What can UltraCompare Professional do for you?
Chances are if you're reading this you already use UltraEdit, but you probably don't have UltraCompare Professional yet. You may not realize how important such a text file compare tool is or how versatile it can be.
You may have even used UltraCompare Lite but are now finding that this lightweight comparison utility is not robust enough for your text editing purposes. UltraCompare Professional boasts a fuller text compare feature set with text file compare for two or three files AND includes folder compare for two to three folders. Of course, we've also included merge capabilities, ignore options, FTP support, and more.
Compare text
Do you work with text files and ever lose your place or forget which is the most current file? Ever wished you could easily compare the differences between file versions?
Programming
If you are inspecting your file or code changes by hand you are losing precious time, accuracy and productivity. Compare and merge operations are the cornerstone of a differences tool, and we have placed many merge/post-merge features into UltraCompare so you can easily compare your differences and merge your selections with confidence and trust. Whether you are a lone developer or work as part of a team, how many times have you wanted to compare your text files or compare source code to modified versions, and merge your changes into the newer versions?
System Administration
We all know to make backups - but what happens when something goes wrong and you need to compare your legacy backup with your current backup? Ever needed to compare SQL files between two databases? That's where a compare/merge/sync tool can help.
Remote Files
Do you find yourself needing to compare FTP files? Use UltraCompare's integrated FTP/SFTP to download your text files from the remote server, perform compare/merge operations, then save your files back to the server.
Everyday use
How many times have all of us downloaded a software update or text file and wondered what's changed since the last release or version?
Don't forget: UltraEdit users can save big when bundling UltraCompare Professional with an upgrade of UltraEdit!
Text Compare Features
Difference Navigation
Navigate quickly between compare differences by clicking on the "go to next difference" and "go to previous difference", and use "go to next/prev difference characters" to jump to difference characters within a difference block. This navigation tool will prove to be indispensible in your daily use of text compare.
Merge Differences with the Merge Toolbar
The powerful merge options allow you to merge selected content before or after the current block, accept all/merge all changes, and even perform line/word level merges.
Full Control Authority Over Compare Execution
Have you ever started comparing a large directory structure only to realize you mis-configured the desired options? What did you do... Force quit? When you're working with large directory structures, you need to have full control over the execution of the compare. UltraCompare's execution controls put you in control. Prepare your compare, click "play" to start... Need to stop entirely? Simply click stop to halt the comparison process altogether.
Relational Lines Mode
A powerful visual effect to help you see, at a glance, where your corresponding difference blocks are located in each file compare pane. Relational lines can be toggled on/off in the view menu.
Manually Re-sync Lines
Sometimes your files are structured in such a way that you need to manually match similar lines. UltraCompare allows you to manually sync two lines and continue the compare from this location.
Inspect Differences in the Active Line Compare Frame
For lines that extend beyond the view frame, use the active line compare frame to isolate lines and clearly see the character differences. You will find this feature especially useful for comparing long lines. You can also use the additional frames to edit the text inline then merge your changes.
Edit Files in the Compare Panes
UltraCompare provides you with the ability to edit text directly in the compare frames.
Save/Execute File Compare Profile
UltraCompare offers user profiles which allow you to set options such as paths, output options, ignore options, etc and execute them when needed. Use this time saving feature for your frequent text file or folder compare operations to enhance the ease of use offered by UltraCompare.
UltraEdit/UEStudio Integration
UltraCompare works hand in hand with UltraEdit and UEStudio . Easily jump into UltraEdit/UEStudio for modifications and back to UltraCompare for further text compares with the click of a button.
Show File in Browser
Open your files in the default application with a click of a button. This is a convenient feature when you need to preview your compare and merge changes before saving the files. Visually compare HTML code! Display your HTML files as they would appear in the web browser, instead of just HTML code.
Easily Switch Compare Views
Toggle easily between comparison view types (all, different, matching) by clicking on the All, Just Differences, and Just Matching icons.
Comparison View Pane
The compare pane denotes differences using the light blue shading. You may customize the colors that UltraCompare uses to distinguish differences. Individual character differences are also displayed with user-definable colors. The active line is highlighed as a separate color to distinguish the line you have selected. UltraCompare can also be configured to wrap long lines in the view pane.
Differences Map - Graphical Navigation
The differences map on the left of the compare frame displays a visual representation of differences within the text compare or file compare. Quickly navigate to compare differences in the file by clicking in the area you want to view.
Change Text Compare Modes on the Fly
Switch between all compare types: text compare, binary compare, and folder compare - from the main toolbar.
Tile Preference
View comparison results tiled either horizontally or vertically depending on your preference.
Display Type
Choose the display type you would like the file to be viewed as. Choose between ANSI, Unicode, Mac, and more. Note: this does not convert the file, only the format in which it is displayed.
Quickly Compare Copied/Pasted Text - Text Snippets
Compare text snippets - copy/paste snippets of text to two empty compare fields and perform compare/merge operations. You can also save your changes with the "Save As..." dialog and use the clear button to clear the snippets (the temp file is deleted).
Additional Compare Features
Multi-task with Tabbed Sessions
Sessions are your way of working with multiple compares regardless of mode - all within one application. The tabbed interface allows you to easily toggle between multiple sessions. Double-clicking a file/folder in folder mode will open a new session within the same instance of UltraCompare.
Word Document/RTF File Compare
Compare Word Documents/RTF files in UltraCompare. This is a fantastic feature for any UltraCompare user. Version 6.00a includes support for DocX files.
Compare Online Files with Web Compare
If you work with web files, you are probably accustomed to downloading the file via FTP or viewing the source, saving the text, then doing a compare. The all new web compare alleviates the extra steps and imports the contents of the web file for a quick and easy compare.
FTP/SFTP File and Folder Compare
Access your files and folders located on a remote server! Use UltraCompare to execute a folder comparison and sync your local and remote directories. You can even use it to create a local backup of your website. Visit our FTP directory compare power tip to set this up in UltraCompare Professional.
Shell Integration
Shell integration allows you to use UltraCompare in the right-click context menu, in explorer, on the files/folders you want to compare. Simly select the files/folders and then launch UltraCompare... all from within Windows explorer.
Reporting
UltraCompare also gives you compare reporting/output capabilities. Configure compare output to print and save differences in context, differences of one file only, and side by side comparison.
File Change Detection
Enable automatic file change detection and UltraCompare will notify you that the files you are comparing/merging have changed "underneath" you.
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