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ExamDiff Pro Changelog

What's new in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.18 Beta

Apr 24, 2024
  • Fix: Minor Explorer integration issues

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.27 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 8.7.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.17 Beta (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Improvement: Launching a new instance now consistently passes settings from the original one

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.16 Beta (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 8.7.1
  • Fix: Version 15 shortcut was not created by the installer if a previous version was present

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.15 Beta (Apr 8, 2024)

  • Fix: Empty directories were not allowed to be copied in flat mode of directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.14 Beta (Apr 3, 2024)

  • Fix: Restoring directory comparison tree expand/collapse state

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.13 Beta (Mar 26, 2024)

  • Fix: Incorrect log location in portable ExamDiff Pro

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.12 Beta (Mar 25, 2024)

  • Fix: Logging issues

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.11 Beta (Mar 18, 2024)

  • Fix: Language detection issues

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.10 Beta (Mar 4, 2024)

  • Fix: In tree mode, mouse wheel did not scroll correctly if "One screen at a time" was selected in Windows settings

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.25 (Mar 4, 2024)

  • Fix: Word wrapping produced incorrect results for the last line if it was missing a linebreak

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.9 Beta (Mar 3, 2024)

  • Improvement: Column widths are now stored separately for flat and tree directory comparison modes
  • Improvement: Relative Path sort order is preserved when toggling between flat and tree directory comparison modes
  • Fix: Plug-ins options were not saved between launches
  • Fix: Word wrapping produced incorrect results for the last line if it was missing a linebreak

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.8 Beta (Feb 25, 2024)

  • Fix: Mouse wheel did not scroll correctly in tree mode in some Windows configurations

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.6 Beta (Feb 22, 2024)

  • Fix: Fixes for column resizing in tree mode
  • Fix: Crash dumps did not match saved PDB files
  • Fix: View | Scope Bars command could become disabled in some circumstances

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.24 (Feb 21, 2024)

  • Fix: Crash dumps did not match saved PDB files

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.5 Beta (Feb 21, 2024)

  • Fix: "Updates available" visual indicator was incorrectly shared between major versions
  • Fix: A small number of settings were not correctly read from exported options files

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.4 Beta (Feb 17, 2024)

  • Improvement: Ability to save crash minidump without emailing it
  • Fix: In tree mode, when using view filters a crash can occur in some circumstances

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.3 Beta (Feb 17, 2024)

  • Improvement: Install plug-ins of the appropriate architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) based on the architecture chosen for the ExamDiff Pro installation
  • Improvement: Better order of status updates in the output pane after file operations
  • Fix: In tree mode, views were not properly updated after copying items in some circumstances

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.2 Beta (Feb 9, 2024)

  • mprovement: Setup improvements
  • Fix: Custom inline plug-ins did not work correctly

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.1 Beta (Feb 6, 2024)

  • Improvement: Improved redrawing of small status bars
  • Fix: Some of multiply-selected items were not copied in directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 15.0.0.0 Beta (Feb 2, 2024)

  • New: Tree mode in directory comparison
  • New: Ability to perform fast byte-by-byte file content comparison, within full content comparison
  • New: Enhanced file and directory filtering in directory comparison
  • Improvement: HTML Diff Report Improvements
  • Improvement: Better WSL (The Windows Subsystem for Linux) support
  • Fix: Multiple bug fixes

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.22 (Jan 26, 2024)

  • Fix: Occasional crash after clicking on a pane in a small status bar

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.21 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • New: "Updates available" visual indicator in the menu

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.20 (Jan 10, 2024)

  • Fix: Explorer integration did not work in Windows 11 in some scenarios

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.19 (Dec 26, 2023)

  • Fix: Empty directories were not handled correctly in some comparison filtering scenarios

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.17 (Dec 13, 2023)

  • Fix: Incorrect default executable for ODT to Text plug-in

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.16 (Nov 19, 2023)

  • Fix: Large number of external file/directory changes could make directory comparison unresponsive

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.15 (Oct 20, 2023)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 8.4.0
  • Improvement: When lines are linked manually and they are in the same position, files are not auto-compared even when the Auto-Compare option is on

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.14 (Oct 7, 2023)

  • Fix: Manual links were set with the offset of one line when scope bars were not visible

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.13 (Sep 20, 2023)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 8.3.0
  • Improvement: Updated jq plug-in to the latest version 1.7
  • Fix: Occasional freezing of the UI after comparing text files
  • Fix: Sorting in directory comparison was not always correct if results included empty folders
  • Fix: Comparison results balloons were dismissed too quickly
  • Fix: Occasional crash after using Split Block (if the scope bar is visible)

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.11 (Aug 21, 2023)

  • Fix: Occasional invalid caret position after pasting into a file in text comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.9 (Jul 23, 2023)

  • Improvement: Improved blue and dark user interface themes

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.8 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • Improvement: Better startup and comparison performance

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.7 (Jul 2, 2023)

  • Fix: Auto Detect command did not perform programming language detection correctly

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.6 (Jun 29, 2023)

  • New: Option to not show Compare dialog on startup
  • Improvement: Updated 7-Zip plug-in to the latest version 23.01

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.5 (Jun 22, 2023)

  • Improvement: Added Ctrl + Numpad0 as another default keyboard shortcut to reset font size (requires Num Lock to be on)
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 8.1.2
  • Fix: "Compare Selected Fragments" did not work for fragments containing only empty lines
  • Fix: Horizontal width of text views was not updated after Replace All in text comparison/merge

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.4 (Jun 1, 2023)

  • Fix: Additional issues while comparing files with percent signs in their names

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.3 (May 31, 2023)

  • Fix: ExamDiff Pro could crash while comparing files with percent signs in their names

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.2 (May 21, 2023)

  • Improvement: Better programming language detection behavior
  • Fix: Leading or trailing spaces in compared file/directory names incorrectly caused remote plug-ins to be used

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.1 (May 16, 2023)

  • Improvement: Updated Wget plug-in to the latest version 1.21.4

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.1.0 (May 11, 2023)

  • First 14.0 production build

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.10 Beta (May 5, 2023)

  • Improvement: When "Retain file/directory pair" in Options | Global is used, files/directories are now populated for all three modes: file and directory comparison, and file merge
  • Fix: Reverted to the previous behavior of the Replace command (changed in build 14.0.0.8)

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.9 Beta (Apr 25, 2023)

  • Fix: Rare crash in scope tree generation for CSS files

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.18 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • Fix: Using the XLSX-To-Text plug-in could produce the following error: "1 is not a supported code page. Parameter name: codepage"
  • Fix: Using the PPTX-To-Text plug-in could produce the following error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.17 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 8.0.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.8 Beta (Apr 18, 2023)

  • Improvement: Better syntax tree parsing performance for large files
  • Improvement: Changed default program for "JSON Format" plug-in to the more efficient jq application
  • Improvement: Better behavior of the Replace command
  • Fix: Undo/Redo in text comparison could cause a crash in rare circumstances
  • Fix: Session switch was not preserved on Empty Files in the Compare dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.7 Beta (Mar 31, 2023)

  • Fix: Using the XLSX-To-Text plug-in could produce the following error: "1 is not a supported code page. Parameter name: codepage"
  • Fix: Using the PPTX-To-Text plug-in could produce the following error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.6 Beta (Mar 29, 2023)

  • Improvement: Better support of Unicode characters in text comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.5 Beta (Mar 22, 2023)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 8.0.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.16 (Mar 11, 2023)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.88.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.4 Beta (Mar 11, 2023)

  • Improvement: More intuitive behavior of the "Run in new instance" option in the Compare dialog
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.88.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.3 Beta (Mar 7, 2023)

  • New: Ability to switch between different code pages to display byte codes in binary comparison
  • Improvement: The width of the address column in binary comparison views is based on file sizes
  • Fix: Multiple fixes for print/print preview of selected content

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.2 Beta (Feb 26, 2023)

  • Fix: Comments for custom document types were not correctly ignored

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.15 (Feb 25, 2023)

  • Fix: Comments for custom document types were not correctly ignored

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.1 Beta (Feb 23, 2023)

  • New: Show preview of clipboard contents on mouseover in the Compare dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 14.0.0.0 Beta (Feb 18, 2023)

  • New: Portable version
  • New: Ability to detect programming language for files without supported extensions and clipboard contents
  • New: Ability to match file structures (functions, classes, etc.) for text file comparison
  • New: Language support for Typescript
  • New: Language support for JSON
  • Improvement: Improved text comparison/merge status bar (new pane with document type, usability improvements)
  • Fix: Multiple bug fixes

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.14 (Feb 6, 2023)

  • Fix: In directory comparison views, when an item was clicked, the first column was incorrectly indented if the option to show item check boxes was not set
  • Fix: The "Show line modification marks" option was not imported from a saved options file
  • Fix: Spin controls in multiple Options pages did not correctly handle number larger than 999

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.13 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Fix: Additional issues with programming language syntax highlighting

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.12 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Fix: Issues with programming language syntax highlighting, especially for HTML and XML

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.11 (Jan 10, 2023)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.87.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.10 (Dec 4, 2022)

  • Fix: Previous build introduced a condition that could lead to incomplete directory comparison results

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.9 (Dec 2, 2022)

  • Fix: When using the replace function on a selection, the first line of the selection can be truncated at the end of the line

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.8 (Nov 2, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.86.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.7 (Oct 6, 2022)

  • Fix: A crash can occur in text comparison of some UTF-8 files when comments are ignored
  • Improvement: Better deployment and management of plug-ins

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.6 (Sep 18, 2022)

  • Fix: Performing Undo in text comparison could crash the program

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.5 (Sep 12, 2022)

  • Fix: Ignoring column ranges was broken in build 13.0.1.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.4 (Sep 9, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.85.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.3 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • Fix: Save Modified Files dialog had wrong controls tab order
  • Improvement: Better performance of directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.2 (Aug 14, 2022)

  • Fix: Text Merge bug introduced in the previous build

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.1 (Aug 13, 2022)

  • Fix: Windows Explorer context menu did not work correctly on Windows XP
  • Improvement: Better performance of file comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.1.0 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • First 13.0 production build

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.12 Beta (Jul 28, 2022)

  • Fix: Some message boxes very showing during Uninstall with /VERYSILENT and /SUPRESSMSGBOXES options

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.26 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • Fix: Some message boxes very showing during Uninstall with /VERYSILENT and /SUPRESSMSGBOXES options

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.25 (Jul 25, 2022)

  • Fix: Directory comparison did not allow file operations for items with long paths even if Windows supported long paths
  • Improvement: Updated 7-Zip plug-in to the latest version 22.01

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.10 Beta (Jul 14, 2022)

  • Improvement: Sort directory comparison items if an empty directory has been made visible by the program as a result of deletion
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.84.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.24 (Jul 13, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.84.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.23 (Jul 13, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated 7-Zip plug-in to the latest version 22.00

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.9 Beta (Jun 23, 2022)

  • New: Using mouse button tilt actions now results in horizontal scrolling of comparison views
  • Fix: Crash in JavaScipt file comparison with scope bar enabled
  • Improvement: Updated 7-Zip plug-in to the latest version 22.00

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.8 Beta (Jun 4, 2022)

  • Fix: Case was not ignored in line and character level diffs

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.7 Beta (May 25, 2022)

  • Fix: Incorrect coloring of table files with separators embedded in quoted strings
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.83.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.21 (May 18, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.83.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.6 Beta (May 12, 2022)

  • Fix: Occasional hanging of binary comparison of large files.

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.20 (May 4, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.83.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.5 Beta (May 2, 2022)

  • New: Option to show selection check boxes in directory comparison views
  • Fix: Next/Previous Unresolved Conflict command could be incorrectly disable in certain merge scenarios
  • Improvement: Added EPUB files to the Unzip plug-in extension list
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.83.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.19 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.04

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.4 Beta (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Fix: Crash during binary comparison of large files when advanced comparison algorithms were used
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.04

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.18 (Apr 20, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated Wget plug-in to the latest version 1.21.3
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.82.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.3 Beta (Apr 20, 2022)

  • Improvement: Updated Wget plug-in to the latest version 1.21.3
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.82.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 13.0.0.2 Beta (Apr 16, 2022)

  • Fix: Crash during Undo after changing "Skip resolved differences" option
  • Fix: "Skip resolved differences" did not apply to first and last differences

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.17 (Apr 10, 2022)

  • Fix: Bookmarks didn't work after recomparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.16 (Mar 14, 2022)

  • Improvement: If directory comparison started with the "--no_registry_writing" option, start file/directory comparison launched from it also with the same option

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.15 (Mar 5, 2022)

  • Improvement: If directory comparison started with the /nh ("no history") option, start file/directory comparison launched from it also with the same option

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.14 (Feb 7, 2022)

  • Fix: Shell integration was broken on Windows XP
  • Improvement: Better visual indication of inability to edit files in text comparison
  • Improvement: More consistent tooltips and balloon tips for different themes

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.13 (Feb 7, 2022)

  • Fix: Occasional crash in binary comparison (introduced in the previous build)

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.12 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • Fix: Error after comparing a file against clipboard and then recomparing on an external change of the file
  • Fix: Moved blocks were incorrectly identified with the Histogram diff algorithm
  • Improvement: Increased the number of bytes that can be searched for in binary comparison to 1024
  • Improvement: Updated 7-Zip plug-in to the latest version 21.07
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.81.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.11 (Dec 7, 2021)

  • Fix: Ignored lines coloring bug in text comparison
  • Fix: Setting a document type (syntax highlighting) to a file did not always apply it to Line Explorer views
  • Fix: More precise handling of CTRL + +, CTRL + -, CTRL + 0 zoom commands

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.10 (Nov 17, 2021)

  • New: Shortcuts to zoom views:
  • Zoom in: CTRL + +
  • Zoom out: CTRL + -
  • Reset to default font size: CTRL + 0

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.9 (Nov 8, 2021)

  • Improvement: Updated Wget plug-in to the latest version 1.21.2
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.79.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.8 (Sep 2, 2021)

  • Fix: Office document plug-in did not always extract all text from PowerPoint files

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.7 (Aug 2, 2021)

  • Fix: Fixed missing images in ExamDiff Pro Help
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.76.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.6 (Jul 27, 2021)

  • Fix: Using grouping could lead to incorrect display of results in non-recursive directory comparison
  • Fix: Searching for messages in Options | Misc | Messages did not always work
  • Improvement: Faster sorting of directory comparison items

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.5 (Jul 20, 2021)

  • Fix: Using the "Cache diff results for Drill Down/Go Up navigation" could cause an error during directory comparison in rare circumstances
  • Fix: Saving HTML diff reports with the "Include file diffs" option turned on did not produce correct sub-directory reports in non-recursive directory comparison
  • Improvement: Set the default menu and toolbar icon sizes based on the screen metrics

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.4 (Jul 15, 2021)

  • Fix: Using mouse wheel while dragging a view to set a manual synchronization link could lead to incorrect results

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.3 (Jul 14, 2021)

  • Fix: Incorrect icon for the Quick Options button in the Compare dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.2 (Jul 12, 2021)

  • Fix: External file changes were not detected if a file was first deleted and then recreated
  • Fix: Incorrect "Same" status in directory comparison as a result of external file changes in rare circumstances
  • Fix: Save First/Second File commands sometimes behaved as Save First/Second File As...

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.1.1 (Jun 17, 2021)

  • Fix: Occasional misalignment of diff blocks during comparison with non-classic algorithms when manual synchronization links are used
  • Fix: If both file were changed and the user selected to recompare in the Change Notification dialog, occasionally only one file was reloaded during recomparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.13 Beta (Jun 2, 2021)

  • Fix: Changes made to a compared file in one instance of ExamDiff Pro where occasionally missed by another instance

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.12 Beta (May 25, 2021)

  • Fix: Occasional crash when canceling binary comparison
  • Fix: Incorrect number of trial usage days can be shown under some circumstances

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.11 Beta (May 19, 2021)

  • Fix: Incorrect status bar selection pane length in binary comparison views
  • Fix: Incorrect options were used when comparison was launched from the Compare dialog in a new instance with altered quick options
  • Fix: Occasional crash during comparison with non-classic algorithms
  • Improvement: Ignore File Deletion change notification message in non-directory comparisons

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.10 Beta (May 8, 2021)

  • Improvement: Added using of "Optimize diff block alignment" option in Merge
  • Improvement: Better handling of command line options in the jump list and recently compared files/directories

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.9 Beta (Apr 23, 2021)

  • Improvement: On the Compare dialog, replaced Exit button with Cancel

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.8 Beta (Apr 11, 2021)

  • Fix: Reverted the flawed change that moves selection to the next item after deletion in directory comparison.

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.7 Beta (Apr 8, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • In directory comparison, selection moves to the next item after deletion
  • Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.76.0
  • Updated Wget plug-in to the latest version 1.21.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.6 Beta (Mar 24, 2021)

  • Fix: Case was not ignored during comparison of word-wrapped files
  • Fix: Incorrect status message after comparing identical directories
  • Improvement: Added ability to assign keyboard shortcuts to Merge Matched and Merge Selected directory comparison commands
  • Improvement: Made the list of commands under Options | Global | Keyboard sorted alphabetically, to make finding them easier

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.15 (Mar 10, 2021)

  • Fix: Incorrect behavior of the Add Block commands
  • Fix: Quick Options button in the Compare dialog
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.03

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.5 Beta (Mar 10, 2021)

  • Fix: Incorrect diff block positioning in directory comparison after using view filters
  • Improvement: Better diff status reporting after directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.4 Beta (Mar 2, 2021)

  • Fix: Incorrect behavior of the Add Block commands

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.3 Beta (Feb 27, 2021)

  • Fix: Occasional crash during comparison with Patience algorithm
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.03

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.2 Beta (Feb 18, 2021)

  • Fix: Fixed version in the About box
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.75.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.14 (Feb 18, 2021)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.75.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.1 Beta (Feb 16, 2021)

  • Improvement: Better directory comparison results when view filter is used
  • Improvement: Updated OleWoo plug-in to the latest version 1.2.6502

New in ExamDiff Pro 12.0.0.0 Beta (Feb 3, 2021)

  • New: New and improved diff algorithms
  • New: Ability to ignore columns in tab/comma-separated files (referred to by their indices)
  • New: Improved Dark Theme and ability to detect theme automatically from Windows settings
  • New: Recently compared files/directories in the main menu
  • New: Apply button in the Options dialog
  • New: Options search now includes messages under Misc | Messages
  • New: New dialog for saving files if both are modified
  • New: Customize command in the menu under View | Toolbar
  • New: Dump TLB plug-in (by OleWoo)
  • Improvements: Usability improvements to Options dialog
  • Fix: Multiple bug fixes

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.13 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Fix: Collapsing the last group in directory comparison views with grouping could result in blank views
  • Improvement: Added new Pascal extensions: .dpr, .pp, and .lpr

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.12 (Jan 8, 2021)

  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.74.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.11 (Dec 10, 2020)

  • Fix: Deleting a compared directory outside of ExamDiff Pro could cause the program to hang in some circumstances
  • Improvement: Added Activation ID to the About dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.10 (Oct 20, 2020)

  • Fix: Statistics chart was not redrawn with new colors on theme change
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.73.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.9 (Oct 9, 2020)

  • Improvement: Multiple performance improvements for the process startup/shutdown and comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.8 (Oct 1, 2020)

  • Fix: Manual synchronization links were displayed shifted by one line (introduced in build 11.0.1.7)

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.7 (Sep 29, 2020)

  • Fix: Crash during comparison of very large files (greater than 2 GB)
  • Improvement: Performance improvements of comparing very large files

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.6 (Aug 26, 2020)

  • Improvement: Better handling of changes in the Options dialog
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.72.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.5 (Aug 12, 2020)

  • Fix: Occasional crash during comparison (introduced in build 11.0.1.4)

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.4 (Aug 12, 2020)

  • Improvement: Multiple jump lists improvements
  • Improvement: Pane titles font size now matches the height of the controls

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.3 (Jul 15, 2020)

  • Improvement: Added keyboard shortcuts to compare mode selection buttons in the Compare Dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 11.0.1.2 (Jun 6, 2020)

  • Fix: Command line: /d option was ignored when the /g option was used
  • Fix: Too slow mouse wheel scrolling in binary comparison views

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.13 Beta (May 12, 2020)

  • Fix: Taskbar progress was not showing is the UI was launched from the command line
  • Fix: Indenting lines incorrectly added tabs/spaces to empty lines

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.12 Beta (May 7, 2020)

  • New: Support for Windows jump lists
  • Improvement: Loading file/directory from the pane title bar will now recompare if the Auto-Compare option is turned on
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.70.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.11 Beta (Apr 29, 2020)

  • Fix: IniSorter plug-in failed to process some .reg files
  • Improvement: Better sorting in directory comparison
  • Improvement: Better IniSorter plug-in performance

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.10 Beta (Apr 24, 2020)

  • Fix: Deleted manual synchronization links could come back after recomparison under some circumstances
  • Fix: Incorrect diff statistics chart for two-way merge
  • Fix: color bars were not updated after resolving diffs in text file comparison
  • Improvement: Separated Line-by-line setting in Options | Test Compare | Advanced from Fuzzy comparison settings, and made the latter more user-friendly
  • Improvement: Improved diff statistics chart

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.9 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: IniSorter fix for multiple rows with the same name but different values in the same section
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.69.1
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.02

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.8 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Improvement: Made text comparison algorithm results more intuitive
  • Improvement: Better saving/restoring of manual synchronization links

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.7 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Ignored color was not applied in text comparison if the Word Wrap option was used but none of the lines were actually wrapped
  • Fix: Status bar incorrectly reported that all conflicts were resolved after merge even though the main UI showed unresolved conflicts
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.68.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.6 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: File/directories with names containing extended ASCII characters of different cases (e.g. FINANÇAMENT and Finançament) were not matched in directory comparison
  • Fix: Absolute paths were stored in HTML diff reports for directory comparison when "Include file diffs" option was used
  • Improvement: Better mouse wheel scroll behavior in Windows 10

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.5 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Header control in directory comparison did not restore to normal color after hovering over a column
  • Fix: Directory comparison cancellation could cause incorrect behavior of full file comparison background task
  • Improvement: Text file comparison performance improvements

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.4 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Column filtering issues in directory comparison
  • Fix: The output pane did not update correctly after switching between the blue and the dark themes

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.3 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Incorrect scrolling in directory comparison after some file operations

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.2 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Using certain directory comparison options could lead to a crash when a file comparison was launched from directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.1 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: IniSorter fix for multi-line entries
  • Fix: Incorrect saving of UTF-8 files under some rare circumstances
  • Fix: Double-clicking on a directory in non-recursive directory comparison did not result on launching a comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 11 Build 11.0.0.0 Beta (Apr 7, 2020)

  • New: Explorer-like column filters in directory comparison
  • New: Show diff stats in a chart
  • New: New HTML template
  • New: Ability to reset all settings
  • New: Ability to launch multiple file comparison sessions from directory comparison, one for each selected file
  • New: Skip Difference enhancements
  • New: Built-in support for PowerShell documents
  • New: Option to open new comparison instance from directory comparison on another monitor
  • New: UI enhancements: dark theme, flattened UI
  • Improvement: Significantly faster directory comparison in full file comparison mode
  • Improvement: Installation improvements
  • Fix: Multiple bug fixes

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.21 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Incorrect version number in the previous build

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.20 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Header control in directory comparison did not restore to normal color after hovering over a column
  • Fix: File/directories with names containing extended ASCII characters of different cases (e.g. FINANÇAMENT and Finançament) were not matched in directory comparison
  • Fix: Absolute paths were stored in HTML diff reports for directory comparison when "Include file diffs" option was used

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.19 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Using certain directory comparison options could lead to a crash when a file comparison was launched from directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.18 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fix: Incorrect saving of UTF-8 files under some rare circumstances

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.17 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Fix: Incorrect message about plug-in-preprocessed file after toggling Use Plug-ins option and attempting to edit/save a file

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.16 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • Fix: Command line options were not passed from directory comparison to invoked file comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.15 (Jul 18, 2019)

  • Fix: Support for long paths in WIndows 10
  • Fix: Issues with group mode in directory comparison
  • Fix: Dropping an archive file on a pane could hang the program
  • Fix: Restored ability to drop a single file or directory into an empty comparison pane
  • Fix: Ability to compare clipboard contents in binary mode
  • Fix: Alignment problem in some skipped lines scenarios

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.14 (Jun 22, 2019)

  • Fix: Inability to read Unicode surrogates from files with UTF-8 encoding
  • Fix: Incorrect formatting of HTML diff report for binary comparison in fast mode
  • Fix: Taskbar error status was not reset after continuing of comparison
  • Fix: Dropping of a single file onto a comparison pane could lead to a crash
  • Improvement: Better high DPI support

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.13 (Apr 27, 2019)

  • Fix: Occasional crash when applying activation code
  • Fix: Keyboard shortcuts in the options were not properly drawn under high DPI
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.64.1
  • Improvement: Updated wget plug-in to the latest version 1.20.3 (note: this version does not support Windows XP)

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.12 (Apr 19, 2019)

  • Fix: clicking on the border between two adjacent blocks on the diff bar could produce incorrect result
  • Fix: too tall "Delete Empty Directories" message in some circumstances
  • Improvement: changed to keep text selection in unfocused panes in order to improve Find/Replace experience

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.11 (Mar 23, 2019)

  • Fix: when command line was used with examdiff.exe (as opposed to examdiff), no console output was produced
  • Improvement: much faster and more precise XLSX to Text conversion in OOXML2Txt plug-in
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.01.01

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.10 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Fix: manual links were not loaded from session files
  • Improvement: Updated 7zip plug-in to the latest version 19.00
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.64.0
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.0.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.9 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • Fix: Plug-in options were not saved (broken in build 10.0.1.7)

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.8 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • Fix: Incorrect text coloring after using Split Block command

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.7 (Feb 16, 2019)

  • Fix: incorrect default for treating list files as directories. After the fix, such files are treated as regular files unless Compare Directories tab or /fd option are used
  • Fix: using bold/italic fonts could cause HTML reports to not show correct colors
  • Fix: copying to the clipboard from binary comparison panes could cause a crash
  • Improvement: Faster start-up
  • Improvement: Faster directory comparison
  • Improvement: Faster fuzzy line matching in text comparison/merge
  • Improvement: Made menu bar unmovable
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.63.0
  • Improvement: More streamlined setup

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.4 (Oct 18, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • Better messages when adding/removing manual links
  • Better messages when editing read-only files

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.3 (Sep 23, 2018)

  • Fix: Files that contain file paths were incorrectly treated as directories when compared from directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.1.2 (Sep 10, 2018)

  • Fix: Diff combobox could erroneously contain empty diffs at the end for binary comparison
  • Fix: Reduced flickering of binary comparison panes
  • Improvement: "Save files before re-comparison" option no longer applies to clipboard fragments
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.61.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.10 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • Fix: Minor license activation issues

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.9 (Jun 23, 2018)

  • Fix: Occasional crash when using synchronized word wrap
  • Fix: Certain files caused incomplete inline comparison results

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.8 (Jun 17, 2018)

  • Improvement: Better management of license keys

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.7 (Jun 9, 2018)

  • Fix: Encreasing bytes per line in binary comparison could lead to a crash
  • Fix: Using "Save files before re-comparison" option combined with plug-ins and manual synchronization could result in a plug-in error

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.6 (May 26, 2018)

  • Fix: Strings were not imported correctly from options exported in 10.0
  • Fix: Dragging columns did not work in Options | Display | Dir Columns
  • Improvement: Respect "Enabled" state of system-installed plug-ins during installation
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.60.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.5 (May 26, 2018)

  • Improvement: Updated 7zip plug-in to the latest version 18.05
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.59.0
  • Improvement: Updated HTML Tidy plug-in to the latest version 5.6.0
  • Improvement: Updated wget plug-in to the latest version 1.19.4

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.4 (Apr 28, 2018)

  • Fix: File change notification issues

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.3 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • Fix: Could not copy empty subdirectories from one directory to the other

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.2 (Apr 14, 2018)

  • Fix: Ignore comments for system-defined document types did not work unless Use Document Type Settings was turned on
  • Fix: Occasional crash in binary comparison
  • Fix: Too large menu/toolbar font under Windows XP
  • Fix: CRCs were not correctly calculated for files with CRC equal to 0xFFFFFFFF
  • Fix: File handles were occasionally not closed if full file comparison background task was canceled during CRC calculations
  • Fix: Occasional crash during saving of files with empty lines and trimming enabled
  • Improvement: Better performance of CRC calculations

New in ExamDiff Pro 10 Build 10.0.0.0 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • New: Ability to compare file/directory lists (Master edition)
  • New: Ability to create directory comparison HTML diff report with links to file comparison HTML diff reports (Master edition)
  • New: Quick Compare options
  • New: Fuzzy string comparison support for inline text comparison
  • New: Option to allow file exclusion by attribute in directory comparison (especially hidden files/folders)
  • New: Added "Ignore subdirectories" to "Handling of subdirectories" options under Options | Directory Compare
  • New: Option to automatically re-compare after save
  • New: Ability to hide menu bar
  • Improvement: Extended "Copy Line to Other File" to "Copy Line(s) to Other File"
  • Fix: Changed window size sometimes did not persist after re-compare

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.8 (Oct 29, 2017)

  • Fix: Additional fix for Synchronize Directories of nested files/directories in non-recursive comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.6 (Sep 25, 2017)

  • Fix: Could not compare a directory against a directory snapshot
  • Fix: Could not create directory snapshots from the File menu

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.5 (Sep 5, 2017)

  • Fix: Occasional crash when comparing an empty directory
  • Fix: Occasional crash in Windows XP during license activation

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.4 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • New: Option to not create a Start Menu folder during setup
  • Fix: Occasional crash when using zero similarity
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 4.00

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.3 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • Fix:
  • Build 9.0.1.2 did not work under Windows XP

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.2 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • Fix:
  • Not all settings were exported using the Export Settings command
  • Improvements:
  • Do not report changes in child directories if "Do not compare subdirectories at all" option is used
  • Better handling of symlinks

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.1 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Occasional loss of synchronization after Undo/Redo in text comparison
  • New: New difference navigation mouse commands:
  • Shift + MouseWheel Up: navigate to the previous difference
  • Shift + MouseWheel Down: navigate to the next difference
  • MouseWheel Click: set focus to the diff bar (if it's visible and enabled)

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.1.0 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Improvement: Better handling of table layouts in PDF files by Xpdf plug-in

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.16 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Manual links were not preserved when a file was saved unchanged outside of ExamDiff Pro
  • Improvement: Better highlighting of directory comparison items changed by an external program
  • Improvement: Changed background color of selected block icon in Merge to blue

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.15 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Incorrect sorting of directory comparison by the Status column (only affected the second/right pane)

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.14 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • New: Option to show and hide address column in fast binary comparison mode
  • Fix: Occasional incorrect behavior of fast binary comparison
  • Improvement: Updated jc plug-in to the latest version 1.5
  • Improvement: Updated HTML Tidy plug-in to the latest version 5.4.0
  • Improvement: Updated wget plug-in to the latest version 1.19.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.13 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: /html command line options was broken in the previous build

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.12 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: An invalid extra difference was added in byte-by-byte binary comparison in some circumstances
  • Fix: Command bars settings were not fully imported via Import Settings command
  • Fix: Text comparison views were not always refreshed after Undo/Redo commands
  • Improvement: Better performance of parallel full comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.11 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Incorrect toolbars were saved in some circumstances when switching between sessions

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.10 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Incorrect Explorer Menu behavior when files from different subdirectories were selected
  • Fix: Line/character level differences were not always correctly reported in Merge
  • Fix: Incorrect Use Left/Right/Center behavior after merging empty files or files with missing last linebreaks
  • Improvement: Differences Bar can now be docked next to another toolbar

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.9 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Incorrect directory comparison diff stats are reported when /f and /statsonly command line options are used together

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.8 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • New: Added "JSON Canonicalize" (jq) plug-in to the list of installed plug-ins
  • Fix: Show Only First command did not work in file and directory comparison
  • Fix: Dropping a text file did not actually show the dropped file in the pane

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.7 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Removed additional duplicates from the "All Commands" category in the customization dialog
  • Fix: Another instance of "Encountered an improper argument" error when directory comparison diff bar was clicked in a certain area

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.6 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Occasional crash when saving text files with "Remove trailing whitespaces when saving files" option enabled

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.5 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Diff Bar in directory comparison was not always updated on keyboard navigation
  • Fix: Incorrect line numbering after Undo operation for Add Block, Delete Block, and Split Block commands
  • Fix: Removed duplicates from the "All Commands" category in the customization dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.4 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Could not set Text Merge detail level to "Lines and Characters"
  • Improvement: Added all toolbar commands to the customization dialog
  • Improvement: Added "Toggle fast byte-by-byte comparison" button to the Binary Comparison toolbar
  • Improvement: Added View | Use Modern Theme menu command
  • Improvement: Updated 7z plug-in to the latest version 16.04
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version 7.52.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.3 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: "Encountered an improper argument" error when directory comparison diff bar was clicked in a certain area
  • Improvement: Better detection of comments for programming languages supported by syntax highlighting

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.2 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: The auto-hidden output pane did not redraw properly when popped up
  • Fix: Button icons sometimes remained hidden on the Compare dialog
  • Improvement: Changed icons for Swap Files/Directories and Replace commands

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.1 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • Fix: Invalid key bindings after upgrading to 9.0

New in ExamDiff Pro 9.0 Build 9.0.0.0 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • New: Updated user interface (modern UI theme, multiple toolbars with additional customization options, new toolbar and menu icons, high DPI support)
  • New: Logging to the new output pane and/or a log file
  • New: Fast (byte-by-byte) binary comparison
  • New: Merge additions (Master edition; 3-way diff (without merge) and a new command line option /diffonly, ability to ignore case, ability to ignore parts of lines matching a regular expression)
  • New: Option to remove trailing whitespaces from lines during saving of text files
  • Fix: Stopping parallel full comparison caused files to be marked with "Error" status or to be erroneously marked as identical
  • Fix: Options and sessions files were not saved with the Unicode Byte Order Mark (BOM)
  • Fix: Incorrect line numbering after Add Block, Delete Block, and Split Block commands
  • Improvement: Better text/binary detection
  • Improvement: Better performance of 3-Way Diff And Merge
  • Improvement: Explorer context menu is now enabled even if selected files are in different directories (Windows Vista and higher)

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.8 (Aug 26, 2016)

  • Fix: Previous build did not properly update plug-ins

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.7 (Aug 26, 2016)

  • Fix: Handling of ^ and $ characters in regular expressions fine and replace
  • Fix: Incorrect behavior of the END key when text views are not vertically synchronized
  • Fix: When comparing directory snapshots, "7FFFFFFF" CRCs are shown for values larger than 2147483647
  • Improvement: Updated 7z plug-in to the latest version 16.02
  • Improvement: Updated cURL plug-in to the latest version v7.49.1
  • Improvement: Updated tidy plug-in to the latest version 5.2.0
  • Improvement: Updated wget plug-in to the latest version 1.18
  • Improvement: Updated Xpdf plug-in to the latest version 3.04

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.6 (Aug 26, 2016)

  • Fix: Occasional crash on creating a new directory comparison filter when existing filter is not selected
  • Fix: Multiple high DPI issues

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.5 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • Fix: Occasional crash on grouping of directory items by a hidden column
  • Fix: OOXML2Txt plug-in did not always correctly handle complex Excel files
  • Improvement: Better performance of scrolling of directory views with large number of items
  • Improvement: RTF files are now automatically handled by the "DOC to Text" plug-in

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.4 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • Fix: Occasional crash during saving of session files

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.3 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • New: ExamDiff Pro and its installers are now signed with SHA-2 (SHA-256) certificate
  • New: 256 pixel application icon for Windows Vista and higher

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.2 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Improvement: Improved support for Wine 1.8

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.1 (Dec 18, 2015)

  • Fix: Color and Hatch drop-downs in Color Options were not properly positioned in some multi-display scenarios
  • Fix: Lines with Unix style of linebreaks were not always ignored (given the correct options)

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.1.0 Beta (Nov 14, 2015)

  • New: Ability to apply ignored line and column ranges only to the first or to the second file using 1: or 2: prefixes, e.g. 1:1-6 (by default ranges apply to both files)
  • Improvement: Manual synchronization links are now saved per session and also saved into session files
  • Improvement: Bookmarks are now preserved during re-comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.0.5 Beta (Oct 16, 2015)

  • New: Ability to activate and deactivate license directly from the Help menu

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.0.4 Beta (Sep 9, 2015)

  • Fix: Activation did not always work properly under Windows XP in the last build

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.0.3 Beta (Sep 7, 2015)

  • Improvement: Updated tidy plug-in to the latest version 5.0.0
  • Improvement: Updated XMLStarlet plug-in to the latest version 1.6.1

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.0.2 Beta (Aug 14, 2015)

  • Fix: Occasional crash in binary comparison for large block sizes
  • Fix: Added a recomparison prompt before applying view filters to unsaved buffers in text comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.0.1 Beta (Aug 5, 2015)

  • Fix: File plug-ins were incorrectly used in directory comparison in some scenarios
  • Fix: Unicode strings were not correctly saved in Options and Sessions files
  • Fix: Line numbers for wrapped lines in HTML reports were incorrectly shown

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.25 (Aug 5, 2015)

  • Fix: File plug-ins were incorrectly used in directory comparison in some scenarios

New in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Build 8.0.0.0 Beta (Jul 29, 2015)

  • New: Ability to group directory comparison items
  • New: Allow to Go Up One Level/Drill Down in directory comparison without re-comparison (using cached diff results)
  • New: Ability to use Left/Center/Right blocks by default if a conflict occurs during merging (Master edition)
  • New: Command line option /statsonly to output only comparison statistics
  • New: Automatically save/restore manual synchronization links
  • New: Ability to customize file/directory captions
  • New: Allow using Windows environment variables in Options paths
  • New: Option to convert new tabs to spaces during text file editing
  • New: Ability to customize print report heading via Page Setup (including making it blank)
  • New: Option to force comparisons from Windows Explorer context menu with the older/newer file/directory as first
  • New: "Merge Matched" and "Merge Selected" commands in the Advanced sub-menu of the directory comparison views context menu (Master edition)
  • New: Command line options /dt1:name, /dt2:name, /dt3:name to allow replacing "Theirs", "Base", and "Yours" tags in merging (Master edition)
  • New: Windows 10 Support
  • Improvement: Improved performance of directory comparison
  • Improvement: Ability to toggle option "Ignore Linebreak styles" via customized toolbar
  • Improvement: Added more file attributes to the supported ones (RHSA) in directory comparison views

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.24 (Jul 29, 2015)

  • Fix: Moving new plug-ins up or down in the Plug-ins Options page did not preserve their properties
  • Fix: Occasional failures in reading of Excel files by OOXML2Txt plug-in
  • Fix: Failed to Save As merge output files if they used forward slashes in their paths instead of backslashes

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.23 (May 23, 2015)

  • Fix: Handling of volume directories in Shell extension
  • Fix: Occasional crash in merge

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.22 (Apr 28, 2015)

  • Fix: Encoding of more extended ASCII characters in binary comparison HTML diff reports
  • Fix: Incorrect number of differences in the diff combobox of binary comparison HTML diff reports

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.21 (Apr 28, 2015)

  • Fix: Better handling of extended ASCII characters in binary comparison HTML diff reports
  • Fix: Save As dialog occasionally defaulted to empty path after swapping files
  • Fix: Incorrect prompt to delete empty directories after deleting files under certain circumstances

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.20 (Mar 28, 2015)

  • Fix: Better handling of ASCII character 129 in binary comparison HTML diff reports
  • Fix: Occasional incorrect comparison results when parallel full directory comparison is used to compare a directory with its sub-directory
  • Improvement: Different timestamps for identical items are shown in bold font if the "Highlight newer/older dates for identical items" option is not enabled

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.19 (Mar 14, 2015)

  • Fix: "Full File Comparison" mode was not saved when ExamDiff Pro was launched from the command line or Windows Explorer
  • Fix: "Fetch Remote Directory" plug-in did not work correctly
  • Fix: Plug-in and Encoding settings in the Open File dialog were not used correctly
  • Improvement: Updated curl plug-in to the latest version 7.41.0
  • Improvement: Updated wget plug-in to the latest version 1.16.2

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.18 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Fix: Loading session a from file resulted in removing recent session file paths from the Files/Directories | Session menu
  • Fix: Deleting current session in the Compare dialog and canceling it resulted in the session being restored

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.17 (Jan 30, 2015)

  • Fix: The 32-bit build failed to register license keys on PCs without support for SSE2 instruction set
  • Fix: Explorer sub-menu was empty in the directory comparison context menu

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.16 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • Fix: The 32-bit build did no start on PCs without support for SSE2 instruction set
  • Improvement: Display non-braking spaces when "View White Space" command is used

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.15 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Fix: Incorrect files were questioned during directory comparison file operations under certain conditions
  • Fix: Zero-size files were not picked up by the Explorer Shell extension

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.14 (Dec 27, 2014)

  • Fix: "Encountered an improper argument" error on startup under certain conditions

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.13 (Dec 27, 2014)

  • Fix: Borders between directory comparison items when view filter is used
  • Fix: Color bars were not properly updated during parallel full directory comparison
  • Fix: Hourglass icons were not visible for all items that were in the processing queue
  • Improvement: Better handling of non-admin users during setup
  • Improvement: Print Preview: support for mouse wheel, additional zoom levels
  • Improvement: Better performance of parallel full directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.12 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Fix: "Reset this page only" did not work for Text Compare options page
  • Fix: In directory comparison, pressing the Copy arrow on the last item did not always result in performing the command
  • New: Added hourglass icons to the diff bar for directory comparison items that are currently compared during parallel full comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.11 (Nov 22, 2014)

  • Fix: Incorrect lines were ignored in text comparison with certain combination of Ignore options

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.10 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • Fix: Improved ability to cancel and general UI responsiveness of parallel directory comparison
  • Fix: Handling of dragging files into ExamDiff Pro when view filters were used
  • Fix: Occasional crash in directory comparison when mouse is hovered over partially visible items
  • Improvement: Performance of text file comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.9 (Nov 18, 2014)

  • Fix: Occasionally incorrect files were copied when Copy button was used on the diff bar in directory comparison
  • Fix: Improved view updates during search in text comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.8 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • Fix: Incorrect (offset by one) icons in the Options tree
  • Fix: Improved detection of very large binary files
  • Fix: Occasional incorrect height of sub-menus in 64-bit build
  • Fix: Odd coloring of directory comparison results when one compared directory is a sub-directory of the other
  • Fix: Sorting by number of differences did not work if parallel directory comparison was used
  • Fix: Occasional "Invalid argument encountered" error during file deletion in filtered directory comparison views
  • Fix: Directory snapshots were not correctly compared if comparison filters were used
  • Fix: Occasional incorrect directory comparison results when the Unzip plug-in was used in conjunction with parallel directory comparison
  • Fix: Forcing treating PDF files as binary prevented them from being correctly compared in directory full file comparison mode when the PDF plug-in was used
  • New: Added "ODT to Text" plug-in for OpenDocument files

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.7 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Fix: Occasional thread collisions when plug-ins were used in parallel directory comparison
  • Fix: File plug-ins were incorrectly used when files comparison was launched from directory comparison in some scenarios
  • Fix: Incorrect cursor position after deleting text in some scenarios
  • Fix: Crash after incorrect treatment of manually linked lines in some scenarios
  • Improvement: Better binary file detection

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.6 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • Fix: Plug-in processed archive files were not correctly re-compared
  • Fix: Manual synchronization links were not allowed to be set if text comparison was invoked after a merge
  • Fix: Undoing "Add Block" command in text comparison did not work correctly
  • Fix: Directory comparison options for metadata comparison were not remembered if the "Full File Comparison" mode was used when ExamDiff Pro was launched from the command line or Windows Explorer
  • Improvement: Improved diff navigation in HTML reports

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.5 (Aug 5, 2014)

  • Fix: Files with no extension were processed by the Unzip plug-in

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.4 (Aug 4, 2014)

  • Fix: Find was disabled in the left/theirs comparison pane for both two-way merge and three-way diff and merge
  • Fix: Merge panes became blank after changing merge colors in Options
  • New: Added JSON formatting plug-in
  • Improvement: Added the toolbar button "Show/Hide Synchronization Buttons" to the "Text Merge Toolbar"
  • Improvement: Added ISO, MSI, and CHM extensions the list of extensions for the Unzip plug-in

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.3 (Jul 14, 2014)

  • Fix: Recently compared directories were not saved when ExamDiff Pro was launched from the command line or Windows Explorer
  • Fix: Improved initial layout in multi-monitor setup
  • Improvement: Removed the unnecessary All Options page in the Options dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.2 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Fix: Show/Hide Line Inspector command caused problems in some scenarios
  • Fix: Use View Filter setting is not saved when ExamDiff Pro is launched from the command line or Windows Explorer
  • Fix: Occasional hanging at the end of ExamDiff.com execution (after the comparison is finished)

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.1 (Jun 21, 2014)

  • Fix: XLS to CSV plug-in failed to convert some decimal numbers
  • Fix: The "INS" status pane in the merge output view was not updated when the Insert key was pressed
  • Fix: 64-bit installer did not properly deploy ExamDiff.com

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.1.0 (Jun 9, 2014)

  • New:
  • Two-way merge (Master edition)
  • Line Inspector in merge mode (Master edition)
  • Parallel full comparison
  • Export/Import Settings commands
  • Ability to search for options
  • Ability to search in toolbar customization dialog
  • Windows 8.1 support
  • Ability to clear comparison history, recent sessions, and recent session files
  • New directory comparison context menu commands: Open, Open Both, Copy as Path
  • Ctrl-Mouse wheel adjusts font size
  • Option to make the directory comparison backup directory hidden
  • Text file encoding shown in status bars and highlighted if different
  • Fix:
  • Empty directory not matching comparison filters were still shown in directory comparison
  • Improvement:
  • New Tools menu for settings-related commands
  • New Options | Tools pane for options pertaining to external tools
  • Improved layout for many dialogs
  • Reorganized directory comparison context menu to make rarely used commands less prominent
  • Rearranged "Comparison precision" settings under Options | Directory Compare
  • Newer/Older file comparison status panes are now colored

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.15 Beta (Jun 5, 2014)

  • Fix: Some files caused two-way merge to crash

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.14 Beta (May 29, 2014)

  • Fix: Performance issues during directory comparison over local network

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.13 Beta (May 27, 2014)

  • Fix: Issues with enabling the OK button on the Copy To Third Directory dialog

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.12 Beta (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Fix: /noui command line option did always produce output file during text merge

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.11 Beta (Apr 14, 2014)

  • Fix: Coloring issue after block synchronization in text comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.10 Beta (Apr 14, 2014)

  • Fix: Coloring issue when a block with no last line ending was copied from one file to another
  • Improvement: Better defaults for comparison plug-ins

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.9 Beta (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Improvement: Performance of text comparison and merge

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.8 Beta (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Ability to search for options
  • Ability to search in toolbar customization dialog
  • Ability to clear comparison history, recent sessions, or recent session files
  • New directory comparison context menu commands:
  • Open
  • Open Both
  • Copy as Path
  • Ctrl-Mouse wheel adjusts font size
  • Text file encoding shown in status bars and highlighted if different
  • New Tools menu for settings-related commands
  • New Options | Tools pane for options pertaining to external tools
  • Option to make the directory comparison backup directory hidden
  • Improved layout for many dialogs
  • Reorganized directory comparison context menu to make rarely used commands less prominent
  • Rearranged "Comparison precision" settings under Options | Directory Compare
  • Newer/Older file comparison status panes are now colored
  • Bug fix: Empty directories not matching comparison filters were still shown in directory comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.7 Beta (Feb 19, 2014)

  • Fix: Some comparison plug-ins were broken by the latest build

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.6 Beta (Feb 15, 2014)

  • Fix: Errors during Parallel Full Comparison when directory comparison plug-ins were used

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.5 Beta (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Fix: Settings were not exported under Windows XP

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.4 Beta (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Fix: Errors during parallel full comparison of large directories (temporary files)
  • Fix: Some toolbar button images were not properly set prior to comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.3 Beta (Jan 22, 2014)

  • Fix: Failed to determine existence of files on network shares under heavy CPU load
  • Fix: Directory comparison views were incorrectly updated after changing full file comparison option and rejecting re-comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 7.0 Build 7.0.0.2 Beta (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Fix: Occasional crash after deleting a directory

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.13 (Nov 4, 2013)

  • Fix: Vertical scrolling in Merge goes out of synchronization under some circumstances
  • Fix: Incorrect diff combo strings after View Filter was applied following splitting blocks in text comparison
  • Fix: End-of-line characters were incorrectly shown after View Filter is applied when one or more files were missing the last linebreak
  • Fix: Inconsistent directory/file comparison results when all file lines were ignored
  • Fix: Inconsistent text comparison results when word wrap was on and one or more files were missing the last linebreak
  • Fix: Incorrect navigation to large diff blocks in HTML reports

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.12 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • Fix: Inconsistent behavior after trying to compare files or directories that don't exist from the title bars
  • Fix: Incorrect text coloring after Undo/Redo under some circumstances
  • Fix: MRU sessions were sometimes not working correctly
  • Fix: Stability issues

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.11 (Aug 18, 2013)

  • New: Better diff navigation for large block in HTML reports
  • Fix: Options were not saved if the "Empty Files" button was clicked after options were changed from the Compare dialog
  • Fix: Error while trying to copy a very large number of files as text in directory comparison
  • Fix: Evaluation dialog was shown in console mode
  • Fix: Inconsistent behavior after deleting empty directories following file deletion in recursive comparison

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.10 (Jul 24, 2013)

  • Fix: Occasional crashes during HTML diff report generation
  • Fix: Manual links in text file comparison did not work under some circumstances

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.9 (Jul 22, 2013)

  • Fix: Missing Word Wrap/Ignore Options warning when the "Ignore Comments" toolbar button was used with word-wrapped files
  • Fix: Inconsistent behavior after re-comparing of files that are processed by a plug-in and then modified
  • Fix: Improved multi-monitor support
  • Fix: Case-insensitive comparison did not work correctly for European accented characters
  • Fix: Improved handling of embedded NULL characters in text files

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.8 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • Fix: Encoding for the three-way merge output file is now set based on the encoding of "yours" file.
  • Fix: Eliminated duplicate change notifications.
  • Fix: Using File Types button in file dialogs occasionally caused stability issues.

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.7 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • Fix: Newline characters were not shown when a file was dragged onto a file comparison pane.
  • Fix: Rare crash in three-way comparison when one or more files were missing the last linebreak

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.6 (Mar 16, 2013)

  • Fix: Crash on searching in the merge mode
  • Fix: Ctrl-F3 and Ctrl-Shift-F3 commands were no working in the merge mode

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.5 (Mar 4, 2013)

  • Fix: Incorrect display of empty directories after deletion in recursive comparison
  • Fix: Line Inspector did not display text selection or scrolled to it after a successful search
  • Fix: View filter state was not remembered between restarts
  • Fix: Keyboard navigation was broken in merge mode
  • Fix: Command line option /d was ignored when used together with /g

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.4 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • Fix: Crashed during comparison of text files grater than 4 GB
  • Fix: Incorrect inline diff navigation under certain conditions
  • Fix: Horizontal scrollbar for long lines in HTML diff reports Line Inspector was missing
  • Fix: Accelerator keys did not work properly in the Compare dialog
  • Fix: Incorrect behavior of "//" and "--" command line options
  • Fix: Keyboard shortcuts did not work for the Merge menu items

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.3 (Jan 31, 2013)

  • Fix: Occasional crashes during three-way comparison if word wrap was enabled
  • Fix: Improved change notification monitoring

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.2 (Jan 31, 2013)

  • New: Line Inspector in HTML diff reports
  • Fix: Line Inspector was erroneously shown in binary comparison mode
  • Fix: Better default command line options for the PDF plug-in

New in ExamDiff Pro 6.0 Build 6.0.3.0 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Standard and Master editions
  • Three-way diff and merge
  • Quick view filters
  • Overall difference navigation
  • Redesigned HTML diff report, with improved diff navigation and selection
  • Windows 8 support
  • New document types: Ruby, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Ability to limit number of subdirectory levels in recursive comparison
  • Ability to lock toolbars
  • Allow full paths in the title bar
  • Option to limit update check frequency
  • New command line option: /gx:file save ExamDiff Pro options to an options file
  • Bug fixes:
  • Selected padding lines were indented and lost their padding status when the Tab key was pressed in text comparison
  • fi and /fx options did not automatically enable the "Use comparison filters" option along with the specified filters
  • Resetting plug-ins to default did not properly recover installed plug-ins
  • Line numbers were being selected along with text in HTML diff reports
  • Improvements:
  • More intuitive keyboard shortcuts for difference navigation commands
  • Rearranged options

New in ExamDiff Pro 5.5.0.4 Beta (Mar 21, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Automated directory synchronization
  • Support for Office 2007/2010 documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Option to ignore text file lines by their numbers
  • Option to ignore blank lines at the end of a file
  • New navigation commands: First Diff
  • Last Diff
  • End of Current Diff
  • Ability to browse for file/directory directly in the main window via the Browse button
  • Ability to denote text/binary files based on their extensions
  • Option to copy adjacent ignored lines when diff blocks are replaced
  • Option to swap diff and color bars for the first pane
  • New command line option: /em:email email diff results to the address 'email'
  • New buttons for existing commands can now be added to the toolbar: Load Session from File
  • Save Session to File
  • Bug fixes:
  • When "Save files before re-comparison" was set, clipboard contents caused the "Save first file" dialog and the "Save second file" dialogs to appear twice
  • Ignoring trailing whitespaces in lines failed in certain situations
  • HTML diff reports did not resize correctly in Chrome
  • Horizontally-split HTML diff reports did not resize correctly
  • Minor issues in HTML and XML syntax highlighting
  • High memory consumption in text file comparison
  • Improvements:
  • Options | Compare panel reorganized to group similar Ignore options together
  • Changed the way empty directories are presented (directory name instead of "")
  • Zero similarity matching is enabled even if the file size is larger than the fuzzy matching threshold
  • Icons on the Compare dialog buttons
  • Icons on the Print Preview dialog buttons

New in ExamDiff Pro 5.0 Beta (Jan 21, 2010)

  • Line Inspector panel for easy recognition of differences within lines
  • Synchronization buttons for directory comparison
  • Hide and Hide All But These context menu commands in directory comparison to hide items until the next recomparison
  • Ability to combine directory comparison sort results from both panes
  • Use Comparison Filters command to enable/disable the use of filters specified in the Options | Dir Comparison | Filters panel
  • Option to only show second items that were already compared to the first item in the Compare dialog drop-down boxes
  • Improved file change notification for directory comparison: File properties of dir view items updated
  • Diff blocks changed as appropriate
  • Automatic detection of Unicode files without BOMs, where possible
  • Plug-in matching by name filter as opposed to extensions
  • Copy Line to Other File context menu command in file comparison
  • Split Diffs command for changed diff blocks in text file comparison that converts the changed block into two blocks (added and deleted)
  • Ability to email HTML diff reports by spawning the default email client
  • Ability to open containing folder via context menu in file and directory comparison
  • New toolbar buttons for existing commands: Delete Block
  • Show Diff Combo Box Bar
  • Ignore the Ignores command renamed to Use Ignores and behavior reversed
  • Reorganization of the View menu to group all Options-related commands together
  • Options | Display panel organized into three distinct sections: Common Options, File Comparison, and Directory Comparison
  • Improved handling of empty directories in recursive directory comparison: All empty directories now shown, even if the matching directory in the other pane is not empty
  • Prompt to delete directories if their contents are all deleted
  • Filter icon in status bar colored red to match the Use Comparison Filters toolbar button
  • Bug fixes: Right-click name filtering in dir comparison was broken in 4.5
  • Clipboard selection did not work together with the "Run comparison in new instance of ExamDiff Pro" option
  • Shell integration did not work correctly with file and directory shortcuts

New in ExamDiff Pro 4.5.2.2 (Aug 17, 2009)

  • Improved diff bar (synchronization buttons, right-click menu, tooltips)
  • Ability to specify file encoding (ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16LE or UTF-16BE) for opening and saving text files
  • Highlighting and ability to navigate to changed/missing linebreaks
  • Word wrap improvements (fit to window, white space handling)
  • Ability to ignore time differences caused by daylight saving changes
  • Toolbar buttons for enabling/disabling synchronized scrolling
  • Improved multi-monitor support
  • New information in the file status bar (size, number of lines for text files)
  • Installation of both 64-bit and 32-bit Shell Extensions in 64-bit Windows
  • Ability to delete items from persistent combo boxes
  • Improved change notifications that do not take into account filtered-out files
  • Improved handling of large files (when not enough memory, allows switching to binary mode in order to determine whether the files are different)
  • Browse for files (zip, etc.) in addition to snapshots in dir comparison
  • Previously undocumented command line options are now officially supported
  • Added ExamDiff Pro executable path to the Registry
  • Fix: when comparing fragments, the ignore comment option didn't work
  • Fix: after manually synchronizing two lines with different (non-ignored) linebreak characters, they were shown as being equal
  • Fix: incorrect marking of ignored trailing spaces in line differences
  • Fix: manual synchronization links were kept when files were closed
  • Fix: occasionally getting empty documents after canceling a re-compare with unsaved documents
  • Fix: Move Cursor to Current Difference did not function correctly when the first inline difference is at the beginning of a line
  • Fix: failure to re-compare files that no longer exist
  • Fix: HTML generation for short lines (incomplete lines)
  • Fix: HTML generation for ignored lines didn't show full lines
  • Fix: infinite loop in HTML diff report scrolling under Google Chrome
  • Fix: did not expand environment strings in directory comparison filters

New in ExamDiff Pro 3.5.1.4 (May 2, 2007)

  • Ability to add manual synchronization points to text file comparison
  • Ability to independently scroll views vertically using Alt key
  • Ability to save and load session files (with .EDPI extension) that contain a pair of names of compared files or directories and a set of comparison options, along with a new command line option (/sf) to load a session file and the ability to launch a comparison by double-clicking on a session file in Windows Explorer
  • Extensive drag and drop support
  • Windows Vista support
  • Intuitive Autopick feature in Compare dialog that remembers matching pairs
  • Plug-ins are optionally installed during setup
  • Plug-ins can be used to compare archives (ZIP etc.) against directories or other archives
  • Default remote plug-ins can be defined to compare files and directories on the Internet
  • Plug-in execution can be canceled
  • Ability to show end-of-line characters using View | View End-Of-Line Markers menu command
  • 'Touch' command in directory comparison views
  • Option to timestamp copied files with current time
  • Menu command to show/hide line numbers
  • Ability to rearrange directory comparison columns by dragging them in the list headers
  • Icons in Compare dialog
  • Difference navigation in HTML reports
  • Disabled expired features are re-enabled after the registration
  • All executables are now digitally signed by a certificate of authenticity
  • Improved external file/directory change notifications
  • Explorer integration DLL (Shell Extension) for 64-bit Windows is now automatically installed during setup
  • New command line option: /swap (swap first and second file/directory)
  • Improved Help
  • Bug fixes:
  • Messages were occasionally not shown under Windows 95/98/Me
  • Occasional incorrect matching of ignored characters
  • Incorrect treating text files as binary in full directory comparison
  • Saving of read-only files
  • Memory errors during processing of files with very long lines
  • Comments were not ignored after files were processed by plug-ins
  • Path view filters only worked when lower case strings were used
  • East-Asian characters were not properly shown after horizontal scrolling
  • "Ignore column ranges" did not ignore lines shorter than specified ranges
  • Command line option /f did not work under some conditions

New in ExamDiff Pro 3.5 build 3.5.1.0 (Mar 15, 2007)

  • Messages were occasionally not shown under Windows 95/98/Me
  • Occasional incorrect matching of ignored characters
  • Incorrect treating text files as binary in full directory comparison
  • Saving of read-only files
  • Memory errors during processing of files with very long lines
  • Comments were not ignored after files were processed by plug-ins
  • Path view filters only worked when lower case strings were used
  • East-Asian characters were not properly shown after horizontal scrolling
  • "Ignore column ranges" did not ignore lines shorter than specified ranges
  • Command line option /f did not work under some conditions