#WINMERGE SHOW ONLY DIFFERENCES FREE#
Once you see what the compare reveals (step 2), the simplest option might be to make any needed fixes via cut-and-paste.īy default, WallsMap will look for an installation of the free and open source WinMerge if you haven't specified a different compare program under Editor | Text editor preferences in the main menu. That's because WinMerge can't save the edited result as an RTF file. If the original memo contained rich text, however, you would then need to change the mode back to rich text and restore the formatting.
#WINMERGE SHOW ONLY DIFFERENCES UPDATE#
(If either side is cluttered with the RTF codes of rich text, it probably means the xdocdiff plug-in wasn't enabled via the WinMerge menu.) You can leave WinMerge open for subsequent compare operations, with the program options set to enable line-wrap by default and to not use multiple windows for file comparisons.ģ.If you perform edits from within WinMerge, say by moving text from one side to the other, you can save the edited version and then load it back into the update shapefile's memo using the editor's Replace with file option. The text will be colored to clearly show any differences in content, even if the original text modes were different.
WinMerge should immediately launch (if it's not already open) and display the release version in its left panel and the updated version in its right panel. The last "save to" folder will thereafter be the default.Ģ.Open the release snapshot version of the memo, right-click the text and select Compare with last saved from the menu. If this is the first compare operation for the session, you may want to navigate to a suitable folder for temporary files, such as. Accept the suggested file name in the file save dialog. In that situation, assuming WinMerge with the xdocdiff plug-in is installed on your system, I suggest the following steps:ġ.Open the update shapefile's memo in the editor, right-click the text and select Save to file from the context menu. The log file produced by the Compare With Other Layers function will indicate that a memo was edited, but it may only show the first of many changes in a long report. As the database manager, for example, you might use it to discover exactly what was changed when reviewing a submitted shapefile update. The program can, however, launch an external utility to perform this function. Since only one text editor window can be open at once, WallsMap by itself doesn't allow a side-by-side comparison of the content of two memo fields, each potentially containing a large amount of text. Comparing Memo Field Text Comparing Memo Field Text