File Combiner

Chances are you want or need to send a large document which doesn’t really exist, but you need to build it from multiple, smaller ones. Manual management is possible, but it can take quite the time and effort. Luckily, there are different third-party applications to use in this regard, and File Combiner might just be what you’re looking for.

Before you can enjoy all the application has to offer, it’s a good idea to make sure that .NET Framework is installed on your computer, otherwise File Combiner can’t function. On the other hand, the program itself isn’t bundled inside a setup package, so it’s also possible to have it used directly from a thumb drive on other computers besides your own.

Note that the application isn’t meant to combine all types of files, but rather specializes in two types, namely XML and TXT. These are all loaded from a directory of your choice, so it’s a good idea to make sure only target files are there, and in the order you want to stitch them together, because there are no arrangement options to work with.

Although dropping the target folder over the window has no effect, working with the browse dialog doesn’t require much effort. Once you get your hands on it, content is enlisted in a dedicated field, but files of all types are displayed, with no possibility to set any filters.

A large XML file is created in the same folder, but you can change the extension to TXT. The application makes it possible to add header or footer, with dedicated fields letting you write what these items contain.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that File Combiner is a pretty straightforward choice when it comes to stitching together different XML or TXT files. Sadly, it’s fitted with a rather poor set of features, and it would have been useful to at least be able to set the order in which documents are added.