Changes in 2.8.2

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New: Replace [left/right] number with a sequence number
New: Optional path command line option for batch scripting
New: Title Case renaming option
New: "Next Up" folder used when last used folder is not found at startup
New: Expiremental Toolbar option
New: Option to toggle visible columns using a Right-Click popup
New: "Column Select" option in the View->Columns menu
New: Roman Numerals case option

Fix: Crash as startup with some custom Default scripts
Fix: Size in bytes was backwards for ?zn? meta-variable
Fix: Title Case problems
Fix: Missing folder in script file would trigger an error dialog in batch mode
Fix: Extension was not changed to lower for Sentence and Word case
Fix: Wrong column sorted after re-ordering columns
Fix: Minor changes to highlighting draw routine

Changes in 2.8.1

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New: Popup menu for the "Insert Meta-Variables" button to select common MP3, JPEG, and Renumbering variables
New: The "Insert Meta-Variables" has been reworked
New: Insert Meta-Variable relative window position and size remembered
New: Renaming Options Wizard button

Fix: Button icons cleaned up for Win2K and basic themed XP
Fix: Problems refreshing the folder of a removed drive
Fix: Drive icons was shown as one icon per type of drive instead of per drive
Fix: Generic folder icon not shown on folder browser
Fix: Progress bar was not displayed durring a long Preview operation
Fix: Main window was not shown center when Window Size is not saved
Fix: "Folder Properties" button icon not shown for drives on some operating systems
Fix: Refresh remained disabled after a Recursive Scan
Fix: JPEG/MP3 detection didn't include the file filter
Fix: OS Exception message clicking on a removable drive with no media
Fix: Added shortcut keystrokes to button hints
Fix: Filter popup menu said "defualt" instead of "default"
Fix: The "Clear" option stayed selected after pressing Repeat in the renaming options wizard
Fix: Lightened highlight color of unfocused filelist
Fix: Access Violation when opening a second instance
Fix: Crash when opening a second instance on Vista
Fix: Problem showing Special Folders locations at startup

Changes in v2.8.0

New: Streamlined interface
New: Implemented Vista/XP visual theme support
New: Dramatically improved performance for browsing large numbers of folders and browsing removable drives
New: [Help->Getting Started...] menu command
New: [Help->Renaming Options Wizard] menu command
New: "File -> Save to Undo file ..." menu option
New: Drag-and-Drop from Explorer supported

Fix: Positioning of selected node in Folder Browser not update on resync
Fix: Program not shown center screen on the very first run
Fix: Browser tree were icons blended to black instead of WindowColor
Fix: Invert All was previously broken
Fix: Status Bar was not fully updated when first showing
Fix: Icons not shown on "Select New Folder" dialog
Fix: Non-fixed disks were pre-scanned for subfolders, causing slow downs

Changes in v2.7.6

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New: Remove Characters X thru Y and optionaly Move them
New: Two separate columns for Date Modified and Date Created

Fix: Checkbox problems in Folders Only view mode
Fix: 'Single Charcters' checkbox not cleared when Clear button pressed
Fix: Improved tab navigation
Fix: EXIF data from one file may used for the next file if a read error occurs
Fix: Some 'Remove 2' information not saved or loaded in scripts
Fix: Improved sorting when numerical string is longer than 10 digits

Changes in v2.7.5

Fix: updated fonts for ClearType
Fix: too small fonts when MS Sans Serif replaced
Fix: System folder (or folders with custom icons) not showing in Folder Browser pane
Fix: EXIF data not retreived from some JPEGs
Fix: default script breaks SendTo from working
Fix: reserved characters in MP3 tags not replace
Fix: updated visible tab when default script loaded
Fix: first changed option tab shown when loading a script
New: "On collision append" Add 2 option

Changes in 2.7.4

Fix: AutoWidth column size setting problems
Fix: Shortcut (.lnk) files icon incorrect
Fix: More errors found with [Add 2] and regular expressions/wildcards
Fix: Browse panel folder list display problems when resized
Fix: Failed find search string when first letter is duplicated (example: "readme" not found in filename "rreadme")
Fix: Parent Folder meta-variable problems

Changes in 2.7.3

Fix: command-line script execution still not working
Fix: Autopreview and full regular expressions break for [Add 2] renaming options
New: Highlight Collisions menu command
New: Parent Folder meta-variable "?pf?"

Changes in 2.7.2

New: configuration option for full Regular Expressions
Fix: minor auto-preview fixes
Fix: minor focus problem with up/down arrows on Thumbnail Preview window

Changes in v2.7.1

Fix: Auto Width column size not working
Fix: Collisions not shown in bold in some cases
Fix: Columns not reset when toggling Folder Browser
Fix: Default script not triggering auto-preview
Fix: Some script option fail to load if tab is not active
New: Column Size menu changed to [Auto Width, Full Width, User Set Width]
New: Filename Collision color configuration option (red by default)
New: Exclude Files now accepts wildcards
New: Exclude Now menu item
New: Top/Bottom buttons added to Floating Thumbnail window
New: Improved update speed for toggling thumnail list
New: Improved update speed for Folder Browser
New: Disable icon cache configuration option
New: Collision count in status field
New: Tab name flagged when options set (to show tabs with changes)
New: Collapse All button on Folder Browser
New: Renaming options checkboxes automatically focuses textbox

Changes in previous versions

Changes in v2.7.0
Fix: Folders removed from view durring recursive scan
- also provides speed increase
Fix: Pressing Enter durring a manual folder rename changed folders instead of renaming
Fix: Check/Uncheck by wildcard fails on recursive file list
Fix: Error 103 while renaming a Read-Only file
Fix: Undo operation ignored folder names
Fix: Empty "move it before" field causes error message
New: Completely rewritten File List
- offers massive speed increases for display thousands of files and previews
New: Double-clicking a file shows the floating thubnnail window
New: Only the filename shown in the NewName column (durring recursive scan)
New: Menubar shortcuts saved to [menu.ini] text file for customization
New: Cancel button shown durring recursive scan
- removed recursive scan info message box
New: Status bar shown durring preview
New: Thumbnail window dismissed when Escape pressed (or the hotkey pressed)
New: Thumbnail window buttons wrap and the size is saved on exit
New: Remove option to removed everything but a substring
New: Formatting options 'Substring' and 'Numbers to Letters'
New: Configuration option to not show hidden files
New: "My Documents", "My Pictures" and custom folders added to Folder Browser Panel
New: Updated look and buttons for Folder Browser Panel
New: Option to redisplay recursive list after renaming button pressed
New: Exclude Files window


Changes in v2.6.2
Fix: non-stop flicker when redrawing certain file icons


Changes in v2.6.1
Fix: Ins and Del shortcut keys interfere with textbox editing
Fix: Files with no extensions incorrectly flagged as changed
Fix: Icon cache interferes with Renaming Folders
Fix: File Path dropdown sometimes shifts position
Fix: Speed increase for displaying large file lists (up to 3000 items)
New: Minor changes to default interface
New: Parent folder added to File Path dropdown
New: Improved status reporting refreshing and previewing large lists


Changes in v2.6.0
Fix: More command-line parameters problems
Fix: Error message sometimes displayed when "starting counting at 0" set
Fix: Error message when typing quickly in Filter textbox
Fix: Error message when rapidly pressing ESC or F5
Fix: Auto-preview firing twice
New: Icon caching for 'thumbnail list' mode - speed increase durring a refresh
New: MP3 tags shown on Thumbnail Preview window
New: Custom Color configuration options for main window
New: Updated interface
- new Menu Bar with shortcut keys for many operations
- cleaner interface / less buttons on main form
- old interface toggleable


Changes in v2.5.1
Fix: Command-line parameters not working as expected with quoted values
Fix: Thumbnail preview window ignoring a picture an invalid file selection
Fix: Improved workaround for illegal EXIF date formats


Changes in v2.5.0
Fix: Pressing the "Move Up" button repeatedly crashes the program
New: Checkbox to show thumbnails in the file list (finally!)
New: Thumbnail Preview window updated with Preview/Next file buttons
New: Thumbnail Preview window updated with current file name
New: Thumbnail Preview window shows JPEG/EXIF tags
New: Unchanged names shown in grey instead of ghosting the icon
New: Collisions names shown in a bold font
New: Folder Properties button in the file path area
New: Alternating background colors for rows in the filelist
New: Full row selection, when any column but Name is clicked
New: Hotkeys for buttons like Clear and Preview