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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.80.0032, 23-jan-2008).
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v6.80.0032 - 2008-01-23 10:38
    + Menu File: Added command "Swap Names" (Ctrl+Shift+F2). Swaps the 
      names of two selected List items. Is identical to the scripting
      command ::swapnames.
    + Configuration | Advanced: Added option "Default items only in 
      shell context menu". Check to have a clean context menu without all 
      those funky shell extensions. For purists only.
    + Scripting got a new command:
      - SortBy
        Syntax: sortby [column name], |a|d
        - column name: first partial match from left wins, so e.g. "m" 
          will be enough to identify the "Modified" column.
        - |a|d = toggle/default|ascending|descending
          toggle/default is the exact behavior when you'd click on that 
          column header: reverses the order if the column is already 
          sorted, otherwise sets the default order for that column.
        Examples:
          ::sortby            sorts by Name, toggle/default
          ::sortby n          ~
          ::sortby , a        sorts by Name, ascending
          ::sortby m, d       sorts by Modified, descending
          ::sortby MOD, d     ~
    * Catalog: Now, the Caption property of an item can be left empty 
      and will NOT be hard-set to the Data property (the field below) 
      automatically anymore. Instead the displayed caption of such an 
      item will softly adjust to any changes in the Data property. That 
      was probably a bad explanation but the change is good.
    ! Raw View: Wrong line parsing with files that were mixed DOS/UNIX. 
      Fixed.

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v6.80.0034 - 2008-01-23 13:44
    + Menu File | Swap Names: Now gives feedback in statusbar.
    ! Menu File | Swap Names: Could not handle unicode files. Fixed.
    * Scripting command SortBy: Slightly changed the syntax making it 
      much more practical. In a scripting context it is unlikely to use 
      the "toggle/default" order because you cannot predict the outcome 
      unless you know the current state of sorting. So it was not a good 
      idea to have this little useful option as default.
      Like this it's better:
        Syntax: sortby [column name], |a|d|clk
          |a|d|clk = default|ascending|descending|click
          - default = sorts the column by its default initial sort order
            (which can be set for some column types in Config/General)
          - click = what I before called "toggle/default": sorts as if 
            you clicked that column header
        Examples:
          ::sortby            sorts by Name, default (=ascending)
          ::sortby n          ~
          ::sortby , d        sorts by Name, descending
          ::sortby m, d       sorts by Modified, descending
          ::sortby MOD, clk   sorts by Modified, as if clicked
    ! Problems with Shell context menu on DBCS systems. Fixed?

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v6.80.0040 - 2008-01-25 11:44
  +++ Tabs: Now tabs can be iconized! Shrunk to the size of an icon. 
      Mindblowing space saver! Handling is ultra-simple: Find new option 
      "Iconize" in tab's context menu.
    + Configuration | Tabs: Now you can define a maximum tab width. 
      Default is 250 pixels. Set to 0 to have it as it has been all the 
      time before: Tabs use all space available.
    + Tabs: If you set a maximum tab width you will also get a guaranteed 
      empty space (16 pixels) at the right end of the tab bar. Dbl-
      clicking this space will now open a new tab (clone of current 
      tab). Right-clicking this space will popup the Tab List (which now 
      has icons!).
    + Also improved the tabs' background graphics (if you use themes) 
      and insertion point icon (when dragging tabs to new position).
    + Configuration | Interface Colors: Added option "Apply box color to 
      list". When checked, the list background color will adapt to the 
      current tree boxed branch color.
    + Info Panel | Find Files | Excluded Folders: Now the "Add Current" 
      button will add the current path (as before), OR (new!) the path 
      of the currently focused list item if different. That way you can 
      quickly exclude folders right from a search results listing.
    ! Info Panel | Find Files | Excluded Folders: Did not correctly 
      remember folders with UNICODE characters in the name. Fixed.
    ! CKS: "Find Files: Excluded Folders..." appeared twice, and "Find 
      Files: Name..." was missing. Fixed.
    ! Did not handle shortcuts to special system items (e.g. control 
      panel items) correctly. Fixed.

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v6.80.0041 - 2008-01-25 13:19
    + Configuration | Tabs | On dbl-click: Added Iconize.
    ! Tabs: Crash when the right-most tab was iconized. Fixed.

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v6.80.0042 - 2008-01-26 12:24 - for Douglas Adams
    + Menu File | Settings | Load Configuration...: Now can can load a 
      configuration file (*.ini) from anywhere (not just from application 
      path as it has been before)! However, to keep things in one place, 
      a copy of that file will be auto-created in the application path 
      (no overwriting will happen), and that copy will be used as the 
      new configuration file.
    * UDC dialog: The "Tips..." interface now allows you to copy 
      selected parts of the information.
    + UDC | New: If a source is defined then the following variables in 
      the Name field refer to the source: <srcbase>, <srcext>, <srctitle>, 
      <srcver>, <srcmyyyymmdd>.
      They obviously correspond to <curbase>, <curext>, <curtitle>, 
      <curver>, and <myyyymmdd>, which will now refer to the current 
      item always (before they referred to the source if there was one).
    + Copy/Move Here To New Subfolder: Now, you can define a whole new 
      subpath (e.g. download\2008\new) as target. It will be created on 
      the fly (if necessary).
    + Configuration | Tabs: Added option "Always keep right end of tab 
      bar empty". Ensures, independently of the setting of Max Tab Width, 
      an empty space of 16 pixels at the right end of the tab bar. This 
      space can be dbl-clicked to create a new tab, or right-clicked to 
      pop a list of all tabs.
    ! Fixed some glitches with iconized tabs.
    ! Fixed some glitches with box-colored list.

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v6.80.0043 - 2008-01-27 15:16
    + Copy/Move Here To New Subfolder: Now supports "/" as alternative 
      folder separator.
    * Configuration | Tabs: renamed "Max number of tabs (0 for unlimited)" 
      to "Maximum number of tabs (0 = unlimited)" and fixed a little bug 
      when trying to open a new tab beyond the limit: Now you get a 
      message that the limit is reached.
    ! Free Keyboard Shortcuts dialog: The key "#" did not jump to the 
      correct line in the list. Fixed.
    ! Fixed some other glitches with box-colored list.
    * In a box-colored list, the color of the sorted column is now 
      determined automatically. Looks better.
    + Scripting: Now you can force stepping (prompting) per command. 
      Simply prefix a ? to the command. For example, the following 
      script will goto Desktop (and remove any Visual Filters), and then 
      prompt you before executing the sortby command:
        ::goto Desktop|::?sortby m, d
      Works as well with ID-based scripts:
        ::?#1016::?#101
    * UDC dialog: Now, the obligatory fields are marked by a bold label.
    * Favorite Folders/Files: removed the auto-sorting of those lists. 
      Now *you* determine the order of your favorites! Much better, 
      ain't it? You also can add separators to the menu by inserting "-" 
      items.

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v6.80.0044 - 2008-01-28 11:40
  +++ Evolution goes on: Added Plugin Scripts! Extremely powerful, 
      portable, light-weight, and easy-as-can-be -- believe me, it took me 
      only 10 minutes to code it! (Plus 1 hour debugging... ;-))
      Here's the concept
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      - In a nutshell: Popup a menu that's user-defined by a text file.
      - You create a text file containing scripts (or script batches), 
        one per line. At the beginning of each line (i.e. left of the 
        first "::" script marker) you may define a caption. A "-" (no 
        quotes) line will generate a separator in the menu.
        So, the general form of such a file could look like this:
        [Caption]::command::command::command [...]
        [Caption]::command::command::command [...]
        [etc]
      - There is a new scripting command LoadScriptFile (see next 
        paragraph).
      - Now when you run a "::loadscriptfile [scriptfile]" (the Catalog 
        is a nice place for such loadscriptfile commands!), the script 
        file is loaded and parsed, and a popup menu is created on the fly 
        and popped at your mouse cursor, listing all the scripts (resp. 
        their captions) found in the script file! What's left to do for 
        you now is point and click.
      - I guess you know what this means:
        (1) You can have hundreds of hand-tailored commands just 2 
        clicks away, and they won't make the app one byte heavier or one 
        millisecond slower.
        (2) You can bundle commands needed for a particular project in 
        one script file.
        (3) You can easily share complex commands (e.g. RegExp Renames) 
        with other users, and give them friendly names as captions.
        (4) You can place a loadscriptfile command inside another script 
        batch to present you a *choice* while a script is running; e.g. 
        "::goto Desktop::loadscriptfile scriptsortby.txt::selpos 1" 
        where scriptsortby.txt offers you a number of sort options right 
        at your mouse cursor.
    + Scripting got a new command: LoadScriptFile.
      Action: Loads a file with scripts and pops up a menu made from 
      those scripts.
      Syntax: loadscriptfile [scriptfile]
      - scriptfile: can be relative to app path
      Example:
        ::loadscriptfile testscripts.txt
    + Scripting got a new command: CopyText.
      Action: Copies a piece of text to the clipboard; for multiline 
      text you can use the line breaker <br>. It will be converted to a 
      CRLF (= x0D0A) sequence.
      Syntax: copytext [text]
      Examples:
        ::copytext Blah
        ::copytext Blah<br>Blah
        ::br " # "::copytext Blah # Blah    (see next paragraph)
    + Scripting got a new command: BR.
      Action: Resets the line breaker <br>.
      Syntax: br [new line breaker]
      To include leading/trailing blanks the argument must be quoted.
      Examples:
        ::br #
        ::br " # "
    + Scripting got a new command: SelPos.
      Action: Selects one list item by position.
      Syntax: selpos [position]
      Examples:
        ::selpos 1       selects first item in list
    ! UDC: Could crash when you added a new UDC, under certain 
      conditions. Fixed.
    * Scripting: On scripting errors (invalid commands, missing script 
      files) you are now prompted whether to continue the script or 
      cancel.

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v6.80.0045 - 2008-01-29 10:08
    + Script files now support comments: Each line starting with // is 
      treated as comment (= ignored by the script).
    + Script files now support continuation of a script over several 
      lines: Simply have any number of blanks at the beginning of a 
      line, and it will be appended (after trimming the blanks) to the 
      previous line.
      Example for a script file:
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      // here's a dummy script file showing some possibilities
      // =====================================================
      // (1) comment lines start with //
      // (2) a script may run over many lines: A line beginning with one or 
      //     more blanks is appended to the previous line, with one blank
      //     auto-inserted between them
      // (3) empty lines are always welcome:
      
      //goto Desktop, sort by Modified
      Desktop, Modified
        // remove any visual filter (indented comments work as well)
        ::goto Desktop|
        ::sortby m, d
      // this is a menu separator:
      -
      // various test scripts
      Copy Blah::copytext Blah
      Copy Blah (2 lines)::copytext Blah<br>Blah
      Copy Blah (2 longer lines)
        // set " # " as line breaker, just for fun
        ::br " # "
        // change argument separator to allow commas in text!
        ::sep /
        ::copytext Blah # Blah
          // larger indents are no problem!
          and this text goes on and on, and the lines do
          not have to end with a blank to avoid that the words
          will clutch together on appending: one blank is
          auto-inserted between appended lines!
      // load the same file again; pointless but possible :)
      // no menu caption = no problem
      ::loadscriptfile testscripts.txt
      -
      // add a caption without a script to have a clickable
      // menu item without any function
      Cancel
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
    * Rename Special | Batch Rename. Before: "The original file 
      extensions are preserved if the pattern contains no extension." Now: 
      "The original file extensions remain unchanged." Always. Always? 
      No, there's a switch now: If you really want to batch-change your 
      extensions as well, append a "/e" to your pattern!
      Examples:
               Original name: test.txt
        *-<myyyymmdd>         test-20070607.txt
        *-<myyyymmdd>.htm     test-20070607.htm.txt
        *-<myyyymmdd>/e       test-20070607
        *-<myyyymmdd>.htm/e   test-20070607.htm
        New<#01>              New01.txt
        New<#01>/e            New01
        New<#01>.csv          New01.csv.txt
        New<#01>.csv/e        New01.csv
      As you see, the /e switch simply means: drop the original 
      extension. Then it depends on the pattern whether a new extension 
      is supplied or not.
      But wait a minute! Now here's an interesting side effect of the 
      new rules:
               Original name: test.txt
        ping.png/e            ping.png
      See? You can hard-replace the old name completely! And if a file 
      ping.png already exists? Then the collision is auto-avoided like 
      this:
               Original name: test.txt; ping.png exists
        ping.png/e            ping-01.png
      Not bad! BTW, the format of -01 depends on your settings in 
      Configuration | Report | Number Suffix.

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v6.80.0050 - 2008-01-29 14:43
  +++ Scripting (r)evolution is in full swing: Here's User-Defined 
      Variables!
      Using the brand new scripting command "UserInput" you can freely 
      define and set one or more variables that live until they are 
      reset or the current script batch is done. The variables will be 
      auto-replaced by their values in all arguments of all following 
      scripts inside the current script batch. Obvious exception: Within 
      "UserInput" commands no user variables are resolved (else it would 
      not be possible to reset a variable).
      Obvious advice: To avoid unwanted replacements your variable names 
      should contain some special characters that are unlikely to find 
      outside variables, e.g. $ or %. In other words, if you call your 
      variable "e" you might run into some surprises... ;-)
      
      Syntax: userinput [variable name], [caption], [default value]
        variable name:        required, anything goes, case matters
        caption (for dialog): optional, anything goes
        default value:        optional, anything goes
      
      Example:
        ::userinput $i, Enter increment start value, 01::rename , File-<#$i>

        If you run this script batch, you'll first get an input dialog 
        where you can enter some value, say 007. The following command 
        will then rename the currently selected file(s) to File-007.ext, 
        File-008.ext, etc.
      
      No time now for more examples, but believe me, this is an 
      efficiency volcano!

    + Scripting got two new commands: HighLight and Box.
      Action: Highlight/Boxcolor the current tree folder.
      Syntax: highlight/box [|rrggbb]
        Pass nothing to turn any current highlight off.
      Examples:
        ::highlight FF0000    = set very red highlight
        ::highlight           = remove any highlight
        ::box eeddcc          = set pale brownish box
        ::box                 = remove any box color
    * Scripting command "SelPos" has been enhanced: Now you can define 
      positions relative to the currently focused item.
      Syntax: selpos [[|+|-]position]|a|i|f
      Examples:
        ::selpos 1   = select first item in list
        ::selpos 2   = select second item in list
        ::selpos +1  = select the next item
        ::selpos +5  = select the item 5 positions after current
        ::selpos -1  = select the item before current
      Examples for some further enhancements:   
        ::selpos     = deselect all
        ::selpos a   = select all
        ::selpos i   = invert selections
        ::selpos f   = select all files

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v6.80.0051 - 2008-01-30 12:01
    * Scripting command "UserInput": changed name to "Input".
    * Scripting command "Input": now, when you cancel the input dialog 
      the current script is immediately ended.
    + Indenting in script files now also supports tab characters: Have 
      any number of tabs at the beginning of a line, and it will be 
      appended (after trimming the tabs) to the previous line.
    * Script files: Menu separators "-" now can be surrounded by any 
      number of blanks ("   -  ") And are still recognized.
    + Scripting got new commands:
      - InputFile
        Action: Sets a user variable to a file name that can be selected 
                via the common Windows Open dialog.
        Syntax: inputfile [variable name], [path], [extension], [caption]
          - variable name:  required, anything goes, case matters
          - path:           required, can be relative to app path
          - extension:      optional, just the extension, no dot          
          - caption (for dialog): optional, anything goes
        Examples:
          ::inputfile $file, C:\, bat, Select Batch File
            = Presents dialog for opening *.bat files at C:\.
              If user selects a file, its full path/file name
              is set to user variable $file.
          ::inputfile $file, C:\Windows
            = Presents dialog for opening any file at C:\Windows.
          ::inputfile $file
            = Presents dialog for opening any file at app path.
      - InputFolder
        Action: Sets a user variable to a folder name that can be selected 
                via the common Windows Browse For Folder dialog.
        Syntax: inputfolder [variable name], [path], [caption]
          - variable name:        required, anything goes, case matters
          - path:                 required, default initial path
          - caption (for dialog): optional, anything goes
          Examples:
            ::inputfolder $folder, C:\, Select Folder::copytext $folder
      - Set
        Action: Sets a user variable to fixed value.
        Syntax: set [variable name], [value]
          - variable name: required, anything goes, case matters
          - value:         required, anything goes
        Examples:
          ::set $year, 2008::copytext $year
            = Copies "2008" to the clipboard.
      - Unset
        Action: Unsets a user variable that was previously set by Set, 
                Input, InputFile, or InputFolder.
        Syntax: unset [variable name]
          - variable name: required, should exist
        Examples:
          ::set $year, 2008::unset $year::copytext $year
            = copies "$year" to the clipboard
    * Scripting command enhanced:
      - CopyText
        New Syntax: copytext [text], [|a]
          text: required, anything goes
          a:    optional; if set text is appended
        Example:
          ::copytext Blah, a
            = append "Blah" to the clipboard

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v6.80.0052 - 2008-01-31 10:26
    * Scripting commands enhanced:
      - SelPos
        New Syntax: selpos ["+"|"-"]position|"a"|"i"|"f", [count=1]
          count: number of items to select, starting with position
                 if missing defaults to 1
                 if position is a, i, or f, count is ignored
        New Examples:
          ::selpos 1, 3
            = select 3 items starting with pos 1
          ::selpos +3, 3
            = select next 3 items
      - Set
        Now allows having the argument separator (by default a comma + 
        blank) in the value. This gives you an easier way to supply 
        arguments containing the argument separator without having to 
        reset it using the "sep" command.
        New Examples:
          ::set ;, ,::copytext a; a
            = sets ";" to "," and copies "a, a" to the clipboard
          ::set well, well, well, well::copytext well
            = sets "well" to "well, well, well" and copies
              "well, well, well" to the clipboard
      - LoadScriptFile
        Action: Load a file with scripts and pop up a menu made from 
          those scripts, or execute one of the scripts in the file 
          directly.
        Syntax: loadscriptfile scriptfile, [# script to run]
          - scriptfile:       required, can be relative to app path
              If the given file is not found then XY will look for 
              "file.xys", so if you call your script files *.xys you can 
              skip adding the extension in the loadscriptfile statement.              
          - # script to run:  optional, will directly run the script of 
            that number (first script = 1) without popping a menu
            If no script of that number exists, the menu is popped.
            Note that separators and other non-script items do NOT count, 
            so script #2 is the 2nd script, not necessarily the 2nd menu 
            item.
        Examples:
          ::loadscriptfile RegExp-Both
            = loads RegExp-Both.xys if it exists and RegExp-Both doesn't.
          ::loadscriptfile testscripts.txt
            = popup a menu based on testscripts.txt
          ::loadscriptfile testscripts.txt, 2
            = run the 2nd script found in testscripts.txt
    * SC (Scripting Command) "set": now, any general XY variables found 
      in the value are resolved.
      Resolved variables:
        <curpath>
        <curfolder>
        <d...>      (current date)
        <m....>     (modified date of current list item)
        <curext>    (of current list item)
        <curbase>   (of current list item)
        <curtitle>  (of current list item)
        <curver>    (of current list item)
      Examples:
        ::set $path, <curpath>::copytext $path
          = copies the current path to the clipboard
        ::set $x, <dyyyy-mm-dd>::copytext $x
          = copies the current date to the clipboard
        ::set $x, <ddddd>::copytext $x
          = copies the current weekday to the clipboard
    * Script files: now, there is NO blank inserted between appended 
      lines. Solves a problem, and gives you more control.

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v6.80.0053 - 2008-01-31 18:16
    * Scripting command enhanced:
      - LoadScriptFile
        News: Now, you can reference the scripts to execute directly 
        from file by an ID (your free choice), not just by its position.
        Syntax: loadscriptfile scriptfile, [script to run]
          - script to run:  optional, will directly run the script 
            identified by this argument.
            If the argument start with #, the script is identified by 
            its position.
            Else the script is identified by an ID which is defined in 
            the script file. See next paragraph for how to define this 
            ID.
        Examples:
          ::loadscriptfile testscripts.txt, #1
            = run the 1st script found in testscripts.txt
          ::loadscriptfile testscripts.txt, demo
            = run the (first) "demo" script in testscripts.txt
    * Script Files syntax. Now, the script caption can contain a 2nd 
      optional field for an ID (anything goes) that you can assign to 
      the script. The separator is " : " (comma would be unpractical 
      because it might be used in captions).
      If no ID is defined the ID defaults to the caption itself.
      If no caption is defined then there is no ID for this script.
      New general syntax:
        [Caption [ : ID]]::command::command::command [...]
        [Caption [ : ID]]::command::command::command [...]
        [etc]
      For example:
      - Paste this script to a file scripts.xys in app path:
        Copy the newest file from Desktop : copynew
          ::step
          ::set $path, <curpath>
          ::goto Desktop|
          ::sortby m, d
          ::selpos 1
          // foc list
          ::#1016
          // copy
          ::#201
          ::goto $path
      - Each of these scripts will execute it:
        ::loadscriptfile scripts, #1
        ::loadscriptfile scripts, copynew
    ! Fixed some glitches conc. scripting.

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Re: Here's the new BETA

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.80.0055, 01-feb-2008).
Choose one: (1) Install Package, (2) No-Install Package (each about 1 MB).

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v6.80.0055 - 2008-02-01 09:51
    + Scripting got a new command:
      - Focus
        Action: focus one of the main controls
        Syntax: focus {L|A|T|C}
        Examples:
          ::focus     = focus List
          ::focus L   = focus List
          ::focus T   = focus Tree
          ::focus A   = focus Address Bar
          ::focus C   = focus Catalog
    * Scripting command enhanced:
      - CopyText
        Now variables in the text are resolved.
        Example:
          ::copytext <xypath>
            = copies XY's app path to clipboard
    ! Script files: You could not wrap a script caption over several 
      lines. Now you can.
      Example:
        This 
          copies 
          XY'
          s path
          ::copytext <xypath>
    * Scripting command "loadscriptfile" evolved to a very important 
      command. So I renamed it to "load". But I keep "loadscriptfile" for 
      back-compatibility.
    + Added some general variables that can be used in various places in 
      UDCs and scripts. Note that all paths, even drives are returned 
      unslashed (<curpath>, which is not a new variable, did slash 
      drives before).
      <curpath> The real current path
                e.g. C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Donald\Desktop
                     C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Donald\Desktop\New Stuff
                     C:   (was C:\ before!)
      <curpath_s> The special current path (if applicable, else = <curpath>)
                e.g. Desktop
                     Desktop\New Stuff
                     C:
      <xypath>  XYplorer's path
                e.g. C:\Programs\XYplorer
    ! Restoring a currently unconnected mapped network drive on the fly 
      did not work under Vista. Fixed.
    * Changed default keyboard shortcuts:
        Window / Show Navigation Panel  F8
        Window / Show Catalog           Ctrl+F8
      Reason: Later I will add Show Tree (Shift+F8) and all makes sense.
    * Rename special dialogs: Now the usage tips are displayed in a 
      textbox from which you can select and copy stuff.

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Re: Here's the new BETA

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.80.0058, 02-feb-2008).
Choose one: (1) Install Package, (2) No-Install Package (each about 1 MB).

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v6.80.0058 - 2008-02-02 10:21
    * Tree, List, Catalog: Made the borders around various boxes a 
      little softer. Also the focused-and-selected item in a non-focused 
      list is better discernible now from the other selected items.
    ! Highlight and Box Colors were not preset anymore in color dialog 
      (since 2 days ago). Fixed.
    ! Reconnecting Mapped Network Drives did not work under Vista. 
      Fixed.

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Re: Here's the new BETA

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.80.0060, 05-feb-2008).
Choose one: (1) Install Package, (2) No-Install Package (each about 1 MB).

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v6.80.0060 - 2008-02-05 14:11
    + Scripting: Added new stepping dialog. Looks better than before, 
      and its screen position is remembered between steps, scripts, and 
      sessions.
    + Scripting: Now in all arguments of all scripting commands the 
      following types of variables are resolved in this order:
      (1) User variables defined by "set", "unset", "input", 
          "inputfile", or "inputfolder"
      (2) XYplorer variables like <curpath>, <dyyyy>, etc.
      (3) Environment variables like %temp%, %appdata%, etc.
      Obvious exception: The first argument (the variable name) of 
      "set", "unset", "input", "inputfile", and "inputfolder" is not 
      resolved.
      Examples:
        ::goto <xypath>   = goes to app path
        ::?goto <xypath>  = pops stepping dialog first
    + Scripting command "goto": Now, if the destination could not be 
      reached you are prompted whether to continue the script or quit.  
    ! Tree, List: Renaming volume labels (drive display names) by 
      pressing F2 did not work with mapped drives. Fixed.

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