Visual Comparer is a software utility that facilitates file comparison and merging operations for text files. It supports strict lexical and syntax highlight of constructions in popular programming languages, enhancing the accuracy of the comparison output.
The software comes packed with a full-featured text editor that supports both ANSI and Unicode files. It also includes syntax highlighting for several popular programming languages such as C++, C#, JavaScript, Perl, Visual Basic, VBScript and Pascal. The software is especially useful while displaying file version changes.
Using Visual Comparer, end-users can represent all differences between two text files using a graphical pane with color lines. The software highlights new fragments of text, changed text, and lines of text that were left intact, making it easy to spot differences in seconds.
Visual Comparer is primarily targeted at software and website developers who require a dedicated text editor with syntax highlighting and visual comparison features. However, it can be used by anyone who needs to compare several versions of the same text file. The software is highly configurable, allowing users to customize nearly every part of the interface.
Additionally, Visual Comparer supports a plug-in architecture that enables end-users to expand the program's functionality by adding new syntax highlighting patterns. Users can display line numbers and create custom bookmarks, which helps to navigate through text documents easily. The reporting feature allows users to create printable HTML reports covering all the differences between files.
In conclusion, Visual Comparer offers a comprehensive solution for visual text comparison, providing all the necessary features that make the job of text comparison easy and efficient.
Version 1.70:
- manual/auto codepage selection support. Now you can select required codepage for a file before comparing (only unicode version);
Fixes:
- illegal displaying of unicode/language specific characters in message boxes;
- few other little bugs;
Version 1.65:
- manual/auto codepage selection support. Now you can select required codepage for a file before comparing (only unicode version);
Fixes:
- illegal displaying of unicode/language specific characters in message boxes;
- few other little bugs;
Version 1.60: - new look of icons on toolbars; - advanced file masks in file filters. Now you can make complex file masks; - "swap pathes" and "copy left path to right" commands on "Comparison" toolbar; - alternative font (F11 - to quick toggle between general and alternative fonts);
Version 1.40:
- the complete adjustment of similar lines in each difference block after start of program or after the repeated comparison of active files (only registered version);
- "Tips of the Day" implemented. Use for invoke;
- some notification messages has transformed to the popup tooltips;
- file names in the caption of main window for easy navigation between many instances of Visual Comparer;
- few additional options in "Settings->Editors" property page;
- "Ctrl+D" - shortkey for invoke of recent files list;
- new look and extended functionality of "Parsers" property page in the "Settings" dialog box;
- new syntax highlight parsers - HTML and CSS2;
few bugs fixed;