Released: Jan 6, 2015

Updates in this release

Updates in 4.0.3.19420

Notable Changes

• OS X: Fixed code signature failure on OS X 10.9 and 10.10.
• Bug fixes and polish.

Archives

• Linux: Added support for symlinks in .rpm archives.
• Linux: Fixed support for .rpm archives containing files with spaces in their names.
• Linux: Improved error message when rpm isn't installed.
• OS X/Linux: Fixed support for archive files on smb:// servers.
• Windows: Improved error message when unable to load a 7-zip provided archive format.
• Windows: Tweaked descriptions of some 7-zip provided archive formats.
• Windows: Fixed support for uncompressed Shockwave Flash files (.swf) and added support for zlib compressed ones.

File Views

• OS X/Linux: Fixed editing files on SMB servers using the smb:// path syntax.
• Added accelerators to popup menu commands.
• Fixed File Info panel text clipping.

Folder Compare

• Improved speed when opening Compare Contents results dialog.
• Actions menu is no longer hidden while in "Align with..." mode.

Folder Sync

• Fixed swapping overridden sync actions.

FTP

• Fixed support for connecting to FTP servers that disconnect in response to a HOST command.

Hex Compare

• Fixed "Go to next difference in files after copying to other side".

Home View

• Added "Edit Defaults" button when the session editing panel is hidden and a new session type is selected in the treeview.
• Improved visibility handling of the session edit panel.

HTTP

• Fixed support for HTTP comparisons of SOAP services that don't accept HEAD requests.

Misc

• OS X: Fixed code signature failure on OS X 10.9 and 10.10.
• OS X: Fixed failure to write log file when set to continuously do so.
• OS X: Fixed some files in the Beyond Compare.app bundle being stored as duplicates rather than symbolic links.
• Improved position and sizing of floating in-line edits in Folder Compare and Table Compare.
• Session Settings dialog's "Scope" combobox is now aligned vertically with the Ok/Cancel buttons.

Options

• Fixed File Views Gutter Font swatch clipping.

Picture Compare

• Increased max zoom to 2000%.
• Tweaked drawing of selected pixel in the details grid.

Settings

• Installing BC4 into a BC3 portable folder now moves BC3 settings into a subfolder and offers to import them.
• Fixed importing settings from some older releases.

Subversion

• Windows: SSL connections will now trust self-signed and expired certificates instead of being unable to connect.

Text Compare

• Edit menu is no longer hidden while in "Align with..." mode.
• Fixed Text Replacement handling of right-sided difference.

Crashes

• Fixed crash when performing a Quick Compare with an External Format.
• Fixed crash when using the FTP Quick Connect "Connect & Browse" button when the "Host" edit is empty.
• Fixed Text Merge crash when changing "Merge to" changes detected file format.
• OS X: Fixed crash when showing Hex Compare find frame.