Text compare features

• Powerful three way text file compare
• Windows explorer shell integration (right click menu in Windows Explorer) (not yet available for 64-bit systems)
• Ability to edit text lines and merge within UltraCompare

• Changes can either be saved or merged to other file
• Changed lines are highlighted until they are saved

• Download webpage or web file for text compare by typing its URL into the file address bar
• Manually re-sync two lines and begin the compare from those chosen lines
• Copy/paste multiple selected contiguous lines to clipboard
• Copy compare frame to clipboard
• Ability to compare whitespace differences between text files (tabs and spaces)
• Set tab value to a specific number of spaces (like UltraEdit/UEStudio)
• Compare column ranges of data

• Set column range(s) to be compared
• Set column range(s) to be ignored

• Ability to compare text snippets, including ability to:

• Paste text into blank compare frames
• Clear compare frames (temp files are automatically deleted)
• Merge and save compare results as a separate file

• Bookmark support
• Ability to delete lines from file
• Line-by-line compare of individual text files
• Status bar shows number of lines/blocks with differences
• Compare difference summary includes:

• data in source but not in destination file (or vice versa)
• character differences between files on the same line
• option to automatically display immediately following compare

• Launch folder compare or text compare from command line
• Ignore options:

• Ignore case
• Ignore spaces
• Ignore blank lines
• Line terminator differences
• Lines which begin with:
• Lines which contain:
• Lines which end with:
• A defined number of lines at the beginning of file
• A defined number of lines at the end of file

• EBCDIC compare supported
• Double-byte compare supported

Directory (Folder) compare features

• Undo merge
• Merge compared lines/blocks between files for two and three way text compare
• Merge compared files between directories for two and three way folder compare
• Selected line merge capability
• Accept all (or merge all) button for text mode, and folder mode
• Word-level (or selection-level) replacement and insertion
• Mark merged lines for review
• Enhanced merging - allows changes to be added to changes in other file
• Merge contents of compared directories
• Automatically move to the first difference when loading
• Automatically move to next difference after merge

• ZIP file compare
• ZIP file password support
• RAR file compare
• Java JAR file compare

• Side-by-side directory compare presentation
• Windows explorer shell integration (right click menu in Windows Explorer) (not yet available for 64-bit systems)
• Switch comparison method on the fly (basic, full, or smart [includes text compare])
• Split compare screen to preview text in one pane while moving from file to file
• Compare files based on time, date, or size
• Optionally ignore user-specified directories and file types
• Optionally ignore file timestamp differences
• Ability to customize display of file date/time format in folder compare
• Set a NOT operator for filter (ie, NOT *.bak, etc.)
• Provide live update on progress (useful when working with large nested directory trees)
• Favorite files and folders allow quick access to commonly used compare items
• Explore source or destination directory by right clicking in folder compare mode
• Compare individual directories
• Recursive compare of directories (includes subdirectories)
• Difference summary includes:

• same named files with different sizes
• same named files with different creation dates/times
• file type: binary or ascii
• option to automatically display immediately following directory compare

• Compare two directory structures and see which files have different permissions
• Select files with different names in folder compare mode and compare them
• Right-click on column headings and select fields

Merge features

• Disk based text editing - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
• Insert string at every increment (ideal for formatting database records and inserting hard returns)
• Column/block editing - allows insertion/removal of columns of data
• Insert/fill columns
• Insert line numbers
• Sum columns/selection
• Convert records to fixed column width or convert to character-delimited

Print/output features

• Print compare results in color
• Ability to use UltraCompare in batch files to produce reports, side-by-side difference output
• Print right or left compared file from File menu
• Print compare difference summary showing matching lines or differences only
• Print and save differences in context
• Print and save differences of one file
• Print and save files side by side
• Print and save differences from binary compare
• User configurable report headers/footers

File management features

• FTP Support - Sync FTP directories and compare local and remote folders.UltraCompare's FTP directory compare feature allows access to remote files located on a server.
• Open left/right compare file independently
• Drag and drop files to compare frame from Windows explorer
• Close All in the file menu and as a button
• Automatic file change detection

Display features

• Integrated IE browser support - display and compare HTML files as they would appear in the browser
• Show file in browser
• Text relational lines mode
• Full width display of active line of each compared file at bottom of application
• Ability to word wrap compare files
• Graphical scrolling display to easily locate changes
• Synchronized horizontal scrolling
• Flip comparison frames to switch source/destination files/directories
• Toolbar customization
• Display line number and column number in the status bar

Miscellaneous features

• Execution control toolbar to start, stop, or refresh a compare
• User profiles for allowing different settings for different compare modes
• Tabbed sessions allow you to run multiple concurrent compares within one instance of the application
• Set UltraCompare to single instance
• Manual check for updates
• Set filter to specify file types to be displayed during folder compare
• Configurable key mapping
• Set font for text file compare panes
• Customize/manage toolbars and menus
• Command line option for quick difference check