Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

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Maxim.Krasny
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Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

Post by Maxim.Krasny » Tue 19 Nov 2019 15:41

Hi devart!
First of all, thank you for such amazing developer tool as CodeCompare\ReviewAssistant, i'm using this setup with great pleasure on a daily basis as an primary tool for reviewing code!

Questions is following: how to run standalone version of CodeCompare from ReviewAssistant board for a specific file.
When i right-click on file from review and select 'Compare Base and Last Revisions' it opens extra windows in VS for Code Compare. It is great, but some times i would like to run standalone version of Code Compare (not plugin in VS).
How to do this?

IDE: VS2019 Community 16.3.6.
Code Compare: 5.2.170.
OS: Win10 x64
VCS: Git 2.19.2

ekaterinag
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Re: Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

Post by ekaterinag » Wed 20 Nov 2019 08:40

Maxim hi,

Thank you for reaching out to us and for your feedback!

> how to run standalone version of CodeCompare from ReviewAssistant board for a specific file.

The thing is that it's not possible at the moment, since there's no option/field where you can specify the names of the files which have to open only in the standalone version.

But it's easy to do, and I'll pass such a task to our development team.

If there's anything else we could help you with, please let us know.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Kate Gondarovskaya
Devart Team
www.devart.com

Maxim.Krasny
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Re: Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

Post by Maxim.Krasny » Wed 20 Nov 2019 14:12

Cool, thanks!
My team looking forward to see this useful feature in action!
Do we have some ETA when this will be available though?

ekaterinag
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Re: Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

Post by ekaterinag » Thu 21 Nov 2019 08:32

Maxim, we've got a few questions to ask you to be able to provide you with some ETA.

Would you like to have this option in Code Compare or only in Review Assistant? If in Code Compare, then we can enable all comparisons for specific files to run only in standalone (no matter from where you launch Code Compare). Or if this option is required for Review Assistant, then it will work only for comparisons that you open from Code Review Board. Please specify.

Looking forward to your feedback.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Kate Gondarovskaya
Devart Team
www.devart.com

Maxim.Krasny
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Re: Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

Post by Maxim.Krasny » Thu 21 Nov 2019 12:02

In my opinion, the more natural way is to create new button (something labeled like "Open in new window (standalone)'') in Code Compare plugin in VisualStudio (see screenshot below).
This button should run standalone version of Code Compare for the same files which is currently visible in visual studio's Code Compare plugin window.

But i would be happy with any solution you end up, anything is easy to implement for DevArt team.
It's totally up to you guys.

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ekaterinag
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Re: Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

Post by ekaterinag » Thu 21 Nov 2019 13:08

Thank you for your reply, Maxim.

In the nearest time we'll be planning new tasks and will consider yours.

Should you have any further questions or if any difficulties emerge, please feel free to contact us any time.

Have a nice one!

Best regards,

Kate Gondarovskaya
Devart Team
www.devart.com

Juraf48
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Re: Run standalone version of CodeCompare from VS

Post by Juraf48 » Tue 06 Jul 2021 04:50

ekaterinag wrote: Wed 20 Nov 2019 08:40 Maxim hi,

Thank you for reaching out to us and for your feedback Carton déménagement pour bouteille!

> how to run standalone version of CodeCompare from ReviewAssistant board for a specific file.

The thing is that it's not possible at the moment, since there's no option/field where you can specify the names of the files which have to open only in the standalone version.

But it's easy to do, and I'll pass such a task to our development team.

If there's anything else we could help you with, please let us know.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Kate Gondarovskaya
Devart Team
www.devart.com
Maybe in the next few days it will be. We are patient.

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