Data Compare Commands

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Following is a description of the Data Compare commands, in addition to the common commands.  Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.

From the Tools menu, select Customize Commands to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The Session menu:

Save Session

Saves the current session.

Save Session As

Saves the current session under a new name.

Session Settings

Opens the Data Compare Session Settings dialog.

 

Clear Session

Replaces the current view with an empty Data Compare.

Swap Sides

Exchanges the left and right files.

Reload Files

Reloads the displayed files, prompting to save first if necessary.

Recompare Files

Recompares the displayed files, preserving edits, but not undoability.

Data Compare Report

Produces the Data Compare report.

Data Compare Info

Displays comparison statistics.

 

Compare Files Using

Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file viewer.

 

Compare Parent Folders

Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files.

The File menu:

New File

Opens an empty file into the selected pane.

Open File

Opens an existing file into the selected pane.

 

Open File on File System *

Opens an existing local file into the selected pane.

 

Open File on FTP Site *

Opens an existing file on an FTP site into the selected pane.

 

Open Clipboard

Loads the Clipboard contents into the selected pane.

 

Open with Text Edit

Opens the selected pane's file in the text editor.

 

Open With

Opens the selected pane's file in one of the external Open With applications.

Save File

Saves the modified file from the selected pane.

 

Save File As

Saves the file from the selected pane with a new name.

 

Save File on File System As *

Saves the file from the selected pane with a new name on the file system.

 

Save File on FTP Site As *

Saves the file from the selected pane with a new name on an FTP site.

 

Explorer

Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the selected pane.

The Edit menu:

Undo

Undoes previous action.

Redo

Redoes previously undone action.

Copy to Right / Copy to Left *

Copies selected rows to indicated side.

 

Copy to Other Side

Copies selected rows to opposite side.  The caption and icon appear as Copy to Right or Copy to Left depending on the current side.

 

Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete

Standard editing commands.

 

Insert

Inserts new row.

 

Edit

Toggles edit mode on current cell.

 

Select All

Selects all visible rows in the current pane.

The Search menu:

Next Difference Row

Positions at next difference row.

Previous Difference Row

Positions at previous difference row.

Next Difference Files

Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences.  (Child sessions only.)

Previous Difference Files

Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences.  (Child sessions only.)

Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference

Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files.  (Child sessions only.)

Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference

Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files.  (Child sessions only.)

 

Next Edit

Positions at the next edited row beyond the cursor.

 

Previous Edit

Positions at previous edited row before the cursor.

Find

Searches for matching text.

Find Next

Finds next occurrence of search string.

Find Previous

Finds previous occurrence of search string.

Go To

Positions at specified row and column.

The View menu:

Show All

Shows all rows, with or without differences.

Show Differences

Shows only rows with differences.

Show Same

Shows only rows without differences.

Show None *

Hides all rows.

Ignore Unimportant Differences

Treats unimportant differences as same.

 

Resize Columns to Fit

Makes columns wide enough for data to be fully visible.

 

Columns

Shows or hides columns.

Visible Whitespace

Shows or hides visible spaces, tabs.

Row Numbers

Shows or hides row numbers.

Display Font *

Selects the font to use to display file data.

Side-by-side Layout

Arranges panes left and right of each other.

Over-under Layout

Arranges panes above and below each other.

Thumbnail View

Shows or hides the thumbnail summary of changes at left of view.

Row Details

Shows or hides the row details panel at bottom of view.

File Info

Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes.

* Hidden by default.