ConfigLong Enumeration

This enumeration defines constants for the various preferences made available by the LongPreferences Object. You can use the constant name as a string (e.g. “clUnchangedFgnd”) from scripting languages that do not have access to the symbolic enumeration constants.

Constant Description
clUnchangedFgnd The text colour for unchanged lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clChangedFgnd The text colour for changed lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clInsertedFgnd The text colour for inserted lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clRemovedFgnd The text colour for removed lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clLinesFgnd The colour of linking lines in the central linking panel.
clOverviewFgnd The colour of the change overview strips at the edges of file and folder comparison windows.
clUnchangedBgnd The background colour for unchanged lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clChangedBgnd The background colour for changed lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clInsertedBgnd The background colour for inserted lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clRemovedBgnd The background colour for removed lines in the first panel of file comparison windows.
clExtendLines Whether to extend linking lines over file panels (1=yes, 0=no).
clExpandTabs Whether to expand tab characters into spaces (1=yes, 0=no).
clTabExpandVal The width of the columns covered by tab characters.
clVertLink Whether to automatically link files when scrolled up/down (1=yes, 0=no).
clHorzLink Whether to automatically link files when scrolled left/right (1=yes, 0=no).
clIgnWhitespace Whether to ignore whitespace in file comparisons. See Whitespace Enumeration for possible values.
clAppMax Whether to maximize the Merge application window on startup (1=yes, 0=no).
clShowLineNums Whether to show line numbers in file comparison windows (1=yes, 0=no).
clDelayedLink Whether vertical/horizontal linking should be delayed until the scroll bar thumb is released.
clCloseOnErrorOrNeitherFileFound Whether to close a file comparison window opened from a folder comparison window if an error occurred, or files could not be found (1=yes, 0=no).
clCloseOnNoDifferences Whether to close a file comparison window opened from a folder comparison window if there were no differences between the compared files (1=yes,0=no).
clLimitViews Whether to limit the number of file comparison windows opened from folder comparison windows (1=yes,0=no).
clViewLimit The maximum number of open file comparison windows that can be opened at any one time by folder comparison windows.
clHideCRLF Whether to hide trailing carriage return and line feed characters in file comparison windows (1=yes, 0=no).
clShowCentrePoint Whether to show the vertical centre point around which linking takes place in file comparison windows (1=yes, 0=no).
clShowOverviews Whether to show comparison overview strips at the edges of file comparison windows (1=yes, 0=no).
clMergingEnabled Whether the merging buttons are enabled (displayed) in file comparison windows (1=yes, 0=no).
clBracketChanges Unused.
clThoroughComparison Whether to perform a thorough comparison of files when performing a folder comparison. If 0, timestamps and file sizes are checked instead to decide whether files have changed. If 1, file contents are compared. If 2, file contents are only compared if the timestamps or sizes are different.
clTopLevelFilesOnly Whether to restrict folder comparisons to the top level of the specified folders (1=yes, 0=no).
clShowUnchanged Whether to show unchanged files in folder comparison windows (1=yes, 0=no).
clShowOverview Whether to show the quick file and folder comparison overview window on first startup (1=yes, 0=no).
clIgnoreCase Whether to ignore the case of characters in lines when comparing files (1=yes, 0=no).
clOpenInitialComparisonWindow Whether to open an empty file comparison window when Merge is started (1=yes, 0=no).
clConfirmClose Whether to display a prompt when Merge is closed while there are still open file comparison windows (1=yes, 0=no).
clFolderPrintShowLineNumbers Whether to show line numbers in folder comparison print-outs (1=yes, 0=no).
clFolderPrintMarginUnits The units used for margin settings in folder comparison print outs (0=centimeters, 1=inches).
clFilePrintShowLineNumbers Whether to show line numbers in file comparison print outs (1=yes, 0=no).
clFilePrintMarginUnits The units used for margin settings in file comparison print outs (0=centimeters, 1=inches).
clFolderTextScale A scaling factor (%) to apply to text in folder comparison print outs.
clFileTextScale A scaling factor (%) to apply to text in file comparison print outs.
clShowFileStamps Whether to show file timestamps in folder comparison windows.
clSearchMatchCase Whether the find dialog for file comparison windows will perform case sensitive searches (1=yes, 0=no).
clSearchWholeWord Whether the find dialog for file comparison windows will match only whole words (1=yes, 0=no).
clFolderWindowWidth The initial width of folder comparison windows.
clFolderWindowHeight The initial height of folder comparison windows
clFilePrintWordWrap Whether to word-wrap lines in file comparison print outs (0=no, 1=word wrap, 3=character wrap).
clOpenInitialFolderWindow Whether to open an empty folder comparison window when Merge is started (1=yes, 0=no).
clAutoFolderCreate Whether to automatically create the target folder structure while copying sections of a folder comparison results list (1=yes, 0=no).
clPrintPagesWithChanges Whether to only print changes that contain changes in folder comparison print outs (1=yes, 0=no).
clSimpleInlineChanges Whether to highlight changed characters within lines rather than the entire line in file comparison windows (0=no, 1=simple, 2=detailed).
clCentralLinesWidth The width of the central linking panels.
clShowChangesColumn Whether to show the number of changes column in the folder comparison window (1=yes, 0=no).
clIgnoreLineEndings Whether to ignore line-endings when comparing files (1=yes, 0=no).
clTabKeyEditing Whether the tab key enters a tab character or cycles focus.
clShowTutorialsAndOverviews Whether the tutorials and overviews dialog should be displayed when Merge starts (1=yes, 0=no).
clAllowReadOnlyEdit Whether to allow editing of read-only files (1=yes, 0=no).
clApplyRegexp0 Whether to apply regular expression 0.
clApplyRegexp1 Whether to apply regular expression 1.
clApplyRegexp2 Whether to apply regular expression 2.
clApplyRegexp3 Whether to apply regular expression 3.
clApplyRegexp4 Whether to apply regular expression 4.
clApplyRegexp5 Whether to apply regular expression 5.
clApplyRegexp6 Whether to apply regular expression 6.
clApplyRegexp7 Whether to apply regular expression 7.
clApplyRegexp8 Whether to apply regular expression 8.
clApplyRegexp9 Whether to apply regular expression 9.
clQuickDiffForLargeFiles Whether to perform a quick (byte-by-byte) comparison for large files.
clQuickDiffLimit The filesize (in KB) above which a quick comparison should be performed.
clLargeFileThreshold The filesize (in KB) above which Merge will display a warning when comparing selected files in the folder comparison window.
clSaveChangesWindowSize The size of the window that appears when a file comparison containing unsaved changes is closed. The upper 16 bits contains the height of the window, and the lower 16 bits contain the width.
clDisableMergingTips Whether to disable the merging button tool tips in the file comparison window (1=yes, 0=no).
clDisableFileAndFolderPathTips Whether to disable the full-path tooltips for files and folders in the folder comparison window (1=yes, 0=no).
clAbsentFileBgnd The background colour for columns in a row that show an absent file.
clThreeWayFolderComparison Whether the folder comparison window should open in three-way mode (1=yes, 0=no).
clTwoWaySubColWidth00 Width of the first file/folder name column in a two-way folder comparison window.
clTwoWaySubColWidth01 Width of the first size/timestamp column in a two-way folder comparison window.
clTwoWaySubColWidth10 Width of the second file/folder name column in a two-way folder comparison window.
clTwoWaySubColWidth11 Width of the second size/timestamp column in a two-way folder comparison window.
clThreeWaySubColWidth00 Width of the first file/folder name column in a three-way folder comparison window.
clThreeWaySubColWidth01 Width of the first size/timestamp column in a three-way folder comparison window.
clThreeWaySubColWidth10 Width of the second file/folder name column in a three-way folder comparison window.
clThreeWaySubColWidth11 Width of the second size/timestamp column in a three-way folder comparison window.
clThreeWaySubColWidth20 Width of the third file/folder name column in a three-way folder comparison window.
clThreeWaySubColWidth21 Width of the third size/timestamp column in a three-way folder comparison window.
clUpdateCheckPromptBeforeCheck Whether to prompt before performing an update check with the Araxis web server (1=yes, 0=no).
clUpdateCheckFrequency The frequency with which update checks should be performed (0=manual only, 1=daily, 2=weekly, 3=monthly, 4=3-monthly 5=6-monthly).
clUpdateCheckLastCheckHigh The high DWORD of the last time an update check was performed.
clUpdateCheckLastCheckLow The low DWORD of the last time an update check was performed.
clUnchangedFgnd2 The text colour for unchanged lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clChangedFgnd2 The text colour for changed lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clInsertedFgnd2 The text colour for inserted lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clRemovedFgnd2 The text colour for removed lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clUnchangedFgnd3 The text colour for unchanged lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clChangedFgnd3 The text colour for changed lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clInsertedFgnd3 The text colour for inserted lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clRemovedFgnd3 The text colour for removed lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clUnchangedBgnd2 The background colour for unchanged lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clChangedBgnd2 The background colour for changed lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clInsertedBgnd2 The background colour for inserted lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clRemovedBgnd2 The background colour for removed lines in the second panel of file comparison windows.
clUnchangedBgnd3 The background colour for unchanged lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clChangedBgnd3 The background colour for changed lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clInsertedBgnd3 The background colour for inserted lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clRemovedBgnd3 The background colour for removed lines in the third panel of file comparison windows.
clShowFilePrintHeader Show a print header for file comparison print-outs (1=yes, 0=no)
clShowFilePrintFooter Show a print footer for file comparison print-outs (1=yes, 0=no)
clShowFolderPrintHeader Show a print header for folder comparison print-outs (1=yes, 0=no)
clShowFolderPrintFooter Show a print footer for folder comparison print-outs (1=yes, 0=no)
clThreeWayFileComparison Whether to open a file comparison window in three-way mode (1=yes, 0=no).
clLayoutFileComparisonHorizontally Whether to open a file comparison window in horizontal mode or vertical mode.
clBlockIndent The number of spaces to indent/un-indent lines when using the block indent feature.
clVFFirstTwoWay Determines the types of file that should be hidden in the first column in a two-way folder comparison (vfAbsent = 0x0001, vfRemoved = 0x0002, vfInserted = 0x0004, vfChanged = 0x0008, vfUnchanged = 0x0010).
clVFSecondTwoWay Determines the types of file that should be hidden in the second column in a two-way folder comparison.
clVFFirstThreeWay Determines the types of file that should be hidden in the first column in a three-way folder comparison.
clVFSecondThreeWay Determines the types of file that should be hidden in the second column in a three-way folder comparison.
clVFThirdThreeWay Determines the types of file that should be hidden in the third column in a three-way folder comparison.
clSFFirstTwoWay Determines the types of file that should be selected in the first column in a two-way folder comparison window in the Select Files/Folders dialog (vfAbsent = 0x0001, vfRemoved = 0x0002, vfInserted = 0x0004, vfChanged = 0x0008, vfUnchanged = 0x0010, vfFile = 0x0020, vfFolder = 0x0040, vfNewerFile = 0x0080).
clSFSecondTwoWay Determines the types of file that should be selected in the second column in a two-way folder comparison window in the Select Files/Folders dialog.
clSFFirstThreeWay Determines the types of file that should be selected in the first column in a three-way folder comparison window in the Select Files/Folders dialog.
clSFSecondThreeWay Determines the types of file that should be selected in the second column in a three-way folder comparison window in the Select Files/Folders dialog.
clSFThirdThreeWay Determines the types of file that should be selected in the third column in a three-way folder comparison window in the Select Files/Folders dialog.
clMainWindowLeft The position of the left edge of the main Merge window.
clMainWindowTop The position of the top edge of the main Merge window.
clMainWindowWidth The width of the main Merge window.
clMainWindowHeight The height of the main Merge window.
clMainWindowShowCmd The shown state of the main Merge window.
clFolderWindowLeft The position of the left edge of the last opened folder comparison window.
clFolderWindowTop The position of the top edge of the last opened folder comparison window.
clFolderWindowShowCmd The shown state of the last opened folder comparison window.
clIndicateConcealedChanges Whether an indicator should appear at the end of lines in the file comparison window when there are further changes within the line beyond the edge of the window (1=yes, 0=no).
clTimestampTolerance The amount of difference allowed between timestamps before they are considered to be different.
clTimestampDaylightSavings Whether to ignore an hour’s difference between timestamps when determining whether they are the same (1=yes, 0=no)
clCursorKeysForMerging Whether Ctrl+Arrow key should be used instead of Ctrl+Q/W for merging changes left/right.
clUseFontFgndPrefsInFolderComparisons Whether to use the chosen font/colour preferences for folder comparisons, or to use a combination of the Windows colour scheme and file comparison fonts/colours (0=use preferences, 1=use combination).
clReportDiff_IncludeContext Whether to include unchanged lines in the diff report to show the context of changed/inserted/removed lines (1=yes, 0=no).
clReportDiff_UnifiedFormat Whether to use Unified format for the diff report (1=yes, 0=no).
clReportDiff_ContextLines The number of unchanged lines to include as context.
clReportHtmlSlideShow_SlideWidth The width (in pixels) of the slides generated for an HTML Slideshow report.
clReportHtmlSlideShow_SlideHeight The height (in pixels) of the slides generated for an HTML Slideshow report.
clReportHtmlSlideShow_OnlyPagesWithChanges Whether to generate slides only for pages that contain changes (1=yes, 0=no).
clReportHtmlSlideShow_ShowLineNumbers Whether to show line numbers in the slides.
clReportHtmlSlideShow_TextScale Text scale (%) for text in the slides.
clSaveFirewallPassword Whether there is a password saved for the proxy server/firewall being used to access the Internet.
clFirewallPort The proxy server/firewall port number used to access the Internet.
clPrinterAspect The aspect to use for printouts (1=landscape, 0=portrait).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine0 Whether regexp 0 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine1 Whether regexp 1 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine2 Whether regexp 2 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine3 Whether regexp 3 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine4 Whether regexp 4 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine5 Whether regexp 5 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine6 Whether regexp 6 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine7 Whether regexp 7 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine8 Whether regexp 8 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clRegexpMatchWithinLine9 Whether regexp 9 should force the entire line to be unchanged when a match is found, or just the matching characters within the line (0=entire line, 1=matching characters).
clApplyColumnFilter Whether to apply the column filters in file comparisons. See csColumnsFilteredOut in StringPreferenecs
clFolderUnchangedFgnd The text colour to use for unchanged files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderUnchangedFgnd2 The text colour to use for unchanged files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderUnchangedFgnd3 The text colour to use for unchanged files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderChangedFgnd The text colour to use for changed files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderChangedFgnd2 The text colour to use for changed files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderChangedFgnd3 The text colour to use for changed files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderInsertedFgnd The text colour to use for inserted files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderInsertedFgnd2 The text colour to use for inserted files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderInsertedFgnd3 The text colour to use for inserted files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderRemovedFgnd The text colour to use for removed files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderRemovedFgnd2 The text colour to use for removed files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderRemovedFgnd3 The text colour to use for removed files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderUnchangedBgnd The background colour to use for unchanged files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderUnchangedBgnd2 The background colour to use for unchanged files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderUnchangedBgnd3 The background colour to use for unchanged files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderChangedBgnd The background colour to use for changed files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderChangedBgnd2 The background colour to use for changed files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderChangedBgnd3 The background colour to use for changed files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderInsertedBgnd The background colour to use for inserted files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderInsertedBgnd2 The background colour to use for inserted files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderInsertedBgnd3 The background colour to use for inserted files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderRemovedBgnd The background colour to use for removed files/folders in the first column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderRemovedBgnd2 The background colour to use for removed files/folders in the second column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderRemovedBgnd3 The background colour to use for removed files/folders in the third column of a folder comparison window.
clFolderBgnd Background colour to use for folder comparison windows.
clMergedBlendFactor Amount by which to blend resolved lines with the background colour (0 <= blending <= 255)
clDisplayCopyFilesDialog Whether to display the file copying dialog when copying files left/right in the folder comparison window (1=yes, 0=no).
clPromptToReplaceFiles Whether to prompt to replace existing files when copying in the folder comparison window (1=yes, 0=no).
clAutomaticallyReloadExternallyModifiedFiles Whether to automatically reload files that have been modified outside of Merge (1=yes, 0=no).
clWrapText Whether to wrap text in file comparison windows.
clShowWhitespace Not implemented yet.
clWordWrapText Whether to word-wrap or character-wrap text in the file comparison window (0=character-wrap, 1=word-wrap).
clShowWrapIndicator Show an indicator at the end of lines that have been wrapped.
clUseLanguagesOrCodePagesForEncodings Whether to show a list of languages or code pages in encoding lists (0=languages, 1=code pages).
clCompactUnchangedBlocks Whether to collapse blocks of unchanged lines into just a few lines of context (1=yes, 0=no).
clCompactUnchangedBlocksContext The number of unchanged lines to include before/after changed/inserted/removed lines.
clCollapsedRowFgnd The text colour for the collapsed-lines row.
clXMLGenerateReportsFor Specifies the type of row for which the XML folder comparison reporter should generate file comparison reports (0=none, 1=all, 2=changed rows, 3=selected rows).
clHTMLGenerateReportsFor Specifies the type of row for which the HTML folder comparison reporter should generate file comparison reports (0=none, 1=all, 2=changed rows, 3=selected rows).
clCollapsedRowBgnd The background colour for the collapsed-lines row.
clPostEditRefreshTimeout The amount of time to wait (in milliseconds) following an edit before re-comparing the modified files.
clNeverShowSplash This preference is no longer used.
clPrintToFile Print to a file instead of the printer.
clUILanguage The (encoded) language to use for user interface elements. We don’t recommend changing this.
clShowResourceIDs Enables (when 1) the display of resource identifiers in the user interface.
clSwapBrowseAndHistory Swaps the order of the file browsing and file history buttons in path entry fields.
clSimpleFilesystemIcons Turns off (when 1) the acquisition and use of file icons for files and folders in the folder comparison window.
clShowHistoryTip Controls the number of times the tooltip within file and folder history lists will be shown before it disappears.
clResetHiddenStatesOnRefresh When set to 1, this option will make Merge reset the list of hidden files when a folder comparison is refreshed or a new one is started.
clCompareShellExt When set to 1, the Compare with Araxis Merge item will appear in Explorer’s context menu when you right-click on files or folders.
clScanConcealedFolders When set to 1, Merge will examine the contents of folders that have been excluded by the options on the Folder comparisonsFilters options page.