[TC 11.00b7] Comparing files with Total Commander shows "c:\TEMP\hãà" and "c:\TEMP\Hká"

[Jyte]

Command line parameters forwarder is not working properly any more when using method from Compare files with Total Commander

Following button bar does not work
Beyond Compare
* Command: `"C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe"`
* Tooltip: `Compare Files`
* Parameters: `"%p%n" "%t%m"`

Once Beyond Compare is started it informs about not found files ( files to be compared c:\TEMP\test1.txt and c:\TEMP\test2.txt )
* left side shows like `c:\TEMP\hãà`
* right side shows like `c:\TEMP\Hká`

However works with following
Cygwin
* `C:\APPS\cygwin\Cygwin.bat`
* Parameters: `%p`
* Start path: `<EMPTY>`

Works with TC 11.00b6 and earlier.

[petermad]

2Jyte
HAve you perhaps updated your BCompare.exe ?

You are using the parameters "%p%n" "%t%m" instead of %P%N and %T%M - that means that you are passing the short 8.3 DOS names to the program, maybe the program can't handle that.

[Jyte]

Thanks 2petermad, with following it started to work also when using TC 11.00b7
* Parameters: "%P%N" "%T%M"
Only reason for change was updated Total Commander.

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[white]

Moderator message from: white » 2023-06-17, 10:05 UTC

Removed a certain unicode character from the subjects of the posts that caused problems for feeds.

[petermad]

Only reason for change was updated Total Commander.

Peculiar that it worked before beta7 with lowercase parameters but not with beta7

On newer WIndows versions, it is only drive C that supports old 8.3 filenames by default. Could it maybe be on other drives that it worked for you before? Plese try with %p%n %t%m on files on some other drives than C.

[Jyte]

Tested again using following files to be compared ( Note! filenames with space and number and using TC 11.00b6 )
* c:\TEMP\test 1.txt
* c:\TEMP\test2.txt

Results
* parameters: "%P%N" "%T%M" - opens 3 windows saying file not found on all
* parameters: "%p%n" "%t%m" - works as expected

When doing same tests using TC 11.00b7 neither are working, did not test with different drives.
No other changes to setup than TC versions.

Would you please be kind and find way to go forward this - I will stay with beta 6...

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button28=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe
cmd28=""C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe""
param28=""%p%n" "%t%m""
path28=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\
menu28=Compare Files ( lowercase )

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button39=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe
cmd39=""C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe""
param39=""%P%N" "%T%M""
path39=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\
menu39=Compare Files ( uppercase )

[Jyte]

Now tested also with USB drive as D: - neither are working when there is spaces in use.
Btw Win10 and thanks for hint about short name support, were not in need to think that earlier ( having only one drive, C: )

[Horst.Epp]

I can confirm a similar bug here.
I have a button with Beyond Compare using %c1 and %c2
which works fine with b6 but no longer using b7

The same problem with a WinMerge button.

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
C:\Tools\Beyond Compare 2\BC2.exe
%c1 %c2
C:\Tools\Beyond Compare 2\BC2.exe
Beyond Compare

0
-1

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
C:\Tools\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe
%c1 %c2
C:\Tools\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe
WinMerge

0
-1

[Dalai]

2Jyte
Don't put quotes around %P%N! TC adds them by itself (uppercase only, obviously). If you want to put quotes there explicitely use "%P%O.%E" instead.

Regards
Dalai

[petermad]

2Jyte
Try these:

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button28=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe
cmd28=""C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe""
param28=%p%n %t%m
path28=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\
menu28=Compare Files ( lowercase )

and

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button39=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe
cmd39=""C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe""
param39=%Q"%P%N" "%T%M"
path39=C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\
menu39=Compare Files ( uppercase )

[JOUBE]

The case sensitivity of vars seems to me more a change within windows itself with the last (May) update. I haven't checked that out yet though.

[Horst.Epp]

I found that my problem with %c1 and %c2 is caused by the broken support for 8.3 file names.
Using lower case c1 and c2 was by accident but it stopped to work with b7.

[petermad]

The support in TC 11.00b7 for short filenames if indeed broken in TC 11.00b7

I checked the support for 8.3 names among TC's parameters.

Affected parameters are: %n, %m, %o, %c, %s, %f, %l (only filenames, not path), %d, %D (only filenames, not path).
%e does not show anything at all

%p, %t and %b are not affected.

It is different between 32bit TC and 64bit TC what is put in instead of the affected parameters:
Test with Windows 7:
For 32bit TC the affected parameters are replaced by: ٣A
For 64bit TC the affected parameters are replaced by: Ømá followed by a tab-space.

Test with Windows 10:
For 32bit TC the affected parameters are replaced by: random characters (sometimes even the correct short filename)
For 64bit TC the affected parameters are replaced by: hná folloved by hex charracter 01

[ghisler(Author)]

It's the same reason as the F4 problem:
viewtopic.php?t=79355
It will be fixed all together in beta 8.

[petermad]

Is it also related to this bug: https://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=79345