Vault 7: Projects
This publication series is about specific projects related to the Vault 7 main publication.
1.7 Using a Diff Tool
This section will cover the basics of using a diff tool to compare two different sets of code to evaluate the differences. This
section will cover a couple of different tools available and their basic functionality. This section doesn't cover all of the
features available in each tool nor does this section cover all of the possible diff tools available.
1.7.1 Beyond Compare
Beyond Compare is a commercial available differencing software from Scooter Software, Inc
(http://www.scootersoftware.com/).
This demonstration is based on Beyond Compare v2.2.7. There may be interface or features changes in other versions of
this software. Please refer to the software's documentation for a more detailed and updated description of the functionality.
Creating a comparison
There are a couple of ways to create a comparison with Beyond Compare. The first is to open the Beyond Compare program
from the Start menu. This opens a window that allows you to either compare two files or two folders.
Beyond compare also has a right click menu option that allows the user to right click on two files and compare them to each
other.
When two files are compared together, the differences between the two files are highlighted. On the left of the main windows
there is also a difference navigation bar that shows where the differences are in the file. You can click on this bar to go to
that location in the code.
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