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XYplorer Beta Club
v8.80.0100 - 2010-02-02 12:00
= MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
+++ Bug fixes.
+++ Toolbar icons now with alpha transparency.
+++ Input dialogs now resizable.
+++ Improved UAC integration.
v8.80.0100 - 2010-02-02 11:11
* Updated the help file.
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v8.80.0070 - 2010-02-01 11:21
* Upgrading from 8.80 to this version
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Before (v8.80.0060 - 2010-01-27 22:50):
- If you use the installer to upgrade to this version and
you had no startup.ini in the app path then the installer will
create a startup.ini and thereby change your app data path.
In this case a silent automatic operation will copy (not move --
for safety and to avoid any lack-of-rights-induced problems)
your data files to the new app data path. If all works well you
will not even note it.
Now:
- I decided that silently moving files is too unpolite to the
upgrading user. Instead on first run after upgrade, if a
startup.ini points to a non-existing folder and an XYplorer.ini
exists in app path, then startup.ini is reset to point to
nothing, and the app data path is reset to app path. So no files
are moved and the user's installation is identical to the one
before the upgrade.
! Tree: On a blocked rename (e.g. because something is locked by
another process) XYplorer might show doubled error messages and
doesn't stop trying when clicking "OK". Fixed.
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v8.80.0068 - 2010-01-30 20:44
! Depending on the context there could be a crash and/or (apparent)
loss of panes data on first run after install. Fixed.
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v8.80.0067 - 2010-01-30 18:16
* Resolving relative paths: Now a relative path beginning with a
backslash is resolved as a direct subfolder of XY's app drive.
For example:
\folder\blah.txt = [XYdrive]:\folder\blah.txt
This can be seen as a bug fix because it really should have been
like this ever since.
! Drawing issue with CTB menu icons. Fixed?
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v8.80.0066 - 2010-01-30 10:45
* Installer: Now always installs so that the application data are
written to the user-specific path, i.e. to %appdata%\XYplorer,
independently of the choice you make here:
(1) Install for anyone using this computer (Default)
= Application data in %appdata%\XYplorer
= startmenu icons in
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
(2) Install just for me
= Application data in %appdata%\XYplorer
= startmenu icons in
\Documents and Settings\<User>\Start Menu\Programs
This mixed strategy appears to be the best overall choice in that
it avoids more of possible confusion and frustration than other
strategies depending on the user's system and its configuration
and the user's geek level. It also seems to be the most common
practice.
Tip: To have the application data stored under the XYplorer
application folder simply set key "Path" in startup.ini to
nothing:
[Appdata]
Path=
If now XYplorer.ini is found in the application folder, the data
are stored right there. If not then they are stored in the
subfolder Data.
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v8.80.0063 - 2010-01-29 17:32
* List, Sorting: Now when you sort the list by scripting in
descending sort order, or when the default sort order for a column
is descending, the secondary sorted column (usually column "Name")
is also sorted in descending order. Before it was sorted in
ascending order.
::SortBy("Ext", "d"); //will secondary sort Name descending
* SC run: The wait dialog now shows a blinking icon while waiting.
! All small lists in various corners of the GUI had a bug that
rarely surfaced. When you deleted the last item in a list the list
was internally not completely updated to the new state. Fixed.
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v8.80.0061 - 2010-01-28 08:51
* Now the EXE contains a huge 256x256 icon resource, also known as
"Vista icon".
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v8.80.0060 - 2010-01-27 22:50
*** Installer: Now running XYplorer_?.??_Install.exe (the "Install
Package") will create a non-portable installation where the
application data are located outside the program folder and, if
you are Administrator, depending on your choice during
installation:
(1) Install for anyone using this computer (Default)
= Application data in %commonappdata%\XYplorer
e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\XYplorer
(2) Install just for me
= Application data in %appdata%\XYplorer
e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Donald\Application
Data\XYplorer
To realize this behavior the installer creates a particular
startup.ini file in the program folder depending on the choice.
Remarks
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- "Non-portable installation" only refers to the location of the
application data. It is still true that XYplorer does not change
your system or registry.
- To use XYplorer as portable application install it using the
"No-Install Package" (or "Portable Package" as it will be named
in future), i.e. simply unpack the archive to any folder.
Without the presence of a startup.ini XYplorer will use its own
folder (resp. a subfolder "Data", see below) as application data
path (as it has always been).
- If you install over a previous installation then an existing
startup.ini is never overwritten regardless of the above choice.
- Note that when running the installer under a normal User-account
(no Admin) the above choice is not offered but internally set to
"Install just for me" by default.
- On uninstall (running Uninstall.exe) the application data folder
and startmenu items will be removed with all contents. (You
should install and uninstall under the same account else the
uninstaller will get confused and not remove all files.)
!!! Upgrading to this version !!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you use the installer to upgrade to this version and
you had no startup.ini in the app path then the installer will
create a startup.ini and thereby change your app data path.
In this case a silent automatic operation will copy (not move --
for safety and to avoid any lack-of-rights-induced problems)
your data files to the new app data path. If all works well you
will not even note it.
- HOWEVER, according to Murphy's law, it's probably a good idea to
make a backup of your old app data BEFORE upgrading to this
version (for the unlikely case that anything goes wrong).
- Later you can manually delete the data files from your app path
because they are not used anymore if startup.ini points to a
different path.
* Startup, App Data Path: Now, if
- no app data path is set by command line
- AND no startup.ini is found in app path
- AND no XYplorer.ini is found in app path
then the app data path is auto-set to <xypath>\Data.
Reason: Keeping the variable user data together in one place is a
good idea. Even in portable installations which is the typical
context for this scenario.
! Find Files: A search pattern "tag:?*" would also find untagged
files when they had a comment. Fixed.
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v8.80.0050 - 2010-01-26 13:38
* New manifest. Attempt to fix DPI-related issue under Vista/Win7.
* Command line switches: Now you can pass a startpath with Unicode
characters.
! Configuration | Startup & Exit: Setting "Allow multiple instances"
was ignored since v8.80.0038. Fixed.
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v8.80.0038 - 2010-01-25 13:09
* Configuration | Tags: Now empty tag names are not allowed anymore.
They never made much sense anyway, of course.
* Configuration | Startup & Exit: Permanent Startup Path now supports
environment variables.
% Performance of graphics engine further improved for all OSs.
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v8.80.0036 - 2010-01-24 12:47
% Performance issues with the new graphics engine under Win7. Fixed?
* Tweak StartPathNewTab: Now it supports environment variables, so
you can do e.g. this:
StartPathNewTab=%userprofile%\Desktop
* Toolbar: Some new icons.
! Backup functions did not work under Win2K. Fixed.
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v8.80.0034 - 2010-01-23 15:44
! General drawing glitch. Fixed.
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v8.80.0033 - 2010-01-23 15:11
* Toolbar: Some new icons.
% Debug code...
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v8.80.0032 - 2010-01-22 20:59
% Performance issues with the new graphics engine under Win7. Fixed?
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v8.80.0030 - 2010-01-21 15:43
*** Toolbar icons and other graphics: Finally you get true per-pixel
alpha transparency. The transition of the hundreds of embedded
icons will take a while since it can only be done manually, partly
even pixel per pixel. But the technology is already in place and
working well.
% Nice side effect of new icons handling: EXE size reduced by about
250 KB.
! Empty unicode files (i.e. containing only the BOM) had been
interpreted as ASCII files by the Raw View and by the SC
filetype(). Now, these files are correctly interpreted as empty
unicode files.
! Dropdown lists with icons (e.g. in Address Bar): Drawing glitch
left pixel dirt on top pixel row. Fixed.