Beyond Compare is a utility for comparing things. Things like text files, folders, zip archives, FTP sites, etc. Use it to manage source code, keep folders in sync, compare program output, and validate CD copies.

Beyond Compare is a useful and reliable utility that will help you compare and synchronize your files and folders.

Although there is support for automatic functions, the main goal of Beyond Compare is to help you analyze differences in detail, and carefully reconcile them. It commands a wide range of file and text operations.

Beyond Compare distinguishes the information it compares as either files or folders. Beyond Compare is not limited to comparing folders and files on its host computer. It can compare folders and files over a network connection or via FTP.

In the context of Beyond Compare, folder-like files, such as ZIP files and CAB archives, are considered folders as well.

Beyond Compare can also create a folder-like file called a "snapshot." Snapshots are a picture of a folder's contents at a particular time, but snapshots do not show the actual contents of the folder's files.

Beyond Compare's major components are a side-by-side Folder Viewer and a side-by-side File Viewer.

Here are some key features of "Beyond Compare":

· compare text files
· compare folders, zip archives, ftp sites
· update websites
· merge code changes
· compare program output.

Limitations:

· 30 days trial

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Notable Changes
· File views now support "Open" and "Save As" dialogs on FTP sites.
· Improved Data Compare support for detecting multi-line cells.
· Changed confirmation dialog button order to match Windows
· (Yes/YesToAll/No/NoToAll/Cancel).
· Archives
· Fixed snapshot loading so they show filenames that only differ in case.
· Fixed crash when extracting from a 7-zip archive encounters an error.
· Fixed using "Copy to Folder" on files within a zip if a matching zip on
· the target doesn't already exist.
· Fixed support for reading/writing files in a zip after renaming the zip.
· Fixed loading a file view from a snapshot comparison so it doesn't
· incorrectly flag the files as different in the folder compare.
· Data Compare
· "Comma Separated Values" and "MS Excel Workbooks" formats now recognize
· non-Windows line endings.
· Replaced "Recognized line ending styles" setting with "Line endings"
· setting to improve handling of multi-line cells.
· File Formats
· Added ability to mark external converts a...