PCL File Compare

[nmutala]

Any ideas how to compare two PCL files and show the difference by page and line number.

Thanks
Nanda

 

[Buff1]

There's an old dos command FC (if i remember correctly) that would compare 2 files and it had a /b for binary
option to compare and show byte by byte.

 

[pagetech]

We have the technology to provide you with a PCL file compare utility. However, we've been specializing in PCL solutions for over 12 years and have yet to run across anyone with that request.

What problem are you trying to solve and why?

 

[epalmer850]

UltraEdit

http://www.ultraedit.com

will do that and more.

 

[andpro77]

Hello Pagetech,

I need a compare utility too. I'm developing an application, which produces PCL. Now I'm looking for a means to test this application's output versus a manually verified reference file. I was able to binary compare two PCL files -- and they were the same. But another day with newly generated PCL files the file sizes differed 3 bytes.

Actually I need to verify my application produces the same print output. So I thought it'll be sufficient to compare the PCL.

Have you got an idea?

Thanks in advance.

Andreas

 

[pagetech]

ANDPRO77 - Our PCLCodes program will disassemble PCL into readable English text. Maybe by disassembling both PCL files you could then compare the text files produced and zero in on the lines that do not compare to better pin-point the differences. Slight differences in the PCL may show-up better when they are disassembled into text?

BP