Bernard: What's available in 4D Write Pro that would make this easier?
My current thinking is that we're going to archive these documents when there's s change in the hash value and then compare them with Beyond Compare. BC costs $30, can be run from the command line, and produces a decent looking report. That's a very cost effective solution, n'est ce pas? -- Douglas von Roeder 949-336-2902 On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:18 AM, bernard--- via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Doug, > > It would be better to migrate to Write Pro before creating a diff for > Write documents. > As Chuck pointed, you could compare plain text. > If written in 4D, you could adjust your features ; not too difficult (I > have written one for comparing methods). > > Bernard Escaich > > > > Le 25 avr. 2017 à 19:17, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a écrit : > > > > Chuck: > > > > Thanks for your thoughts. They want to track *any* change in the > document. > > > > This is a classic case of the client telling me the "how" instead of > > telling me the "what" (*what* they want versus *how* to get it). > > > > I don't need a solution to run on multiple machines. Instead, I can track > > changes as the documents are synchronized from server to standalone and > > back and, if there's a change, do the diff on the server and generate a > > report. That's much easier than having the diff function available for > each > > machine on the system. > > > > -- > > Douglas von Roeder > > 949-336-2902 > > > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Charles Miller via 4D_Tech < > > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech < > >> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I've been asked to update the code in an Audit Trail system so it will > >> work > >>> with 4D Write documents. Rather than simply tracking that there's been > a > >>> change and showing the old document vs the new one, I'd like to diff > the > >>> old vs new and be able to display the diff. > >>> > >>> The system has about a dozen LAN users and 25 users on standalones. > >> Second, > >>> it's Windows-only now but will be Windows and OS X as part of an > upgrade > >>> from V13 to V15/16. > >>> > >>> Any suggestions or recommendations will be appreciated. > >>> > >> > >> One comment is you will need to identify what should be compared. What > are > >> the rules. > >> 1. Are formatting changes to be logged and shown? > >> 2. Are spacing differences important? > >> 3. 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