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Very small and simple tool to use when comparing code in different AX environments

Some time ago I was was given the task of determining the differences in codebase between three different AX environments, running AX 2012 RTM. You might ask why would this be necessary, if you follow best practices that code is always moved from DEV to TEST, from DEV TO STAGING, and from STAGING to PRODUCTION, the only differences would be new ? Well, sometimes it is just not possible to test and correct a data problem that the users have in PRODUCTION by having the data rolled back into DEV within the timeframe given to solve the problem, and this leads to someone making hotfixes in the code directly in PRODUCTION. I know, I know - NOT recommendable. However the situation was that noone was exactly sure that the codebase in the environments were aligned, and wanted to know if there were any differences and where. Enter Araxis Merge , which is a wonderful tool for comparing and merging text-files. The advantage Araxis has over Dynamics AX's own compare tool are several: