Hi
Here is the code for compare two files.
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I hopes you may get the solucation with above code.
Here is the code for compare two files.
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Code:
dim oFSO
' creating the file system object
set oFSO = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FilePath1 = "C:\text1.txt"
FilePath2 = "C:\text2.txt"
FilePathDiff = "C:\text3.txt"
call FileCompare(FilePath1,FilePath2,FilePathDiff,false)
'Option Explicit
' *********************************************************************************************
' Create a new txt file
' Parameters:
' FilePath - location of the file and its name
' *********************************************************************************************
Function CreateFile (FilePath)
' varibale that will hold the new file object
dim NewFile
' create the new text ile
set NewFile = oFSO.CreateTextFile(FilePath, True)
set CreateFile = NewFile
End Function
' *********************************************************************************************
' Check if a specific file exist
' Parameters:
' FilePath - location of the file and its name
' *********************************************************************************************
Function CheckFileExists (FilePath)
' check if file exist
CheckFileExists = oFSO.FileExists(FilePath)
End Function
' *********************************************************************************************
' Write data to file
' Parameters:
' FileRef - reference to the file
' str - data to be written to the file
' *********************************************************************************************
Function WriteToFile (byref FileRef,str)
' write str to the text file
FileRef.WriteLine(str)
End Function
' *********************************************************************************************
' Read line from file
' Parameters:
' FileRef - reference to the file
' *********************************************************************************************
Function ReadLineFromFile (byref FileRef)
' read line from text file
ReadLineFromFile = FileRef.ReadLine
End Function
' *********************************************************************************************
' Closes an open file.
' Parameters:
' FileRef - reference to the file
' *********************************************************************************************
Function CloseFile (byref FileRef)
FileRef.close
End Function
'*********************************************************************************************
' Opens a specified file and returns an object that can be used to
' read from, write to, or append to the file.
' Parameters:
' FilePath - location of the file and its name
' mode options are:
' ForReading - 1
' ForWriting - 2
' ForAppending - 8
' *********************************************************************************************
Function OpenFile (FilePath,mode)
' open the txt file and retunr the File object
set OpenFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(FilePath, mode, True)
End Function
' *********************************************************************************************
' Closes an open file.
' Parameters:
' FilePathSource - location of the source file and its name
' FilePathDest - location of the destination file and its name
' *********************************************************************************************
Sub FileCopy ( FilePathSource,FilePathDest)
' copy source file to destination file
oFSO.CopyFile FilePathSource, FilePathDest
End Sub
' *********************************************************************************************
' Delete a file.
' Parameters:
' FilePath - location of the file to be deleted
' *********************************************************************************************
Sub FileDelete ( FilePath)
' copy source file to destination file
oFSO.DeleteFile ( FilePath)
End Sub
' *********************************************************************************************
' Compare two text files.
'
' Parameters:
' FilePath1 - location of the first file to be compared
' FilePath2 - location of the second file to be compared
' FilePathDiff - location of the diffrences file
' ignoreWhiteSpace - controls whether or not to ignore differences in whitespace characters
' true - ignore differences in whitespace
' false - do not ignore difference in whitespace
' Return Value: true if files are identical, false otherwise'
' *********************************************************************************************
Function FileCompare (byref FilePath1, byref FilePath2, byref FilePathDiff, ignoreWhiteSpace)
dim differentFiles
differentFiles = false
dim f1, f2, f_diff
' open the files
set f1 = OpenFile(FilePath1,1)
set f2 = OpenFile(FilePath2,1)
set f_diff = OpenFile(FilePathDiff,8)
dim rowCountF1, rowCountF2
rowCountF1 = 0
rowCountF2 = 0
dim str
' count how many lines there are in first file
While not f1.AtEndOfStream
str = ReadLineFromFile(f1)
rowCountF1= rowCountF1 + 1
Wend
' count how many lines there are in second file
While not f2.AtEndOfStream
str = ReadLineFromFile(f2)
rowCountF2= rowCountF2 + 1
Wend
' re-open the files to go back to the first line in the files
set f1 = OpenFile(FilePath1,1)
set f2 = OpenFile(FilePath2,1)
' compare the number of lines in the two files.
' assign biggerFile - the file that contain more lines
' assign smallerFile - the file that contain less lines
dim biggerFile, smallerFile
set biggerFile = f1
set smallerFile = f2
If ( rowCountF1 < rowCountF2) Then
set smallerFile = f1
set biggerFile = f2
End If
dim lineNum,str1, str2
lineNum = 1
str = "Line" & vbTab & "File1" & vbTab & vbTab & "File2"
WriteToFile f_diff,str
' loop on all the lines in the samller file
While not smallerFile.AtEndOfStream
' read line from both files
str1 = ReadLineFromFile(f1)
str2 = ReadLineFromFile(f2)
' check if we need to ignore white spaces, if yes, trim the two lines
If Not ignoreWhiteSpace Then
Trim(str1)
Trim(str2)
End If
' if there is a diffrence between the two lines, write them to the diffrences file
If not (str1 = str2) Then
differentFiles = true
str = lineNum & vbTab & str1 & vbTab & vbTab & str2
WriteToFile f_diff,str
End If
lineNum = lineNum + 1
Wend
' loop on the bigger lines, to write its line two the diffrences file
While not biggerFile.AtEndOfStream
str1 = ReadLineFromFile(biggerFile)
str = lineNum & vbTab & "" & vbTab & vbTab & str2
WriteToFile f_diff,str
lineNum = lineNum + 1
Wend
FileCompare = Not differentFiles
End functionI hopes you may get the solucation with above code.