Comparing fiddler traces

[Fschwiet]

I have some fiddler traces saved as SAZ that I would like to
compare. It seems I can only have 1 open at a time. I'm wondering if
anyone has any techniques they'd recommend for manually comparing
fiddler traces?

Something like windiff would produce too much noise as the traffic
is not similar enough. Saving the headers only to text files is one
option, but I'd prefer ot have the request/responses bodies there when
I compare as well.

regards,
fschwiet

[EricLaw]

<<It seems I can only have 1 open at a time.>>

If you mean "I can only have one copy of Fiddler open at a time", then
yes, that's the case.

For now, you can load multiple SAZ captures and compare them inline:

1> Load file #1 using File > Load Archive.
2> Hit CTRL+A, then CTRL+1 to flag all sessions from file #1.
3> Load file #2 using File > Load Archive.
4> Select all unflagged sessions from file #2, and hit CTRL+2 to flag
them in blue.
5> Now, click the URL column to sort the entire set on URL.
6> You then get a view where the matching URIs are paired up.
7> You can then use the context menu to individually WinDiff matching
requests.

In the future, there will be a SAZDiffer extension which makes this
process easier.

-Eric

[EricLaw]

www.fiddler2.com/dl/fiddlerSAZDiffSetup.exe is an early prototype of
the SAZDiff extension.

It needs a lot of work, but it may be useful for some tasks, and it
will probably spark some conversations on the features that need to be
present in such a tool.

On Mar 13, 3:44 pm, Fschwiet <fschw...@gmail.com> wrote:

[srinivas kadiyala]

I have downloaded the tool: fiddlersazdiffsetup.exe and Dropped the file in Fiddler2 folder.

Then went to Tools -> Fiddler Options -> Tools -> File Diff Tool: Selected the fiddlersazdiffsetup.exe

And then selected two sessions and right click on it and Clicked on Compare.

It is not working and displaying error. Attached the screenshot.

[Eric Lawrence]

FiddlerSazDiffSetup.exe is the installer for a Fiddler extension that adds a new "Diff" tab to Fiddler's top-level UI.

The "File Diff Tool" setting points to a file differencing tool like Windiff, Beyond Compare, Odd, WinMerge, etc. See this page.