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Text Compare compares all kinds of text files such as ini, txt, html and xml files. Tiny at 107kb installed. Files can be dragged and dropped onto the interface. Uses NET 4.0 framework, otherwise, appears to be portable.
Scope of this utility:
– Mark differences between textbased files. (bidirectional)
– Quickly filter new lines, modified lines, copied lines and moved lines.
– Detect textfile encoding differences. http://i.imgur.com/aj0QVoG.png
Features:
– Mark different lines by color.
– Show counters of new, moved and copied lines.
– Show encoding format of the selected files.
– Supports drag & drop of files within the GUI.
– Open your files directly from the GUI to edit it with a text editor.
– Different comparing methods to show only the differences between the text files, or only show new & changed lines or moved & copied lines.
– No installation required.
– Free utility.
Version: 1.0.1 Required: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 OS: Windows XP/7/2003/2008 Type: GUI-utility
Download: zip-file Added: September 2014 Usage: Free for personal and commercial use
Last edited by TP109 on Sat May 16, 2015 9:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I don't like it. When start, it launch service Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 4.0.0.0 (WPFFontCahe_v0400.exe) which didn't stop after exit and need manual terminating. And it seems don't support Unicode in files. There are very good Compare plugin for Notepad++
billon wrote:I don't like it. When start, it launch service Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 4.0.0.0 (WPFFontCahe_v0400.exe) which didn't stop after exit and need manual terminating. And it seems don't support Unicode in files. There are very good Compare plugin for Notepad++
You're right. It launches Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 4.0.0.0 and it doesn't terminate on exit of the program.
billon wrote:I don't like it. When start, it launch service Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 4.0.0.0 (WPFFontCahe_v0400.exe) which didn't stop after exit and need manual terminating. And it seems don't support Unicode in files. There are very good Compare plugin for Notepad++
Thanks billon. Your discovery helped me improve my testing procedure under sandbox.
TP109 wrote:I submitted a bug report to the developer about the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 4.0.0.0 process.
I think it isn't a bug. As a .NET program, Text Compare likely uses Windows Presentation Foundation. Is makes sense that Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache starts when a WPF program is launched.