The comparison of a pair of files is done by opening them in two editors arranged in a side-by-side layout. The line numbers on the left side of each editor help you to identify quickly the locations of the differences.
You can edit both the source and the target file. The differences are refreshed when you save the modified document.
The window is comprised of the following components:
The Main Menu provides access to all the functions and features available in this window:
Editor view or the Compare view.
Cut - cut selection to clipboard from the local file currently opened in theEditor view or the Compare view.
Copy - copy selection to clipboard from the local file currently opened in theEditor view or the Compare view.
Paste - paste selection from clipboard in the local file currently opened in theEditor view or the Compare view.
Undo - undo edit changes in the local file currently opened in theEditor view or the Compare view.
Redo - redo edit changes in the local file currently opened in theEditor view or the Compare view.
Find/Replace - perform find/replace operations in the local file currently opened in theConsole view.
Find Next - go to the next find match using the same find options of the last find operation. The action runs in the editor panel and in any non editable text area, for example theConsole view.
Find Previous - go to the previous find match using the same find options of the last find operation. The action runs in the editor panel and in any non editable text area, for example theHere you can select the source file to be compared.
→ : Browses for a file (the source file).
See Open URL for details.
→ : Opens URL to be used as a source file.→ : Saves the changes made in the source file.
Here you can select the target file to be compared.
→ : Browses for a file (the target file).
See Open URL for details.
→ : Opens URL to be used as a target file.→ : Saves the changes made in the target file.
→ : Performs the comparison of the source and the target files.
→ : Selects the first difference in the files. (The button becomes available if the selection is not on the first modification)
→ : Selects the previous difference in the files. (The button becomes available if the selection is not on the first modification)
→ : Selects the next difference in the files. (The button becomes available if the selection is not on the last modification)
→ : Selects the last difference in the files. (The button becomes available if the selection is not on the last modification)
→ : Copies the non-conflicting changes from the source to the target.
→ : Copies the non-conflicting changes from the target to the source.
→ : Copies the selected difference from the source to the target.
→ : Copies the selected difference from the target to the source.
→ : Provides Word Level Comparison
→ : Provides Character Level Comparison
Preferences - opens the preferences dialog.
Menu Shortcut Keys - opens the preferences dialog directly on the Menu Shortcut Keys option page, where users can configure in one place the keyboard shortcuts available for menu items available in <oXygen/> XML Diff.
Export Options - allows you to export the current options to a file.
Import Options - allows you to import options you have previously exported.
Reset Options - resets all your options to the default ones.