Bug report - BOM on UTF-8 files + treat files as text filter
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:18 pm
ExamDiff Pro 5.5.1.8 (x64)
Issue 1:
When comparing two UTF-8 text files (with extension .sql or .xml in my case), that have a standard UTF-8 BOM header(EF BB BF), the files are automatically identified as binary files instead of text.
The only way I could find to treat files as text is to use the "treat all files as text" option.
The UTF-8 standard BOM of should not cause the file to be treated as binary.
Issue 2:
Force text/binary comparison has "always treat these files as text" option. I tried to use this to for the .sql files from issue 1 to be treated as text files. It did not work.
I know this is not the latest version, but I cannot find anything to show these bugs have been identified and fixed.
I would appreciate if anyone with the latest version can confirm whether or not these bugs have been fixed.
Thanks
Issue 1:
When comparing two UTF-8 text files (with extension .sql or .xml in my case), that have a standard UTF-8 BOM header(EF BB BF), the files are automatically identified as binary files instead of text.
The only way I could find to treat files as text is to use the "treat all files as text" option.
The UTF-8 standard BOM of should not cause the file to be treated as binary.
Issue 2:
Force text/binary comparison has "always treat these files as text" option. I tried to use this to for the .sql files from issue 1 to be treated as text files. It did not work.
I know this is not the latest version, but I cannot find anything to show these bugs have been identified and fixed.
I would appreciate if anyone with the latest version can confirm whether or not these bugs have been fixed.
Thanks