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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0201, 08-feb-2010).

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v8.80.0201 - 2010-02-08 15:55
    ! Tabs: On an unlocked maxi tree selecting a tab pointing to an 
      unavailable removable drive did pop an error message ("Couldn't 
      find path..."), but did not block the list so the previous list 
      contents remained visible and usable under the misleading 
      impression that they were the contents of the unavailable 
      removable drive. Fixed.
    * Startup: Before, when the selected tab pointed to an unavailable 
      location, a new tab pointing to Desktop was opened. The 
      unavailable tab was kept as a background tab for later use.
      Now, the unavailable tab is kept the selected tab but with the 
      list blocked.
    ! Dual Pane: Under certain conditions a Move or Delete could confuse 
      the app about the active pane's current item. Fixed (2 months old 
      bug).

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0200, 07-feb-2010).

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v8.80.0200 - 2010-02-07 18:03
    ! Going up in a Locked Tree while in rename mode would not exit 
      rename mode. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0103, 06-feb-2010).

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v8.80.0103 - 2010-02-06 18:23
    + Toolbar: Added button "Find by Tag". Gives you one-click access to 
      global tag-wise searches. For example, to search all local drives 
      for items tagged "Blue" simply click "Blue" from the button's 
      arrow menu. Should take a split second...
    + CKS | Miscellaneous | General Functions: Added command "Show/Hide 
      Main Menu". Default KS: Alt+Up.
      In other words: You now can hide the main menu. Note that the app 
      will always startup with visible menu (saves me from emails by 
      users with bad memory).
    * List | Tag column: Now you always get tooltips when the tags are 
      shown as symbols AND "Show tips for clipped tree and list items" 
      is checked. Before, tooltips were only shown when the tag name 
      would be cropped if it would be shown.
    ! Action Log: Preselection of next Redo not working from the arrow 
      dropdown. Fixed.
    * New manifest: Attempt to fix UAC related issues with some users.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0102, 05-feb-2010).

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v8.80.0102 - 2010-02-05 20:17
    % Fast Tag Search: Further speed improvements!
    + Quick Name Search: Now supports MyComputer as location:
        MyComputer?tag:"Blue" /r
      Note that MyComputer as search location is equivalent to all 
      *local* drives by design. Floppy, CD, and other removable drives 
      are not included.
    + Added alias "*" for "MyComputer" as location.
      To browse MyComputer you can use this in the Address Bar and other 
      location ports:
        *
      To search all local drives for items with tag Blue you can use 
      this in the Address Bar and other location ports:
        *?tag:"Blue" /r

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0101, 05-feb-2010).

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v8.80.0101 - 2010-02-05 12:18
  %%% Fast Tag Search: New algorithm gets tag and comment search up to 
      warp speed, especially searches over large areas! Now you can 
      actually search whole drives or even MyComputer for "tag:blue" and 
      get results almost immediately. A definite k-i-l-l-e-r feature!
      A difference to previous versions: Now when you search for tag:* 
      or cmt:* you will get only items that are featured in tag.dat (and 
      are located in the specified search location), i.e. that have a 
      tag or a comment or both.
      Note that the results are, of course, subject to XY's Show filters 
      (Show SYSTEM/HIDDEN files and folders) and to Visual Filters.
      Tip: Fast Tag Search also supports the Quick Name Search syntax. 
      So, for example, to find all items on drive E: with a comment 
      containing the letter "q" you simply run this through the Address 
      Bar:
        E:\?cmt:q /r
    + Thumbnails: Now the minimum column width for thumbnails is 
      configurable. Before it was hardcoded to 120 pixels. To change it 
      use menu View | Columns | Grow/Shrink Name Column (default KS 
      Ctrl+Shift+Numpad Add/Subtract) when in thumbnails view, which 
      will change the width by 4-pixel steps.
      Notes:
      - This is a global values for all thumbnails views of all 
        lists in all panes.
      - The real column width will be larger than the minimum column 
        width if the thumbnails would be cropped otherwise. Actually the 
        column cannot get smaller than the current thumbnail width + 12 
        pixels because of the hardcoded margins around the preview.
    + Added Portable Tabs. With Portable Tabs enabled the locations of 
      tabs are stored relative to app path (in the pane.ini files) IF 
      app path is on a removable drive. 
      Portable Tabs are useful only when you run XYplorer from a USB 
      drive; it renders these tabs pointing to locations on app drive 
      independent from the drive letter assigned by the host system.
      Currently available only as a tweak, let's see how it works out:
        [Settings]
        PortableTabs=1
    * Action Log: Now, when opened from Redo button's context menu, the 
      item to be *re*done next is preselected in order to immediately get 
      a preview of the action to be redone next. Before, the item to be 
      *un*done next was preselected.
    * Sticky Selection: Now you can drag selected items as expected. 
      While mousedown on a selected item with Sticky Selection enabled 
      will unselect this item at first, the item gets selected again 
      when you initialize the drag.
    ! Toggling a Favorite Folder did not work as expected on a Locked 
      Tree where the current List path was not part of the Tree. Fixed.

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Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release (v8.80.0100, 02-feb-2010).

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v8.80.0100 - 2010-02-02 12:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Bug fixes.
  +++ Toolbar icons now with alpha transparency.
  +++ Input dialogs now resizable.
  +++ Improved UAC integration.

v8.80.0100 - 2010-02-02 11:11
    * Updated the help file.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0070, 01-feb-2010).

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v8.80.0070 - 2010-02-01 11:21
    * Upgrading from 8.80 to this version
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Before (v8.80.0060 - 2010-01-27 22:50):
      - If you use the installer to upgrade to this version and 
        you had no startup.ini in the app path then the installer will 
        create a startup.ini and thereby change your app data path.
        In this case a silent automatic operation will copy (not move --
        for safety and to avoid any lack-of-rights-induced problems) 
        your data files to the new app data path. If all works well you 
        will not even note it.
      Now:
      - I decided that silently moving files is too unpolite to the 
        upgrading user. Instead on first run after upgrade, if a 
        startup.ini points to a non-existing folder and an XYplorer.ini 
        exists in app path, then startup.ini is reset to point to 
        nothing, and the app data path is reset to app path. So no files 
        are moved and the user's installation is identical to the one 
        before the upgrade.
      
    ! Tree: On a blocked rename (e.g. because something is locked by 
      another process) XYplorer might show doubled error messages and 
      doesn't stop trying when clicking "OK". Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0068, 30-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0068 - 2010-01-30 20:44
    ! Depending on the context there could be a crash and/or (apparent) 
      loss of panes data on first run after install. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0067, 30-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0067 - 2010-01-30 18:16
    * Resolving relative paths: Now a relative path beginning with a 
      backslash is resolved as a direct subfolder of XY's app drive.
      For example:
        \folder\blah.txt = [XYdrive]:\folder\blah.txt
      This can be seen as a bug fix because it really should have been 
      like this ever since.      
    ! Drawing issue with CTB menu icons. Fixed?

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0066, 30-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0066 - 2010-01-30 10:45
    * Installer: Now always installs so that the application data are 
      written to the user-specific path, i.e. to %appdata%\XYplorer, 
      independently of the choice you make here:
      (1) Install for anyone using this computer (Default)
          = Application data in %appdata%\XYplorer
          = startmenu icons in
            \Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
      (2) Install just for me
          = Application data in %appdata%\XYplorer
          = startmenu icons in
            \Documents and Settings\<User>\Start Menu\Programs
      This mixed strategy appears to be the best overall choice in that 
      it avoids more of possible confusion and frustration than other 
      strategies depending on the user's system and its configuration 
      and the user's geek level. It also seems to be the most common 
      practice.
      
      Tip: To have the application data stored under the XYplorer 
      application folder simply set key "Path" in startup.ini to 
      nothing:
        [Appdata]
        Path=
      If now XYplorer.ini is found in the application folder, the data 
      are stored right there. If not then they are stored in the 
      subfolder Data.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0063, 29-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0063 - 2010-01-29 17:32
    * List, Sorting: Now when you sort the list by scripting in 
      descending sort order, or when the default sort order for a column 
      is descending, the secondary sorted column (usually column "Name") 
      is also sorted in descending order. Before it was sorted in 
      ascending order.
        ::SortBy("Ext", "d"); //will secondary sort Name descending
    * SC run: The wait dialog now shows a blinking icon while waiting.
    ! All small lists in various corners of the GUI had a bug that 
      rarely surfaced. When you deleted the last item in a list the list 
      was internally not completely updated to the new state. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0061, 28-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0061 - 2010-01-28 08:51
    * Now the EXE contains a huge 256x256 icon resource, also known as 
      "Vista icon".

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0060, 27-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0060 - 2010-01-27 22:50
  *** Installer: Now running XYplorer_?.??_Install.exe (the "Install 
      Package") will create a non-portable installation where the 
      application data are located outside the program folder and, if 
      you are Administrator, depending on your choice during 
      installation:
      (1) Install for anyone using this computer (Default)
          = Application data in %commonappdata%\XYplorer
            e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application 
                 Data\XYplorer
      (2) Install just for me
          = Application data in %appdata%\XYplorer
            e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Donald\Application 
                 Data\XYplorer
      To realize this behavior the installer creates a particular 
      startup.ini file in the program folder depending on the choice.
      
      Remarks
      ~~~~~~~
      - "Non-portable installation" only refers to the location of the 
        application data. It is still true that XYplorer does not change 
        your system or registry.
      - To use XYplorer as portable application install it using the 
        "No-Install Package" (or "Portable Package" as it will be named 
        in future), i.e. simply unpack the archive to any folder. 
        Without the presence of a startup.ini XYplorer will use its own 
        folder (resp. a subfolder "Data", see below) as application data 
        path (as it has always been).
      - If you install over a previous installation then an existing 
        startup.ini is never overwritten regardless of the above choice.
      - Note that when running the installer under a normal User-account 
        (no Admin) the above choice is not offered but internally set to 
        "Install just for me" by default.
      - On uninstall (running Uninstall.exe) the application data folder 
        and startmenu items will be removed with all contents. (You 
        should install and uninstall under the same account else the 
        uninstaller will get confused and not remove all files.)
      
      !!! Upgrading to this version !!!
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      - If you use the installer to upgrade to this version and 
        you had no startup.ini in the app path then the installer will 
        create a startup.ini and thereby change your app data path.
        In this case a silent automatic operation will copy (not move --
        for safety and to avoid any lack-of-rights-induced problems) 
        your data files to the new app data path. If all works well you 
        will not even note it.
      - HOWEVER, according to Murphy's law, it's probably a good idea to 
        make a backup of your old app data BEFORE upgrading to this 
        version (for the unlikely case that anything goes wrong).
      - Later you can manually delete the data files from your app path 
        because they are not used anymore if startup.ini points to a 
        different path.    

    * Startup, App Data Path: Now, if
      - no app data path is set by command line
      - AND no startup.ini is found in app path
      - AND no XYplorer.ini is found in app path 
      then the app data path is auto-set to <xypath>\Data.
      Reason: Keeping the variable user data together in one place is a 
      good idea. Even in portable installations which is the typical 
      context for this scenario.
    ! Find Files: A search pattern "tag:?*" would also find untagged 
      files when they had a comment. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0050, 26-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0050 - 2010-01-26 13:38
    * New manifest. Attempt to fix DPI-related issue under Vista/Win7.
    * Command line switches: Now you can pass a startpath with Unicode 
      characters.
    ! Configuration | Startup & Exit: Setting "Allow multiple instances" 
      was ignored since v8.80.0038. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.80.0038, 25-jan-2010).

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v8.80.0038 - 2010-01-25 13:09
    * Configuration | Tags: Now empty tag names are not allowed anymore. 
      They never made much sense anyway, of course.
    * Configuration | Startup & Exit: Permanent Startup Path now supports 
      environment variables.
    % Performance of graphics engine further improved for all OSs.

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