Additional File Viewer Rules for Beyond Compare 2
BC version 2 only
As of version 2.1, Beyond Compare users can share File Viewer Rules by exporting and importing them. Here are some File Viewer Rules that you may find useful. If you develop others, let us know and we will list them here.
A registered version of Beyond Compare is not required to use these rules.
Simple Importable Rules
To import one of these xml Rules files:
- Run Beyond Compare's Folder Viewer and select Tools | Import Settings.
- In Select import file, enter the name of the rules file you downloaded and click Next.
- Verify that the new rule(s) are checked in the Pick rules to import list and click Next, then Finish.
This rule is useful for comparing .clw, .inc, .tpl, and .tpw Clarion source and templates.
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This rule is useful for comparing .cbl, .cpy, and .cob Cobol source files.
This rule is useful for sorting the lines within a file in alphabetical order before comparing them.
There are no default file types associated with it.
Rules That Use External Conversion
These rules run external conversions when loading and/or saving. They pre-format text files or generate temporary text files from binary file formats. Each includes a Readme with installation instructions.
HTML-To-Text strips tags from .html files to produce plain text.
HTML Tidy reformats the lines of .html files in a consistent style.
XML Tidy does the same for .xml files.
XML Tidy Sorted will sort elements in XML Nodes.
XML Tidy does the same for .xml files.
XML Tidy Sorted will sort elements in XML Nodes.
Reformats java source code using the Jalopy Java Source Formatter.
Decompiles .class files into plain text.
Decompiles and formats .class files into plain text. Requires Jalopy & Java Class rules.
Uses Microsoft Access to convert .mdb files into plain text.
Uses Microsoft Excel to convert .xls and .xlsx files into plain text. Supports data and formula comparison.
Uses Microsoft Excel to convert .xls files into XML. Supports read and write of Excel files.
Uses Microsoft PowerPoint to convert .ppt and .pptx files into plain text.
Compare Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000 (not 2005) database object scripts.
Compare Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000 (not 2005) user generated select statements.
Uses Microsoft Word to convert .doc and .docx files into plain text.
Converts OpenOffice.org files (*.odt, *.ods, *.odp, and others) into text.
Converts Oracle forms, reports, libraries and menus (*.mmb, *.olb, *.RDF, *.fmb, *.pll) into text or xml format.
Converts Adobe Acrobat PDF files into plain text.
Compares PDF files to DOC files as plain text.
Rearranges the sections and the keys within each section for .ini files.
Rearranges the sections and the keys within each section for .ini and reg files, includes comments.
Requires .net runtime.
Removes line numbers from Visual Basic source files. (Source)
Splits long lines in Microsoft Visual Studio *.VCPROJ files.
Author's page for this rule at http://code.google.com/p/vbstools/.
