Beyond Compare simple(Button or Catalog)

eil · Post by **eil** » 21 Aug 2023 12:31

Pretty simplistic BC script i use for comparison. Button or catalog item usage is advised.
Has 2 internal actions:
1. On click checks Clipboard for if there are 2 paths in it(say copied from recent added XYcopy feature) and send those to BC;
2. If check above is skipped, on first click saves path of selected item in List into perm variable - select another item and make second click on button to launch comparison.
In both actions script sends to BC a "preferred view" parameter(folder compare or text compare). The parameter is set only by checking first item in pair, so keep in mind no fool-proof on board from using 2 items of different type(folder+file pair).

I only do comparisons of texts and folders, so script determines only 2 categories(files or folders) = if anybody needs more precise differentiation, feel free to modify.

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"Beyond Compare Simple"
  $app = """<xydrive>\Progs\BeyondCompare4.3.7\BCompare.exe""";
  
  //Clipboard Compare
  if (gettokenindex(":\",<clp>, <crlf>, "wc") == 2) {
    if (confirm ("Compare CLIPBOARD ?" . <crlf> . <clp>, , , 65)){
      $bcitem = gettoken(<clp>, 1, <crlf>);
      $bcitem2 = gettoken(<clp>, 2, <crlf>);
      if (getpathcomponent($bcitem, "ext") != "") {$cmd = '/fv="Text Compare"';} else {$cmd = '/fv="Folder Compare"';};
      $bcitem = quote(quote(quote($bcitem)));
      $bcitem2 = quote(quote(quote($bcitem2)));
      //msg "$app $bcitem $bcitem2 $cmd";
      run "$app $bcitem $bcitem2 $cmd";      
    }
  end 1==1;
  }  
  
  //Selecting items to Compare
  perm $bcitem;

  if ($bcitem == "") {
  	$bcitem = """<curitem>""";  	
	status "BC:: $bcitem", "", "progress";
  } else {
	$bcitem2 = """<curitem>""";
        if (get("curitem", "ext") != "") {$cmd = '/fv="Text Compare"';} else {$cmd = '/fv="Folder Compare"';};
        run "$app $bcitem $bcitem2 $cmd";
        unset $bcitem;
  }