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Distributing Registered Beyond Compare over a Network

Follow these steps to distribute a registered Beyond Compare to users on your network:

BC version 3 or 4

1. Place a copy of the Beyond Compare setup program (eg. BCompareSetup.exe) on your network.
2. Create a text file named "BC3Key.txt" or "BC4Key.txt" in that same network location and paste your license key into it.

BC version 2

1. Place a copy of the Beyond Compare setup program (eg. beycomp.exe) on your Scooter Beyond Compare Serial key a text file named "BC2.key" in that same network location and paste your license key into it.  Also, copy any plug-ins (*.bcp) that you want users to have into this same folder.

When a user runs the setup program from this location, it will automatically copy the license key file to their system and Beyond Compare will be registered.

For a silent install with no prompts or reboots, use the command line switches "/SP- /VERYSILENT /NORESTART".

Setup Program's Command Line Options

We use Jordan Russell's Inno Setup (www.innosetup.com) for the setup program.  Here is the complete documentation for command line switches:

/SP-

Disables the "This will install. Do you wish to continue?" prompt at the beginning of Setup.
 

/SILENT, /VERYSILENT

Instructs Setup to be silent or very silent.  When Setup is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is.  When a setup is very silent this installation progress window is not displayed.  Everything else is normal so for example error messages during installation are displayed and the startup prompt is shown (if you haven't disabled it with the '/SP-' command line option explained above).
 
If a restart is necessary and the '/NORESTART' command isn't used (see below) and Setup is silent, it will display a "Reboot now?" messagebox.  If it's very silent it will reboot without asking.
 

/NORESTART

Instructs Setup not to reboot even if it's necessary.
 

/LOADINF="filename"

Instructs Setup to load the settings from the specified file after having checked the command line.  This file can be prepared using the '/SAVEINF=' command as explained below.  Don't forget to use quotes if the filename contains spaces.
 

/SAVEINF="filename"

Instructs Setup to save installation settings to the specified file.  Don't forget to use quotes if the filename contains spaces.
 

/DIR="x:\dirname"

Overrides the default folder name displayed on the Select Destination Directory a to z crack software page.  A fully qualified pathname must be specified.
 

/GROUP="folder name"

Overrides the default folder name displayed on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page.
 

/NOICONS

Instructs Setup to initially disable the "Don't create any icons" check box on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page.
 

/32

Forces a 32-bit install on 64-bit Windows.  Requires Beyond Compare 4.1.4 or newer.
 

Uninstall Program's Command Line Options

/SILENT, /VERYSILENT

When specified in Beyond Compare 2.4.2 or newer, the uninstaller will not ask the user for startup confirmation or display a message stating that uninstall is complete.  Shared files that are no longer in use are deleted automatically without prompting.  Any critical error messages will still be shown on the screen.  When '/VERYSILENT' is specified, Scooter Beyond Compare Serial key, the uninstallation progress window is not displayed.  If a restart is necessary and the '/NORESTART' command isn't used (see below) and '/VERYSILENT' is specified, the uninstaller will reboot without asking.
 

/NORESTART

Instructs the uninstaller not to reboot even if it's necessary.

Data comparison software

Beyond Compare is a Scooter Beyond Compare Serial key comparison utility. Aside from comparing files, the program is capable of doing side-by-side comparison of directories, FTP and SFTP directories, Dropbox directories, Amazon S3 directories, and archives.^[1] It is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linuxoperating systems. A strength of Beyond Compare is that it can be configured as difftool and mergetool of version control systems, such as git.^[2]

Reception[edit]

In an April 2009 review, Beyond Compare was awarded four out of five stars by CNET. The reviewers initially found the user interface to be "a little overwhelming", but "quickly got the hang of it", after using the program for a little while.^[3]PC World writer Michael Desmond included the program in a 2005 list of utilities for a "Trouble-Free PC".^[4] He highlighted the program's "watch list" feature for particular acclaim.^[4] Beyond Compare was featured in the March 2005 issue of the Windows IT Pro magazine, in the "What's Hot" section.^[5]

Scott Mitchell, writing for MSDN Magazine, identified the program's comparison rules as its most powerful feature.^[6] The customizable rules control which differences between two files should be flagged as such. A set of predefined rules are included for the comparison of common file types, such as C++ source code, XML, and HTML files.^[6]

Steve Gibson of GRC recommended it as "a really cool.very smart Windows-based source comparison tool".^[7]

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