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  2. | Beyond Compare Version History                                    |
  3. |                                                                   |
  4. | 5/21/97   V1.4c:  Improve security in delete confirmation.  Keep  |
  5. |           files selected if copy/delete operation cancelled.      |
  6. |           Fixed sluggish behaviour with long directory lists.     |
  7. |           Added Ctrl/RightArrow, Ctrl/LeftArrow shortcuts for     |
  8. |           copying files.  Added "Notepad" to file options.        |
  9. |                                                                   |
  10. | 5/10/97   V1.4b:  Fixed bug with delete confirmation dialog       |
  11. |           positioning off-screen.  Eliminated directory list      |
  12. |           repositioning after copy operations.  Fixed obscure     |
  13. |           bug concerning duplicated directory entries.            |
  14. |                                                                   |
  15. | 5/4/97    V1.4a:  Complete rewrite of directory comparison.       |
  16. |           Subdirectory processing.  Quick compare now overrides   |
  17. |           directory entry comparisons.  Quick compare optionally  |
  18. |           ignores line termination differences in text files (Unix|
  19. |           vs MSDOS files).  Fixed bug concerning certain long     |
  20. |           filename file copies.  Filenames are now displayed in   |
  21. |           upper/lower case (like Windows Explorer). Shows system  |
  22. |           as well as hidden files and displays file attributes.   |
  23. |           Also, displays hidden subdirectories in the "select     |
  24. |           directories" dialog.  New "mismatched doubles" button   |
  25. |           shows only mismatched files that are on both panes.  New|
  26. |           button toggles the "backup before copy" function.  Esc  |
  27. |           key no longer closes main window.  Viewer window        |
  28. |           supports copy to clipboard.                             |
  29. |                                                                   |
  30. | 3/5/97    V1.3c:  Now supports Unix-style text files (lines       |
  31. |           terminated by linefeed only).  Add option to show hidden|
  32. |           files.  Fixed directory selection bug.                  |
  33. |                                                                   |
  34. | 2/20/97   Spinoff BEYONDSE "Slim Edition" of V1.3b.               |
  35. |                                                                   |
  36. | 2/15/97   V1.3b:  Add Reset Defaults to Sync Algorithm properties,|
  37. |           fix tab order.  Viewer now prompts for saving each file |
  38. |           separately.  Expand Ignore Columns feature to Starting  |
  39. |           Column/Ending Column.  Improve text compare algorithm.  |
  40. |           Speed up right-click selection on long files.  Add      |
  41. |           progress/cancel dialog for long text compares.          |
  42. |                                                                   |
  43. | 1/14/97   V1.3a:  Sync Algorithm Properties for greater control   |
  44. |           over text synchronization: Min Match, Skew Tolerance and|
  45. |           Ignore Whitespace options.                              |
  46. |                                                                   |
  47. | 1/12/97   V1.2e:  Improve viewer handling of out-of-memory errors.|
  48. |           Expand capacity of viewer to 32,500 lines.  Fixed bug in|
  49. |           single-side viewing.  Recognize eof marks (ctrl/Z).     |
  50. |                                                                   |
  51. | 1/6/97    V1.2d:  Expand capacity of viewer (32 bit only) to      |
  52. |           10,000 lines.  Add "ignore cols" feature to ignore COBOL|
  53. |           style line numbers.                                     |
  54. |                                                                   |
  55. | 1/3/97    V1.2c:  Expand capacity of viewer (32 bit only) from    |
  56. |           200,000 bytes to 20,000,000 bytes (or available virtual |
  57. |           memory).  Match buffer allocations to size of files.    |
  58. |                                                                   |
  59. | 12/5/96   V1.2b:  Minor changes to startup code, viewer close     |
  60. |           code.  Fix bug with copying over readonly files.        |
  61. |                                                                   |
  62. | 12/1/96   V1.2a:  New feature - viewer window supports copying or |
  63. |           deleting specific lines of text.  Add *.* shortcut      |
  64. |           button to Select Directories dialog.  Fix problem with  |
  65. |           overwriting backup files.  Allow copying, deleting      |
  66. |           readonly files.                                         |
  67. |                                                                   |
  68. | 11/25/96  V1.1e:  Allow for long filenames in directory display.  |
  69. |                                                                   |
  70. | 11/24/96  V1.1d:  Fixed problem with excessive checking of free   |
  71. |           disk space.  Eliminate display of negative value for    |
  72. |           free space over 2GB.  Fixed bug in 32-bit version: files|
  73. |           were opened ReadWrite/NoShare.  Improved horizonal      |
  74. |           scrolling.  Added support for directories on the command|
  75. |           line.                                                   |
  76. |                                                                   |
  77. | 11/16/96  V1.1c:  Add status bar to directory window w/summary    |
  78. |           info.  Fix scrolling problem with Select Newer.  Add    |
  79. |           Select Newer to menu.                                   |
  80. |                                                                   |
  81. | 11/11/96  V1.1b:  Make file backups optional.  Add progress/cancel|
  82. |           dialogs for copy, delete operations.  Add "Select Newer"|
  83. |           function.                                               |
  84. |                                                                   |
  85. | 11/10/96  V1.1a:  Some code optimization.  Eliminate THeader      |
  86. |           components.  Change toolbar, headers to "Win95" style.  |
  87. |           Handle non-visible characters in viewer, eliminating    |
  88. |           "binary file - cannot view" restriction.  Add new       |
  89. |           "sync-it-yourself" feature.  Use same registration ID   |
  90. |           for 16 & 32 bit versions.                               |
  91. |                                                                   |
  92. | 10/3/96   V1.0h:  Extend width of file size field.  Add directory |
  93. |           comparison report printing.                             |
  94. |                                                                   |
  95. | 9/28/96   V1.0g:  Fix bug in viewer window right-click support.   |
  96. |           Fix horizontal scrolling of really long lines.  Fix     |
  97. |           command line session selection for Win95 long directory |
  98. |           names.  Open files ReadOnly/Share.  Minor ToolbarConfig |
  99. |           improvements.                                           |
  100. |                                                                   |
  101. | 9/14/96   V1.0f:  Allow session selection on command line.  Change|
  102. |           default directory font to non-bold.  Change default     |
  103. |           viewer window to 640x480.  Improve viewer response to   |
  104. |           binary files.  Increase capacities in 32-bit version.   |
  105. |           Speed up single-sided text viewing.                     |
  106. |                                                                   |
  107. | 8/14/96   V1.0e:  Added "link" support to compare files with      |
  108. |           different names.  Change session "Save"/"Remove"        |
  109. |           handling to mimic Windows' screen color scheme handling.|
  110. |           Create certain dialogs as needed rather than auto-create|
  111. |           them.                                                   |
  112. |                                                                   |
  113. | 8/6/96    V1.0d:  Minor help file editing.  Added "last chance"   |
  114. |           messages to nag screen.  Fixed bug where files that     |
  115. |           mismatch only on size do not show with "Mismatch Only"  |
  116. |           view selection.                                         |
  117. |                                                                   |
  118. | 7/21/96   V1.0c:  Minor help file editing.  Change name of program|
  119. |           from BC16/BC32 to BEYOND16/BEYOND32 to avoid possible   |
  120. |           confusion with Borland C compiler products.             |
  121. |                                                                   |
  122. | 7/14/96   V1.0b:  "Hot match" support improves text matching      |
  123. |           algorithm.  Added SelectAll functionality.  Added       |
  124. |           BeginUpdate/EndUpdate to improve listbox performance.   |
  125. |                                                                   |
  126. | 6/26/96   V1.0a:  Includes context-sensitive help file,           |
  127. |           registration process, shared code for 16 & 32 bit       |
  128. |           versions.                                               |
  129. |                                                                   |
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