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Options for external programs.

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Application for viewing and editing files

Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted can be configured with the viewing/editing application of the user's choice. The View and Edit commands will automatically open files using the utility configured here. If this box is left blank, Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted will open files with their associated Windows application.

Arguments for viewing and editing

This option allows you to specify the arguments to supply to the viewing/editing application when the application is invoked. The following macro is available (the macros are case-sensitive):

%FILE% - expands to the path of the file that will be edited or viewed.

For example, to invoke Ultraedit to edit or view a file, an entry for this field that is appropriate for Ultraedit is:

%FILE% /r /3/1

%FILE% represents the path of the file, /r represents it open the file in read-only mode, /3/1 represents the cursor is located in the 3th row and 1st line when the file is open.

Note: "%FILE%" is requested to represent the path of the file according to the requirement of some applications. The arguments for the external application should conform to its given syntactic regulation.

Application for diff/merge

This option is used to specify an external application for visual diff/merge on files or directories. Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted Diff/Merge tool MergeHero is configured by default.

Note: If MergeHero is configured, the following arguments items will be invalid.

Arguments for diff files

This option allows you to specify the arguments to supply to the diff tool for files diff when the diff tool is invoked. The following macros are available (the macros are case-sensitive):

%FIRST_FILE% - expands to the path of the file that will be supplied for the left side of the diff output.
%SECOND_FILE% - expands to the path of the file that will be supplied for the right side of the diff output.
%FIRST_LABEL% - expands to the label that will be supplied to the file being diffed on the left side of the diff output.
%SECOND_LABEL% - expands to the label that will be supplied to the file being diffed on the right side of the diff output.

For example, to invoke windiff to compare two files from command line, the command is as follows:

Windiff path_to_first_file path_to_second_file

So, the entry for this field that is appropriate for the external diff tool Windiff is:

"%FIRST_FILE%" "%SECOND_FILE%"

Arguments for three-way merge:

This option allows you to specify the arguments to supply to the merge tool for three-way merge when the merge tool is invoked. The following macros are available (the macros are case-sensitive):

%BASE_FILE% - expands to the path of the file that is the common ancestor, or baseline between the two files being merged.
%THEIRS_FILE% - expands to the path of the updated server file that is being merged.
%YOURS_FILE% - expands to the path of your local file that is being merged.
%RESULT_FILE% - expands to the path of file that will be saved when the user merges the files together.
%FIRST_LABEL% - expands to the label supplied by the merge tool to put on top of the first file being merged.
%SECOND_LABEL% - expands to the label supplied by the merge tool to put on top of the second file being merged.