All of a sudden, when I try to compare two files, nothing shows up in either pane. It renders it useless. Thanks for any help you can give.
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UltraCompare is not showing any lines at all in either side of the compare
UltraCompare is not showing any lines at all in either side of the compare
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That is not much information for being able to help you.
- What version of UltraCompare is used by you?
- Which user interface mode is used by you – the ribbon mode or the toolbar/menu mode?
- What type of comparison do you run – a text file comparison, a binary file comparison, a folder comparison, or a table comparison, a PDF file comparison?
- Is a file or folder opened at all in both panes?
- Is All selected in menu View on using toolbar/menu mode respectively in first group Show on ribbon tab Edit on using ribbon mode?
- Are Ignore options enabled on ribbon tab View or in the menu Options in submenu File Ignore Options?
Best regards from an UC/UE/UES for Windows user from Austria
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Thank you so much for responding, I am using version
UltraCompare (E) 2023.00.0.40 64-bit
The way I am accessing UltraCompare is by opening the files in UltraEdit, and then clicking the UltraCompare button on the toolbar. Then when UltraCompare launches, both panes are blank.
I am using text file comparison
All is selected
I normally ignore blank lines, spaces, tabs and case, but it doesn't show anything regardless.
I have uploaded the screen shots.
Thanks for the help!!
UltraCompare (E) 2023.00.0.40 64-bit
The way I am accessing UltraCompare is by opening the files in UltraEdit, and then clicking the UltraCompare button on the toolbar. Then when UltraCompare launches, both panes are blank.
I am using text file comparison
All is selected
I normally ignore blank lines, spaces, tabs and case, but it doesn't show anything regardless.
I have uploaded the screen shots.
Thanks for the help!!
It looks like the two compared files C:\temp\RefreshSaves\XP_QWICKLY.sql and C:\temp\RefreshSaves\XP_QWICKLY_TEST.sql are two empty files with file size 0 for both files.
- Are these two files also opened in UltraEdit or are two files with different file names opened in UltraEdit and UltraEdit created temporary files for comparing them with UltraCompare?
- Is the option Compare selected text checked in the Compare Files/Folders dialog window of UltraEdit although no text is selected in both opened files?
- What is selected for configuration setting Use temporary file for editing (provided for very large file handling) in UltraEdit at Advanced - Settings or Configuration - File handling - Large files (UE ≥ 2023.1) or Advanced - Settings or Configuration - File handling - Temporary files (UE < 2023.1)?
- What are the file sizes of the two files opened in UltraEdit shown at the bottom on the status bar?
Multi-gigabyte files can be compared with UltraCompare Professional. UltraCompare Lite does not have a hard-coded limit on file size, but several items factor into whether or not the compare can be executed in UC Lite, including file size, amount of difference blocks, memory required to map them, etc. - Which version of UltraEdit is used by you?
- Is UltraCompare Professional installed and started by UltraEdit or is UltraCompare Lite started by UltraEdit as installed together with UltraEdit?
There is displayed at bottom of the Compare Files/Folders dialog window of UltraEdit the note "You are using UltraCompare Lite." on using UltraCompare Lite installed with UltraEdit.
Best regards from an UC/UE/UES for Windows user from Austria
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Mofi - I believe you have solved my problem. It was a stupid mistake on my part. Apparently, the compare selected text checkmark was checked and since nothing was selected, nothing was compared. Anyway, you really helped me, and now it is working again.
That's fine.
It looks like that happened also other users of UltraEdit. There is shown by UltraEdit for Windows v2024.0.0.35 a message box with the following text on checking Compare selected text in the Compare Files/Folders dialog window and clicking next on button Compare and nothing is selected in the last used files:
Well, the information is not 100% correct as highlighted and selected are two different things in UltraEdit/UEStudio. I will send an email to UltraEdit support with a suggestion for a better information like:
It looks like that happened also other users of UltraEdit. There is shown by UltraEdit for Windows v2024.0.0.35 a message box with the following text on checking Compare selected text in the Compare Files/Folders dialog window and clicking next on button Compare and nothing is selected in the last used files:
The text comparison is not started in this case by UltraEdit.In order to use the feature 'Compare highlighted text,' text must be highlighted in each file to be compared.
Well, the information is not 100% correct as highlighted and selected are two different things in UltraEdit/UEStudio. I will send an email to UltraEdit support with a suggestion for a better information like:
In order to use the feature 'Compare selected text', text must be selected in each file to be compared.
Best regards from an UC/UE/UES for Windows user from Austria