XYcopy questions

[zer0]

@zer0: I'm not sure when this happened, but I've just tried a clean config and both backgrounding and queuing are enabled in it.

Yep, here's a changelog snippet

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v9.90.0503 - 2011-03-17 10:57
    * Configuration | File Operations: Both "Enable background 
      processing" and "Queue file operations" are factory default from 
      now on. (Nothing changes when upgrading.)

[Zodler]

"enable background processing" and "queue file operations" they are enabled by default for me.

So if I understand correctly from you, XYcopy is using the default windows copy/move?

[nas8e9]

"enable background processing" and "queue file operations" they are enabled by default for me.

So if I understand correctly from you, XYcopy is using the default windows copy/move?

It is, but through a secondary process called XYcopy.exe. This way the main process (XYplorer.exe) isn't blocked while the file operations are in progress as well as enabling both parallel as well as queued operations.

[Zodler]

OK thanks. I hope for the next version a nice interface is implemented where you can see all your queued operations in a list.

[nas8e9]

OK thanks. I hope for the next version a nice interface is implemented where you can see all your queued operations in a list.

There already is: by having Window > Show Background Bar enabled, a little button is shown on the right of the status bar. By clicking this, the Background Jobs window is shown. This is listed on the website here.

[eil]

i see xycopy in last beta has version 2.0 and is 6x times larger then old one - does this mean there are bunch of functions in there already, and UI is to come? or it's just another step of many, for real 2.0?

[nas8e9]

i see xycopy in last beta has version 2.0 and is 6x times larger then old one - does this mean there are bunch of functions in there already, and UI is to come? or it's just another step of many, for real 2.0?

XYcopy.exe 2.0 now has additional functionality as well as a UI itself (previously it called the Windows Shell file functions for copy/move/delete which showed its own UI) for backup operations; other file operations are expected to get the same. For reference: previously, backup operations weren't backgrounded to XYcopy.exe, with XYplorer.exe showing the UI for backup operations itself.

In general, keeping an eye on the BETA version thread (which includes the changes in each version) is useful to keep up.

Edited for grammar.

[Zodler]

That's great, thanks. I found the queue list. There is a great little feature in DOpus that I mention here, it maybe nice to implement. When you add a copy/move job to the queue, the file in the lister gets a new icon that shows this file is in the queue.

[nas8e9]

That's great, thanks. I found the queue list. There is a great little feature in DOpus that I mention here, it maybe nice to implement. When you add a copy/move job to the queue, the file in the lister gets a new icon that shows this file is in the queue.

I'm fairly sure this has been requested before, during the development of XYcopy 1.0, but I can't find the thread. I'd like it myself, but I'm not sure how much work it would be nor what performance implications it would have. If memory serves, it was pushed back to at least XYcopy 2.0.

[zer0]

In the BJ window, where has the destination disappeared? Non-custom copy jobs list both the source and destination. Custom copy jobs just mentions path that has been copied. Even its "Details" view does not state the destination.

[admin]

In the BJ window, where has the destination disappeared? Non-custom copy jobs list both the source and destination. Custom copy jobs just mentions path that has been copied. Even its "Details" view does not state the destination.

Whoops, right! Fix comes. Thanks!