Revision History - Alpha 2

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Version Alpha 2 (26/09/2008)

New features:

The language to use can now be selected in the 'Options' dialog, in the 'Language' tab. The language Explorer++ uses is based on the following (in order of importance):
1. Any language specified on the command line.
2. Any language saved from a previous session (using the above method).
3. The system default language.
Files can now be dragged and dropped onto the treeview control.
'Copy File Paths' can now be used on items in the treeview.
'Cut' and 'Copy' can now be used to copy and move items from the treeview.
The 'Back' and 'Forward' buttons on the main toolbar now show what folder is back/forward in their infotip.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by title.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by subject.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by author.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by keywords.

Bug fixes:

Fixed bug that would cause directory monitoring to stop working under certain circumstances.
Fixed listview drag and drop bug.
Fixed bug that arose when sorting items by comment.
Fixed 'Merge Files' cancel bug.
Fixed 'Split File' cancel bug.
Fixed small 'Show In Groups' bug.
Fixed toolbar show/hide bug.

Misc:

A small delay has now been added to the treeview, meaning that when a different folder is selected, it is not browsed to immediately.

(02/09/2008)

New features:

'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by attributes.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file owner.
Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file creation date.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by date of last access.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by short name.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by product name.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by company name.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file description.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file version.
'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by product version.

Bug fixes:

When closing a tab, directory monitoring would sometimes be stopped for a different tab. Fixed.
Fixed toolbar bug that would sometimes cause the program to crash on exit.
When the column representing the current sort mode is deselected, the sort mode is automatically changed to the first available one.

Misc:

Drives in 'My Computer' are now sorted according to drive letter when sorting by name.

(21/08/2008)

New features:

Confirmation when closing multiple tabs can now be requested when the 'Ask for confirmation before closing all tabs' option is selected.
The main toolbar can now be customized by selecting 'Customize...' on the toolbar context menu or on the View/Toolbar menu.
Added an error message for the situation when a file cannot be renamed.
Alt+D will now shift focus to the address bar.
F4 will now show the drop down for the address bar.
Ctrl+B can now be used to access the 'Organize Bookmarks' dialog.
The tab button can now be used to switch between the main item pane, the folders pane and the address bar.
Gridlines in details view can now be toggled on or off via the Show gridlines in details view option within the 'Options' dialog.

Bug fixes:

Fixed 'Remove' button within the 'Destroy Files' dialog.
Fixed 'Remove' button within the 'Merge Files' dialog.
Fixed bug when moving columns up/down in column selection dialog.
Fixed several other small bugs within column selection dialog.
The 'Auto Arrange', 'Show In Groups' and 'Sort Ascending' default options are now saved and loaded.

Misc:

Default output file when merging is now 'output.txt'.
Menu mnemonic characters are now underlined on the main menu after the alt key is used to select the menu.
Description of column items are now shown in the 'Select Columns' dialog.

(10/08/2008)

New features:

The right click context menu is now owner drawn.

Bug fixes:

Fixed bug that would cause the 'Sort By' submenu to be drawn incorrectly.
Fixed position of the 'hide folders pane' button.
Fixed bug relating to the 'Address Bar' item on the toolbars menu.

(20/07/2008)

New features:

Files can now be merged using Actions/Merge Files....

Bug fixes:

Fixed Go button bug.
The paste button on the main toolbar is now enabled automatically when there are files on the clipboard, and disabled automatically when there are none.

(13/07/2008)

New features:

Added 'Autosize Columns' to the 'View' menu, which will resize listview columns to fit in the text of all items.
Files can now be dragged and dropped between tabs.
Added a main toolbar context menu.
The main menus as well as the main toolbar context menu are now owner drawn. Various items on the main menus now have pictures shown along side the menu text.
More main toolbar buttons added.

Bug fixes:

Improvements made to drag and drop handling.

Misc:

Aesthetic changes made to the About dialog.
Build date/time is now shown in the About dialog.

(07/07/2008)

New features:

Menu help strings are now shown for items on the shell context menus.
Added 'Bookmark Folder...' and 'Copy Folder Path' to right click context menu.
When browsing into a folder, the path of the folder been loaded is now shown in the status bar (i.e. if browsing into the 'C:\' folder, the text in the status bar will read 'Loading C:\...').
Added 'Duplicate Tab' to right click menu for tabs, which will open a duplicate of the specified tab in a new tab.
Added 'Lock Tab' to right click menu for tabs to prevent a tab been closed.
Tabs can now be bookmarked using the keyboard shortcut 'Ctrl + D'.
Files can now be split using Actions/Split File....
Files can now be permanently deleted using Actions/Destroy Files....
If 'Show Folder Sizes' is activated in the Tools/Options dialog, folder sizes will now be shown in the display window when a folder is selected.

Bug fixes:

Fixed 'Refresh Tab' on tab right click menu so that it refreshes the specified tab instead of the one that currently has focus.
Thumbnail images are now shown in the correct position when items are sorted in groups.
Small bug fixed relating to showing items in groups when sorting by name.
Menu help now shows for items on the context menu for individual tabs.

(03/07/2008)

New features:

Thumbnails view can now be set as the default view in the 'Default Settings' page of the Tools/Options dialog.

Bug fixes:

Bookmarks can now be rearranged and have their properties (name, location, description) changed.
Tabs now update when relevant settings in the Tools/Options dialog have been applied.
Fixed treeview sorting bug.
Folders created are now inserted into their correct position in the treeview automatically.
Some improvements made to Tools/Show Drive Information.

Misc:

New tabs can be opened with middle click even if the listview window does not have focus.

(01/07/2008)

New features:

Thumbnails view has been added to the 'View' menu. As this is the first implementation of thumbnails view, it may still contain some bugs.
Added File/Copy Column Text, which will copy the currently selected items' column text to the clipboard.
File/Copy Paths can now copy the full paths of multiple items.

Bug fixes:

Fixed tab swapping bug.
Fixed column sorting bug.
Fixed file size bug that arose when files in a directory were deleted then created.

(29/06/2008)

New features:

Virtual folders can now be opened from the command line simply by supplying their name: e.g. explorer++.exe "control panel" will open the Control Panel.

Bug fixes:

Improvements made to sorting by column.
Fixed bug relating to directories opened via the command line.
Fixed bug relating to columns not showing up for the printers folder.
Folder specific columns added for the 'My Network Places' folder.
Additional virtual folders (Recycle Bin, Printers, Network Connections and My Network Places) now have their active columns saved and loaded.
Fixed bug where program would sometimes stop responding after the columns for a folder had been changed.

Misc:

'My Network Places' on the 'Go' menu has been changed to read 'Network' on Windows Vista.
The items shown on the 'Sort By' menu for a particular tab now depend on the columns that are active for that tab.
Menu help messages added for items on the 'Sort By' menu.

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