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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Result of the requests for what should be added in the next couple of versions (

« on: July 22, 2013, 07:54:33 »

A while a got I asked what features you wanted me to add for next couple of version.

Well, The answers I got was very few, So I guess you do not want anything changed, So I guess I just add/fix things that I need for my self then.
Of the few request I got I will fix/add some of them.

Here is a list of the request I got.. Followed by some comments after the list

1. Search inside archives (including content search).

2. GUI settings for rule-coloring.

3. Some kind of status line for the current file in list mode.
   It might be shown when no items are selected, otherwise standart selected stat would be shown.
   Although i would like both of them to be shown but i don't see a way now. As there's only one file may be focused,
   maybe current file info might be shown in the main status bar (optionally), but i'm not sure it would look good.

4  Rearrange and remove  items in the copy/move queue

5  Able to select files into different Groups. or flag files/folders.
   So if I have many many files and I need to do different things with them I can go over
   them and give them different flags or put them in different selections groups.
   I should then be able to say copy files from selection group X (or items with flag x) to folder X.
   and then after that while that is copying I can start a new/or queue items from selection Group Y to be copied to folder Y and so on..

6  Show files as thumbnail with detailed info. Like detailed view mode but instead of an icon show a thumbnail and
   have the other columns to the right of the thumbnail stacked from top to bottom.. so after the image there are X rows (depending on columns shows) with the file info.

7  Add touch/gesture support. pinch to zoom for Text and Picture Viewer.. and other gestures..

8  Use custom icons for internal file associations. E.g. if default OS app for *.pdf files is Adobe Acrobat Reader,
   but MC's assigned app is PDF-XChange Viewer, so PDF-XChange Viewer's (or user defined) icon
   should be shown in the file list for *.pdf files.

9. Ability to set default file type for pasting from clipboard.
   E.g. i often paste img files and would like to save them in PNG format.
   Maybe "use by default" checkbox or just setting in config file.

10. In paste from clipboard dialog when i change file type, focus is moved to the filename field.
    It is inconvenient when navigating via keyboard because i need to switch to filetype combo again.

11. Apply 'Auto resort files after manual renaming' also to folders.

12. If i create folder la-la;bla-bla, two folders are created.
    But i want single folder with ; char as a part of the name.
    So i suggest creating multiple folders when name is CSV-string. E.g. "folder1","folder2".

13  New files are highlighted in color.

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=  Below are some answers / comments to the requests
==================================================================

1. Search inside archives (including content search).
 
    This is something I would like to add.  And searching content of file in archives would require archives to be temporary unpacked. And this can be very slow.
 Some archive it might be enough to just unpack the file you want. but some archive unpacking all of the archive is required. Might start with supporting only Zip and some other archive format in the beginning.

2. GUI settings for rule-coloring.
 
   Yes this is something that must be added. However creating a UI for this is not trivial, It is not easy to do a UI for this simple. It can easily become very complex.
   I been playing around with different idea. But guess I have to settle on one of them.

3. Some kind of status line for the current file in list mode.

   I had some ideas with this before that did not work. I might do a simpler version of it instead.

4. Rearrange and remove  items in the copy/move queue

   This is something that have been on my list for a very long time. It also is something that require quite a bit of development time. But it is something that I want to do.

5. Able to select files into different Groups. or flag files/folders.
 
 Something similar is being planed. and It can be used for what you describe.

6. Show files as thumbnail with detailed info

  A detailed mode that shows thumbnails is something that I have on my list of request.

7  Add touch/gesture support.

  Touch support is something I would like to add. Problem is that is currently does not own a touch device So I can not add it.
  And if it gets added it will be possible to disable it and/or configure it like the mouse actions can be configured today

8. Use custom icons for internal file associations
 
   Yes.. When configuring Editor/Viewer I guess settings an icon there too might be a good idea.
  But what icon should it show if you set a different icon for edit/view ? Or Maybe have a Icon tab... Well I figure something out.

9.  Ability to set default file type for pasting from clipboard

   You really need a config for it ? Or would a remembering last used format. So if you used PNG last time it will be the format that is preselected the next time. Is that good enough ?

10 . Paste dialog - Focus is moved to the filename field

  I know. The problem is that it will select the filename part for you when you selected a format. And if you just do arrow up/down the combobox takes that as a selection. Im not sure that can be change unless the select only filename part is disabled. 
 However as said in the comments, pressing F4 is a workaround. Might not be good enough.

11 Apply 'Auto resort files after manual renaming' also to folders.

  It is not.. I will look into that.

12 . If i create folder la-la;bla-bla,
 
  As said in comment ; is used for separator when creating multiple folders.. But I like the sugestion with a checkbox in the Create Folder dialog to override it

13  New files are highlighted in color.

  It depends on what you mean with new file.. A new file that is added to a folder even if the file date are old ? Like copying a old file (and keeping filedate) to a new folder. is that file then new ? or is it files that are less then X minutes old based on file date ?
 If it is based on file date then RuleBased Coloring is the answer and when UI for that is fixed it will be easier to add. (Probably one of the default ones that can be enabled)

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SDK / Re: Get all items and select some of them

« on: July 21, 2013, 13:54:25 »

Use the AM_GETFILESITEMS and AM_SELECTFILEITEMS message

This code will get all items in the current source view and then select every second item.

IFileItemCollection* pFileItems = m_pAppInterface->CreateFileItemCollection();
IFileItemCollection* pFileItemsSelected = m_pAppInterface->CreateFileItemCollection();
m_pAppInterface->SendMessageToSource( AM_GETFILEITEMS, (WPARAM)pFileItems, MF_ALL);
 
 DWORD nCount = pFileItems->Count();
 for(DWORD n = 0; n < nCount; ++n)
 {
   IFileItem* pItem = pFileItems->GetAt(n);
   if(pItem && n % 2)
  {
     pFileItemsSelected->Add(pItem);
   }
 }

 m_pAppInterface->SendMessageToSource( AM_SELECTFILEITEMS, (WPARAM)pFileItemsSelected, 1); // 0 for Unselect, 1 for Select
 pFileItemsSelected->Release();
 pFileItems->Release();

(Will add this to the SDK Sample project)

3228

Support and Feedback / Re: Save on exit

« on: July 20, 2013, 16:24:17 »

They are not used anymore. (They was a long time ago)

If you run the installed version it is saved in the registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MultiCommander\SessionHistory\a4c2985d9c7e4035a3221cfd600171d0\AutoLoad\

For portable version it is saved in
<MC start Folder>\SessionConfig\History\a4c2985d9c7e4035a3221cfd600171d0.ini

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Support and Feedback / Re: Save on exit

« on: July 20, 2013, 15:33:05 »

If you uncheck first 2 options in explorer panel settings under "Save on exit" (MC started with all 3 options checked),

not for me.. Maybe

then click on 'save', then change folders in both panels and then exit MC with ALT+F4. After first restart folder paths will still be remembered as they were on exit. It works fine only after second restart (both panels resetted to C:).

So it is actually necessary to restart MC twice not just once as for some other stubborn options  and this could cause a feeling that option is not working.

It is because there is some internal conflicts between settings. The error is that it actually is returning to C:\  It should use the last saved paths.


The easiest why to force a startup path is to use commandline parameters.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Root folder

« on: July 20, 2013, 12:25:29 »

No there is no such option.  Maybe I can add it. Not sure. (Starting to get too many options in there. )

However.. Ctrl+Backspace will bring you to the root. (or click on the '\' button  )

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Support and Feedback / Re: Preserve time stamp ftp

« on: July 19, 2013, 08:11:24 »

Problem is that FTP does not support that.  There is no "set filetime" command in standard FTP.
There are a couple of extended commands for it that some Servers support. problem is that they work differently and not all server handle them the same.
(Some server expect local time, some expect the time to be GMT and some expect format X and some format Y. )
So it is a mess.

But there is plans to add support for it. But the user might have to configure what extended command to use for it how it should work for the server that they connect to.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Multi-Rename

« on: July 19, 2013, 07:48:47 »

All other methods of renaming files work as expected.
All files are standard text files with NO 'hidden' 'read only' or 'system' attributes.
Using Multi-Rename also works without error, but only for existing characters.

Tried it also in a number of other folders and drives on my system. All with the same result.

The 'log' shows no errors with either extension initialization or in the process of renaming.

The only error messages are inside the Multi-Rename tool's "New Filename" window.

That is very strange.

Multi-Rename and normal rename is using the same internal functions for rename.

Im not able to make MultiRename fail in a situation where manual rename can.
And when Multi-Rename fails I also get an error or resolve dialog with manual rename.

You must be doing something special or there is some thing in your setup that makes it fails. Or you forgot/missed to describe some information.

3233

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Option in Core Settings To Set Multi Commander As Default File Explorer?

« on: July 18, 2013, 18:43:48 »

The problem with doing that some functions in Windows will stop working. And Im not sure I want to have an option inside MC that will break how Windows works.
But might be possible to create a reg file on how to activate/inactive

3234

Support and Feedback / Re: Multicommander portable crashes upon start

« on: July 18, 2013, 18:16:21 »

Actually you can install MC with the install without admin rights.
if you select single user installation it is installed into the user folder.

Not sure what caused it to crash. guess that since you can not install program there are other things that are locked down on the computer too.
Maybe MC tries to do something that on your computer is locked done/blocked. Question is what.

If it crashed before the crash reports are still present in the temp folder
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\MCCrashDump\
There is a date folder in there and in that there is a *.dmp file. Upload that file to http://multicommander.com/upload/ and I might be able to see why it crashes

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Support and Feedback / Re: Multi-Rename

« on: July 18, 2013, 10:23:47 »

No.

That was the first thing I tried.
It results in the errors: "Failed to Rename"

I can change any character that is already there but not add any.

Can you rename one of the normal way.?  Ctrl+F6 / or slow click and edit name  (depending on setup)
And does it show any error or warning dialogs when doing it ?

Also Ctrl+L and look in the File Operation log.. Do it list any error at the end.. ?

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Support and Feedback / Re: Multicommander portable crashes upon start

« on: July 18, 2013, 00:27:45 »

Hi Mathias ,

thank you for answering and for MC which is a great piece of software.

I use version 3.2.1.1432 and the structure of the zip is being kept. I just do a simple unzpi and run it from there.

Regards,
the_observer.

If you unziped it and you got all the subfolders correct then it is not because it does not find files..
(A lot of people unzip it wrong and get all files in one single folders, and that will result in some issues. )

Did it send a crash report when crashing ? I can not find any that might relate to startup or version check

Have you tried the full version ?

You can disable the version checking by editing MultiCommander.xml, I do not know the name of the settings right now because I write this from on phone..
But it should have a logical name so you should be able to figure it out

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Support and Feedback / Re: Multicommander portable crashes upon start

« on: July 17, 2013, 18:59:02 »

What version are you running. There was a update check bug in older version. But the newest should work

also make sure that the file structure in the portable zip is kept.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Folder sorting issue

« on: July 12, 2013, 17:08:25 »

By design ?? No.. there is no special handling for !,#

3239

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: 2 Dialog changes

« on: July 11, 2013, 18:41:32 »

I have a couple of requests, (don't know if they are already planned) :-

• when copying/moving files - if a source file matches a file at the destination, any differences are shown in high-lighted text on the dialog.  This could be a different color or bold type etc.   (eg - in area high-lighted on attached image).

Yes, the "conflict"-dialog is something that is planed to redesign. However it is not easy to redo without making it messy.
MS had a blog post about the design of the conflict dialog for Windows Explorer for Windows 8. It can easy get very complicated and messy.

• When running a search, I'd the like to be able to edit/clear the old search history list - i.e. the drop-down in the 'look for' field

Menu > Help > Clear User Data
Then check "Logs, History and session information" and it will remove it.
But also lots of other history info is removed.

3240

Support and Feedback / Re: Drives bar location and justification problem

« on: July 10, 2013, 00:21:38 »

Not sure. maybe.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Drives bar location and justification problem

« on: July 09, 2013, 23:50:02 »

This is a know issue and there is no fix for it. MC is using a built in component from Windows for this and unfortunately it have this weird behavior.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / What Features/Changes do you want in the next couple of versions (2013/2014)

« on: July 04, 2013, 08:37:18 »

I have a long list of features and change that I want to do. But we all have different needs and we all use Multi Commander in different situations and ways. So to be able to better plan what features/changes to do in next couple of versions, I would like to hear from YOU on what features/changes you would like to have.

• What will improve the experience to you ?
• New features you would like to have ?
• Existing feature you would like to be change ?
• Existing feature should be Improved/reworked/changed ?
       What need to be changed?, How should it work instead? ...
• Other changes ?

Replay and post you suggestions today before it is too late. Or the features/changes you want might not be included.

3243

Support and Feedback / Re: Some localization issues in 3.2.1

« on: July 04, 2013, 08:05:29 »

1. Looks like the ID3 lib and Exif lib that is used does not support unicode. not sure if ID3/EXIF by it self support unicode. Have not check that yet.
But if you got an mp3 and picture with unicode meta data you can mail it to me privately and I can see if it is possible to tweak the 3d party libs so that it works..

2. Yes when you create a columnset the names of the columns are stored in config because you can change the name. So when changing language it will used the name stored in config and not the default name (that is read from language files.)
I will see if I can change so that it does not set the name in config if it is same as default. And if name is not set then it will use default name.

3244

SDK / Multi Commander SDK - Alpha

« on: July 03, 2013, 13:05:07 »

An alpha version of the SDK is getting close.

 With the SDK you can create extensions and plugins for Multi Commander.
 There are many different kind extension that can be created.


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

 Example of some extension of this type is the PictureViewer 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.


 To be able to build extensions and plugins using the SDK you will need to know C++ programming

 Also the Sample projects will require Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 or better.
 (VS2012 Express Desktop Edition should work and only minor project changes is required to get
 it to work in VS2010 or VS2008)
 I think it should be possible to create extension/plugin using another C++ compiler. However, I have not tested that.


 What I would like to get from you about the SDK is information about any bugs you find, issue,
 If anything is missing and other feedback or improvements that can be made.

 However, There is almost NO documentation for the SDK.
 But there are a lot of comment in the interface header files and also there is 4 samples extensions/plugins.
 One Tools Extension, a file property plugin, and a FileSystem (Stream Mode) Plugin and FileSystem (Internal Mode) plugin.

 If you are interested in Alpha testing the SDK please sent me a message at http://multicommander.com/contact

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Support and Feedback / Re: Keyboard Customization: problem with the arrow keys

« on: June 27, 2013, 08:27:59 »

I did some changes how the Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right works internally. Maybe it messed something else up. I will take a look.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Multicommander is not responsible after Minimize and Maximize

« on: June 27, 2013, 08:23:01 »

No, It should not be an issue. Minimize/Maximize(normalize) does nothing special.
Only thing MC does when it gets focus again is to refresh file content, rescan the drive if needed.
and if the drives are in sleep mode or if it is network path that are shown, it can give an delay.

Also when a program is minimize Windows will allows the program to be moved to the page file, and when it is back windows will swap it back. that can also give an delay. (That should only happen if you run low on memory)

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Support and Feedback / Re: First time user having difficulties managing sub-folders...

« on: June 27, 2013, 06:45:08 »

I Assume you mean

c:\parent\child_01\child_02\contents.ext
c:\parent\child_01\child_03\contents.ext
c:\parent\child_01\child_04\contents.ext
(or you will have a lots of duplicated names...)

What you can do is to copy/move c:\parent\child_01 to c:\parent  (to it self ? yes..)
and then in the CopyTo-Dialog, you expand the UI and under FileOperation plugin you select "Folder Content"
It will now Copy/Move the content of the select folders to the target and not the selected folder itself
So It will copy/move the content of c:\parent\Child_01 to c:\parent

So you should get

c:\parent\child_02\contents.ext
c:\parent\child_03\contents.ext
c:\parent\child_04\contents.ext

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Support and Feedback / Re: when path is in thumbdrive, it can't eject thumbdrive.

« on: June 24, 2013, 22:07:44 »

You press the disconnect button to eject a removal device. And if the ejected device is shown that view will change to first available drive letter. Usually C:\

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Support and Feedback / Re: Copy fails/stucks

« on: June 23, 2013, 12:50:03 »

That is strange because MC is using Windows subsystem to read/write bytes, Then it must be something else that locks it up.

But if you create a dump of MC when it hangs and sent it to me I can take a look at that and might be able to see what it waits for.

When the hang has happen start Task Manager, Go to the Details tab and right click on the MultiCommander.exe process and select "Create Dump File"

A path will be shown where task manager have saved the dump file..  (This path can be copied to the clipboard )
Since this file can be very big compress it with Zip or 7Zip or something and then upload it at
http://multicommander.com/upload/

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Support and Feedback / Re: Right Click Shell looks odd, rename behave strange, look 'n feel messed all up

« on: June 23, 2013, 11:23:19 »

If you are running Explorer Style setup then the context menu is shown on right click.
With Commander styled setup it is on Right Button Click and Hold.. (Hold down for 2-3 sec) and on Double click with right button..

And yes the right click action will change when doing "Quick Look'n'Feel setup" but it also changes a lot of other settings.
(Just make sure that the settings panel is not opened when you do it. because the settings panel will not magically update it self )

Not sure that the issue with rename is. How are you renaming ?
This ways will do inline rename without popup..
Shift+F6  (Commander style)
Click and wait and then change the name
Rename action from the Context Menu

You can however get a popup message if there is a name conflict..