
v8.0 [Aug 13, 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: 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)
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
Improvement: Manual synchronization links are now saved per session and
also saved into session files
Improvement: Bookmarks are now preserved during re-comparison
Improvement: Improved support for Wine 1.8
v7.0 [Jan 19, 2014]
- 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
- Added 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
- Improvement: Options | Tools pane for options pertaining to external tools
- Improvement: Improved layout for many dialogs
- Improvement: Reorganized directory comparison context menu to make rarely used commands less prominent
- Improvement: Rearranged "Comparison precision" settings under Options | Directory Compare
- Improvement: Newer/Older file comparison status panes are now colored
v6.0 [Aug 16, 2012]
-Standard and Master editions
-Three-way diff and merge
-Quick view filters
-Overall difference navigation
-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
v5.5 [Feb 22, 2011]
Version 5.5 introduces automated directory synchronization, Browse buttons in comparison panes, an option to ignore text file lines by their numbers, and other major additions.
v3.4 [Feb 1, 2006]
New features and bug fixes
Indispensable for users who want to see if the files are different or not.