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151
Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0 BETA 1340
« on: February 12, 2013, 19:11:08 »
Multi Commmander v3.0 (Build 1340) -  280+ Changes

Changes since build 1337

  ADDED - Empty folder will now show 0 is size folder when doing folder sizing.
  FIXED - Extra long path issue when copying path to clipboard.
  FIXED - Extra long path issue when copy long path to a short path.
  FIXED - MCIcons failed to load on very old, not fully upgraded XP/2003.
  FIXED - FileViewer now support multilanguage text in the status bar.
  FIXED - Full installer installed language pack in wrong folder on some system.
  FIXED - 3 Crash issue reported by crash report system.


Previous changes

How to update to beta version

152
Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0 BETA 1337
« on: February 09, 2013, 15:00:34 »
Multi Commmander v3.0 (Build 1337) -  260+ Changes

Most changes are internal and preparations for future changes. Major changes has gone into the multi language system, configuration has been split up into more files,  Icons now loaded from external dll for easier customizations, Extension/Plugin interface have been cleaned up so the SDK will soon be released and a lot more.

Changes


  FIXED - Session configuration was not read/save to correct location when running in portable mode.
  CHANGE- ExplorerPanels config and language files are now named ExplorerPanel, Restore of config will auto rename config file to correct name.
  ADDED - MultiUpdate using new way of downloading updates. (Old way can be activated in settings)
  ADDED - Favorites can now be shown as a popup menu in the crumbbar. (as right click action on the Path field)
  FIXED - MultiUpdate script can now upgrade from 2.8.x to 3.x
  FIXED - Fixed problem when saving a FileOperations presets.
  FIXED - Some extended file properties did not use the MultiLanguage systems for the column names.
  FIXED - Problem when restoring language pack.
  FIXED - Some Texts at different places are now supported by the MultiLanguage System.
  FIXED - MultiUpdate will keep orginal filedate when updating files.
  ADDED - Audio,Video,NTFS,Picture file properties now has support for MultiLanguage texts.
  ADDED - Language editor can now restore/import language packs.
  CHANGE- Lots of API Cleanup and changes.
  FIXED - Script engine can not return a const array of variables correct.
  FIXED - Update program can will now remove old langauge files when updating.(We are now using LangPack files instead)
  ADDED - Major change on How the MultiLanguage system works.
  CHANGE- MultiCommander will now read the language files from the LanguagePack files named LangPack_xx.zip stored in the Languages folder.
  CHANGE- MultiCommander can now read Language from alternative location. (Used for language editor)
  ADDED - MultiUpdate will now delete existing language files when doing an upgrade.
  ADDED - Language Editor can now also export language pack in both Public and Internal format.
  ADDED - Language Editor can now submit language updates directly to MultiCommander.com
  ADDED - Language Editor can now create new languages.
  FIXED - Issue with pressing right button while dragging
  FIXED - Text issue when deleting favorite item.
  FIXED - Some config issue when running in portable mode.
  CHANGE- Customized FileOperation Read/Write strategies are no longer stored in MultiCommander.xml, Now stored in FileOpRWStratergy.xml, Will autoconvert.
  CHANGE- FileOperationPluginProfiles are no longer stored in MultiCommander.xml, Now stored in FileOpPluginProfiles.xml, Will autoconvert.
  CHANGE- FileOperationPresets are no longer stored in MultiCommander.xml, Now stored in own file FileOpPresets.xml, Will autoconvert.
  FIXED - Fixed some strange lost focus problem with Favorites Window.
  ADDED - The Device Toolbar will now show tooltip for the device/folder icons.
  CHANGE- Improved performance when reading config/settings information. (Will probably not be noticable, but it is a lot faster)
  CHANGE- Multi Commander with all its extensions is now built with VisualStudio 2012 using the VS110_XP toolset.
  CHANGE- Icons used in MultiCommander.exe and some of the extensions are moved to a resource dll : MCIcons.dll
  CHANGE- Lots of internal changes to handle the new Icon system
  REMOVE- Many obsolete icons that was still inside MultiCommander.exe removed.
  CHANGE- Alias information is moved from MultiCommander.xml to its own file Aliases.xml. (Will auto convert data to new location)
  CHANGE- Modules information is moved from MultiCommander.xml to its own file Modules.xml. (Will auto convert data to new location)
  CHANGE- A lot of minor core changes.



153
Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA Build 1335
« on: February 02, 2013, 19:17:04 »
Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA (Build 1335)

Download
   Portable 32bit
   Portable 64bit

This alpha also contains updates to the MultiUpdate program. The update tool should now be able to upgrade an old version to 3.0.

To test this download MultiUpdate v1.3.3 and unpack it into where you have MultiCommander.exe.
Then start a command problem at that location and run "MultiUpdate.exe /D"
This will download the 1335 Alpha release and do the upgrade.


Changes 235+ Changes since v2.8.1

-- Build 1335 - 35+ Changes

  ADDED - MultiUpdate using new way of downloading updates. (Old way can be activated in settings)
  ADDED - Favorites can now be shown as a popup menu in the crumbbar. (as right click action on the Path field)
  FIXED - MultiUpdate script can now upgrade from 2.8.x to 3.x
  FIXED - Fixed problem when saving a FileOperations presets.
  FIXED - Some extended file properties did not use the MultiLanguage systems for the column names.
  FIXED - Problem when restoring language pack.
  FIXED - Some Texts at different places are now supported by the MultiLanguage System.
  FIXED - MultiUpdate will keep orginal filedate when updating files.


Changes from previous alpha versions is found here

154
Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA Build 1330
« on: January 27, 2013, 15:55:28 »
Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA (Build 1330)

Download
   Portable 32bit
   Portable 64bit

Changes 200+ Changes since v2.8.1

-- Build 1330 - 60+ Changes since build 1315

  ADDED - Audio,Video,NTFS,Picture file properties now has support for MultiLanguage texts.
  ADDED - Language editor can now restore/import language packs.
  CHANGE- Lots of API Cleanup and changes.
  FIXED - Script engine can not return a const array of variables correct.
  FIXED - Update program can will now remove old language files when updating.(We are now using LangPack files instead)
  ===[Added Fixes from v2.8.2 ] == >
  ADDED - MultiScript function for working with file attributes ( AddFileAttributes/Set.../Remove.../Get../Has...)
  ADDED - MultiScript function MoveFile(....)
  ADDED - Search now support exclude filtering.
  FIXED - If 'New version' checking at startup was aborted or timed out could hang MultiCommander.
  FIXED - Some wildcard matching problem with Search Tool.
  FIXED - Crash issue if Multi Commander was closed before all of the startup tasks was finished.
  FIXED - Favorites Windows is now shown in the places that HotPath was shown before.
  FIXED - Some issues with the Favorites Windows
  FIXED - 2 Crashes reported by crash report system
  << ==[Added Fixes from v2.8.2 ] ==


Changes from previous alpha versions is found here

155
Beta Releases / 2.8.2 Beta
« on: January 16, 2013, 18:55:19 »
Since v3.0 will not be out for a while, There will be a 2.8.2 first that contains mostly the bug fixes for existing issues.

Beta of 2.8.2 is now out and contains the following fixes

Build 1289
ADDED - MultiScript function for working with file attributes ( AddFileAttributes/Set.../Remove.../Get../Has...)
ADDED - MultiScript function MoveFile(....)
ADDED - Search now support exclude filtering.
ADDED - Pressing Ctrl+Q in the Favorites Window will now toggle between the Name and Path
FIXED - If 'New version' checking at startup was aborted or timed out could hang MultiCommander.
FIXED - Some wildcard matching problem with Search Tool.
FIXED - Crash issue if Multi Commander was closed before all of the startup tasks was finished.
FIXED - Favorites Windows is now shown in the places that HotPath was shown before.
FIXED - Some issues with the Favorites Windows
FIXED - 2 Crashes reported by crash report system

156
Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA Build 1315
« on: January 12, 2013, 17:35:30 »
Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA (Build 1315)

Download
   Portable 32bit
   Portable 64bit
 
Changes 140+ Changes

Build 1315 - 110+ Changes
  ADDED - Major change on How the MultiLanguage system works.
  CHANGE- MultiCommander will now read the language files from the LanguagePack files named LangPack_xx.zip stored in the Languages folder.
  CHANGE- MultiCommander can now read Language from alternative location. (Used for language editor)
  ADDED - MultiUpdate will now delete existing language files when doing an upgrade.
  ADDED - Language Editor can now also export language pack in both Public and Internal format.
  ADDED - Language Editor can now submit language updates directly to MultiCommander.com
  ADDED - Language Editor can now create new languages.
  FIXED - Issue with pressing right button while dragging
  FIXED - Text issue when deleting favorite item.
  FIXED - Some config issue when running in portable mode.
  CHANGE- Customized FileOperation Read/Write strategies are no longer stored in MultiCommander.xml, Now stored in FileOpRWStratergy.xml, Will autoconvert.
  CHANGE- FileOperationPluginProfiles are no longer stored in MultiCommander.xml, Now stored in FileOpPluginProfiles.xml, Will autoconvert.
  CHANGE- FileOperationPresets are no longer stored in MultiCommander.xml, Now stored in own file FileOpPresets.xml, Will autoconvert.
  FIXED - Fixed some strange lost focus problem with Favorites Window.
  ADDED - The Device Toolbar will now show tooltip for the device/folder icons.

Build 1291 - 30+ Changes

  CHANGE- Improved performance when reading config/settings information. (Will probably not be noticable, but it is a lot faster)
  CHANGE- Multi Commander with all its extensions is now built with VisualStudio 2012 using the VS110_XP toolset.
  CHANGE- Icons used in MultiCommander.exe and some of the extensions are moved to a resource dll : MCIcons.dll
  CHANGE- Lots of internal changes to handle the new Icon system
  REMOVE- Many obsolete icons that was still inside MultiCommander.exe removed.
  CHANGE- Alias information is moved from MultiCommander.xml to its own file Aliases.xml. (Will auto convert data to new location)
  CHANGE- Modules information is moved from MultiCommander.xml to its own file Modules.xml. (Will auto convert data to new location)
  CHANGE- A lot of minor core changes.


157
Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA Build 1291
« on: December 31, 2012, 14:05:48 »

Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA (Build 1291)

Download
   Portable 32bit
   Portable 64bit
 
Changes
  CHANGE- Improved performance when reading config/settings information. (Will probably not be noticable, but it is a lot faster)
  CHANGE- Multi Commander with all its extensions is now built with VisualStudio 2012 using the VS110_XP toolset.
  CHANGE- Icons used in MultiCommander.exe and some of the extensions are moved to a resource dll : MCIcons.dll
  CHANGE- Lots of internal changes to handle the new Icon system
  REMOVE- Many obsolete icons that was still inside MultiCommander.exe removed.
  CHANGE- Alias information is moved from MultiCommander.xml to its own file Aliases.xml. (Will auto convert data to new location)
  CHANGE- Modules information is moved from MultiCommander.xml to its own file Modules.xml. (Will auto convert data to new location)
  CHANGE- A lot of minor core changes.


Please let me know if there is any issue with this release on Windows XP. and if any icons are missing.

158
Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0
« on: December 27, 2012, 12:45:42 »
Multi Commander v3.0 is planned to be out at the end of Januari.

v3.0 will not contain any new major features. However a lot of work will be done under the hood. (It will contain bug fixes and improvement of exists features)

* MultiCommander will be moved to be built with VisualStudio 2012 using the platform toolset "V110-XP"
* Some resources like icons (and some other ) will be moved out of MultiCommander.exe and places in resource dll. This will for example allow users to easier customize and replace all the icons if they wish.
* Language system will be updated. The language files will still exists as today, but they will be stored in another way and will be named different.
 also the built in language editor might get some changes.
* How and where some configuration are stored. Some configuration will be split, some joined.
* Clean up of the SDK API so that can be released.
* + bug fixes and improvements

So most of the work for v3.0 is under the hood to prepare it for the future and future features.

I will not provide beta version of 3.0 under the normal automatic beta upgrade process. Since some of the changes that are coming are breaking change for the settings and in the beginning it will not be able to upgrade the configuration automatically.

So instead I will provide links here to betas of the portable version. (Only portable, so that is does not changes any settings for the normal version)
So when the alphas/beta are starting to come out. Please test them and let me know if there are any problems.


159
Script / Create date folders for a whole year
« on: December 15, 2012, 13:36:38 »
Somebody ask me for how to create date folders for a whole year using script.
Well here is how you do it.


This script will create 365 date folders. 

D:\Test\2013-01-01
D:\Test\2013-01-02
D:\Test\2013-01-03
and so on

Code: [Select]
// set time to "2013-01-01 00:00:00" - the value is seconds from 1970-01-01 00:00:00 - use http://www.epochconverter.com/ to get the start value
@var $time = 1356998400;

// Path to where you want to create the folders
@var $FolderBaseName = "D:\\Test\\";

@var $date = "";
@var $folder;

@var $n = 0;
for( $n = 0; $n < 365; $n++ )
{
 $date = FormatDate( "yyyy-MM-dd" , $time );
 
 $folder = $FolderBaseName ^ $date;
 MC.Filesystem.Makedir PATH="{$folder}"

 // Increase value by the seconds of a day
 $time = $time + 86400;
}

160
Beta Releases / 2.8 BETA
« on: December 10, 2012, 20:56:25 »
Beta of v2.8 has been delay quite a bit, But it is finally out.

Major new feature is the new Favorite/Bookmark system.
The new favorite system has something called QuickPaths that will replace the old HotPath.
Current HotPath items will be converted into QuickPaths automatically.

To show the Favorites window press Alt+Backspace (The default hotkey might change for the release) or press the Favorite Button (star) on the Commandline bar.

( Updated 2012-12-16 with Beta Build 1267 )

Changes
Over 90+ Changes.
Over 120+ Changes.
  ADDED - New Favorites/Bookmark System. Press ALT+BackSpace or press Favorites icon on commandline bar to show it.
  ADDED - New Language : Hungarian - Provided by Zityisoft
  REMOVE- HotPaths removed. Replaced with quick path in the the Favorite manager. (HotPath will be converted automatically)
  ADDED - The colors for the ProgressBar shown in statusbar can now be configured.
  ADDED - Highlights in FileViewer can easier be removed and added from the context menu.
  ADDED - Selection status in Explorer Panel can now be configured to show 0,1,2 decimals
  ADDED - Selection status in Explorer Panel can now be configured to mini/short/long size unit after the size
  ADDED - Explorer Panel can now show 0,1,2 decimals in the size column.
  ADDED - Explorer Panel can now show none/mini/short/long size unit after the size.
  ADDED - Command to load selection from clipboard.
  ADDED - Drive bar in main window can now show Special Folders, Virtual Devices and Cloud folders.
  ADDED - MultiScript can now show a window asking user to select one of many items from a dropdown list. See : "AskOption"
  ADDED - MultiScript function to convert date/time as text to number value. See : "ParseDateTime"
  ADDED - Settings to force what panel side that should be set as active at startup.
  ADDED - Default settings for new tabs, View Mode and FolderTree can be configured.
  CHANGE- Date format settings is now a global settings for all open Explorer Panels.
  FIXED - Fixed problem with launching programs from the QuickLaunch bar, If the path had dots in a folder name.
  FIXED - Multi-Script Debugger will now list script sorted, Work faster and better.
  FIXED - Scrollbar problem in List mode.
  FIXED - Problem when running an empty MultiScript
  FIXED - Problem with custom command "MC.Run" The parameter "STARTIN" did not work.
  FIXED - Pack/Unpack/CopyTo dialog will now use filesystem auto completion.
  FIXED - Selection status in ExplorerPanel will now use the thousand separator defined by Windows.
  FIXED - FTP Log tab will now use the same font and colors defined for the other logs.
  FIXED - Will now warn if codepage that can be defined for zip is invalid
  FIXED - Crash problem is zip codepage is invalid.
  FIXED - Rare crash problem with settings.
  FIXED - 5 other Crash problems reported by crash report system

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Beta Releases / 2.7.2 BETA - Bugs - Report Bugs for 2.7.2 BETA here
« on: September 15, 2012, 14:24:45 »
Bugs that are related to new feature or fixes for bugs that still does not work in the v2.7.2 BETA
Report them here.


163
Beta Releases / 2.7.2 Beta - Change Log
« on: September 15, 2012, 14:23:18 »
Changes since v2.7.1 : 75+ Changes

ADDED - Removal/Inserts of SD-Card in SDCard reader is now detected correct.
ADDED - Can now run "MultiCommander.exe /OPEN [path]" to open [path] as a new tab in an already running instance of MultiCommander
ADDED - Online documentation is updated and new pages are added for features that was added in previous releases.
ADDED - Can now configure User defined commands to mouse button commands.
ADDED - FTP Bookmark now support remote dir that it should go to when connecting.
ADDED - Now possible to enable 'Auto Select itfile/folder when hovering over', Useful for single click configuration.
FIXED - Connecting to FTP using command line command now works again ( ftp://[<username>:<password>]@host[:port][/remotepath] )
FIXED - Various FTP fixes.
FIXED - Context menu on RightClick button now works again.
FIXED - Issues with startup if working directory was not MultiCommander install folder.
FIXED - Rename action did not work on some mouse configurations, like Click and Wait action for Right or Middle button.
FIXED - Password problem with 7-Zip.
FIXED - Issue with file property that prints a date/time in MultiRename tool.
FIXED - Some Multi-Language issue when running in portable mode.
FIXED - Issue where some tabs reverted to C:\ when a USB/Removable drive was removed.
FIXED - Drag and Drop issue when dropping folder from programs that where using the FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORW, Way of dropping files.
FIXED - Crash problem when using FTP that only affected some languages.
FIXED - 7 Crash problems reported by crash report system.

164
User Contributed Content / Credits - Icons
« on: September 01, 2012, 16:21:23 »
Application Icon for MultiCommander.exe, MultiUpdate.exe, MultiCrashReport.exe are created by Martin Reslow

Some of the toolbar icons from http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons


165
SDK / Multi Commander - Extension / Plugin System
« on: September 01, 2012, 16:17:08 »
Multi Commander is build around extension and plug-ins, almost all tools major features  in Multi Commander comes from an extension.

There are a couple of different types of extension and plugins.

Tools / Utilities Extension
These are extension that can interact with the core system in Multi Commander. They can show a GUI in it's own window or inside a tab.
Extended the script system with more commands, add own command that will be shown in the menu.

Eg. PictureViewer is a extension that shows it's own gui, MultiRename is an extension that is mixing internal gui element inside it's own window and The File Checksum verifier shows it's GUI inside a tab in Multi Commander. FSFTPScript extends the script language with FTP support.

File System Plugins
These are used to allow Multi Commander to browse archives, FTP, Registry and other resources that has a file system like structure.

File Properties Plugins
These are plugin that are used to retrieve file properties on file. For example the Picture Properties plugin allow you to get file properties of picture files so you can show column with picture properties like Image size, EXIF date and a lot more.

File Operations Plugins
These are plugin that are used during copy/move and delete operations. They can modify the target location of the file, Change the data that is read/written or do something after a file operation is completed.

For example the built in plugin "Auto Sort" will change the target location so that if a file called "MyFile.txt" is copied, it will place it under a 'M' subfolder under the selected target location.  And the AutoUnpack plugin will notice if the user are copying a .zip file and will then tell the system to copy the content of that file instead, So that the zip file is automatically unpacked.

SDK

Requirements
You will need to have knowledge of C++ to use the SDK. The included samples needs at least Visual Studio 2015  (vs2017 also works, But plugin will not work on XP then)
(VS2015 Express Desktop Edition should work.)

SDK Download
Lastest version of the SDK is available on GitHub at https://github.com/MultiCommander/MultiCommander-SDK
Git Hub ( v1.84 )


166
Translations And Language Packs / Credits - Translators
« on: September 01, 2012, 16:13:41 »
Following user have contributed to Multi Commander by creating translations

Chinese (CN) - Yinyuecheng, (Previously maintained by Tyler)
Chinese (TW) - Alan
Czech - R3gi (Previously maintained by PetRip)
Dutch - Hans Niesten
English - Mathias Svensson, Corrections by Russ Williams
French - Stéphane Pierre
German - H. Laudor, and Hajo
Hungarian - Zityisoft - http://szoftverforditasok.hu
Italian - Aldo
Japanese - Tilt http://tiltstr.seesaa.net
Lithuanian - Raimondas Duzinskas
Polish - Lukasz Seweryn
Portuguese - Pedro Albuquerque
Romanian - Gabriel
Russian - Jangir I. Ganeev
Spanish - Mauro72
Swedish - Mathias Svensson (*1)


*1) Swedish - Mathias Svensson
This Language pack is created by me. But there is a lot of missing translations since I have not had the time to keep it up to date.
Also I'm not used to type computer related sentences in Swedish so the translation is not very good.
So feel free to send in updates or take over the translations Swedish.


167
Beta Releases / 2.7.1 Beta - Change Log
« on: September 01, 2012, 15:36:50 »
Changes since v2.7.1 : 35+ Changes

ADDED - Now possible to assign hotkeys to the different View Modes.
ADDED - Can now change view mode with custom commands. "MC.Explorer.SetViewMode"
ADDED - Can now change sorting with custom commands "MC.Explorer Sort"
ADDED - Can now drop link from browser.
ADDED - Support for 7Zip archives that are password protected.
ADDED - Can now auto run a User defined command at startup using "Multicommander.exe -AutoRun=<CommandName>"
ADDED - Support for new language : Spanish - Created by Mauro72
ADDED - (Experimental) Force the zip filesystem to use a custom codepage. Set Codepage using ":zipcp <cp num>" in the command line field. ( -1 for current system codepage )
ADDED - (Experimental) Force the zip filesystem to use the extended zip support for UTF8 when created Zip archive. Use commandline command ":ziputf8 1" to enable
FIXED - Path and FreeSpace field did not update if Device Dropdown was disabled, when browsing network paths.
FIXED - Virtual Filesystem for 7-Zip had problem when files inside a .7z archive had invalid attributes.
FIXED - Crash when adding separator to menu
FIXED - MultiCommander Now works on Windows XP with SP2 again.
FIXED - 4 Crash problems reported by crash report system.

168
Blog post comments / Multi Commander 2.7.1 BETA - Build 1178
« on: September 01, 2012, 15:34:10 »
Multi Commander v2.7.1 [BETA] Build 1178

Comments and feedback for the blog post should be posted here in this forum topic.
No bug reports here. post then in the Beta Release forum topic

ChangeLog

169
Tips and Tricks / Change path, Keep subpath
« on: August 25, 2012, 15:41:09 »
There is a special trick with the path field that will allow you to change path but also allow you to keep the subpath.

This is something that are mostly useful for developers that work with multiple version and branches.
That has many folders structures that are the same.

For example.
You have several feature branches for the same application that you are working on in your developer folder

for example
  D:\Dev\MyApp\Branch_FeatureA
  D:\Dev\MyApp\Branch_FeatureB
  D:\Dev\MyApp\Branch_FeatureC


You are currently located in D:\Dev\MyApp\Branch_FeatureA\ComponentA\Source\ClassA\

And you want to change to the same location but under Branch_FeatureC.
(With other word you want to go to D:\Dev\MyApp\Branch_FeatureC\ComponentA\Source\ClassA\ )

To do that you can edit the path field and manually change Branch_FeatureA to Branch_FeatureC or you can move up the folder structure until you come to the MyApp folder Down the Branch_FeatureC folder until you reaches ComponentA\Source\ClassA\

This is not very optimal.  And there is an even faster way to to this.

If you right click on a parent location in the path field you will get a list of the folders in that location allowing you to fast go to a folder under a parent folder.

So if you right click on "MyApp" part in the "D:\Dev\MyApp\Branch_FeatureA\ComponentA\Source\ClassA" path in the path field, You will get a list showing Branch_FeatureA,Branch_FeatureB and Branch_FeatureC Then when you select Branch_FeatureC It will take you to that folder.

Now the special trick. If you hold Shift+CTRL when you right click on the "MyApp" part in the path field. It will try to keep the same subpath when it change the path. So when you then select "Branch_FeatureC" from the list,
it will take you directly to "D:\Dev\MyApp\Branch_FeatureC\ComponentA\Source\ClassA\", Keeping the same subpath as you currently are in.

If the subpath does not exists under the new path, it will take you in as far as it can.

170
Blog post comments / Multi Commander 2.6 BETA - Build 1153
« on: August 07, 2012, 17:50:56 »
Multi Commander v2.6 [BETA] Build 1153

Comments and feedback for the blog post should be posted here in this forum topic.
No bug reports here. post then in the Beta Release forum topic

172
Tips and Tricks / Correct Folder date
« on: July 26, 2012, 14:27:37 »
This is another of the lesser know feature of Multi Commander.

One thing that is a bit annoying with how the file system works in Windows is how the file system changes the date of a folder if a file in that folder is removed/added. If you add (or remove) a file in a folder, then the date of the folder that this files was added to is also changed.

And Sometimes you do not want. Because you are for example sorting the folders by date. and now the sorting is messed up.

For example

Say you got folders with pictures you have taken on different vacations you been on and the date of the folder are matching the date of the files inside the folder. The picture files inside the folders have the date and time of when the picture was taken so the folder have the date and time of the latest picture.
(Btw, The tool 'Adjust EXIF date information' can also set the file date to match the date of the EXIF date from the picture )

So when sorting the picture folder by date you will get the folder in the correct order.

Folder          Date
Sidney        2011-04-16
New York      2010-11-12
Pairs         2009-12-12



But then you remove some of your bad picture from the Paris folder. The problem is that the date of the Paris folder will now change.

Folder          Date
Pairs         2012-07-26
Sidney        2011-04-16
New York      2010-11-12


To correct it you can modify the date you self. But if you have many folders with incorrect date that is a pain.

It is now the "Correct Folder Date/Time" tool that you find under the tools menu in Multi Commander come to use.

This tool will scan the files inside the folder and its subfolder and then change the date/time of the folder and subfolders to the time of the latest date/time of a file inside that folder.
So the folder will now receive the date and time of the latest file in that folder.

You will have the option to exclude files from the scan. For example if you added a text file to you pictures with description and other information about the picture you might not what the scan to include the date of that file into the scan, You then enter "*.txt" in the Ignore field.
Or you could also add *.jpg in the Include Only field.

173
Blog post comments / Multi Commander 2.6 BETA - Build 1142
« on: July 25, 2012, 16:06:02 »
Multi Commander v2.6 [BETA] Build 1142

Comments for the blog post should be posted here in the forum topic

174
Tips and Tricks / Go to Sibling Folder Faster
« on: July 24, 2012, 11:50:55 »
For example say that you got the following folders at a location.

FolderA
FolderB
FolderC

You enter FolderB, And then you want to go to FolderC, Now you first need to go up to the parent folder and then select FolderC and enter it.
But with the Go to sibling folder commands you can go the the previous or next sibling folder directly.

So when you are in FolderB and if you instead choose to press Ctrl+PageDown it will take you directly to FolderC.
If you have pressed Ctrl+PageUp it would have taken you to FolderA

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Tips and Tricks / Pasting clipboard data into Multi Commander
« on: July 21, 2012, 14:01:44 »
One of the lesser known features of Multi Commander is the extra handling of clipboard data when pasting it into Multi Commander.

Multi Commander can save text and image data from the clipboard to a file.

If the data in your clipboard is text that you copied from another program and you press Ctrl+V (Or Menu > Edit > Paste ) while the
focus in Multi Commander is in a Explorer Panel. Then you will be shown a windows where you can save the text content from the clipboard to a file.

The same will happen if the clipboard data is a image. (For example if you pressed print screen to take a screenshot)
And for images you will have the option to select what image format you want to save it as. jpg, png or bmp

Their is also some special handling done for text data. If the text data in your clipboard look like file path.
Then instead of just asking you to saving the text to a file it will change the current location to that path you have in your clipboard data.
If the path in the clipboard has a file specified then that file will also be set to focus.


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