I’m doing a two-way text compare by selecting two files from the right click menu in Windows Explorer. Initially, it was taking > 7 seconds to open the file differences window. After looking in the forum I found the suggestion to switch the encoding option from "Detect" to "ANSI".” This worked very well and my compare went from > 7 seconds to .45 seconds for that session.
So I decided to change the default for all COBOL files. I selected Tools, File Formats, clicked on COBOL source and set the encoding option to ANSI instead of detect. I also set the default for Text Format encoding to ANSI instead of detect and saved my changes. However, when I select two COBOL files for compare, it ignores my ANSI default and still uses detect. The files are recognized correctly as COBOL but I can’t seem to get it to default to ANSI. If I click on the dropdown beside ANSI for either the left or right side it says “Don’t Override”. If I go into Tools, File Formats for COBOL my default says ANSI so I know it saved my changes. It just doesn’t seem to be using them. Am I missing something?
I'm using the trial version of Beyond Compare 3 - v3.3.5 on Windows 7.
So I decided to change the default for all COBOL files. I selected Tools, File Formats, clicked on COBOL source and set the encoding option to ANSI instead of detect. I also set the default for Text Format encoding to ANSI instead of detect and saved my changes. However, when I select two COBOL files for compare, it ignores my ANSI default and still uses detect. The files are recognized correctly as COBOL but I can’t seem to get it to default to ANSI. If I click on the dropdown beside ANSI for either the left or right side it says “Don’t Override”. If I go into Tools, File Formats for COBOL my default says ANSI so I know it saved my changes. It just doesn’t seem to be using them. Am I missing something?
I'm using the trial version of Beyond Compare 3 - v3.3.5 on Windows 7.
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