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PeterW
28-Mar-2004, 10:16 AM
I compaired about 900 text files and I got a list of about 475 files that don't match in the Compare Results window. I wish to open all the files that don't match, but it requires me to double click on each file to open the File Viewer to see the differences. Is there a way to select all and open all the files that are different?
Great product!! Our company got many licenses and we all love it!
Thanks!
Peter

Chris
29-Mar-2004, 08:20 AM
Peter,

An easy way to do this is double click the first nonmatching text file. This will open it up in the file viewer.

From the menu Search->Next Difference will take you line by line through differences in the current text file, and when there are no more differences in the current file, will move to the next non-matching file until you have moved through all non-matching files in the directories being compared.

You can also access this command using the down arrow icon on the menu bar, or by hitting Ctrl-N in the file viewer.

Erik
29-Mar-2004, 08:28 AM
In the Search menu, you will also find Go To Next Different File (its shortcut is Ctrl+M).

Note that these methods open each pair of different files in the same viewer.