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v6.00.0005 - 14.05.07 08:47
    * Nothing new on the surface. Just polished the code a bit.

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v6.00.0006 - 15.05.07 11:50
    * Find Files | Reset Filters: on the Date tab, the default settings 
      were "created" and "second(s)". Now, it's "modified" and "day(s)". 
      This is a more practical default I think.
    * The miscellaneous commands "Select Info Panel | Properties (etc.)" 
      (Ctrl+1 ...) now will auto-show the info panel if currently hidden.
    % Improved the painting of the Info Panel: smoother.
    + Menu Edit | Move/Copy/Backup To: the Destinations listing now has 
      a little context menu with one command "Sort Destinations". Guess 
      what it does.
    * Before, lists like the destination list in Move/Copy/Backup To 
      accepted a right-mouse click to select a new item. Now only the left 
      click selects, whereas the right-click may pop a context menu 
      (depending on the list) leaving the selection unchanged.
    + Menu Edit | Move/Copy/Backup To: added a Hints button.
    ! If starting up on a location that's currently inaccessible (USB 
      stick no more present, etc.) the interface got slightly confused. 
      Fixed.
    + Configuration | File Info Tips: added option "On network drives as 
      well". Some months ago I had removed File Info Tips from network 
      drives (mapped and UNC) for performance reasons: depending on the 
      connection they can be somewhat slow because the file has to be 
      physically accessed to retrieve this information. The option to show 
      them anyway, however, can't harm.

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v6.00.0008 - 16.05.07 12:43
    - Configuration | Advanced: Removed option "Show accessed date only 
      (no time)" because it is an outdated FAT32 feature. Still available 
      though as INI Tweak (look for the key "NoAccessedTime").
    ! Statusbar sections were illsized on larger screens. Fixed. Also 
      reduced the 2nd section by about 20 pixels by omitting the 
      superfluous word "items ", at least something ;)
    ! Icon cache could get confused with items whose icons were drawn 
      from embedded resources (like *.ico, *.exe ...). Such a confusion 
      could be caused by swap-renaming 2 of such items. Fixed.
    ! Media Preview: With system display settings DPI > 96, the volume 
      slider got confused and started moving by itself. Fixed.
    ! Image Preview: TGA image preview was not correctly resized on the 
      fly when the preview area size was changed. Fixed.

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v6.00.0009 - 17.05.07 08:28
    * Configuration | Advanced | Auto-Refresh: Renamed option "Include 
      network locations" to "In network locations as well". Also changed 
      the other "On network drives as well" options in Configuration to 
      "In network locations as well" to avoid potential confusion with 
      mapped network drives and increase consistency in the wording.
    ! If Configuration | Advanced | "Open command line start path in new 
      tab" was OFF, then a locked path should still not be overwritten 
      by a command line start path. But it has been overwritten. Fixed.
    - Menu Help | About: removed the shadow (from v5.80.0041). There was 
      an issue with a remaining shadow (shadow of a shadow, hehe) below 
      the main form, and I did not care too much anyway. Keep it simple 
      and sunny.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.00.0010, 19-may-2007).
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v6.00.0010 - 19.05.07 08:43
    * Tabs: Now you can Set Home when tabs (i.e. tab headers) are not 
      shown.
    ! List: Horizontal scrolling by drawing a focus rect with the mouse 
      did not only not work but even crash under certain conditions. 
      Fixed.
    * Slightly adjusted the Info Panel elements to allow for a wider 
      Font like Verdana. As well useful with respect to translations 
      that might come one day...
    * Find Files tab | Location: renamed "Check full path" to "Path". 
      Saves space and is equally non-comprehensible without using the 
      tooltip or the help file.    

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v6.00.0011 - 20.05.07 09:46
    ! List: Selecting items by mouse did not paint the selection 
      (although the items got selected internally). Fixed.
    ! List: When horizontal scrolling was triggered by drawing a focus 
      rect the focus rect itself was not correctly scrolled along but 
      partly stayed in an absolute position. Fixed.

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v6.00.0013 - 21.05.07 20:19
    + The interpretation of environmental variables for paths (e.g. 
      %TMP%) was too hard-coded and did not work for user-defined 
      environmental variables. Now it does.
  *** XYplorer is from now on compiled with VB6 SP6. Which basically means 
      it now needs msvbvm60.dll (aka "the Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Library") 
      present in the system respectively path, not msvbvm50.dll anymore.
      In the unlikely case that you don't have it, you can get it here:
        http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290887
      Other than that there shouldn't be any notable differences to the 
      previous versions.
      Reason: it's easier on Vista, which is shipped with msvbvm60.dll 
      but without msvbvm50.dll.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.00.0014, 23-may-2007).
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v6.00.0014 - 23.05.07 09:01
    + List | Details View: up to now, after re-sorting the List by 
      clicking a column header, the list keeps its current topindex, i.e. 
      the scrollbar stays exactly where it is. With the frequent 
      consequence that the currently focused item moves out of view due to 
      the new sort order! And more often than not, I find myself scrolling 
      for it after a sort... too bad.
      Added two things as a remedy:
        (1) A new option in Configuration | Advanced: "Keep focused 
            item in view after sorting". If checked then the focused items 
            stays in view after a sort (if possible). And not only in 
            view, but -- again: if possible -- exaxtly in the same place 
            in the view port. So your eyes don't have to go on a trip 
            looking for it.
        (2) Hold CTRL while clicking the column header, and the above 
            setting is inverted for this time.
      This setup allows you to have a general preference, but go the 
      opposite way in a specific situation by holding CTRL.
      Note: If the focused item is not in view before the sort, then the 
      above setting will *not* move it into view, but keep it out of 
      view (if possible).
    ! INI-file header: "Windows 2003 Server" was not correctly recognized.
    ! List item's context menu: when hovering the "Open with" menu item, 
      the Status bar information was truncated to the first letter of the 
      program that the file will open with. Fixed.

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v6.00.0017 - 24.05.07 12:01
    + List: When calculating/showing folder sizes, from now on *empty* 
      folders will display a "-" ("minus" char) in the file list and are 
      thus distinguished from *non-empty* folders with zero bytes content, 
      which display a "0" ("zero" char). Empty folders will sort before 
      0-bytes folders.
      So from now on, it's very easy with XYplorer to find all empty 
      folders within/under a given location: Just make a recursive 
      search to find all items in the current branch (there's even a 
      command for this in menu Edit with the default shortcut Ctrl+F3). 
      Then press Shift+F5 (Calculate Folder Sizes), sort by Size 
      ascending and voilá! All empty folders neatly listed (if there 
      are any).
      Note that the empty folder recognition is not fooled by existing 
      but currently not-shown files (either with attribute HIDDEN or 
      SYSTEM, or filtered out by a Visual Filter). A folder that's 
      stated "empty" is really empty.      
    * Find Files: now when the Size filter is active, folders (which are 
      seen as having 0 bytes here anyway) will not be listed in search 
      results anymore (even if you are looking for "0 bytes at most").
    ! Find Files tab: the Enter key should trigger a search when pressed in 
      a textbox, e.g. in the Size tab. But it did not. Fixed.
    ! Menu Edit | Find Files: Did not reliably set the focus to the Name 
      field since 20070515. Fixed.
    ! List: Would show duplicate entries when applying a Visual Filter 
      while the list was still being filled. Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.00.0017, 26-may-2007).
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v6.00.0017 - 26.05.07 13:02
    * Same build, but new (100 KB!) icon. Does it look better under 
      Vista? Do not mind the icon itself, it's just a dummy.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.00.0018, 27-may-2007).
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v6.00.0018 - 27.05.07 20:35
    * Outlook Drop: Now, if the dropped message has no date set or the 
      date cannot be retrieved for some reason, then the date is defaulted 
      to Now. Before, it was set to 1899-12-30.
    + Find Files, Size: added a little hint about what's going to happen 
      and what not.
    * Vista icon is now 20KB, looks as you know it ("XY"), and has full 
      alpha-transparency (32-bit) in sizes 48, 32, and 16. Also 
      contained are 8-bit versions of those three sizes.
      I have to manually inject these icon resources after each build --
      a PITA, and something I might not do for each BETA version...

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.00.0019, 28-may-2007).
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v6.00.0019 - 28.05.07 09:42
    + Added new command line switch to control the window state on start 
      up:
        /win=min      -> start minimized
        /win=max      -> start maximized
        /win=normal   -> start normal
      New overall command line format:
        XYplorer.exe[ /win=min|max|normal][ /ini=myini][ mystartpath]
        (myini must be quoted if it contains spaces)
      The order of commands is relevant: if you use the /win switch it 
      must be the first switch.
    * CKS: 3 new "Miscellaneous" functions:
        "Minimize Window"
        "Maximize Window"
        "Restore Window"
      They come without default shortcuts. Your choice.
      Note: A minimized window does not receive any keyboard input, so 
      unfortunately you cannot minimize the app by one shortcut and then 
      maximize it by another.
    * CKS: new "Miscellaneous" function:
        "Search All Tabs"
      Description: Enter the paths of all tabs in the Find Files 
      Location field. Search Results tabs are excluded.
      Default shortcut: None.
      Allows you to quickly search the folders displayed in all the 
      tabs, no matter how distant they might be from each other.

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v6.00.0022 - 28.05.07 11:19
    ! The /win command line switch was a bit buggy. Did not work okay 
      when calling a 2nd instance of XY, and when being the only switch. 
      Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.00.0025, 29-may-2007).
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v6.00.0025 - 29.05.07 11:45
    + Menu File | Info to Clipboard: added command "Item Short 
      Path/Name(s)", which copies the short DOS 8.3 format to the 
      clipboard. Quite useful when trying to write batch files for a 
      resource compiler ;)
    ! CKS: numpad keys (+-/*,) did not work as shortcuts when focus was 
      in edit field. Fixed.
    ! Since the /win command line switch min/max state was not restored 
      anymore when *not* using the switch. Fixed. 
    * App icon: now the 16x16 icon has alpha-transparency as well. And 
      finally there's alpha-transparency all over, even in the app's 
      titlebar, the OS taskbar, and the SysTray!
    * Minimize to Tray: I do not apply the setting of this option 
      anymore (and will soon remove it if all works out okay).
      Reason: I provided 4-bit icons in the new icon resource, so I hope 
      the "4-bit icon" flag is not necessary anymore under any OS. Can 
      you verify this???

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.00.0032, 30-may-2007).
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v6.00.0032 - 30.05.07 10:59
    - Configuration | General: removed option "4-bit Icon". Not 
      necessary anymore since 4-but icons are embedded within the app's 
      icon resource.
    + Configuration | Advanced: added option "Dbl-click on empty space 
      goes up" If checked you can use the dbl-click to go up. If unchecked 
      dbl-click will move the focused item to the top of the view port 
      (which is XY's traditioal function for this action).
      Note: "empty space" is actually any space that does not select an 
      item when clicking it. Maybe "cold space" would be a better term, 
      but nobody would understand it...
      Tip: Hold shift while dbl-clicking to go *down* one level!! :)
    ! If "Show folder sizes in file list" was ON, then when starting the 
      app minimized to tray, the icon would appear in the taskbar as well. 
      Fixed.