The Compare dialog lets you quickly and easily choose the files, directories, or clipboard contents to compare.
This is the file comparison window of ExamDiff Pro.
This is the directory comparison window of ExamDiff Pro.
If you're a programmer or web developer comparing source files, syntax highlighting makes it easy to identify different aspects of code.
ExamDiff Pro has full Unicode support, and can properly compare files in a variety of different languages.
Quickly share diff reports with your colleagues by using ExamDiff Pro's HTML diff report export features. You can even add basic navigation controls!
If you prefer paper diff reports, not to worry - ExamDiff Pro lets you print and print preview diff reports as well.
ExamDiff Pro fully supports binary file comparison. This is an example of what the comparison window looks like for binary files.
You can enable ExamDiff Pro's Shell integration, so that the options shown appear in the context menu in Windows Explorer.
This expanded Compare dialog shows ExamDiff Pro's sessions panel.
If the files you compare have lines too long to fit in the window, you can enable Word Wrapping to quickly see the complete lines.
ExamDiff Pro has robust support for plug-ins, and this window shows the parameters you can assign to plug-ins. See our plug-in database for example plug-ins that can do everything from comparing ZIP files to fetching files and directories from remote servers.
No comparison algorithm is perfect, but ExamDiff Pro lets you use manual synchronization to link lines together yourself if the need arises.
ExamDiff Pro can be run from the command line, and this screenshot shows some of ExamDiff Pro's command line options.
If you don't want to compare the same large directories multiple times, you can create directory snapshots from within ExamDiff Pro: XML schematic files that can be compared as though they were directories. This screenshot shows how a directory snapshot file is organized.
From this panel you can make ExamDiff Pro ignore certain lines or parts of lines in text file comparison, that is, not mark them as identical or different. You can also set the detail level for file comparison and force text/binary comparison.
The options in this panel control fuzzy matching, which enables ExamDiff Pro to intelligently align lines that are similar but not identical.
This panel lets you define document types, which are used for syntax highlighting and ignoring comments.
This panel presents a wide range of options for customizing ExamDiff Pro's display for both file and directory comparison, as well as letting you select screen and printer fonts.
From this panel you can select the colors used for all of the difference identification types, as well as adding font and background effects.
This panel lets you set up a view filter that only displays certain lines (for text file comparison) or files (for directory comparison).
This panel lets you enable, disable, and reorder the columns in directory comparison view.
From this panel you can set ExamDiff Pro's external editor, word separator characters, and many other options that don't fit in the other Options panels.
From this panel you can select which messages are displayed and which are suppressed.
ExamDiff Pro gives you great control over how directory comparison is performed, and from this panel you can choose from a number of options to make comparison faster or more accurate.
This panel enables you to set up filters based on file name, size, or date to include or exclude certain files from directory comparison.
This panel gives you more options for directory comparison, such as backing up files replaced during Copy operations, showing empty directories, ignoring small time differences, and much more.
From this panel you can enable or disable word wrap, as well as choosing several options for how word wrap is handled.
This panel lets you enable or disable file editing from within ExamDiff Pro, as well as enabling/disabling automatic file backups, and choosing several other options related to file editing.
This panel allows you to specify plug-in applications to be used on files before comparing them.
From this panel you can set a number of options that pertain to binary comparison, such as the comparison block size, the number of bytes shown per line, and byte format and character set used.
This panel lets you select the template files used for HTML diff reports, as well as whether or not JavaScript is enabled for HTML diff reports.
Global options are those that pertain to all sessions, such as Shell integration and Autopick in the Compare dialog.
From this panel you can set keyboard shortcuts for ExamDiff Pro commands. These options are global and affect all sessions.
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