Ellié Computing Merge
Contents
Introduction
Overview of Ellié Computing Merge
Text Comparison and Merging
Image Comparison
Binary Comparison
Folder Comparison and Merging
Text File Edition
Release Notes
What's new ?
Platform differences
Known Issues
Compatibility and System Requirements
Installation
Installing on Windows
Unattended Installation for Windows
Installing on Mac OS X
Installing on Linux
Installing on Solaris
Registering the software
Multi-user activation
Portable installation
Uninstalling Ellié Computing Merge
Purchasing Ellié Computing Merge
How to buy Ellié Computing Merge ?
How many licences do I need ?
Standard/Pro comparison chart
Prices
Bundling Ellié Computing Merge
Reselling ECMerge and affiliate downloads
Tutorials
Tutorial 1: Synchronizing two folders
Advanced Tutorial 1: synchronizing my website via FTP
Advanced Tutorial 2: fully integrate Ellié Computing Merge with my VCS and work with an opensource project
Comparisons (Common elements)
Selecting a file or folder for viewing, editing or comparing
Comparison Type Determination
Saving and continuing comparisons
Text Comparisons
Two-way Text Comparison Screenshot
Three-way Text Comparison Screenshot
Moving in text files
Resolving Conflicts
Editing Result File
Saving Result File
Image Comparisons
Two-way Image Comparison Screenshot
Three-way Image Comparison Screenshot
Differentiation styles
Supported formats
Binary Comparisons
Two-way Binary Comparison Screenshot
Three-way Binary Comparison Screenshot
Moving in binary files
Folder Comparisons
Two-way Folder Comparison and Merge
Three-way Folder Comparison and Merge
Browsing Folders Contents
Resolving Conflicts in Folders
Reference Guide
Dialog Boxes
New Comparison dialog box
Web Source dialog box
Login/password dialog box
Proxy authentication dialog box
SCC Source Dialog Box
SCC Tool Dialog Box
SCC Mapping Dialog Box
SCC Comment Dialog Box
View and Comparison Options dialog box (Options Sets)
Options Sets
Display Options
Colours Options
Markers Options
Converters and File Types Options
Text Comparisons Options
Advanced Text Comparisons
File Merges
Binary Comparisons Options
Image Comparisons Options
Image Colours Options
Folder Comparisons Options
Folders Display Options
File Name Filters Options
File Status Filters
File Date Filters Options
Folder 2-way Merge Rules Options
Folder 3-way Merge Rules Options
Reports Options
Text Comparisons Reports Options
Image Comparisons Reports Options
Folder Comparisons Reports Options
Data Sources Options
Preferences dialog
Application Options
Options Handling
Command Options
Web Updates Options
Key Bindings
Converters Options
File types Options
Web Options
Firewall / Proxy Options
Source Code Control Tools
Source Code Control Mappings
File Type dialog box
Edition Options
Text to Ignore
XML Text Comparisons
Signature
Fields
Comparison Statistics dialog box
Find dialog box
Replace dialog box
Go To Line dialog box
Go To Offset dialog
Text Input and Output dialog boxes
Pretty-print and Compact XML dialog boxes
Languages dialog box
Apply Merge Rules dialog box (Folders)
Write Merge Result dialog box (Folders)
Item Properties dialog box (Folders)
Generic Copy dialog box (Folders)
Reports dialog box
Report generation as patch
Report generation as XML/HTML
Import dialog box
Tabs list dialog box
Site dialog box
Submit a problem dialog box
Register dialog box
About dialog box
Messages
The reference copy of options set '<name>' changed in the application since the session was last activated, do you want to replace the session settings or keep them?
Menus
Document Menu
Side Menu
Edit Menu
Go To Menu
View Menu
Actions Menu
Tabs Menu
Customize Menu
Help Menu
Contextual Menu (Text Comparisons)
Contextual Menu (Image Comparisons)
Contextual Menu (Binary Comparisons)
Contextual Menu (Folder Comparisons)
Launcher panel
Toolbar Commands
Keyboard Shortuts
Regular expressions
Writing patterns for filenames
Converter Samples for text/directory handling
Converter Samples for image handling
Scripting
User macro-commands
Running scripts at start-up
Adding menu items to the contextual menus
Macro settings
Scripting Reference
List of all ECMerge functions
List of all ECMerge objects
List of all ECMerge strings
Extensions to ECMAScript
Application object
BinaryDocument object
BinaryDocument.Coordinator object
BinaryDocument.Content object
BinaryDocument.Difference object
BinaryDocument.Field object
BinaryDocument.Selection object
BinaryDocument.View object
BinaryDocument.ZoneOfInterest object
ConfigurationObject object
Coordinator object
Display Image Difference string
Document Access Mode string
Document Activity string
Document Format string
Document object
Document Subset string
Document Type string
Document.Parameters object
Document.Selection object
DocumentFrame object
Encoding string
EncodingProperties object
Environment object
EqTestDocument object
Folder Column string
FolderDocument object
FolderDocument.Coordinator object
FolderDocument.Item object
FolderDocument.Items object
FolderDocument.MergeRulesSet object
FolderDocument.Selection object
FolderDocument.View object
Generic Copy Action string
GUI Type string
I18N object
Image Differentiation Style string
ImageDocument object
ImageDocument.Coordinator object
ImageDocument.View object
Item Grouping Type string
Item Resolution Action string
Item Resolution Class string
LinearRange object
Machine object
OptionsSet object
Questions/Answers string
Registry object
SerializableObject object
Side Couple string
Side string
SourceDescription object
Statistics object
System object
System.Console object
System.Process object
System.Synchronization object
System.Synchronization.Waitable object
System.Threading.Thread object
Text Conflict State string
Text Decoration string
TextDocument object
TextDocument.Coordinator object
TextDocument.Conflict object
TextDocument.Content object
TextDocument.Difference object
TextDocument.InlineDifference object
TextDocument.Selection object
TextDocument.View object
Unix Patch Format string
URL object
UserFileType object
UserProcessFilter object
VFS object
VFS.Metadata object
View object
How to...
change colouring scheme for a file extension?
change current document options?
change quickly comparisons paths?
combine several commands into a button?
compare files in proprietary formats?
compare or merge 2 or 3 files?
compare or merge 2 or 3 folders?
copy a folder overwriting only older files?
create a macro command?
customize bookmarks and conflict markers shape and colours?
disable the syntax colouring for the current text document?
disable the Windows Explorer context menu integration?
filter files from a folder comparison?
find or replace a block in a text or a binary file?
generate reports between labels or branches of a SCC or SCM?
ignore specific lines and portions of lines
install converters?
manage a comparison/merge view?
merge and participate to open source or external projects?
merge files from command line with no interface?
merge silently if there is no error or conflict?
navigate to the previous or next conflict or difference in a comparison view?
open a file comparison from a folder comparison view?
print background colours in Ellié Computing Merge HTML reports?
save a comparison status to reopen it later?
show or hide the ancestor for a comparison view?
solve conflicts?
swap between differentiation and merge?
swap the files or folders roles in a comparison view?
use all the options of Ellié Computing Merge from command line?
use bookmarks?
view or edit a file?
work with character encodings ?
write FTP URLs in file name text fields or when using the command line application?
Different ways of launching Ellié Computing Merge
Command Line Reference
Command Line Syntax
Command Line Options and Switches
Specifying URLs/paths on command line
Integration with Configuration Management Systems
Generating Reports from Command Line
Executing Ellié Computing Merge inside a bundling application
Integration in explorers/Finder contextual menu
ActiveX Component
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting installing Ellié Computing Merge
Troubleshooting uninstalling Ellié Computing Merge
Troubleshooting report generation
What to do if ECMerge crashes?
Contact Ellié Computing
Web site and postal address
Commercial contact
Technical Support
Community contacts
Licence
Copyright notice
Additional licences
Last update: Mon Sep 29 2014