A minimalistic file comparison program and shell extension that delegates the task of comparing files to external programs based on file extension. It also offers basic file comparison that is geared towards binary files, with some attention paid to images.
This project was motivated by DiffMerge, which is a great program for comparing text files, yet has some annoying flaws. This is my attempt to hide those flaws.
- Build the solution (you may need to get SharpShell using NuGet)
- Run
/delivery.batwith wanted program directory as a parameter, e.g.delivery.bat C:\bin\GateDiff - Execute
install.batfrom program directory as Administrator, e.g.C:\bin\GateDiff\install.bat
- Icons are based on Wikipedia's Nakayama Torii.svg
- Uses SharpShell, licensed under The Code Project Open License
- Config file parsing derived from [Jon Rista's article on Code Project] (http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/16466/Unraveling-the-Mysteries-of-NET-2-0-Configuration)
- Thanks to David Rickard for [explaining how to save window position in WPF] (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davidrickard/archive/2010/03/09/saving-window-size-and-location-in-wpf-and-winforms.aspx)
Licensed under cc by-sa