Deep Diff Changelog

What's new in Deep Diff 1.5.00

Oct 27, 2011
  • Recompiled with new compiler.
  • New installer.
  • Removed licensing. DeepDiff is now freeware.

New in Deep Diff 1.4.00 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Colors, icons and font properties can now be customized.
  • Improved file and folder icons.
  • Improved identification of moved parts.
  • Less accuracy is now used when comparing large files.
  • This makes comparison of large files much faster.
  • Slightly faster comparison of text and binary files overall.
  • Now using "open" to find external editor if "edit" fail.

New in Deep Diff 1.3.00 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Faster directory comparison.
  • Progress bar during directory comparison.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the directory list view from
  • being updated.
  • Files and directories with the same name are now considered unique
  • tree nodes rather than different versions of the same node.
  • Better handling of empty files.
  • The view with keyboard focus is highlighted.
  • Keyboard focus can be moved between the views using the TAB key.
  • Mouse wheel scrolling.
  • The program no longer requires the MFC and the C runtime DLLs.
  • Added more keyboard shortcuts (accelerator keys).
  • Page size is now re-calculated when the window is resized.

New in Deep Diff 1.2.01 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Fixed a crasch bug when comparing directories.
  • Optimized update of directory list and directory tree.

New in Deep Diff 1.2.00 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Added a tool bar.
  • Directories can now be displayed as lists.
  • Fixed a problem that caused some folders to be treated as files.
  • Mouse pointer is now changed into an hourglass when directories are compared.
  • Dir View is now updated correctly when the view mode is changed.
  • Deep Diff no longer refuses to compare c:\site and c:\site2.
  • Directory comparison is no longer case sensitive.

New in Deep Diff 1.1.01 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Fixed a problem with space in paths on the command line.

New in Deep Diff 1.1.00 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Re-named the "Settings" dialog to "Properties".
  • Added Help - Help menu (manual).
  • Fixed a problem with scroll width.
  • It's now possible to open compared files using windows default editor.
  • Improved the re-load (F5) function.

New in Deep Diff 1.0.00 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Compare text files (8 bit windows ASCII).
  • Compare binary files.
  • Compare directories including subdirectories.
  • Display compared files side by side.
  • Display compared files as a composite file.
  • Display overview of files.
  • Display compared directories as 2 trees side by side.
  • Display compared directories as a composite tree.
  • Sort directory by name or by status.
  • Optional display of index number for binary files.
  • Optional display of ASCII representation for binary files.
  • Blank characters can be ignored when comparing text files.
  • Character case can be ignore when comparing text files.
  • Tab size can be selected when displaying text files.
  • Block size (resolution) for comparision can be set manually.
  • Selection of font type and size.
  • Jump to next/previous difference.