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Hiya, It sounds like you need to setup a second project. So instead of editing the current project, swap to a clone of the project where you've previously swapped the datasource to a snapshot. Dom / comments

Hiya, It sounds like you need to setup a second project. So instead of editing the current project, swap to a clone of the project where you've previously swapped the datasource to a snapshot. Dom

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Hiya, The colours are intended only as a means of recognition - not to imply any meaning. We actually changed the second colour in Data Compare from green as we had red for one direction and green for the other. This really did give the impression of good and bad, when the intention is only to make it more obvious that you have a particular direction set. From our talks with users, not all of them work in the same way, some for example only work in one direction, whereas others frequently swap the sides they are working on. If we implied (by colour) that one way was somehow better than the other, we'd make it more confusing. The chosen colours are therefore just trying to be distinct, and finding 4 colours that are distinct meant we had to choose a green. Hope that helps, [image] Dom / comments

Hiya, The colours are intended only as a means of recognition - not to imply any meaning. We actually changed the second colour in Data Compare from green as we had red for one direction and green...

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Hiya, Just to clarify, you're talking about having the date last compared within the project config dialog, in addition to it being on the main comparison project dialog... ? We'll keep this in mind, but it won't make it into the initial product release. [image] Dom / comments

Hiya, Just to clarify, you're talking about having the date last compared within the project config dialog, in addition to it being on the main comparison project dialog... ? We'll keep this in min...

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Hiya, Thes are some of the last things that make it into the help file. We'd been waiting on some icons to arrive and as such, not all screenshots could be taken. [image] Dom / comments

Hiya, Thes are some of the last things that make it into the help file. We'd been waiting on some icons to arrive and as such, not all screenshots could be taken. Dom

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Hi there. I'll try and take as many of your points as I can. [image] There are a few reasons we went down the route of the grouping bars in the top results grid. When we met with people and when we tested the product, we observed that the first thing most users would do (in version 3 or 4) would be to group via the difference type. Then they'd follow this by getting rid of the identical objects so that they only had the difference types that they were interested in displayed. The functionality of being able to hide all of a difference type, can inadvertently cause other problems, specifically when filtering. We found that new users found it very hard to know whether a filter would exclude the object from synchronization or if it would just hide it from view. We wanted to make projects more useful, such that they would remember a lot more of their settings between sessions. The side effect of this is that if you had excluded a difference type, and subsequently a difference of this type was detected, the user wouldn't know about it. Keeping the grouping bars there, means that you can never inadvertently miss a difference that you weren't expecting. This is highly useful when a lot of our users run through SQL Compare pretty much on autopilot. The grouping bars therefore allow you to get a good overview of your differences without any scrolling - which then informs your decision over what to investigate. So we felt that it was much more important that you'd always be able to know the extent of your differences without the risk that a difference would go unnoticed because of how you had left the project previously. Having said all of that, we'll certainly look to include the ability to not have the grouping bars shown, but this won't make it into the initial release of version 5. Regarding filters, this is a route we've been forced to take because of the huge increase in the number of object types that SQL Server 2005 has introduced. Having these along a toolbar would mean that we'd be forced to show the icon only, and when you have so many, finding the specific one you want becomes a painful tool tip search. It's far quicker to be able to read the object type in a text list and get a clear indication whether it is on or off - even if you've had to open a panel to achieve this. The headers you mention in the difference pane, e.g. extended properties, columns etc. have always been there, but they were very easy to overlook and so their functionality was lost. They are useful though, in much the same way as the main grouping bars in the top pane, so we just made them more visible. We've changed the behaviour of the copy actions button. In all the performance tests that we've conducted, we've been faster. If there are specific instances where you know of a competitor's product outperforming us, we'd be interested in being able to replicate it. Regarding Data Compare: We've worked hard to ensure that the product (like SQL Compare) has a strong and consistent use of symmetry. In Data Compare, the middle three columns are there to help give a spacial feel as to where the data resides. If it's in the middle column, it's in both, but it differs, if it's on the left, then it's in the left hand database only, same goes for the right. This does mean that with the combination of the interactive help, tool tips and icons, we've been able to see user's understand this concept very quickly. It's clearly different from version 4, but it's much easier for new users to get to grips with. Application options have been standardised between Compare and Data Compare. You can clone projects that you have previously set up with specific options, so once you have a set of options you like, clone a project instead of creating a new one and you'll keep all of your options. I hope that in part has explained some of our reasoning and thank you for your comments - you've made a lot of valid points. I'll make sure they get fed back into development. [image] Dom / comments

Hi there. I'll try and take as many of your points as I can. There are a few reasons we went down the route of the grouping bars in the top results grid. When we met with people and when we tested...

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Hi Frank, You can always clone a project to ensure your new project has the same set of options set. So instead of always choosing a "New" project, you would "Clone" a default one. You can then use the comments field to help identify this default project from the others in the list. Hope that helps, [image] Dom / comments

Hi Frank, You can always clone a project to ensure your new project has the same set of options set. So instead of always choosing a "New" project, you would "Clone" a default one. You can then u...

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Hi Thomas, Thanks for your kind words. There will be a lot of people here who, on hearing that, will get a warm fuzzy feeling. The final cut of the tools will feature tweaked icons and a lot more attention to detail on the text to ensure that our tools are as pain free as possible. :-) Dom / comments

Hi Thomas, Thanks for your kind words. There will be a lot of people here who, on hearing that, will get a warm fuzzy feeling. The final cut of the tools will feature tweaked icons and a lot more ...

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Hi Vandil, Good spot, we'll make sure this gets fixed. :-) Dom / comments

Hi Vandil, Good spot, we'll make sure this gets fixed. :-) Dom

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Hi Vandil, We'll take a look at this, shoud be able to get it fixed for the final release. :-) Dom / comments

Hi Vandil, We'll take a look at this, shoud be able to get it fixed for the final release. :-) Dom

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Hi Oleg, This was taken out after we found that it confused a lot more people than it seemed to help, and of all the people we spoke to, nobody used it. Having said that, we may reintroduce this in a later maintneance release, most likely as a right click, as there do appear to be people who would still value this functionality. :-) Dom / comments

Hi Oleg, This was taken out after we found that it confused a lot more people than it seemed to help, and of all the people we spoke to, nobody used it. Having said that, we may reintroduce this in...

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