Download Beyond Compare 4.0.0 build 17628 beta

Scooter Software has released a new beta release of version 4.0 of Beyond Compare. This very extensive program, which is available for Windows, Linux and now also for OS X, allows files to be compared. In addition, it is possible to compare complete folders, ftp locations and archives. Beyond Compare is available in a standard and a pro version, for Prices that start at $30. The mutual differences can be this page are being found. The main changes in version 4.0 can be this page found, this is the changelog for this release:

Notable changes

• All platforms: Moved file format helper applications from program folder to user settings folder.
• Windows: Added support for creating and editing .7z files and read-only support for many other archive types.
• Windows: Fixed loading large directories when comparing from a Windows client against an OS X 10.9 Mavericks server.
• OS X: smb://, cifs://, and afs:// URLs are now mounted automatically.

All platforms

• File formats with external conversions now store any external applications in the settings folder instead of the install directory.
• Added Replace support to Find panel in Hex Compare.
• Copying a local directory structure into an archive no longer saves the archive multiple times as the folder structure is built.
• Folder Compare’s “Find Filename” is now an embedded panel instead of a modalless window.
• Folder Merge now performs content comparisons by default.
• Improved help with changes for v4.
• Hex Compare now uses “Fit to Window” by default.
• Improved Home View’s display of remote profile paths.
• Improved “Browse Using Profile” dialog behavior for remote connections.
• Fixed Patch Viewer’s “Apply Patch” command.
• Fixed Folder Compare “Synchronize” commands so they don’t build top-level folders when “Just selection” is checked.
• Fixed FTP MLSD listings corrupting filenames with extended characters.
• Fixed importing xml files with non-standard names.
• Fixed “Open With” menu so it shows keyboard shortcuts.
• Fixed support for XCRC on FastMail.fm’s FTP server.
• Fixed changing FTP default profile settings so they update the global state.
• Fixed support for remembering passwords for encrypted archives.
• Fixed crash when moving profiles into subfolders.
• Fixed Home View’s Add/Move/Rename when the session list is filtered.
• Fixed file viewer “Session Settings” dialog’s behavior when the left and right file formats are different.
• Updated various URLs so they’re BC4 specific.
• Improved performance when one side of a text comparison was significantly larger than the other.
• Fixed folder sync session so running it doesn’t make it become modified.
• Fixed “Open With”‘s %f variable when using it from the editor on the right.
• Fixed buttons appearing on the folder compare toolbar after changing display filters.
• Fixed Text Compare’s “Next Difference” handling of lines where one side has text and the other does not
• Fixed Data Compare’s calculation of cell differences for right orphans.
• Other minor fixes.

Windows

• Added support for creating and editing .7z files.
• Added read-only support for all of the archive formats that 7-zip’s DLL provides.
• Added support for password protected .7z files and split ones.
• Updated 7-zip DLL to 9.22.
• Fixed loading large directories when comparing from a Windows client against an OS X 10.9 Mavericks server.
• Added Folder Merge commands to Explorer context menu.
• Added focus rectangle to various viewers when they’re empty to improve accessability.
• Improved scaling on high DPI displays.
• All included EXEs and DLLs are now digitally signed, have DEP and ASLR protection enabled, and have version resources.
• Fixed support for .psd files.
• Fixed displaying checkboxes when using “Windows Classic” theme.
• Fixed registry compare’s parsing of .reg files with “” characters for line continuations.
• Fixed installer not including patch.exe.

OS X

• smb://, cifs://, and afs:// URLs are now mounted automatically.
• Added support for following Finder Alias ​​files to compare their targets.
• Fixed hangs after using SFTP connections.
• Fixed copying extended attributes so they don’t reset a file’s last modified time to the current date.
• Fixed folder compare’s “Touch”dialog not initializing “Current system time” correctly.
• Fixed picture compare’s trackbars so they respond correctly to keypresses when they have focus.
• Fixed buttons so they detect mouse enter/leave and don’t incorrectly stay checked when they shouldn’t.
• Fixed mouse cursor not changing to an I-beam when over an edit.
• Fixed errors written to the console when drawing toolbars.
• Fixed path edit toolbars clipping the last button on the right side of the window.
• Fixed crash when the available displays change.
• Added higher resolution application icon.
• Fixed crash when clicking “Difference not found. Next Difference File” label in the text compare.
• Fixed miscellaneous crashes.
• “~/Library/Application Support/Beyond Compare 4” will be used for settings if it exists to allow multiple major versions to be installed.

Linux

• Adjusted RPM and DEB repositories so BC3 and BC4 can be installed separately. Requires rename of beyondcompare to beyondcompare3 and script edits before installing BC4.
• Fixed crash after displaying a modal dialog.
• “~/.config/bcompare4” will be used for settings if it exists to allow multiple major versions to be installed.