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| Below are answers to the most commonly asked questions about Altova DiffDog® 2008.
- What is DiffDog® 2008, and what does it do?
Altova DiffDog® 2008 is a differencing utility that allows you to compare files and directories side by side. DiffDog® 2008 indicates corresponding differences between your files or directories using colored highlighting and connecting lines, so that you can immediately visualize the changes between the compared versions. In addition, you can merge changes to or from either file or directory, and you can even edit compared files directly in the DiffDog® 2008 comparison window.
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Users of all types will find DiffDog® 2008 to be an indispensable tool. In the development world, it’s a daily requirement to compare and reconcile multiple file and directory versions. Because DiffDog® 2008 can compare any text-based files, teams of Web developers, software developers, engineers, and many others use DiffDog® 2008 to help manage multiple source code versions. In addition, power users of all kinds use the powerful directory comparison features of DiffDog® 2008 to sync up their laptop and desktop computers and even manage their collections of digital music, movies, and pictures. Regardless of your job description, comparing files and directories in the easy-to-use DiffDog® 2008 interface reduces the time and aggravation associated with differencing and versioning.
Back to Top - What types of files can I compare with DiffDog® 2008?
DiffDog® 2008 allows you to compare and merge any text-based file, with support for Unicode, ASCII, MBCS, etc. This includes programming source code files, HTML files, XML files, and more.
In addition, DiffDog® 2008 supports intelligent, XML-aware differencing, merging, and editing. These features include DTD/schema-based validation, well-formedness checking, intelligent entry helpers, and XML-specific differencing options that allow you to specify whether namespaces should be ignored, if entities should be resolved, etc. These capabilities are a must for today’s developers working with XML. Learn more on the XML differencing page.
When comparing directories, you can compare based on a variety of criteria, such as file size and date, or actual file content. The DiffDog® 2008 quick compare option differences files based solely on their size and date modified, and this allows you compare and merge directories with any types of files, from source code and documentation files to digital pictures and music. This option is very handy for syncing up directories on multiple computers, for example.
For a complete list of features, visit the DiffDog® 2008 Feature Matrix.
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