Folder Mode - Introduction
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When CSDiff is activated, the following dialog-box appears:

   
 

The Analyze section is used to select the analysis mode:

·Click Document if you want to compare two documents. This mode is explained in the Document Mode Operation chapter.  
·Select Folder if you want to compare two folders. This mode is explained in this chapter.  

Note: You may also specify a compressed folder (e.g. ZIP file) as one or both parameters. CSDiff treats compressed files as it would regular uncompressed folders
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This dialog box includes the following properties:
 
·Select Options... to go to the Options dialog box which allows you to customize the CSDiff analysis and display methods.  
·Base revision – Specify the base (older) folder. Click Browse... to browse for this folder.  
·Compared revision – Specify the revised (newer) folder. Click Browse... to browse for this folder.  
·Use older file as base revision – When selected, CSDiff will examine the documents modification time, and set the older of the two as base revision file.  
·Analyze sub folders – Select to compare sub-folders as well.  
·File types - Define file types (extensions) to include on the difference analysis. Use ; (semicolon) to specify several file types. For example, if you specify *.txt;*.doc, only files with txt extension or doc extension are analyzed.  
·Exclude - Select this option to exclude the specified file types from the difference analysis. For example, by selecting this option and entering *.txt;*.doc, all files except those ending with .doc and .txt will be included.  
 
Click OK to perform the analysis.