September 24th, 2010· HTML Reports, when opening, and Mozilla FireFox is your default browser, it may not have opened.
September 24th, 2010· When switching from 'Do NOT reload file on Refresh' to 'Reload file on Refresh' the user interface did not always reload files until the selected files were changed, or after restarting the program.
September 24th, 2010· Windows 7 compatibility enhancements made. Default report folders now updated.
· Windows 7 Explorer Shell now working
· Working well now with Office 2010
September 24th, 2010· Japanese Language module updated.
September 24th, 2010· Usability: When users have not chosen either an Original or Modified file, the program now prompts them to do so.
· Usability: While no text has been entered in the Original and Modified editors, if users click the F5 button or the green Refresh button to begin a comparison, if they have chosen NOT to reload files on refresh they are instructed to enter content to compare by either typing or pasting. Users are also reminded about the 'Compare Options' tab 'Reload on Refresh' option.
· Massively dissimilar text files were causing a crash. Now users are prompted with an error message instead.
July 12th, 2010· File comparison: When creating a DOC report, and the report file or folder is inaccessible due to user rights, a temporary file will be used instead.
May 18th, 2010· Command Line: /WS switch added to specify window state. 0 = Normal, 1 = Minimized, 2 = Maximized. Only valid if /X is not used (exit when done).
April 24th, 2010· Command Line:/AA# switch added for PDF import options
April 24th, 2010· Documentation completely refreshed.
April 24th, 2010· When running multiple instances of 'Diff Doc' the error "Normal.DOT is being used by another program" was coming up.
· When installing over older versions, a Dialog box would prompt for an Upgrade Key to PDFConverterX.
April 24th, 2010· User Interface: When pressing F5, or clicking on the green Refresh button, the first difference is always shown. In the past the viewer would refresh, then jump to the last shown difference index.
· User Interface: Upon completing a comparison the status bar now displays the current difference being displayed and the total number of differences found.
· User Interface: Upon navigating from one difference to the next the status bar now displays the current difference being displayed and the total number of differences found.
· Folder comparison may not have completed properly in some circumstances.
April 24th, 2010· Japanese language file updated.
April 24th, 2010· Folder Comparison: On some computers a 'run time error 747' was showing up, regarding a control license (MSFlexGrid).
December 3rd, 2009· User Interface: Upon completion of a File or Folder comparison if program is minimized, the taskbar flashes to indicate completion.
October 17th, 2009· DOCX files. An error stating that the file could not be loaded occurred in some DOCX files. "Method not available" was being reported in this case.
October 17th, 2009· Report Creation: Default report folder now sensitive to users folder rights and privileges. If user was not an administrator, report creation would fail, sometimes showing old reports.
October 17th, 2009· File Comparison - PowerPoint: Remove Formatting compare option was not working for Office 2007
October 17th, 2009Command Line: Full path not required for /M /S /T and /L. If the full path is not specified it is assumed the current folder will be used. If the current folder path is invalid, then the folder that contains DiffDoc.exe will be used. This makes it easy to specify the command line like so:
· diffdoc.exe /S "apples.txt" /M "Big oranges.txt"
October 17th, 2009· Text File Comparison: When viewing in Side By Side mode the differences were not being displayed with colors.
April 30th, 2009· File Comparison: Large Text Files now load and compare properly. The reports would, on rare occasion, have results that were incorrectly displayed. When comparing text files 1. In the 'Compare Options' tab check the 'REMOVE FORMATTING' item. General: Loading and unloading the program will be faster.
April 30th, 2009· Command Line: Advanced PDF Importing options have now been implemented with the /AA switch
January 15th, 2009· File Comparison: Normal.DOT errors were being reported when comparing word files
October 13th, 2008· Command Line: If an invalid path was given for a Log file (/L) the program would terminate and potentially leave instances of Word in memory
June 20th, 2008· File Comparison (Asian countries): If last line/paragraph was changed the change was not showing up in the difference viewer.