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v6.40.0013 - 2007-10-21 17:50
    ! Manage UDCs dialog: Little display glitch with the Category list. 
      Fixed.

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v6.40.0012 - 2007-10-21 14:44
    + Toolbar: added button "Save Settings". Saves all settings (*.ini 
      and *.dat files), and has a context menu that's identical to the 
      menu File | Settings. 
    + Forgot to mention: User | Manage Commands has a default KS: 
      Ctrl+Alt+F9. As always with new KS, it has to be manually 
      assigned: open CKS, go to the command in question, press 
      "Default" and then "Assign".
    * Menu File: Reorganized and enlarged the "Configuration File" 
      submenu. I decided that the term "Configuration (file)" from now 
      on applies to the current *.ini file proper, whereas the term 
      "Settings (files)" applies to all other configurable data, as are 
      Catalog, UDC, KS, and Cached Servers -- (which are all saved in 
      *.dat files). Accordingly I renamed the menu "Configuration File" 
      to "Settings". Within the now called Settings menu, I added 
      commands to individually save all types of settings to the 
      respective *.dat files.      
    * Changed main menu order: moved User to the left of Tools.
    ! Would lose any fresh Catalog/UDC/KS/Server settings, when loading 
      a new configuration without manually saving the current settings 
      before. Fixed. Now it's auto-saved *IF* "Save Settings on Exit" is 
      true.
    ! KSs containing Ctrl+Alt-combinations did not trigger an assigned 
      function when pressed inside Edit boxes. And for a reason: some 
      Ctrl+Alt+[Key] yield a printable character, so I wanted to ensure 
      that these characters get printed to the edit field. However, I 
      did this too generously. Now, most such KS, e.g. Ctrl+Alt+C 
      (Focus Catalog), *will* work (= trigger functions if assigned) in 
      edit boxes, because (at least on my keyboard) they do not yield a 
      printable character. Alles klar?
    ! If a non-empty previewed file was auto-raw-viewed, and the next to 
      be previewed file was empty, the previous raw view would stick 
      visible instead of showing the "File is empty" message. Fixed.
    ! Crash on startup minimized to tray with Raw View active and 
      certain other circumstances. Fixed.

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v6.40.0010 - 2007-10-20 21:57
  +++ Another milestone on the long and winding road to superior 
      productivity and file management fun: User-Defined Commands (UDC)!
      
      Contrary to my original plans (then called "Scriptable Hotkeys") I 
      did not implement them key-based but menu-based. It took me half a 
      year to make up my mind about this, but it was worth every second 
      of it. What you get now is 100% full control, plus total visual 
      feedback, full mouse and key access, and the possibility to have 
      user-defined commands *without* an assigned keyboard shortcut (which 
      was one of the inherent drawbacks of the key-based approach). Of 
      course, the real power of UDCs start when you *do* assign KSs to 
      them... :)
      
      You find a new top menu called "User", containing a link to 
      the interface where you manage your commands, and three command 
      categories (I'll soon add more, don't worry...). I attempted to 
      make it as intuitive as possible. Step by step:
        - Open the Manage Commands interface
        - Select a Category
        - Press "New"
        - Enter the "Argument": that's the critical piece of data. It's 
          where you specify the object of the Action. Usually it will be 
          a file or folder, so there's a Browse button to the right of 
          the edit field.
        - Optionally enter the Caption (for the menu item). If left 
          empty, the Argument will be used for the caption.
        - Press Apply to add your edited command to the Commands list.
        - Repeat for all UDCs you need.
        - Finally press OK to apply your changes to the current session 
          of XYplorer. The new menus will be generated in a blink. Open 
          the User menu and see yourself...
        - Now you can open CKS and assign KSs to your new UDCs.
        - Of course, as always in XY, the UDCs will be saved to file on 
          exit unless otherwise wanted. This file is called udc.dat.
      
      Further remarks:
      - There's virtually no limit to the number of commands, although, 
        being menu-based and having a finite number of keys on your board 
        you will hit a usability wall at some point.
      - The files udc.dat and ks.dat are independent from each other 
        which has obvious advantages: e.g., you can easily switch and 
        share data sets between parallel XY instances or XY users.
        Just keep in mind one thing: the keyboard shortcuts in ks.dat 
        identify functions by numbers and will trigger them without 
        asking questions. So, if you throw a udc.dat together with a 
        ks.dat that origin from different XY instances, the UDC-
        referring keyboard shortcuts will, of course, trigger whatever 
        they find in that udc.dat. So, when loading a new udc.dat or a 
        new ks.dat, quickly have a look at your "User" menu and see how 
        the KS<->UDC situation has changed.
      - I took the chance to open the door to one of the next big 
        XY features: scriptability! Internally the UDCs are already 
        processed as scripts.
      
    % Number formatting faster. You won't note it with today's hardware 
      speed but believe me, it is faster. :)
    + Added accelerators to menus that are listing tabs. Here's an 
      example ("&" marks next char as accelerators; "&&" stands for "&" 
      char that's not marking an accelerator):
        0&1 - Desktop
        0&2 - Desktop\getclipboard && files
        0&3 - C:\
        0&4 - D:\Download

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v6.40.0004 - 2007-10-16 13:13
    + Started implementing user-defined commands (UDCs). They have their 
      own top menu named "User". As an appetizer I hard-coded one UDC of 
      the type "Go To". You may already assign a KS to it (and only then 
      you'll see the menu caption -- work in progress).
      There will be about a dozen other types soon... plus, of course, 
      the interface to manage them yourself.
    + Configuration | Tabs: added two more options to "On dbl-click":
        - Open New Tab
        - Rename Tab
    * Configuration: had to rephrase some labels to make them shorter. 
      This was necessary to support somewhat larger fonts settings as 
      are typical for larger monitors.
      Advanced:
        - Suspend refres&h during file operations
        > No refres&h during file operations
        - Natural nu&meric sort order (XP/Vista only)
        > Natural nu&meric sort order (XP/Vista)
      Preview:
        - &Zoom smaller originals to fit Image/Video preview area
        > &Zoom smaller originals to fit preview area
    ! Tip of the Day: internal links to other tips did not work in all 
      systems. Changed something that might fix it. #3.

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v6.40.0003 - 2007-10-15 11:32
    + Configuration | Tabs: what happens when dbl-clicking a tab header 
      is now configurable. Find a new dropdown list with 3 options:
        - Nothing
        - Toggle Locked State
        - Close Tab
    - Configuration | General: removed "Show tips on startup". It's 
      enough to have this on the "Tip of the Day" dialog.
    % Find Files: Fuzzy matching much faster due to improved algorithm. 
      Credits go to Mike Williams.
    ! Tip of the Day: internal links to other tips did not work in all 
      systems. Changed something that might fix it. #2.
    ! There were a number of display glitches with certain user-defined 
      ppi (pixel per inch) display settings. Very hard to fix, but: Fixed!

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v6.40.0001 - 2007-10-13 14:00
    + List: Now you can paste-file-into-file via the target file's shell 
      context menu. For example, copy some file to clipboard, then right-
      click a ZIP-archive. You should see an item "Paste" in the context 
      menu if the associated archiver can handle this. Select this "Paste" 
      and the file in the clipboard will be added to the ZIP archive. Most 
      EXE files will support this as well. What happens on paste is 
      basically the same that would happen on a drop onto these files.
    * Catalog context menu: now the "Paste" command is disabled when the 
      current item is not a folder.
    - Removed: Close tab on double click.
      (It had been added v4.20.0060 - 2005-11-23 12:01)
    + Now double click on tab header toggles its Locked state.
    + Report: Now there's the Choose Printer dialog. However, printing 
      directly from XYplorer is not recommended when you expect more 
      than 1 pages output. In that case you better send the report to 
      the clipboard and paste it into some text editor that offers you a 
      much more controlled printing experience.
    * Toolbar: button "Views" now has a right-click menu (the same that 
      is popped by left-clicking the button).
    * Toolbar: button "List Management" now has a right-click menu (the 
      same that is popped by left-clicking the button).
    + Toolbar: when opening the Customize Toolbar dialog via a toolbar 
      button right-click menu, now the clicked button is preselected in 
      the "Actual buttons" list.
    + Tree highlighting and Favorites: XY got smart. Now when a folder 
      is renamed or moved, it's Highlight, Boxed Branch, or Favorites 
      state is preserved/taken with it.
    ! Tip of the Day: internal links to other tips did not work in all 
      systems. Changed something that might fix it.
    ! Tip of the Day: did not handle ":" (colons) in term text 
      correctly. Fixed.
    + Tip of the Day: now terms with tooltips can have captions that are 
      different from the target by using the {:caption|target} syntax.
      For example {:mode|list modes} will print "mode" but show the 
      tooltip of term ":List Modes:".
    ! Little painting quirk in tree lead to darker icon shadows (huh!) 
      shortly after the vertical scrollbar appeared or disappeared.
      Reason: the icons were drawn twice. Fixed.

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v6.40.0000 - 2007-10-10 11:11
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main changes since last release:
  +++ New GUI. Ux theme visual styles are now (optionally) applied to 
      all interface elements.
  +++ Major re-design of the configuration dialog.
  +++ Added a new license type, the "Standard License", which costs only 
      half of the big "Lifetime License".
  +++ Now you can drag-drop item onto *.BAT and *.CMD files. Of course, 
      this works also with Catalog items as drop targets.
  +++ Finally complete support for dropping from archives of all types.
  +++ Now you have "Tips of the day" at your finger tips (Shift+F1). And 
      more: you can easily add and manage your own tips (in your own 
      language if you want)!
  +++ Support for NTFS junctions, including configurable color coding to 
      make them visually stand out.
  +++ The Backup file operation now preserves all three dates (modified, 
      created, accessed) in copied files and folders.
  +++ The New Items interface now supports date variables, just another 
      revolutionary time-saver.
  +++ Enhanced compatibility with Kontrast#1 (etc.) color schemes for 
      visually impaired.
  +++ File Info Tips now display "Version Information" for all files 
      that have one.
  +++ Media Preview: added support for the file extension DIVX (DivX 
      Movie). 

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v6.30.0057 - 2007-10-09 13:06
    ! Lost the ability to drop attachments from Outlook. Fixed.

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v6.30.0056 - 2007-10-08 13:17
  +++ Added new license "Standard License". Contrary to the "Lifetime 
      License" this new license is limited to "one full major version 
      cycle". For example: When you purchase a "Standard License" for 
      version 6.40 it will be valid for all versions below version 7.40. 
      It will not be valid anymore for version 7.40 and higher.
      Based on the stats of the last years, this means you get roughly 
      one year of updates, which includes about 5-10 official releases 
      and 200 BETA releases.
      This license will be available from 2007-10-10 onwards.
    + Extended improved support for dropping from archives to Tree and 
      Catalog as drop targets.
    + Menu Tools | Customize Toolbar: added Ctrl+Shift+F9 as default KS.
    * Now, the last used INI-file (LastIni key in XYplorer.ini) is only 
      used on startup when it exists, else the default INI-file 
      (XYplorer.ini) is used.
    ! List: when resizing an X-scrolled list in view "List" from state
      maximized to normal, parts of the display were not updated depending 
      on the X-scroll position. Fixed.
    ! A user somehow managed to lose the ESC key as shortcut for "Stop". 
      No idea how he did it (unless he manually fooled around with 
      ks.dat...), but from now on the app ensures on startup that the 
      ESC key is where it should be.
    ! Hotlist could get confused by non-existing folders in history. 
      Fixed.

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v6.30.0055 - 2007-10-06 11:31
    + Improved support for dropping from archives. Now it works with 
      IZArc, and hopefully a bunch of similar apps. Again.
    + Menu Go: added command "Go to Previous Item in List". Jumps to the 
      previously focused and selected item in the current file list. 
      Default KS: Shift+Alt+F7.
      Note: if no previous item exists, then the current item is re-
      selected, and if necessary moved in into view.
    ! Crash when dropping files between tabs in Windows Classic Design. 
      Sounds weird, but of course this was just a side-effect of the 
      recent GUI re-designs. Stupid copy-paste error while coding... 
      anyway: Fixed.

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v6.30.0054 - 2007-10-05 18:48
    + Improved support for dropping from archives. Now it works with 
      IZArc, and hopefully a bunch of similar apps.

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v6.30.0053 - 2007-10-05 13:01
    + Improved support for dropping from archives.
    ! Corrupt TGA files could generate a crash. Fixed.

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v6.30.0052 - 2007-10-04 18:49
    ! Tabs hover effect needed a little refinement. Given.
    + Added some backward compatibility code for recent changes of 
      default settings. Now old users won't suffer a feature shock.

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v6.30.0051 - 2007-10-04 14:51
    + Configuration | Previewed Formats: added option "Automatically 
      show non-previewed file types in ASCII/Hex mode (Raw View)". The 
      checked state has been the hard-coded default behavior since years. 
      Now you can choose.
    % Raw View: the raw view text area heavily flickered on resizing the 
      panel. I wanted to fix this since about 7 years and finally found 
      the time to do it.    
    * Preview tab: status message now with icon.
    * Preview tab: empty files are now immediately rejected as empty.
    * The Tabs now have the ux theme hover effect.
      The same effect is now also applied to drag-hovering the tabs. 
      Before (and still when not using Windows Themes) this was marked 
      by coloring the hovered caption blue.

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v6.30.0044 - 2007-10-03 14:58
    + Now you can tweak whether servers (computers) are checked for 
      existence before browsing to a network location. The default is YES, 
      check them. But in some rare configurations the checks are not 
      reliable (servers that do exist are not seen), so if YOU know the 
      servers do exist, you don't need the check and can turn it off.
      In the INI you'll find a new key:
        [Settings]
        iAssumeServersExist=0
      Set it to 1 to skip the checking.
    + Configuration Advanced: added option "Find Files commands in List 
      context menu". Check to have the Find Files section from menu Edit 
      in the List's context menu.
    ! Drag'n'drop moving a folder between tree locations on different 
      drives could lead to a crash under certain conditions. Fixed.
    ! Thumbnails: black thumbnails could emerge after inserting new 
      images into a cached thumbnails listing. Fixed #2.