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v24.40.0004 - 2023-05-13 15:06
    + Native Context Menu: Now it allows right-clicking the menu items. It also allows 
      Left Mouse Up after rocker-click.
    + Shell Context Menu (32-bit): Now it allows Left Mouse Up after rocker-click.
    + SC get got a new named argument "stepping" to return whether the script is currently 
      in step mode.
      Syntax: get("stepping")
        return: 0 = step mode OFF
                1 = step mode ON
      Remark:
        The return is not identical to the current setting of "Scripting | Step Mode". 
        This is only one factor that affects whether you are actually in step mode.
      Examples:
        echo get("stepping");
        echo <get stepping>;
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name: VarType
      Action: Returns the state of a variable.
      Syntax: vartype(variable)
        variable: Variable, e.g. $a or $a[0].
        return: One of these states:
                array
                empty
                float
                integer
                not a variable
                string
                undefined
      Examples:
        $a = 0; echo vartype($a);         //integer
        $a = 4; echo vartype($a);         //integer
        $a = "4"; echo vartype($a);       //integer (!)
        $a = 4.1; echo vartype($a);       //float
        $a = 4.0; echo vartype($a);       //float (!)
        $a = "b"; echo vartype($a);       //string
        $a = "b"; echo vartype($b);       //undefined
        $a = ""; echo vartype($a);        //empty
        $a = array(); echo vartype($a);   //array
        $a[9] = 1.1; echo vartype($a);    //array
        $a[9] = 1.1; echo vartype($a[9]); //float
        $a = "b"; echo vartype(a);        //not a variable
        $a = "b"; $b = "b"; echo vartype($a . $b);  //not a variable
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v24.40.0005 - 2023-05-14 10:15
    * Find Files | Contents: Since v14.10.0118 - 2014-06-05 18:17 the search for contents 
      of type "Text" includes media files (scan metadata) and image files (scan metadata 
      and exif data). Depending on the search location, this can slow down the entire 
      content search enormously, while often yielding no results and probably rarely being 
      wanted.
      From now on, metadata is no longer scanned by default for contents of type "Text", 
      making content searches much faster.
      You can tweak back the old behavior though (and it will be a GUI checkbox soon):
        FindContentMetadata=1
    ! Content Search: The number of "failed" files (files for which the IFilter could not 
      extract any text) shown in the status bar was too high. It included files that did 
      not fail but simply contained no text. Fixed.
    ! SC vartype: Negative integers were seen as float. Fixed.
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v24.40.0006 - 2023-05-15 15:04
    * Undo: Now Undo is allowed for deletions on mapped network drives.
      Note that whether this actually works depends on your Windows settings. By default, 
      Windows doesn't currently allow undo here, but you can manually edit the registry to 
      change that.
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v24.40.0007 - 2023-05-16 13:21
    * Info Panel | Report | Current List | Path (Find settings): Slightly revamped the 
      search report.
    * SC vartype: Change the return value "not a variable" to "novar".
    * Updated the help file.
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v24.40.0100 - 2023-05-16 20:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
To easily upgrade to this OFFICIAL version from XYplorer, click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download this new version, choose one of these packages: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package (for manual unpacking).

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v24.40.0101 - 2023-05-17 13:17
    + Configuration | Find and Filter | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Visual Filters and 
      Live Filter Box: Added option "Use space character for Boolean AND". Tick it to 
      greatly simplify your Boolean filter terms.
        Instead of
          Chuck AND Berry
          Chuck & Berry
        you can simply do:
          Chuck Berry
        It will match all items containing Chuck and Berry, regardless of their order.
    % Configuration | Find and Filter | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Live Filter Box | 
      Highlight matches: Now the parts of Boolean terms are individually highlighted.
    + Info Panel | Find Files | Contents: Added option "Metadata". Tick it to search 
      any embedded metadata in image and media files. This can be e.g. EXIF data.
      Note that metadata extraction here depends on the applied IFilter. XYplorer does not 
      natively extract metadata.
      FYI, this raises the recently added tweak FindContentMetadata to GUI. The tweak has 
      been removed.
    + Find Files and Quick Search: Added value "m" to the "options" section of the 
      /contflags switch by which you can modify the content search triggered by /contents.
      Syntax:
        /contflags=[mode=n];[type=t];[options]

        options (any combination)
          c = match case
          i = invert
          h = hex string
          m = metadata        <--- the NEW part
        
        For example (Quick Search, or Name field in Find Files), find all files containing 
        "fuji" in the extracted text, and include any embedded metadata in the search:
          * /contents=fuji /contflags=;;m
        
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.166.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.166.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v24.40.0102 - 2023-05-17 19:36
    + Small dialogs with a Live Filter Box: Now the filter icon in the LFB has a 
      right-click menu where you can toggle the new option "Use space character for 
      Boolean AND". This option only affects filtering in small dialogs.
      Some examples for supported small dialogs:
        - Help | List All Commands...
        - Go | Recent Locations...
        - All List Management dialogs
      Note that this functionality is identical to the "Fat Gun" tweak added in 
      v20.60.0007 - 2019-11-24 12:40, making it obsolete and marked for removal.
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v24.40.0103 - 2023-05-19 12:43
    * SC get("previewhandler"): Now the extension parameter defaults to the extension of 
      the currently selected list item, unless a preview handler is currently in use in 
      which case this preview handler is displayed. Most of the times the currently 
      selected list item IS the previewed file so it will make no difference anyway.
    * SC get("thumbnailprovider"): Now the extension parameter defaults to the extension 
      of the currently selected list item.
    * Configuration | Preview | Preview | Preview delay: When dragging Document files, the 
      preview was still triggered after the drag was aborted. Not anymore. Either you 
      drag, or you preview.
    ! Tabsets | Open...: The dialog height was unlimited and could extend the screen 
      height. Fixed.
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v24.40.0104 - 2023-05-20 19:14
    * Find Files | Dupes: When sorting by the Dupes column, the secondary sort is now 
      always by path, no matter what kind of dupes were searched for. This keeps the 
      groups in the same order.
    ! Configuration | Preview | Preview | Preview delay: You could still get a preview 
      after dragging a file was canceled, or if you quickly selected another file while 
      the preview of the previous file was delayed. Fixed.
    ! Auto-Refresh: The Recycle Bin in the back pane was not always auto-refreshed after a 
      deletion. Fixed.
    ! Find Files | Dupes: If Google Drive hijacked your PNG thumbnails creation (DriveFS 
      Thumbnail Provider), the dupe-by-image finder did not work anymore for PNG files. 
      WTF. Fixed.
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v24.40.0105 - 2023-05-22 11:00
    * Configuration | Find and Filter | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Visual Filters and 
      Live Filter Box | Use space character for Boolean AND: This is now the factory 
      default, so you'll get it in a fresh instance.
    * Live Filter Box in Small Dialogs | Context Menu | Use space character for Boolean 
      AND: This is now the factory default, so you'll get it in a fresh instance.
    * Updated the help file.
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v24.40.0106 - 2023-05-22 17:06
    ! Configuration | Find and Filter | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Visual Filters and 
      Live Filter Box | Use space character for Boolean AND: The service was also applied 
      to fields other than "Name", which of course led to doom. Fixed.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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v24.40.0107 - 2023-05-23 13:30
    + Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Show folder thumbnails: If a folder is not 
      empty, but does not contain anything that can be used to generate a folder 
      thumbnail, it will now display the yellow background square without an image, as 
      opposed to empty folders, which only display the folder icon.
      This way you can immediately see if a folder has contents or not.
    ! Configuration | Find and Filter | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Live Filter Box | 
      Highlight matches: Did not work in This PC (drives listing), Network, and Recycle 
      Bin. Fixed.
    ! Live Filter Box: Disabling the Live Filter on Paper Folders did not always update 
      the list correctly if "Explicit Save Only" was enabled. Fixed.
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v24.40.0108 - 2023-05-25 13:04
    ! Folder Thumbnails: Since 20230515 the default 5 pixel margin around the image in a 
      folder thumbnail was reduced to only 1 pixel. Fixed.
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v24.40.0200 - 2023-05-25 20:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
To easily upgrade to this OFFICIAL version from XYplorer, click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download this new version, choose one of these packages: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package (for manual unpacking).

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v24.40.0201 - 2023-05-30 15:23
    + Custom File Icons: Now you can define special icons for empty and filled folders 
      using two new switches, /e and /f, created just for this purpose and appended to the 
      generic folder pattern "*\". Typically you will use just one of the switches in your 
      CFI definitions, either /e or /f (makes no difference for performance); on no-match 
      it will fall back to the generic folder icon (either system default, or 
      custom-defined by "*\" without switches).
      Examples:
        *\ /e>cup_coffee_empty.ico //matches all empty folders
        *\ /f>cup_coffee_full.ico //matches all filled folders
      Note that determining whether a folder is empty or not is work and takes some time. 
      So you pay a small price, but what you get might be worth it: everywhere, even in 
      drop-down lists, menus, breadcrumbs, address bar etc, you can now immediately see 
      whether a folder has contents or not. And that includes the tree and all list views, 
      and independently of showing folder thumbnails.
      By default, network locations (UNC or mapped) are not checked for contents (they can 
      be quite slow). You can, however, include them by adding "n" to the switch:
        *\ /en>cup_coffee_empty.ico //matches all empty folders (also checks network locations)
        *\ /fn>cup_coffee_full.ico //matches all filled folders (also checks network locations)
      Folders with "Access Denied" will show the generic folder icon (empty or filled can 
      not be decided).
    - Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Show folder thumbnails: The recent change in 
      v24.40.0107 wasn't a good solution after all. Undid it.
      You may have to update your thumbnail cache to get rid of those yellow background 
      squares without an image.
    ! Tweak LiveFilterBooleanOR (affects Live Filter Box in small dialogs): Did not work 
      if "Use space character for Boolean AND" was enabled. Fixed.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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