Chuck:
I've used both over the years (settled on BBEdit in the aughts) but they're
Mac only and text only.
What I am digging into is that both DeltaWalker and Beyond Compare are
multi-platform and scriptable. My other option, and a personal preference,
is to get MS Word involved. Word has a nice interface for this task but
I've never used Word via LEP or VB/VB Script.
BTW, I've had to resorted to UltraEdit on Windows since BBEdit is Mac only.
When I'm not feeling so studly, I fired up Programmer's Notepad, instead.
Far fewer features but much easier on the brain.
--
Douglas von Roeder
949-336-2902
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Charles Miller via 4D_Tech <
4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> Textwrangler and BBEdit have compare doc options as well
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 25, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> >
> > Kirk:
> >
> > That's a sound approach.
> >
> > In addition to the hash, my thinking is to store changed documents as
> > versions of the original ("reference") document instead overwriting the
> > original.
> >
> > Next step is to find an app that will do a diff that I can display for
> the
> > end user.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Douglas von Roeder
> > 949-336-2902
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <
> > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Doug,
> >> I'd just grab the text of the document and hash it. MD5 is fine since
> it's
> >> not about security. Save the hash. If any text is changed the hash will
> >> change. Since it's in a record you can test for the modified record/
> >> changed hash.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
> >> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Kirk:
> >>>
> >>> Each end user modifiable document is stored in a record.
> >>>
> >>> Based my new understanding of the requirement, I'm thinking that a
> >>> "reference" copy of each document will be stored on the LAN in a folder
> >>> hierarchy. I can flag a document as having been changed on the
> standalone
> >>> and capture that as a new version of the reference document when the
> >>> document synchs back to the LAN. That allows me to leave the documents
> on
> >>> the server instead having to synch them.
> >>>
> >>> The diffing can be done by the server machine, perhaps using LEP and on
> >> an
> >>> as-needed basis.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Douglas von Roeder
> >>> 949-336-2902
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <
> >>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Doug,
> >>>> Is the document stored in a record or just loose in a folder?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
> >>>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I've been asked to update the code in an Audit Trail system so it
> >> will
> >>>> work
> >>>>> with 4D Write documents. Rather than simply tracking that there's
> >> been
> >>> a
> >>>>> change and showing the old document vs the new one, I'd like to diff
> >>> the
> >>>>> old vs new and be able to display the diff.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The system has about a dozen LAN users and 25 users on standalones.
> >>>> Second,
> >>>>> it's Windows-only now but will be Windows and OS X as part of an
> >>> upgrade
> >>>>> from V13 to V15/16.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any suggestions or recommendations will be appreciated.
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