May 21st, 2012New features and minor changes:
· Added the option of using non-buffered IO for file copying. Currently this has to be enabled by specifying a threshold value for Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced / copy_nonbuffer_threshold (it defaults to 0 which means disable). Non-buffered IO can also be controlled on a per-function basis with the new NONBUFIO parameter for the Copy command.
· Added NOAUTORUN argument to Find command to allow the find panel to be opened with a specified name, location and filter but without actually starting the find.
· The @confirm command modifier now supports \n for embedded line breaks.
· Added escnl modifier for {filepath} and similar codes, to escape \n sequences that might appear in the paths. This is mainly useful when using {filepath} as the message text in a {dlgstring} dialog.
· Added an option to the Preferences / Folders / Folder Behaviour / Prevent automatic loading... section to prevent automatic loading of powered-down drives.
· There is now a separate image_size_units setting, distinct from image_res_units (in Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced). For example, you can have resolution in DPI and physical sizes in centimetres.
· Added option to Preferences / Display / Colors and Fonts for a separate "destination" folder tree color (i.e. the tree that is linked to the destination file display).
· The folder alias system now supports accessing drives by their volume label, using /$ (e.g. /$Backup/ would refer to a drive labeled Backup).
· Added Preferences / Zip & Other Archives / Zip Files / Set archive date to date of newest file within it option. When enabled, the last modified timestamp of a Zip archive will automatically be set to the time of the newest file within the archive.
· When in Tiles mode with thumbnails enabled, thumbnails can now be displayed in popup InfoTips as well, provided the image in the infotip is significantly larger than the image displayed in tile.
Bug fixes:
· Fixed problem when synchronizing with the root of a library.
· Fixed unnecessary query of target folder when dragging a file over a non-active folder tab (prevents powered-down drives from spinning up and blocking the user interface).
· Fixed problem with metadata for WMA, AVI and font files not working correctly in libraries.
· The "My Computer" free-space bar-graphs were broken/invisible on Windows XP.
· Fixed problem with file timestamps not being copied correctly (or rather, copied and then reverted back to the current time) when copying files across a network.
· Improved file change update speed. (Should improve perceived responsiveness of functions like Rename, Copy, etc.)
· Fixed problems with file selection changing, focus being lost, or focused item not being visible, at the end of an inline rename operation.
· The BitLocker password prompt was not being triggered properly for a locked, fixed drives (only for removeable disks).
· In Thumbnails mode, the shift-select starting point was not updated when a new file was pasted into the folder.
· Creating a shortcut by dropping a server (e.g. \\SERVER) from the Network folder to a local folder now works.
· Multiple delete commands on a button now display a separate confirmation dialog for each command.
· Fixed a bug where the "Unknown file types" file type could incorrectly affect a shortcut pointing to a network share.
· The right-click drag&drop menu displayed for items from the Network folder did not dismiss correctly when clicking outside of the menu.
· Fixed bug with drops to folder tabs for system namespace folders (e.g. the recycle bin) not working correctly.
· Archives plugin updated to handle command-line syntax change in WinRAR 4.20 beta 1.
· Fixed problem where the owner of a file was not correctly copied (assuming the option to do so was on in Preferences).
· The left folder tree was a pixel or two too thin after swapping the left and right sides of a dual-display lister.
· cbr and cb7 extensions are no longer excluded from the Archives filetype group. (You can still remove them manually if you wish, e.g. so that double-clicking those formats opens them in a dedicated Comic Book viewer.) If you're upgrading from 10.0.5.0, the extensions will still be excluded and the quickest way to add them is via Preferences / Zip & Other Archives / Archive and VFS Plugins: Turn off the cbr and cb7 types, click Apply, then turn them back on and click Apply again.
· Set COLUMNSTOGGLE buttons that specified the column position and width did not correctly appear as checked when the column was turned on.
· Fixed flickering selection background if you dragged a folder from outside of Opus and then moved it over itself in an Opus window which was displaying its parent folder.
· When saving a layout, the current layout's name was not used automatically if the layout had been loaded via the Settings->Lister Layouts menu.
· Double-click on a softlink to a .exe file now works correctly.
· Fixed the text/hex viewer blocking deletion of files, or triggering a UAC prompt, in some circumstances. (Files larger than 2MB, not using the recycle bin.)
· Fixed problem with Comic-Book Thumbnails not working in libraries.
· Fixed right-hand side of breadcrumbs path field not always repainting properly when Lock the Toolbars was toggled.
· Nested archives now work, as well as nested archives work in Opus at all, within archives handled by the Multi-Format Archives plugin. If you double-click a nested archive it will be extracted to temp, and you'll then open the temp archive. Any changes to it will still be thrown away, the same as archives nested within zip files. (This is about things like zip files inside rar files. This is unrelated to *.tar.* nested archives which the plugin has always explicitly supported, treating them as a single unit and allowing updates.)
· {filepath|noterm} now works for files as well as folders. In most cases you'd simply use {file} to get just the name, but {filepath|noterm} is useful if you need folder names to have a backslash at the end, which doesn't happen with {file}.
· The quick filter (filter bar / FAYT) now supports patterns beginning with ~ (to negate) even when partial machine is enabled (e.g. ~.exe will show all but .exe files).
April 25th, 2012· The timestamps of copied files were not properly preserved if the copied file had associated metadata (ratings, tags, comment, etc) that was also copied
· The "Select previous folder when going up" option now really only applies to Go UP, and not whenever the new folder happens to be the parent of the old one
· Fixed bug that could cause the progress dialog’s percentage complete to be miscalculated
March 2nd, 2012· Fix for problems recursively creating directories on network shares which return a non-standard error value when checking the share root itself. This could prevent Opus from running at all if the user-profile was on a UNC path pointing at such a server.
· Styles which change folder and set columns would not properly enable the new columns if the starting location was My Computer.
September 9th, 2011· The new Opus 10 help file (manual) is now complete and is included with 10.0.2.0
· Google Desktop Search support was broken
· With the copy queue enabled, Copy AS / Move AS now asks for new filenames (or rename pattern) when the operation is queued rather than when the job starts running
· Automated Find commands (those that use both NAME and IN arguments to automate the Find function) no longer inherit the previous settings of the Find dialog
· SetAttr META * no longer modifies the file timestamps if this is disabled in Preferences
· The Folder Options Save For All Folders + Layouts & Folder Tabs command did not correctly update folder tab groups
· Prefs PAGE=imageshack now opens the correct page
· Fixed problem where only the first file would be extracted from a zip file when the contents of the archive were dropped on the desktop
· Fixed problem where metadata added to PDF files generated by GhostScript would not be recognised in other programs
June 17th, 2011· Clicking files in Go FOLDERCONTENT menus now has the same effect as double-clicking them in the file display. (Previously it was usually the same but not always.)
· BOM now displayed in description field for .txt files irrespective of their Content Type.
· Text in replace dialog when copying folders out of ZIP files now wraps correctly.
· Fix for FTP connection timeouts on some servers that don't support OPTS MLST commands.
· Resetting the Preferences/Thumbnails page moved all the controls up each time.
· Improved 'Windows Search not installed' warning on XP machines that don't have WS installed.
June 10th, 2011· Note: The 'don't sort new files' option has been moved from the Advanced options page back to File Operations / Options
· Adding or modifying a wildcard label assignment in File and Folder Colors now properly refreshes the folder tree
· Fixed a case where if you deleted your current folder and were moved back to the parent, the parent folder would remain in the history list (so clicking Back then took you nowhere)
· Made some changes to NavLock where it will try to get itself back in sync automatically in some cases
· Rename Script output no longer appears in the FTP 'All Activity' log
· Added Locate in Google Earth as a default command on the Images filetype group context menu.
· Also made it so Image LOCATE buttons are hidden if GE is not installed.
· Fixed crash in Customize when clearing the hotkey from a floating toolbar button via the Keys page
· "Toolbar POS=mouse" was broken.
· If Windows Search is not installed on Windows XP, Opus now reports this when trying to perform a search
· If New -> xxx (folder etc) is used and filters are in force that would normally hide the new item, it is now shown so the inline rename can proceed. If the item doesn't match the filter after the inline rename is finished, it will be hidden.
· Fixed problem where the 'Undo All Changes' toolbar context menu could leave orphaned/cloned location/search fields on toolbar
· Viewer Panel now remembers when Zoom Size was set to Grow to Page last time it was used
· Fixed redraw problem when collapsing tree item containing current selection
· Lister layouts now restore their windows in a fixed order, ensuring consistent window order on the taskbar each time the same layout is opened.
· When the destination is a writeable CD, {destpath} will usually map to the CD-burning temp folder. You can now add @nolocalizefiles to the command to prevent this and have {destpath} map to the CD itself, for the rare situations where you need that (e.g. when opening a new window for the current folders).
· Fixed scrolling the utility pane along one axis resetting the scroll position of the other axis.
· Fixed potential crash in File Collections when fields like Description were enabled
· Using Copy To / Move To in the standalone Viewer no longer causes focus to be lost (breaking keyboard input)
· Fixed problem where tree item would lose its expand/collapse box when it only has temporary items below it
· Fixed problem where refresh when in archive would boot you to the parent folder if archives not normally shown in tree
· Tree now respects label colors for drive-letter roots.
· Zip SFX was checking for wrong size maximum zip file
· Zip folder format was not applied for archives within libraries.
· Search results collections (from Windows Search) are now shown properly in the tree if the tree doesn't start from the Desktop
· Now respects the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\link value to disable the "- Shortcut" suffix on new shortcuts
· The option for "User Profile folder" in the tree now works under Vista as well as Win7
· Fixed potential crash when accessing NFS shares via drive buttons
· "Go TABGROUPLIST=icons" was generating buttons with the wrong icon names, resulting in smiley-face placeholder icons instead of tab icons (unless you still had an old icon-set installed).
· Fixed (Win)RAR progress dialog showing bogus byte-counts that were really percentages ("50 bytes / 100 bytes")
· Fixed crash from image metadata when GPS tags stored in XMP format
· Fixed problems creating 7z(etc.) archives due to an error introduced in 10.0.0.5.
· Thumbnail size would go to minimum if you used a command like "Show THUMBNAILSIZE +32" to adjust the size relative to its current value in a lister where the size had not been adjusted before.
· Viewer now updates its window position properly if you move it, then switch it to full-screen and then close it.
· Before it would not update its saved position at all if closed while full-screen.
· Now it remembers the position it would have used had it been toggled out of full-screen mode.
· This way, if you move the viewer to another monitor and full-screen it, it will open on that monitor the next time; you don't have to exit full-screen first to save the change.
· Note: This does not mean the viewer will be full-screen next time you open it; that's still a separate option in Prefs. Just means your non-full-screen size/placement changes are not ignored if you happen to close it when it's full-screen.
· Fixed checkbox positioning in Power/Details modes when icons were turned off.
· Fixed checkbox positioning in List and Small Icon modes, especially with themed items.
· Fixed List-mode checkboxes not painting properly (e.g. when toggled) when themed items were disabled.
May 3rd, 2011File copying:
· File Copy Queue. Queue copy jobs either explicitly (to a named queue) or automatically based on the source and destination paths.
· Unattended' File Copies. For long file copies, tell Opus what to do if any errors occur, then leave it without worrying about the operation stopping part-way through to ask you a question.
· Improved progress dialog.
Windows 7 features:
· Jump-list support. Place any command, folder, FTP site, layout, etc. on the Opus jump-list.
· Taskbar progress indicators.
· Native' Opus display of Libraries.
· The option (on by default) to show the 'shared folder' overlay. (Microsoft took it away from Windows 7, lots of people complained, so Directory Opus brings it back!)
· Opus is flagged DPI aware and all known issues with DPI-scaling have been addressed.
· Support for 'static' folder commands and context menus. e.g. 'Create New Virtual Machine' added by VirtualPC.
Vista and Windows 7 features:
· Explorer-style folder thumbnails, and more support for huge icons in thumbnails mode. (A few items still use small icons; full support didn't quite make the cut but will be added in the first update.)
· Support for newer thumbnail APIs. (Mainly important for PDF thumbnails.)
· Hardware-accelerated transition animations when you change folders. (Requires DWM/Aero Glass.)
· The built-in Command Prompt Here function has a new option to open a UAC-elevated prompt, also with a red background (by default) to help it stand out.
For all Windows versions:
· Native' Opus display of virtual folders like Desktop, My Computer, and CD Burning.
· The Libraries concept isn't just for Windows 7 anymore. Opus provides an emulation of Libraries for Windows XP and Windows Vista users.
· Support for Windows Search, including a new toolbar search field for instant indexed searching.
· When using UNC network paths, the built-in Command Prompt Here function can now be used. Opus will automatically map a drive letter to the current UNC path, then unmap it later when it is no longer needed. Finally, you can conveniently use the Windows command prompt with UNC paths!
Archives:
· Improved Zip support, adding Unicode, AES encryption, 4GB+ archive sizes, Self-Extracting Zips, multi-volume archives, speed increases and more.
· New support for 7z, TAR, BZip2, GZip, Z, ARJ, CAB and several other archive formats, without requiring any additional software. The key formats all support archive creation as well as extraction (even within .tar.gzip files; they are re-compressed on-the-fly).
· Improved support for RAR, including the ability to create and modify RAR archives within Opus if you have WinRAR installed. (Extraction can still be done without WinRAR, of course.)
· New support for disc images, including .ISO and .WIM.
Metadata editing:
· A new metadata panel shows you MP3 tags, EXIF data and document properties in addition to generic file attributes, tags, ratings and descriptions for the selected file or files.
· Make changes to one or more files without leaving the lister. (You can also open the metadata editor as a separate window, detached from the lister.)
· Buttons and hotkeys can also set metadata using new commands.
· You can now search for files using tags and ratings.
Much-improved folder tree:
· Better performance with network drives.
· Better behaviour with hidden folders.
· Better behaviour with virtual folders.
· Support for FTP/SSH and the new archive formats in the folder tree.
· More control over what is shown in the tree, including the option to hide empty drives (on by default).
· A choice of horizontal scrolling modes, including the modes used by XP, Vista and Windows 7 and one more.
· You can change what happens when you click items in the tree with different mouse buttons.
· A button is provided to jump to the current folder (if you had scrolled it out of view).
· You can hide the tree header (top border).
· And more... (See the detailed list.)
FTP / SSH:
· Works in the folder tree (as mentioned above)
· You can also see your FTP bookmarks in the main file display.
· Improved FTP proxy support, including SOCKS4/SOCKS5.
· Improved FTP logging support.
Image viewer:
· New Grow to Page mode will enlarge as well as reduce images to fit the window/screen. The old Fit to Page mode, which only reduces, is still available.
· Next/Previous image lists are now populated when the viewer is launched from outside of Opus.
· Screensaver and sleep are disabled during movie playback and slideshows.
Image format support:
· Improved Photoshop (PSD) support, including 32-bpp/96-bpp and indexed images.
· Targa (TGA) alpha channels, 16-bpp and indexed images.
· TIFF alpha channels.
· Updated raw camera support will be included in the next update.)
Improved audio tags & cover-art thumbnail support:
· iTunes AAC (M4A and M4P) tags & cover-art.
· Ogg Vorbis and FLAC cover-art (in addition to existing tag support).
· Speex (SPX) tags.
· Monkey's Audio (APE) tags.
Miscellaneous:
· New Filter Bar to improve the UI for real-time filtering. (Type * into the file display, then a pattern.)
· File Grouping. (e.g. Group files by size or date.)
· Non-modal error messages. (e.g. No more having to click OK if you accidentally select an empty drive.)
· Inline progress displays. (e.g. No separate progress window while connecting to an FTP site.)
· Better visual feedback during drag & drop.
· You can now set persistent highlights on specific files and folders (not just folders anymore), including re-coloring any file's icon to make it stand out.
· Improved Navigation Lock, works with all navigation events.
· Auto-Select previous folder when you Go Up.
· The option to include a '..' parent item. (We said we'd never do it... We changed our minds!)
· Better 'Go FolderContent' menus.
· Wildcard folder formats allow you to assign formats to files by name or type (e.g. *.zip) as well as assign different formats to different levels in a folder hierarchy (e.g. in a music folder, have the Artists folders use thumbnails while the Album folders below all use Details).
· Image Converter now has a NOLOSSLESS argument to force re-compression of the image even if a lossless rotation is possible (e.g. because you want to reduce the file size/quality and don't actually want a lossless rotation).
· Image Converter can now reset EXIF rotation tags in JPEG files.
· New update checker. Less intrusive, supports SOCKS HTTP proxies and can automatically download new versions for you (or just alert you like it did before, if you prefer).
· New default toolbars which make it easier to find more functionality without having to know Opus inside-out.
· All-new toolbar icons in a Vista/Win7 style. (The old XP-style icons are also included and updated.)
· Many cosmetic tweaks as well as the ability to customize a few more things (e.g. panel border colors and fonts).
October 14th, 2010· Fixed crash that could occur if the Set SORTBY function was called with a column that wasn’t currently displayed.
· Drag & drop of attachments from Outlook to a folder tab now works correctly
· Fixed problem with slide-out back/forwards buttons where they would not notice the mouse was no longer over them if the mouse moved during the slide animation
· Fixed the Go command’s OPENINDEST argument so that it will use an existing destination Lister if the current Lister is not a dual-display one.
· Fix for the ‘Open in Directory Opus’ folder context menu item not working in Windows 7 if Explorer Replacement mode was disabled in some cases. This also fixes the ‘Open folder to view files in Directory Opus’ AutoPlay option if Explorer Replacement mode disabled.
· Fixed crash when using the Print Folder command without any printers installed (or with print service disabled)
· Fixed problem that prevented custom Folder Colors from working reliably in the tree
· If two or more files on an FTP site were selected and 'Open' chosen from the context menu, they would in some cases be downloaded and opened multiple times.
· New FTP Proxy for USER: user@proxy_user@host and PASS: password@proxy_password
· Fix for FTP sites that claim to support UTF-8 but return non-UTF-8 encoded directory listings
August 28th, 2010· Fixed dialog font issue on Japanese systems.
· Fix for bug on x64 systems that could prevent the Smart Favorites being saved correctly if Opus was still running on system shutdown.
· Fixed inconsistent sorting of network drives in the Folder Tree.
· Fix for TGA plugin being too strict and failing to display some images.
· Fixed occasional crash in the Preferences Filter page.
· Fix for 'Open With' not setting the correct current directory when used on a network drive.
· FTP – Fixed issue with supporting Resume for servers that fail FEAT response.
June 3rd, 2010· Added move_netshare_semantics advanced Preferences option to work around a problem moving folders caused by PGP Netshare.
· Fixed a crash that could occur if you dragged a file over a sub-folder on an ftp site, and hovered there while a copy to that same site was in progress.
· Fixed a problem when trying to inline-rename a file or folder whose original name contains an environment variable
· Fixed a problem with the @set command directive that would stop {dlgstring} working correctly with {file} as the default value unless prefixed with @runonce
· The timestamp of a file with NTFS ADS properties is now correctly preserved when the file is copied
· ActiveX: Prevents the Syntax-Colored Source preview handler from handling .url files by default. If that handler is installed the plugin will still send .url files to a web browser unless explicitly configured not to
· Now supports alpha channels from 16-bit TIFF images
· Added tiff_assume_alpha advanced Preferences flag to force alpha on TIFF images which have a 4th channel but don’t specify its meaning
· Fixed a problem that could cause a crash when editing the defined filter in the Print Folder dialog.
· Fixed a problem that caused the Folder Tree to fail to expand the Desktop branch with a particular combination of settings.
· The FILTER argument for the Print FOLDER command now works correctly.
· If two or more single file-display Listers were open, the Go DUALPATH command used to cause the folder in the destination Lister to change, instead of setting the source Lister into dual-display mode.
· Improved support for the Recorded TV start menu link in Windows 7
· The Rename command could not move files when the source folder was a file collection.
· If a rename script fails, the rename operation is now aborted.
· Added support for transparent (alpha-channel) TIFF images
March 17th, 2010· Fixed a problem that could cause the tree to refresh unnecessarily, which occasionally would cause a folder change in the Lister.
· Fixed a problem with the Automatically calculate folder sizes option not working if the relative size on disk column was also enabled. Also fixed errors in calculating relative size on disk bar graph in some situations.
· Fixed a problem that could prevent a search from completing when searching certain malformed UTF-8 files.
· Improved support for the Folder Sharing context menu on Windows 7
· Fixed a problem with SFTP where connecting to one site when already connected to another site could try to login with the wrong password
· Fix for crash when using the ‘Set as Desktop Wallpaper’ context menu item in Windows 7
· Fix for crash when using the Rename command with “ ” in the command parameters
· Fixed problem with using the file display border ‘Open this folder in the other side’ button when used with a folder tab called ‘root’.
· FTP - Fixed issue with identifying a site that supports Resume.
· When Opus writes filenames to a DOS batch file (via a DOS batch-mode button), it now uses the codepage specified by the @codepage directive (if any) rather than the ANSI codepage.
· The Delete command with the NORECYCLE and QUIET arguments no longer skips any remaining sub-folder contents if a file is unable to be deleted – it will continue deleting any files within the sub-folder that it can.
· Fixed a problem that could occasionally prevent the Folder Tree from expanding to display the source folder when a Lister is first opened
January 11th, 2010· Fixed a problem introduced in the previous version that could cause a crash when the content type system was activated.
· Improved file date comparison in synchronize (particularly with the Ignore seconds option enabled)
· Improved support for display of 256x256 .ICO files
· Single locked tabs are now respected in the Default Lister or layouts (previously the lock state would be lost unless multiple tabs were configured)
· Numeric sorting rules are now applied to custom fields so fields like the Tortoise SVN Revision field will sort correctly
· Fixed scrollbar calculation problem in List mode that could result in weird behaviour depending on the size of the Lister
· Fixed problem with {allfile} command sequence when filename contains multiple periods
· Fixed support for PowerArchiver drag&drop menu
· Fix for duplicate entries appearing in the Open With menu in some situations
· Fix for buffer overflow in Raw plugin's config dialog
· Fixed problem that could cause slow copy speeds to removable disks
· Added support for additional file extensions to the CD jewel case thumbnail rendering (added .oga, .fla, .wv, .m4a, .m4p, .ape and .mpc)
December 4th, 2009Several Windows 7 compatibility improvements:
· Explorer Replacement mode stopped Safely Remove / Eject device from working correctly.
· Explorer Replacement can now trap the Open command from the context menu of a folder in the Start Menu.
· Adding the Virtual Machines folder to the Explorer Replacement exclusion list now correctly prevents that folder from being trapped. Opus also adds this folder to the list by default now.
· Fixed a problem with some context menu items not acting correctly when multiple files are selected (e.g. Windows Media Player - Play and Queue commands now work correctly with multiple files).
· The SendTo context menu is now compatible with Windows 7 (including when the shift key is held down).
· The option to add File Collections to the Send To menu now works in Windows 7 (and Vista).
· Toggling between Details and Thumbnails view modes now works correctly in system namespaces.
· Reading of Homegroup folders now works correctly.
· Improved support for Libraries (the "Include in Library" folder context menu now works, the Folder Tree now displays the library member folders, the Tree automatically updates when libraries are modified, and libraries now work correctly as a destination folder).
· Fixed a crash that could occur when using dopusrt to send the Select command to Opus.
· Fixed a crash that could occur when reading some PDF metadata.
FTP improvements:
· Fixed a problem with FTP with PureFTPd and SSL not handling protected data correctly.
· Fix for problem with bad servers not returning FD_CLOSE - could cause a folder listing to never complete.
· Dragging and dropping from a TrueImage mounted backup image now copies sub-folders correctly.
· Using the Clipboard COPY command in a file collection now works correctly when multiple files have the same filename.
· Fixed problem with the Y / N key handling in a dialog when a button in that dialog had those keys as an accelerator.
· The Folder Tree now displays drive letters/labels correctly when the system has been set to display letters first via the registry.
· Adding files to the Search For list in the Duplicate File Finder now works correctly.
· Improved Context Menu support, including the Adobe PDF 'Print' command, and the context menu provided by MediaInfo.
· The CreateFolder command has a new NOSEL argument that prevents the newly created folder from being automatically selected.
· The Toolbar STATE argument has a new floatactive option which floats a toolbar AND makes it active (useful when opening a Toolbar from a hotkey).
· Fix for possible crashes from the context menu in the Viewer when accessed from the keyboard.
· Fixed a layout issue in the Advanced Rename dialog that could cause the window to open with the bottom buttons off the visible screen.
· Minor changes to hopefully fix a crash a few users were having when right-clicking on shortcut files.
· Fix for slow copying to non-removable disks mounted as drive A: or drive B:.
· The Open With menu now includes applications that were assigned via Vista/Windows 7's Default Programs system.
· Fixed a problem in the ActiveX viewer with some IE-based viewers that could incorrectly take the input focus on opening.
· Improved support for 32-bit BMP files (now handles V4 or V5 BMP files that use BI_BITFIELDS).
· Fixed a bug in the status bar that could cause the text to not be correctly updated in a dual display Lister in some cases.
· Fix for Explorer Replacement that stopped file selection from working in the newly opened folder (e.g. FireFox's "Open Containing Folder" command now correctly opens the folder in Opus and selects the target file).
· Added an option for the JPEG loader to always uses the ICC color profile of the file if one exists (previously, the color profile was only used for CMYK images). This can be enabled from an option in Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced.
· Added new THIS parameter for the Select command to select the file that currently has input focus (e.g. Select THIS).
· Added new home parameter for the Go TABSELECT command to reset a locked tab to its home directory (e.g. Go TABSELECT=home).
October 6th, 2009Bugs fixed / minor changes:
· Support for Explorer Replacement mode in Windows 7. Also fixed creation of soft-links in Windows 7.
· FTP re-upload changed files option now works with programs launched from buttons.
· The Print Folder function can now print meta-data (e.g. Author, Title, Artist, etc) columns in File Collections.
· Improved handling of Office safe-saves for files within collections.
· Text pasted into the Create Folder dialog is now stripped of any linefeeds.
· Fixed rendering problem with List Mode when font size meant the label text was smaller vertically than the icon.
· Zip auto-extract now sets the correct current directory for files that are in sub-folders of the zip file.
· Fixed sorting with Name column when file extension is hidden (previously the extension was still considered for the sort).
· Image ADDSUFFIX now works correctly when the filename has a dot in the name.
· Blank links in multi-line commands no longer cause some functions to misbehave.
· The {filepath} command code no longer incorrectly adds a to the end of RAR file paths.
· Fixed problem with space/quote handling with the {allfilepath} command code.
· Fixed drag & drop problems when dragging from/to FTP – now correctly uses functions defined in File Types.
· Fixed problem that could cause infinite loop of Listers/tabs to be opened when a path like C://Dir was entered.
· Fixed problem with drag & drop that could prevent Listers from coming to the front correctly
· Fixed problem when dragging images from Firefox 3.5 to a Lister (now writes the original image file instead of a bitmap version).
· With full-row selection on for the Folder Tree, double-clicks to expand/contract a branch are now active anywhere on the row instead of just on the label.
· Drag & drop from FTP/SFTP to the desktop now works correctly instead of only copying 4K of the file.
· Added @sync to the drop-down list in the Advanced function editor.
· Fixed potential infinite loop in the FTP file properties dialog if an error message appeared and the dialog was closed before the error dialog was.
· Fixed a crash on startup that could occur if any environment variables contained %%.
· Fixed a crash that could occur in the Licence Manager on x64 systems.
· FTP Interim support for VMS servers.
· File permissions are now updated correctly when undeleting a file from the recycle bin (prevents files appearing with a ‘padlock’ icon overlay in Windows 7).
· The Delete confirmation dialog (and other dialogs where appropriate) now respond to the ‘Y’ and ‘N’ keys as well as the existing accelerators for each button. (‘Y’ and ‘N’ are localised as appropriate).
· The Find Panel now correctly inherits the current path when a new Lister is opened.
· Ctrl-Z to undo a Paste now works in inline rename.
· Moving a file in a File Collection to a folder on the same hard drive now correctly moves the file instead of using copy/delete semantics.
· Fixed problem which meant that, in rare circumstances, files within archives were not fully read by viewer plugins.
· Fix for possible memory corruption with glass docked toolbars in Office style.
· Fixed incorrect sort order in Profile branch of tree in Windows 7.
· The ‘Open With’ menu item is no longer added for .EXE and other program files (same as Explorer).
· FTP improvements – increased upload speed for both standard FTP and SSH.
· Fixed error that could allow a Copy/Move to take place with no valid destination path (e.g. if My Computer was open in the destination file display).
· Folder colors, toolbar icons and status bar icons now support aliases/environment variables.
· Added /homeroot alias for root of program drive.
· Folder aliases are now sorted correctly when displayed in the tree.
· For DOS commands with @leavedoswindowopen set (which includes commands run from the FAYT field), Opus now only adds /K to the command line if the command processor is the default cmd.exe - if the %ComSpec% environment variable is set to something else, Opus will now look for a new environment variable called %ComSpecLeaveOpenArg% which can be used to specify an argument for the "leave open" option.
· Fixed problem where a checkmark next to a context menu item may not have been shown (for example, the Always available offline context menu command).
· Additional fixes for rendering of glass docked toolbars.
· Buttons on "taskbar" and "borderless" toolbars docked to the right edge of the screen can now be clicked when the mouse is right at the edge of the screen.
· Fixed crash when attempting to view some 16-bit Photoshop images.
ActiveX plugin improvements:
· Added workaround for "Adobe PDF for Vista" preview handler not working under x64 due to Adobe registering it incorrectly.
· Added workaround for "Adobe PDF for Vista" preview handler rendering blank pages sometimes when scrolled with the mouse wheel.
· "Adobe PDF for Vista" preview handler is now enabled by default, if installed, as it's the only Adobe PDF viewer applet that works properly on Windows 7 x64 and it doesn't depend on the "Display PDF in browser" setting of Adobe Reader. People who preferred Adobe Reader can still configure the plugin to use it instead of the Adobe PDF preview handler if they want to.
· Added .MP4 to default Generic ActiveX extensions.
· Added workaround for Microsoft preview handlers that have identical names. It's now clear which is which.
· Added a hardcoded list of default preview handler associations to use as a fallback when no association exists in the registry. (Example 1: Uninstalling the FoxIt preview
June 11th, 2009· Bold/italic styles defined through the Folder Colors system are now properly accounted for when initially auto-sizing columns after a folder is read
· Fixed incorrect/inconsistent handling of {file|noext} and similar command sequences with folders and files with no extensions
· The Image CONVERT command now automatically sets the 'Output to destination' option when running in interactive mode if the TO argument is given on the command line. This makes it reliable when used in the Drag & Drop menu for a file type
· The Send To menu displayed in Opus now respects the NoDrivesInSendToMenu system policy and will not display removable disks if this is set
· Lister Layouts now save and restore the state of the Lister Format Lock
· GifAnim plugin: Fix for incorrect dimensions in the status bar when changing from one tiled/flattened GIF to another
· Fixed layout issue introduced in last version with Utility pane open in conjunction with a vertical toolbar between dual file displays
· Fixed problem of startup folder shortcut being left behind after uninstall
· Fixed file change notification issue with short, Unicode filenames (could occasionally result in duplicate file entry)
· Fixed auto-size column option when switching between two formats that only change the 'hide file extensions' setting
· The FAYT field will no longer auto-close if its context menu is visible
· PCX images can now be viewed from ZIP files
· Fix for ActiveX plugin not viewing files within archives and FTP sites
· Added switch parameter to Close SYSTEM command to initiate fast-user switching. Note that this option does not support the scheduling or prompting that the Close SYSTEM command normally offers
· Fixed a problem where drag & drop from Opus to the desktop would always copy the file rather than moving when appropriate. Also improved drag & drop from ZIP/FTP – moving via drag & drop now really moves the file rather than copying it
· Fixed incorrect bitrate shown for WAV files. Also, a duration is now shown for WAV files
· Fix for broken Rename Scripting in Vista SP2 x64 version
· Raw Digital Camera plugin
· Added several new file extensions to the defaults (e.g. .PEF)
· Fix for multi-threaded thumbnails not always working
· Fix for having to restart Opus for changes to the list of raw extensions to take effect
May 22nd, 2009· Fix for Desktop context menu crash in conjunction with the NVidia v185.85 drivers.
· Fix for BSOD crash that could occur when copying over existing font files. (Crash caused by bug in Windows/GDI which is exposed by generating thumbnails of copies of the same font on multiple threads.)
· Fix for problem triggered by generating WMV thumbnails (files could get locked and never released until Opus was shutdown).
· Fix for error when dropping files to Zip files in the Folder Tree.
· Fix for problem where RAR files with comments could not be opened in the x64 version.
· Fix for crash that could occur in the initial configuration wizard.
· Fix for crash when editing button lines longer than 1024 characters.
· Fix for crash that could be caused by launching FrontPage via DDE (e.g. from the context menu for a .html file).
· Fix for crash when viewing files in the Nokia phone namespace.
· The Zip Auto-Extract function now sets the current directory of the launched file correctly to that of the extracted files (so that any associated files like DLLs will be found).
· Shortcuts launched from Opus (e.g. by double-clicking in a Lister) now have their current directory set correctly if there is no value defined for the ‘Start In’ field (previously the CD would be that of the shortcut’s target, whereas the correct behaviour is the directory the shortcut itself is in).
· Pressing Ctrl-X (Clipboard CUT) with nothing selected no longer clears the clipboard.
Improvements to Image Conversion function:
· Added NOLOSSLESS argument to the Image CONVERT command to force recompression of JPEG files. (Lets you rotate a JPEG image and forcibly recompress it rather than rotating it losslessly.)
· Image conversion now works for all selected font files instead of just the first.
· Fix for JPEG-EXIF rotation offset not always being lossless when it could have been.
· Image Converter can now reset EXIF rotation tags in JPEG files.
· When clearing EXIF rotation, the orientation field is now set to 1. Previously the entire field was nulled-out which could potentially cause problems with some EXIF readers.
· Cropping an EXIF-rotated image in the viewer used to rotate the image an extra time.
· New Ogg/FLAC AudioTags plugin which works on x64 systems.
New Raw Digital Camera plugin:
· Works on x64 systems.
· Adds/improves support for many camera models.
· Raw thumbnails now display the correct dimensions and are, where possible, correctly rotated.
· Separate decoding options for the Image Conversion function so you can use Opus to produce high quality raw conversions without slowing down file browsing.
· Added support for RGBA (alpha) Photoshop images.
· New JPEG2000 plugin which supports x64 and is much faster than the old one.
· TGA plugin: Added support for alpha channels, pre-multiplied alpha, indexed color, and greyscale. Fixed problems with swapped red/blue channels in 16-bit images and small/corrupt thumbnails for some files.
· Fix for problem when renaming files on some Samba network filesystems. (It was possible to end up with two files with the same name showing in the list.)
· The Select Destination dialog now shows all levels of Favorites in the drop-down rather than just top-level ones. Several other minor fixes/improvements to the dialog as well.
· Selecting a Content Type format from the drop-down list no longer applies sections of the format that are turned off.
· FTP changes to support WindowsCE FTP server.
· The Go /controls command could cause a duplicate tab to be opened if the right-most tab was locked when it was executed.
· Fixed problem with unreliable “Automatically select next file when viewed image is deleted” option for Viewer Pane.
· Fixed layout issue when Find Panel was opened and there was a toolbar beside the Viewer Panel.
· If inline rename failed in an FTP directory, the retry dialog would reveal the full path of the FTP file including the username/password.
· The ‘Run Opus on startup’ option now uses a shortcut in the Startup program group rather than the registry. Fixes problems a small number of people had with Opus starting too early during boot.
· The default behaviour for single-line functions is now asynchronous again. Now, only multi-line functions default to running synchronously. Of course this behaviour can be changed using the appropriate @ modifiers.
· The ActiveX plugin now scans the registry if it cannot find a viewer. (Workaround for programs which trash the MIME and COM settings of any file-types they take over.)
· Fix for the Replace dialog’s thumbnail generation getting in the way of the file move/overwrite if the dialog was dismissed very quickly.
April 28th, 2007· The big news, of course, is that Directory Opus 9 has been updated to support Windows Vista. Anyone who has tried Opus 8 on Vista will know that several things didn't work. All of these issues have been fixed. Many of those involved in the development and testing of Opus 9 have been using Vista as their main OS for several months to ensure everything works smoothly.
· Opus 9 goes beyond mere Vista compatibility by adding several features which make using Vista, and UAC in particular, easier.
· If you run Opus on 64-bit XP or 64-bit Vista then it will generally work. There are a few caveats, though. Since Opus is a 32-bit program it will present you with a "virtualized" view of the system directories on 64-bit Windows.
· Opus is now aware of NTFS junctions and Vista's new symbolic links.
· New Explorer Replacement Changes
· New XML-based Configuration
· New Configuration Backup & Restore System
· New Sub-Collections
· New Breadcrumbs-style Location Field
· New `Find-As-You-Type' Field
· New Custom List View Code Tiles Mode
· New Advanced Rename Enhancements
· New Preferences Editor Improvements
· Removal of Layout section in Preferences
· New Customize Editor Improvements
· New FTP Address book
· New Flickr Synchronization
· New ImageShack Image Upload
· New Command Parser Improvements
· New Custom Toolbar Icon Sets
· New Support for Links/Junctions
October 25th, 2006· Fix for anomaly when handling .dps files
· Fixed a number of issues related to Server 2003 with setting correct file dates after a copy
· Fixed issues with Copy Filter and copying empty folders
· Fixed issue with displaying large 1 bit TIFF files also added anti-aliasing to 1 bit TIFFs
· Fixed issue with searching inside UTF-8 files
· Changed Copy Filenames as URL command to use RFC compliant URI formats instead of original Windows formats
· Improved conversion of TIFF files to BMP and other formats
· FTP- Fixed issues with Flat View and Synchronize
· FTP Added support for VXWORKS (Passport FTP) server
· Fixed problem with FIND for wild card patterns in Unicode files
Added registry setting to enable the automatic selection of the first file in a folder. If this behavior is desired, set the following registry value:
· HHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGPSoftwareDirectory OpusConfigUser (String) AutoSelectFirstFile = ""
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