64-bit feaatures...

[GUIguy]

When I click on "New in 28.00" I go to the usual page for the latest version, but there's nothing there except a screenshot without any explanation.

It does say that it's a "big maintenance release" but is that to say that there are no new features? If so, that's cool, as I know the 64-bit version has been a monumental effort.

But I'm just wanting to make sure I'm not missing anything...

[admin]

Apart from copying junctions as junctions (which will be talked about when 28.10 comes out) I think this is maybe the "biggest" new feature that's not in the 32-bit version (but did not seem big enough to mention in the release notes):

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v27.00.0812 (x64) - 2025-07-02 21:03
    + ID3 tags: Now XYTB (not XYVB!) can write ID3v2 (ID3v2.3) tags with full Unicode 
      support to compatible files.
      - Thanks to twinBASIC's full Unicode support, the ID3 tags info section on the 
        Preview tab is now fully functional again for reading and writing ID3.
      - XY can still read ID3v1 and will display it if only that version is present. 
        However, it will always write ID3v2 by default.
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name: ID3v2Tag
      Action: Writes ID3v2 tags with full Unicode support to compatible files. It returns 
              the current tags.
      Syntax: id3v2tag([file], [tagslist], [separator="|"], [flags])
      Remarks: This function is identical to the id3tag() function, except that the latter 
              only writes ID3v1 tags.
      Example:
        id3v2tag(, "album=On The Beach|artist=Neil Young"); //tags the current file

You can always check the change log for all the little things: https://www.xyplorer.com/download/History.txt

[GUIguy]

Hey, Don...

I wish I were a 40 years younger programmer so that I could really utilize and enjoy everything that you have done in this fantastic program.

Unfortunately, I found it way too late in my life to enjoy it as much as I could have.

This is an awkward way of saying thank you so much for all the work you have done and all the ideas you have. I don't know how you do it, but I'm not going to ask or question it because I am truly the beneficiary of your efforts.

[admin]

Come on, it's just a tool that pays my bills.

[GUIguy]

You're right. You just do it for the money. You just put together sloppy code just enough to get by and to get people like me to keep throwing money at you. It's shameful.
</Snark>

[admin]

Okay, it's fun, too, and I can get a little obsessed with trying to be the fastest and squeeze out every last nanosecond.

[GUIguy]

Ahhhhh..gotcha!


(I was going to make a snarky political comment about the United States but I have declined so that we can keep this conversation civil. But I will tell you that I am very upset with what is going on over here. At this point I'll leave it at that. )