Ignore XML attribute order when comparing XML

[kristiaan]

Hello all,

First of all great work with BC4, I love it.
I am having some difficulties comparing XML files.
According to XML specs the order of the attributes is not significant.

So these 2 statements when XML is concerned are equivalent:

<param7 mappings="1" min="0.6" max="0.8" value="0.200264"/>

same as

<param7 min="0.6" max="0.8" mappings="1" value="0.200264"/>

However BC4 will show them as different.

QT for example will save XML every time with attributes in a random order.

Is there a way to configure BC4 to get it to show those lines as the same?

Thank you for any help

[Aaron]

Hello,

The Text Compare considers the positioning as important, but can align character by character within a line. If components are out of order, this will detect as a difference, but we do have File Formats which can sort or tidy the XML files, including resorting the attributes, available for download here:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/downl..._moreformatsv4

[kristiaan]

Thank you, that was exactly what I needed!