Include Exclude Files/Folders Query

[captedgar]

Hi there

I'm using both 2 and 3 version of your BC tool and it works perfectly fine.
I have come across a suituation where i need to compare 2 servers with folders which have .pdb files only.

\\server1\folder1\.pdbs

\\server2\folder1\subfolder1\.pdbs
\\server2\folder1\subfolder2\.pdbs
\\server2\folder1\subfolder3\.pdbs where subfolder will have many subfolders underneath

how do we compare .pdbs only \\server1\folder1\ with

\\server2\folder1\subfolder1\
\\server2\folder1\subfolder2\
\\server2\folder1\subfolder3\

without using scripts. i.e only on the GUI? so that the folder comparison report will only display the mistmatched .pdbs and no folders even though the folders displayed have .pdbs within it

please advice

please advice

[Michael Bulgrien]

Under the Display Filters toolbar in BC3 is a dropdown list of folder options. Try "Ignore Folder Structure".

[Aaron]

Thanks for the suggestion, Michael.

As Michael suggests, you can use BC3's Ignore Folder Structure option to load
\\server1\folder1\ on the left and \\server2\folder1\ on the right. File names only will then be used to align the files, so they will need to be unique (otherwise they will be presented as Orphans and may not align correctly).

In BC2, you would need to use 3 separate sessions.
\\server1\folder1\ <> \\server2\folder1\subfolder1\
\\server1\folder1\ <> \\server2\folder1\subfolder2\
\\server1\folder1\ <> \\server2\folder1\subfolder3\

In both cases, you can use the file filter *.pdb to show only pdb files. Issue an Expand All command to show all pdbs inside of subfolders. In BC2, the folder structure must match. In this example, a file in folder1 will not align to a file in folder1\subfolder1\subsubfolder1 so alter the base folders until it does.

You can install the trial of BC3 without uninstalling BC2. By default, they install to different directories and store settings in separate locations. This way you can test BC3 while still using BC2 for day to day work.

[captedgar]

Thank you so much Michael and Aaron
It's working exactly as i wanted
regards