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v12.30.0201 - 2013-04-19 20:30
  +++ Custom File Icons (CFI): Now you can define which icons are 
      shown for files and folders within XYplorer (the whole UI).
      Of course, the customization does not change the system at all 
      (other applications will still show the standard icons). All 
      information is stored within XYplorer.ini and thus is fully 
      portable. This means you now can take your file icons with you and 
      have the same icons on any host system. Hence this feature is also 
      called Portable File Icons (PFI).
      Needless to say that PFI nicely complements the Portable File 
      Associations (PFA) feature.
      
      Usage
      ~~~~~
      - Open the interface to customize the file icons via menu Tools | 
        Customize File Icons...
        Alternatively you can use Tools | List Management | Portable 
        File Icons...
      - To (de)activate the feature (un)tick Configuration | Refresh, 
        Icons, History | Icons | Enable custom file icons.
      
      Notes
      ~~~~~
      - Custom icons can be assigned to generic file types (e.g. 
        "*.png"), to specific file names (e.g. "Readme.txt"), and also 
        to specific files ("C:\pagefile.sys"). Actually to any wildcard 
        pattern your fantasy is able to create.
      - Custom icons can also be assigned to folders, drives, servers, 
        and shares. For this to work the patterns must end with a 
        backslash.
      - Custom icons can also be assigned to special folders. In this 
        case the matching is case-sensitive and the patterns should NOT 
        end with a backslash and have no wildcards. Actually it is 
        recommended to use environments variables for the patterns since 
        these names are system-specific. Supported are the following six 
        special folders: %computer%, %desktop%, %personal%, %user%, 
        %net%, %recycler%.
      - General syntax for a CFI definition:
          "Caption" Pattern(s)>Icon Source
        The caption is optional and has no function anywhere in the GUI. 
        You might use it as a place for personal comments. 
      - You can create as many CFI definitions as you like.
      - You can assign one or more pattern to an icon source, separated 
        by "|" or ";".
      - Patterns support XY native and environment variables.
      - Matching is case insensitive (A==a).
      - The patterns are tested from left to right, top to bottom. The 
        first match wins.
      - The patterns are matched against the whole path of the item that 
        wants an icon. Wildcards *, ?, and # are supported as well as 
        character groups (e.g. [2-8] or [a-f]).
      - You can as well state whole filenames or even full paths as 
        pattern. If you don't provide any wildcards then by default an 
        asterisk (*) is prepended to the pattern internally (unless the 
        pattern is a full path):
          Pattern       auto-adjusted to    will match
          --------------------------------------------------
          <OBSOLETE!> (2013-04-22 09:33)
          my.png        *my.png             ...\My.png
                                            ...\Creamy.png                                                  
          \my.png       *\my.png            ...\My.png
          </OBSOLETE!>
          C:\my.png     [same]              C:\My.png
          *.png         [same]              ...\Hard.png
          *\a*\         [same]              [all folders starting with "a"]
          *\#*.txt      [same]              [all TXT files starting with a digit]
      - Use "*." as pattern for files without any extension.
      - Portable syntax is supported: Use the "?:\" notation to refer to 
        the drive of this XYplorer instance. Relative paths are resolved 
        relative to this XYplorer instance.
      - Anything that has a system icon (the icon shown in the file 
        list) can be stated as custom icon source, typically you would 
        take either executables or *.ico files. The icon source can be 
        stated as full path, portable path, or ProgID ("Notepad"). Even 
        XY native and environment variables are supported.
      - If an icon is not found, the definition is skipped (ignored).
      - Changing icon definitions or enabling/disabling the feature all 
        works smoothly, ultra-fast, and on the fly. No restart required.

      Examples
      ~~~~~~~~
      You can paste these (non-sense, just for testing) examples into 
      Tools |  Customize File Icons... (toggle to Editor mode first), 
      but most of the icon paths are hard-coded to my system, so you 
      need to make adjustments:
      
      +%desktop%>Desktop\icons\VistaICO_Toolbar_Icons\ICO\Help.ico
      +%computer%>Desktop\icons\VistaICO_Toolbar_Icons\ICO\Alarm.ico
      +<xyexe>>Desktop\icons\MazeNL77\1265704870_Perspective Button - Stop.ico
      +D:\>Desktop\icons\Windows 7 RTM Icons\Windows 7 RTM Icons\Icon_2.ico
      +code\>Desktop\icons\MazeNL77\1265704883_Perspective Button - Reboot.ico
      +*.url>C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Donald\Anwendungsdaten\Dropbox\bin\Dropbox.exe
      +E:\Test\b\noext\XYcopy.exe>Desktop\icons\openPhone-by-Walrick\Phone.ico
      +XYcopy.exe>Desktop\Desk\Video_2013-04-17_020244.wmv
      +"Test" *.jpg;*.png;*.exe>Desktop\icons\Windows 7 RTM Icons\Windows 7 RTM Icons\Icon_23.ico
      +"No Extension" *.>Notepad
      
      FYI: For me personally, giving all folders called "code" (pattern: 
      "code\") a special icon is a killer feature.
      
      Final Remark
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
      WOW!
      
    ! SC Self('icon') did not work with popup menus. Fixed.

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v12.30.0202 - 2013-04-20 10:25
    ! Custom File Icons: Assigning icons to specific filenames or files 
      did not yet work correctly for file types that usually have 
      generic icons (e.g. *.txt files). Fixed.
      Examples:
        secret.txt><xydata>\icons\Warn.ico
        C:\CONFIG.SYS><xydata>\icons\Stop.ico
    ! Files Files | Excluded: Excluding whole drives from an all-drive-
      search did not work. Fixed.

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v12.30.0203 - 2013-04-20 13:42
    + Custom File Icons: Now you can also customize the generic icon for 
      folders, in normal and selected state (the later is only used in 
      the Tree). So you can have Win8 folder icons in WinXP or vice 
      versa, or whatever other icons you prefer to see.
      The pattern for the generic folder icon is "*\", the one for the 
      selected state is "**\".
      Examples:
        *\>Desktop\icons\Win7 Icons\Icon_6.ico
        **\>Desktop\icons\Win7 Icons\Icon_5.ico
    + Custom File Icons: Now you can also customize the icon used for 
      the Search Results tab. This icon is referenced by the pattern 
      "*.fnd".
      Example:
        *.fnd>Desktop\icons\Win7 Icons\Icon_8.ico

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v12.30.0204 - 2013-04-21 14:20
    * MLS: Updated to version 8.28. Upgrading directly through ITT (use 
      Ctrl+D in ITT to download the new reference file and upgrade the 
      currently loaded language file).
      TRANSLATORS: Always backup your work before upgrading.
    ! PFA: Did not match patterns like "*\2*.txt" correctly (match all 
      TXT files beginning with "2"). Fixed.

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v12.30.0205 - 2013-04-21 20:33
    + SC sortby enhanced: Added parameter that lets you trigger a 
      secondary sort.
      Syntax: sortby column, order, secondary_sort
        secondary_sort:
          0 = primary sort
          1 = secondary sort
      Example:
        // secondary sort by size descending:
        sortby "size", "d", 1;
    ! ITT: The automatic appending of the MLS version to the current 
      LNG filename on saving changes was partly buggy, partly 
      inconsistent, and partly counter-intuitive nonsense that screwed 
      one of the main uses of the ITT: On-the-fly editing of GUI 
      strings.
      Fixed the bugs and changed the automatic appending to an automatic 
      updating: Only when the edited LNG file already has an MLS version 
      in the name AND this version does NOT match the actual MLS version 
      THEN the filename is updated to the correct MLS version.
    * MLS: Version 8.28 had a small mistake (part of one item was 
      missing). Please upgrade again!

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v12.30.0206 - 2013-04-22 11:42
    ! Custom File Icons: Pattern matching was too permissive in certain 
      cases because wildcards * and ? can also stand for \ and thus 
      match across path component boundaries, which is usually not 
      expected in this context.
      The expectation is rather like the this:
        Pattern     should match      should NOT match
        --------------------------------------------------
        *\2*.txt    C:\Art\23.txt     C:\Art\2013\Junk.txt
        *\a*\       C:\Art\           C:\Art\Junk\
      Now it works as expected.
    ! Custom File Icons: Pattern matching was too permissive where only 
      the right-most component name was given without any wildcards. An 
      asterisk was internally prepended but that is not expected in this 
      context.
      The expectation is rather like the this:
        Pattern     should match      should NOT match
        --------------------------------------------------
        name.txt    C:\name.txt       C:\noname.txt
        code\       C:\code\          C:\XYcode\
      Now it works as expected.
    > Custom File Icons: Automatic wildcards now work like this:
        Pattern   auto-adjusted to    match       NO match
        --------------------------------------------------
        my.png    *\my.png            ...\My.png  ...\Creamy.png
        \my.png   *\my.png            ...\My.png  ...\Creamy.png
        *my.png   [unchanged]         ...\My.png
                                      ...\Creamy.png
        *\my.png  [unchanged]         ...\My.png  ...\Creamy.png
    ! Custom File Icons: Renaming a file would not always update the 
      icon on the fly. Fixed.
    * Edit boxes: Slightly improved positioning of the caret after Undo 
      (Ctrl+Z).

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v12.30.0207 - 2013-04-23 11:08
    + New variable: <xyicons> = XYplorer icons path (unslashed). Points 
      to <xydata>\Icons.
    * Custom File Icons: Paths to icon sources are now resolved relative 
      to <xyicons>.
    * List Management: Now you can dbl-click an item to trigger the 
      Browse... button.
    * Custom File Icons: Now to match all items beginning with a* you 
      can just state "a*" as pattern. It will be internally converted to 
      "*\a*".
      So here's an updated version of a table given earlier:
        Pattern   auto-adjusted to    match           NO match
        ------------------------------------------------------------------
        2*.txt    *\2*.txt            C:\Art\23.txt   C:\Art\2013\Junk.txt
        a*\       *\a*\               C:\Art\         C:\Art\Junk\
    + Custom File Icons: Added a switch to spare folder icons from 
      customizing where the folders are already customized using 
      desktop.ini. The switch is "/d" and it has to be appended to the 
      pattern list separated by a single space. It applies to all patterns 
      in the pattern list.
      Examples:
        a*\>Red.ico         [assign red.ico to all folders beginning with "a"]
        a*\ /d>Red.ico      [the same, but skip folders with a desktop.ini custom icon]
        a*\;b*\ /d>Red.ico  [the same as previous but for folders "a..." or "b..."]
    * PFA: The expected pattern matching introduced to CFI in 
      v12.30.0206 now also is applied to PFA. "*\2*.txt" will not match 
      "C:\Art\2013\Junk.txt" anymore.
    ! Tabs: Custom Tab icon was wrongly overwritten by CFI under certain 
      conditions. Fixed.
    ! Tree: Under certain conditions (huge number of subfolders, using 
      keyboard) it was possible to expand a tree node to an incomplete 
      state where only a subset of all subfolders was listed. Fixed.
    ! New Tab button: Didn't always work on first click. Fixed.
    ! New Tab button: Didn't work when the app was backgrounded. Fixed.
    * SC "new" enhanced: Now you can suppress Undo (which is also the 
      new factory default).
      Syntax: new([name], [type=file|dir], [source], [flags])
        flags:    A combination of these in any order:
          r = invoke rename mode after creation
          u = allow Undo
      Example:
        new("new file.txt");        //no undo
        new("new file.txt", , , u); //undo
      Remark:
        After creating 2000 folders with a small script effectively 
        wiped my action log of any interesting data I thought it is a 
        good idea to allow to skip undo here. :)

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v12.30.0208 - 2013-04-23 20:53
    + Type Stats and Filter: Now you can use the menu to (un)select 
      files by type.
      - Hold CTRL: Add all files of this type to the selection.
      - Hold SHIFT: Remove all files of this type from the selection.
    * SC selfilter: Now the pattern "*." can be used to select files 
      without extension.
        selfilter "*.", f;
    ! List: Under certain conditions (View List, Grid Style, Visual 
      Filter toggling) a crash could happen. Fixed.
    ! CFI: Pattern "[F-L]:\*\" did not work anymore to match all 
      subfolders of an array of drives. Fixed.

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v12.30.0209 - 2013-04-24 11:11
    + Custom File Icons: Added a switch to assign a folder icon also to 
      all subfolders of a folder.
      The switch is "/r" (= recurse subfolders) and it has to be 
      appended to the pattern list separated by a single space. It 
      applies to all patterns in the pattern list.
      Examples:
        Pattern   auto-adjusted to    match           NO match
        ----------------------------------------------------------------
        code\     *\code\             C:\code\        C:\code\sub\
        code\ /r  *\code\*            C:\code\
                                      C:\code\sub\
    + Tweak to overwrite the default icons path (<xydata>\Icons\, and
      <xyicons>). The value can be absolute or portable/relative to app 
      path. For example,
        [Settings]
        IconsPath=Icons
      will resolve to K:\XY\Icons\ if XYplorer.exe is located in K:\XY\.
      That way you can also centralize the icons pool in a team context, 
      but make sure that the server is available else startup will slow 
      down and no cute icons.
    % Custom File Icons: On the fly changing of icon definitions or 
      dis/enabling CFI now does not rebrowse the whole file lists (both 
      panes) anymore. Much smoother, especially on a search results 
      list.                                            
    + SC download enhanced: Made the byte check (compare downloaded byte 
      count with remote file size) optional.
        Syntax: download sourceurl, [targetfile], [options]
          options:
            b = Check byte count after download. On no-match the 
                download fails.
      Note that before, this check was always done. Now you have to 
      explicitly turn it on.  

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v12.30.0210 - 2013-04-24 21:47
    + SC readurl enhanced: Added a way to force a byte check.
      Syntax: readurl(url, [nocookies], [StripHTML], [flags])
        flags: (bit field)
          1 = fail gently if offline
          2 = silent mode (no error messages)
          4 = Check byte count after download. On no-match the 
              download fails.
      Examples:
        text readurl("http://www.xyplorer.com/version.php", , , 4); // byte check
        text readurl("http://www.xyplorer.com/version.php");        // NO byte check
    ! Custom File Icons: Pattern "code*\ /r" did not work yet as 
      expected. Fixed.
    ! CFI: Crash after editing CFI while in a drives listing. Fixed.

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v12.30.0211 - 2013-04-25 20:27
    + Custom File Icons: Now you can exclude certain folders and files 
      from the customization and show them with their standard icons. To 
      exclude all items matching a pattern simply leave the icon source 
      empty in the CFI definition. Examples:
        E:\*\         exclude all folders in E:\
        E:\ /r        exclude all folders in E:\ and E: itself
        pics\         exclude all folders named "pics"
        E:\*          exclude all files in E:\
        pics\*        exclude all files in folders named "pics"
        pics*\*       exclude all files in folders named "pics*"
        *23*          exclude all files containing "23" in the name
        <xyicons>\*   exclude all files in the default Icons folder
      FYI, adding the separator ">" after the pattern is optional and 
      makes not difference.
      Of course, the exclusions will only take effect when they match 
      before any customization patterns, i.e. when they are positioned 
      higher in the list of definitions.
    ! Custom File Icons: Icons of LNK files were not yet customized. 
      They should get the custom icons of the link targets. Fixed.
    * View | Tab | Restore Last Closed Tab: Now the restored tab is 
      automatically selected.
    ! Edit | New Items: The menu icons disappeared after hiding and 
      reshowing the main menu. Fixed.
    ! Scripting: Continue within elseif followed the wrong path. Fixed.

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v12.30.0212 - 2013-04-26 14:40
    ! Edit | New Items: The menu icons disappeared after hiding and 
      reshowing the main menu. Fixed #2.
    ! Visual Filters: Since v12.30.0101 - 2013-04-12 16:04 Visual 
      Filters got turned off when turning off Branch View. Fixed.

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v12.30.0213 - 2013-04-27 13:30
    + New variable: <xycatalogs> = XYplorer catalogs path (unslashed). 
      Points to <xydata>\Catalogs (unless customized via Admin.ini).
    * Find Files: Now you get the final specific icons for the found 
      items right away (this typically concerns *.ico and *.exe files). 
      Before, you would be staring at the generic icons until the search 
      was through and only then the specific icons would be displayed.
    ! Custom File Icons: Tab icons for network locations were not 
      correctly refreshed under certain conditions. Fixed.
    ! Custom File Icons: List icons for network locations were not 
      correctly refreshed under certain conditions. Fixed.
    ! Tree: Icons for network locations were not correctly refreshed 
      under certain conditions. Fixed.

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v12.30.0214 - 2013-04-27 21:00
    ! Custom File Icons: Customized generic icons for folders (patterns 
      *\ and **\) could not be turned off again by unticking "Enable 
      custom file icons". Fixed.
    ! Custom File Icons: Catalog icons for network locations were not 
      correctly refreshed under certain conditions. Fixed.

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v12.30.0215 - 2013-04-28 13:09
  *** Tabs and List: Now when you left-click a tab the list will get the 
      focus (if it doesn't have it anyway). A major change since this is 
      fundamental behavior and should have been like this all the time.
    * Custom File Icons: Now if no generic icon for the selected tree 
      folder (**\) is defined, then it defaults to the generic icon for 
      all folders (*\) if one is defined.
    ! Custom File Icons: Tab icons for were not always correctly 
      refreshed when folders were renamed in the Tree. Fixed.

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