How to compare scripts

[Buzby]

Can anyone suggest a way to compare 2 versions of a script, which will then show the differences.

I have actinicextras.js for 2014 which has modifications and everything works fine.

Sellerdeck have given me another version of actinicextras to resolve a problem, which it does, but it in turn damages so much more on the site.

So what I am after is finding what I have changed, and what Sellerdeck have changed so that they can all be incorporated into the same file.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Andy@codepath]

Google "text file comparison software". There's freeware-a-plenty. This one saves you actually installing anything... https://www.diffchecker.com

[guccij]

I use WinMerge. I think it was Norman who first recommended it.

[NormanRouxel]

Definitely WinMerge (http://winmerge.org/). It even lets you compare all the files in a pair of folders. Here's my little batch file that compares all the .js, .pl and .pm files in two sets of sub-folders:

set wmdir=C:\Program Files\WinMerge
if not exist "%wmdir%\WinMergeu.exe" set wmdir=C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge
"%wmdir%\winmergeu.exe" /s /f "*.pl *.pm *.js" "V14.0.2 PFXA Original" "V14.0.1 PBIA Original"

Note - a bit more complex than it needs to be as I've made sure it will work in some old XP VM's I keep hanging around.

It has a nice Windows Explorer integration too. Select any two files and right-click gives a WinMerge option.

[Buzby]

Many thanks all. WinMerge worked a treat.