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v12.50.0006 - 2013-06-20 12:33
    ! Dual Locations: Fixed a couple of glitches and made it faster.


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v12.50.0005 - 2013-06-19 14:21
    + Dual Locations: Experimentally added a new location format called
      "Dual Locations". Going to a DLOC means that both panes are set to a
      new location, and dual pane mode is activated (if not already
      active). A DLOC has its own icon (the toolbar icon for vertical
      Dual Panes). The format optionally takes a couple of list
      configuration parameters.
      General Format:
        Just paths:
          DUAL:Path1||Path2
        With prefixed pane to be activated:
          DUAL:2.Path1||Path2
        With settings:
          DUAL:2.Path1>>Settings1||Path2>>Settings2
      Examples:
        Just paths:
          DUAL:C:\||D:\
        Also Quick Searches and Visual Filters work:
          DUAL:C:\?*.sys /f||D:\|a
        Also possible without paths (= applied to current paths):
          DUAL:?a* /f|||*.txt
        With prefixed pane to be activated:
          DUAL:2.C:\||D:\
        With view mode (Details = 0 ... Thumbs #3 = 6, Large Icons = 7):
          DUAL:1.C:\>>3||D:\>>2
        With view mode, sort order, and list style (well, sort order and
        list style are cryptical techno values, so probably only useful
        for internal use):
          DUAL:1.C:\>>3,-65536,1335||D:\>>2,-32766,1335
        Only the first pane:
          DUAL:E:\||
        Only the second pane:
          DUAL:||E:\
      Notes:
        - DLOCs can be used anywhere just like normal locations.
          Exception: You cannot use them recursively (pack two DLOCs in
          a meta-DLOC). Parsing would fail. It would be a nonsense idea
          anyway.
        - Of course, you can store such a DLOC as Favorite and give it a
          caption:, e.g.:
            "First Drives" DUAL:C:\||D:\
        - This is just the proof of concept. If it turns out to be good
          (I have doubts), UI comfort can be wrapped around it.
    * List: Experimentally made "Autosize Columns" the factory defaults
      and added 2 pixels left and 2 pixels right padding to each column.
      More service and more air.
    * Type Stats and Filter: Patterns were added to the Visual Filter
      MRU list. No good. Stopped this.
      Also Power Filter were added to the Visual Filter MRU list, not
      when turning them on but when turning them OFF. Again, I stopped
      this.
    * Tree: The red crossed circle overlay is not shown anymore on
      unavailable drives. It was inconsistently applied and did not play
      well together with similar overlays coming from the shell.
    + Tweak to widen the toolbar separator. It's a factor, valid values
      are from 2 to 10, e.g.:
        ToolbarSepFac=3
    ! Help | List All Commands: Error when closing by X-close (since
      20130515). Fixed.


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v12.50.0004 - 2013-06-18 08:53
    ! Locked Tree: A locked maxi tree did not show the correct Tree Path
      Tracing when the Computer node was the internally focused node
      (which is the case e.g. on startup on a path that's not visible in
      the tree). Fixed.
    ! Preview and Floating Preview: After moving the currently previewed
      file to another tab or pane, the preview did not display the now
      selected file. Fixed.
    ! SC datediff: Arguments "m", "d", "h", "n", "s" were all broken
      since v12.40.0306. Fixed.


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v12.50.0003 - 2013-06-16 10:37
    ! Locked Tree: On pane switch the tree scrolled the current node
      into view which should not happen with a locked tree. This bug was
      introduced in v11.70.0004 - 2012-10-09 18:28. Fixed.
    ! Tree Path Tracing: On a locked tree, the final node was not marked
      as final node (a fine bright square line in the final TPT box)
      when it should. Fixed.


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v12.50.0002 - 2013-06-15 10:27
    ! Find Files: Multi Field Search would not work as expected when
      looking for files without any tag. For example, find all files
      starting with "n" and no label (as Quick Search):
        ?:n* and lbl:""
      Fixed.


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v12.50.0001 - 2013-06-14 09:31
    * All right click menus now allow using the right click to trigger
      menu items.
    ! Custom Copy: The Report button could error out with "Out of string
      space" on huge copy jobs. Fixed.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0033.


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v12.50.0000 - 2013-06-12 12:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Show Milliseconds. Now you can display the three file times
      (created, modified, accessed) with milliseconds precision.
  +++ Stamp Milliseconds. Time stamping now supports milliseconds
      precision.
  +++ Report Milliseconds. Reporting now supports milliseconds
      precision.
  +++ Illegal Filenames. Now XYplorer will smoothly handle files with a
      space at end of the filename. This is illegal under Windows but
      you can get such a file via download from the web. Windows
      Explorer and other file managers cannot handle this and you are
      stuck with a file that cannot be renamed nor deleted.


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v12.40.0309 - 2013-06-12 13:03
    * Properties Tab: Now, when Show Milliseconds is enabled then the
      file dates on the Properties Tab now always show the full
      precision of seven decimal places, regardless of the precision
      shown in the file list.
    % Icon Preview: Improved the display layout of multi-icon resources.
      Before there was too much unnecessary white space.
    * SC echo: Removed the Copy button. Depending on the message
      contents this could be confusing.
    ! SC report: The returned file time precision was sometimes
      controlled by the global precision settings. Fixed. Now the
      report's file time precision is completely independent of any
      global display settings.


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v12.40.0308 - 2013-06-11 21:04
    * SC echo: Now it displays a dialog with selectable text and Copy
      button.
    ! Floating Preview: Depending on your RAM you could get an error
      when showing huge images (e.g. 6400 x 4800 pixels) in original
      size. Fixed.
    ! Mouse Down Blow Up: Could fail (simply nothing happened) on huge
      images. Fixed.
    ! Thumbnails: Slightly mysterious display glitch (black bars on top
      and bottom of the thumbnail, and the image unproportionally
      squished) for some thumbnails sized 6000 x 4000 under Win7. Fixed.
      Note that the fix doesn't help in "super-fast thumbnails" mode.
    ! SC sortby: Setting the secondary sort order did work only when the
      desired order (ascending/descending) happened to be the default
      order of the column. Fixed.
    ! Network drives that were previously mapped but not available
      anymore were still shown in the interface. Fixed. Now they are
      only shown if "Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and
      List | Show hidden drives" is ticked.


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v12.40.0306 - 2013-06-11 10:14
    + SC datediff now supports nanoseconds. The unit identifier is "ns".
    * SC datediff: The unit identifier for microseconds has been changed
      to "us" (was "mc").
    ! Toolbar: Under Vista and later, some custom toolbar icons were not
      drawn correctly in a small icon toolbar under custom DPI settings.
      Fixed.
    * Updated the help file.


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v12.40.0305 - 2013-06-10 11:28
    * Swapped positions of "Show Milliseconds" and "Show Times in UTC".
    * Updated the help file.


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v12.40.0304 - 2013-06-09 20:14
  +++ Now the full NTFS filetime resolution can be displayed, edited,
      and reported. The resolution goes down to 1/10 of a microsecond (=
      100 nanoseconds).
      Note that with today's hard and software the relation of such
      granular time expressions with temporal reality is less than
      perfect, but who knows what's coming. At least the present data
      structures are ready for such precision and data can be read and
      written already now.     
      Now for the individual enhancements:
    > TIP: To display filetimes in the list with maximum resolution run
      either of these through the Address Bar:
        ::msecs 1, 7, 1;  //show fractions ON; 7 decimal places; crop trailing nulls ON
        ::msecs 1, 7, 0;  //show fractions ON; 7 decimal places; crop trailing nulls OFF
      Note concerning the display of fractions:
        - Less exact fractions are displayed truncated, not rounded.
          So for example this time:
            2013-06-09 10:34:42.1888240
          formatted as "fff" (milliseconds reolution) will display:
            2013-06-09 10:34:42.188
          and not rounded to:
            2013-06-09 10:34:42.189
          This is in accordance with the Windows API behavior in similar
          contexts, and ensures that XY's display will likely match the
          display of other softwares that can show sub second fractions
          of filetimes.
    + Time stamping (through UI or by SC timestamp) now supports sub
      second resolution down to 1/10 of a microsecond.
      Up to seven decimal places are allowed, for example:
        2013-05-28 14:13:23.5
        2013-05-28 14:13:23.888
        2013-05-28 14:13:23.8880000   (identical to the one above)
        2013-05-28 14:13:23.1885746   (maximum resolution)
    + SC now: Now the display of any available sub second fraction is
      supported, down to 1/10 of a microsecond (= 100 nanoseconds).
      You specify the desired resolution by the number of "f" (up to 7)
      in the format template:
      Examples:
        echo now("hh:nn:ss.fffffff");  // 1/10s of a microsecond
        echo now("hh:nn:ss.ffffff");   // microseconds
        echo now("hh:nn:ss.fff");      // milliseconds
        echo now("hh:nn:ss.ff");       // centiseconds
      Notes:
        - I found (tested only under XP) that the Windows timer returns
          the 1/10s of a microsecond always as an even number: Well, we
          will learn to live with it. :)
        - The actual resolution depends on the OS capabilities and is
          unlikely to be in perfect synch with your nearest atomic
          clock. You can write your own tests to find out. Win7 is
          supposed to be more precise than XP. Under XP I experimentally
          found a resolution of roughly 10 milliseconds.
    + SC compare now also supports the ultimate resolution (1/10s of a
      microsecond).
    + SC datediff now supports microseconds. The unit identifier is
      "mc". (I avoid the official identifier with the greek "m" because
      of possible codepage issues.)
      Examples:
        text datediff("2008-08-08 14:22:50.222723", "2008-08-08 14:22:50.222724", "mc"); //1
    + SC report now also supports the ultimate resolution (1/10s of a
      microsecond). You specify the desired resolution by the number of
      "f" (up to 7) in the format template, for example:
        text report("{modified yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss.fffffff}<crlf>", 1);
    * Now any UTC suffix is displayed and has to be appended *after* the
      fraction of a second, not vice versa.
      Examples:
        2012-10-14 02:32:55.333Z
        2012-10-14 02:32:55.333+06:00     


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v12.40.0303 - 2013-06-07 20:50
    + Find Files | Date | Between/And: Now you can state milliseconds,
      for example:
        Between:  28.05.2013 14:13:23.999
        And:      28.05.2013 14:13:24.000
      Will find all files modified in this one millisecond. Margins are
      included, so the above will match 28.05.2013 14:13:23.999 and
      28.05.2013 14:13:24.000.
    + SC datediff now supports milliseconds. The unit identifier is "ms".
      Examples:
        text datediff("2008-08-08 14:22:50.222", "2008-08-08 14:22:50.224", "ms"); //2
        text datediff("2008-08-08 14:22:50", "2008-08-08 14:22:50.224", "ms"); //224
        text datediff("2008-08-08 14:22:50", "2008-08-08 14:22:51", "ms"); //1000
        text datediff("2008-08-08 14:22:50", "2009-08-08 14:22:50", "ms"); //31536000000
    + SC compare now supports milliseconds when comparing dates.
      Examples:
        ::echo compare("24.08.2012 08:43:01.001", "24.08.2012 08:43:01", "d"); //1
        ::echo compare("24.08.2012 08:43:01.000", "24.08.2012 08:43:01.001", "d"); //-1     
        ::echo compare("24.08.2012 08:43:01.000", "24.08.2012 08:43:01.000", "d"); //0   
    ! Dropping dragged web links from Firefox did not work anymore for a
      while. Fixed.


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v12.40.0302 - 2013-06-07 12:14
  +++ File List: Now the three file times can be displayed with
      milliseconds precision.
      The toggle is found in menu Tools | Customize List | Date Column
      Format | Show Milliseconds, and also in the right-click menu of
      the file times column headers.           
      FYI 1: The following script proves that the OS accuracy down to
      the millisecond is almost perfect (tested under XP SP3). Most of
      the times the filenames created from the precise current time
      match the Created Date of the created files perfectly down to the
      millisecond (sometimes I got a 10 ms difference):
        // create some files
          while ($i < 10) {
            $i++;
            new("File_" . now("yyyymmdd_hhnnss.fff") . ".txt");
          }
      Under XP the differences from file to file are always multiples of
      10 ms. Remarkable. But whatever the reasons of this possible lack
      in resolution, the milliseconds (BTW, even the microseconds, and
      the 100-nanoseconds!) are present in the NTFS file times and with
      XYplorer you can display them, edit them, report them, and do with
      them whatever you want (e.g. exploit them as a cool bit field
      provided by NTFS for free). Another feature that no other file
      manager offers AFAIK.
      FYI 2: You will also note that the sort order by file times is
      totally precise down to the millisecond. Actually, down to the
      100-nanosecond, as I can dutifully report from my test lab.
    * Milliseconds are separated from seconds by a dot now. Before, a
      space was used. Also when stamping msecs you now have to use the
      dot, for example:
        2013-05-28 14:13:23.888
    + SC report: Now milliseconds are supported. The placeholder is
      "fff", for example:
        text report("{modified yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss.fff}<crlf>", 1);
      You can as well return only the milliseconds part:
        text report("{modified fff}<crlf>", 1);
    + SC now: Now milliseconds are supported. Examples:
        echo now("fff");
        echo now("yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss.fff");
    + Batch Rename and SC rename: Now milliseconds are supported. This
      example appends the modified date of a file with milliseconds
      precision to its name:
        rename "b", '*-<datem yyyymmdd hhnnss.fff>';
    ! Various dialogs did not adjust correctly to custom DPI settings of
      150% or larger. Fixed.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.32.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.32.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified here:
        http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0032.


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v12.40.0301 - 2013-06-04 14:35
    ! SC copyitem: When suffixing an increment, folders were treated as
      if they had an extension (which they never have). Fixed.
    ! SC msecs (secret undocumented non-official scripting command from
      v6.80.0111 - 2008-03-15 11:35): Well, it did not show the correct
      milliseconds. Now it does. Also the state of showing milliseconds
      in the file list is now remembered between sessions.
    + Now you can stamp milliseconds. Simply append a space and a three-
      digit number in the time-stamping boxes in Info Panel | Properties
      tab, for example:
        2013-05-28 14:13:23 888
      Usage: You can abuse this otherwise pretty useless accuracy to
      hold file-specific information right in the core of NTFS. Possible
      values are 0 - 999, that's 9 bits per file date, and since there
      are 3 file dates, you have 27 bits to store arbitrary information
      that is naturally moved and copied with the file. Cool.


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