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Support and Feedback / Re: Date Created Column Time Zone
« on: July 14, 2012, 12:25:27 »
All date and time are stored in UTC on the NTFS file system.

Think there is a bug with the dates in the extended properties. When displaying the time it should be converted to local time. but that seams to fail.
Will fix that for next version.


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2. it is clear if you try it in win explorer
you scroll down in a list with the arrow key, stop on a file so this file is selected (highlighted), press CTRL key (and keep it pressed), scroll further down, stop on another file and press spacebar. then this file is also selected. (You can also deselect a selected file with the spacebar)
It is all similar to CTRL + left mouse click


3. I mean  it should resize and save the image to disk (with a different filename or an option to replace the old one). It could be very well combined with the "picture format conversion" in "picture tools"

2. Didn't even know you could do that with Windows Explorer.  I will see it is possible to add it.

3. Ahh Like a "Save As.." option that also allows for resizing.. Had "save as" on my list. but also doing resize while you add it might be useful, Will update my list with that.



3803
Very strange

The views are not updated using a timer. It asked Windows to notify when the folder is changed. So then a file is change,create,delete,modify MC receives a message that says 'a files was added in folder x' (kind of)
So why it does not update I don't know. It should.

Im not able to recreate it here. So it might be some timing issue between threads. I will take a look and see If I can find something that can interfere/block the refresh request.

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Support and Feedback / Re: network browse method
« on: July 09, 2012, 21:02:55 »
The network browse API in Windows are a mess. And there are multiple ways of doing the same things. And documentation is very incomplete.
So the different methods are using the different APIs.

Some of the methods should works better for when connected to a domains, and some better for workgroups.
Not sure yet witch is better for what,

I get see no difference whatever method I select on my network.

3805
Support and Feedback / Re: Old 7za.dll
« on: July 09, 2012, 12:09:04 »
Nice.  Good to know.
I suspected that it would work. But I did not have time to verify and test it before release so I skipped updating it in this release.
I will have it fixed for the next minor update.

I'm also planning to update the 7Zip SDK so more of the 7Zip features can be supported..







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Support and Feedback / Re: Google Drive
« on: July 08, 2012, 13:10:14 »
The Google drive folder has by default the system attribute flags set. And by default system and hidden files are not shown in MC.

Go to Explorer Panel settings and turn on "Show System files and folders"

or

type ":showhidden" on the commandline field. (if running build 1114 or higher)
(do not forget the : at the beginning)

3807
It is not supported yet

3808
Support and Feedback / Re: 2.5.1 bugs
« on: July 05, 2012, 17:50:36 »
1. Will check

2. That is because they was added in the last minute before the release and it might change.
But if the settings are kept for the next release it will be changed so it can be translated.

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The only think that is run after the program starts is a check for new version. And maybe it gets a weird result back because of some firewall software that does something.

Also after a folder is browsed there is a background task for getting icons. And 3d party shell extension can also lockup the program if they do something bad.

The first thing you can try to turn off new version check. Since you can not change that settings from inside MultiCommander before its lockups
you can try to edit the file manually. Edit the MultiCommander.xml file located in
Full version : C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\MultiCommander\Config\
Portable version  <MC EXE path>\config\

Then search for <checkfornewversion value="1"/> and change the value to 0 ( value="0" )

If that do not work you can create a dumpfile of MultiCommander.exe after it hangs using the TaskManager (right click on process and select 'Create Dump File') Then pack the dump file and upload the dumpfile to http://multicommander.com/upload/ and I might be able to see why it hangs.

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Flatview Showing all files and folders and subfolders together

  Not sure if it is possible. But do you not get that behavior if you open search, and search for everything in one folder.
  Then all files and folders and subfiles and subfolder are shown in the search result.
  Maybe the search need to support for more file system functions so the thing you want to do with files/folder when presented like this can be done here?
Either way is fine. FreeCommander has this feature, if you want to check.
use case for me is selecting files across trees to copy/move/delete.

I know how it works. What I meant with "not possible" is that I'm not sure it is possible to add this because on how the internal architecture of the Explorer Panels. A lot of the functions in that depends on that the file items listed is located in the specified path. I might require a lot of internal redesign to make it possible. And I'm not sure I want to do that.

But since the search panel shows show files like that. It might be possible to use the search panel for this. But to be able to use the search panel for this, then some file operation features might need to be added to the search. and/or some other improvement might need to be added to the Search panel to be able to use the search panel for this.

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This is a list of all the request for future improvements I got.  A lot more then I though I would get.

This list contains only user request that I got from here in the forum, mail or from the send feedback function inside the program.

Some of this request was already on my own list, and I got a lot on my own list that is not included here.
But I do not want to reveal everything I have planned for the future. Have to have some surprises.

This list is not sorted in any particular order. Even if a feature is on this list, That does not mean that it will be added, This is just a list of request. some might be added and might not be.

To add a feature or not, is based on a lot of things. Some of them are if it is even possible to add it? Will it affect other parts of the program?
Will it make the user experience better or worse? Will the feature be useful for many or just a few user? How much time will it require to add it?
If a feature is only useful for very few user but will take very little time to add it, then I might be added anyway.

After the list of requests there are some comments on some of the major requests.

(I rephrased and summarized some of the request below.)

  • Favorites/Bookmarking system
  • Synchronize Folders
  • Support for larger icons on the toolbar both 32 and also 24 and 48
  • Search in registry
  • Thumbnail view in Explorer Panel, Show all files with a larger image that is a Thumbnail of the file if the file is a picture file.
      (Thumbnails in both list and detail mode have been requested,
      in detail mode there would be possible to show more picture info in multiple lines next to the image)
  • Show a Preview pane in the opposite panel
  • Password support for Zip and 7-Zip
  • Printing support from the built in file viewer.
  • Tool for creating file lists. Should work like Multi-Rename where you can set [N] Like tags where on a line you want filename and so on.
  • Customize the right click menu. Add commands to it.
  • Option to turn off full row selection. So for an item to be set to focus the user has to click on the actual file name.
  • Option to go to parent folder when double clicking on empty area (Should be combined with option to turn off full row selection )
  • Option to turn off Drive Dropdown list
  • Able to Custom colors for file and folder based on name, date, attributes and state (selected, focus, normal)
  • Show System/Hidden files with a special or lighter color.
  • Flat view Showing all files and folders and subfolders together
  • Column header should follow the font size of the Explorer Panel.
  • Browse the recycle bin
  • Create new empty files easily with a build in command.
  • Create new file based on template. So when user select create new file the user get a list of different templates.
  • Dynamic column in the Explorer Panel when in List Mode
  • Option to instead of showing free space show used space. Instead of "800G of 2000G free ( 40% free )" then show "1200G of 2000G used ( 60% used ) "
  • Customized number of button rows to show in the button panel from within the program. Now you need to manually modify the file
  • Tool for splitting and joining files
  • Option to split view main GUI as Top / Bottom instead of Left/Right
  • Able to throttle/limit the speed for copy/move operation
  • Modify the copy queue. Rearrange and remove items from the queue
  • Save a copy queue and able to restore and continue from it at a later time.
  • SFTP support, SSH file transfer, not to be confused with FTP-SSL.
  • Function to Move and Link a folder automatically. (eg It will move the folder C:\A to D:\A, then it will create a Link (junction/symlink)
      from C:\A to D:\A so all program still using old path will still work )
  • Add script that will auto run at startup and shutdown of MC.
  • Able to turn off external folder change monitoring for a folder.
  • Tool to 'grep' text lines from a file
  • Tool for comparing files.
  • Able to use wcx,wfx,wlx plugins
  • Concept of Work Sessions. All tabs are belonging to a session. And user can define different session. and if Session X is selected
      All tabs are closed and new opened with the locations defined it that work sessions.
  • Copy plugin that will automatically CRC check files and create CRC checksum files if needed.
  • Support for browsing and extracting files from .CAB
  • Support for browsing and extracting files from .ISO
  • Support for browsing and extracting files from .LZH (Really? anyone still using that ?)
  • Able to share files using HTTP, Sharing a file temporary to someone that is a guest on your LAN can be a pain.
      Because you often need to modify a lot of network settings on the computer before you will see each other’s file shares.
      Able to share a file quick via a simple built in HTTP server would solve that pain.
  • Get icon for folder defined in desktop.ini file inside the folder ( Like Windows Explorer do )
  • Get color and column settings for a folder defined in a file stored in that folder. Similar to what Windows Explorer uses the desktop.ini file for
  • Customize the color the progress bar that are shown in the status bar. And have different color for different action
      eg. Green for copy, Blue for move, Red for delete.
  • Customize the colors for the Column header, and Toolbar background, status bar.
  • Customize the background color for the dropdown list
  • Customize the colors for the command line field.

(Item that are stroked have been added/fixed since this post was first created)

That is a lot of requests. And then the features I have on my own list is not listed here.
I wish I could clone myself and fix all of them, But that is not possible.



Here are some comments on some of the requested features

Favorites/Bookmarking system

  I had been thinking about something like that for a while myself. There are a couple of way to do this.
  A) A simple menu that shows a list of added path. Just like the simple favorite list you got in your web browser.
     And all items in the list are number 1-9 and then A-Z so they can easily be access using the keyboard.

  B) The other solution is a more advanced way. Show a windows where all favorites are shown. You can also tag paths and only show path with a special tags.
     You can also start to type something and the selection of bookmarks will be less until you find the bookmark you want,
     There can also be a tab/view/button that will show the most common path you select so you easy can select items.
     and there will of course be keyboard hotkeys for everything so you can from the keyboard do all things fast.

  C) Even more advanced system that automatically keeps track of paths/locations you do things in and keeps a list of them.
     and if a path/location is not visited in a long time it is automatically removed from the list.
     When show the bookmark window you will then see the path/location that you work with most frequently and they can then be access using 1-9,A-Z keys.

Synchronize Folders

  This is also a feature that would require more information on how you would like it to work.
  syncing folder can be simple like just making sure that folder A and B are the same. and if a file is located in both places it will keep the file that
  is the newest. However if a file is deleted in place A it will then not be deleted in place B since it does not know if the file is new or not.
 
  The more advanced way is to keep a 'folder sync-project' file with your files. Then it would be possible to detect if files are deleted and sync that too.
  And also in a more advanced folder syncing it would also allow for comparing file content. (witch also is a separate request that is quite large to add)

Thumbnail view

  There is a couple of ways this can work. as stated above there are request for this both as list and detail view.
  In Thumbnail list mode it will show a thumbnail is list mode is now but with the image being the size of 64x64 or bigger. (Might be customizable)
  And with the filename under the image. And just like list mode you will have multiple columns.
   ---------      ---------
  |         |    |         | 
  | image   |    | image   |
  |Thumbnail|    |Thumbnail|
  |         |    |         |
  |_________|    |_________|
  Filename1.jpg  Filename2.jpg


  With Thumbnail detail mode you will have 1 image per row. but the filename and file information will be listed next to the image under each other.
  And maybe also with special image properties
   ---------
  |         |  Filename1.jpg
  | image   |  343 343 bytes
  |Thumbnail|  2012-01-01 23:23:23
  |         |  1600x1200
  |_________| 
   ---------
  |         |  Filename2.jpg
  | image   |  453 4324 bytes
  |Thumbnail|  2012-01-02 12:52:31
  |         |  1600x1200
  |_________| 

Preview panel

  This is also a feature that I been thinking about for a while. and there are a couple of way to approach this and possible issues to avoid.

  Should a preview panel be locked to a specific open tab. ? If not then if I got a Preview panel on the left and 5 tabs on the right and I change
  the tab then the preview panel should show the new file in focus in the new tab? Can there be multiple preview panel open on the same side?
  or maybe only one preview panel per side. And more.
 
  I'm leaning into only allow 1 preview panel per side and the file in in focus on the opposite side, will be the file that is shown in the preview.
  and if tab is change so a new tab is in focus, then the new file that is shown and is in focus will be shown in the preview panel.

  Then it is what the preview panel should show..  for images it should show a thumbnail, for text file it should show the file content.
  But should it show all content using scrollbar or the first parts of them. (So many choices)

Flatview Showing all files and folders and subfolders together

  Not sure if it is possible. But do you not get that behavior if you open search, and search for everything in one folder.
  Then all files and folders and subfiles and subfolder are shown in the search result.
  Maybe the search need to support for more file system functions so the thing you want to do with files/folder when presented like this can be done here?



Missing feature
If you have any suggestions that are not on the list ? Just leave new post about it in the forum.
If it is a bug in any existing feature when leave the post in the support forum.

Your Input/Feedback
A lot of the requests can be added in many different ways so if you have any ides and views, suggestion
on how any of the feature should work, fell free to express your view of that here.
all suggestions are welcome.

So the question is. Which of the requests above would like to have added the most.

The end...

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1) Add a possibility to have quad explorer (QDir like)

2) Save the explorer state (all opened tabs)

1. Will probably not happen

2. Already does this. Unless there is some special settings you are thinking of that are not saved, but then it is most likely a bug

3813
Check all 4 checkboxen for the Tray Icons settings and I think you get the Beauvoir you want

3814
Support and Feedback / Re: Select files with shift-click
« on: July 03, 2012, 13:31:32 »
Im not able to see that behavior.
So It might depend on your setup..


Did not see your last line, where you said you already fixed it :) good that it got solved.

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..\ paths should work. It does not convert the path to a relative path by it self, but typing one should work.
The Icon path is relative to where MultiCommander.exe is located.

It was planed to add better relative path support with tags and buttons to convert. But I did not have had the time, So that bit was pushed to the future

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Tips and Tricks / Internal CommandLine commands
« on: July 01, 2012, 14:49:02 »
The Command line field support some special internal commands.

*<external program>Start a external program as administrator, Eg "*cmd" starts a admin prompt at current path
!<cmd / path>Normally Multi Commander will go to a path if it is enterd, Typing ! infront of the path will force the path/cmd to be opened by Windows Shell
cd <path>Change directory
mkdir <path>Create Folder
cf <file>Create a new empty file
alias <name>=<expanded to>Create a new alias, eg "alias d=d:\bin"
alias2 <name>Create a new alias for current path, eg "alias2 d"
topmost 1Change Multi Commander from being a always ontop. Use 1 to enable, else it will disable it
addlanguageUsed to add support for another language so that you can create new translations
importcmdUsed to import a script command fast.
dbg fologEnable full file operations logging
dbg fslogEnable full file system logging
dbg applogEnable fullapplication logging
:saveSave all autoload settings for all tabs. Same save that is done before exit.
:showhiddenChange the settings to show all system and hidden files
:hidehiddenChange the settings to hide all system and hidden files
:goappGo to the path where Multi Commander is started from
:userdataGo to the path under the user account where Multi Commander saves data
:gomcregGo to the path in registry used by Multi Commander
:gologGo to the path where Multi Commander stored the log files
:goconfigGo to the path where Multi Commander read/write the settings files.

Since v2.7 the following is also available

:boxGo to the location where you have your DropBox folder. (If you have DropBox installed)
:skyGo to the location where you have your SkyDrive folder. (If you have SkyDrive installed)
:deskGo to the desktop
:dlGo to the Windows Download folder (No available on Windows XP/2003)
:ctcClear Thumbnail Cache - Will remove all thumbnail cache information stored in memory

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Your Topic "What do YOU want to see in the next major version" does not contain "REPLY" button.
You have the replay button in above the post to the right.

But anyway I would suggest that the customization files need to be simplified. If possible they sould be merged into one file.
I don't understand. you mean the settings ? what settings ? all of them ?


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Im currently compiling the result of the request here and from mail and will post the shortly.
First I want to comment on some of the issue and suggestions named here. some of them are just bugs and some are fixed in v2.5.1

- maybe I was too lazy, but with "File Search" I was not able to find a specific text within multiple binary files, or maybe this a problem with File Search and not MultiCommander

This is a bug. And if you can provide me with a example case where this can be recreated I will look into that.

2. an easy way to select non consecutive files using the keyboard
for e.g. in win explorer you hold down the ctl key, then move down with arrow key and select individual files with space key

3. an option in picture tools to resize or compress
either in terms of percentage (10 - 30 - 50 %) or in a few predefined resolutions  (small - medium - large)

4. change of the arrow behavior during rename function
I explain.  after you press "rename" or f2, the selected ......
2. Im note sure what you mean with this.

3. You mean like a quick zoom feature. pressing shortcut x and it wlil got to 10% and pressing y it will got to 20 % ?
Or do you mean that it should resize and save the image to disk ?

4. This is fixed in v2.5.1

- also drive drop down list and icons on the right (parent folder, root, ...) are too big

- scrolling file list with elantech touchpad is impossible. I dont know the reason, but scrolling in all other applications is working fine except in multicommander. I dont have another laptop to test on, so I dont know if other touchpad brands work better.

Icons are to big ? really they are 16x16. All other complains have been that they are too small.

scrolling, Well I don't really know why this is happening. I do not have a device like that so I can not test it.
Anyone else have this problem ?

- Custom icons for filetypes (File Type Setup) - with relative paths support
- Drive buttons instead of drive drop-down (explorer panel)
- Fix: "${mcinstallpath}" is inserted in the File Type Setup if you click on "${mcpath}"
- Removal of inactive frame border (explorer panel) - kinda annoying, feels like the inactive panel is active

Custom icons for the filetype, Hmm Might be possible to add. But with if you got .txt defined for a viewer and another for editor. what icon should it show ?

Drive Buttons can be shown in the explorer panel. but the drive dropdown will also be there. But a request to make that optional is on the list

${mcpath} problem is fixed in v2.5.1

A test for removal av the active border highlighting has been added in v2.5.1
type the command ":activeframe_disable" in the command line field to activate it (it will NOT remember the state between restart at the moment)
Is this what you looking ?

3. Allow multiscript to execute internal and custom commands (those created via User Defined Commands).
As i see now it is impossible to execute e.g. Edit action from a script.

3. Added in v2.5
Code: [Select]
MC.RunUserCmd and
Code: [Select]
MC.RunCmd
be careful so you do not create a script that call it self. :)

in v2.5.1
Code: [Select]
MC.Edit , MC.View  was added.

List of Custom Commands are now in the doc. (all descriptions not 100% done yet)


3819
Support and Feedback / Re: Virus/Malware in the package?
« on: June 29, 2012, 18:52:56 »
I rebuilt and replace the 1114 build with 1115. The false alert is now gone.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Compressed files handling
« on: June 29, 2012, 17:05:03 »
Nooo.. I don't think so..  I tried it before and it worked..  :)

Maybe you forgot to press save ? :)


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Support and Feedback / Re: Compressed files handling
« on: June 29, 2012, 16:11:59 »
Disable is more like 'do not load'. But as they are built in. They are always there. There is no way to not load something that is built it.

If I get the time I might redesign the loading process to take care of it.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Compressed files handling
« on: June 29, 2012, 16:00:57 »
Disable by checkbox might not work for built in extensions..

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Support and Feedback / Re: Compressed files handling
« on: June 29, 2012, 15:56:22 »
FS-7ZIP is a plugin to..  You can remove this too.

But Zip/Tar/gz/Bz2 is built in.

But you can do what I sad as a second option
In the Configuration > Manage Plugin and Extensions -> FileSystem Plugins.

Select FS-7Zip then click on Option
then double click on 7z in the list and click on remove. And close and save changes and restart MC.

Now .7z file will not be handled as virtual filesystem and if you click on them they will be launch, and if 7Zip is installed it should open it that.

.. Change that for all plugin that you do not want MC to support as virtual filesystems




3824
Some caching can of course be done. But it might slow down the navigation speed when going fast in/out of folders before color data has been cached.

But when filtered coloring is implemented. Then I will notice how fast it is and if the normal should be removed or change or whatever.

I also think that filtered coloring is harder to configure. It is also easy to make error. easy to create conflicting rules.

But Im going to start with just adding filtered coloring, and then we can see if it works good, so that the standard coloring can be disabled or changed.


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Support and Feedback / Re: Virus/Malware in the package?
« on: June 29, 2012, 10:23:17 »
The virus is being report for the file : USBStart.dat  (Btw It still does not contain any virus )
(This file is not included in the Update package . only full installer )

This is a small 32kb file that is used to launch MC from USB. (When you install MC on USB you can choose to get a StartMC.exe in the root, that file is USBStart.dat but with the relative path to MC included inside that file)

That file is optimized to be as small as possible. and it is probably why it gets tagged.

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