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v17.00.0106 - 2016-08-16 10:20
    + Added tweak "LiveFilterDelay" to define a delay before a typed in Live 
      Filter is triggered. The delay time is given in milliseconds. e.g.:
        LiveFilterDelay=400
      Factory default is 0 (immediate action).

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v17.00.0201 - 2016-08-18 11:02
    + Configuration | Tags: Added setting "Storage" offering four options 
      for storing the tagged files in the tags database (usually "tag.dat").
        - Absolute paths
          = not portable
        - Relative to application drive
          = "?" syntax, useful for portable installations on sticks
        - Relative to application
          = useful for backups where XY installations have the same position 
            relative to the tagged files
        - Relative to tags database
          = useful for in-place tags database files that are copied along with 
            the tagged files (a scripting command is planned for loading those 
            databases)
      The storage mode is now stored within the tags database so it is ensured 
      to be read the way it was written. The value is contained in a additional 
      line in the header of the tags database, e.g.:
        Storage: 3        (3 = Relative to tags database)
      Remarks:
      - Configuration | Tags | Storage: This setting only affects *writing* the 
        tags database. Reading a tags database is controlled by the value in the 
        "Storage:" line.
        FYI, correctly reading old pre-Storage databases is cared for.
      - After reading a tags database, "Configuration | Tags | Storage" is 
        automatically set to the storage value found in that database. That way 
        it is ensured that it will be written in the same mode as it was read.
      - However, you may read a tags database stored in one mode, and then 
        change "Configuration | Tags | Storage" to another mode. On next save 
        the tags database will be saved in that new mode. On next read it will 
        be read in that mode.
      - The internal version for tags databases has been raised from v3 to v4.
    - Configuration | Tags: Removed checkbox "Enable portable tags". The 
      functionality is replaced by the new "Storage" setting, choice "Relative 
      to application drive".

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v17.00.0202 - 2016-08-19 13:54
    + Configuration | Tags | Storage: Added another mode:
        - Use volume serials
          = allows to identify removable drives regardless of the drive letter 
            assigned by the host system
        Notes:
        - The 8-digit hex volume serial is stored in place of the drive letter. 
          e.g.:
            E205A186:\Donald\Desktop\Test\Apocalypse Now.txt|1|||||||
          On reading the database it is converted to:
            C:\Donald\Desktop\Test\Apocalypse Now.txt|1|||||||
        - Due to necessary additional work reading and writing the tags 
          database is a little slower here than in other storage modes.
    + Added tweak to reconnect mapped drives on startup.
        NetworkReconnectMappedDrivesOnStartup=1
      If the value is set to 1 then on startup all non-connected mapped network 
      drives are reconnected.

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v17.00.0203 - 2016-08-19 21:38
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   TagLoad
      Action: Loads a new tags database, or reloads the current one.
      Syntax: tagload([db])
        db:       Tags database to load; full path/name or relative to current path.
                  empty: load default DB (usually "<xydata>\tag.dat")
                  missing: reload current DB (same as menu Favorites | Reload Tags Database)
        return:   the current tags database after the function has finished
      Remarks:
      - This function allows you to quickly load an in-place tags database that 
        has been stored "Relative to tags database". A cool new way to have 
        database and tagged items in the same location. Makes backing up tags a 
        breeze.
      - Note that the loaded database is retained across sessions (INI key 
        TagDatCustom). If you want to return to the default database you have to 
        explicitly load it by tagload("");.
      - FYI, the default DB is usually "<xydata>\tag.dat" unless another DB is 
        specified in Admin.ini.
      Examples:
        tagload(); //reload current DB
        tagload(""); //load default DB
        tagload(<curitem>); //load the current file as new tags database
        tagload("D:\Stuff\XYtagsPhoto2016.dat");  //load this DB
    + Configuration | Tags | Currently X items are tagged: This label now shows 
      the path of the current tags database in the tooltip.
    + SC copyto/moveto: Added parameter "autorichop" to control Automatic Rich 
      File Operations.
      Syntax: moveto [location], [source], [rootpath], [flags], [autorichop]
              copyto [location], [source], [rootpath], [flags], [autorichop]
        autorichop: 
                0 = ask
                1 = always
                2 = never
      Remarks:
        This flag temporarily overwrites the global flag (tweak at the moment) 
        AutoRichFileOps.

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v17.00.0204 - 2016-08-20 22:03
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   TagExport
      Action: Exports tags data to a new tags database.
      Syntax: tagexport([db], [path], [storage], [flags])
        db:       Path of tags database to create and export to.
                  If it exists it is overwritten without asking questions.
                  Resolved relative to current path.
                  Empty or missing: defaults to "<curpath>\XYplorerTag.dat".
        path:     Only export tags data under this path (this folder and all 
                  subfolders, i.e. the whole branch).
                  Empty: export all tags data.
                  Missing: defaults to current path.
        storage:  Storage mode; on "3" it's relative to db.
        flags:    (bit field)
          1 = remove exported items from main DB (else they are kept)
        return:   New tags database.
      Remarks:
      - SC tagexport() complements tagload(). You now can outsource specific 
        sections of your tags data to small local databases (tagexport) and load 
        them on demand from the local databases (tagload). Gains:
        a) Slim down and speed up your main tags database.
        b) Allow easy backup-avec-tags by keeping the local databases together 
           with the tagged items.
      - The new tags database is *not* loaded into the app. It's just created on 
        disk similar to a "Save Copy As" operation.
      Example:
      In a path with tagged items, say hundreds of tagged photos, you want to 
      export the tags data of this path to a local database. This command will 
      create "XYplorerTag.dat" in the path, fill it with the data, and remove 
      the data from the main database (usually "<xydata>\tag.dat"):
        tagexport(, , 3, 1);
      To load the new database when you are in the path, do this:
        tagload("XYplorerTag.dat");
      Note that the key to all this wonderful new functionality is storage value 
      "3" ("Relative to tags database")!
    + Configuration | Startup & Exit | Permanent startup path: Now XY native 
      variables are supported (additionally to environment variables). This 
      allows you to state a fully portable startup path relative to 
      XYplorer.exe, or relative to the app data folder. Examples:
        <xypath>
        <xydata>\..\..
        <xydata>\..\..\code
      FYI, paths relative to XYplorer.exe have been supported already. These are 
      identical functionally:
        appdata
        <xypath>\appdata

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v17.00.0205 - 2016-08-21 14:03
    ! SC tagexport: Storage "3" was not done (but absolute paths instead) when 
      exporting to drives other than XY's own drive. Fixed.
    ! Color Filters: A pattern like "lbl:#1" would not be honored right after 
      startup but only after toggling Color Filters off and on again. Fixed.

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v17.00.0206 - 2016-08-22 20:02
    + Configuration | Menus, Mouse, Safety | Safety Belts: Added option "Confirm 
      delete operations". Tick it to get an XYplorer native confirmation prompt 
      before any delete operation, be it from clipboard, drag and drop, or other 
      means, and be it to recycler or permanent.
      Note the differences to the somewhat related setting "Configuration | File 
      Operations | Miscellaneous | Suppress delete confirmation dialog":
      - The latter is about suppressing the shell owned prompt, not an XYplorer 
        native prompt.
      - The latter will actively suppress a prompt, but unticking it will not 
        necessarily show the prompt! This is controlled by Windows global 
        settings (located in the Properties tab of the Recycle Bin context 
        menu).
      Of course, if the Windows Delete Confirmation is enabled in the system, 
      AND showing it is NOT suppressed in XYplorer, then you will be double
      prompted if "Confirm delete operations" is enabled.
      The new option becomes particularly useful when you travel with portable 
      XYplorer and board an unknown host system where the Windows Delete 
      Confirmation might be turned off. Then you can easily turn on XYplorer's 
      Delete Confirmation without modifying the host system and be back on the 
      safe side.

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v17.00.0207 - 2016-08-23 22:00
    * SC delete: If the "confirm" argument is set to 0 then the new "Confirm 
      delete operations" (v17.00.0206) is ignored (there will be no prompt even 
      if it is checked).
    ! Mouse Tricks: Dbl-click on splitter to toggle info panel min/max size -- 
      did not work anymore. Fixed.
    ! Configuration | Sort and Rename | Sort | Scroll to top after resorting: 
      Did not work if "Keep focused item in view after resorting" was unticked 
      and the focused item was selected. Fixed.
    * Configuration | Sort and Rename | Sort | Keep focused item in view after 
      sorting: Renamed it to "Keep current item in view after sorting".
      This change was already in the change log of v9.40.0004 - 2010-08-07 10:05 
      but apparently and weirdly never happened.
    ! Tab Bars: Drawing glitch concerning 'New Tab' button and 'Tab List' 
      button. Fixed.

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v17.00.0208 - 2016-08-24 20:15
    + SC tagload enhanced: Now you can use it to import or include tags 
      databases into the current database.
      Syntax: tagload([db], [mode])
        db:       Tags database to load; full path/name or relative to current path.
                  Empty: load default DB (usually "<xydata>\tag.dat").
                  Missing: reload current DB (same as menu Favorites | Reload Tags Database).
        mode:
          0 = (re)load    [Default] (fully update/replace the current data)
          1 = import      (permanently merge into current DB)
          2 = include     (temporarily merge into current DB in memory; not saved to disk)
          Note: If [db] is missing then [mode] is internally set to 0.
        return:   The full path of the loaded/reloaded/imported tags database.
      Remarks:
        - All header data (label colors, extra tags) are taken from the current 
          DB; header data from the imported DB are totally discarded.
        - Dupes are checked automatically on import/include.
          In case of a dupe the item of the current DB is kept, the one of the 
          imported DB is discarded.
        - Include: You can include as many DBs as you like.
        - Include: Included DBs are fully searchable with XYplorer's search by 
          tags functions. Not being saved to disk with the current/primary DB is 
          the only difference to primary DBs.
        - Include: If you modify the tags of an item that has been tagged via 
          including a DB, this item is automatically added to the primary DB. 
          Otherwise the modifications would never be saved to disk.
        - Include: Once you manually edit the DB in memory via "Configuration 
          | Tags | Options | Edit Tagged Items..." the included items lose 
          their temporary nature and become a permanent part of the 
          current/primary DB (and will be saved to disk in this DB).
        > TEST CAREFULLY, make a backup before you import a 200,000 photos DB... 
          this pioneering work.
      Examples:
        tagload("XYplorerTag.dat", 1); //ímport "XYplorerTag.dat" (in current path)
        tagload("D:\TagDBs\Photo2016Tag.dat", 2); //include "D:\TagDBs\Photo2016Tag.dat"
        tagload(<curitem>, 1);  //ímport the selected tags database
        tagload(<focitem>, 2);  //include the focused tags database
      Three (functionally identical) ways to get rid of included databases in memory:
        - tagload();  //reload primary database
        - tagload(<xytagdat>);  //load primary database
        - Menu Favorites | Reload Tags Database
    + User-Defined Commands: Added a button "Options" to the "Manage 
      User-Defined Commands" dialog. Pops a small menu with two options:
      - "Show Menu Icons"         (Factory default: ON)
        This option replaces the tweak UDCNoMenuIcons (v6.70.0012 - 2008-01-03 
        11:08).
      - "Show Status Bar Message" (Factory default: OFF)
        This option is brand-new and allows you to control the status bar 
        message shown at start and end of each User-Defined Command. Before, it 
        was hard-coded to ON, but I now totally changed my mind about it: made 
        it optional and default to OFF.
    * Tweak NetworkReconnectMappedDrivesOnStartup now factory defaults to ON. 
      It's also turned ON for upgraders to this version.

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v17.00.0209 - 2016-08-25 08:26
    + Configuration | Refresh, Icons, History | History: Added option "History 
      retains sort order". Allows you to re-enable this feature from v8.80.0013 
      - 2010-01-08 22:33 that had been officially removed in v17.00.0104 - 
      2016-08-12 15:47:
        History: Now the sort order is stored with History. If you return- 
        by-history to a location you have visited during the current session, 
        the location's previous sort order is restored.
    ! Find Files, Quick Search, Branch View: Paths entered with incorrect 
      capitalization were not auto-corrected. However, XY's tagging DB needs it 
      perfectly correct, else tags do not match and are now shown. Fixed.

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v17.00.0211 - 2016-08-26 14:35
  %%% Retina: Did a thousand things to make XY love retina. Probably another 
      thousand are missing. Working on it.
    % XY native message boxes now have brand new 32x32 icons from 150% DPI 
      onwards. No more stretching 24x24 icons.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0088.
    ! File | File Special | Set Modified Date to Exif: If regional time settings 
      included "am/pm" or "Uhr" suffixes this function did not work. Fixed.
      Same was true for similar Exif date harvesting commands, and for the 
      variable <datexif>.

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v17.00.0212 - 2016-08-29 10:11
    + SCs copyto and moveto enhanced: Added all extended parameters (those that 
      are only supported by Custom Copy/Move, and Backup; not by the Shell ops).
      Syntax: copyto location, [source], [rootpath], [flags], [autorichop], _
              [on_collision], [preserve_dates], [create_log], [pop_stats], _
              [skip_junctions], [verify], [show_progress]
      Remarks:
      - For the functionality of these parameters see SC backupto.
      - If you use any of the parameters from [on_collision] to [show_progress] 
        then the operation is forced to be Custom Copy/Move because Shell 
        Copy/Move does not support these settings.
      - For all non-passed parameters the global user settings are used as 
        specified in Configuration | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | 
        Configure....
      - Tip: You can use the [on_collision] parameter and pass 0 (= use global 
        user setting) to force a Custom Copy/Move operation with all user 
        settings, even if Custom Copy is unticked in user settings.
      - SCs copyto and moveto are now the functions with the most parameters (12).
      Example:
      - Move the selected items to "E:\Test\Targ", on collision "Affix current 
        date to copy":
        moveto "E:\Test\Targ",,,,,5;
    * Info Panel | Find Files | Location: Multi Location Searches now tolerates 
      quoted locations. It's normally not necessary to do this but now you can 
      do it.
        Recommended ways:
          D:\;E:\
          D:\|E:\
          D:\ | E:\
        Now tolerated ways:
          "D:\";"E:\"
          "D:\" |  "E:\"
       There is one case, however, where this can be useful. If you want to use 
       the ";" separator AND have ";" in any of the paths, then quotes are your 
       only chance get it parsed correctly. Note that only the part with the 
       semicolons has to be quoted, but it's tolerated if you quote all parts:
          D:\;"E:\Path;with;semicolons\"
          "D:\";"E:\Path;with;semicolons\"

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v17.00.0213 - 2016-08-29 21:23
    + Configuration | Menus, Mouse, Safety | Safety Belts: Completely redesigned 
      the confirmation prompts for:
      - Confirm drag and drop
      - Confirm copy and move operations
      - Confirm delete operations
      Now you are presented the deep recursive stats of the operation that's 
      about to happen. Might take a little longer if you select lots of folders, 
      but the added safety makes up for it easily. Besides you will regain the 
      lost seconds because the operation will run faster after the full stats 
      have been retrieved due to Windows disk read caching.
    ! Edit | Select | Selection Stats: Stats were wrong in Branch Views and 
      Search Results when selected items were contained in other selected items 
      -- they were falsely counted double then. Fixed.
    * Configuration | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | No progress 
      dialog on intra-volume moves: Now you get a summary report and red warning 
      icons whenever an error happened during the move.

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v17.00.0214 - 2016-08-30 21:28
    + Special Properties: Added native support for Vorbis Comments in FLAC 
      files.
      FLAC files are now scanned for the same special properties as MP3 files:
        Column        <prop ...>        <prop ...> (alternative) 
        MP3 Album     (#mp3.album)      (#tag.album)
        MP3 Artist    (#mp3.artist)     (#tag.artist)
        MP3 Comments  (#mp3.comments)   (#tag.comments)
        MP3 Genre     (#mp3.genre)      (#tag.genre)
        MP3 Title     (#mp3.title)      (#tag.title)
        MP3 Track     (#mp3.track)      (#tag.track)
        MP3 Year      (#mp3.year)       (#tag.year)
      Notes:
      - For simplicity and translator sweat footprint the data are shown in the 
        same old Special Property columns for MP3s and FLACs, so the column is 
        called e.g. "MP3 Album" but in case of a FLAC file the data is actually 
        from Vorbis Comments.
        And, BTW, how else should the column be called? "MP3/FLAC Album"? Hardly.
      - Of course, also the <prop> variable now supports FLAC, e.g.:
          echo "<prop #mp3.year>";
      - As an alternative to "#mp3" the keyword "#tag" has been added to have a 
        more general form available in <prop...>. Example:
          echo "<prop #tag.album>";
        However, the columns' internal keys used for column layouts have to stay 
        at something like "+:s-mp3.album.269", otherwise old user code would be 
        broken (or we would lose speed).
    + Confirmation prompts: Added the number of affected items to the caption.
      Special service: If only empty folders are deleted then "Empty Folders" 
      is explicitly mentioned in the caption.
    ! Configuration | Menus, Mouse, Safety | Safety Belts | Confirm copy and 
      move operations: Was treated as if ticked if "Confirm delete operations" 
      was ticked (since 20160822). Fixed.

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v17.00.0215 - 2016-08-31 20:22
    + Special Properties: Added native support for Vorbis Comments in OGG 
      files.
      Same story as yesterday with FLAC.
    ! Audio Properties: The duration of OGG files was not calculated correctly. 
      Fixed. Man, this took me 4 hours straight to get it right.
    ! MLS: On on the fly language switch the captions of Property Columns and 
      Special Property Columns did not update. Fixed.

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