XYplorer Beta Club

Is it possible in the main window title to include the XY version?

eg. path...........XYplorerV6.30.0009@XYploere.ini

graham wrote:Is it possible in the main window title to include the XY version?

eg. path...........XYplorerV6.30.0009@XYploere.ini

XY uses the basename of its EXE, so rename "XYplorer.exe" to "XYplorer 6.30.0009.exe" should do the trick

XY uses the basename of its EXE, so rename "XYplorer.exe" to "XYplorer 6.30.0009.exe" should do the trick Wink

Thanks for that Jacky, what I was wanting was for the download file to offer this so that one can instantly recognize the version. Of course i can check with the help About. Is it not possible renamed in the download file. I know this is a very minor thing but I do like programs that show the version name somewhere in the main display.

graham wrote:I know this is a very minor thing but I do like programs that show the version name somewhere in the main display.

Some do, some don't.
XY is one of the programs that use the titlebar for dynamic information of variable length. Adding the rather boring version info would take screen space that might be needed by the interesting info (current path; current INI).

admin wrote:

graham wrote:I know this is a very minor thing but I do like programs that show the version name somewhere in the main display.

Some do, some don't.
XY is one of the programs that use the titlebar for dynamic information of variable length. Adding the rather boring version info would take screen space that might be needed by the interesting info (current path; current INI).

It could be customizable.

Well if you look at the title now it kind of has 3 sections.
1) Path
2) XYplorer's filename
3) INI file.

Maybe make them positions instead and add 3 list boxes to the config to select what is in the title and in what order. They could have the same choices:
Path
Tab Name
XYplorer's filename
XYplorer's filename (version)
Version
INI file
[None]
...

Then the user could decide to have it show/hide those items.


Or go the fully customizable way that you're thinking of taking the status bar.


Something that bothers me slightly is the fact that neither the date nor the version appear in the archive filenames for beta versions. I always add in the current date so I can keep more than one archive in case I have problems.

TheQwerty wrote:Something that bothers me slightly is the fact that neither the date nor the version appear in the archive filenames for beta versions. I always add in the current date so I can keep more than one archive in case I have problems.

I had same thoughts originally, but changed, especially now that I have blog with a link to beta vers! Means that I have to only change it on occasion instead of every so often.
My method is to open the beta vers directly from site in zip, and after extracting EXE to my system, I just rename and add the ".xx" to name so I have XYplorer_6.30_8Install.exe for example.

TheQwerty wrote:Something that bothers me slightly is the fact that neither the date nor the version appear in the archive filenames for beta versions. I always add in the current date so I can keep more than one archive in case I have problems.

I hope you know the cool way to do it: Batch Rename *-<myyyymmdd>

admin wrote:

TheQwerty wrote:Something that bothers me slightly is the fact that neither the date nor the version appear in the archive filenames for beta versions. I always add in the current date so I can keep more than one archive in case I have problems.

I hope you know the cool way to do it: Batch Rename *-<myyyymmdd>

hmm.. why do you involve batch Rename here, just hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D (Copy Here with Suffix Date Now) (or Ctrl+Shift+D for Copy Here with Suffix Date Modified) and that's it, no Batch Rename needed!

jacky wrote:

admin wrote:

TheQwerty wrote:Something that bothers me slightly is the fact that neither the date nor the version appear in the archive filenames for beta versions. I always add in the current date so I can keep more than one archive in case I have problems.

I hope you know the cool way to do it: Batch Rename *-<myyyymmdd>

hmm.. why do you involve batch Rename here, just hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D (Copy Here with Suffix Date Now) (or Ctrl+Shift+D for Copy Here with Suffix Date Modified) and that's it, no Batch Rename needed!

I thought it was just about renaming, not creating a renamed copy.

You know, when posts/threads get quite looongish, I don't read them, I just fly over them. Hint hint hint...

admin wrote:I thought it was just about renaming, not creating a renamed copy.

You know, when posts/threads get quite looongish, I don't read them, I just fly over them. Hint hint hint...

hmm well, you maybe right, I might be the one who didn't read enough that one actually

TheQwerty wrote:It could be customizable.

No. But I made it tweakable!

This will also make it just a tiny bit easier for people to know exactly what vers they are on when reporting an issue here, presuming they leave Vers in the bar...and help remind some of use that we are not "up to the moment" on beta vers on occasion. THANKS!