menu |
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Drag and drop support for dropping one or two files into Compare Dialog |
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there is no need to specify both filenames -- just enter a directory name for one of the files to be compared. ExamDiff will try to use an entered filename with a specified directory name |
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Multiple file change notification messages |
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Change notification when ExamDiff is minimized |
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Undesired visual effects and insufficient horizontal scroll size with some fonts |
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Insufficient horizontal scroll size for files with multiple tabs |
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Some fonts (e.g. Terminal) were not saved correctly in the registry between ExamDiff sessions |
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Options to set number of recent files and search strings |
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Better keyboard support (more shortcuts, scrolling panes horizontally using left/right keys when focus is on combo box, using Ctrl-Tab to switch between two panes in single pane display mode) |
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Synchronized caret movement in file panes |
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Colored background in status bar |
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"Enable Change Notifications" option |
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Ln YY, Col XX status text now counts columns by properly expanding tabs where necessary |
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Changes In Version 1.5 (August 1, 1998)
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Option to set different background colors for added, changed, and deleted lines |
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Current Difference indicator (yellow triangle) changes its position when user clicks in view panes |
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Automatic detection of file changes and notification allowing the user to recompare files |
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Show Differences Only option (accessible via toolbar, Options, and command line parameter /d) |
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Line number command option to edit a file (scroll to and place cursor at a given line in a given editor) |
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Handling files with embedded "Ctrl-Z" characters |
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Handling Windows large fonts |
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"Ignore blanks in lines" option has been replaced with two options: "Ignore white space in lines"and "Ignore changes in amount of white space in lines" |
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better Find (automatically puts the word under caret into Find dialog), Ctrl-F3 & Ctrl-Shift-F3 handling (as in MSVC®) |
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Colored line numbers |
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TAB key handling for switching between controls |
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Options property pages |
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Changes In Version 1.4 (May 2, 1998)
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Option to treat both files as text files |
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Command line parameters |
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Current Difference toolbar button |
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Memory access violation during minimize/restore |
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Horizontal auto-scroll added to combo boxes |
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better heuristic for binary/text file detection |
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Changes In Version 1.3 (April 8, 1998)
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Drag and drop support for copying text from the comparison panes |
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Drag and drop support for dropping one or two files into the program's window (e.g. from Windows Explorer) |
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Customizable background color for differences |
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Failed to ignore differences in leading blanks with option "Ignore blanks in lines" |
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Much faster processing |
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Better text/binary file detection |
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Changes In Version 1.1 (December 5, 1997)
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Show Left File, Show Right, Show Both Files toolbar buttons |
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Persistent find dialog (remembers the most recent searches) |
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Handling files which have lines ending with only a carriage return (by adding a line feed to them) |
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Replacing part of the file name captions with ellipses, if necessary, so that the result fits in the rectangle |
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The first version of ExamDiff (1.0) was released on October 15, 1997.
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Overview
