Comparing source members

Hello all,

 

Last week several of you pointed out SoftLanding's compare plug-in as an
alternative to CODE's compare.  I've used it now a couple times, and
while in many ways it is superior to CODE's, when you look at what it
takes to get the job done, I still prefer the CODE version.  Here are my
issues (hopefully you have some solutions):

 

1)       If you use the compare in edit mode, you lose the date stamps
on the member.  The date stamp is extremely useful data, and I don't
want to lose it.

2)       You can bring the target member up in update mode, then start
up the Compare session in browse.  You can then go back and forth
between the two sessions, using cut and paste to update.  Awkward, but
doable.  But, when you go to save, you can't save it, so you have to
save-as to a temporary member, then do a delete of the original and
rename.  For me, any gains of using this over CODE's compare is wiped
out by these problems.

 

Has anyone found a way around these issues? 

 

Doug Edwards

Fidelity National Information Services - IFS Division

Software Development - iFM

601 South Lake Destiny Road, Suite 300

Maitland, FL 32751

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Phone (407) 551-8351