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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:08 PM, R. Mason <rpmason -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm updating a local copy of a vendor's web help in Dreamweaver CS4 on
> Windows XP. We have the license to update web help for our application
> customizations. It has around 1600 files in folders and subfolders--not
> including the source graphic files and such.
>
> When the next version of the application comes out later this year, I go
> through the folder and file differences to help me quickly move my changes
> into a copy of the new version and identify additional changes.
>
> I have begun researching some utilities. Our desktop folks are justifiably
> careful about what is allowed on our desktops. I've asked them if there are
> already such diff utilities on their "allowed" list but none include folder
> differences.
>
> Does anyone have any personal experience with such a file and folder diff
> utility? I wouldn't want to go through the month-long process of getting
> something approved and then discover it doesn't work as documented. Cost
> vs.
> functionality is of interest, of course.
>
> Thanks a bunch for any help you can give. --Ruthie
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