Hey Mark, One of the reasons the old compare utility had that option was because it was very old, and not all that good with its matching algorithm. So, it gave you the option of manually overriding the algorithm and setting matching anchor points. Those overrides were temporary, though; as soon as you refreshed, they were lost. In our internal tests, the new component was way faster and seemed to be far better in its matching algorithm. Are you running into situations where the new comparison is not doing a good job in its matching algorithm? Granted, no comparison utility will be perfect, but the new one should be doing a fairly good job at lining up matches. If it's not, can you forward me an example (via email or post on here) where you feel the need to override it and set match points? One thing I was thinking of doing for this release was adding the option to use an external compare tool for all comparisons in Toad. That would open the door to allow you to use products like WinMerge, ExamDiff, BeyondCompare, Notepad++ with the compare plugin, etc. However, from what I can tell, the only product that still allows that manual override capability is BeyondCompare. I'm also planning to add some extra functionality to the internal compare window for this release, based on feedback we've received from other users. I don't know if it's possible to add an override (or link) feature to our internal one; but I'll think about it and see what I might be able to come up with. -John
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