subject: About comparing files with SwiftCompare version 1.3 [print this page] About comparing files with SwiftCompare version 1.3
SwiftCompare from Oorja Software is a Windows application used to compare, merge and synchronize different files and folders in the same or different locations. In relation to other comparing file utilities, this software is fully customizable ensuring that the user has total control of its compare folders and merging engine. Business people, software code developers, and home users etc can use this software to locate and synchronize all their documents and files ensuring they are always up to date.
SwiftCompare has a dedicated suite for comparing files called File Diff Viewer. On the other hand, Folder Diff Viewer is used to compare folders. File Diff Viewer has in place an all inclusive text editor that will help you edit files fast and with ease. It contains the normal operations such as cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, replace etc so you do not need an external document processor such as Word or Notepad. Software coders will love this compare folders software as it further features syntax high-lighting that works with languages such as Java, Basic, FORTRAN, Python, C, C#, C++, SQL, Pascal, XML, Batch, Lisp and Perl. Advanced incorporated comparing files options help refine the comparison process and enable you ignore capitalization, blank lines, spaces, software code comments and so forth, allowing you to focus on important conflicts. Another way to compare folders is through comparing the binary files byte by byte. Whichever criterion you use in comparing files, SwiftCompare provides in the visual diff viewer a summary of all conflicts in the files.
Comparing files is normally followed by merging the conflicts selectively and this can be done either by line, text block or both. Prior to the merge or synchronization process, the original file or folder can optionally be backed up. After comparing files, a file difference report is generated in html format.
SwiftCompare can be used to compare folders in Unicode and Multi-Byte Character Set (MBCS). File systems of the Mac, UNIX and Windows type are fully supported.
There are numerous situations that require comparing files. A good example is where a person works in different places which means that he/she has an office computer, a home PC and a laptop. It will be a hustle to keep the files in these machines synchronized. With SwiftCompare you can easily compare folders in different computers or drives and merge the changes. The disorganised photos, videos, emails, contact addresses and music files in your computer can easily be reorganized into proper directories in less than 2 minutes. This comparing files platform can be used to reconstruct crucial corrupted files and folders thanks to backups stored during the merging/synchronization process.
