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v7.00.0045 - 2008-04-21 10:48
    + POM/PFA: Now you can define captions in PFA. The syntax is 
      identical to captions in Favorites. Simply prefix the caption in 
      quotes (optionally followed by any number of blanks). 
      For example:
        |txt;ini;xys>"Edit with Notepad" C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
        |*>"Edit with UltraEdit" UEdit32
      If a caption is defined for a PFA, then the caption will be shown 
      in the menu instead of the app's friendly name (which is drawn 
      from the registry if the app is registered).
    ! Data files catalog.dat and udc.dat still had issues with storing 
      UNICODE characters under East-Asian Windows. Should be fixed now.
    + Menu View: Added command "Refresh Drives". Refreshes the Tree's 
      drives (adding or removing any removable drives if necessary), 
      leaving the rest of the tree untouched (as opposed to Rebuild 
      Tree).
    * POM: Now, the menu won't show any duplicate entries anymore in the 
      first section. Before, this would happen if more than one of your 
      matching patterns pointed to the same application. This is totally 
      okay, but it's obviously superfluous to list identical enries in 
      the menu.

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v7.00.0046 - 2008-04-22 13:34
    + PFA/POM: Now, command line parameters are supported in XYplorer's 
      Portable File Assocations!
      The syntax is identical to all the other places where command line 
      parameters are supported: Catalog (Open Selected Item(s) With), 
      UDC Open With, scripting "openwith". It's basically one simple 
      rule: The application must be quoted when command line parameters 
      are used.
      For example:
        jpg;png;gif;tif>"ACDSee32" /v
        jpg;png;gif;tif>"C:\Programme\ACDSee32\ACDSee32.exe" /v
      By the way, quoting is also okay (but not necessary) when you have 
      no parameters:
        jpg;png;gif;tif>"ACDSee32"
        jpg;png;gif;tif>"C:\Programme\ACDSee32\ACDSee32.exe"
    * PFA/POM: The new support for command line parameters makes it 
      necessary to slightly change the syntax concerning captions (as 
      introduced only yesterday). Now, captions have to be prefixed to 
      the pattern part of the PFA. For example:
        "ACDSee in View Mode" jpg;png;gif;tif>"ACDSee32" /v
      Note that prefixed | (pipe) character in POM-only PFAs has to 
      precede the caption:
        |"ACDSee in View Mode" jpg;png;gif;tif>"ACDSee32" /v
    * POM: Now, the pattern "*" does only match all files (but not all 
      folders). If you want to match all files and all folders then use 
      the pattern list "*;\".
    - Menu View: removed command "Refresh Drives", and added its 
      functionality to Refresh Tree (F4).
    * Statusbar: changed the icon for most messages to a white-on-green 
      "ok/ready" tick.
    + Additional remark to script files in UNICODE format: Those files 
      must begin with the UTF-16 LE BOM (2 bytes: FF FE) to be correctly 
      recognized.
    ! Scripting command "input" aborted the script (instead of going on) 
      after "OK" if the multi-line parameter ("m") was set . Fixed.

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v7.00.0048 - 2008-04-23 15:02
    + Tweak: Added the option to auto-add opened items to the Shell's 
      list of recently used documents.
        [Settings]
        AddToRecentDocs = 1
      I kept it a tweak only, because there's still no way to make 
      integrated use of that Shell list within XY. Options are to 
      incorporate it as a sort of *goto*-recently-opened-file list (in 
      form of a menu probably) OR a *open*(with default PFA or OS or 
      POM???)-recently-opened-file list -- what's better?
    ! Scripting/UDC: The backupto command would get slightly confused as 
      to where to put what when you stated sources overlapping or 
      containing each other. Fixed.
    ! POM glitch: Wrong item bold face (marked as default) under certain 
      conditions. Fixed.

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v7.00.0050 - 2008-04-24 12:23
    + Scripting command enhanced:
      - Rename
        Now, you can directly state the item(s) to be renamed in the new 
        argument "itemlist".
        Syntax: rename [mode (bat|re|sr|kc|ext)], pattern, [preview (p)],
                [itemlist]
          itemlist:  |-separated list of items (full path) to rename.
                     If empty then current list selections are renamed.
                     The | (pipe) resp. the items may be surrounded by 
                     any number of blanks.
        Examples:
        - Rename a specific file to a hardcoded new name, using itemlist 
          and the /e switch (for renaming the extension as well):
            ::rename , "africa.png /e", p, 
              "E:\TestFiles\asia.jpg"
        - Using itemlist you can rename items distributed over completely 
          different locations using a shared increment. For what it's 
          worth, the following script...
            ::rename , New-<#001>, p, 
              "D:\Download\ss024.jpg |
               E:\TestFiles\xxopöä.tif"
          ... will rename:
            ss024.jpg to New-001.jpg
            xxopöä.tif to New-002.tif            

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v7.00.0053 - 2008-04-26 22:02
    + Ever since, the Tree shows basically the same path as the Window 
      Title, the Address Bar and the List: If you change the current 
      path by any of the numerous available ways, the Tree is 
      automatically adjusted to the new location. Even, if you don't 
      really need that service...
      Experimentally, you now can turn off that automatic syncing of 
      the Tree via the new scripting command "AutoSyncTree" (whose 
      acronym AST, by the way, is the German word for branch -- quite to 
      the point!).
      
      Syntax: autosynctree [mode (|0|1)]
      Examples:
        ::autosynctree      = toggle the mode
        ::autosynctree 0|1  = unset|set

      With AutoSyncTree off, "Refresh Tree" (F4) will re-sync the Tree 
      without changing the mode. Also turning AutoSyncTree on again, 
      will instantly re-sync the Tree.
      The setting is remembered between sessions. When you startup with 
      AutoSyncTree off, the tree will be initialized to a default state 
      with only the top nodes shown.

      Here are some possible reasons for turning AutoSyncTree off once 
      in a while: 
      (1) It offers a uniform maximum browsing speed that's totally 
          independent of the nesting depth of the target locations. For 
          example, if you quickly need to check size and version of a 
          particular system file, it is totally pointless to expand the 
          tree down to system32, because all you need is a quick glance 
          at that file in the file list. Or, if you have a script that 
          needs to visit some location -- why should the tree get busy 
          here?
      (2) It keeps the Tree in a stable state and position while 
          browsing. For example, this can be valuable when collecting 
          stuff from various locations via drag+drop into a couple of 
          target folders -- no need to scroll the tree anymore: the Tree 
          just sits there and waits.
      (3) It makes consequent use of XYplorer's many ways of going to a 
          new place: Address Bar, Tabs, Catalog, Favorites, History, 
          Hotlist, Breadcrumb, GoTo, UDCs, Scripts, etc. ... they all 
          work flawlessly without the Tree, and if you just need to go 
          somewhere to work with certain items, you may well be 
          completely uninterested in their position in the file system -
          - no need for a Tree to show you.
      While the Tree is an ingenious interface element one must admit that it 
      almost always shows much more information that you need to have at any 
      given time. So, for the sake of informational economy, you now get a 
      "stand-by" button with it.

    + Menu Edit | Paste Special | Paste Clipboard Into New Textfile: 
      This function as well as the Drop-Text-To-File feature now both 
      support UNICODE. So drag-drop your Olympic Games Schedule in 
      Chinese in a blink (in case you bother).

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v7.00.0054 - 2008-04-27 10:55
    ! Fixed a couple of UNICODE related glitches.

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v7.00.0061 - 2008-04-28 15:36
    * List Management: Now, in lists with checkboxes newly created items 
      are automatically checked.
    ! Could not read wide UNICODE characters in own startup command 
      line. Fixed. Now you can pass a startpath or an INI file 
      containing UNICODE chars via command line.

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v7.00.0076 - 2008-04-29 15:06
    ! A crash on startup (error 5) could happen on systems with an 
      unexpected value at registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control 
      Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon Size. Fixed.
    ! Scripting: If AutoRefresh is True before script execution then the 
      following script should auto-restore AutoRefresh to True after 
      script execution:
        setting "AutoRefresh", 0; setting "AutoRefresh", 1;
      However, it did restore the Value to False. Fixed.

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v7.00.0077 - 2008-04-30 14:28
    + CKS | Miscellaneous | File Operations: Added command "Nuke" (also 
      available as Toolbar button since long). Deletes selected Tree or 
      List item(s), skips locked items, no Recycle Bin, no questions. 
      This makes Nuke available to scripting (as #1054) and keyboard 
      shortcuts -- take care!
      Note that Nuke does show a message box when no file was selected, 
      or when all selected files were locked and nothing was deleted.
    ! Dropping messages from Outlook: Binary files have been wrongly 
      created in UTF16 format since a couple of days. Fixed.

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v7.10.0000 - 2008-05-04 10:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main changes since last release:
  +++ Portable Openwith Menu (POM). The v7.10 highlight! A single click 
      or keyboard shortcut pops a context specific menu presenting an 
      array of applications to open the currently selected file(s) with. 
      This menu draws its contents from your Portable File Assocations 
      setup, so it is portable as well, and utterly easy to manage. 
  +++ Flexible Width Tabs. Flexible width for named tabs saves precious 
      screen space. 
  +++ Associate Files with Scripts. XYplorer's Portable File Assocations 
      (PFA) learned to deal with scripts.
  +++ Favorites with Captions. "Transparent PNGs" is a little easier to 
      read than "E:\Development\TestFiles\Media\Image-Formats\trans\png\ARGB 
      32bit\", ain't it? 
  +++ New command "Copy Item UNC Path/Name(s)". Copies the full path of 
      all selected items, using the UNC path for items located on a mapped 
      drive. If your are working in a network you'll love this one. 

v7.00.0078 - 2008-05-04 09:44
    ! Menu File | Settings | Load Configuration did not work as 
      expected. Fixed.
    * Updated the help file.

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v7.10.0002 - 2008-05-07 09:12
    * Rename Special | Batch Rename: In v7.00.0023 - 2008-04-11 14:05 
      the mechanism of adding user-defined increments learned to avoid any 
      collision with existing files by auto-increasing the increments as 
      necessary. This smartness was a bit over the top in leading to 
      results that were less expected than a good old collision.
      So now, the smartness has been made optional (get smart using the 
      new switch "s" for "skip" or "smart") whereas the old way of 
      allowing for collisions is the new default.
      Examples:
        Old     Pattern         New           If b-3.jpg exists
        a.jpg   b-<#3>          b-3.jpg       collision!
        a.jpg   b-<#3> /s       b-4.jpg       collision auto-avoided
        a.jpg   b-<#3>.png /s   b-3.png.jpg   no collision anyway
        a.jpg   b-<#3>.jpg /e   b-3.jpg       collision!
        a.jpg   b-<#3>.png /es  b-3.png       no collision anyway
        a.jpg   b-<#3>.png /se  b-3.png       no collision anyway
      The last two example merely illustrate that the order of switches 
      is irrelevant.
    ! List: When a tab was pointing to a non-existing location (tab all 
      grey), then an auto-triggered refresh on the current tree folder 
      would refresh that tab's file list as if it would point to the 
      current tree folder. Fixed.
      Also, tabs pointing to a non-existing location now have no icon 
      anymore (this had been temporarily changed caused by some sub-
      intelligent thinking).            
v7.10.0001 - 2008-05-04 20:52
    + Font Preview: Now it supports UNICODE. Currently (this situation 
      will be improved soon) you have to enter wide characters using the 
      *U+FFFF scheme. Try this for starters: *U+5C0A*U+656C (means 
      "Respect" acc. to wikipedia).

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v7.10.0003, 09-may-2008).
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v7.10.0003 - 2008-05-09 11:42
    ! An unpredictable crash could happen as a result of any of these 
      operations:
      - use scripting command "copytext" with parameter "a" (append)
      - drag-drop text
      - use the <clipboard> variable
      Fixed.
    ! Open Command Prompt Here: Failed on paths containing UNICODE 
      characters. Fixed.

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v7.10.0004 - 2008-05-11 09:11
    + Scripting: New command "run". Works (almost) identical to Windows 
      Start | Run, i.e. you can start executables, open documents with 
      the OS-asociated applications, open websites, and much more.

      Syntax: run command
        command: Anything that works in Windows Start | Run. Note that 
          filenames containing blanks must be quoted to correctly separate 
          filename and any parameters.

      The differences to the original Windows Start | Run are:
      - Different error messages in case of failure.
      - Quoting items with blanks slightly differs:
        ::run ""C:\With Blank.txt""
          Filename with blanks must be quoted.
          Note that the quotes have to be doubled here because an 
          argument's outer quotes are auto-stripped by XY's script 
          parser!
        ::run "C:\Program Files\Winzip32.exe" -min
          Here the "single" quotes are enough because the argument is 
          not quoted as a whole (hence no auto-stripping will happen).
        
      Examples:
        ::run calc
          Registered apps are recognized via "Prog ID" which is usually 
          the base name of the *.exe file.
        ::run winzip32 -min
          No blanks in the filename: No quotes nececessary...
        ::run "winzip32" -min
          ... but quotes are allowed.
          
        ::run www.xyplorer.com
          Open an URL.
        ::run control
          Show Control Panel.
        ::run charmap
          Show character map utility.
        ::run regedit
          Open registry editor.
        ::run winver
          Display the Windows verson installed on the computer.
        ::run mailto:support@xyplorer.com?subject=Wow!&body=Hi!
          Open email client with some fields prefilled.
        ::run "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl"
          Show Windows Time/Date dialog.
        ::run "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL <curitem>"
          Open the OS OpenWith dialog for the current item.
          Note that in this case <curitem> has not to be quoted even if 
          it contains blanks; rundll32.exe is smart enough to handle it.
    ! Tree, List: Click on selected item, and shortly after on 
      unselected item, would incorrectly invoke rename mode on the 
      latter (if Rename On Slow DblClick is enabled). Fixed.

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v7.10.0005 - 2008-05-11 19:06
    ! The last version (v7.10.0004) crashed under various conditions 
      because of a quite effective little bug. Fixed.

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v7.10.0010 - 2008-05-14 11:29
    + Font Preview: Now the Edit box containing the sample text supports 
      UNICODE. In other words: I finally managed to write a UNICODE 
      compliant Edit Control -- a personal triumph :)