Access .MDB file comparison working (not working)? Difference b/t BC 3/BC 4?

[TommyG2017]

I'm a bit confused ... I'm running multiple laptops (on a clients property) and some have BC 3 and some have BC 4.

BC 3 seems to show .MDB access database are the same (even when they are different) -- both files have the same size/timestamp and are greyed out even though as far as I can tell the contents are different. So I am not given the heads up they need to be synched and they don't end up getting synched (even with mirror left to right).

In contrast, I think BC 4 is finding differences in the files (though I am still confirming this). A few laptops did manage to update/show differences correctly.

I can't tell if I have a setting in BC 3 that is not enabled or if the 2 programs are fundamentally different and BC 4 is simply better at this. I've tried this with unlocked MDB databases as well as locked and that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Thanks,

Tom

[Aaron]

It sounds like you have a configuration difference between your installations.

Both versions need an additional File Format downloaded and installed in order to view the file contents. Do both BC3 and 4 have this installed? You can get BC4's here:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/downl..._moreformatsv4

By default, BC's Folder Compare scan only uses timestamp/size. You can additionally perform a Rules-based scan (text content) or Binary (any difference at all) from the Session menu -> Session Settings, Comparison tab.
http://www.scootersoftware.com/suppo...ferentthensame