I use IS2008 Premier to compare two .ism project files. The steps is as below.
1. Open one .ism file by IS2008 IDE 2. Select 'Tool -> Difference -> Compare to File ...' 3. Select the other .ism file 4. Error prompt "Unable to open comparison file 'D:\... '"
Anybody can help me ? Thanks in advance !
P.S. I think the 2 .ism files are both basic projects since we use them for years.
Normandy wrote: I use IS2008 Premier to compare two .ism project files. The steps is as below.
1. Open one .ism file by IS2008 IDE 2. Select 'Tool -> Difference -> Compare to File ...' 3. Select the other .ism file 4. Error prompt "Unable to open comparison file 'D:\... '"
Anybody can help me ? Thanks in advance !
P.S. I think the 2 .ism files are both basic projects since we use them for years.
.ISM file are NOT different then any other XML file, therefore you could use any XML comparison tool (there are plenty just google it).. just remember to rename your .ism as XML and once you are finished comparing, rename then back as .ism.
TheResearch wrote: Is the 'Compare to File' option is not working from both the files? How about MsiPackageDiff? Is that working for the same files?
Thanks for your quick response ! The question is :
1. 'Compare to File' is not working well all the time. I only got one .ism file that can be compared to other files. I call it 'Magic File'.
2. MsiPackageDiff is working,but I think it's a little weird since I chosed the same msi package for 'Diff', it still gave the 'Changed Table' information.
Gvarma wrote: .ISM file are NOT different then any other XML file, therefore you could use any XML comparison tool (there are plenty just google it).. just remember to rename your .ism as XML and once you are finished comparing, rename then back as .ism.
HTH
Thank you very much for your advice, it's very useful .
