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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.40.0112, 26-sep-2009).

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v8.40.0112 - 2009-09-26 15:49
    + Menu Edit | New Items: Added command "Go to New Items Folder" to 
      the bottom of the list.
      Also, on a fresh installation a file "New.txt" and a folder "New" 
      are auto-created in the New Items folder, to get things going.
    * Custom Toolbar Buttons: Just a remark: If your button scripts have 
      line wraps within quoted literals they cannot be preserved between 
      sessions. For example, this script:
        msg "Hello 
          there!"
      will come back like this after save and restart:
        msg "Hello   there!"
      See also next paragraph.
    * Scripting: Generally, line feeds within quoted strings are 
      DEPRECATED! They still work (apart from UB scripts, see above) but 
      this cannot be guaranteed forever.
        For example, this is deprecated:
          msg "Hello 
            there!"
        Do this instead:
          msg "Hello there!"
        Or this:
          msg "Hello " .
            "there!"
      Reason: The problem is not the parsing as such, but the storage 
      (folding) of a multi-line script in one line, which is necessary 
      when scripts are stored in an INI file (as opposed to a free 
      format binary file).
    ! SC continue did not work correctly when inside the ELSE section of 
      an IF block. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.40.0115, 29-sep-2009).

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v8.40.0115 - 2009-09-29 11:54
  +++ Added Manual Sorting to the file list. In Manual Sorting mode you 
      can direcly manipulate the displayed order of items by dragging 
      them to a new position. You can drag single as well as multiple 
      items -- the latter even when the selections are non-contiguous in 
      which case they are inserted as a contiguous group to the new 
      position.
      Manual Sorting mode has been implemented as a List Style (and as 
      such it is stored with tabs and across sessions). In case 
      you wonder why it's not found in the Sort By submenu: Manual 
      Sorting mode is not a particular sort order but rather a special 
      function of dragging. If Manual Sorting is enabled then dragging 
      does sort items, else dragging does move/copy items.
      If you exit Manual Sorting mode (untick the List Style) then the 
      manual sort order is preserved until anything of the following 
      happens:
        - You resort the list (press column headers etc).
        - You refresh the list (F5).
        - You switch to another tab and then back to this tab.
        - You exit and restart the app.
      
      Usage
      ~~~~~
      A good use of Manual Sorting is to prepare mass renaming where you 
      want the files in a particular order before the rename is applied. 
      In future it will also become very useful for Virtual Folders 
      (which actually will remember a custom sort order!).
      
      Remarks
      ~~~~~~~
      - Manual Sorting just concerns display. The files are not touched 
        at all.
      - When Manual Sorting is enabled you cannot drag items from the 
        list to any other controls using the left mouse button. Right 
        button drag however works as usual.
      - The manual sort order is temporary and not remembered in a tab 
        or between sessions. Also on a List Refresh it's gone. Therefore 
        Auto-Refresh is suspended while a manual sort order is in effect 
        to protect it from an unwanted List Refresh.
      - Manual Sorting also works with Find Results and other list 
        modes (not necessarily extremely useful though with any mode).
      - WE has Manual Sorting as well, but only in Thumbnails and Tiles 
        view. XYplorer now has it in all views.
  
    ! List: Selecting a focused but non-selected item by pressing Space 
      did not work anymore for a couple of versions. Fixed.
    ! List: Quitting a drag-n-drop operation by ESC and with the mouse 
      hovering the list lead to deselection of all selected items (as if 
      MouseUp on white). Fixed: Selections are preserved.
    ! List / Tabs: In the past the focused item of a list resp. tab was 
      remembered by its position, not by its name. Hence it was possible 
      that the focused item was not correctly remembered if the contents 
      of the folder had changed. Fixed. Now focused items are remembered 
      by name.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.40.0116, 30-sep-2009).

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v8.40.0116 - 2009-09-30 12:33
    * Configuration | Advanced: Removed option "No refresh during file 
      operations". The setting is now internally hard-coded to TRUE, 
      because it's simply much better and will greatly improve the 
      performance of huge file move/copy operations.
      Tip: If you really need the Auto-Refresh during file operations 
      you can still enable it in the context menu of the Auto-Refresh 
      toolbar button (untick "Suspend Refresh During File Operations"). 
      However, this setting will only hold within the current session 
      and will be reset to TRUE on the next restart of the app.
      Note that the parameter "NoWatchDuringFileOp" of SCs setting and 
      settingp is still available and functional.
    * Mini Tree: The coming and going of removable drives was reflected 
      by the Mini Tree. Not anymore. Only explicit (user-triggered) 
      browsing or refreshing will add nodes to the Mini Tree, and only 
      explicit hiding will remove nodes from it.
    ! Special folder names ("MyComputer", "Desktop" etc.) did not 
      support Unicode. Fixed.
    ! Thumbnails view in Search Results: Thumbnails were not immediately 
      displayed in the search results listing when staying on the same 
      tab. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.40.0117, 01-oct-2009).

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v8.40.0117 - 2009-10-01 12:20
    * SC setkey: Now setkey takes care that any quotes or spaces in the 
      value are not lost when the value is read back using getkey. In 
      other words: setkey will quote the value when necessary. Note that 
      getkey always unquotes values that have a double-quote at both 
      ends.
    * Updated the help file.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.40.0120, 02-oct-2009).

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v8.40.0120 - 2009-10-02 13:41
    + Menu Edit | New: Added command New Folders. Here you can enter a 
      list of new folders (one per line) that will be created in one go.
      - The folder paths can be absolute or relative (to current).
      - They can be slashed or unslashed.
      - They can be whole new paths, or just new subfolders to existing 
        paths.
      - They can be stated in any order.
      - The last list is remembered within the session.
      Example for a list:
        newsubfolderhere
        MoonLanding\TopSecret
        \MarsLanding\TopSecret\
        D:\Testpath
        D:\Testpath2\
    ! Rename Special | Search and Replace: The last character in a 
      replace list (e.g. ABC>>abc) was not replaced. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.40.0121, 03-oct-2009).

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v8.40.0121 - 2009-10-03 18:46
    + Menu Edit | New | New Folders...: Now also XY native variables and 
      environment variables are supported. For example:
        backup
        code
        docs
        materials\%username%
        materials\pics
        materials\audio
        materials\video
        New <date yyyymmdd>
    * Menu Edit | New | New Path...: Now also XY native variables and 
      environment variables are supported. For example:
        E:\Test\%username%\<date yyyymmdd>
      will create path E:\Test\Donald\20091003 and go there.
    * Script captions: Now also environment variables are supported 
      (native variables had been supported already).
    ! Menu Edit | Select | Selection Filter: When the selection filter 
      selected exactly one item, it (the item) would be stuck in the 
      selected state even if you clicked on a different item. Fixed.
    * Environment Variables: Enhanced the smartness in disambiguation of 
      environment variables within paths. Now "C:\%appdata%\" is left 
      unchanged, whereas "C:\%username%\" is resolved to 
      "C:\[username]\".
      Rule: An environment variable that returns a full path is not 
      resolved when found within a path.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.40.0122, 04-oct-2009).

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v8.40.0122 - 2009-10-04 09:45
    ! Environment Variables: "%temp%\test.tmp" did not work anymore 
      since v8.40.0121. Fixed.

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Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release (v8.50.0000, 05-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0000 - 2009-10-05 12:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main changes since last release:
  +++ Manual Sorting. Now you can directly manipulate the displayed order 
      of items by dragging them to a new position. Very useful together 
      with batch rename operations.
  +++ Custom Toolbar Buttons. Now you can define a separate script for a 
      user button's right-click event.
  +++ New Folders. Now you can enter a list of new folders or whole new 
      paths that will be created in one go.
  +++ Tabs. Now you can opt to display just the child folder names in 
      the tab headers. Saves loads of space.
  +++ Scripting. Now you can show icons in script-generated popup menus.
  +++ Full Screen Preview/Thumbnails. Added file formats DWG and DWF 
      (Vista/Win7 only). 

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0002, 06-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0002 - 2009-10-06 20:36
    * Configuration | Tags | Database Clean Up: Now you are prompted 
      (after OKing the first prompt) whether to check all drives or just 
      fixed drives. Choose the latter if you want to clean your database 
      but leave tags from removable drives untouched.
    % Reduced the number of GDI objects in memory from around 432 to 
      around 359 (exact values depend on your configuration).
    * Installer:
      - Renamed items in program group and fixed an icon display glitch.
      - Now downgrading is allowed, i.e. you can install an older 
        version over a newer one.
    * Backup operations: Now Auto-Refresh is auto-suspended while a 
      backup operation is in progress. Makes it smoother and faster.
    ! If using a permanent startup path (Configuration | Startup & Exit) 
      any existing Folder View Setting for that startup path was not 
      applied. Fixed.
    ! Environment Variables: Added another degree in smartness.
    ! Tweak CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite: On CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite = 1 
      would attempt to paste into selected list item. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0004, 07-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0004 - 2009-10-07 13:54
    * Now Auto-Refresh is suspended during file operations in a more 
      radical manner which should fix certain delay issues on certain 
      systems, and also should contribute to the speed of the 
      operations.
      BTW, you will now also see the AR toolbar button switching state 
      while a file operation is in progress.
    ! Search Results Caching: A new search results tab cloned from the 
      current search results tab was not cached immediately, and would 
      start searching again on being selected the second time. Fixed.
    ! Font preview: Corrupt font could crash app. Fixed.
    ! Folder Report: Would not work on special folders (e.g. Desktop). 
      Fixed.
    ! Address Bar: Icon drawing glitch fixed.
    ! Info Panel: Drawing glitch fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0007, 09-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0007 - 2009-10-09 21:40
    + Custom Toolbar Buttons: Now you can skip stating the caption when 
      you use an internal icon. The internal caption and keyboard shortcut 
      will be used. For example:
        "|:hotlist" button "hotlist"
      will show "Hotlist    Ctrl+H" in the popup menu.
    * Custom Toolbar Buttons: Now a button can have a right-click event 
      only (and do nothing on left-click).
    * Tree: When moving the focused folder by drag'n'drop within the 
      Tree this folder now remains the focused one and consequently the 
      List does not change its contents. Before, the focus switched to 
      the new parent of the moved folder.
    * Window Class had changed from ThunderRT6FormDC to ThunderRT6Form. 
      This has been undone: it's back to ThunderRT6FormDC.
    ! Might have fixed an issue where CPU utilization jumps to 15-20% 
      and stays there when XYplorer is running in a virtual machine.
    ! Switching tabs with the mouse wheel crashed when item was selected 
      in the opened tab. Fixed.
    ! Moving tabs using Shift+Wheel did not work anymore. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0009, 10-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0009 - 2009-10-10 15:55
    ! Line Numbers: Display glitch on scrolling. Fixed.
    ! Thumbnails: Fixed the years old white-thumbs bug that appeared on 
      some systems where thumbnails turned out as 100% white empty 
      nothing when "Super-fast thumbnails" was enabled.
    % The above fix speeds up thumbnail creation for JPEGs and other 
      images types without transparency in "Super-fast thumbnails" mode.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0010, 12-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0010 - 2009-10-12 19:04
    * Mouse Down Blow Up on Thumbnails: Now the blow up is positioned 
      directly over the thumb. Before this was only done when the blow 
      up had the same (small) size as the thumb (which was also buggy in 
      recent versions).
      Also greatly improved the panning of large images that don't fit 
      the view port.
    ! Thumbnails: Under certain conditions some rows of thumbnails were 
      not displayed on startup. Fixed.
    ! List: Fixed a scrolling issue in thumbnails mode where under 
      certain conditions the list started to scroll by itself.
    ! List: Sorted column highlighting was not removed on manual 
      sorting. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0020, 19-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0020 - 2009-10-19 14:56
  +++ Undo / Redo / Action Log. 
      
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      Short version
      
      Now you can undo/redo the file operations Move, Copy, Rename, 
      Delete, and New, and you get a detailed log about what you have 
      done and when.
      Default Shortcuts: Undo (Ctrl+Z), Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)

      Two things should be kept in mind:
      (1) Undo only knows item names and locations, not data. It will 
          not restore lost data.
      (2) Redo is not the Undo of Undo but it will redo the original 
          action.

      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      Slightly longer version
      
      Undo is your friend when something went wrong. This does not mean 
      it has magic powers. Everything undo can do you could also do 
      manually by yourself. Undo just does it faster and probably has a 
      better memory than you. It currently remembers your last 100 
      actions.
      
      The probably most typical use for Undo is when you drag-moved some 
      items into the wrong folder, maybe by a slip of the finger. You 
      might don't even know which folder it was. With Undo, just one 
      click will bring everything back to normal. Even on the next 
      morning after having closed and restarted XYplorer.
  
      What is logged and what can be undone
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The following operations are logged and can be undone/redone:
      - Move: Move To, Cut & Paste, Move Here As (...), etc.
        Note that a command like "Move to New Subfolder" consists of two 
        actions: (1) creating the subfolder, (2) moving the item. They 
        are logged (and undone) separately.
      - Copy: Copy To, Copy & Paste, Copy Here As (...), etc.
        Note that Undo will delete the copies for good. Redo will not 
        recreate the deleted copies but copy the originals again.
      - Rename: Inline Rename, Batch Rename
        Note that a Batch Rename operation is logged as one action and 
        can only be undone as a whole.
      - New: Create New File/Folder, New Path, New Folders, New Items
      - Delete: Delete to Recycler
        Note that undoing a deletion of more than 5 selected items at 
        the same time will take much longer (depends on the number of 
        items in your Recycle Bin) than smaller numbers. This is caused 
        by certain Windows behaviors (at least under XP).
        When you redo a deletion (i.e. delete again) there will be no 
        confirmation prompt.
        When undoing a deletion results in a name collision you get an 
        overwrite prompt.
      - Create Folder(s)/Branch(es) Here
        Note that folders that should be created but were already 
        existing will be permanently removed on Undo.
      - Create Shortcut(s): Paste Special, Drag Context Menu
      - Rich Copy
        Note that Undo will remove the copied items, but it will not 
        remove any created subfolders.
     
      The following operations are logged but cannot be undone/redone:
      - Delete: Delete (no Recycler), Nuke
        No Undo because it's gone. Use recovery software to undo.
      - Copy: Copy Here ("Copy Of...")
        No Undo because of missing documentation.
      - Backup: Backup, Backup To, Backup Here
        No Undo because Backup is about overwrite/no overwrite. Either 
        it cannot be undone, or there is nothing to undo.
      
      How to Undo
      ~~~~~~~~~~~
      The recommendations for best Undo results are:
        - Trigger Undo immediately after the logged action. The closer 
          you are to the action, the better your chances that it can be 
          perfectly undone.
        - Start with the youngest logged action.
        - Move through the action log in tight sequence (no skipping).
      However, XYplorer's Undo grants you all kinds of liberties:
        - You can pick out any logged action and (attempt to) undo it, 
          also known as non-sequential undo.
        - You don't have to care about the original sequence of actions. 
          This does not mean, of course, that any sequence necessarily 
          works, but it *might* work.
        - The action log is saved between sessions, so theoretically you 
          can undo actions that were done months ago.
      Of course, since all logged actions are happening within one file 
      system, it should be clear that they are interrelated. So undoing 
      action #2 might be impossible before having undone action #1, or 
      undoing action #2 might make impossible to undo action #1 later.
      
      Further Notes in Undo
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      - You can stop an ongoing undo/redo by pressing ESC.
      
      Action Log
      ~~~~~~~~~~
      The Action Log is the database for Undo/Redo, and it's a good 
      friend in case of human memory failure:
      - The Action Log Dialog tells you in chronological order what you 
        have done, when you have done it, whether it can be undone, or 
        whether it has already be undone and can be redone. It also lets 
        you know what exactly will happen when you Undo or Redo an 
        action.
      - Note that also actions are logged that cannot be undone. E.g. 
        no-recycle-deletions: you can still see what items you have 
        wiped and when; information that can be very useful when trying 
        to recover them using a recovery application.
      - The Action Log currently holds a maximum of 100 entries, older 
        entries are forgotten. The actual size can be lowered in 
        configuration in case you want to save a little memory. But 
        don't worry, it does not take much memory anyway, so I'd 
        recommend to leave at the max. Of course, if it's very large 
        (say you have lots of huge batch renames) you will note a slight 
        decrease in startup time, but I'd say it's even worth that! Your 
        choice.
      - The Action Log works as a history where you can go back and 
        forward and be at a certain position between both ends. Now when 
        you go back (Undo - Undo - Undo - ...) and then trigger some 
        logged action (e.g. delete a file), then the previous future 
        branched is dropped in favor of the new one.
        In the Action Log Dialog the green highlighted item is the 
        current item in action history. It's the action that will be 
        undone when you click Undo. Usually it will be the top item, but 
        it moves downwards when you undo actions. When the complete 
        action history is undone you are in "Prehistory". Take care.
      - The Action Log is portable (it's just a file "actions.dat"), but 
        of course the use of porting it to another system is questionable.
      
      The Limits of Undo
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      "A man can undo what a man can undo."
      Just keep in mind that XYplorer's Undo is not a forensic recovery 
      tool for lost data. Not a single byte that was overwritten or 
      permanently deleted will be brought back to life by Undo.
        !!! Undo only knows item names and locations, not item data.
      Also keep in mind:
        !!! Redo is not the Undo of Undo, but will redo the
            original action!
      
      Here are some examples that should be obvious now:
      - Create a New File; Undo will delete it; Redo will create a file 
        of that name again. If you put any contents to that file then 
        they will not magically come back when you Redo the creation of 
        the file. Same with New Folder.
      - Delete a file for good (no recycle bin): Cannot be undone.
      - Move/Copy a file and overwrite same named items in the target 
        folder: The overwritten data are lost and no Undo will bring 
        them back.
      - XYplorer disallows that any data are overwritten by an Undo or 
        Redo operation. So e.g. if you try to undo a move, but in the 
        meantime a file of the same name as the originally moved file 
        came to existence, the Undo will not happen.
        In case of undoing a delete to recycler the shell will pop an 
        overwrite prompt.
      - If you undo the creation of a folder, any contents the folder 
        might have gathered in the meantime will be lost and don't 
        come back by redoing the creation.
        There's a config option to have undo/redo delete to the recycle 
        bin. This might save your neck in case of an erroneous undo.

      - If you undo a Copy and then Redo it, the copy will be made from 
        today's state of the original source and thus will differ from 
        the original copy if the source has changed in the meantime.
      
      Further Remarks
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The hardest part of Undo/Redo was getting the refresh of Tree and 
      List correct, fast, and smooth. There are quite many possibilities 
      which all need their specific best handling. When you test this 
      version have an extra eye on this.
      
      The Undo/Redo icons
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Credits and thanks go to http://www.visualpharm.com/

    * Configuration: Added page "Undo & Action Log" with a couple of 
      related options:
      - Log actions and enable undo/redo
        Turn the whole thing on/off.
      - Remember the logged actions between sessions
        If checked then the file action.dat is written on exit and read 
        on startup. Note that it is even written when "Save settings on 
        exit" is off because it must stay in synch with reality as much 
        as possible.
      - Allowed number of entries in the action log (maximum is 100)
        The more entries you log the larger is action.dat, the more 
        memory is used, the slower is startup. But don't worry: It's 
        virtually not notable.
      - Date format in action labels
        Some options for date display. I personally like to see today's 
        dates as age (how long ago), and older dates as absolute 
        datestamp, so I added that option.
      - Prompt before undo/redo
        Pops a short description of what will happen when you click OK.
        Note: With cumulative undo you get only one prompt, but you get 
        it always (independent of this setting) because cumulative undo 
        can be a pretty terrifying experience...
        There are three levels of safety:
        * Always
          The safest.
        * If action is older than 10 minutes
          You'll lose at most 10 minutes of work without being warned.
        * Never
          You are tough.
      - Delete to recycle bin
        When undoing a Copy or a New operation, items will be deleted. 
        If this option is checked they will be moved to the recycle bin 
        instead of being permanently deleted. This is a safety net in 
        case you pressed Undo without thinking. The price is that you 
        don't get back the disk space.
        Note that redoing such an operation will not get the items back 
        from the recycle bin but create them anew! 
      - Show last actions in toolbar button menu
        If checked then (after a restart) the Undo/Redo buttons have a 
        small arrow that pops the previous/next actions (relative to the 
        current position in the action log) in a menu.
        The dropdown has further options:
        * Allow only sequential undo/redo
          The safe way. You can see your action history in the menu but 
          you are not allowed to trigger any non-sequential operations.
          An easy protection from potential disaster.
        * Allow non-sequential undo/redo
          If selected then the toolbar menu allows for non-sequential 
          undo/redo.
          When you trigger a non-sequential operation (one that is not 
          next to the current position in the action log) from this menu 
          the current position in the action log will NOT change. This 
          makes it easier to do non-sequential undo/redo operations.
          If checked then inverse operations are tolerated, i.e. you can 
          trigger a Redo by clicking the Undo button and vice versa! This 
          is a necessary consequence of the ability to do non-sequential 
          undo. So Undo/Redo are then Back/Forward in action log.
          Repeated warning: Non-sequential undo can mess up the action log 
          (and hence the possibility of further undo) if you are not 
          careful enough. It's safer to do it from the Action Log Window 
          than via the toolbar menu because the former has more 
          information for you.
        * Allow cumulative undo/redo
          If selected then undoing a non-next action will not trigger (non-
          sequential) undo of this action alone but trigger undo for all 
          actions from here to the selected one.
          As this can mean a tremendous (and devastating) operation by a 
          single click, you'll get a safety prompt before it happens.
      - Show options in menu
        If checked then the above settings are also available in the 
        Undo button's context menu. Gives you an idea about what will 
        happen when you click a menu item.
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      
    + Toolbar: Added button "Rename". Shows Rename Special as context 
      menu.
    + SC getinfo got a new named argument "specialfolder".
      Syntax: getinfo("specialfolder", [CSIDL])
        [CSIDL]:      Numerical constant predefined by the OS
                      Defaults to 0 (= Desktop folder).
                      Find those values in the web...
        return:       Full path to the special folder.
      Example:
        ::text getinfo("specialfolder", 9); //sendto folder
    + Added new native variable <get ...> which corresponds to the 
      scripting function getinfo().
      Syntax:
        <get info [param1]>
      Example:
        ::text "<get specialfolder 9>"; //sendto folder
    + Tweak to allow the Shell to take care of folder thumbnails. In XP 
      you will get up to 4 images per folder thumbnail.
        [Thumbs]
        FolderThumbsShell=1
    * Menu Tools: Reorganized the Tree and List customization menus. 
      Renamed "Tree Style" to "Customize Tree", and "List Style" to 
      "Customize List", and moved "Size Column Format" and "Date Column 
      Format" into "Customize List".

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Re: Here's the new BETA

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0021, 20-oct-2009).

BETA versions are only available for registered users. Find the download link at the bottom of the License Lounge.

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v8.50.0021 - 2009-10-20 13:28
    + Menu File | Settings: Added "Save Action Log".
      Note that the Action Log will be saved on exit if (and only if) 
      you tick "Remember the logged actions between sessions" (even if 
      "Save settings on exit" is off), so pressing "Save Action Log" is 
      not necessary unless you expect XY to crash.
      Note also that if you click "Save Action Log" the Action Log will 
      be saved even if "Remember the logged actions between sessions" is 
      off. Only you can know why you should do that...
    * Undo: Now you are prompted before "Undo New" deletes a folder that 
      is not empty anymore (i.e. it has been filled after being created).
      This is implemented with no GUI, IOW as a tweak with factory 
      default = 1. You can turn it off here (but it's not extremely 
      advisable to do so):
        [Undo]
        PromptNonEmpty=1
      The same prompt is shown for files that are not empty anymore 
      because you actually used and modified them after creation.
    ! Undo Rename: Just changing the case could not be undone. Fixed.
    ! Undo Rename: Swap Names was not logged. Fixed.
    ! Tags & Comments were not updated on Swap Names. Fixed.
    * Quick File View: Now, if only the first part of a file is viewed 
      the text "... [continues]" is shown at the bottom of the data.

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