Review date
12 August 2003
Visual Comparer is a software engineer-friendly utility with its main functionality being comparison of source code containing text files. Its use is indisputable as software engineers are always in the need to compare and synchronize various versions of the source code. It allows you to load the comparable files, perform a matching operation and edit the text as with a fully functional text-editing tool.
The utility has distinctive features of line matching, backing up files, and also strict lexical and syntax highlight of constructions in various programming languages. It is an "all you need" utility with its ability, to support windows XP style interface, to generate reports in HTML format, to load and match your files as large as 2 MBytes in a few seconds time. Visual Comparer is a customizable tool with a comparison map and a comparison bar, to make your navigation through the interface simpler and faster. This utility is a successful work-around to the usual synchronization techniques.
