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GUI Diff Tool for Excel

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Description

ExcelMerge is a graphical display tool for Excel or CSV Diff. The current feature is limited only to the display of Diff, but the goal is to implement the merge feature. It can also be used as a diff tool for Git or Mercurial.

System Requirements

Windows 7 or later

Supported file types

.xls
.xlsx
.csv
.tsv

Installation

Download ExcelMergeSetup.msi from here and Run.

Usage

From shortcut

From exproler context menu

From command line

ExcelMerge.GUI diff [Options]

Option	Description	Type	Default
`-s` `--src-path`	Source file path.	string
`-d` `--dst-path`	Dest file path.	string
`-c` `--external-cmd`	It is used to activate other tools for unsupported file types and occured any exception.	string
`-i` `--immediately-execute-external-cmd`	Execute external cmd without error dialog.	bool	false
`-w` `--wait-external-cmd`	Wait for the external process to finish.	bool	false
`-v` `--validate-extension`	Validate extension before open file.	bool	false
`-e` `--empty-file-name`	Empty file name.	string
`-k` `--keep-file-history`	Don't add recent files.	bool	false

From Git diff tool

.gitconfig

[diff]
tool = ExcelMerge

[difftool "ExcelMerge"]
cmd = \"C:/Program Files (x86)/ExcelMerge/ExcelMerge.GUI.exe\" diff -s \"$LOCAL\" -d \"$REMOTE\" -c WinMerge -i -w -v -k 

[alias]
windiff = difftool -g -y -t ExcelMerge

From Mercurial diff tool

mercurial.ini

[merge-tools]
excelmerge.executable = C:\Program Files (x86)\ExcelMerge\ExcelMerge.GUI.exe
excelmerge.diffargs = diff -s $parent1 -d $child -c WinMerge -i -w -v -e empty -k

[tortoisehg]
vdiff = excelmerge

Register External Command

Available Variables

Value	Description
`${SRC}`	Source file path
`${DST}`	Dest file path

Can also be executed from within the tool.

File Settings

For each file you can specify a line header or a column header.

Color Settings

You can customize background colors.

Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Key	Description
Ctrl + →	Next modified cell
Ctrl + ←	Previous modified cell
Ctrl + ↓	Next modified row
Ctrl + ↑	Previous modified row
Ctrl + K	Next added row
Ctrl + I	Previous added row
Ctrl + L	Next removed row
Ctrl + O	Previous removed row
Ctrl + F	Search cell
F9	Next match cell
F8	Previous match cell
Ctrl + C	Copy selected cells as TSV
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy selected cells as CSV
Ctrl + D	Show(Hide) console
Ctrl + B	Output selected cells diff as log

Output diff as log

By selecting Ctrl + D or "Output log" from the context menu, you can output the change as a log. The format can be changed from "differential extraction setting".

Known problems

<h4>If there are column deletions or additions, they may not be displayed at the expected position.</h4>

If the currently displayed header is not what you expect, you may resolve it by specifying the appropriate header and extract diff. Follow these steps.

Select appropriate header cell.
Right click to display the context menu.
Select "Extract diff with this row as header"

LICENSE

MIT Licence

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.