Expand BC "unimportant differences"?

[Guest]

Is there a way I can expand what BC considers to be unimportant differences? For example, if I have a set of lines at the beginning of all of one series of files that are not in the compared-to series of files -- can I somehow tell BC to ignore it?

For example, at top of newer file versions I might have:
/* -MY CHANGE: PCH- */
#include "MyPCH.h"
/* -MY CHANGE:ENDS- */

whereas the older versions don't. Any way to not have BC flag these as different (if all else is the same)?

My apologies if this is in the documentation somewhere -- I didn't see it.

Thanks,
Chad

[Chris]

Re: Expand BC \"unimportant differences\"?

You can ignore this by marking unimportant text using delimiters.

In the file viewer, select Tools|Edit Current Rules.
Go to the Importance tab.
Click New in Unimportant Text.
Select the Delimited Category.
For Beginning with: enter /* -MY CHANGE: PCH- */
For Ending with: enter /* -MY CHANGE:ENDS- */

In the File Viewer, make sure View|Ignore Unimportant Differences is turned on.

[Guest]

Re: Expand BC \"unimportant differences\"?

OK, thanks -- that works great. I also had to make sure I was set to do a "rules comparison" in the comparison control.

BC is a lifesaver.