What is setting "Load file/folder before comparison" for?

What is setting "Load file/folder before comparison" for?

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    Jul 09, 2015#1

    In UltraCompare Professional version 15.0.0.1006 there is a check box option called "Load file/folder before comparison" under Application Layout on the Configuration dialog.

    What does the "Load file/folder before comparison" option do? Should I turn it on or off? And why?

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      Jul 09, 2015#2

      After starting a new text or folder comparison session, you see 2 or 3 empty panes and above each pane the edit field to enter file or folder name.

      By default setting Load file/folder before comparison is not enabled at Options - Configuration - Application Layout.

      So after directly entering the file/folder name or browsing to the file/folder with the appropriate button, the pane below still does not display file/folder contents although file/folder is already entered/selected. The 2 or 3 panes show only file/folder contents after executing the comparison with a click on green arrow button.

      The behavior changes with configuration setting Load file/folder before comparison being enabled. Now after entering/selecting a file/folder, the pane below immediately displays the file/folder contents. So file/folder is read by UltraCompare already before making the comparison.

      Reading file/folder before comparison is no problem for small local files/folders as the time required for reading and displaying file/folder contents is short. If you want to see file/folder contents before running the comparison, then enable this configuration setting. But for large files/folders or remote files/folders (loaded via FTP/FTPS/SFTP) reading and displaying before comparison is no good idea as you might imagine because the time required for this reading and displaying process is long.
      Best regards from an UC/UE/UES for Windows user from Austria