The Session Properties dialog allows users to specify settings for an active or new session. There are separate tabs for Text Mode, Binary Mode, and Folder Mode sessions settings.
Common Settings
The following options are available under all tabs in the Session Properties dialog:
Session Name
If desired, the name of the session may be changed by the user here.
Group Name
If the active session belongs to an existing Group, that Group name will be displayed in this field.
OK and Run
If this button is pressed, the options selected for the session will be saved and the Session Properties dialog will be dismissed. The modified session will immediately be launched and executed. If the modified session is already open, it will be refreshed using the modified settings.
OK
Pressing OK will cause the modified session settings to be saved and will dismiss the Session Properties dialog, but this will not launch or execute the related session.
Apply
Pressing Apply will cause the modified session settings to be saved but will not dismiss the Session Properties dialog nor launch or execute the related session.
Text Mode Settings
Files
Users may specify the full
paths to files to be compared in a session using these text fields.
If preferred the button may be
pressed to present a dialog where users may browse to files on the
local system.
Compare options
The following compare options may be configured for each text mode session:
Word wrap
Use character to character line comparison
Ignore options
The following ignore options may be configured for each text mode session:
Ignore lines which... begin with / contain / end with
Ignore a defined number of lines at beginning / end of file
Ignore lines between lines starting / ending with
Compare / Ignore column ranges
Display options
The following display options may be configured for each text mode session:
Binary Mode
Files
Users may specify the full
paths to files to be compared in a session using these text fields.
If preferred the button may be
pressed to present a dialog where users may browse to files on the
local system.
Compare options
The following compare options may be configured for each binary mode session:
Folder Mode
Folders
Users may specify the full
paths to folders to be compared in a session using these text
fields. If preferred the
button may be pressed to present a dialog where users may browse to
files on the local system. If the
button is pressed, the FTP Open dialog will be displayed allowing
users to specify folders to be opened via FTP from a remote server
for comparison.
Compare options
The following compare options may be configured for each folder mode session:
Basic (size and date only)
Full (byte-by-byte)
Smart (includes text compare with ignore options)
Text mode in result
Ignore options
The following ignore options may be configured for each folder mode session:
File Ignore Options
When this button is pressed, a dialog is displayed which may be used to modify file ignore options for the active session.
Filter options
The following filter options may be configured for each folder mode session:
Hide same files
Hide different files
Hide common files
Hide unique files
Hide same folders
Hide different folders
Hide common folders
Hide unique folders
Display options
The following display options may be configured for each folder mode session: