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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0010, 30-aug-2006).
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v5.10.0010 - 30.08.06 12:46
    + Visual Filter: now the patterns are displayed on the tab headers 
      in the "Marked Text Color" for easier recognition.
    + Visual Filter: added auto-wildcarding (in analogy to Selection 
      Filter). If no wildcards (*?#) are present in a pattern, then 
      wildcards are internally added to both ends of the pattern. This is 
      also known as "loose match" and simply means: you can enter e.g. "~" 
      and it will be treated as if you entered "*~*". Just a little 
      service...
    * Distribution package: renamed License.txt to LicenseXY.txt to 
      prevent it from being overwritten by the GDI+ License.txt.
    * Distribution package: renamed Readme.txt to ReadmeXY.txt to 
      prevent it from being overwritten by whatever other Readme.txt.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0011, 31-aug-2006).
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v5.10.0011 - 31.08.06 12:41
    + Visual Filter & Selection Filter: now you can quote patterns 
      individually to force an exact match (= prevent auto-wildcarding). 
      Examples:
        1.gif         matches: 1.gif, 11.gif, 474637811.gif (= *1.gif*)
        "1.gif"       matches: 1.gif
        "1.gif        matches: 1.gif
        "1.gif";png   matches: 1.gif and all *png*
      As you see in the 3rd example, the trailing quote is optional.
      As you see in the 4th example, you can combine exact and loose 
      matches in one go.
      If a pattern contains any wildcards, quoting is needless and 
      without effect.
    - Find Files: removed the Exact Match checkbox! See next paragraph 
      for the improved way to handle it.
    + Find Files: now you can quote patterns individually to force 
      an exact match (= prevent auto-wildcarding). Examples:
        1.gif             matches: *1.gif*
        "1.gif"           matches: 1.gif
        :1.gif or png     matches: *1.gif* and *png*
        :"1.gif" or png   matches: 1.gif and *png*
      The trailing quote is optional.
      If a pattern contains any wildcards, quoting is needless and 
      without effect.
    + Visual Filter: now it recognizes RegExp patterns! As always in XY, 
      a RegExp pattern is marked by a preceding ">" character.
      For example:
        >.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$     = list only *.bmp and *.jpg files
        !>.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$    = list all but *.bmp and *.jpg files
      The invert-operator "!" is allowed (see example above).
      The comparison is case-insensitive (case is ignored: A=a).  

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0012, 01-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0012 - 01.09.06 12:47
    * From now on all download package file names are in lower case.
    * New app icon: slightly shadowed and graded to ease recognition.
    * Preview status label now white on orange. Also fixed 2 glitches 
      concerning the refresh of the preview.
    + Menu File/Configuration File: added command "Save Copy of 
      Configuration As...". Saves a copy of the current configuration 
      without making it the current configuration (as opposed to "Save 
      Configuration As...").

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0015, 02-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0015 - 02.09.06 12:39
  +++ Now all dialogs with drop-down lists have auto-complete!
    * Configuration, General: "Auto-Complete" and "Move last used item 
      to top" now also control the drop-down lists in dialogs.
  +++ Find Files: In my never-ending struggle for consistency and 
      expectedness (ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and 
      not surprising) I added the simple multiple pattern search syntax 
      that you know from Visual Filter and Selection Filter (and also 
      from Explorer ;)). Which means: now you can enter multiple 
      wildcard patterns separated by ";" into the Name field.
      Examples:
        *.jpg;*.gif;*.png         Finds all *.jpg and *.gif and *.png
        *.jpg; *.gif  ; *.png     idem (the blanks are cropped)
      Note that ";" is identical to Boolean OR, so the above patterns 
      are identical to these Boolean patterns:
        :*.jpg | *.gif | *.png    Finds all *.jpg and *.gif and *.png
        :*.jpg or *.gif or *.png  idem
      As you see, the simple multiple pattern search is a bit easier on 
      the hands.
      Note that the ";"-syntax now also works in Address Bar searches:
        ?*.bmp;*.jpg;*.png        Finds all *.jpg and *.gif and *.png
        ?*.bmp;*.jpg;*.png /      idem (forced not recursive)
        ?*.bmp;*.jpg;*.png /r     idem (forced recursive)
      Of course, if you are looking for the ";" character itself then 
      you have to resort to the Boolean syntax. I think this is an apt 
      punishment for people that use ";" in filenames ;)      
    * On creating a new item, if Autosize Columns is active, now all 
      columns are autosized. Before only the Name column was autosized.
    * Better ellipsing strategy for tab headers showing visual filters:
      - Caption and filter are cropped in a fair and just way.
      - If nothing of the filter can be shown anymore because of lacking 
        space the whole remainder of the caption will turn blue (resp. 
        Marked Color) to signal that this tab is filtered.
    * If XY is currently not running and opened from shell to a folder 
      set via command line (e.g. via a folder's shell context menu, or via 
      a LNK file), this folder now is always opened in a new tab unless 
      the current tab is already the same location. Before a new tab was 
      only created when the last current tab was locked.
      This new behavior is consistent with the behavior shown when XY 
      *is* already running and opened via shell in which case a new tab 
      is created instead of opening a new instance of the app.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0016, 03-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0016 - 03.09.06 12:29
    + File Files: now the Invert checkbox can be combined with RegExp 
      patterns, i.e. you can list all items not matching a given RegExp.
    + File Files: added inversion prefix. Now, a leading ! will invert 
      the results, i.e. list all items *not* matching any of the 
      patterns. For example:
        a*;b*   = find all items starting with "a" or "b".
        !a*;b*  = find all items not starting with "a" or "b".
      If you want to find items starting with "!" you have to escape it 
      with "\":
        \!a*;b*  = find all items starting with "!a" or "b".
      The inversion prefix also works with RegExp patterns:
        !>.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$  = find all but *.bmp and *.jpg files
      The inversion prefix overpowers the state of the Invert checkbox.
    + Selection Filter: added inversion prefix. Now, a leading ! will 
      invert the filter, i.e. select all items *not* matching any of the 
      patterns. For example:
        a*;b*   = select all items starting with "a" or "b".
        !a*;b*  = select all items not starting with "a" or "b".
      If you want to select items starting with "!" you have to escape it 
      with "\":
        \!a*;b*  = select all items starting with "!a" or "b".
      The inversion prefix also works with RegExp patterns:
        !>.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$  = select all but *.bmp and *.jpg files
    * Visual filters in tab headers are now separated from the caption 
      by "|" (pipe character). Makes more sense than the backslash and 
      takes less space.
    ! Statusbar not correctly updated after switching to thumbs view. 
      Fixed.
    ! Hitting F5 in an already thumbed & cached image folder triggered 
      re-thumbing and re-caching. Which it should not, of course. Fixed.
    > Tip: in the dialogs with a drop-down list, F4 does drop down the 
      list.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0017, 03-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0017 - 03.09.06 19:06
    ! Menu File, Info to Clipboard, 1st section: counter-expectedly the 
      items were copied focused-item-first. Fixed: now they are copied 
      in the order they are listed in.
    + Toolbar: added a special context menu to the toolbar button for 
      Visual Filters.
    + Added some interesting information to the "Go to" dialog.
    + File Files/Location Field: additionally to "|", now ";" 
      (semicolon) is allowed as alternative separator between multiple 
      locations.
      This is another move towards expectedness. Disadvantage: you 
      cannot search locations containing a ";" somewhere in the path 
      anymore. Hey, you really should not use ";" in folder and file 
      names anyway!
      Note: Both, "|" and ";", can be optionally surrounded by any 
      number of spaces. If "|" is present then ";" is ignored as 
      separator.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0020, 04-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0020 - 04.09.06 11:20
    + Toolbar: added a special context menu to the toolbar button for 
      Go Home.
    ! Going home on a tab with Visual Filters active would lose the 
      filters. Fixed.
    ! Visual Filters on tab headers: display glitch fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0021, 05-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0021 - 05.09.06 11:37
    + Video preview: if Autoplay is off now the first frame of the video 
      is displayed in the preview. Actually it's the frame at position 
      200 msec because often videos start with a couple of black, blank, 
      or noisy frames.
      Allows you to quickly check video file contents and information 
      without the action and the noise.
    ! On some systems previewing videos crashed the app (error 5) 
      whenever you got to the end of the video. Fixed.
    ! Display glitch (empty grey area below tree at startup) under very 
      particular conditions. Fixed.
    ! When started up in minimized-to-tray state the app was shown in 
      the tray and in the taskbar. The latter has been stopped.
    * On startup, real paths (e.g. "D:\Data\MyFolder") were 
      automatically translated into special paths (e.g. "My 
      Documents\MyFolder") if possible, i.e. if e.g. "My Documents" was 
      pointing to "D:\Data". Same with "Desktop".
      This behavior has been stopped.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0026, 07-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0026 - 07.09.06 10:46
    + Menu File | Exit Without Saving: added new keyboard shortcut 
      Ctrl+Alt+F4.
    + New keyboard trick: hold CTRL while closing the app via Window X-
      button to force exit without saving.
    + Find Files: added button "Reset Filters". Resets all settings on 
      the filter tabs to factory defaults and deactivates all filters.
      Untouched remain only the Excluded Folders and the "Search Results 
      to tab" setting.
    + Configuration | Preview: added option "Preview static frame, skip 
      n seconds". Check it to preview a single static frame of a video 
      (only applied if Autoplay is OFF, of course). You can further 
      define the offset of that frame (skip intro) in seconds (value can 
      be fractional), which allows you skip any black/blank frames at 
      the very beginning.
    + Configuration | Colors | Color Filters: added color coding by file 
      attribute "encrypted". Use this pattern:
        /encrypted  (or /e) -> matches all items with ENCRYPTED set
    + Added "encrypted" to the attributes on the Properties tab and on 
      the Attributes tab (Find Files), and to the Attributes column in the 
      list.
    + Menu Edit: added command "Show All Items In Branch (Ctrl+F3)". 
      Recurses the current folder (including subfolders) and lists 
      everything in it independent of the current Find Files settings.
    * Menu Go | Previous Location (F7): If currently in Find mode then 
      F7 now zaps back to browsing the current location. So you can 
      easily switch between searching and browsing a location by 
      pressing F3, F7, F3, F7... ad infinitum.
    + File Info Tips: added field "Full Name Length", which shows the 
      hovered filename length (including the full path).
    ! On some systems (namely where display settings are on dpi > 96) 
      previewing videos crashed the app (error 5) whenever you got to the 
      end of the video. Fixed (again).

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0028, 09-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0028 - 09.09.06 14:07
    + Configuration | General: added option "Disallow dragging from tree 
      and list". If you feel shaky with the mouse this is your safety 
      belt.
    * Menu File | Previous Location (F7): complete rewrite. Now F7 is 
      completely detached from the History data. It simply zaps back to 
      the last tab / last mode / last location. The new location will be 
      added to the top of the history (as if you selected it in the tree 
      or went through the address bar).
      Only exception: F7 cannot zap back and forth between 2 different 
      subsequent searches on one and the same tab (because it does not 
      keep track of the search settings). Instead, no matter how many 
      subsequent searches you do on one and the same tab, F7 will always 
      carry you back to the last *browsed* tab / location.
      Note that on startup there is no previous location to goto; the 
      command will have no effect then.
    * History: if currently in find mode, then clicking "back" or 
      "forward" will not move in history but re-enter browse mode at the 
      current history position.
    * Name Searches are now completely detached from the Find Files 
      settings (Filter tabs) -- neither write nor read them. Also, the 
      name search pattern is now displayed in the main window title bar, 
      and in the Address Bar, and in the tabs' tooltips. And, name 
      searches are remembered between sessions and per-tab.
    * Menu Edit: renamed "Repeat Last Find" to "Repeat Last Search". 
      This way it is less suggesting that the last "Find" is simply re-
      displayed from some cache. Which it is not.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0030, 11-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0030 - 11.09.06 20:58
    + Configuration | File Info Tips: added option "Show tips for 
      clipped tree and list items" (aka "in-place tooltips").
      Will display a tooltip with the full item name when hovering an 
      item with a partly clipped name.
      In case of the file list, these tips will only appear when the 
      other sorts of tips (file info tips, mp3 info tips) do not.
      The tips are hard-coded to an initial delay of 200 ms and vanish 
      after 3 seconds.
    * Before, you could not drag-move/copy system folders from the tree 
      (only from the list). Now you can. Take care.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0031, 13-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0031 - 13.09.06 23:55
  %%% Vastly improved the performance of an internal function for 
      retrieving selected list items. You'll note the difference when 
      copying many (> 1000) items or items' information to clipboard, or 
      when using Move To, Copy To, etc. on many items.
    + Menu Tools | List Management | File Associations: Now you have 
      checkboxes in the list, which allows you to easily (de)activate 
      particular file associations without the need to delete and retype 
      them. As always in XY's checkbox lists, a right-click menu offers 
      (Un)Select All.
    ! Crashed when trying to open the context menu of more than 32767 
      selected items. Fixed.
    * Rewrote File Info Tips from scratch. You won't note much on the 
      surface. Only: Now you get a fresh tip when changing mouse position 
      between the icon and the name of an item. If "Show tip only when 
      hovering file icon" is checked, this allows you to directly go from 
      the clipped tip to the file info tip on the same item.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0032, 14-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0032 - 14.09.06 11:45
  +++ Now you can set a Visual Filter directly through the Address Bar, 
      the Catalog, the Favorites etc. This means you can set a new path 
      and a new filter at the same time! For example:
        Desktop|*.jpg;*.png   = browse to Desktop and show only *.jpg 
                                and *.png files
      The crucial operator here is the "|"-char (pipe). These are the 
      general syntax options (Path can be slashed or not):
        Path|a*   = set filter "a*" to Path
        Path|     = remove any filters from Path
        |a*       = set filter "a*" to current Path
        |         = remove any filters from current Path
      The filter will be added to the top of the Visual Filter MRU (most 
      recently used) list, so it will be available for toggling on/off 
      (Ctrl+Shift+J).
      These "Quick Visual Filters" can not be combined with "Quick 
      Searches" (aka "Name Searches", using the "?" operator), as 
      generally Searches cannot be visually filtered (it would mean 
      filtering a filter...).
      NOTE: I had to do some complex deep level restructuring to get 
      this thing working smoothly (hence the longish time it took). So 
      you might make a backup of the current version before upgrading...
    * Enlarged the Visual Filter MRU list from 32 to 64.
    + Now, when using the Backspace key (go up one level) on the list, 
      the folder you are coming from is preselected after going up. So 
      you can go down again by a simply hitting return.
    * If a search or report has been stopped by ESC, the statusbar 
      message now is displayed in red color.
    ! Selections that had been made *during* browsing (e.g. when 
      getting folders sizes) became "sticky" (i.e. they did not get 
      auto-unselected on selecting any other files). Fixed.
    * Now the file info tips vanish in the moment your mouse pointer 
      touches them.
    + Menu Tools | List Management | File Associations: Now you may sort 
      and move the items. Order is important here since they are 
      processed in the order of listing and the first match will make 
      it.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0035, 15-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0035 - 15.09.06 12:59
    + Improved the new "auto-select the most recently used subfolder" 
      feature introduced v5.10.0032 (but then just for the Backspace key).
      Now any navigation via the list view...
        - dbl-clicking a folder:  go down one level
        - <enter> on a folder:    go down one level
        - <backspace> anywhere:   go up one level
      ... will do it, namely select the most recently used subfolder (if 
      it's found in the history). For example, you now can quickly crawl 
      up and down a particular path by simply hitting <backspace> to go 
      up resp. <enter> to go down.
      The feature also works across sessions.      
      Note: In three special cases, namely Desktop, MyDocuments, and 
      MyNetworkPlaces, going up to MyComputer (drives listing) would be 
      a dead-end because they are not featured as subfolders in the 
      MyComputer list view (which is the drives listing) and hence 
      cannot be auto-selected. To prevent this I simply disabled going 
      up by backspace-on-the-list from these special "folders" to 
      MyComputer.
    ! Stupid little bug: I forgot to implement the decision whether it's 
      a QNS (Quick Name Search) or a QVF (Quick Visual Filter) when *both* 
      operators are present in the pattern. Naturally, the first one 
      rules. For example:
        Desktop|????.*        = Visual Filter
          (list all items with 4-letter base)
        Desktop?:f*.* | *k.*  = Name Search
          (find all items starting with f or ending with k)
    * Find Files: the "Reset Filters" button now will reset "Include 
      subfolders" to the checked state. That's the more normal, less 
      marked state, I think.
    ! Now, Show/Hide Catalog (F8) triggers no action if tree is hidden. 
      Before it resulted in some glitchy catalog pixels where there 
      shouldn't by any.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0037, 17-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0037 - 17.09.06 09:57
    ! Preview crashed (error 438) when previewing Office files on 
      clicking the "Address" label to toggle it to "Title" (which only 
      works for HTML documents), or on opening an Office preview when this 
      label is already set to "Title". Fixed.
    * Changed the above label's tooltip to "Shift+Click to open in 
      default application" which is what will happen. Before it was "... 
      default browser". Office docs, however, are openend in Office apps.
    ! The "List" view crashed (error 380) on deleting more files than 
      one column contained and when certain other conditions were met. 
      Fixed.
    * Menu Go | Goto: simplified the dialog by removing the "defaults to 
      current folder" variants. They still work, but it just looked too 
      cluttered. And you know: a few more things are coming to that 
      dialog soon...
    + Toolbar: added "Manage Visual Filters..." to the context menu of 
      the Visual Filters button.
    + Move To, Copy To, Backup To: added the possibility to state paths 
      relative to the current path.
      Note that this works only for paths *below* the current path (the 
      "..\"-syntax is currently not supported).
      Relative paths even have icons in the MRU list of the dialogs if 
      they are valid (exist).
    * Now, if auto-complete in drop-down lists is turned off then 
      pressing ArrowDown or ArrowUp will open the combo's MRU list.