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v15.00.0533 - 2015-05-04 11:00
    * Updated the help file.
    ! Tweak ListAutoSelectFirst did not work for Locked Tree. Fixed.
    ! Visual Filters: Using the pattern *.;* in a folder with subfolders 
      generated a crash (error 10). Fixed.
    ! Toolbar: Right-clicking a user button without right-click script popped 
      error "Resource does not contain any valid scripts" since some days ago. 
      Fixed.

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v15.00.0535 - 2015-05-04 17:19
    * Visual Filters: Now no-extension patterns without any wildcards (*. ?, #) 
      are auto-wildcarded (= treated as partial match).
        
        Pattern   Matches             Notes
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          *.      indiana, oregon
          ?.      a, b, 4
          #.      2, 3
          a#.     a2, a3
          a*.     a, alabama, alaska
          x.      mexico, xy, vox     NEW behavior (was "exact match" before)

    * Quick Search: Same change as above.

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Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release.

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v15.10.0000 - 2015-05-04 21:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Find Files Without Extension. Searching for files with no extension? It's 
      easy now. Simply search for *. (asterisk-dot).
  +++ Toggle Quick Search. A new toolbar button provides a handy way to run the 
      last search on and off in various locations.
  +++ Dropdown Left. Now you can have the address bar's dropdown button on the 
      left. Might reduce your mouse mileage.
  +++ Load Speed. Major load speed increase compared to 15.00 and before.

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v15.10.0001 - 2015-05-05 15:25
    + Address Bar: The right-click menu of the icon now offers the additional 
      command "Open With...".
      Note that the Open With menu has to be a reduced one in this context: No 
      scripts, no items with variables.
    + File | Open with... (Ctrl+Alt+Enter): Experimentally this command now 
      works on the focused list item if no items are selected. Also the "Open 
      with" toolbar button is now enabled in that situation.
    ! Catalog: Did not process middle clicks. Did not process any click when 
      empty (since recently). Both fixed.
    ! ScriptStrictSyntax: Still a little too aggressive. Fixed.

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v15.10.0002 - 2015-05-06 12:25
  +++ Toolbar: Droppable User Buttons + Paper Folders = Drop Stacks!
       1. Create a new Paper Folder, just for fun call it "DropStack".
       2. Add a new User Button to the Toolbar, and set its Name field to 
          "paper:DropStack" (w/o quotes). Leave all other fields empty (or set 
          the Icon if you feel like it).
       3. Done! Now you can drag-drop items to that button and they will be 
          added to DropStack. At any time click the button to go to DropStack.
      FYI, there were only about ten lines missing to make this work, tz tz 
      tz... a little effort for a large functionality step. whatever, now 24x24 
      pixel drop stacks are here! And note that you can have as many such Drop 
      Stacks as you want (so long as it is less than 65, since only 64 user 
      buttons are allowed).
    * View | Paper Folders | Remove Selected Items + Empty Paper Folder: Now you 
      are prompted before the items are removed. After all, nothing can undo 
      this, not even "Exit without Saving".
    + Configuration | Tree and List | List: Added option "Auto-select first 
      item". Tick it to auto-select the first list item when entering a new 
      folder.
      Raises tweak ListAutoSelectFirst to GUI.
    * ListAutoSelectFirst does not overrule "Configuration | Tree and List | 
      List | Select last used subfolder" anymore.
    + Menu Scripting: Added toggle "Syntax Checking". Tick it show a warning on 
      dubious syntax. Recommended for debugging scripts.
      Raises tweak ScriptStrictSyntax to GUI.
    + Syntax Checking: Now you can suppress further validation for the current 
      script by holding Ctrl while pressing "Continue" in the "Dubious Syntax" 
      dialog.
      Yes, the button tooltip would need a little adjustment, but I think we can 
      live with the current text. Think of all the translators...
    % Unavailable Network Locations: Attempt at a faster handling.

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v15.10.0003 - 2015-05-06 19:26
    * Visual Filters: Now pattern # is auto-wildcarded internally to *#*, i.e. a 
      partial match will do. So # will now match all items with at least one 
      digit in the name.
      This is in analogy to Find Files with "Enable extended pattern matching".
    % Unavailable Network Locations: Attempt at a faster handling #2.
    > Floating Preview: The extended context menu can be opened with one hand: 
      Right Ctrl Key + Context Menu Key. The keys are side by side. Pops at the 
      mouse pointer.

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v15.10.0004 - 2015-05-07 11:31
    % Unavailable Network Locations: Attempt at a faster handling #3.

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v15.10.0005 - 2015-05-07 19:09
    * Unavailable Network Locations: The recent improvements were not good for 
      users accessing servers outside the primary domain. Therefore a new option 
      had to be added to actively enable the recent improvements: "Pre-check 
      availability of servers". See here below...
    + Configuration | Controls and More: Added section "Network" with 3 options. 
      - "Cache network servers"
        This option moved here from Configuration | Startup & Exit.
      - "Assume that servers are available"
        This option was already present on the same page under Miscellaneous.
      - "Pre-check availability of servers"
        This option is new: Tick it to avoid long delays when accessing 
        unavailable servers. Factory default is OFF.
        The tick is recommended
        - if you often try to access servers within the primary domain that often 
          are not accessible.
        The tick is not recommended
        - if your network locations are usually accessible.
        - if any of your network locations are outside the primary domain.
        The tick is totally harmless and 100% ignored
        - if you never access any network locations.
        The tick is *not* ignored
        - if "Assume that servers are available" is ticked. This setting 
          semantically/logically seems to overrule "Pre-check availability of 
          servers", but I did not implement it this way. Both settings are 
          effective in different contexts.
      Yes, it's slightly confusing. Network is confusing. Eventually things can 
      be simplified. It's an experiment. Play with it, tell me what works. The 
      goal is to reduce delays on accessing unavailable locations while keeping 
      the access to available locations totally speedy and smooth.

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v15.10.0006 - 2015-05-08 13:45
    + Floating Preview: Now when the status bar is hidden you can still see the 
      information in a toolip by hovering the bottom of the preview window 
      (where the status bar would be if visible).
    + When trying open multiple items at once you now get a warning question if 
      they are too many, for example:
        -----------------------------------
        Continue to open 235 items at once?
        -----------------------------------
      Notes:
      - Too many by default is anything > 9. You can tweak this value here:
          OpenManyMaxCount=20
        Set the tweak to -1 to skip any warning (99999 might do as well).
      - The warning is not popped when you open items via the shell context menu.
      - FYI, this had been added in v6.20.0008 - 2007-08-26 10:46 but at some 
        point disappeared mysteriously from the code. Now it's back.
    % This change in v15.00.0322 - 2015-04-14 16:41 severely slowed down network 
      browsing:
        Browsing through the Address Bar was too tolerant when paths with wrong 
        capitalization were typed or pasted in. While Windows itself does not care 
        too much either, XY's tagging DB needs it perfectly correct. Fixed.
      From now on UNC paths are excluded from the capitalization check. If you 
      still need it you can tweak it on:
        NetworkCapsCheck=1

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v15.10.0007 - 2015-05-08 18:42
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name: Logon
      Action: Pops a logon dialog if the location is password protected and not 
              already unlocked.
      Syntax: logon path
        path: UNC path or mapped drive path.
      Note:
        If the location is NOT password protected then nothing happens at all.
      Examples (abstract):
        logon "\\server\share[\sub]";
        logon "X:\Mapped\Drive\Path";

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v15.10.0008 - 2015-05-08 21:36
    + File | Open Selected Item(s) (Enter): Experimentally this command now 
      works on the focused list item if no items are selected.

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v15.10.0009 - 2015-05-09 16:20
    * SC exist: Refined it -- hunting some network issues.
    - File | Open Selected Item(s) (Enter): Removed the experiment from 
      v15.10.0008. It's simply too dangerous. Think of BAT files...
    ! Quit in the Trial Version dialog didn't work anymore since 20150428. 
      Fixed.

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v15.10.0010 - 2015-05-11 21:07
    ! List: Under XP and custom DPI settings (125%) some icons were not drawn. 
      Fixed.
    ! Scripting: SC Step ignored after Continue without Stepping. Fixed.

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v15.10.0011 - 2015-05-12 10:47
    + Info Panel | Meta: A LNK file is now resolved and the meta data of the 
      target is displayed.
      You will also see the full target path and whether it exists.
    ! Network: Network locations outside the primary domain did not pop the 
      logon dialog when they should. Attempted fix.

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v15.10.0012 - 2015-05-13 09:13
    ! Thumbnails: Renaming a folder with thumbnails did not smartly update the 
      thumbnails cache anymore (but forced a re-creation of the thumbnails) 
      since 20140919. Fixed.
      Note that as long as XYplorer is running and auto-refresh is enabled, even 
      renaming a thumbnail folder in another application will smartly update the 
      thumbnails cache (actually all affected thumbnails caches). XYplorer does 
      not have to be in that folder, nor does it have to be in thumbnails mode.
    ! Network: Network locations outside the primary domain did not pop the 
      logon dialog when they should. Attempted fix #2.

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