Here's the new BETA (32-bit)

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- does it work?

works for me :) it's expecially hard to notice any difference because the tabs aren't skinned, but the buttons, scrollbar, and ratio buttons are.

- what happens under Win98?

Really dunno :lol: but if this is just a .manifest hack, it should run fine on 98

- do you like it?

I like TrackerV3 in general

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Here's a little experiment: TrackerV3 with XPstyle controls (scrollbars, buttons, etc.)! The archive contains TrackerV3-XPstyle.exe, which you can simply place into your current TrackerV3 folder and run it.
TrackerV3 with XPstyle (04-may-2005).
Questions:
- does it work?
- what happens under Win98?
- do you like it?

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Download the latest TrackerV3 BETA version (v4.00.0054, 03-may-2005).

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v4.00.0054 - 03.05.05 17:26
    ! "Multiple Location Search (via selection in List View)" did not 
      work anymore. Fixed.
    * Now when you do a "Multiple Location Search (via selection in List 
      View)" the selected folders are automatically written into the 
      Location field (separated by " | "). That way they will now be 
      remembered by finding tabs.
    * For internal reasons, the Path column will now always show the full 
      absolute path when you do a "Multiple Location Search", even if 
      all searched locations are direct subfolders of the current tree 
      location.

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Download the latest TrackerV3 BETA version (v4.00.0053, 03-may-2005).

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v4.00.0053 - 03.05.05 09:23
    ! You could not delete/copy/move a huge number (ca. > 1000) of files 
      at once: sometimes you got an error message, sometimes even a crash. Fixed.

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admin wrote:
peterbonge wrote:I know I can delete the ini file. But then I would have to set up all again.
No Peter, please read carefully: run TV3, delete TrackerV3.ini, close TV3. Viola: a fresh clean INI is created!
Ups, yes, I see it now. Works fine. The ini file is now 10% smaller. Thanx!
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peterbonge wrote:I know I can delete the ini file. But then I would have to set up all again.
No Peter, please read carefully: run TV3, delete TrackerV3.ini, close TV3. Viola: a fresh clean INI is created!
peterbonge wrote:And I know why you have changed the tabs section. But I don't think that renaming a section is a good idea...
We are talking about changes in the BETA-version here, for me that means work in progress: there's really no need to fatten the app by adding compatibility code between various BETA-builds.

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Post by peterbonge »

I know I can delete the ini file. But then I would have to set up all again.

And I know why you have changed the tabs section. But I don't think that renaming a section is a good idea. Why don't you handle this problem like you have changed the "NewTemplates" or "ListDateFormats"? I think a version entry is the better solution.

I don't want to attack the way you are doing things. These are just my thoughts and ideas ;-)
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peterbonge wrote:Does this mean that the [Tabs] section is now waste? Can it be deleted? Are there any other waste entries or sections? I want to have a clean ini. But I don't want to delete it and set up all new.
Easy way to create a clean INI: run TV3, delete TrackerV3.ini, close TV3. Viola: fresh clean INI! :D
peterbonge wrote:And why don't you use the [Tabs] section anymore and just delete all entries beginning with a "|"? It's just a little bit strange to me...
It's explained in the paragraph you quoted: because "|" is part of the data itself if you use multiple search locations (which are separated by "|").

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v4.00.0046 - 20.04.05 16:07
    ! Inconsistency bug concerning search location of Finding Tabs. 
      Fixed: now the search location of Finding Tabs is read from INI data 
      instead from the tab's Find Template.
    * NOTE: Had to change the tab's data separator used to store 
      sequential data in the INI. It was "|" which was a stupid choice 
      from the beginning because "|" can be part of the data itself (if 
      you use multiple search locations, which are separated by "|"). Now 
      it is ">". As a consequence, unfortunately, all your tab data will 
      be lost. The tabs section in the INI now is [Tabs2].    
Does this mean that the [Tabs] section is now waste? Can it be deleted? Are there any other waste entries or sections? I want to have a clean ini. But I don't want to delete it and set up all new.
And why don't you use the [Tabs] section anymore and just delete all entries beginning with a "|"? It's just a little bit strange to me...
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Download the latest TrackerV3 BETA version (v4.00.0052, 30-apr-2005).

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v4.00.0052 - 30.04.05 10:03
    + Added preview of *.url files (internet shortcuts). Now, the 
      targets of such files are directly opened within the preview tab. 
      Makes TrackerV3 a nice bookmark manager (go to your Favorites 
      folder).
    + Updated Help file, topic "Browsing Tabs".
    ! If closing many tabs at once by holding down Ctrl+W you could 
      crash the app. Fixed.
    ! When creating a new tab (Ctrl+T) the current tab did forget its 
      recent settings. Fixed.
v4.00.0050 - 22.04.05 17:04
    ! Shortcut "Ctrl+Left Arrow" (jump to the original location of the 
      currently focused file in the find results) did not work correctly 
      since some months: it did jump to the right folder, but did not 
      focus the file. Fixed.

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Download the latest TrackerV3 BETA version (v4.00.0049, 21-apr-2005).

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v4.00.0049 - 21.04.05 11:23
    ! Confusion when switching between unavailable tabs of different 
      modes (browse/find). Fixed.
v4.00.0048 - 21.04.05 09:22
    ! Menu File/Save Configuration As... did not create all necessary 
      findings tabs' individual find templates, nor all home templates. 
      Fixed.

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Download the latest TrackerV3 BETA version (v4.00.0046, 20-apr-2005).

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v4.00.0046 - 20.04.05 16:07
    ! Inconsistency bug concerning search location of Finding Tabs. 
      Fixed: now the search location of Finding Tabs is read from INI data 
      instead from the tab's Find Template.
    * NOTE: Had to change the tab's data separator used to store 
      sequential data in the INI. It was "|" which was a stupid choice 
      from the beginning because "|" can be part of the data itself (if 
      you use multiple search locations, which are separated by "|"). Now 
      it is ">". As a consequence, unfortunately, all your tab data will 
      be lost. The tabs section in the INI now is [Tabs2].    

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Download the latest TrackerV3 BETA version (v4.00.0044, 20-apr-2005).

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v4.00.0044 - 20.04.05 09:31
    ! List view turned blank after file was dragged into certain 
      other applications (e.g. Firefox). Fixed.
    * If a tab pointing to an unavailable location is selected, the tree 
      view will lose its selection (but keep the focus rect).

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Download the latest TrackerV3 BETA version (v4.00.0041, 18-apr-2005).

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v4.00.0041 - 18.04.05 12:40
    * Revision of handling of unavailable search locations: no more 
      message boxes, but simply a greyed out file list.

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Hey free, this bug stuff should be in the Bug Reports forum. I opened a new topic there!

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