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v11.50.0022 - 2012-09-09 18:12
    + Preview: Added PSB (Photoshop Large Document Format) to the 
      previewed and thumbnailed formats. You need a CODEC to make it 
      work.
      Remember that there is a tweak "MaxArea" to limit the maximum area 
      of images that shall be thumbnailed. The value is expected in 
      square pixels, so to limit thumbnailing to originals of at most 
      5,000 x 5,000 pixels you would set:
        [Thumbs]
        MaxArea=25000000
    + Configuration | Tags: Added "Sort tag columns descending by 
      default". Does what it says. And pretty useful when most of your 
      items are not tagged so that your tagged items would vanish below 
      the view port instead of showing up when sorting by tags.
      Note that "tag columns" include Label, Tags, and Comment.
    + Tweak to also show files (not only folders) in the Address Bar 
      auto-complete:
        AutoCompletePathABarFiles=1

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v11.50.0021 - 2012-09-07 17:18
    ! Preview of PSD images: Stupid message "No embedded thumbnail 
      found.". Fixed (= removed).
    ! PSD Thumbnails: The Mouse Down Blow Up was not in the correct 
      size, and the thumbnails themselves were wrongly sized when the 
      original were smaller than the desired thumbnail size. Both fixed.
      Note that you need some CODEC for good PSD thumbnails.

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v11.50.0020 - 2012-09-07 15:31
    + Toolbar: Added button "Tree Path Tracing". Toggles that tree 
      style. The right-click menu offers all tree styles.
    + Drag and Drop: Added the following types to the files you can drop 
      on: JSE, VBE, VBS, WSF, WSH.
    * Preview and thumbnails of PSD images: Before, XY attempted to 
      natively extract any embedded thumbnails in PSD files. Now, by 
      default, this is not done anymore but any installed CODECS are 
      used instead.
      There is a new tweak to go back to the old behavior:
        PreviewPSDEmbeddedThumb=1
    * Preview of PSD images: The original size of PSD files is now 
      correctly determined even in XP and earlier.
    ! Configuration | Colors & Styles | Selected List Items: The color 
      (which is used only in a non-focused list) was not updated for 
      selected but non-focused list items unless you restarted the app. 
      Fixed.

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v11.50.0015 - 2012-09-06 13:48
    * Renamed Tree style "Highlight Path" to "Tree Path Tracing". And 
      now you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
    * Renamed tweak "SnakeWidth" to "TPTWidth".
    * Renamed "Slim snake" to "Wide".
    + Configuration | Colors & Styles: Added a way to configure the 
      color used for Tree Path Tracing independently of Current Tree 
      Folder color.
      Remember that perfect black (#000000) in these colors is 
      interpreted as "back to factory default".
    ! Highlight Path: Drawing glitches. Fixed.
    ! Locked Mini Tree: Would add the current path when switching to 
      Mini Tree from a Maxi Tree. Fixed.
    ! Step Mode Dialog: Wrong position. Fixed.

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v11.50.0014 - 2012-09-05 17:50
    + Configuration | Colors & Styles: Added option "Slim snake". Tick 
      it to draw the Highlight Path snake's body only 3 pixels wide.
    + Added a tweak to adjust the width of the fat Highlight Path snake. 
      Example to get a slimmer snake:
        SnakeWidth=5
      Back to default (fat snake):
        SnakeWidth=0
      If "Slim snake" is ticked the tweak has no effect.
    * Highlight Path: Now the snake nodes are always perfect 17x17 
      squares (if possible) independent of the tree line height. Looks 
      better.
    * Configuration | Colors & Styles: Renamed "Mirror tree box color in 
      file list" to "Mirror tree box color in list". Needed the space.

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v11.50.0012 - 2012-09-04 21:45
    * Tree: Now when styles "Full Row Select" and "Highlight Path" are 
      both set, the selection rectangle of the current node row is only 
      painted to the right of the node in order to avoid overlap with 
      the highlighted path. The functionality of "Full Row Select" is 
      unchanged.
    ! Highlight Path: Drawing glitches on style "Narrow Tree". Fixed.

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v11.50.0011 - 2012-09-04 13:41
    ! List Management: Sorting of paths (e.g. in Favorites) could result 
      in unexpected sort orders when paths were backslashed. Fixed.
    ! Configuration | General | Auto-optimize tree: Did not optimize the 
      tree on pane switch. Fixed.

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v11.50.0010 - 2012-09-03 21:30
    + Menu Tools | Customize Tree: Added the revolutionary new style 
      "Highlight Path". Turn it ON to highlight the current path in the 
      Tree, i.e. each component of the current path. The factory default 
      is OFF.
      To make things easier and keep some degree of visual consistency, 
      the color used for the highlighting is the one defined in 
      Configuration | Colors & Styles | Current Tree Folder.
      Yes, it's graphically pretty strong, but at least you won't have 
      any problems anymore to immediately spot your tree position :). In 
      a long tree the absence or presence of the narrow line leading up 
      to the "Computer" tree root will instantly tell you whether to 
      scroll up or down to find your place. You might get used to it 
      sooner than you think...
    ! Info Panel | Raw View | Right-click Menu: Copy Selection did not 
      work with Extract Text. Fixed.

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v11.50.0009 - 2012-09-03 14:00
    + Menu File | File Special: Added command "Set Created Date to 
      Exif". Sets the Created date of each selected image file (JPEG, 
      TIFF) to its Exif date.
      Note: This command was previously featured under CKS | 
      Miscellaneous | Timestamp. The command ID remains the same, of 
      course: #1074.
    + Duplicate File Finder: The Status Bar now also shows the number of 
      found dupe groups.
    + Floating and Full Screen Preview: Now you can delete previewed 
      files right from the preview by pressing DEL or Shift+DEL.
    ! SC gettoken didn't work correctly with negative indices anymore 
      (since v11.50.0008). Fixed.

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v11.50.0008 - 2012-09-02 16:35
    + Duplicate File Finder: Added two more match criteria to choose 
      from: Date and Size. More options for you, and kind of de facto 
      standard for Duplicate File Finders it seems.
      - Date: The modified date and time of the file.
      - Size: The exact size of the file. Note that Size is logically 
              implied when Content is checked.
      Dupes column hightlighting depends on Match criteria:
            If by Content:  white-on-green
        ElseIf by Size:     white-on-brown
        ElseIf by Date:     white-on-purple
        ElseIf by Name:     white-on-blue
      Note that in real-world, dupes by Name+Date+Size will often 
      coincide with dupes by Content, but matching Name+Date+Size is 
      MUCH faster than matching Content.
    * Duplicate File Finder: From now on ONLY files are returned. 
      Before, the Name-only check would also return folders. 
    + SC timestamp enhanced: Now when you pass a date variable in single 
      quotes (so that it is not evaluated before it is passed to the 
      timestamp function) the variable is evaluated per-file.
      Examples:
      - Set modified and created date of all selected files to the EXIF 
        date of the current file:
        timestamp mc, "<dateexif>";
      - Set modified and created date of all selected files to the EXIF 
        date of each of those files:
        timestamp mc, '<dateexif>';
      Usage:
      - Here is a useful portable file association to have EXIF time 
        stamping in the OpenWith menu for all selected JPG files:
        |"Timestamp MC with EXIF-Date" *.jpg>::timestamp mc, '<dateexif>'
    + SC gettoken enhanced: Now you can return the beginning or end of 
      the input string depending on a new parameter "flags":
      Syntax: gettoken(string, [index=1], [separator=" "], [format], [flags])
        flags: (bit field)
          1 = Return from start
          2 = Return till end
      Examples:
        text gettoken("a,b,c", 2, ",");       // b
        text gettoken("a,b,c", 2, ",", , 1);  // a,b
        text gettoken("a,b,c", 2, ",", , 2);  // b,c

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v11.50.0007 - 2012-08-31 19:01
    ! On a multi monitor setup various modal dialogs could be positioned 
      outside the visual screen (causing an apparent program hang) when 
      XY was started with a previously active monitor now off. Fixed.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.00.0084.
    > Dupes: FYI, Byte-to-byte is not necessarily the slowest but 
      depending on the input sometimes even the fastest of all 
      comparison methods. It genetrally seems to like smaller files. 
      And, at least on my system, it appears to be always faster then 
      SHA-512 (however, see below.)
    ! Dupes: When looking for dupes-by-content, a logical bug (IOW bad 
      thinking of the dev) could lead to overlooked dupes when the files 
      had the same size but different names and contents. Fixed.
      If you have many such situations (same size, different content and 
      different name), a comparison based on hashing (e.g. SHA-1) will 
      be faster than byte-to-byte.
    - Removed "Dangerous files" type. Dumb idea.

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v11.50.0004 - 2012-08-30 10:49
    + Configuration | Colors & Styles | Grid style: Added another style:
        - Alternate Groups (Smart Names): Every 2nd group is 
          highlighted. Extra-smartness for Names.
    + Floating and Full Screen Preview: Before, the rotate commands only 
      worked for JPG, PNG, GIF, and BMP. Now they work for all previewed 
      file types, even for RAW images, TGA, PDF, and video thumbs.
    + Info Panel | Find Files | Type Filter: Added a new type:
      - Dangerous files: File types that are potentially harmful. Of 
        course, this list cannot be exhaustive.
    * Info Panel | Find Files | Type Filter: Reduced type "Executable 
      files" to just these: .bat.cmd.com.exe.scr.

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v11.50.0003 - 2012-08-29 10:42
    + List | Dupes column: Right-clicking items in the Dupes column when 
      the list is sorted by this column pops a special context menu with 
      two commands for selecting items based on the dupe groups:
      - Select the First Item in Each Group
      - Select the Non-First Items in Each Group    
    + Configuration | Colors & Styles | Grid style: Added some wider 
      "Zebra Stripes" styles that are psychedelically less aggressive 
      than the narrow zebra striping. Now we have the following styles:
        - Grid Lines: Thin 1 pixel lines between the rows.
        - Zebra Stripes: Alternate Rows (1): Every 2nd row is highlighted.
        - Zebra Stripes: Alternate Rows (2): Every 2nd 2 rows are highlighted.
        - Zebra Stripes: Alternate Rows (3): Every 2nd 3 rows are highlighted.
        - Zebra Stripes: Alternate Rows (4): Every 2nd 4 rows are highlighted.
        - Zebra Stripes: Alternate Rows (5): Every 2nd 5 rows are highlighted.
        - Alternate Groups: Every 2nd group is highlighted.
        - Highlighted Groups: Every group is highlighted.
        - Highlighted Groups (Smart Names): Extra-smartness for Names.
      Upgraders might need to manually adjust their setting to keep the 
      style they had before upgrading.
    + SC run enhanced: Added a way to wait for a shelled process to 
      finish *without* a message box.
      Syntax: run command, [directory], [wait=0]
        [wait]:    
          0 = [default] return immediately and continue the script
          1 = Wait, with message: Only continue when the shelled process 
              has finished, show message box "Please wait..." whiloe the 
              process is going on.
          2 = Wait, no message: Same as above but without message box.
      Examples:
        // open Edit.txt in current path using notepad, wait with message
        run "notepad Edit.txt", , 1; msg "Done!";
        // the same but without message
        run "notepad Edit.txt", , 2; msg "Done!";
    + SC formatlist enhanced: The filter parameter on format = "f" now 
      supports inversion by a prefixed "!". If inverted, the filter 
      returns all non-matching items.
      If more than one filter is stated (OR-ed list of filters) the 
      inversion is applied to combined result of all filters. You cannot 
      invert individual filters.
      To use "!" as a normal character in the first position of the 
      filter list you can escape it by "\".
      Examples:
        text formatlist("a|ba|ac|ed|!a", "f", , "a*|*d");     //a|ac|ed
        text formatlist("a|ba|ac|ed|!a", "f", , "!a*|*d");    //ba|!a
        text formatlist("a|ba|ac|ed|!a", "f", , "\!a*|*d");   //ed|!a
    ! Highlighting Groups or Dupes did not work with list style 
      "Highlight Sorted Column" disabled. What a nonsense. Fixed.
    ! Duplicate File Finder: Fixed various display glitches.

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v11.50.0002 - 2012-08-27 20:46
  +++ Duplicate File Finder: Finds duplicate files by name and/or 
      content in any location. Spotting duplicates, especially those by 
      content, can be useful for freeing up storage space.

      XY's dupe finder is implemented as new filter "Dupes" in the Find 
      Files tab. If the filter is active then only duplicate files are 
      listed in the search results, i.e. files that have one or more 
      duplicates in this very search results list.
      
      The meaning of "duplicate" can be defined in the Dupes tab: It's 
      either "Same name", or "Same content", or both.
      
      For "Same content" you can further define the method of 
      comparison: the choices go from MD5 (fastest but least reliable) 
      via SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, to Byte-to-byte (slowest but most 
      reliable). Generally, SHA-1 is thought to be reliable enough for 
      real world usage and hence it is also the factory default.
      Ironically the dupe search will be fastest when they are no dupes, 
      and the speed will be slower the more dupes or near-dupes you 
      have, i.e. files that have to be read and compared down to the 
      last byte.
      
      Tick the "Invert" option to find all singular/unique files; quite 
      useful when comparing two folders that should be in sync.

      The Dupes filter can be combined with all other search filters; 
      dupe check is applied *after* the other filters so if you know 
      what you are looking for you can save a lot of time by pre-
      filtering the checked files by Name, Size, Date, Tags etc.

      The results list of a dupes search features a special column 
      "Dupes" where each group of dupes is referred to by a unique ID 
      starting from number 1 for the first group detected. Sorting the 
      list by this column will bring the duplicate files that belong 
      together into adjacent order.
      A dupes search results list is always initialized to be sorted by 
      the Dupes column. And if sorted by Dupes, the list is internally 
      set to grid style "Highlighted Groups", and the Dupes column is 
      additionally hightlighted white-on-blue for name-only dupes and 
      white-on-green for content dupes (whether name is ticked or not) 
      to clearly display the dupe groups and their nature.
      
      Further Notes:
      - If sorted by Dupes, the internal secondary sorting is by Name. 
        You can change the secondary sorting by holding SHIFT while 
        clicking any other column header, e.g. Modified or Path.
      - If both "Same name" and "Same content" are unticked the Dupes 
        filter is internally deactivated.
      - If looking for "Same content" then only files, no folders, are 
        found. Equally inverted content check will return only singular 
        files, no folders (therefore normal and inverted results do not 
        add up to the total scanned items if folders are among the 
        items.
      - Of course, checking for dupes by content takes a lot of time. 
        Still XY is pretty fast here due to some smart logic. The 
        bottleneck, however, is the HD read speed.
      - Also search results caching is supported dupes searches. But 
        always remember that caches can get stale: it might be that 
        files marked as dupes are not dupes anymore.

    * Configuration | Colors & Styles | Grid Style: Renamed "Zebra 
      Stripes: Highlighted Groups" to "Highlighted Groups" (because it's 
      not zebra stripes the sense of alternating colors, but simply 
      highlighting certain items).
      Also moved the smart Name group highlighting to an additional 
      style "Highlighted Groups (Smart Names)" because it adds a logic 
      clearly different from the normal dumb group highlighting and 
      should therefore be optional.
      Upgraders will need to manually adjust their setting to 
      "Highlighted Groups (Smart Names)" if they used the smart Name 
      group highlighting.

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v11.50.0001 - 2012-08-25 15:38
    + Floating and Full Screen Preview: Added context menu commands to 
      rotate the preview:
      - "Rotate Left" (L)
      - "Rotate Right" (R)
      Notes:
      - Of course, the original image itself is not modfied.
      - The rotate state is remembered for a preview until the file is 
        unselected. You can even switch between Floating and Full 
        Screen Preview while keeping the rotation as long as the file is 
        not unselected.
      - Press F5 (Refresh) to show the preview in non-rotated state, 
        resp. in auto-rotated state if that's enabled.
      - Pixel-exact Mouse Down Blow Up works just fine in rotated 
        previews.
      - The image preview in the Info Panel, if active at the same time 
        as the Floating Preview, is rotated as well. This has technical 
        reasons but might as well be useful.
    + SC compare() enhanced: Added date compare.
      Syntax: compare(string1, string2, [method=b])
        method: d = date: compares dates, optionally including times; 
                    both string1 and string2 default to the current 
                    date/time.
        return: -1  if date1 < date2
                 0  if date1 == date2
                 1  if date1 > date2
      Notes: Valid date syntax depends on your locale.
      Examples: 
        echo compare("24.08.2012", "25.08.2012", "d"); //-1
        echo compare("24.08.2012", "24.08.2012", "d"); //0
        echo compare("25.08.2012", "24.08.2012", "d"); //1
        echo compare("24.08.2012 08:43:01", "24.08.2012 08:43:02", "d"); //-1
        echo compare("24.08.2012 08:43:02", "24.08.2012 08:43:01", "d"); //1
    * Menu Edit | Select: All keyboard shortcuts in this submenu now 
      have global scope, i.e. they function wherever the focus is. 
      Before they would only work when focus was in Tree or List.
      Exception: Ctrl+A is hardcodedto select all text when function is 
      in a textbox.
    * Quick Search: Before, the pattern tags:"" found all *tagged* items 
      without any Tags (i.e. it returned only items present in the tags 
      database for having Labels or Comments or both). Now, it will 
      return *any* items without any Tags. Same for lbl:"" and cmt:"".
      FYI, you cannot find items without any tags (Labels, Tags, or 
      Comments) via the Tags tab because this interface is designed to 
      only search via the tags database and items without any tags are 
      not present in this database.

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