PrestoSoft Blog: August 2015

We are pleased to announce a public beta program for ExamDiff Pro 8.0. You can download ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Beta for 32-bit Windows and for 64-bit Windows. The upgrade is free for all users who purchased ExamDiff Pro less than 12 months before this release. See the bottom of this email for upgrade instructions. Here's what's new in ExamDiff Pro 8.0 (as compared to 7.0): Ability to Group Directory Comparison Items The biggest new feature that's coming to ExamDiff Pro 8.0 directory listview grouping, a new mode that shares characteristics with both file comparison and three-way file merge. Directory listview grouping gives users the ability to group similar files in directory comparison by relative path, type, and status. For more information, see our blog entry about listview grouping. Allow to Go Up/Drill Down in Directory Comparison Without Re-comparison Another major new feature arriving in the next ExamDiff Pro is the ability to drill down and go up without having to recompare directories. Cached directory comparison will allow users to more quickly and seamlessly navigate through directory comparison results. For more information, see our blog entry about caching of directory comparison results. Ability to Use Left/Center/Right Blocks by Default In Case of a Merge Conflict (Master Edition only) One particularly useful new feature for developers who frequently utilize three-way merge in ExamDiff Pro is the ability to set-up default blocks in case of merge conflicts. By activating this feature, users can significantly reduce merge conflict resolution times if they have a preferred file in mind. For more information, see our blog entry about automatic merge conflict resolution. Other Additions In ExamDiff Pro 8.0 Command line option to output only comparison statistics Automatically save/restore manual synchronization links Ability to customize file/directory captions Allow using Windows environment variables in Options paths Option to convert new tabs to spaces during text file editing Ability to customize print report heading via Page Setup (which includes making it blank) Option to force comparisons from Windows Explorer context menu with the older/newer file/directory as first "Merge Matched" and "Merge Selected" commands in the Advanced sub-menu of the directory comparison views context menu (Master edition only) Command line options /dt1:name, /dt2:name, /dt3:name to allow replacing "Theirs", "Base", and "Yours" tags in merging (Master edition only) Improved performance of directory comparison Windows 10 Support Ability to toggle option "Ignore Linebreak styles" via customized toolbar Added more file attributes to the supported ones (RHSA) in directory comparison views