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File Juggler Changelog

What's new in File Juggler 3.1.2

Feb 5, 2024
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixes problem reading Word documents and Excel files
  • Fixes problem with "Add to zip"
  • Fixes problem that could cause FJ to react delayed to file, when "file created older than X" is used
  • A few additional fixes and improvements
  • Other changes:
  • Added Uninstall Survey

New in File Juggler 3.1 (Jan 15, 2024)

  • Added "add to zip" action. This action lets you archive files in zip files. It works essentially just like the "copy" action: You can specify the name of the zip file, and you files will be added to the zip file.
  • Add to zip has two options: "maintain subfolder structure" and "If file exists". These work like the same options for the copy command, so you can check the documentation for copy.
  • You can use variables to name the zip file, and if the file does not exist, it will be created.
  • You could use the variable "file name without extension" for the zip file name, if you want to zip just one file. Or you could use a name like "invoices" and add many files to the same zipfiler, similar to a folder.
  • Features:
  • Add to zip action
  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves a probleme where File Juggler would reuse variables from other files
  • Occurrance setting in dictionary variables fixed
  • Other changes:
  • Updated PDF library for support for newer PDF files
  • Updated compression library for better support for newer compressed files, particularly RAR archives
  • Better handling of RAR archives in multiple parts

New in File Juggler 3.0.12 (Oct 30, 2023)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves bug that could cause rules to wait for other rules
  • Solves a problem that would cause FJ not to process files again if they were modified

New in File Juggler 3.0.11 Beta (Oct 26, 2023)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves bug that could cause rules to wait for other rules
  • Solves a problem that could cause FJ to consider files processed after they were modified

New in File Juggler 3.0.10 (Oct 24, 2023)

  • Solves bug that could cause rules to wait for other rules

New in File Juggler 3.0.9 (Oct 23, 2023)

  • Several small fixes
  • Improvement to the info FJ shows about the current state of files in log and rule view.

New in File Juggler 3.0.8 (Oct 2, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Monitor folders has a switch between "Monitor" and "Examine regularly" to make the difference clear
  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves a problem that could cause files to stay "pending" too long
  • Solves a problem that could cause "include subfolders" not to work in some cases
  • Solves a problem that could cause regular interval checks to skip
  • Other changes:
  • File list in rule view updates instantly
  • Log lines are added instantly
  • Updated icon

New in File Juggler 3.0.7 Beta (Sep 13, 2023)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves a problem that could cause files to stay "pending" too long
  • Solves a problem that could cause "include subfolders" not to work in some cases
  • Solves a problem that could cause regular interval checks to skip
  • Other changes:
  • Monitor folders has a switch between "Monitor" and "Examine regularly" to make the difference clear
  • Updated icon

New in File Juggler 3.0.6 Beta (Sep 12, 2023)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves a problem that could cause "include subfolders" not to work in some cases
  • Solves a problem that could cause regular interval checks to skip
  • Other changes:
  • Monitor folders has a switch between "Monitor" and "Examine regularly" to make the difference clear
  • Updated icon

New in File Juggler 3.0.5 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Optimizations for faster execution of rules
  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves a problem with interval check, mostly used when monitoring network locations
  • Solves a bug with importing rules and data from File Juggler 2
  • Several speed optimizations and crash fixes

New in File Juggler 3.0.4 (Aug 29, 2023)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Solves a bug with importing rules and data from File Juggler 2

New in File Juggler 3.0.3 (Aug 24, 2023)

  • Adds an option to delete log after a number of days. This ensures that the log file doesn't grow too large.
  • You can find the delete options in the settings menu (the small cog) under "Log Settings...".
  • Bugfixes
  • A few bugfixes

New in File Juggler 3.0.2 (Aug 21, 2023)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed bug that caused backslashes to be removed from file paths in move and copy actions.
  • Fixed evernote upload.
  • Fixed bug that caused info about new version not to be displayed.

New in File Juggler 3.0.1 (Aug 19, 2023)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Bug that caused date variables to return 01-01-0001
  • Delete rules from rule groups now works
  • Fixes crash that could occur on first run after rules were imported from v2
  • Fixes crash that could occur when modifying a running rule
  • And several other crashes reported via the crash reporting tool in FJ

New in File Juggler 2.0.22 (Nov 25, 2020)

  • Features:
  • Added folder name variable
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed bug that would cause rules to duplicate in list when drag-drop reordering

New in File Juggler 2.0.21 (Sep 1, 2020)

  • Features:
  • Adds an option to select date input format, when getting dates from document contents

New in File Juggler 2.0.20 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Solves a problem where newly created variables' settings could overwrite each other
  • Fixes a few minor problems with the Directory Select box when using variables
  • Updated code signing certificate

New in File Juggler 2.0.19 Beta (Aug 19, 2020)

  • Solves a probleme where newly created variables' settings could overwrite each other
  • Fixes a few minor problems with the Directory Select box when using variables

New in File Juggler 2.0.18 (Aug 16, 2020)

  • Features:
  • Import and export of configuration
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed a problem with rules incorrectly showing files as "Pending"
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when editing existing variables

New in File Juggler 2.0.17 (Jun 9, 2020)

  • Features:
  • Import and export of configuration
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed a problem with rules incorrectly showing files as "Pending"
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when editing existing variables

New in File Juggler 2.0.16 (Apr 10, 2019)

  • This version improves stability when monitoring network locations. If a network connection is lost and connected again, File Juggler will continue monitoring more consistently.
  • This update also have a few minor adjustments and bugfixes.

New in File Juggler 2.0.16 Beta (Jul 3, 2018)

  • This version improves stability when monitoring network locations. If a network connection is lost and connected again, File Juggler will continue monitoring more consistently

New in File Juggler 2.0.15 (May 31, 2018)

  • Fixes a problem with the digital signature in the installer

New in File Juggler 2.0.14 (Apr 15, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Configuration saves properly when changing order and enabled status of rules.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause content from PDF files to have spaces between characters

New in File Juggler 2.0.13 (Apr 9, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a problem where the year in date variables would be "YYYY" instead of the actual year
  • Fixed a bug that would cause FJ to crash when editing variable when it was opened from a condition.
  • Changes:
  • PDF content reading handles non-linear text layout better (columns, boxes etc.)
  • Added "line" in pattern variable
  • Changes to accept of error reports and anonymous usage statistics.
  • Configuration saves properly when changing order and enabled status of rules.
  • Fixes a problem that would prevent File Juggler 1 and 2 from starting with windows together
  • "Run command" retries if command fails

New in File Juggler 2.0.12 Beta 5 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Minor bugfixes:
  • Fixed a problem where the year in date variables would be "YYYY" instead of the actual year
  • Minor changes:
  • Fixes a problem that would prevent File Juggler 1 and 2 from starting with windows together
  • PDF content reading handles non-linear text layout better (columns, boxes etc.)
  • Added "line" in pattern variable
  • Changes to accept of error reports and anonymous usage statistics.
  • Configuration saves properly when changing order and enabled status of rules.

New in File Juggler 2.0.12 Beta (Feb 13, 2018)

  • Minor changes:
  • Reads approximate layout of pdf files when extracting text
  • Added "line" in pattern variable
  • Changes to accept of error reports and anonymous usage statistics.
  • Configuration saves properly when changing order and enabled status of rules

New in File Juggler 2.0.11 (Jan 30, 2018)

  • When a variable name was changed from the variable select window, the change wasn't updated in tree before window was reopened
  • Crash when editing variable from the Select variable window
  • Adding a second copy action would clear the options set in the first
  • Save configuration error

New in File Juggler 2.0.10 (Jan 5, 2018)

  • Fixes a problem that would leave "pending" lines in log, even though action was performed
  • Misc. minor fixes

New in File Juggler 2.0.9 (Nov 28, 2017)

  • Solves a problem where "file contents does not contain..." condition would not work.
  • Solves a problem that would cause File Juggler to crash when editing a rule

New in File Juggler 2.0.8 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Solves a problem where "file contents does not contain..." condition would not work

New in File Juggler 2.0.7 (Nov 12, 2017)

  • Solves a problem that could cause File Juggler to crash on start. The installer would not upgrade the .NET framework as needed. This would cause File Juggler to crash when the required version of the .NET framework (version 4.6.2) was not installed.

New in File Juggler 2.0.5 (Oct 18, 2017)

  • Bugfixes:
  • A few minor fixes
  • Other changes:
  • Case sensitivity is optional in Regular Expression variables

New in File Juggler 2.0.4 (Oct 11, 2017)

  • File Juggler 2.0 has better options for extracting and using contents in documents. Configurable variables gives you improved flexibility when creating rules
  • Bug fixes:
  • A few minor bugs fixed
  • Other changes:
  • Better support for high DPI displays
  • New interface icons

New in File Juggler 2.0.3 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • File Juggler has better options for extracting and using contents in documents. Configurable variables gives you improved flexibility when creating rules.

New in File Juggler 2.0 Beta (Apr 24, 2017)

  • Extract regular expressions, text patterns and snippets from file contents and use to move, rename, etc.
  • Use wordlist and dictionary variables to simplify setup of rules
  • Extract date supports selecting occurrance of date and search directoion (top/bottom)
  • Customizable date and time format
  • Condition that checks if variables are available
  • Better log: searchable, logs evaluated files, uses less memory
  • Context menu back

New in File Juggler 1.3.20 (Nov 1, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Solves a problem where evaluation of folders wouldn't complete

New in File Juggler 1.3.18 (Sep 16, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Removes a selftest feature intended for the beta only

New in File Juggler 1.4 Beta 2 (Aug 8, 2016)

  • Better log: searchable, logs evaluated files, uses less memory

New in File Juggler 1.3.17 (Aug 3, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Better support for network drives and removable disks. If the folder File Juggler is watching doesn't exist, it will wait for it.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Solves a problem where monitoring would stop working, and rules needed to be restarted.

New in File Juggler 1.4 Beta 1 (Jun 1, 2016)

  • Using variables:
  • This beta version improves the way File Juggler can search for contents in documents, and use contents in actions. You can configure and use different types of custom variables that represent a snippet of content in your files.
  • Features in this beta:
  • Extract regular expressions, text patterns and snippets from file contents and use to move, rename, etc
  • Use wordlist and dictionary variables to simplify setup of rules
  • Extract date supports selecting occurrance of date and search directoion (top/bottom)
  • Customizable date and time format
  • Condition that checks if variables are available

New in File Juggler 1.3.16 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • Fixes an error that would cause File Juggler to crash frequently

New in File Juggler 1.3.15 (Mar 22, 2016)

  • Improved reporting of errors and minor problems

New in File Juggler 1.3.14 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Nicer layout on Windows 10
  • Shows progress in log when examining large folders
  • Added more audio variables
  • Bug fixes:
  • File contents "does not contain" works
  • Better reporting of crashes

New in File Juggler 1.3.12 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Nicer layout on Windows 10
  • Shows progress in log when examining large folders
  • Added more audio variables
  • Bug fixes:
  • File contents "does not contain" works
  • Better reporting of crashes

New in File Juggler 1.3.11 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Evernote authorization wasn't saved when restarting File Juggler

New in File Juggler 1.3.10 (May 22, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Solves problem where configuration file could be placed in wrong location
  • Crash when using the browse button for selecting directories in some cases
  • Pdf files are uploaded correctly to evernote

New in File Juggler 1.39 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Solves a problem where save file would be destroyed.
  • Bugfix: Changes to config save in 1.38 would cause crashes in new installs.

New in File Juggler 1.38 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Solves a problem where save file would be destroyed.

New in File Juggler 1.37 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • A few bugfixes

New in File Juggler 1.3.6 (Aug 12, 2014)

  • Improvement to date search in "file contents"
  • A few bugfixes

New in File Juggler 1.3.5 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Features:
  • Extract dates from pdf, word or text documents, and use them to rename, move or copy files
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed a problem where FJ could miss files, if they could not be read when evaluating them
  • Fixed a problem where deleted rules would not be stopped.

New in File Juggler 1.3.4 (Jun 26, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Move and copy has options to either rename, skip or overwrite, if the target file already exists.
  • If audio file doesn't contain tags, it uses "unknown artist" etc. instead of skipping file.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed a few potential crashes
  • Configuration could disappear on startup
  • Rules wouldn't update properly when editing, until FJ was restared
  • FJ could skip one or more files, when running a rule from the context menu.
  • The same file would be re-evaluated several times. This was especially a problem for "File Contains", because that evaluation can use a lot of resources for big files.

New in File Juggler 1.3.2 (Nov 4, 2013)

  • File Juggler 1.32 contains several bugfixes and improved stability. No new features, but I recommend upgrading, especially if you use "If file contains" with pdf files.

New in File Juggler 1.3.1 (Sep 7, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • File contents condition: Much improved method of reading PDF files.
  • File created/modified/accessed condition can be less than something, and you can select minutes.
  • Variables for rename/move/copy added:
  • Day, month and year for date variables
  • Longitude/latitude for gps data in image false
  • You can insert variables in target directory for the copy command
  • Option to reset a rule, making it process same files a second time.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Problem that can cause FJ to crash when editing rules is fixed.
  • File Explorer context menu extension: A problem with re-registering the extension when upgrading FJ, causing the menu extension to dissappear, is fixed for future versions. The problem might persist when upgrading to this version, in that case install, reboot and re-install a second time, and the problem should be gone for good.
  • Several minor bugs and possible crashes are fixed.

New in File Juggler 1.3.0 (Apr 13, 2013)

  • Upload files to Evernote
  • Select target notebook, and define tags for new notes.
  • Text files and word .docx documents are added to note as text, making them searchable in Evernote.
  • Basic formatting for markdown text files
  • Support for special characters:
  • Combine this feature with other file juggler features to get a really powerful automatic evernote uploader: Monitor several directories and upload files depending on their names, sizes, contents, etc. Move them to other diretories, afterwards and rename with an upload date or delete them etc.
  • Example:
  • Upload all pdf files that contains phone company name to bills notebook, and tag it phone bill. Then move uploaded file to uploaded folder, and rename it to [Original filename] uploaded [date].
  • "If file contains" condition:
  • Checks contents of pdf files, word .docx documents, and all types of text files.
  • Other:
  • Interface improvements, making rules easier to create and edit.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Run Command works better, any command you can use in regular command prompt works now
  • Solved problem with FJ making the Win+X menu unusable
  • Several minor problems fixed

New in File Juggler 1.2.0 (Jan 12, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Create and use rules from context menu in file explorer (See videos below)
  • Run Command action to run batch files, console applications
  • Other:
  • Notifies you of updates
  • Updates to trial run, trial is no longer limited to 30 days
  • Bug fixes:
  • Better handling of crash reports.
  • Fixed a possible crash when starting FJ