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To achieve this we can use the command FC in DOS. Please consult the help of FC for more info on comparison options (FC /?).

• We’ll start with making the BAT file. Just copy the following text in a text file and rename it to COMPARE.CMD. Why do I use the CMD extension and not the BAT extension? More info here.
  
  

  @echo off FC /B %1 %2 IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 EXIT 0 IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL%==0 EXIT 1

• The next step is creating the compare function in Dynamics Nav.
  
  

  Name	DataType	Subtype	Length
  lintWindowStyle	integer
  lblnWait	Boolean
  ltxtCommand	Text		1024
  lautShell	Automation	‘Windows Script Host Object Model’.WshShell
  lintReturn	Integer

  
  

  fctCompare(ptxtFile1 : Text[200];ptxtFile2 : Text[200]) : Boolean lintWindowStyle := 0; // needs to be placed in variable lblnWait := TRUE;     // needs to be placed in variable ltxtCommand := ‘c:\compare.cmd “’+ ptxtFile1 +’” “’+ ptxtFile2+’”’; CLEAR(lautShell); CREATE(lautShell); lintReturn := lautShell.Run(ltxtCommand,lintWindowStyle,lblnWait); CASE lintReturn OF   0: EXIT(TRUE);   1: EXIT(FALSE); END;

• Call the function: fctCompare(’c:\test1.txt’,'c:\test\test2.txt’);
  This will return TRUE if the files are identical and FALSE otherwise

Filed under: Automation, Dynamics NAV