What's New

This topic lists the improvements that were implemented with each consecutive version of Compare It!

Version 4.2

• New comparison options - ignore accented characters, not ignore quoted spaces;
• Updated doc\xls conversion library;
• Search\replace now can be limited to modified lines only;
• Encodings support;
• Various UI fixes.

Version 4.1

• Comparison profiles: define different comparison option sets and quickly toggle them by keyboard shortcuts or command line parameters;
• Basic XML formatter;
• "Move block" command for quick moved blocks relocation;
• Printouts can include total number of pages;
• HTML reports are now in UTF8 format (in Unicode version);
• SelectFiles dialog now includes combo for pre-selecting viewer type;
• Special handling for using AutoMatch rules with "Never align" option;
• Better support for custom syntax files;
• Autodetect for built-in converters;
• Unused converters can be completely turned off and hidden.

Version 4.01

• Fixed problems with some xls files
• Fixed bug with converters: now converted file will be loaded into appropriate engine: text/image/binary

Version 4.0

• Alternative viewers: binary and images comparison, more to come later;
• Auto-match rules;
• odt, docx\xlsx files support;
• IFilter support;
• Easily ignore comments;
• Separate mode;
• Reports generation for multiple files;
• Vista support;

Version 3.86

• Bug fix release.

Version 3.85

• Added changes blocks count display in status bar;
• New DocWrap feature will help you to compare texts with changed lines layout;
• Selection margin is now optional;
• Extended file attributes on remote systems are preserved;
• ManualMatch anchors can be toggled on/off with same key, just as IgnoreDiff marks;
• added popup menu for LinesView;
• Improved multiple monitors support;
• Autodetect supported file types - xls, doc, pdf, rtf;
• Several small interface tweaks and bug fixes.

Version 3.81

• Several bugs with LinesView were fixed;
• Added support for PDF and MIF files.

Version 3.8

• Additional "Lines View" pane to show changes within lines;
• Font size can be quickly changed by Ctrl + Gray Plus/Minus;
• Added ability to customize standard converters just as your own;
• Improved Excel files parsing;
• Options Import/Export feature added;
• Optional Drag'n'Drop in editor;
• Added ability to pad line with blanks during editing.

Version 3.75

• Added option to force Partial matching usage in a whole file;
• New RegExp filtering rule - Ignore lines non-matching to RegExp;
• New command line parameters: /r1, /r2, /xls, /doc;
• New Option to disable file selection on start;
• Added new report type - Composite, similar to that of WinDiff;
• Underlined font attribute can be used to highlight changes;
• It is now possible to print just selection or visible page;
• Added ability to show changes mark - notifying you that there are some inline changes beyond visible line width;
• Statistics will include same lines count.

Version 3.7

• MS Excel (*.xls) files support;
• Updated HTML report layout using CSS;
• Additional RegExp replace options;
• Overview bar can be hidden;
• Specific files types can be shown with fixed font;
• Fixed/non-fixed font usage can be quickly toggled;
• Syntax highlighting colors can be changed;
• Added ability to quickly toggle convertor usage;

Version 3.55

• Added ability to ignore line wraps;
• Added experimental partial matching engine;
• Printout can include file information (date, size, type);
• Various small fixes and improvements.

Version 3.53

• Fixed bug with word-wrapping on print preview;
• Added shortcut list in Help menu.

Version 3.52

• Fixed bug with print preview;
• Added file type indicator in Info pane;
• Notify of different CRLF endings, even if files are same.

Version 3.51

• Improved word wrap quality and speed;
• Other bug fixes;

Version 3.5

• Added support for all fonts, without fixed-width limitation;
• Improved Search and Replace function;
• Added Ignore Diff feature;
• Optional new Adaptive line comparison engine;
• RegExp usage improved with substring replacements;
• Relative path can be used for backup folder;
• Optional usage of balloon-like messages for notifications;

Version 3.3

• Limited MS Word files support;
• Added syntax highlighter for HTML;
• Header/footer can be switched off for printing;
• Increased maximum number of Manual Match anchors to 25;
• Other small improvements and bug fixes;

Version 3.2

• New reports added: HTML2, Same, Merged;
• File lists support for printing and report generating tasks;
• Generate comparison reports for multiple files in folders;
• Option added to specify number of context lines for Changes only mode;
• Merging is now possible in Changes only mode;
• Improved moved sections detection;
• Context menu to display system file's properties is available by right-clicking file title;
• Option added to use mouse wheel in left pane for horizontal scrolling;

Version 3.1

• Detect and visualize moved sections;
• Added ability to specify print margins;
• Added ability to use bold/italic/crossed font attributes along with coloring;
• Added alternative regexp usages;
• Files names are now included in title for easy navigation;
• Added option to ignore special escape characters;
• Variuos bug fixes and small improvements

Version 3.04

• Toolbar customization is back;
• Added option to control Edit Mode state on program start;
• Optional alternative font for printing;
• Optional read-only files protection;
• Bug fixes

Version 3.03

• Added ability to choose printer and printing options from print preview.
• Bug fixes

Version 3.02

• Bug fixes
• Selecting printer name to use when printing from command line.
• Option to mark out current line.

Version 3.01

• Bug fixes
• When generating report in batch mode you can choose to delete report if files are same. See Command Line help for details.

Version 3.0

• Optional registry usage for settings storage
• Bug fixes

Version 3.0, Beta 3

• Custom syntax files support
  Compatible with free ConTEXT editor
• Now also available in Unicode version

Version 3.0, Beta 2

• Zip archive support
  See Zip File Support for details
• Search and replace
• Manual match support
• Recent files list
• "Ignore Nothing" mode
• Option to disable syntax highlighting
• Further editor improvements and performance improvements

Version 3.0, Beta

• New, full-featured true editing engine
• Word-wrap support
• Syntax highlighting
• Merge buttons bar, referred to as the MergeBar
• Converters support
• PaneInfo bar with cursor positions and file date
• Filtered view (view changes only)

Version 2.89

• Regular expression support in search
• Fixed a number of bugs

Version 2.87

• HTML report generation
• Batch mode printing and report generation, see command line for details
• Auto-backup directory support, see Auto Backup for details
• Difference statistics can be included in report and printout, see Print Options dialog box for details
• Several small interface improvements
• Fixed strange bug with caret line painting in Windows 95

Version 2.85

• Option to ignore inserted empty lines, see Comparison options for details
• Regular Expressions editor detects bad-formed expressions
• Search text function improved
• Landscape printing
• Even more comparison engine improvements
• Visual indication if regular expressions were applied
• New Merge menu with common merge commands

Version 2.83

• Improved speed for big files
• Fixed several bugs with keyboard shortcuts and comparison engine

Version 2.82

• Unicode version speed improved

Version 2.82, Beta 2

• Regular Expressions can now be switched on/off individually
• Optional toolbar button for quick regular expression editing
• Fixed editing bugs in Unicode version

Version 2.82, Beta

• Custom keyboard shortcuts
• Unicode version added
• Improved line comparison engine

Version 2.8 Final

• Column range for comparison
• Select command in pop-up menu to quickly select current text section
• New command line switches: /n, /r, /h, /=Alias
• Font of Find combo box reflects which text search options are in effect (see Search for dialog box and Replace dialog box for details)
• Printing with word wrap
• Options dialog was redesigned

Version 2.8, Beta

• Faster comparison of large files (over 1 MB)
• Printing with various options (see Print Options dialog box for details)
• Several interface bugs fixed
• "Edit mode by default" option was removed - now Compare It! will restore last used editing mode.

Version 2.75

• Few bugs fixed
• Simple Unicode support
• Mouse wheel support (Use CTRL to jump between changes)
• Find next change in line (ALT + F7/ALT + F8)

Version 2.70

• New comparison engine
• Improved regular expressions support
• Optional toolbar button for regular expression switching
• Ability to switch to horizontal split view
• Ability to switch sides
• Paste command fixed
• Ignore non-words and all spaces
• ESC to close application is now optional
• Editor improvements

Version 2.61

• Fixed problems with regular expressions editor
• Added \s, \S support to regular expressions

Version 2.6

• Customizable tools
• Support for files with single LF as line break
• Support for regular expressions for ignoring parts of strings
• Few interface improvements

Version 2.51

• Fixed bug with resource leak and big file loading
• You can now drag a file using the title bar

Version 2.5

• Multilingual interface
• Can show line numbers
• Some interface improvements

Version 2.0

• /1 Command line switch
• If run with single filename as parameter, Compare It! will ask for the second one
• "Select files" mode
• Several small improvements
• Customizable toolbar

Version 2.0, Beta

• Show changes within lines
• UNIX/MAC/DOS files support
• Improved editor
• Multiuser support

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