dimitris

Hi Rolf, thank you for your reply. If mettadiff was a Labview code I would definitely have a go and fix the problem myself, but as I do not posses any C++ software packages and my knowledge of C++ is limited, I thought it would be far easier and quicker for the current developer(s) of mettadiff and tools, to fix the problem. I hope you possible explanation to the problem will speed things up and see a fix on the http://meta-diff.sourceforge.net/ site soon. Thanks again. Dimitris

Hi Rolf, I am confused with your reply. Are you asking a question or are you giving a solution to the problem. If it is the later please provide more details. How or where do I insert double quotes around the path to the files. As a user I can only click to select the files to compare? Remember I am using meta-diff from within the explorer and not from the command Line. Many thanks Dimitris

Hi Jim, Thank you for the reply. I used mettadiff because I liked the idea of selecting the two files to compare from the explorer. Is it possible to do this using lvdiff only? (Without using the command line). I have configured TortoiseSVN as you suggested, on per file type, and it shows the difference between the two vis but I still get the 2 dialog boxes (see below) Dialog box 1 "The file C:\Documents and Settings\dimitris\Files\National is not a valid Labview File" if I OK this box, I get another dialog box with the same message again. If I OK the second dialog box, lvdiff runs and displays correctly For some reason some paths are not passed correctly to lvdiff application. Any further ideas? Thanks again Dimitris

Hi fellow labviewers I am trying to use both meta-diff and LVdiff with TortoiseSVN without success and I wonder if you could help me. I have installed metadiff in its default directory C:\Program Files\meta-diff lvdiff is also in the same directory Labview 8.0 Professional is in its default directory C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0 The .lvdiff file contains the following lines only: pathToLV=C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0 pathToLVDiff=C:\Program Files\meta-diff The .metadiff file contains the following lines: *.vi C:\Program Files\meta-diff\lvdiff.exe *.* C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\LabVIEW.exe In TortoiseSVN>Settings>Advanced> Extension is set to .vi and Program is set C:\Program Files\meta-diff\metadiff.exe %base %mine I have 2 folders under TortoiseSVN control. C:\LV SVN test and C:\LV Repository, both contain a vi called Registers.vi I select Registers.vi from C:\LV SVN test folder and use from the Context menu "Link for metadiff" the go to C:\LV Repository and select Registers.vi and use from the Context menu metta-diff with "Registers.vi" A dialog box appears with the message "The file C:\Documents and Settings\dimitris\Files\National is not a valid Labview File" if I OK this box, I get another dialog box with the same message again. If I OK the second dialog box, lvdiff runs and displays correctly "Comparing C:\LV Repository\Registers.vi and C:\LV SVN test\Registers.vi" But it opens only one Registers.vi and does not show the differences (there are differences ) between the two versions. Is there something else I have to setup? Any advise would be greatly appresiated. Many Thanks Dimitris