Andy Stone <andrewmatthewstone@...> writes: > > > > > I'm having a problem using DocDiff to compare changes to an Excel> > spreadsheet. Instead of showing me the edited and unedited versions with> > differences highlighted, Visual Diff/DocDiff is just showing me the unedited> > version.> >> > To reproduce:> > I make a change to the file then go to TortoiseHg->Visual Diff, click on the> > file in the Visual Diffs dialogue box (DocDiff is automatically selected),> > double click to open the file. Instead of seeing the two files open with> > differences highlighted, it just opens the old (unedited) version of the> > spreadsheet.> >> > If I run DocDiff from the commandline passing it two spreadsheets with the> > same filename then it does the same thing, i.e. just shows me just one of> > them. If I give it two differently named spreadsheets then it works as> > expected. So maybe this is happening because Excel cannot open two files> > with the same name, and both the working file and the temporary file created> > by Visual Diff have the same file name...?> > Sounds like a good guess.> > Could you try wrapping docdiff with a batch file that renames one of> the file arguments?> > If that works, I can think of ways of implementing this inside the> script itself.> > -- > Steve Borho > I did as you suggested - I changed MergeTools.rc to point to a simple batch file that looks like: > > copy %1 c:\tmp\1.%~x1"c:\program files\tortoisehg\docdiff.exe" c:\tmp\1.%~x1 %2 > > The comparisons now work as expected, so looks like the identical filenames were causing the problem. > > Thanks, > > Andy > Find it on Domain.com.au Need a new place to live? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Can you detail on where to add this code i am also facing same problem
I changed MergeTools.rc to point to a simple batch file that looks like: > > copy %1 c:\tmp\1.%~x1"c:\program files\tortoisehg\docdiff.exe" c:\tmp\1.%~x1 %2 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list > Tortoisehg-discuss@... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
