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2926

Translations And Language Packs / Language Changes 4.6 > 5.0

« on: January 25, 2015, 13:23:55 »

v5.0 Release Candidate is now locked for new language changes.. here is a list of the new language texts IDs for v5.0

Many new text items in this release.

Most of them are for all the options in the dialogs for SortLines / FindAndReplace ( Menu > Tools > TextTools )

Application - Multi Commander - ( MultiCommander_lang_en.xml )

Custom Commands

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U - 160
U - 161
U - 162
U - 165
U - 166
Error Messages

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E - 28
Settings

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S - 3293
Application - Explorer Panel - ( ExplorerPanel_lang_en.xml )

Settings

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S - 555
S - 601
S - 602
Popup Menu

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P - 120
Application - PictureTools - Properties ( MCPictureProp_lang_en.xml )
Properties

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P - 115
P - 116
P - 117
P - 118
P - 119
P - 120

P - 140
Application - MCUtils ( MCUtils_lang_en.xml )

Commands

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-- MCUtils.SortLines - Descriptions for the Options
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-- MCUtils.FindAndReplace - Descriptions for the Options
C - 90
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C - 96
Dialogs

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-- SortLines in File and FindAndReplace in File Dialogs
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Menu

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M - 2201 - Text Changed
M - 2202 - Text Changed
M - 2203 - Text Changed
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2927

Support and Feedback / Re: List entry formatting does not go back to regular

« on: January 22, 2015, 12:59:38 »

One think I wounding is why do you set/unset attributes so much.. what problem are you trying to solve. Maybe there is a better way to do that without having to change attributes of files all the time.

2928

Support and Feedback / Re: List entry formatting does not go back to regular

« on: January 21, 2015, 12:38:29 »

I just installed MC on a second pc (also XP, don't have any newer os).

XP.. Ohh dear..
As a side note.. MC is not tested on XP anymore. Most thing should still work on XP and program should start..

You have a second setting, for readonly, but that's not realistic since you then cannot change those files/folders anymore, whilst if you

Do not assume that just because a file has the file attribute "readonly" it is protected.
Readonly is just a attribute and program can remove it they want.. Many programs removes readonly flags if they see it.
File attribute do not a replacement for real file security permissions.

Then, I "hide" some file, by "Properties".
And I "un-hide" it again, same way:

You mean with Windows property dialog or with the property windows for attribute that MC have. ?
I guess you mean the Windows one..

Now, in c:\, I set the system attribute of some file to "on", and the color/background of the entry do NOT change = exactly the same behavior as in my first pc 1 hour ago; just the "original" system files in c:\ are red on yellow background, i.e. here in c:, not even the positive attribute change is displayed by the format.

Now, I close MC and reopen it, and NOW that file is red on yellow background (as are the other, "original" system files on c:), but now only!

As I said before.. RuleBased coloring is cached. So sometimes if file are change it will not get revalidated at once.
Thats why you can refresh the coloring.

Now, I change back from "system" to not-system, and yes: This "negative" attribute change is NOT replicated: The entry stays red on yellow background, up to the next closing down MC and reopening it: Then, it's back to regular (black on white) again.

Now, I have replicated both phenomena from my first xp pc:
- positive attribute change is displayed, but not negative attribute change
- in c: parent/source/main folder, not even the positive attribute change is displayed
"not" meaning, in both cases, "not before you close down MC and reopen it again"

negative , positive ?? you mean set and unset of attribute.
As before.  cached..  But if you enable the "attribute" column you will see if the file item actually picks up the change.

Now the original command is, MC.Explorer.RefreshColoringRules, but if I type this command into the MC command line and then press Enter, this refresh is NOT done, obviously because I don't understand how this MC command line works (since the respective ball command works fine).... or is it one of those command lines in which you cannot do much? ;-)

As I said before.. the Script command still can't be typed directly into the command line field. If you really want to type something to set them create a command and assign an alias..

Thus: Configuration-User Defined Commands
There: Click on the folder symbol, for "Create new command"
Then: Command type: Multi-Script (I hope this is the right one, was not evident from looking into those; perhaps this can be done in a simpler way I didn't find)
Name: Refresh, Hotkey, Shift-Control-R, and in the field for the script lines, just the above command Mc.Explorer.RefreshColoringRules and nothing else; similar commands similarly.

As I also written before. You should create a command of CustomCommand type. not Multi-Script. Multi-Script is the advance full script engine. if you want variables and doing multiple things.

2929

Support and Feedback / Re: List entry formatting does not go back to regular

« on: January 20, 2015, 18:26:56 »

"Then scroll down to the "Fonts" section and there are 4 fonts that you change."
My fault, excuse my blindness. I had looked into that again and again, without detecting it. Now I found it, thank you very much!

MC Command line vs. ^f/Filter field: No problem, I've got it now, just predetermined filters from the MC command line, filters on the fly just from the filter field. Command line would have been better since there you can see a longer line, whilst filter fields are very short, but no problem, just wanted to be sure it's not possible.

Is is possible using script.. but not alone by it self.

"Refresh", by F5, as in your web browser. I also found the Refresh command now at the bottom of the command list which is there to assign shortkeys. (Hadn't thought seriously of this because of F5 traditionally being for "Copy" in file managers, but had even tried it on my own, with no effect.)

It depends on what setup you selected ExploerStyle or Commander Style..  Commander style is using F5 for copy.  With Explorer Style the mouse/keyboard is setup to work like Windows Explorer.

In fact, F5 / Refresh has NO effect, not then, not now: The formatting of files is NOT reverted to "none" = regular font! And yes, there is something particular, all these files are on an external hdd, but positive formatting ("system", "hidden") is displayed at once, correctly, according to my settings (bold, color), whilst negative formatting (NO system/hidden anymore) is NOT displayed correctly, not even after F5, and not even after I go to another folder, or even to another drive, and then back to the current one: The entry remains bolded/colored.

No a filesystem refresh will not refresh rule based file coloring. (Unless the cache is flushed) The file coloring has it own refresh as I said. You see in the ColorWheel popup.

Also, very strange: Now, when I change attributes of entries in my c: folder, not even the positive formatting is displayed, i.e. by making a file "hidden" or "system" there, it does NOT display in bold or color.

So is there also a folder-specific behavior there? At the same time, files on my external hdd drive GET the formatting, but will not lose it, as described, except by closing MC and then reopening again.

In c:\, a file "hidden" remains regular (!), the same file then checked in another file manager is blue (which is the correct formatting/coloring for "hidden" files there), and when I un-hide the file again, no change in MC (since it had remained regular before anyway), and it gets regular in the other file manager (= back from blue there).

So I tried the same in c:\Programs\SomeProgram, and there, "system"izing a file shows it in red-bold, "hiding" shows it in bold (= both correct according to my settings), whilst de-hiding, de-"systemizing" leaves it in bold or bold-red, instead of the entry reverting back to regular (= it has nothing to do with external hdd vs. internal c:\ hdd); here (in c:\Programs\...) again, formatting and de-formatting of entries is correctly displayed in other file managers, but de-formatting is not correct in MC.

I'm not sure what you are doing . But when I try it works.

Also, as said, F5/Refresh does not help in any way about all this, neither does "Always rescan folders."="on".

This have nothing to do with colors. With that option a file scan is always forced even a valid cached file items exits

EDIT: I change attributes in MC, by a right-click tool (Attribute Changer 7), then these changes are correctly displayed in other file managers, but not in MC (if negative, from some attribute to not-that-attribute) if back to regular. I also tried with "Properties", but that dialog does not offer hidden or system to change. Anyway, I'm positive those attribute changes are correctly made, since visible in other file managers (or when I reopen the Attribute Changer dialog again).

Works for me. But you can change attribute from MC too. Tools menu for changing all select or ctrl+dblclick on attribute/date column

I even had reinstalled MC because of this, but I'm ready to reinstall it again and follow your instructions if you think that could help.

No need to reinstall.. MC do not hook it self into anything in windows. Just clear the settings if you want to reset everything. ( :goconfig in command line field)

2930

Support and Feedback / Re: List entry formatting does not go back to regular

« on: January 20, 2015, 17:00:56 »

Filelist fonts are change in Explorer Panel settings


Menu > Configuration > Explorer Panel > Display (Tab)
Then scroll down to the "Fonts" section and there are 4 fonts that you change.

There are two settings for Colors/Font style for hidden/ attribute
If you do not use Rules Based FileColoring you have some auto coloring for file with System/Hidden under the Colors tab in Explorer Panel settings.

If you use Rules Based font colors they are controlled by clicking on the color wheel on the toolbar and editing rules. and you also got some other options there to enable/disabled them . refresh coloring and to select different color profiles.

The Rule based coloring are a processs that are slow. So because of performance issue the RuleBased color an item should have is cached.
And if an item need recoloring it will sometimes not happen immediately. You can force a refresh with the command in the menu. (You can create a command and assign hotkey for it if you want that)

2931

Support and Feedback / Re: MC commands (on the fly) from command line?

« on: January 20, 2015, 16:49:32 »

This being said, it's always possible to pass such a "filter line" into the "current" filter field, thus my question for a possible keyboard shortcut to set focus to that field? This being said, it would always be possible, from MY macro program, to put focus to that field without having a shortkey (screen elements Edit1/2, respectively), but if there is some, please tell me/us (especially since most macro programs do not allow for setting focus to some specific screen element, except for doing it by the respective shortkey of the application in question).

? I dont know..  I don't really understand what you are trying to do.

So, my only real problem now is with the file/folder entry formatting: When you set the "hidden" or "system" attribute to "yes"/checked, the formatting you will have preset for that attribute will be displayed, but when you uncheck those attributes, the formatting which had been correct for the special attribute, will stay for some time, i.e. for quite many minutes, and even independently of switching to some other folder and then back. IF that is a bug, and if you could exterminate it, this would be awfully kind of you, but this being said,

So if a file have R--- attribute and you change that by removing it "R" (readonly) it is not changed in the filelist. ?
Hmm I'm not able to recreate that. For me it is updating. Anything special with the filesystem you do changes on ?

On the other hand, I don't find the shortkey to set focus, i.e. to "go to" the MC command line?

It depends on what kind of default setup you use.. Explorer or CommanderStyle.
With commander style all key presses are forwarded to the command line field.
But you can also change focus with the key to the left of the "1" key (under the ESC key.. on normal keyboard)
You can also assign another key to it in the Keyboard customization dialog.

Also, I had thought that internally, it was possible to execute internal commands, but

MC.Explorer.SetViewFilter FILTER="a*.*"

within the MC command line does nothing, i.e. no filtering of the currently active pane, just the command line gets empty after my "return key" pressing. Do I do something wrong here, or is this not possible? (Here again, for there filtering, the filter field works perfectly, but I would like to know in general.) Also, shortening the line to Explorer.SetViewFilter FILTER="a*.*" or then to SetViewFilter FILTER="a*.*" does not work any better.

Nope.. As I said you need to create a user command then you can assign an alias (Short name) to that command aand when typing that name in the command line the command will be run..

2932

Support and Feedback / Re: MC commands (on the fly) from command line?

« on: January 20, 2015, 14:57:33 »

No. you can not run MultiCommander script command from the Windows CommandLine

Often when CommandLine is mention in MC it is the CommandLine Field in MC that is referred
(The text field below the toolbar.. to the right of the Back/Forwards, History, Favorites buttons.. )

But you can not run Script command directly in the MC Commandline field. you can use command link
Cd, mkdir, cf,  you can type/paste a path there and it will go to that path. and much more.
But you can run MC script from there if they are connected to an alias.

Create a UserDefinedCommand of "CustomCommand" type and there you can have : MC.Explorer.SetViewFilter FILTER="a*.*"
Then you need to connect this command to something. You can add this command to the Button Panel. To the MenuBar. To a Hotkey or to an Alias.
If you connect a Command to an alias. you can type the name of that alias in the CommandLineField to activate it.
So if yo connect the command to an alias named "F1" (for filter 1)
you can then type F1 in the commandline field to run it

---
Ctrl+F moves the input focus to the Filter Field of the panel that is currently in focus.

2933

Support and Feedback / Re: MC.Utils.CreateLink doesn't work?

« on: January 20, 2015, 14:35:35 »

I am already an admin and mc is started with admin privileges, and I've tried an ASADMIN option too. Nothing works. I only see a confirmation dialog when I set an appropriate option in command (Display confirmation dialog...). Interesting, I don't see a confirmation dialog when I purposely execute a wrong command, for example MC.Utils.CreateLink1, but I see one when give a wrong argument to a proper command, for example ASADMIN1. So I conclude the command is correct. Are options' names for this command correct in documentation? Could you give me a file with a properly working multi-script CreateLink command, so I can try it on my machine?

Works for me.  Sure you have not mixed up SRC and TARGET ?

MC.Utils.CreateLink LNKSRC="R:\1.txt" LNKTRG="R:\2.txt" LNKTYPE=3 ASADMIN

1.txt Must not exists..
2.txt exists.
UAC dialog is shown and MCAdmin (Admin helper Process) is starts
SymLink 1.txt is created and points to 2.txt

(Also if you are connected to work domain symlinks can be disabled by admin. and you must have permission for it. and there is a max number of symlinks you can have in a folder..)

2934

Support and Feedback / Re: MC.Utils.CreateLink doesn't work?

« on: January 19, 2015, 18:32:08 »

To create Symlinks you must be admin.
You can add "ASADMIN" and you will get a UAC dialog or you can start MC as admin.

2935

Beta Releases / Multi Commander 4.9 Beta

« on: January 15, 2015, 19:20:10 »

Not so much changes that I had planed. But I have been very busy and have not had so much time to spend that I thought.
But I think it is enough changes so that a new version should be released.

Change Log since 4.6.2

200+ Changes

-- Build 1885 (2015-01-25) - Release Candidate
  ADDED - FindAndReplace now support wildcard matching.
  FIXED - Sorting options "End At Character" now works.
  FIXED - Issue with LineSorting and CR/LF
  FIXED - FindReplace confirm dialog buttons now works again
 -- Build 1881 (2015-01-23)
  ADDED - Language Editor now remember selected language
  ADDED - Language Editor can now filter list and only show text items that are NOT translated
  FIXED - Find And Replaces logging and error handling is now improved
  FIXED - Can now display the overlay text on thumbnails when using the Internal Thumbnail Engine (WinXP)
  FIXED - Sortlines / FindAndReplace - Fixed some language text issues
  FIXED - 2 crash issues reported by Crash report system.
-- Build 1874 (2015-01-15)
  ADDED - New Text Tool - SortLines
  ADDED - New Text Tool - FindAndReplace
  ADDED - Picture Viewer can now show an overlay with photo info like FNum,Exposure,ISO (Press P in viewer)
  ADDED - Better error message when user tries to copy a placeholder file
  ADDED - Custom Command "MC.Utils.SortLines"
  ADDED - Custom Command "MC.Utils.FindAndReplace"
  ADDED - Custom Command "MC.ShowFavWindow" and "MC.ShowFavPopup"
  ADDED - View Filter popup now also show previous view filters that was set manually
  ADDED - Holding Shift when entering linked folder it will now follow link instead of resolving it
  ADDED - 3de party programs can now interact with MC using WM_COPYDATA messages. (Goto and GetCurrent... )
  ADDED - Picture exif properties to be shown as columns (ISO,Exposure,FNum,ExpBias,Flash)
  ADDED - Thumbnail overlay text can now be set to date or photoinfo
  ADDED - Tooltip delay and timeout times can now be change under tweak settings (Explorer Panel)
  ADDED - Alternative short admin tag for application title bar is now used if commandline option -A is set
  ADDED - Browse timeout can now be tweaked. (Only useful if you get double item issue)
  ADDED - Rar FileSystem extension is now built using the UnRAR 5.2.3 source.
  FIXED - Loading startup ini is no longer sensitive for pre/post white spaces.
  FIXED - When ExplorerStyle settings is used. Changed how color for focus item is set when panel is not in focus.
  FIXED - Fixed issue where device got removed from MC when it was formatted
  FIXED - File search sometimes failed to search file content if file was in use.
  FIXED - Portable/WPD will now show blank date if date property is not valid
  FIXED - Portable/WPD will use created date as default date to show instead of modified, if modifed is not valid
  FIXED - 6 crash issues reported by Crash report system.

2936

Blog post comments / Re: Next Version and some plans for 2015

« on: January 14, 2015, 10:59:07 »

The pdf generation must be by script so it can be automatic so it is regenerated as soon as the doc is changed.
If it is manual process then stuff will be missed and it is to much work to just keep them in sync

But writing doc pages that I can insert into the doc would be great.
a lot of the pages are out of date and lots missing. But I have not yet gone through them to figure out whats is what..

2937

Blog post comments / Next Version and some plans for 2015

« on: January 13, 2015, 18:41:22 »

Blog Post : http://multicommander.com/blog/2015/01/next-version-and-some-plans-2015

Use this forum post for commenting

2938

Support and Feedback / Re: two questions (links and Multi Commander msi installer)

« on: January 09, 2015, 12:17:49 »

If it moves back to c:\ then MC tried to go to a path that does not exists.

As I said. MC does NOT follow the link because of avoiding security problem.
It resolve the target and goes to that..  If you want to follow the virtual path then you have to go directly into it via a favorites or some other way that moves you directly into that path and past the link.  To cheat the system

There are some changing how this can be forced and works in the next version.

2939

Support and Feedback / Re: Java executables treated as archives

« on: January 08, 2015, 13:34:32 »

If it was another program than java.. yes..  But it is java..  horrible , scary, crappy, dangerous java.. 
Don't ever use java..  Your life will be so much better..

(Sorry I just really dislike java... )

Anyway. The whole system how extensions and virtual file system are connect are going to be change. So maybe when that is redone it might change.. maybe

2940

Support and Feedback / Re: Java executables treated as archives

« on: January 07, 2015, 21:59:36 »

What else is there to do with jar files..  Let windows execute them ? But than JAVA will start. And who want's that ?  It is JAVA after all.

seriously..It is by request.. got lots of request that jar files should be opened as zip..

2941

Support and Feedback / Re: Active Panel always left-side after using Multi-Rename extension

« on: January 07, 2015, 21:57:35 »

Yhee look at that..  weird.
I suspect that it is not that easy to fix.. So unless it really is causing a major issue. It might not be fixed in the next version.
But it will take a look at it.

2942

Support and Feedback / Re: two questions (links and Multi Commander msi installer)

« on: January 02, 2015, 12:41:30 »

To avoid circular loops on the file system. MC will resolve the link and follow it to the target. instead of using the virtual path.

For example on Win7/Win8 "C:\Documents and Settings" is a junctions to "C:\Users" so if you go into "C:\Documents and Settings" you will end up in "C:\Users"

2943

Support and Feedback / Re: two questions (links and Multi Commander msi installer)

« on: January 02, 2015, 10:01:01 »

1. There are many types of file system links..  Junctions, Hardlinks, and SymLinks.
I don't know what type of links you created. But some of them have restriction and some of them do not work over volumes.

MC will follow links if possible..
You can also create filesystem links with MC from the tool menu > file links > create links (and from script)

2. MC do not use MSI installation package. It is using another installation system.

2944

Support and Feedback / Re: Java executables treated as archives

« on: December 31, 2014, 08:55:32 »

If you do not want Jar files (that actually just are zip files) be handled as zip files then you need to tell the ZIP FileSystem Extension not to register with the .JAR extension.

Configuration > Manage Plugins and Extensions
Under the "Extension Type" dropdown select "FileSystem Plugins"
Then Select FS-Zip and click options.
and remove "jar" from the list if file extension. Save and restart MC

2945

Support and Feedback / Re: Copy from OneDrive

« on: December 29, 2014, 12:23:58 »

No. But I have already added a better error/warning message for the next version.
Problem is that Microsoft have not made an public API for making files available offline. And I do not think they will since this has change again in Windows 10.
Placeholder files are gone in Win10. (It was to confusing for too many users)

2946

Support and Feedback / Re: Copy from OneDrive

« on: December 29, 2014, 08:21:35 »

Are you sure the file really exists ?

On Win8/8.1 a lot of onedrive files are not there even if they are listed.. The OS creates fake special placeholder files on the filesystem.
If the file is only a placeholder file you need to tell onedrive to sync the file first. because the file do not exists on the computer.

If you right click clicking on a place holder file/folder you have "Make available offline" this will tell onedrive to sync that file/folder instead of having a fake file placeholder file

2947

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Icon

« on: December 28, 2014, 11:43:53 »

If you want me to use that for the next version I would need a .ico with all the sizes.
Also it would be great to get it in some other colors for the other exe files  (MCAdmin.exe , MultiCrashReport.exe , MultiUpdate.exe (Hm this might not change) )
Colors for them are not set. So any color that are not the same as the main exe is fine for them

2948

Support and Feedback / Re: FTP missing

« on: December 27, 2014, 11:08:54 »

Really ? Okey..

Under FTP: you got quick connect (that I suspect you clicked and used before since you said used FTP there)
And there is another thing you can click that is named "Add/Edit sites"  if you selected this you can ADD and EDIT site bookmarks.
The site bookmarks will show up directly under FTP: and then you go into them and they will be used and it will try to connect.

2949

Support and Feedback / Re: FTP missing

« on: December 26, 2014, 22:19:43 »

Sorry Meant Alt+F1/F2.. that will show the dropdown list

If you want to save login information then you add a site/bookmark instead of a quite connect

2950

Support and Feedback / Re: FTP missing

« on: December 26, 2014, 17:49:40 »

FTP is integrated as a virtual filesystem.

Click (Ctrl+F1/F2) on the Device DropDown list and there is a virtual device called FTP..  (Or you can also type FTP: in the command line field)