Provides a user with a graphical representation depicting differences between two directories, and allows a user to see what those differences are.

Displays graphically the resulting directories which are seen as being identical, different, non-existant or changed in some way in the counterpart database.

• Two directories are identical only if they have the same subdirectory structure and the files in the directories have the same content.
  If the directories are identical, a rectangle in green with an equal sign between another rectangle in green will be displayed.
  If they are not identical, a rectangle half blacked out and half green with an unequal sign between a rectangle half pink and half blacked out will be displayed in the panel.


• Two files are identical if they have the same content.

This tool is useful, for example, if the user wants to compare two source code versions for the same product, and also wants to see what changes have been made in the later version.

Dir Diff Enhancements

• Background Processing: The progress dialog has now moved to the panel view of the differencing so the user may continue working on other tasks while the difference tool continues to work.
• Refresh: A "Refresh" button has been added to the toolbar allowing the user to requery for file or directory changes in case any changes to the filesystem have taken place.
• Difference Count: The file and directory results now contain a column indicating the number of differences between the two matching objects.
• File Size: The file and directory results now contain two columns indicating the size of each of the matching files.
• Save As HTML: The toolbar now contains a "Save As HTML" button that allows the user to save the difference results to HTML so that the results may be saved and emailed to other users. The save prompt offers the user different options such as layout, font, file name and the object choices.
• Preview in Browser: The toolbar now contains a "Preview in Browser" button that allows the user to preview the last saved difference results, allowing quick access to the saved HTML.