Version 2023 Release 2 of Altova DiffDog was announced on April 12, 2023. Learn about all the new features below and update to the latest version.
When exporting a differences report comparing files, folders, or directories in DiffDog, a new option for exporting as HTML is now available in addition to text or XML. While text and XML are well suited for machine analysis, HTML is a more human-readable format. Now, when exporting differences, users can choose HTML as an option in the file-save dialog.
Learn about all the additional capabilities you’ll get by upgrading from an older version to DiffDog 2024.
| DiffDog® 2013 (September 15, 2012) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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 |  | Print results of directory comparisons – Create records of directory differences over time, or before merging contents. |  | |
| | Significant performance improvement – Depending on the XML document structure, XML comparisons can now run up to 4 times faster. | | |
| DiffDog® 2012 Release 2 (February 23, 2012) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| | Save and reload parameters for file and folder comparisons – Improves efficiency for frequently-repeated comparisons | | |
| | Selection to hide or display empty folders in directory comparisons – Can make large, complex directory trees easier to manage | | |
| Support for logical files in IBM iSeries databases – Enhances database schema comparison for IBM DB2 databases. | |
| DiffDog® 2012 (October 19, 2011) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| Supports file and folder comparison with FTP and HTTP servers – Facilitates comparison tasks for developers and IT managers who work with network servers. | | ||
| JDBC database driver support – Improves database connectivity for database structure and content comparisons. | |
| DiffDog® 2011 Release 2 (February 16, 2011) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| Word-processor view comparison – DiffDog 2011r2 can open two instances of Microsoft Word 2003 (and later) to view, merge, and edit documents side by side in word-processor view. | | ||
| | Optional quick comparison of ZIP archives – DiffDog 2011 allows the user to select quick comparison of ZIP archives to accelerate comparisons of folders containing very large numbers of files. | | |
| DiffDog® 2010 Release 2 (February 16, 2010) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| | 64-bit version – DiffDog is now available in a 64-bit version to run on Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit systems. | | |
| | Integration into Windows Explorer – select two files or two folders while navigating with Windows Explorer and choose “Compare with DiffDog” from the context menu to launch a comparison. | | |
| DiffDog® 2008 Release 2 (April 28, 2008) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| | Enhanced support for OOXML files and Zip archives – new functionality complements the OOXML capabilities of Altova XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision, giving you a comprehensive set of tools to work with the OOXML file format. | | |
| | Enhanced directory comparison filters – define, apply, and save filter sets to display specific sets of files. | | |
| DiffDog® 2008 (September 12, 2007) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| | Enhanced directory merge functionality – allows users to update/merge entire folders, including sub-folders, with a single step. | | |
| | Binary file comparison – allows users to consider all binary files, including image files, compiled application executables, and binary-based documents in directory comparisons. | | |
| DiffDog® 2007 (October 24, 2006) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| | User setting to ignore specific elements – or attributes and filtering data when comparing XML files. | | |
| | Export differencing results – in XML and UNIX-diff formats for further processing. | | |
| | Altova® MissionKit – DiffDog is included in Altova MissionKit, bundling Altova’s intelligent application development, data management, and modeling tools at a substantial discount in a variety of configurations tailored to meet the needs of software architects and XML developers. | | |
| DiffDog® 2005 (January 18, 2005) | Enterprise | Professional | ||
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| | Intuitive user interface – intelligent syntax-coloring, line numbering, indentation guides, folding margins, and other innovative features to assist in comparing source code and XML files. | | |
| | Special XML differencing capabilities – DTD/schema-based validation, well-formedness checking, intelligent entry helpers, optional entity resolution, and attention to attribute and child element ordering. | | |
| | Edit and merge – edit documents directly within DiffDog, merge changes, and instantly re-compare the edited files. | | |
| | Directory comparisons – compare and merge directories, and open and edit file pairs directly from within the directory comparison display, and merge between directories. | | |
| | Version control integration – integrates with any version control system that supports external differencing applications. | | |
