COMPARE_INFO

Used by EE_COMPARE message.

typedef struct _COMPARE_INFO {
	UINT cbSize;
	UINT flags;
	LPCWSTR pszDocument1;
	LPCWSTR pszDocument2;
	LPCWSTR pszResultFileName;
} COMPARE_INFO;

Fields

cbSize

Specifies the size of this structure, sizeof( COMPARE_INFO ).

flags

Specifies a combination of the following values.

COMPARE_GENERATE_REPORT	Generates a report file. A file path must be specified in strResultFileName.
COMPARE_IGNORE_CASE	Ignores case.
COMPARE_IGNORE_COMMENT	Ignores text marked as a comment by the configuration.
COMPARE_IGNORE_CRLF	Ignores differences in newline characters.
COMPARE_IGNORE_EMBEDDED_SPACE	Ignores spaces within the first and last non-whitespace characters within a line.
COMPARE_IGNORE_ENCODING	Ignores encoding difference.
COMPARE_IGNORE_LEAD_SPACE	Ignores spaces before the first non-whitespace character within a line.
COMPARE_IGNORE_TRAIL_SPACE	Ignores spaces after the last non-whitespace characters within a line.
COMPARE_OPEN_REPORT	Opens the report file. COMPARE_GENERATE_REPORT must also be specified.
COMPARE_REPORT_3_COL	Outputs report in a 3 column format.
COMPARE_REPORT_DIFF_ONLY	Reports non-identical lines only.
COMPARE_QUALITY_1	Fastest method that that searches nearby lines.
COMPARE_QUALITY_2	Faster method.
COMPARE_QUALITY_3	Medium speed.
COMPARE_QUALITY_4	More precise method.
COMPARE_QUALITY_5	Most precise method that searches the entire file (up to a certain limit).
COMPARE_QUICK	Quickly compares, and will not highlight differences. This flag cannot be combined with other options except COMPARE_QUIET.
COMPARE_QUIET	Does not display any output messages.
COMPARE_RESET	Resets comparison or synchronized scrolling mode and clears comparison results.
COMPARE_RESET_AFTER	Resets comparison or synchronized scrolling mode and clears comparison results after comparison and report generation. COMPARE_GENERATE_REPORT must also be specified.
COMPARE_RESTORE_POS	Restores window positions when finished.
COMPARE_SPLIT_VERT	Splits the window vertically to display documents.
COMPARE_SWITCH_NO_WRAP	Switches to no wrap.
COMPARE_SYNC_CARET	Synchronizes cursor positions.
COMPARE_SYNC_SCROLL_HORZ	Synchronizes horizontal scrolling.
COMPARE_SYNC_SCROLL_ONLY	Show compared documents without highlighting differences.
COMPARE_SYNC_SCROLL_VERT	Synchronizes vertical scrolling.
COMPARE_TILE_HORZ	Tiles documents horizontally.
COMPARE_TILE_VERT	Tiles documents vertically.

pszDocument1

Specifies the string to identify the first document. This value can be a file name, file name with the full path, or a colon (:) followed by the index of the document in the current group. For example, "filename.csv", "C:\data\filename.csv", or ":2".

pszDocument2

Specifies the string to identify the second document. The format of this value is the same as pszDocument1.

pszResultFileName

If COMPARE_GENERATE_REPORT is specified in the flags field, EmEditor saves a comparison report as the specified file name.

Version

Supported on EmEditor Professional Version 17.7 or later.