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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Overview of the New File Compare Feature in Dreamweaver 8
- Installing WinMerge on Windows
- Windows: Configuring Dreamweaver 8 to Recognize Your Diff/Merge Utility
- Installing FileMerge on OS X
- Mac: Configuring Dreamweaver 8 to Recognize Your Diff/Merge Utility
- Performing Your First File Compare
Configuring Third-Party File Compare
Windows: Configuring Dreamweaver 8 to Recognize Your Diff/Merge Utility
Configuring Dreamweaver to detect the file compare application on Windows takes a few quick steps.
- In Dreamweaver, Select Edit > Preferences.
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Select the File Compare category.
Figure 4. The File Compare category in the preferences
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Click the Browse… button and specify the path of the "diff" or merge utility. See the screen shot below for the path to the EXE file.
Figure 5. The File Compare category in the preferences pointing to the file compare utility executable
- Click OK. Dreamweaver is configured to communicate with your Diff/Merge Utility.
The next section of this article covers installing and setting up a diff/merge utility on Mac OS X. If you are not a Mac user, skip to the section on Performing Your First File Compare.
