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v18.70.0001 - 2018-01-24 19:59
    + SC formatdate enhanced: Added two special values to the format argument 
      which are useful for advanced scriptors in some extreme situations.
      Syntax: formatdate([date], [format], [shift_unit], [shift_num])
        format: [optional] e.g. yyyymmdd_hhnnss;
                also supports named formats Zodiac and ISOWeek.
                Defaults to general system date/time format.
              - XY-only special values:
                4char: Returns a 4 character (8 byte) string where the bytes 
                  exactly mirror the bytes in an 8-byte Visual Basic Date variable 
                  corresponding to the input date.
                8char: Same like 4char but a wide string (8 character, 16 byte), 
                  where every second byte is 0 (null).
      Example:
        text hexdump(formatdate("24.01.2018 11:08:02", "8char"),,"r"); //69 0E 5E D8 8E 0E E5 40 
    ! Thumbnails Cache: The cache was not always auto-updated when folders with 
      thumbnails got moved or renamed. This lead to many unnecessary recreations 
      of thumbnails. Fixed.

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v18.70.0000 - 2018-01-23 15:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Filename Length Info. Now you can have a little info bar at the right end 
      of the inline rename box showing the current length of the filename and 
      also (in parentheses) the length of the full path. The bar turns red when 
      the item name is overlong (longer than 259 characters) and warns you if 
      you enter characters that are not valid in a filename.
  +++ Find Text in Text Boxes. Now all text boxes support a basic find dialog 
      that lets you search for strings inside the text.
  +++ More Labels. Raised the maximum number from 16 to 32, so now you can label 
      your files with up to 32 color labels.
  +++ Hover Box. Now it supports previewing cursor files.

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v18.60.0209 - 2018-01-22 22:02
    + Find Files and Quick Search: Added switch /a (think "show all") by which the 
      search will return all matching items regardless of any GUI settings that 
      may hide stuff from the list. With this switch set none of the following 
      settings will hide anything from Find Files or Quick Search:
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show hidden files and folders
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show system files and folders
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Hide protected operating system files
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show junctions
          - View | Show Items | Show Folders in List
      Examples:
        *      //return all items that pass the above visibility filters
        * /a   //return all items
      Notes:
      - This replaces the recent changes in SC quicksearch() which are now all 
        withdrawn.
      - In Find Files you append the switch (and any other switches) to the 
        pattern in the Name field.
    - SC QuickSearch: Removed the flag "a" (added this morning). It's replaced 
      now by switch /a (see above).
    * SC QuickSearch: The change from v18.60.0003 - 2017-12-17 16:05 has also 
      been withdrawn. It's replaced now by switch /a (see above).
      Examples:
        inputselect("Test", quicksearch("*", , "|"));     //show visible only
        inputselect("Test", quicksearch("* /a", , "|"));  //show all
    * Tree and List: The white space context menu now supports right-clicking 
      the menu items just as an alternative to left-clicking. Functionally it's 
      the same.

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v18.60.0208 - 2018-01-22 10:06
    + Name Length Box: Now a red alert icon is shown in the box when the new 
      filename is invalid (e.g. "Test>.txt", "con", "lpt1").
    * SC QuickSearch enhanced: Added flag "a" to return all matching items 
      regardless of any GUI settings that may hide stuff from the list.
      Syntax: quicksearch([query="*"], [path], [separator="<crlf>"], [flags])
        flags:  [optional] String of flags to modify the function.
                a: Return all matching items (even if hidden in the GUI).
      Remarks:
      - This change from v18.60.0003 - 2017-12-17 16:05 is now bound to this new 
        flag "a":
          QuickSearch now ignores any of the following settings that may hide 
          stuff from the list. They cannot hide anything from SC quicksearch 
          anymore:
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show hidden files and folders
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show system files and folders
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Hide protected operating system files
          - Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show junctions
          - View | Show Items | Show Folders in List
        So the default functionality of QuickSearch is now like it was before 
        v18.60.0003. Making it true again to its definition "It works 100% 
        identical to GUI Quick Search apart from not affecting the GUI".
      Examples:
        inputselect("Test", quicksearch(, , "|"));       //show visible only        
        inputselect("Test", quicksearch(, , "|", "a"));  //show all
    > Configuration | Fonts | Buttons and Labels: The font size should not be 
      set larger than 10.5 (or rounded 10). Else the layout breaks and some 
      letters get hard to read.

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v18.60.0207 - 2018-01-20 15:18
    + Name Length Box: Now the colors are soft-coded (= adjusting to your 
      Windows version and theme).
    + Find Text Dialog: Now you can hold down the SHIFT key while clicking OK or 
      pressing ENTER to find the previous occurrence.      
    * Updated the help file.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.97.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.97.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648

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v18.60.0205 - 2018-01-19 11:20
  +++ Configuration | Sort and Rename | Rename: Added option "Show name length 
      while renaming". Tick it to have a little infobox at the right end of the 
      inline rename box showing the current length of the filename and also (in 
      parentheses) the length of the full path.
      - Applies to Tree and List.
      - The full path length is that of the real path without trailing 
        backslash, for example:
          Tree path:      Desktop\sub\
          Measured path:  C:\Users\Donald\Desktop\sub
      - The infobox turns red when the item name is overlong (longer than 259 
        characters without any trailing backslash).
      - Cute little feature!

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v18.60.0204 - 2018-01-19 00:05
    ! Type Ahead Find: The v18.60.0201 - 2018-01-18 17:33 fix for XP was 
      probably a red herring. Unfixed.

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v18.60.0203 - 2018-01-18 23:42
    ! Type Ahead Find: Mystery crash on "Redirect typing to Live Filter Box". 
      Fix attempt.

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v18.60.0202 - 2018-01-18 20:59
    + Find Text: Now Shift+F3 will search upwards/backwards.
    * Find Text: Now it's popped on KeyDown. Before, on KeyUp.
    ! Find Text: Removed a couple of glitches and made it actually work.

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v18.60.0201 - 2018-01-18 17:33
  +++ Find Text in Text Boxes: Now most text boxes (single and multiline) support a 
      small and basic Find Text dialog that allows you to search for strings in the 
      text. When a string is found it is selected and moved into view.
      - Press Ctrl+F inside the text box to pop the dialog.
      - Any currently selected string is taken as default text in the dialog.
      - Press F3 to repeat the last search (the last search parameters are 
        remembered per text box, but not across sessions).
      - If there is no last search in that box, F3 is equivalent to Ctrl+F.
      - There are two self-explaining options:
        * Match case
        * Match whole word
        The last choices here are used as global defaults for the first search 
        in each text box (on any subsequent search each text box remembers its 
        own choices locally). The last choices are stored across sessions.
      - Search direction is downwards/rightwards only, and cycles back to the 
        top/left when no more matches are found.
      - There is a built-in MRU list of up to 32 items.
        It's stored across sessions if "Configuration | Startup & Exit | Save 
        Settings | Include most-recently-used lists on save" in ON, and 
        "History" (yes, this needs refinement) is checked under "Apply To".
      - The following text boxes do NOT support the Find Text dialog:
        * Live Filter Boxes (key conflict: Ctrl+F and F3 are already used here).
        * Any boxes in Configuration Dialog (key conflict: Ctrl+F and F3 are 
          already used here to open the "Jump to Setting" interface).
        * Raw View.
      - Note that the Find Text dialog also works in text boxes created by 
        scripting.
      - I called it "Find Text" and not just "Find" because in a file manager a 
        mere "Find" defaults to finding files.
    * Labels: Max number raised to 32 (incl. "None"). So, additionally to 
      the 7 predefined color schemes (plus non-editable scheme "None"), 
      you can add another 24 schemes.
      Note that you can assign keyboard shortcuts only to "None" and the first 
      15 labels.
    ! Windows Versions: "Windows Server 2016" was wrongly called "Windows 10 
      Server" before. Fixed.
    ! Type Ahead Find: Stopped working completely in Windows XP since recently. 
      Fixed. Note that the handling of non-Latin keyboards (added in v18.60.0103 
      - 2018-01-12 21:47) is not supported in XP.

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v18.60.0200 - 2018-01-17 18:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

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v18.60.0106 - 2018-01-17 14:24
    ! Scripting: The change in v18.60.0102 - 2018-01-10 15:59 had an undesired 
      side effect on parsing. For example, this did not work anymore:
        text quicksearch(quote("te" . "st.txt") . " /n", "E:\TEST");
      Fixed.
      BTW, I managed to keep the gains of the original change intact, so this 
      works now as well:
        text quicksearch(quote("te" . "st.txt") . " /n", "E:\TEST") . " -- Now: " . <date hh:nn:ss.fff>;
      A parsing miracle!

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v18.60.0105 - 2018-01-16 20:57
    + Hover Box: Now it supports CUR files (cursors).
    + Mouse Down Blow Up: Better support for cursors.
    * Mouse Pointers: Updated the shape of the arrow to the modern shape. It 
      still had the old Win95 shape (a bit longer and narrower).
      You will see those pointers only when dragging stuff AND when 
      "Configuration | Shell Integration | Drag and Drop | Use standard shell 
      drag and drop" is OFF.

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v18.60.0104 - 2018-01-15 18:03
    ! Info Panel | Properties | Date Fields: For some reason this feature 
      (v15.50.0005 - 2015-08-02 19:39) had stopped working:
        When stamping the file dates (via click into the date fields) you now can 
        call the Date Picker by pressing F1.
      Fixed. Works again.
      Also in the two date fields near the Date Picker button on "Info Panel | 
      Find Files | Date" you can now use F1 to pop the picker.
    ! Quick Search with Branch View: The List showed "Find Files" instead of 
      "Quick Search" in the embedded information bar when the search pattern 
      consisted of one or more spaces only. Fixed.
    ! Quick Search with Branch View: Space substitution character was shown when 
      it shouldn't. Fixed.

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v18.60.0103 - 2018-01-12 21:47
    + Type Ahead Find: Now it handles non-Latin keyboards that generate all 
      sorts of Unicode characters.
    ! Undo: After using Drop Context Menu's "Create Folder(s) Here" and "Create 
      Branch(es) Here" with identical source and target folder, Undo would 
      remove the source folder instead of the target folder. Fixed.
    % Also improved the caption of those actions in the Action Log.

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