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Not a problem.

The functionality of your MultiScript is more important than what the button says and I like what it does so far.

I agree, add it to the "Nice to have" list.

Cheers :D

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Support and Feedback / Selected files are not handled properly
« on: April 13, 2012, 07:49:51 »
Hey Mathias I have just noticed something about how "Selected" files/folders are not properly handled.

I was looking at changing the colours of the 'Selected' and 'Focused' files/folders when I noticed that if I select files/folders by Ctrl-clicking they correctly take on the colour of selected files. However file operations on them fail and only the the last file/folder selected has the focus and is then handled correctly.

Using the button bar or menu commands to "Select" different types of files/folders applies the colours of "Checked" and therefore all operations work on them.

So the questions are.
If the files/folders are not being selected by Ctrl-clicking why is there a colour option to highlight "Selected" files/folders? What is "Selecting"?
Or if they are being selected by Ctrl-clicking why are they not handled as such and why do the button/menu commands not apply the colouring as "Selected" but rather as "Checked"?

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Thanks Mathias.

Looks like I'll just have to name them something like "Show/Hide...".

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Hey Mathias. What I mean is it possible to have the text on the buttons to change after the the button is clicked to display the then current option.

e.g. I have written some scripts to toggle the display to show certain types of files when a button is pressed like your example for *.log files. So the button has the text "Show Logs" and when it is pressed only the *.log files are shown. However the button text still displays "Show Logs" but when it is pressed again the file display is returned to all *.*.

Is it possible to have the button text alternate between "Show Logs" and "Show All" or "Hide Folders" and "Show Folders"? That way the button bar may become even more useful than it is now!

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Quirky Administrator Mode
« on: April 06, 2012, 03:36:47 »
!!Splat!!

One bug officially crushed.
Thanks Mathias the new beta fixed it.

Excellent work.

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Thank you Mathias.

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Support and Feedback / How to edit information in extra columns?
« on: April 05, 2012, 05:46:00 »
I have been trying to find a way to edit the information that is displayed in the "Extra Columns" provided when right-clicking on the column header of the file view pane. Specifically the 'Description' and 'Comments' columns.

I used to have a shell extension on my 32bit machine that allowed me to attach comments to files. I found it very useful for all the downloads that I accumulate. This also worked for files that didn't have a 'Details' tab on their 'File - Properties'.

Secondly. How can I enable the display of these columns by default. Currently I can set up a folder with these extra columns but if I duplicate it it reverts to showing only the standard columns.

Thirdly. I have just done a quick check of comments and descriptions that are provided by files that I haven't edited and the 'Comments" column that MC provides doesn't seem to match the information that 'File - Properties' shows. e.g. I have a WMP plugin that displays lyrics for the active song, the 'File - Properties' shows the following info in the "Comments" section
"This plugin adds global hotkey support to Windows Media Player"
MC leaves this field blank.

Also MC shows, under the 'Comments' column, for a number of files "This installation was built with Inno Setup.". Information that normally doesn't display in the 'File - Properties' tab. Although examining with a resource hacker does show the same info under the 'Comments' value of the 'Versioninfo'.

So to sum up MC's 'Comments' aren't the same as Windows Explorer's 'Comments' and MC's 'Description' displays what Explorer calls 'File - description'

The 2 png's I've attached show the differences.
The MC image shows 'Filename - Comment - Description' and the Explorer is 'Filename - File description - Comments'

Thanks
Grant

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Quirky Administrator Mode
« on: April 02, 2012, 03:48:35 »
Okay I'll see if I can explain this.

For the sake of this example I am using the Notepad++ default installation directory, but the same behaviour occurs with all folders under UAC.
On my machine it is [C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\].

The folder has the following security applied to it, as listed on the 'Security' tab of the 'Properties' dialog:

CREATOR OWNER - Special Permissions - Allow
SYSTEM - Full Control, Modify, Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read, Write - Allow
Administrators - Full Control, Modify, Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read, Write - Allow
Users - Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read - Allow
TrustedInstaller - List folder contents, Special permissions - Allow

All files found under this directory have the following security applied to them:

SYSTEM
Administrators
Users

All with the same permissions as listed above (except 'List folder contents' of course as that doesn't apply to files).

Now if I start MultiCommander from the 'StartMenu' with 'Run as administrator' no problems occur. All file operations happen as they should.
If I start MultiCommander from the shortcut without admin privileges the following happens:

Using the 'Notepad++' directory as the example if I highlight the 'readme.txt' and hit "F8", "Del" or the "Delete (F8)" button I get your confirmation dialog box asking whether "Are you sure you want to remove the file to the Recycle Bin ?" The check box for 'Delete to Recycle Bin' is selected and the radio button option 'Remove link, not link target.' is also selected.
Now I press "Yes" and the 'Error' dialog box appears which says:

"Access denied while trying to delete the file 'readme.txt'.
It might be open by another program or you do not have permission to delete it."
It has the options "Retry as Administrator", "Retry", "Skip", "Skip All", "Cancel".

I then press "Retry as Administrator" and I am continually presented with the same dialog box and options as described above. All the while the bottom right hand corner shows a progress bar with 0% and another dialog box hidden behind the 'Error' dialog box which is labelled "Multi Commander" and it has the text "Preparing ...." and a progress bar, a label saying "0 of 1 items done" and 2 buttons 'Pause' and 'Abort'.

As I mentioned this results only when operating on a file with the coded commands. If I right-click and select "Cut" or "Delete" or if I drag the file out of the folder I am presented with Windows access control dialog and then the operations continue as expected.

Whatever you changed in your code that worked on the "Move" operation that now makes it work for me isn't being applied to your code that handles deletions. Though I don't see why that would be the case?

I hope it helps.
I'm not a coder but I do understand some principles about it. If you need any further information I'm only too happy to help.

And again, excellent work! Bravo.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Quirky Administrator Mode
« on: April 01, 2012, 03:50:22 »
Mathias thanks for the quick turn-around. I just upgraded to the Beta you updated v2.1.0 (build 1022).

I can narrow down the behaviour I described to only not working when using the internal operations provided by MultiCommander.
By that I mean if I hit the "F8", "Delete" or click the "Delete button" the operation asks for privileges but fails to provide them.
However if I invoke the right-click menu and select any command that requires Admin privileges the commands proceed as normal. Also I can 'Drag' files in and out of the folder as you would expect them to work.

The update you provided has fixed ALL problems with "Cut/Copy" or "Move" operations. Whether I use 'buttons', 'hotkeys', menu commands or right-click menus the operations work as they should.

Thank you.
Excellent work

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Quirky Administrator Mode
« on: March 31, 2012, 02:37:46 »
Mathias it looks the problem is in the MCAdmin utility then. All functionality is working properly if I start MultiCommander as Admin.

Only when I start as 'User' and then 'Retry as Administrator' when prompted does the quirky behaviour happen.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Quirky Administrator Mode
« on: March 30, 2012, 01:26:00 »
Hey Matthias.

I just tried the suggestion you offered and yes all file operations act as they should.

Curiously I had selected in the "Core Settings" the three options under "Run As Administrator Mode". I assumed that meant whenever I started MultiCommander it would be in Admin mode. Apparently not.

I right-clicked on the Start menu selection for the program and selected "Run as Administrator" and I can see now on the title bar [Admin] before the program name, something which is not there when I start it normally.

I previously saw the small red background label with yellow text "Administrator Mode Active" at the bottom of the button bar and assumed that was the only indicator of Admin mode. This label only showed after your MCAdmin utility ran because of the dialog option "Retry as Administrator".

Now I'm wondering since MCAdmin is still active (it shows up as a process and the label is still active) why admin rights are not provided for further file operations?

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Thanks.

After I posted this I noticed another user had previously asked almost the same question but worded it differently. Sorry about that!

I really like the way this program is going.

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Thank you.

I look forward to seeing how you implement that.

Excellent work.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Quirky Administrator Mode
« on: March 29, 2012, 08:09:10 »
If I have 2 panels open, one showing a directory with only user rights (Folder1) and the other a directory under UAC e.g.(c:\Program Files(x86)\Some folder\) called (Folder2) strange options are provided.

1) If I try to move a file from Folder2 to Folder1 I am asked to enter Admin mode but it fails to provide it.
2) If I try to delete a file the same thing happens.
3) If I copy a file to the opposite panel and then edit it and try to copy it back I am asked for Admin mode and this time it is granted.
4) If I try to Move the file from Folder1 to Folder2 I am asked for Admin mode but again it is not granted.
5) If I right-click the file in Folder2 and select "Cut" and then right-click in Folder1 and select  "Paste" Admin mode is asked for but this time it is granted.

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The "Explorer Panel Settings" has a lot of options for mouse configuration but I can't see how to get double-click to open a file if that is what is clicked AND go up a level if no file is double-clicked.

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When you enter an archive the right-click context-menu is limited to a few selections: "Open" "Cut" "Copy" "Delete" "Properties".
I assume these are provided by Windows as they are the same regardless of explorer or file manager I use.
Is it possible to display, with all functionality, the right-click context-menu you would have on any file in an explorer window?

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Support and Feedback / Word wrap for MultiDataViewer
« on: March 28, 2012, 07:39:21 »
Hello Matthias.

I have been using MultiCommander for a few months now after working my way through a number of alternatives. (FreeCommander, Nomad.net)

One thing that keeps bugging me, and I can't see any mention of it here, is the lack of word wrap in MultiDataViewer.

Am I missing something with regard to configuration? Or is there no word wrap?
If not will you be providing that functionality in a future release.

Also the "Open" button on the MultiDataViewer toolbar. What does it do? I can press it but it appears to have no function.

Thanks

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