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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0107, 31-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0107 - 2010-08-31 21:34
    + Now you can run a script on startup directly from the command 
      line. The new switch is /script=<script resource>, where <script 
      resource> can be
      (1) The path to a script file (commonly called *.xys). The file 
          spec is resolved as in SC load, so you can skip the XYS 
          extension. You can also skip the path if the XYS file is 
          located in the default scripts folder.
          For example
            XYplorer.exe /script=test
          would run the file <xyscripts>\test.xys on startup.
          If the path contains spaces it must be quoted:
            XYplorer.exe /script="C:\Zen\test one.xys"          
      (2) A script. It must be preceded by ::, and it must not contain 
          double quotes or other characters that might lead to problems 
          when parsing the command line.
          For example
            XYplorer.exe /script="::msg 'Welcome to XY!';"
          Note the quotes which are needed because of the space in the 
          script line.
      Note that this feature is not available in the Home Edition.
    ! Scripting: Since 2010-07-19 scripting-induced changes of the 
      active pane (e.g. by use of SC focus) were not correctly 
      registered by some other commands within the same script. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0105, 31-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0105 - 2010-08-31 10:30
    * List: Experimentally enlarged the width by 2 pixels by removing 
      the right border (unless it's the left list in DP mode), so that 
      any vertical scrollbar touches the right window border. This is in 
      accordance with Explorer's behavior.
      A particular advantage of this new behavior is that in a maximized 
      XY window you now can throw the mouse pointer at the right window 
      margin and be sure to hit the vertical scrollbar if there is any.
      Another advantage is that 2 horizontal pixels are gained.
    * Menu File | Settings | Backup All Settings...: Now the last used 
      target path is remembered and preselected when you use the command 
      the next time. Before, always the current path was preselected.
    + SC sel enhanced. Now you can identify items from the end of the 
      list by using negative positions and setting the StartfromTop 
      argument. Examples:
        sel -1, , 1; //select the last item in the list
        sel -2, , 1; //select the pre-last item in the list
    * SC getinfo. Changed it to "get". "getinfo" is officially obsolete, 
      but it is kept for back compatibility so no need to change your 
      old scripts.
    + SC get enhanced. New argument "view" will return the index of the 
      current list view (active pane). Example:
        msg get("view");
      Possible returns and their meanings:
        0 = Details
        1 = Details with Thumbnails
        2 = List
        3 = Small Icons
        4 = Thumbnails #1
        5 = Thumbnails #2
        6 = Thumbnails #3
    ! Tree: Changing the attributes of a folder within XYplorer (via the 
      Properties pane), it did not update any Color Filter induced 
      coloring in the Tree. Fixed.
    ! Move To (etc.): When the target path had to be created on the fly, 
      the Tree was not refreshed and the folder creation was not logged 
      for Undo/Redo. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0104, 15-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0104 - 2010-08-15 13:31
    + Menu Help | Various Information: Hold CTRL to get some speed 
      related information about your current settings.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0103, 14-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0103 - 2010-08-14 15:43
    + Menu Go: All commands concerned with going to a new location now 
      support Ctrl+Shift+Click to use the inactive pane, even the "Go to 
      Last Target" (incl. selecting the target files) command.
      In the "Go to" dialog you can hold Ctrl+Shift while clicking OK.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0102, 13-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0102 - 2010-08-13 17:32
    + Now you can force opening a folder in the other pane (inactive 
      pane) by holding Ctrl+Shift while triggering the open. This works 
      in the following contexts:
      - All sorts of location menus: History (Back, Forward); 
        Breadcrumb; Favorites; Drives; Recent Locations; Hotlist; etc.
      - List: Ctrl+Shift+DblClick an item
        If the item is a file the containing folder is opened and the 
        file is selected.
      It does not work in Tree, Catalog, and Address Bar.
      Quite useful little trick when you work with Dual Pane. Especially 
      nice when the active pane shows a recursive search results listing 
      which you want to explore further on the other pane.      
    * Renaming locked items on Win7: You can now escape the "endless" 
      message loop where Win7 again and again shows the same message by 
      holding ESC down until the message finally disappears for good.
    ! Catalog did not yet fully support native variables (<xydata> 
      etc.). Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0009, 11-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0009 - 2010-08-11 21:10
    ! History Retains Selections: A selected and focused item was not 
      made the current item. Fixed.
    ! Tabs: The Clear Type related fix from v9.40.0007 had a bad side 
      effect on tabs with a custom background color. Fixed again.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0008, 11-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0008 - 2010-08-11 14:43
    ! Menu Go | Up: Did not work correctly with a Locked Tree and tweak 
      AutoSelectMRUSubfolder=0. Fixed.
    $ The Home License went up from 19.95 to 29.29 Euro which is still 
      very cheap for its relative value compared to the Pro License, but 
      not such an extreme dumping as before. Actually the price is now 
      identical to that of the Standard Pro License.
      Additionally now there are also Volume Discounts for the Home 
      License.    

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0007, 10-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0007 - 2010-08-10 20:37
    + Configuration | General: Added option "Scroll to top after 
      sorting". If enabled the list is auto-scrolled to top when you 
      change the sort order. Additionally, if there are no selections in 
      the list, the focus is auto-shifted to the top item.
      Note that the option is honoured only when no current item is kept 
      in view due to an enabled "Keep current item in view after 
      sorting" (IOW, the latter setting takes precedence).
      Note that this option elevates the tweak added in v9.40.0005 -
      2010-08-09 21:57 to UI level.
    * Both "Keep current item in view after sorting" and "Scroll to top 
      after sorting" are now enabled by factory default.
    ! Info Panel | Find Files: Color-marking the tab headers for enabled 
      filters did not work well with Clear Type enabled (color artifacts 
      accumulated). Fixed.
    ! Tabs: Same issue as above with drag-hovering tabs in Visual Style 
      "XYplorer Classic". Fixed.
    ! SC getinfo("SelectedItemsPathNames") and 
      getinfo("SelectedItemsNames") returned a trailing delimiter after 
      the last returned item. Fixed. Now delimiters are found only 
      between the items.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0005, 09-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0005 - 2010-08-09 21:57
    * List: Before (since v6.00.0014 - 2007-05-23 09:01), holding CTRL 
      while re-sorting the list would invert the setting of "Keep 
      current item in view after sorting". This, however, was a 
      usability nightmare because you needed to know the state of the 
      config setting to know what holding CTRL meant.
      From now on, holding CTRL while re-sorting the list will always 
      keep the current item in view -- no matter whether "Keep current 
      item in view after sorting" is enabled or not. It will even keep 
      the focused item in view when it is not selected, so CTRL gives 
      you even a little more power than the config setting.
    + Tweak to control whether the list scrolls to top after sorting 
      when no current item is kept in view. Factory default is 1.
        ScrollToTopAfterSort=1

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0004, 07-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0004 - 2010-08-07 10:05
    + Tweak to toggle the service that selects the recent subfolder 
      (taken from the "Recent Locations" data) when going Up or Down.
      The factory default (and hitherto hardcoded setting) is 1.
        AutoSelectMRUSubfolder=1
      Additionally to Up and Down (menu Go) this service also sets in 
      when you enter a subfolder via the file list, and (this is new!) 
      when you go to a location via breadcrumb.
      This tweak is supported by SC tweak:
        tweak("AutoSelectMRUSubfolder", 1);
        tweak("AutoSelectMRUSubfolder", 0);
    * Configuration | General | Keep focused item in view after sorting: 
      Renamed it to "Keep current item in view after sorting" which now 
      fits better.
    * Updated the help file.
    ! Recycle Bin: To browse a recycled folder, SYSTEM and HIDDEN items 
      have to be shown (Configuration | General | Show system files and 
      folders) because the real (not the virtual) Recycler is SYSTEM and 
      HIDDEN. 
      The bug was that you were not notified about this but ended up on 
      the drive root of the Recycler path you attempted to go to. Fixed.
      Note that this was only an issue in Maxi Tree; the Mini Tree is 
      tolerant about these settings and simple shows the folders you 
      need to see.
    ! Tree: When switching from Mini to Maxi Tree on a current path that 
      was hidden from the Maxi Tree, there was a bizarre (but hardly 
      visible) drawing glitch, and tree and list got out of synch. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0003, 06-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0003 - 2010-08-06 09:37
    ! Tree: Keys DEL and F2 did not work in the Tree since v9.40.0002. 
      Fixed.
    ! Copy/Move Here As... did not honour "Exclude extension on rename" 
      anymore. Fixed.
    ! List: Would not drop anything into a selected and focused folder 
      (e.g. from one pane to the other). Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0002, 05-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0002 - 2010-08-05 20:12
    + Menu File | Duplicate: The following commands (originally added 
      v6.40.0033 - 2007-10-31 11:03) have been elevated from CKS | 
      Miscellaneous | File Operations to UI level and are now found in 
      the Duplicate submenu:
      - Copy Here to New Subfolder... (Ctrl+Shift+C), #1042
      - Move Here to New Subfolder... (Ctrl+Shift+X), #1041
      Note that both commands only work on the selected list item(s), 
      and are disabled if the file list is not focused. (They work 
      however in scripting on selected items in a non-focused list.)
      I'm aware that "Move Here to New Subfolder" does not fit under the 
      heading Duplicate, but hey... I'm confident your brain can handle 
      it.
    * Main Menu: Removed the word "Suffix" from all captions like "Copy 
      Here with Suffix Date Modified".
      Also "Date Now" has been rephrased to "Current Date", and "Date 
      Modified" to "Last Modified Date".
    + Configuration | Templates | Date affix: Now the template supports 
      the variable <folder> that is resolved to the moved/copied file's 
      parent folder (only the folder, not the whole path).
      Example for a template:
        *-<date yyyymmdd> (<folder>)
      Note that the presence of this variable in the template is not 
      reflected in the related commands' menu captions, so this variable 
      is rather a very special option that you have to make a mental 
      note about when you use it.
    * List: Now when changing the sort order and there are no selections 
      the list is auto-scrolled to top and the top item is auto-focused 
      -- regardless of the setting of Configuration | General | Keep 
      focused item in view after sorting. IMO a small change with a big 
      usability gain.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.40.0001, 04-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0001 - 2010-08-04 13:25
    + Configuration | Templates | Date affix (previously "Date suffix"): 
      Now this template can define a prefix, a circumfix, or a suffix 
      (previously it could just define a suffix). To this purpose the 
      file base is represented by an asterisk in the pattern. The 
      (optional) date uses the <date ...> syntax known from XY 
      variables.
      This template is employed for example when files are copied or 
      moved using "Copy (Move) Here with Suffix Date Now (Modified)". 
      
      Examples for copying a file called "Test.txt" using various affix 
      templates:
        *-<date yyyymmdd>         = Test-20100803.txt
        <date yyyymmdd> *         = 20100803 Test.txt
        Copy of *                 = Copy of Test.txt
        Copy of * from <date yyyymmdd> = Copy of Test from 20100803.txt

      Notes:
      - If the asterisk is missing the pattern is by default suffixed to 
        the file base. 
      - Each asterisk is replaced by the base, so you can do bizarre 
        things like this:
        **  = duplicates the base of the copied (moved) items
      UPGRADE NOTE:
      - When upgrading to this version the Date affix is reset to the 
        factory default *-<date yyyymmdd>.
    
    + Configuration | Previewed Formats: Now you can add files without 
      any extension as a separate file type to any of the file type 
      groups. To do this state "<none>" (without the quotes) as the 
      extension.
    * List: Now when right-click DnD'ing some files onto a folder, the 
      target folder is kept highlighted while the popup menu is 
      displayed.
    * Configuration | General | Keep focused item in view after sorting: 
      From now on this setting is ignored if there are no selections in 
      the list.
    + Tweak to select list items by clicking the whole Name column, not 
      just the caption:
        ListFullNameSelect=1
      The tweak is ignored if Full Row Select is enabled.
    ! Catalog: When adding selected items via context menu, the icons 
      where not immediately updated in the Catalog. Fixed.
    ! Catalog: Insert a New Category Here | Clipboard Item(s) did not 
      work at all due to a false index. Fixed.
    ! List: Drawing glitches and confusion when using the wheel while 
      lasso selecting. Fixed the glitches and abolished the combination 
      of lasso and wheel. Once you wheel you lose the selections and the 
      lasso.

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Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release (v9.40.0000, 02-aug-2010).

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v9.40.0000 - 2010-08-02 12:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main changes since last release:
  +++ Portable Tabs. Now tabs can be made fully portable by pointing 
      them to a portable path that is resolved depending on the context, 
      for example %userprofile%. Portable Tabs smartly adapt their 
      contents to the current host system.      
  +++ Go to Last Target. Now the copied or moved items found in the
      target location are auto-selected when you go there using the "Go 
      to Last Target" command. A surprisingly useful little service.
  +++ History Retains Selections. Now (optionally) if you return to a 
      previous location, any previous selections in this location are 
      restored. 
  +++ Portable File Associations. Now you can define associations for 
      files without extension.
  +++ Tree. Now tooltips of junctions display the Junction Target.
  +++ Scripting. This new version comes with a couple of powerful new or 
      improved scripting commands like inputselect(), tab(), listfolder(), 
      and report().
  +++ Address Bar. Now right-clicking the dropdown arrow pops the 
      breadcrumb menu for the current path.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v9.30.0029, 01-aug-2010).

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v9.30.0029 - 2010-08-01 17:32
    + SC GetToken enhanced. Now you can pass "count" as second parameter 
      to retrieve the token count in the string. Note that the function 
      returns 0 when the string is empty.
        text gettoken("a,b", "count", ","); // 2
        text gettoken("a,", "count", ","); // 2
        text gettoken(",", "count", ","); // 2
        text gettoken("", "count", ","); // 0

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