Download Beyond Compare 4.1.7 build 21529

Scooter Software has released version 4.1.7 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 changelog for this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Archives

• Upgraded 7-zip libraries to 16.02 to fix code execution vulnerability in UDF (.img, .iso) decoder (CVE-2016-2334 and CVE-2016-2335).
• Windows: Added support for PKZip v1 legacy compression algorithms (Implode, Reduce, Shrink).

Cloud Services

• Fixed support for Unicode paths and filenames on SharePoint WebDAV servers.
• Fixed support for connecting to Amazon S3 buckets in the eu-west-1 region that were created in 2013 and earlier.
• Fixed resource leak when uploading/downloading from Microsoft OneDrive.
• Windows: “Open With” for WebDAV profiles now passes http:// URLs to the requested application instead of BC-specific profile: ones.
• Improved error message if an S3 bucket is stored in an unrecognized AWS region.
• Fixed loading WebDAV folder listings that include empty getcontentlength entries.

Command Line

• Fixed /fileviewer= switch to use fixed English phrases instead of translated strings.

File Formats

• OS X/Linux: Fixed importing file formats with external helper executables.
• Fixed loading .docx files that have been modified using MiniZip.

File Views

• “Save File Using Profile” now handles “Editing disabled” just like “Save File on File System As” does.
• Changed button caption in “Save Changes?” confirmation dialog from “Save None” to “Discard All”.

Installer

• .msi packages now use SHA-256 code signing signatures instead of SHA-1 ones.

misc

• Fixed support for scrolling using laptops/tablets with precision touchpads (.eg, Surface Pro).
• OS X: Fixed support for Beyond Compare “Services” menu extensions in apps other than Finder.
• Added Japanese as an official language.
• Time limited license keys now show a warning on the Home view when close to the expiration, and show the expiration date in the About dialog.

Options

• Improved appearance of Options dialog and Home view for themes with dark backgrounds.

Reports

• Fixed Picture Compare Report to use printer DPI instead of screen DPI.
• Fixed Picture Compare Report handling or empty comparison.
• Fixed plain text output or right justified text.
• Fixed plain text output handling or gap lines.
• Fixed Table Compare plain text output or interleaved headers.

Table Compare

• Fixed performance regression introduced in 4.1.4.

Text Views

• Windows: Fixed displaying emoji characters when “Enable font linking in editors” is enabled.
• Linux: Fixed slow performance when long lines are visible.

Text Merge

• Output files will now be written using file format external conversion settings.

crashes

• Windows: Fixed crash when opening a file on 64-bit Windows.
• Windows: Fixed crash when opening Options dialog to Tweaks panel while DisableCheckForUpdates registry tweak is active.