Review of previous versions

Review of previous versions

Visual Comparer 1.50 (build 0385)
you can shift lines between empty(virtual) lines inside of difference block ("Ctrl+Enter" or "Shift+Enter");
The partial merging between diff symbols in the line. If you wish merge the part of the difference in some line, select these symbols and press "Alt+Left" or "Alt+Right";
support Advanced Data Streams. Now we can compare, edit and save existing ADS in some file directly in Visual Comparer;
new comparison flag: "ignore EOL differences" in lines. You can turn off this parameter if you wish see differences in files with mixed EOLs in lines (See menu Tools->Setting->Comparison);
view on/off EOL markers toggle at the end of lines added (See menu View->EOL markers);
prevent EOL changing flag added (See menu Tools->Settings->Merging). Now you can merge differences with preventing of original EOL in lines;

Visual Comparer 1.40 (build 0375)
the complete adjustment of similar lines in each difference block at start up of program or after the repeated comparison of active files (only registered version);
"Tips of the Day" implemented. Use "Alt+F1" for invoke;
file names in the title of main window for easy navigation between many instances of Visual Comparer;
new look and extended functionality for "Parsers" property page in the "Settings" dialog box. Now you can set up colors for difference blocks individually for each parser;
few additional options in "Settings->Editors" property page;
some notification messages has transformed to the popup tooltips;
"Ctrl+D" - shortkey for invoke of recent files list;

Visual Comparer 1.30 (build 0363)
the "Adjust similar lines" command for the difference blocks (see Synchronize Differences);
the "Full Screen mode" command (F9);
tagged expressions in replacement string added (see Find/Replace dialog box );
recent list for last 10th pair of compared files (see "Compare" button on Comparison Bar);
percent of similarity for current lines in the status bar;
two new arguments for the user-defined tools and applications: $(Row at cursor) and $(Column at cursor);
show the topmost line number for each text editor in the information pane during scrolling with scrollbars or Comparison Bar when "Line numbers" mode is off;
cyclic switch of active view by "Home" and "End" key combinations;
"read only" indicator in the caption of comparison pane;
preserve cursor position after the "Compare Files" button was pressed repeatedly for current files;

Visual Comparer 1.20
support fonts with variable-width characters in editor;
bold, italic and underline properties for syntax highlight available now;
new command line parameters;
Shift+MouseWheel keyboard accelerator for scrolling of the text horizontally added;
Ctrl+MouseWheel keyboard accelerator for going through the next/prev differences added;

Visual Comparer 1.10
multilanguage interface;
modeless find/replace dialog with regular expressions support;
Online Help for Visual Comparer available;
if Visual Comparer show some lines as equal, but these lines really different (for instance, "ignore all spaces" comparison flag turn on), you can synchronize however these lines with Different to LEFT/RIGHT and Line to LEFT/RIGHT commands;

Visual Comparer 1.01
Save and Save As commands for active file added.

Visual Comparer 1.0
Context sensitive Help.
Syntax highlight parsers implemented as external plugin modules.
New syntax highlight parsers:
- VBScript;
- Visual Basic .NET;
- Borland Delphi 7 (Object Pascal).
Reset colors in the syntax highlight parser to default values.
Switching between thin and standard width of the thumb in scrollbar of the Comparison Map.
Navigation Bar in HTML Report added.

Visual Comparer - version 0.95 (build 0269, beta).

Added features:
File information panes.
Report Generator.
Support Windows XP style interface in dialogs and controls (Windows XP only).
Support files with variable EOL (end of line) format.
Notify about external modification of the opened files (optional, see General property page).
drag file(s) from your favorite file browser (Windows Explorer and e.t.c.) and drop it to the Comparison Toolbar comboboxes or directly to comparison panes.
Don't ask file names at start up (optional, see General property page).
New commands "Replace RIGHT/LEFT file" added. You can now replace all differences from one file to other with one click!
Show/hide of "Line numbers" and turn off/on of the syntax highlight in panes now synchronized.
Fix up comparison line mode by "Shift+F12".
"Parking splitter" now not overlap caption and information pane in horizontal mode.
Interactive selection of files at start up now becomes active after the main window is loaded.
The caret in the editor has other view in overwrite mode now.
Number of the current line is highlighted in the margin with other color now.
Luminance of comparison colors in Comparison Map has been adjusted.

Visual Comparer - version 0.90 (build 0197, beta).

Added features:
Support text files in Unicode and UTF-8 formats (Unicode version only for Windows NT based operation systems).
Coping of the selected text to the clipboard in HTML format with keeping of syntax highlight. Only as text with following pasting into your favorite HTML editor or as HTML for editors that support HTML clipboard format (MS Word for example).
Line matching engine; simply press "F12" key for view lines differences.
"Create Backup files" mode added.
"Help Keyboard" dialog for view all current keyboard accelerators.
Mouse whell support.

Visual Comparer - version 0.89 (build 0154, beta).

Added features:
Installation program available.
Support Skin technology (see "Visualizations..." button on "Options" page in "Customize" dialog).
Now every 10th number of line drawing with other color in margin.
New command "Parking splitter" to left or right sides (with horizontal orientation - to top or bottom). Very comfortably for use from keyboard accelerators. Also, you can centre position of the splitter - simply double click into his area.
Go to first difference block after comparison (optional).
Go to next difference block after coping difference from/to other pane (optional).
Reengineering of Comparison Bar. It's not be dockable object now. You can place it on the left/right side only and also turn on/off (optional).
Swap panes mode.
New syntax highlight for JScript .NET (version 7.0 from Visual Studio .NET).
One-touch positioning in Comparison Map. Simply click on target area!
You can turn off/on scrollbar(s) on the right side now. See Tools-Settings-"Editors" properties page.