General tab

General settings of the TcProjectCompare are stored on the General tab.

General tab 1:

In the area Automatic reload after modification, you can set whether the file/project should be reloaded after a change.

Yes

Reloads both files after each change.

No

Does not carry out an automatic reload.

Always ask

Following a change, asks whether a reload should be carried out.

You can set the logging for the TcProjectCompare in the LogFile area:

Delete log if no error occurred

Deletes all log files if no error has occurred.

Bundle loaded files to a zip archive if error occurred

In the case of an error, the loaded files and the log files are stored as a ZIP archive.

The log files of the TcProjectCompare are stored in the folder %TWINCAT3DIR%Components\TcProjectCompare\LastLog.

Further general settings:

Multiple viewer instances

Allows several instances of the individual comparison windows (with the exception of the TwinCAT3 project comparison window).

Ignore read only flag

Ignores the read-only flag when saving.

If projects or files that are subject to source control handling are compared with one another, it can be the case – depending on the source control client – that files that are not checked out are read-only. These files can be merged despite that by activating the option Ignore read only flag. However, they won't automatically be checked out!