Version history for Directory Opus (64 bit)

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Changes for v10.5.2.0 - v10.5.3.0

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Changes for v9.5.6.0 - v10.0.0.0

File Management: Changes affecting core file management tasks (appearance and behaviour of the file displays).
Archives: Changes relating to archive handling (improvements to Zip and support for additional formats like 7zip, etc).
Searching and Filtering: Changes relating to searching and filtering the file lists (including integrated Windows Search support).
File Copying: Changes relating to copying and moving files (including the addition of Copy Queue functionality).
Metadata: Changes relating to the display and editing of metadata (including the new Metadata Pane).
Libraries: Expanded support for Windows 7 Libraries, including making the Libraries system available to Windows XP and Vista users.
Navigation: Changes to folder navigation tasks.
Folder Tree: Changes to the Folder Tree (improved performance on networks, FTP integration and additional options controlling the appearance).
FTP: Changes to the FTP client including improved support for additional proxy types.
Windows 7 Features: Changes to take advantage of new Windows 7 functionality like Jump Lists.
Utility Panel: Changes relating to the Utility Panel.
Cosmetic Improvements: Changes that are largely cosmetic.
Preferences: Changes that affect the Preferences system.
Viewer and Preview Panel: Changes that affect the image viewers.
Image and Audio Formats: Support for additional image and audio formats in file displays and viewers.
Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous changes and improvements.
Functions: Changes to Opus function scripting.
Raw Commands: Changes to the internal command set.

Changes for v9.5.5.0 - v9.5.6.0

Fixed crash that could occur if the Set SORTBY function was called with a column that
wasn’t currently displayed.
Drag & drop of attachments from Outlook to a folder tab now works correctly
Fixed problem with slide-out back/forwards buttons where they would not notice the mouse
was no longer over them if the mouse moved during the slide animation
Fixed the Go command’s OPENINDEST argument so that it will use an existing destination
Lister if the current Lister is not a dual-display one.
Fix for the ‘Open in Directory Opus’ folder context menu item not working in Windows 7 if
Explorer Replacement mode was disabled in some cases. This also fixes the ‘Open folder to
view files in Directory Opus’ AutoPlay option if Explorer Replacement mode disabled.
Fixed crash when using the Print Folder command without any printers installed (or with
print service disabled)
Fixed problem that prevented custom Folder Colors from working reliably in the tree
If two or more files on an FTP site were selected and 'Open' chosen from the context menu,
they would in some cases be downloaded and opened multiple times.
New FTP Proxy for USER: user@proxy_user@host and PASS:
password@proxy_password
Fix for FTP sites that claim to support UTF-8 but return non-UTF-8 encoded directory listings

Changes for v9.5.4.0 - v9.5.5.0

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Fixed dialog font issue on Japanese systems
Fix for bug on x64 systems that could prevent the Smart Favorites being saved correctly if Opus was still running on system shutdown
Fixed inconsistent sorting of network drives in the Folder Tree
Fix for TGA plugin being too strict and failing to display some images
Fixed occasional crash in the Preferences Filter page
Fix for ‘Open With’ not setting the correct current directory when used on a network drive
FTP – Fixed issue with supporting Resume for servers that fail FEAT response.

Changes for v9.5.3.0 - v9.5.4.0

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Added move_netshare_semantics advanced Preferences option to work around a problem
moving folders caused by PGP Netshare.
Fixed a crash that could occur if you dragged a file over a sub-folder on an ftp site, and
hovered there while a copy to that same site was in progress.
Fixed a problem when trying to inline-rename a file or folder whose original name contains
an environment variable
Fixed a problem with the @set command directive that would stop {dlgstring} working
correctly with {file} as the default value unless prefixed with @runonce
The timestamp of a file with NTFS ADS properties is now correctly preserved when the file is
copied
ActiveX: Prevents the Syntax-Colored Source preview handler from handling .url files by
default. If that handler is installed the plugin will still send .url files to a web browser unless
explicitly configured not to
Now supports alpha channels from 16-bit TIFF images
Added tiff_assume_alpha advanced Preferences flag to force alpha on TIFF images which
have a 4th channel but don’t specify its meaning
Fixed a problem that could cause a crash when editing the defined filter in the Print Folder
dialog.
Fixed a problem that caused the Folder Tree to fail to expand the Desktop branch with a
particular combination of settings.
The FILTER argument for the Print FOLDER command now works correctly.
If two or more single file-display Listers were open, the Go DUALPATH command used to
cause the folder in the destination Lister to change, instead of setting the source Lister into
dual-display mode.
Improved support for the Recorded TV start menu link in Windows 7
The Rename command could not move files when the source folder was a file collection.
If a rename script fails, the rename operation is now aborted.
Added support for transparent (alpha-channel) TIFF images.

Changes for v9.5.2.0 - v9.5.3.0

Fixed a problem that could cause the tree to refresh unnecessarily, which occasionally would cause a folder change in the Lister.
Fixed a problem with the Automatically calculate folder sizes option not working if the relative size on disk column was also enabled. Also fixed errors in calculating relative size on disk bar graph in some situations.
Fixed a problem that could prevent a search from completing when searching certain malformed UTF-8 files.
Improved support for the Folder Sharing context menu on Windows 7
Fixed a problem with SFTP where connecting to one site when already connected to another site could try to login with the wrong password
Fix for crash when using the ‘Set as Desktop Wallpaper’ context menu item in Windows 7
Fix for crash when using the Rename command with “%20” in the command parameters
Fixed problem with using the file display border ‘Open this folder in the other side’ button when used with a folder tab called ‘root’.
FTP - Fixed issue with identifying a site that supports Resume.
When Opus writes filenames to a DOS batch file (via a DOS batch-mode button), it now uses the codepage specified by the @codepage directive (if any) rather than the ANSI codepage.
The Delete command with the NORECYCLE and QUIET arguments no longer skips any remaining sub-folder contents if a file is unable to be deleted – it will continue deleting any files within the sub-folder that it can.
Fixed a problem that could occasionally prevent the Folder Tree from expanding to display the source folder when a Lister is first opened

Changes for v9.5.1.0 - v9.5.2.0

Fixed a problem introduced in the previous version that could cause a crash when the content type system was activated.
Improved file date comparison in synchronize (particularly with the Ignore seconds option enabled)
Improved support for display of 256x256 .ICO files
Single locked tabs are now respected in the Default Lister or layouts (previously the lock state would be lost unless multiple tabs were configured)
Numeric sorting rules are now applied to custom fields so fields like the Tortoise SVN Revision field will sort correctly
Fixed scrollbar calculation problem in List mode that could result in weird behaviour depending on the size of the Lister
Fixed problem with {allfile} command sequence when filename contains multiple periods
Fixed support for PowerArchiver drag&drop menu
Fix for duplicate entries appearing in the Open With menu in some situations
Fix for buffer overflow in Raw plugin’s config dialog
Fixed problem that could cause slow copy speeds to removable disks
Added support for additional file extensions to the CD jewel case thumbnail rendering (added .oga, .fla, .wv, .m4a, .m4p, .ape and .mpc)

Changes for v9.5 - v9.5.1.0

A free update for all Directory Opus 9 users is now available for download from GP Software.
Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Several Windows 7 compatibility improvements:
Explorer Replacement mode stopped Safely Remove / Eject device from working correctly.
Explorer Replacement can now trap the Open command from the context menu of a folder in the Start Menu.
Adding the Virtual Machines folder to the Explorer Replacement exclusion list now correctly prevents that folder from being trapped. Opus also adds this folder to the list by default now.
Fixed a problem with some context menu items not acting correctly when multiple files are selected (e.g. Windows Media Player - Play and Queue commands now work correctly with multiple files).
The SendTo context menu is now compatible with Windows 7 (including when the shift key is held down).
The option to add File Collections to the Send To menu now works in Windows 7 (and Vista).
Toggling between Details and Thumbnails view modes now works correctly in system namespaces.
Reading of Homegroup folders now works correctly.
Improved support for Libraries (the "Include in Library" folder context menu now works, the Folder Tree now displays the library member folders, the Tree automatically updates when libraries are modified, and libraries now work correctly as a destination folder).
Fixed a crash that could occur when using dopusrt to send the Select command to Opus.
Fixed a crash that could occur when reading some PDF metadata.
FTP improvements:
Fixed a problem with FTP with PureFTPd and SSL not handling protected data correctly.
Fix for problem with bad servers not returning FD_CLOSE - could cause a folder listing to never complete.
Dragging and dropping from a TrueImage mounted backup image now copies sub-folders correctly.
Using the Clipboard COPY command in a file collection now works correctly when multiple files have the same filename.
Fixed problem with the Y / N key handling in a dialog when a button in that dialog had those keys as an accelerator.
The Folder Tree now displays drive letters/labels correctly when the system has been set to display letters first via the registry.
Adding files to the Search For list in the Duplicate File Finder now works correctly.
Improved Context Menu support, including the Adobe PDF 'Print' command, and the context menu provided by MediaInfo.
The CreateFolder command has a new NOSEL argument that prevents the newly created folder from being automatically selected.
The Toolbar STATE argument has a new floatactive option which floats a toolbar AND makes it active (useful when opening a Toolbar from a hotkey).
Fix for possible crashes from the context menu in the Viewer when accessed from the keyboard.
Fixed a layout issue in the Advanced Rename dialog that could cause the window to open with the bottom buttons off the visible screen.
Minor changes to hopefully fix a crash a few users were having when right-clicking on shortcut files.
Fix for slow copying to non-removable disks mounted as drive A: or drive B:.
The Open With menu now includes applications that were assigned via Vista/Windows 7's Default Programs system.
Fixed a problem in the ActiveX viewer with some IE-based viewers that could incorrectly take the input focus on opening.
Improved support for 32-bit BMP files (now handles V4 or V5 BMP files that use BI_BITFIELDS).
Fixed a bug in the status bar that could cause the text to not be correctly updated in a dual display Lister in some cases.
Fix for Explorer Replacement that stopped file selection from working in the newly opened folder (e.g. FireFox's "Open Containing Folder" command now correctly opens the folder in Opus and selects the target file).
Added an option for the JPEG loader to always uses the ICC color profile of the file if one exists (previously, the color profile was only used for CMYK images). This can be enabled from an option in Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced.
Added new THIS parameter for the Select command to select the file that currently has input focus (e.g. Select THIS).
Added new home parameter for the Go TABSELECT command to reset a locked tab to its home directory (e.g. Go TABSELECT=home).

Changes for v9.1.3.0 - v9.5

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Support for Explorer Replacement mode in Windows 7. Also fixed creation of soft-links in Windows 7.
FTP re-upload changed files option now works with programs launched from buttons.
The Print Folder function can now print meta-data (e.g. Author, Title, Artist, etc) columns in File Collections.
Improved handling of Office safe-saves for files within collections.
Text pasted into the Create Folder dialog is now stripped of any linefeeds.
Fixed rendering problem with List Mode when font size meant the label text was smaller vertically than the icon.
Zip auto-extract now sets the correct current directory for files that are in sub-folders of the zip file.
Fixed sorting with Name column when file extension is hidden (previously the extension was still considered for the sort).
Image ADDSUFFIX now works correctly when the filename has a dot in the name.
Blank links in multi-line commands no longer cause some functions to misbehave.
The {filepath} command code no longer incorrectly adds a \ to the end of RAR file paths.
Fixed problem with space/quote handling with the {allfilepath} command code.
Fixed drag & drop problems when dragging from/to FTP – now correctly uses functions defined in File Types.
Fixed problem that could cause infinite loop of Listers/tabs to be opened when a path like C://Dir was entered.
Fixed problem with drag & drop that could prevent Listers from coming to the front correctly
Fixed problem when dragging images from Firefox 3.5 to a Lister (now writes the original image file instead of a bitmap version).
With full-row selection on for the Folder Tree, double-clicks to expand/contract a branch are now active anywhere on the row instead of just on the label.
Drag & drop from FTP/SFTP to the desktop now works correctly instead of only copying 4K of the file.
Added @sync to the drop-down list in the Advanced function editor.
Fixed potential infinite loop in the FTP file properties dialog if an error message appeared and the dialog was closed before the error dialog was.
Fixed a crash on startup that could occur if any environment variables contained %%.
Fixed a crash that could occur in the Licence Manager on x64 systems.
FTP Interim support for VMS servers.
File permissions are now updated correctly when undeleting a file from the recycle bin (prevents files appearing with a ‘padlock’ icon overlay in Windows 7).

Changes for v9.1.2.0 - v9.1.3.0

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Bold/italic styles defined through the Folder Colors system are now properly accounted for when initially auto-sizing columns after a folder is read.
Fixed incorrect/inconsistent handling of {file|noext} and similar command sequences with folders and files with no extensions.
The Image CONVERT command now automatically sets the 'Output to destination' option when running in interactive mode if the TO argument is given on the command line. This makes it reliable when used in the Drag & Drop menu for a file type.
The Send To menu displayed in Opus now respects the NoDrivesInSendToMenu system policy and will not display removable disks if this is set.
Lister Layouts now save and restore the state of the Lister Format Lock.
GifAnim plugin: Fix for incorrect dimensions in the status bar when changing from one tiled/flattened GIF to another.
Fixed layout issue introduced in last version with Utility pane open in conjunction with a vertical toolbar between dual file displays.
Fixed problem of startup folder shortcut being left behind after uninstall.
Fixed file change notification issue with short, Unicode filenames (could occasionally result in duplicate file entry).
Fixed auto-size column option when switching between two formats that only change the 'hide file extensions' setting.
The FAYT field will no longer auto-close if its context menu is visible.
PCX images can now be viewed from ZIP files.
Fix for ActiveX plugin not viewing files within archives and FTP sites.
Added switch parameter to Close SYSTEM command to initiate fast-user switching. Note that this option does not support the scheduling or prompting that the Close SYSTEM command normally offers.
Fixed a problem where drag & drop from Opus to the desktop would always copy the file rather than moving when appropriate. Also improved drag & drop from ZIP/FTP – moving via drag & drop now really moves the file rather than copying it.
Fixed incorrect bitrate shown for WAV files. Also, a duration is now shown for WAV files.
Fix for broken Rename Scripting in Vista SP2 x64 version.
Raw Digital Camera plugin:
Added several new file extensions to the defaults (e.g. .PEF).
Fix for multi-threaded thumbnails not always working.
Fix for having to restart Opus for changes to the list of raw extensions to take effect.

Changes for v9.1.1.8 - v9.1.2.0

Fix for Desktop context menu crash in conjunction with the NVidia v185.85 drivers.
Fix for BSOD crash that could occur when copying over existing font files. (Crash caused by bug in Windows/GDI which is exposed by generating thumbnails of copies of the same font on multiple threads.)
Fix for problem triggered by generating WMV thumbnails (files could get locked and never released until Opus was shutdown).
Fix for error when dropping files to Zip files in the Folder Tree.
Fix for problem where RAR files with comments could not be opened in the x64 version.
Fix for crash that could occur in the initial configuration wizard.
Fix for crash when editing button lines longer than 1024 characters.
Fix for crash that could be caused by launching FrontPage via DDE (e.g. from the context menu for a .html file).
Fix for crash when viewing files in the Nokia phone namespace.
The Zip Auto-Extract function now sets the current directory of the launched file correctly to that of the extracted files (so that any associated files like DLLs will be found).
Shortcuts launched from Opus (e.g. by double-clicking in a Lister) now have their current directory set correctly if there is no value defined for the ‘Start In’ field (previously the CD would be that of the shortcut’s target, whereas the correct behaviour is the directory the shortcut itself is in).
Pressing Ctrl-X (Clipboard CUT) with nothing selected no longer clears the clipboard.
Improvements to Image Conversion function:
Added NOLOSSLESS argument to the Image CONVERT command to force recompression of JPEG files. (Lets you rotate a JPEG image and forcibly recompress it rather than rotating it losslessly.)
Image conversion now works for all selected font files instead of just the first.
Fix for JPEG-EXIF rotation offset not always being lossless when it could have been.
Image Converter can now reset EXIF rotation tags in JPEG files.
When clearing EXIF rotation, the orientation field is now set to 1. Previously the entire field was nulled-out which could potentially cause problems with some EXIF readers.
Cropping an EXIF-rotated image in the viewer used to rotate the image an extra time.
New Ogg/FLAC AudioTags plugin which works on x64 systems.
New Raw Digital Camera plugin:
Works on x64 systems.
Adds/improves support for many camera models.
Directory Opus 9.1 Release Notes.
Raw thumbnails now display the correct dimensions and are, where possible, correctly rotated.
Separate decoding options for the Image Conversion function so you can use Opus to produce high quality raw conversions without slowing down file browsing.
Added support for RGBA (alpha) Photoshop images.
New JPEG2000 plugin which supports x64 and is much faster than the old one.
TGA plugin: Added support for alpha channels, pre-multiplied alpha, indexed color, and greyscale. Fixed problems with swapped red/blue channels in 16-bit images and small/corrupt thumbnails for some files.
Fix for problem when renaming files on some Samba network filesystems. (It was possible to end up with two files with the same name showing in the list.)
The Select Destination dialog now shows all levels of Favorites in the drop-down rather than just top-level ones. Several other minor fixes/improvements to the dialog as well.
Selecting a Content Type format from the drop-down list no longer applies sections of the format that are turned off.
FTP changes to support WindowsCE FTP server.
The Go /controls command could cause a duplicate tab to be opened if the right-most tab was locked when it was executed.
Fixed problem with unreliable “Automatically select next file when viewed image is deleted” option for Viewer Pane.
Fixed layout issue when Find Panel was opened and there was a toolbar beside the Viewer Panel.
If inline rename failed in an FTP directory, the retry dialog would reveal the full path of the FTP file including the username/password.
The ‘Run Opus on startup’ option now uses a shortcut in the Startup program group rather than the registry. Fixes problems a small number of people had with Opus starting too early during boot.
The default behaviour for single-line functions is now asynchronous again. Now, only multi-line functions default to running synchronously. Of course this behaviour can be changed using the appropriate @ modifiers.
The ActiveX plugin now scans the registry if it cannot find a viewer. (Workaround for programs which trash the MIME and COM settings of any file-types they take over.)
Fix for the Replace dialog’s thumbnail generation getting in the way of the file move/overwrite if the dialog was dismissed very quickly.

Changes for v9.1.1.7 - v9.1.1.8

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Added @toggle command modifier. This lets you change the highlight status of buttons that can automatically highlight (e.g., Set HIDESYSTEMFILES). You can specify @toggle invert to invert the normal highlight state, or @toggle disable to prevent highlighting altogether.
Added new option to Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced called flatview_folder_filters. When set to True this will enable folder filters in FlatView mode.
Fixed several drag & drop issues:
Drag & drop to Favorites menu now shows correct cursor.
Drag & drop to the Folder Tree no longer results in the Lister being locked until the copy is finished.
Fixed problem where drag & drop would do nothing if the action was Copy MOVEWHENSAME and the dropshift event was empty.
Fixed problem where D&D from a RAR file to the file display border hot paths of parent folders did not work.
Fixed problem where key presses were ignored when the mouse was over a toolbar button.
Added checks to prevent crashes when using some viewer plugins written in Delphi.
Improved support for Gmail Drive namespace extension.
Having the {smp3} or {tmp3} codes on the status bar will now trigger a read of extended file information even if no extended columns are displayed in the Lister.
Improved handling of drive removal / disk change – Folder Tree should now refresh correctly, and file change notification should no longer be broken by removing and reinserting a drive.
Fixed double progress bar when using Clipboard Paste via folder context menu.
Ctrl-Z to undo in inline rename mode no longer results in filename being scrolled out of view.
Fixed crash caused by inline renaming a file to a file extension that was filtered out by current filters.
Fixed “same drive” detection when moving files between two junctions on the same physical drive.
Fixed infinite loop if FileType ACTION=dblclk was set as the double-click action for a file type.
Fixed extraction of RAR files with encrypted filenames.
When defining Folder Colors, selecting folders from the Profile branch of the tree now works correctly.
The Owner column now works correctly in the x64 version.
Fixed crash in Plugin About dialog if plugin did not specify a URL.
Fixed problem with text-extraction plugins not working if they did not specify DVPFIF_CanReturnViewer, or did not export both DVP_LoadTextA and DVP_LoadTextW.
In some cases viewer plugins did not receive a DVPLUGINMSG_CLEAR message before their window was destroyed.
FTP changes:
Fix for SSH/SSL reconnect problems.
Fix for invalid initial folder and drop connection if parent also not available.
Fix for folders containing % characters in the folder name.
Secure FTP descriptions changed after user feedback.

Changes for v9.1.1.6 - v9.1.1.7

Fixed problem with drag & drop from Outlook to Opus.
Fixed problem with drag & drop from ZIP and RAR files in Opus to system namespaces like the desktop
Fixed problem with File type system that could cause events like double-click to stop working if a file type event was defined with an empty function body.
Fixed crash that could occur when decoding thumbnails in ID3v2.2 MP3 files.
Fixed crash in Find that could occur when searching certain UTF-8 encoded files.
Fixed crash that could occur when invoking some context menu handlers from an admin-mode Lister (under Vista only).
The New -> Folder menu item now has a key sequence assigned
A command that combines Select ALL followed by Clipboard COPYNAMES now works correctly.
Drop-down menus opened via the keyboard now ignore the position of the mouse cursor; previously if the mouse happened to be where the menu opened, the item under the mouse would be selected.
Fixed problem in the Folder Tree with full-row selection when Folder Tree is locked
In Context Menus, a hidden shell item that ends a sub-menu no longer causes subsequent items to be displayed in the sub-menu incorrectly.
Fixed problem with Rename Test mode that could cause Find & Replace values to be added to the Preview list.
Advanced Selection using a location filter now works in Flat View and Collections.
Fixed problem with Desktop Layouts context menu with layout names containing & characters.
Fixed problem with top-docked toolbars not taking account of other app-bars on the left or right.

Changes for v9.1.1.5 - v9.1.1.6

Fixed problem multiple-line functions that modify the file selection (e.g. by calling the Select command) – it was possible in some cases for the first file to be processed twice.
The Compatibility Files feature now supports the Program Files (x86) folder in Vista/XP x64.
The Go SWITCHPATH command now supports aliases. The SWITCHPATH argument now supports more than one alternative path, to enable cycling through as many paths as desired. E.g. Go C:\ SWITCHPATH D:\ E:\ F:\ would cycle through the C, D, E and F drives.
Shift+F10 now correctly brings up the context menu in the Folder Tree
Fixed a problem where some images converted from TIFF to JPG would not be recognised in Photoshop
Fixed several problems with Drag & Drop in terms of the feedback cursor and behaviour on drop – the cursor you see should now correctly indicate the drop action in all cases.
Drag & Drop from SmartFTP to Opus now works.
Drag & Drop in List Mode now lets you scroll the list to the left or right by hovering at the edge of the window.
Fixed a problem with the Viewer Plugin SDK where paletted images provided to Opus did not correctly respect their transparency settings.
The Keep On Top function in the Lister window menu did not work correctly – fixed.
In thumbnails mode, selecting a file by pressing the space bar now updates the viewer pane correctly.
The Copy EXTRACT HERE command now works correctly on folders as well as archives.
Fixed a problem whereby input focus could be lost after deleting a folder if there was a text file viewed in the viewer pane.
The Copy MOVEWHENSAME function did not work correctly between sub-directories under junction points.
The command sequence {sourcepath|..|nopath} now correctly gives the name of the parent folder rather than the current folder.
External commands run through the FAYT field (by typing >) now have their current directory set correctly.
Ctrl+Home/End now works correctly in Power/Details mode.
Fixed a problem with File Descriptions when used with files in a junction folder on a network drive.
The Flat View setting in Lister Styles now works correctly.
Fixed a problem where activating a style could create duplicate folder tabs in some cases.
The Author and Keywords columns now work correctly with recent Office documents.
Icon Sets stored in /dopusglobaldata are now correctly exported to USB.
Directory Opus 9.1 Release Notes.
Icon mode range-selection points are now correctly updated when files are added or removed from the list.
Fixed a crash that could occur if you dragged the Control Panel icon to a File Collection.
If a folder is open in a Lister and that folder is moved, the Lister now automatically updates to show the new location.
Button icon definitions now support environment variables.
ActiveX plugin: Fix for SWF (etc.) files not displaying if viewed directly from UNC paths
Added support for Photoshop (PSD) CMYK and 8-bit indexed images
Fixed several minor cosmetic bugs.

Changes for v9.1.1.4 - v9.1.1.5

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Fixed problem with File Collections introduced in 9.1.1.4 which made it impossible to create new collections.
Fixed some duplicated hotkeys in the default Go menu, updated labels to the modern Vista forms (English version only – ‘Computer’ instead of ‘My Computer’ etc.)
Added better error reporting to the Configuration Backup function
Creating a shortcut to a File Collection now sets the icon for the new shortcut correctly

Changes for v9.1.1.3 - v9.1.1.4

Fixed problem with Advanced Filters where the value of a Size clause would not be correctly saved in some cases.
Fixed problem where the drag/drop menu for folders dragged from the tree with the right mouse button would not include all context menu items in some cases.
It is now possible to override the Use internal picture viewer option on a per-file type basis by configuring the dblclk event.
Fixed a problem where .IFF files would always be identified as Amiga IFF on double-click even if they weren’t.
Drag and drop from the third-party Internet Download Manager program now works.
Fixed range selection issue in List and other Icon modes (e.g. when a key has been pressed to jump to the first file beginning with that letter, pressing Shift-End or Shift-Home now selects the correct range.)
Moving a folder to a junction folder on the same drive, that points to a different drive, now works correctly.
The Dynamic Thumbnails sizer now correctly disappears if a dual-display Lister’s only thumbnail display is closed when it is inactive
Fixed rendering glitch with the ‘auto-select previous folder’ option with long folder names in Thumbnails mode
Fixed rendering glitch in Theme dialog when theme names contain descenders (j, y, etc)
Fixed problem with the Go command – if the Go OPENCONTAINER NEWTAB=nofocus command caused a new tab to be opened, the tree would sync with the new tab even though focus was not switched to it.
Fixed incorrect text in Replace confirmation requester when using the Image ROTATE command.
The Set Description for files within folders option in the Set Description dialog now works.
Fixed problem where the CreateFolder command could not create collections if the Collections folder was displayed under the Desktop in the tree
The Clipboard is no longer cleared after a Paste operation if its contents have already changed.
Fixed rendering issue in Thumbnails/Icon modes with single-click selection enabled
Fixed a problem that could cause Opus to crash if the Customize dialog was opened from the tray menu while Help was showing
Copying multiple files plus sub-collections from a collection now works reliably
Fixed potential 100% CPU loop error on malformed PNG files
Fixed support for MP3 thumbnails when the thumbnail data is “unsynced”
The folder colours drop-down in the Add Folder dialog in Preferences Folder Colors section now works under x64
Directory Opus 9.1 Release Notes.
Fixed a problem in MultiView plugin that could cause a crash when viewing files in zip files or on FTP sites
Copy MAKELINK now supports the AS argument to specify the name of the new link
Fixed crash in line rename if the string was deleted completely and then enter pressed.
Fixed problem with FTP passwords being stored unencrypted in tab groups
Fixed problem with FTP passwords being displayed in tab tooltip for a locked tab
Fixed rendering issue with glass status bars
Updated ActiveX plugin

Changes for v9.1.1.2 - v9.1.1.3

Fixed crash that could be caused by reading folders containing certain types of TTF fonts with the Description / Font name column on
Fixed problem viewing partially corrupted jpeg files (will now try to display as much as possible of the file)
A command that combines Select ALLFILES with Copy ZIP now correctly includes all files in the folder – previously the first file would be omitted.
Fixed cosmetic problem with focus item in List mode with file colour blending enabled
FTP: Fix for Linksys NAS server returning illegal 451 error for remove directory command

Changes for v9.1.1.1 - v9.1.1.2

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
Fixed crash introduced in 9.1.1.1 when using the Copy ZIP SENDMAIL function (and some other functions). Sorry about that! ?
Fixed cosmetic problem with long labels overwriting other columns in List mode when auto-size columns turned off.
The Power mode drag-and-drop configuration option for ‘immediate action’ now works correctly.
Updated ActiveX Plugin to Version 3.1.0.6
Improved handling/restoration of input focus when you change files while inline renaming and the ActiveX viewer is open.
Increased the amount of time that the plugin waits for focus to be taken from 5 seconds to 60 seconds.

Changes for v9.1.1.0 - v9.1.1.1

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
The Properties command did not correctly display a multi-file Properties dialog if multiple files were selected.
The Remove All function in the Find panel did not correctly clear the list of locations.
When viewing fonts in thumbnails mode, an incorrect font could sometimes be used (eg, a Serif found would sometimes be shown instead of a Sans-Serif font)
A line in an InfoTip definition can now be completely suppressed even if it doesn’t actually display any fields itself. For example, {!coords}Location:{!} will display a line saying Location: if the image contains GPS EXIF tags, and will be completely hidden if it doesn’t.
With two or more toolbars on the one line, the first button of all but the first and last toolbars would be slightly cut-off on the left hand side
Fixed a problem where Opus could get confused about the shift-select start/end position when pressing Home/End followed by Shift-Home/End
The Capitalize All Words Rename function now correctly handles accented / non-Latin characters
Several problems have been fixed to do with image handling:
Scaling greyscale RLE8 bitmaps resulted in garbage.
The viewer now allows cropping of RLE4 and RLE8 bitmaps.
Scaling 1-bpp bitmaps forced the colour palette to black & white.
Fixed problems cropping 1-bpp, 4-bpp and "565" 16-bpp bitmaps.
Higher quality scaling of some indexed-color image types.
Fixed indexed color bitmaps having their palettes quantized to 16-bpc after some operations (e.g. rotation of RLE4 / RLE8 compressed images).
The viewer's Save As dialog now remembers the type you last used even after you close the viewer. The Save As dialog also now sets the initial file extension to match the initial type.
Fixed invalid bitmaps being saved if the input was RLE compressed. For example, some bitmaps could not be set as the Desktop wallpaper using Opus.
Fixed clipboard image copy not working if the viewer was set to Tile mode and was exactly the right size for the image.
Fixed problem that could cause some TIFFs to not be read.
Reject BMP files with invalid compression/bitcount combinations.
Fixed numerous problems converting low bit-depth images between formats.
Opus now saves PNG images using indexed-color mode, with the lowest required bit-depth, if there are few enough colors in the image that it makes sense to do so.
Opus now saves GIF images using the minimum color palette based on the number of colors actually used in the image.
Fixed image-conversion error number being overwritten by clean-up code.
Opus now supports legacy ID3v2.1 MP3 tags (eg written by very old versions of iTunes)
Fixed more problems when @set is combined with {sourcepath} in functions
In Print Folder, the date/time column is now padded for 12 hour time formats to make sure it lines up when printing to a text file
When the font of the Styles toolbar is set very small (eg 6 point) there is no longer an unwanted line displayed underneath the tabs
The Paste AS command now allows you to specify the full path of the file to paste into when pasting clipboard text / images.
When two or more Toolbars share a row their buttons are now expanded so they are all the same height/width as the largest buttons on the row.
When dragging and dropping, the Target tooltip is no longer drawn over the top of the drag image in Vista
Dropping files on Go BACK or Go FORWARD buttons (or those generated by Go BACKLIST etc) now works correctly
Dragging a .dcf file directly from a zip file to a toolbar (in Customize mode) now works
The Folder Tree Collapse non-selected branches option now works on the Favorites section of the tree
Zip file extensions that have been hidden from the Tree are now really hidden
The mycomputericon option for the Breadcrumbs field no longer causes the FTP site name to be hidden when on an FTP site
Fixed graphical glitch in Collection Properties window when editing the collection’s description
When dragging a button without a label to a folder in Customize mode, the file created now correctly has a .dcf file extension
Fixed refresh problems when renaming files to sub-folders (using “/”) in inline rename mode
Fixed quotes problem with + sign in {dlgchoose} command
Fixed a problem that could cause MSN Contacts listed in the Contacts pane to double-up at times
The EXIF Rotation option in the Image Convert function did not work correctly for images from some cameras
Updated Leo’s ActiveX Plugin to Version 3.1.0.6
Improved handling/restoration of input focus when you change files while inline renaming and the ActiveX viewer is open.
Increased the amount of time that the plugin waits for focus to be taken from 5 seconds to 60 seconds.

Changes for v9.1.0.6 - v9.1.1.0

User Interface:
The Find panel's multiple folder selection system is now easier to understand. The Remove Folder button now only removes the selected item from the list and does not clear the path field as well. The Remove All Folders drop-down command now clears the entire path list and resets the path field to the Lister's source path.
The Select Icon dialog’s drop-down MRU list is now limited to 10 items instead of growing indefinitely.
The path field at the bottom of the Select Destination dialog now updates when an item is selected from the Recent or Favorites drop-downs.
It was possible to select text in the Output Window (Script or FTP) and delete it by pressing the delete key – this has been fixed.
The Output Window can now be closed by pressing Escape.
Fix for files larger than 2 gigabytes sorting incorrectly in the Find Window.
Listers & Display Modes:
Fix for incorrect alpha-blending of some toolbar/menu icons (e.g. Favorites).
Fix for crash which could occur when double-clicking an already selected folder in Thumbnails and Icon modes.
Fix for incorrect item spacing with some fonts in List and Icon modes.
The Rename INLINE=ext (and other parameters) command now works in Thumbnails, List and Icon modes.
Listers showing collections which are deleted will now notice and go to the collection root.
Fixed a problem where CD drive icons in some places would not update correctly when the disc was changed. Also improved handling of folder icon changes in folder tabs, breadcrumbs bars and folder trees.
Fix for problem with url/lnk targets not being displayed in the Description column on folder read.
Copying file paths to the clipboard is much faster, especially with large numbers of files.
If you select multiple files and push Enter the files are now launched in series instead of in parallel. (In particular, this works around a bug in Microsoft Word where it would open several empty windows if it was not already running and you launched multiple .doc files in this way.)
Flat View:
If the "Automatically sort new files" option was disabled, in FlatView (Grouped) mode items would appear at the bottom of the list making them appear to be in the wrong location. They are now correctly positioned at the end of the appropriate branch.
Directory Opus 9.1 Release Notes.
3.
Fixed a problem with FlatView Listers viewing a junction folder not correctly noticing file changes within that junction.
Fixed a problem when attempting to drag folders to their own parents in FlatView.
Folder Tree:
The Folder Tree now correctly detects changes to the Public (All Users) Desktop folder.
Newly created zip files are now sorted correctly in the Folder Tree (if Zip files are displayed in the tree).
Fix for zip and folder icons at the Desktop level sometimes disappearing when their corresponding items were modified.
Fix for painting artefacts in the Folder Tree when horizontally scrolling a full-row selection tree.
Fix for painting artefacts in the Folder Tree if folder tree has both colour and image set.
Fix for painting artefacts in Folder Tree if background image is set and new items are added to an open branch of the tree.
Context Menus:
Fix for TortoiseSVN 1.5 icons not appearing on the context menu under Windows XP.
Fix for only some files being added to the zip if the Add-to-Zip context menu item was used from Explorer's Search Results and the files were not all in the same folder.
Compatibility fix for certain context menu items (convertXtoDVD and HHD Hex Editor Neo) which pass 0 index to GetData instead of -1 as per the API documentation. Explorer allows/ignores 0 so Opus does as well now.
The "working directory" is now supplied to context menu extensions, where possible. (i.e. When it's a real directory and all selected items have the same parent.)
Fix for some context menu handlers when files are right-clicked in Flat-View or Collections.
Slight speed-up for context menu generation.
Fixed generic context menus being used instead of Opus's custom ones when folders or zips that were direct children of Desktop were right-clicked in the folder tree.
The Desktop folder now has a context menu when right-clicking on a folder tab.
Fixed potential crash with some context menu extensions when certain Filetype ContextMenu commands were placed on toolbars. (Some context menu extensions don't cope with being initialised without a file list. Opus now avoids this.)
The ContextMenu command can now work on folders as well as files.
Fix for CryptoForge context menu not working correctly.
Status bars:
Status bars with customized background images or colours are now drawn using the current Windows theme (visual style) instead of the old Win95-style borders and grip.
When the resize grip overlaps part of the status bar (due to a thin window and/or wide status bar) the status bar elements now fade out towards the grip instead of being cut off abruptly.
On Vista, glass status bars (when enabled) have a themed resize grip instead of the old Win95-style grip.
Fix for incorrect alpha-blending of icons on Vista glass status bars (when enabled).
Directory Opus 9.1 Release Notes.
4.
Glass status bar are now turned off for maximized windows. This is for aesthetic reasons and to avoid the difficulty of choosing Custom text colors that are visible on both light and dark backgrounds (since glass goes very dark when maximized).
Glass status bars are now slightly "frosted" for better readability and to make the glow around text more subtle.
Text on glass status bars is now more similar to titlebar text in terms of default color & glow.
Bar graph frames on glass with f=2 are now solid white instead of black. New arguments f=4 and f=5 force solid black and white frames, respectively, regardless of glass.
New bar graph frame argument f=6 produces an indented border, the opposite of f=1.
Vista:
Fix for left-hand, "themed" toolbars on Vista not adjusting their background when the status bar was toggled.
Fixed Vista rendering problem with truncated toolbar chevrons.
Under Vista, the "View Help" in the Help menu when on the desktop did not work.
Under Vista, RMB drag no longer incorrectly shows the no-drag cursor.
Under Vista, the Go /Desktop User XXX command now works correctly.
x64:
Fix for Explorer Replacement mode in x64 version – previously Opus was not trapping calls to Explorer made from 32 bit applications (e.g. Firefox).
The Windows Messenger ‘Send File’ function (Copy WINMSGR) did not work correctly under x64.
Fixed a crash that could occur when reading Amiga icons on an x64-based system.
Preferences:
The Explorer Replacement exclusion list is now correctly checked even when Opus isn’t already running.
Fix for Image Preferences where changing the "When Shared" setting to "Tiled" did not take effect until Opus was restarted (except for the "Standard" images where it worked immediately).
Fix for the Display - Images page in Preferences affecting some Color settings when reset to defaults.
Fix for the Folder Tabs background colour always coming from Preferences, whether or not "use system color" was set, if an image was used for the Folder Tabs background. (The background colour could have been wrong for images that didn't fill the Folder Tab strip or for images that were alpha blended with the background colour.)
Fix for Office2003-style toolbar "custom" colour gradient boxes being the wrong way around in Preferences.
Fix for Office2003-style toolbar non-"custom" colours overriding the "custom" colour choices if the non-"custom" colours had ever been changed from the defaults.
Toolbars, Customization & Commands:
Fix for buttons imported from .DCF files always having their icons turned off if they used named internal icons.
Directory Opus 9.1 Release Notes.
5.
It is now possible to display \t in a button label by escaping the slash – i.e. \\t.
Having the Copy WINMSGR=list command on a toolbar or menu now works even if the contact list has not been opened.
Dropping a drive from My Computer on to a toolbar in Customize mode now correctly creates a Go button.
Fixed a problem with commands that tried to set a variable using @set with the value {sourcepath$}
The Set FULLROWSELECT command now allows you to toggle between ‘select’ and ‘display’ mode by specifying both options (e.g. Set FULLROWSELECT=Toggle,Select,Display).
Fixed a problem where a function with multiple CreateFolder commands with the READAUTO flag set could cause a dummy file entry to be displayed in the list.
Fix for label position being ignored with several types of generated buttons when used outside of context menus (i.e. on toolbars/menus):
Open-With menu
Sent-To menu
Shell-New menu
Context Menu (i.e. Filetype CONTEXTMENU on a toolbar)
Namespace Menus
Copy-to-Collection menu
Windows Messenger contacts menu
History, Back and Forward lists
TabGroup list
FTP site list
Copy COLLLIST now takes its icon from the button or menu item rather than forcing a particular icon to be used.
Media Files & Viewers:
Fix for Play window not auto-closing after playing MP3 files.
Play window now displays basic information for MP3 files.
Movie & GIF thumbnail borders now match the aspect of the video/image, instead of being padded to the full thumbnail size, when film sprockets are enabled. (This was already the case when sprockets were disabled.)
Fix for resource leak when generating movie thumbnails.
Fix for problem getting EXIF data from Fuji photos with corrupt GPS tag.
Fix for incorrect bitrate & datarate reports for some AVI and WMV files.
Fix for incorrect track number (+1) shown for WMA tracks from Napster.
Fix for garbled output when converting 16-bit images to GIF.
Fix for bug that caused Amiga icons (and possibly other low colour-depth images) to be jumbled when reduced in size (e.g. when displaying very small thumbnails).
The MultiView plugin now re-opens almost instantly if it has been used recently.
The MultiView plugin now ignores XML files as it did an awful job of displaying them.
FTP:
Small change to enforce directory listings as ASCII with TYPE A for rogue Compaq servers.

Changes for v9.1.0.5 - v9.1.0.6

Fixed a problem that prevented the copying of folders to an FTP site from working
Fixed a problem with file change detection through folder junctions
Fixed a crash when the Find Results were directed to a locked Folder Tab
Fixed layout of Rename dialog on 800 x 600 displays
Delete EMPTYRECYCLE command no longer blocks subsequent commands in the function when the recycle bin is empty

Changes for v9.1.0.4 - v9.1.0.5

Bugs fixed / minor changes:
The new grp:XXX syntax in wildcard pattern matching did not properly resolve the name of the Filetype group (with the result that only the default groups Images/Documents/etc would work.)
Right-click / Rename on the Folder Tree incorrectly displayed the full Rename dialog (with an incorrect filename) rather than entering inline rename mode as intended
The ADD argument can now be used with the Clipboard SET command to add text to the existing clipboard contents.
There is a new ext2 modifier for file command codes (e.g. {file|ext2}). This is basically the same as the existing ext modifier except the period is omitted (so, for example, {file|ext2} might return txt whereas {file|ext} would return .txt)
Fixed a problem where Copy UPDATEALL and UPDATEEXISTING would incorrectly delete pre-existing empty folders in the target directory.
Swapped the key shortcuts for Delete and Edit in the Folder Aliases Preferences dialog to be more logical.

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