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XYplorer Beta Club
v8.20.0016 - 2009-08-21 14:00
+ Toolbar: Button "Quick File View" now with context menu.
* Configuration | Features: Added "Catalog" to Pro-only features.
! Catalog: Dropping on the Catalog did always default to "copy" when
entering via the scrollbar. Fixed.
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v8.20.0015 - 2009-08-20 15:39
+ New license type "Lifetime License Home", aka the XYplorer Home
Edition. The Home Edition has everything the Professional Edition
has, apart from the following advanced features:
- Scripting
- User-Defined Commands
- Portable File Associations
- Network Server Caching
- Customized Keyboard Shortcuts
Soon you'll be able to even buy it... :)
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v8.20.0014 - 2009-08-20 12:56
+ Toolbar: Added button "Quick File View".
+ All lists (e.g. in Customize Toolbar Dialog) now support a simple
Type-Ahead Find where you jump to the next item beginning with the
letter you typed.
Supported characters are keys A-Z and numbers 0-9.
* Customize Toolbar Dialog: Now large icons are displayed in Large
Icons mode.
! Quick File View: The hex view for binary files was embarrassingly
buggy because it showed non-existing line breaks (CRLF) within the
data. Fixed.
! Using the Common File Dialog (e.g. for choosing a name for a
backup log file, or for loading a new configuration file) resulted
in a permanent lock of the browsed directory. Fixed.
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v8.20.0013 - 2009-08-19 12:27
! Configuration | Features: Now, when turning CKS on or off, you get
the expected behavior: reload of custom shortcuts (from ks.dat) or
fallback to factory defaults.
! Drag'n'drop of files from another app into XY did not default to a
Move operation when source and target are on the same drive. Fixed.
! Raw View ... (see below) ... Fix #6.
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v8.20.0012 - 2009-08-18 15:24
* Configuration | Features (previously "Modules"): Now all five can
be disabled, the text is improved, and no restart is needed.
+ Configuration | Features: Added option "Emulate the XYplorer Home
Edition". Here you can try out -- particularly interesting for
users in Trial Mode, of course -- how the app is like when you buy
the upcoming Home Edition.
! Layout: Address Bar height did not adjust correctly when on one
row with a hidden Toolbar in large icon size. Fixed.
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v8.20.0010 - 2009-08-17 15:39
+++ Configuration: Added section "Modules". Here you can deactivate
modules that you don't need. It will make the application even
lighter and faster, and it will take out unnecessary GUI elements.
These settings take effect only after the next restart.
Currently implemented are modules Scripting and User-Defined
Commands. Others will follow soon.
+ Added tweak to layout the top bars as it was possible before Dual
Pane was introduced. Note that this layout is only applied in
Single Pane Mode. However, you can toggle panes while using the SP
layout, so can enjoy advantages of both worlds.
[General]
LayoutSP=0
Possible values:
0 = Same as Dual Pane (= tweak is OFF)
1 = [Address Bar] [Toolbar & Tabs]
2 = [Address Bar] [Tabs & Toolbar]
3 = [Toolbar & Address Bar] [Tabs]
4 = [Address Bar & Toolbar] [Tabs]
! Raw View | Hex mode: Would not display Unicode files correctly on
Unicode/MBCS systems like Chinese, Japanese. Fix #5.
! List: Autosize Columns was not always applied to all columns after
a rename. Fixed.
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v8.20.0007 - 2009-08-16 09:37
+ Scripting got a new function.
Name: formatdate
Action: Returns a date/time expression in a specific format,
optionally shifted by a specific interval.
Syntax: formatdate([date], [format], [shift_unit], [shift_num])
date: [optional] Date expression to be formatted.
Defaults to now.
format: [optional] e.g. yyyymmdd_hhnnss;
also supports named formats Zodiac and ISOWeek
Defaults to general system date/time format.
shift_unit: [optional] unit to shift date by
y = years
m = months
w = weeks
d = days
h = hours
n = minutes
s = seconds
Legal results: between 01.01.0100 and 31.12.9999
else error
shift_num: [optional] number of units to shift date by
negative to go back in time
must be an integer value
Examples:
::text formatdate(); //16.08.2009 08:27:05
::text formatdate(, "yyyymmdd_hhnnss"); //20090816_082217
::text formatdate("", "yyyymmdd_hhnnss"); //Error: Invalid date
::text formatdate("16.08.2009", "Zodiac"); //Leo
Examples for shifted dates:
// returns 16.08.2009 08:00:03
::text formatdate("16.08.2009 08:00:00", , "s", 3);
// returns 16.08.2009 08:03:00 (+ 3 minutes)
::text formatdate("16.08.2009 08:00:00", , "s", 180);
// returns 16.08.2009 07:59:59
::text formatdate("16.08.2009 08:00:00", , "s", -1);
// returns 16.08.2009 11:30:00 (+ 3.5 hours)
::text formatdate("16.08.2009 08:00:00", , "n", 210);
// returns 16.08.2009 08:00:00 with error "Date shifting failed"
::text formatdate("16.08.2009 08:00:00", , "y", 7991);
Usage:
A practical example would be to shift the timestamp of your
photos after coming back from a holiday in a different zime
zone:
//set modified date of current file to its EXIF + 6 hours
::timestamp m, formatdate("<dateexif>", ,"h", 6);
! Raw View | Hex mode: Would not display Unicode files correctly on
Unicode/MBCS systems like Chinese, Japanese. Fix #4.
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v8.20.0006 - 2009-08-13 21:28
+ Find Files | Quick Name Search: Added a new pattern switch, /f, to
return only files (not folders) in the search results.
Pattern switches can optionally be appended to the search pattern
in the name field and have the general format "blank-slash-
letter(s)", e.g. " /r" or " /rf" (the order of letters is
irrelevant).
Currently there are two such switches implemented:
r recurse subfolders
f find only files, not folders
Examples:
?* /f = Find all files in the current folder
(do not recurse subfolders)
?* /rf = Find all files in the current branch
(recursing subfolders)
?* /r = Find all items in the current branch
(recursing subfolders)
+ XYplorer Variables: Coming from a holiday trip with lots of
digital photos I decided to add some comfort for photographers,
and added a variable that resolves to the EXIF (Exchangeable Image
File Format) date of the focused image file (JPEG or TIFF):
<dateexif>.
Usage is just as with other XY variables. Some simple examples:
::echo "<dateexif>"; //uses general system date/time format
::echo "<dateexif yyyy>"; //just the year
::echo "<dateexif yyyymmdd_hhnnss>"; //fully configurable format
It starts getting interesting when you use the variable for
renaming or timestamping files. e.g.:
//set modified date to EXIF date:
::timestamp m, "<dateexif>";
//prefix EXIF date to filename:
::rename b, "<dateexif yyyymmdd_hhnnss>-*", p;
Remarks:
- The procedure will first look for the field DateTimeOriginal
which is defined as "Date and time the picture was taken with the
camera".
- If this field does not exist the procedure will then look for
the field DateTime ("Date and time the image file was stored on
camera chip").
- If this field does not exist the variable returns nothing.
* SC timestamp: Now there's a subtle but important difference in
handling the optional [date] argument.
::timestamp m; //set modified date of current item to Now
::timestamp m, ""; //do not set modified date at all
Reason: This way the line
::timestamp m, "<dateexif>";
will not touch the date when no EXIF date could be retrieved.
+ CKS | Miscellaneous | Timestamp: Added command "Set Modified Date
to EXIF Date". Sets the Modified date of each selected image file
(JPEG, TIFF) to its EXIF date.
This allows you to update the timestamps of hundreds of photos in
a split second. The EXIF date is retrieved as described above. If
no EXIF date is found the Modified date is not touched.
* Tabs: The cycle functions marked with * now update the tab MRU
once all keys are released and the newly selected tab is filled with
content.
Miscellaneous / Tab Functions /
Cycle Tabs Backward: Ctrl+Shift+Tab; MouseWheel Up
Cycle Tabs Forward: Ctrl+Tab; MouseWheel Down
*Cycle Tabs Backward, Delay Browsing: Ctrl+PageUp
*Cycle Tabs Forward, Delay Browsing: Ctrl+PageDown
This means you can do Ctrl+PageUp to go to the previous tab, then
release all keys, and then do Ctrl+PageUp again to go back to the
first tab (which has become previous tab).
! Raw View | Hex mode: Would not display Unicode files correctly on
Unicode/MBCS systems like Chinese, Japanese. Fix #3.
* Statusbar: The drive size info (when no item is selected) now
flexibly adjusts the unit to the actual byte count, so nowadays it
will typically display the sizes in GB. Before it was hard-coded
to MB.
+ Scripting got a new function.
Name: toolbar
Action: Customizes the toolbar.
Syntax: toolbar([buttons], [large])
buttons: [optional] comma-separated list of button keys
empty = keep current toolbar
"" = reset toolbar to factory default buttons
large: [optional]
0 = small
1 = large
empty = keep current setting
return: the current (old) toolbar
Examples:
// displays the current toolbar button keys:
text toolbar();
// defines a mini toolbar
toolbar("back,fore,up,refresh,-,exitnosave");
// resets toolbar to factory default, and makes it small
toolbar("", 0);
Remarks:
With a little simple scripting you can now write your own
Toolbar Manager and have as many different custom toolbars as
you like, selectable e.g. from a popup menu.
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v8.10.0025 - 2009-08-12 10:22
+ Toolbar | Sticky Selection: Now with context menu "List Style".
* Edit fields: Now any KS containing Backspace will not trigger when
pressed within Edit fields.
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v8.10.0023 - 2009-08-11 15:33
+ Toolbar: Added button "Sticky Selection". Handy for quick toggling
and for showing the current state of affairs.
v8.10.0022 - 2009-08-11 13:02
+ Toolbar: Added button "Exit without Saving".
! Tags & Comments: Renaming items by only changing the case of
letters lead to a loss of Tags & Comments data because the
database was not updated correctly. Fixed.
! Raw View | Hex mode: Would not display Unicode files correctly on
Unicode/MBCS systems like Chinese, Japanese. Fix #2.
! Tree: Folders deleted in the List were not auto-removed from the
Tree when within Special Folders (Desktop, Documents...). Fixed.
! List: A newly created foreground tab was not correctly refreshed
when the source tab was visually filtered. Fixed.
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v8.10.0021 - 2009-08-10 14:20
* Configuration: Renamed "Auto-refresh on file system changes" to
"Auto-refresh". Reason: make clearer that the setting is identical
to menu View | Auto-refresh.
* Menu Scripts: Renamed "&Step Through Scripts" to "&Step Mode" to
make clear that it's a toggle and not an action.
! Thumbnails: Display glitch when scrolling fast while fresh thumbs
are being created. Fix #2.
% Thumbnails display smoother and faster again. Unnecessary drawing
while the list is still loading now is skipped.
! Renaming a folder via the tree didn't update the title bar. Fixed.
! Raw View | Hex mode: Would not display Unicode files correctly on
Unicode/MBCS systems like Chinese, Japanese. Fixed.
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v8.10.0020 - 2009-08-07 22:37
+ Added preview of *.m4r files (iPhone ringtone). As always: XY can
play it if WMP can play it. You just need the codec.
! List: Double-clicking a folder in thumbnails view would open it in
WE (default app for folders) instead of XY under certain conditions.
Fixed.
! List: Delayed Type-Ahead Find (type while list still loading) was
still buggy. Fixed.
! Mini Tree: When a drive was auto-added to the Tree due to Auto-
Refresh the Tree was not immediately updated which could lead to a
crash at a later point. Fixed.
* Mini Tree: It is possible that the inactive pane points to a
folder that is not part of the MT since the user removed it from
the MT. In this case this folder will not automatically be shown
in the MiniTree anymore in case of an Auto-Refresh event since
the user explicitly opted that she does not want to have this
folder in the MiniTree.
* List: Under certain conditions you cannot access the folder
C:\System Volume Information\ (or on any other drive). Reason:
"Access Denied". The "blocked list message" now says so.
! Thumbnails: Display glitch when scrolling fast while fresh thumbs
are being created. Fixed.
! List: List Styles "Show Grid" and "Highlight Selected Rows" were
applied to both panes when set via Configuration dialog. Fixed:
Only the active pane is affected.
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v8.10.0017 - 2009-08-06 11:11
! Keyboard shortcuts containing SHIFT would cause the unwanted
creation of new tabs under somce circumstances. Fixed.
! Configuration: Changing Advanced | "Auto-refresh on file system
changes" and Startup & Exit | "Allow multiple instances" and "Open
new instance always" at the same time could lead to a complete
hang. Fixed.
! Toolbar: Very quick consecutive Left and Right clicking could lead
to problems depending on the clicked button. Fixed.
! History per Tab: Toolbar buttons Back and Forward were not updated
correctly when switching to a tab without any history. Fixed.
! List: Switching to a tab in which the "Location currently not
available" is displayed re-set the List font to regular (if it
was bold before). Fixed.
* Address Bar: Experimentally Spot and Jump To Item patterns entered
through the Address Bar are now added to the Address Bar's MRU.
Might save you lots of typing depending on your work style.
+ Tweak to force fast generic icons for Catalog items:
[Settings]
GenericIconsForCatalog=[0|1]
* Re-added the following tweak:
[Settings]
GenericIconsForNetworkLocations=[0|1]
Set to 1 to generally force fast generic icons for network
locations anywhere in the interface.
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v8.10.0012 - 2009-08-05 18:16
% Thumbnails display smoother and faster.
! Dual Pane: Statusbar was set to inactive pane's info under certain
conditions. Fixed.
! Scripting: Terminating the current instance using ::#190 (Restart
without Saving) could lead to a run-time error. Fixed.
! Environment Variables: A path containing an Environment Variable
in the name (% is an allowed character in filenames) would not be
handled as expected because the alleged Environment Variable was
resolved. Fixed by adding some smartness to the resolving code.
Now you can have a folder called "C:\%AppData%\" or a file called
"%tmp%.txt".
! Tree/List: Slow Double-Click could lead to the wrong menu popping
up over the rename box when you did a right-click quickly after
the Left Click.
! Toolbar: Some icons did not display under Vista. Fixed.
* Toolbar: Some icons improved.
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v8.10.0010 - 2009-08-04 17:17
+++ Toolbar: Now large icons are supported. Find the option in the
Customize Toolbar dialog (menu Tools).
All large icons have been manually created. Also some of the small
icons have been redesigned.
Credits go to countless free icon archives where I found material
and inspiration; but not a single icon was simply copied without
considerable manual editing by myself.
Still missing: Handling of excess buttons right of the view port.
Future: You will be able to feed your own custom icon set into the
toolbar (or share it with others) by creating an image file that
serves as icons resource.
+ Custom Event Actions (CEA): Added another option to the "right-
click on the list's white space" event (currently only as a tweak).
[Settings]
CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite=0
You can currently choose between the following actions:
0 = Popup the Edit menu (factory default)
1 = Popup the Shell menu for the current folder
2 = Popup the Favorite Folders menu (as in Tree right-click)
(any other value) = Do nothing
+ Configuration | General: Added option "Enable type-ahead find"
(factory default is ON). Uncheck to disable type-ahead find in Tree
and List.
+ CKS | Miscellaneous | Preview: Added command "Close Preview".
Close any Preview and Raw View.
+ SC property enhanced. Now you can pass the index of the property
by prefixing the number with "#". Note that Microsoft
traditionally changes the indices with each new OS.
Examples:
These two lines return the same under WinXP:
msg property("FileVersion", "%winsysdir%\msvbvm60.dll");
msg property("#37", "%winsysdir%\msvbvm60.dll");
Under Vista you need to pass another index:
msg property("#145", "%winsysdir%\msvbvm60.dll");
Under Win7 you need to pass yet another index:
msg property("#156", "%winsysdir%\msvbvm60.dll");
+ SC goto enhanced: Added argument reuseexistingtab.
Syntax: goto location, [reuseexistingtab]
reuseexistingtab: 0 = [default] overwrite current tab
1 = reuse existing tab
(else overwrite current)
* Address Bar: Experimentally quick scripts entered through the
Address Bar are now added to the Address Bar's MRU. Might save you
lots of typing depending on your work style.
! Configuration | Templates: You could define an invalid Number
Suffix that would eventually lead to a total freeze in later
processing. Now any illegal Number Suffix will be reset to the
factory default "-00" when OKing the Configuration dialog.
! Blocked search on startup: Triggering the blocked search did not
honour quick name searches. Fixed.