Text Comparison in ASP.NET

[ChadJK]

Does anyone know of any existing code or third party control for doing text comparison? I want to compare two different string values (from two different multiline textboxes in ASP.NET) and then highlight the differences in the two.

 

[ca8msm]

Try the javascript forum as you'll be better off doing this client-side.


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[BoulderBum]

I think he wants something like the SourceSafe comparison tool. That would be a tall order with JavaScript.

 

[ca8msm]

Oh, I see. I was assuming he wanted to compare two strings and show the differences to the user.


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[ChadJK]

That's correct, ca8msm.

It's for quality control. We have typists who type up legal descriptions of properties (real estate). It's typed twice (by two different typist) if they both match then we assume it's correct. Otherwise, we want to mark the difference in the two so it can be quickly corrected.

 

[JohnYingling]

Word 2000 has a Compare Documents under Tools/Track Changes.

http://www.moldyoldy.com/VBComparedemo

- free online Compare/Diff of snippets