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I have just discovered a problem with using WinMerge to see the changes between two versions of an ISO file. The ISO file is a machine tool NC program and is completely text based. At first I had trouble adding it as text to the repository. Even though I clicked the Add as Text button in WinCvs the following commit made it a binary file! So I had to remove the file in the repository and edit the Entries file to get rid of the CVS registration. Then I again added it using the text button, but this time I looked at the result locally and sure enough it was marked as binary. So now before committing I edited the Entries file and removed the -kb marker from it. Then I could commit and it stayed as text. But now the next problem happened: I had a new revision to the file that i wanted to commit, but first I wanted to see the differences so i used the DIFF button in WinCvs. This brought up WinMerge normally but then it popped a message box: "C:\Documents and Settings\bob\Local Settings\Temp\G912_SERIAL_1.1_11.iso: the file cannot be accessed by the system" Which is bogus because when I go there the file is accessible and readable by my text editor... Has anyone seen anything like this? And is it a WinCvs issue or something with CVSNT (the binary addition) or WinMerge (the inability of diffing the file)??? I am running CVSNT build 2382 on both server and client. WinCvs is version 2.1.1.1 (build 1) Best regards, Bo Berglund