ExamDiff Pro versions

ExamDiff Pro is a visual file and folder comparison tool for Windows
May 7, 2023
Apr 26, 2021
Apr 17, 2020
10
Apr 20, 2018
8.0
Aug 13, 2015
Review
7.0
Jan 19, 2014
Review
6.0
Aug 16, 2012
Review
5.5
Feb 22, 2011
Editorial review
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5.0
Jan 26, 2010
4.5
Jan 13, 2009
4.0
Mar 10, 2008
Review
3.5
Mar 3, 2008
3.4
Feb 1, 2006
Review
Sep 28, 2013
3.3
Aug 14, 2008
Jan 11, 2010
3.2
Jul 28, 2008
Mar 13, 2009
3.0
Oct 26, 2008
2.8
Sep 14, 2008
2.7
Aug 13, 2008
Jan 15, 2010

What's new

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

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