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New Comparison dialog box

 

 

This window appears when you launch a new comparison on files. It allows you to choose either two or three items to differenciate or merge.

 New in 2.0: The Comparison Type list let you choose the type of document to open (Text, Image, Binary or Folder).
If you choose Binary Document, you will get a message box telling you if the selected files are identical or different. For the moment, Ellié Computing Merge does not have a binary file viewer cannot display differences between binary files.

The Left/Ancestor/Right location drop down lists contain the latest items that you have recently compared.

Select the left and right items in the drop down lists, or click on the  button to browse the file system and select a file. If you open the drop down menu, you will be able to select files or folders from both Local File System and FTP sources. You can also directly type a file/folder name or a FTP URL in the text edit field. More infos about the FTP URL syntax.

If you select the Merge option, the controls below get activated and you can choose the result location:

• ancestor (if three-way comparison), left, and right item, for in-place merges
• another location you can specify using the drop down list or the  button.

 You can also leave the fields empty and select the result path only when validating your merge work.

Check the Three-way comparison checkbox to take into account the ancestor source.

When you click on OK (or press Enter), a new tab containing the comparison document is displayed in the main Ellié Computing Merge window.

The file paths you used are stored in the recently used lists for their corresponding roles (ancestor, left, right or result).

 The result location information is optional. You can set it or modify it later in the document options (Edit menu or  in the toolbar). When saving a merge result file, if the result location has not been specified, you will be prompted to select the result location(s) with the  icon corresponding to the desired result item(s).

 You can also open an empty comparison view for Text Files, Images or Folders.
To open a new text file comparison, you can press the  toolbar icon, type Ctrl + L or select File / New / New Text File Comparison menu item. To open a new image comparison, you can press the  toolbar icon or select File / New / New Image Comparison menu item.
To open a new folder comparison, you can press the  toolbar icon, type Ctrl + M or select File / New / New Folder Comparison
Three empty areas where the compared files will be displayed take up the main part of the window. Above each file pane is an entry field that you can use to enter the path to a file or a folder that you want to compare. You can select one of the most recently used path by opening the drop down list. The  button opens a contextual menu. Click on the folder icon to open a file-browsing window. Click on the arrow to open the menu.

 You can use this dialog box to choose binary files. A message box will indicate you if the files are identical or different, and no tab will be displayed in the Ellié Computing Merge main window. A binary file comparison view may be available in the future.

 New in 1.2: An Options Set combo box was added, it allows you to start a comparison with another Options set than the default options set.

Press F1 or click on the Help button while in this dialog box will show this topic.

See also

• File Comparisons
• Folder Comparisons