ArsClip Official Release

Version 5.41 of ArsClip has been released. This release focus on the new user experience and Quality of Life changes.

On a new install, a "Getting Started" is now displayed to explain how to show the most important window of the program: the Popup. This window also explains the most common and basic usage of the Popup and Permanent clips. The System menus have also been updated to re-display this window.

The new [SHOWPOPUP] macro command can be used to show the Popup and the default state. This means that you can show the Popup with only a specific Permanent Group - an often requested feature. For customization, AC is designed to be able to show almost any window using a macro. Now, the Popup and the Clipboard Tooltip have been added to this list of windows.

The Edit Permanent Clips windows has been updated to show more/better context information. You can now click on AC specific JavaScript routines to show a link that opens up the help page. Also, the help sections of this window and the Edit Clips/Macro window have been updated.

A new set of JavaScript routines have been added to generate Permanent Clips. This lets you create a Permanent Clip from the clipboard, a Popup Clip item, or literal text. So, it would be possible to create a script to copy the selected text and generate a Permanent Clip from the clipboard.

On the Popup, you can now set clip types to ignore depending on the program. For example, instead of ignoring all pictures, you can ignore pictures copied from specific programs - like graphics editors. Also, the Clip Menu, has been updated to move a Permanent Clip to another group.

Rename Master Official Release

Version 3.20 of Rename Master has been officially released. This is a smaller release that has 3 major changes.

Performance has been improved for loading both the Renaming Scripts and the program itself. I expect at least a 30% improvement on most system and a bit more on slower systems. There are still some more improvements to be made, but those changes will require a lot more work and testing.

The way Wildcards/RegEx is handle has been improved. Previously, enabling RegEx required a global change to all "search" fields in the Renaming Script. A changes was made in the last version to add a "?reg?" variable that would only treat specific text fields. In the new version, text fields that support RegEx or Wildcards are clearly marked. When clicking on these textboxes, a new button will appear to easily toggle the mode. With this button, you can quickly enable RegEx or enabled Wildcards (*, ?, or ?*) and insert Wildcards. In Wildcard mode, you won't be able to see the friendly names of Meta-Variables and, obviously, RegEx is not available.

The Save Script dialog now has a new option. The Files/Folders setting for the File List can now be saved as part of the Renaming Script. For example, you can have a folder specific script and you can change the File List to show only folders.

File Verification

I've added a File Signatures page to the websites. With this page, you can verify the contents of your files are the same as on this websites. If you've downloaded from a site that mirrors or hosts downloads from this sites, you can make sure the file contents have not been changes and no extra files have been added to the Zip archives.

Rename Master Official Release

Version 3.19 or Rename Master has been officially released.

This is a small release that mostly contains bug fixes for the Renaming Script tab. The previous changes to help with tab navigation and scrolling had issue that are resolved in the release. Various visual issues have also been addressed.

Rename Master Official Release

Version 3.18 or Rename Master has been officially released.

A lot of work went into fixing keyboard navigation issues with the Renaming Script tab. For expanded steps, pressing Tab will not only navigate between controls for the step, but it will also navigate to the next expanded step. The current script dropdown on this tab is also now tab accessible.

A new ?reg? tag has been added to selectively enable Regular Expressions for a single text field. This makes it easier to use other text fields without having to worry about using reserved characters.

When Win10 Build 1607 or higher is detected, RM now supports longer filenames when renaming.

The source code for RM is now included in the archive. This change should have happened a long time ago. The bandwidth limitations for the server are less strict, so including the source by default isn't an issue. Before, the source archive was only available on request.