Hi,
I'm a long time user of BC2 and upgraded to BC3 yesterday because I have to do a 3-way folder comparison of some code. I think the 3-way text merge is awesome, but BC3 really needs the same thing for folders!
So I've written a little app to let you do just that! :-)
It's written in VB.Net, so if it doesn't run, please install the .Net runtimes. I apologise if there are any bugs, but I've tested it quite a bit and I'm happy to release it to the community as freeware.
Basically, just select the three folders you want to compare and press the "Compare" button. Comparison is done using BC3's BComp.com command line option (unless the file sizes are different, in which case it doesn't bother). Once the folders are compared the results are shown and you can just double click any file in the list to launch BC3 in 3-way mode :-)
If the files are identical they don't show in the list.
Make sure to set the correct path to BC3 in the .config file; you can also set the initial default folders in there too.
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James.
[update] Fixed BC3 launch to load files in correct order (left,right,center).
I'm a long time user of BC2 and upgraded to BC3 yesterday because I have to do a 3-way folder comparison of some code. I think the 3-way text merge is awesome, but BC3 really needs the same thing for folders!
So I've written a little app to let you do just that! :-)
It's written in VB.Net, so if it doesn't run, please install the .Net runtimes. I apologise if there are any bugs, but I've tested it quite a bit and I'm happy to release it to the community as freeware.
Basically, just select the three folders you want to compare and press the "Compare" button. Comparison is done using BC3's BComp.com command line option (unless the file sizes are different, in which case it doesn't bother). Once the folders are compared the results are shown and you can just double click any file in the list to launch BC3 in 3-way mode :-)
If the files are identical they don't show in the list.
Make sure to set the correct path to BC3 in the .config file; you can also set the initial default folders in there too.
--
James.
[update] Fixed BC3 launch to load files in correct order (left,right,center).
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