Beyond Compare: compare whole function calls or xml blocks

Question

I want to compare c and XML files with Beyond Compare. But I want to detect if there are differences within a Block to the corrosponding on the other file and if there is a difference in a block I dont want Beyond Compare to Show the difference in the block, but handle it like this block is not in the other file. I Need this because in my files are certain Code blocks which are nearly the same but do have different Signalnames in it.

So for example i got ac file that Looks like this:

//1
functioncall(
    Singalname1,
    Singalname2,
    Singalname3,
    Singalname4,
    Singalname5,
    Singalname6);

//2    
functioncall(
    Singalname31,
    Singalname32,
    Singalname33,
    Singalname34,
    Singalname53,
    Singalname36);

And a second file which Looks like this:

    //1
functioncall(
    Singalname1,
    Singalname2,
    Singalname3,
    Singalname4,
    Singalname5,
    Singalname6);

//2    
functioncall(
    Singalname371,
    Singalname372,
    Singalname373,
    Singalname374,
    Singalname573,
    Singalname376);

If I compare those two files with BeyondCompare it determines the difference within the second function call because the signalnames all contain a 7. But i want Beondcompare compare the whol functioncall an if there are differences in the functionCall to Show the functioncall beside empty space so i can add it eaily to the second file. So not like this: I want it like this:

I tried to add some comments with a begin comment and an end comment with a incrementing number in it something like this:

    //begin1
functioncall(
    Singalname1,
    Singalname2,
    Singalname3,
    Singalname4,
    Singalname5,
    Singalname6);
//end1    

And then adding a specific rule in beyond compare. Unfortnatly i did not manage to add this rule to beyond compare. Furthermore Ithink the Code is not good with this comments in it.

Answer 1

Beyond Compare doesn't provide a method to do this. The best workaround is to use the right click Align With command to shift the function alignment.

Answer 2

Did you try the "Never align differences" checkbox in the Alignment tab of the session settings?