What's new in M3U Dropper 0.741
Oct 8, 2012
- Bug Fixed: Right clicking and exploring a file works as intended when the filename has an internal comma or is on a \\server
- https:// is no longer stripped from filenames when links are dropped from browsers
- Added F8 as a hotkey for "Clear Config File"
- When config (*.m3udrop) files are saved to the same drive as M3U Dropper.exe, all references to the file are relative
New in M3U Dropper 0.74 (May 7, 2012)
- Button added to "Select Matching," which resets selected files and launches a new instance with matching files
- Launched program instances inherit the folder drop and find settings of the parent instance
New in M3U Dropper 0.73 (Aug 4, 2011)
- Reformatted the "Link Summary" dialog
- Rearranged the Check menu
- Added a menu item that launches the Hot Keys html file
New in M3U Dropper 0.72 (May 8, 2011)
- //network/ link locations are now also fully relative when "Create Portable Playlists" is selected
- "Repeat these choices" is working as intended when multiple folders are dropped simultaneously
- "Create Portable Playlists" now defaults to false when the program is first run
New in M3U Dropper 0.71 (Apr 23, 2011)
- The background color for alternate list rows is user selectable
- File references in playlist files are fully relative and not just drive-less when "Create Portable Playlists" is selected. This functionality was in earlier versions, but was mistakenly dropped when creating non-portable playlists was implemented.
- Check related menu items were moved to a new sub-menu
- Replace moved to the Edit menu
New in M3U Dropper 0.701 (Apr 12, 2011)
- Check/Uncheck Matching menu items are working correctly
- The state of "Create Portable Playlists" is remembered between Preferences dialog popups
New in M3U Dropper 0.7 (Apr 10, 2011)
- All menu-based program options are now consolidated in a Preferences dialog box
- Issue relating to drive letters when saving playlists to arbitrary drives resolved
- Double clicking a file uses a fully qualified pathname when portable playlists is not selected
- Launched new instances inherit the default media player and media player list from the current instance
New in M3U Dropper 0.661 (Jan 25, 2011)
- Added a dialog showing the progress of folder drops
- The File menu has a maximum of eight recently opened .m3udrop files.
- If the app is started with an .m3udrop file on the command line, it is reflected in the window title.
- When the the configuration file is cleared, the app title is changed if needed.
- Non-portable playlists can be generated
- Brutal error found, fixed: ., .. and all sub-folders were being added as links in recursive folder drops when *.* or * or *anything that matches a folder* was one of the file specifications
New in M3U Dropper 0.65 (Jan 3, 2011)
- The drop location indicator line is more accurate
- Duplicate drops from browsers are now dropped instead of automatically skipped
- Added tooltip text to the "find matching files" dialog
- All dialogs use a slightly larger font
- init_filename in .m3udrop files has no path if it's in the same folder as the .exe file (e.g. it's 100% portable, not just drive-less)
New in M3U Dropper 0.64 (Nov 30, 2010)
- If only one file is selected, Edit->Paste now inserts list items above the currently selected item instead of to the top of the list
- File opens now default to *.m3udrop instead of "M3U Dropper.m3udrop"
New in M3U Dropper 0.63 (Nov 4, 2010)
- Added a "Clear Selections, Then Select" button to "Select Matching Files"
New in M3U Dropper 0.62 (Sep 23, 2010)
- More toolbar icons added
- "Open Playlist File" has a dropdown list for imported playlist file types
- The file list has alternating row colors
- Added "Sort By Path, Then Randomize" option
New in M3U Dropper 0.61 (Sep 15, 2010)
- Dropdown list added to the file save dialog for creating various playlist file types
- Cut/Copy/Paste implemented using \r\n delimited unicode text
New in M3U Dropper 0.6 (Sep 12, 2010)
- "Select/unselect matching" can search either filenames or the full path
- The window on top menu setting is correctly reset when an .m3udrop file is opened
- Recent files with relative paths now open correctly if the app is started via the command line with an .m3udrop file in a random location
- Added a "Clear config file" option, which clears the name of the current configuration file so it won't be overwritten when the app exits
- Added a dialog describing select/unselect results
New in M3U Dropper 0.592 (Sep 8, 2010)
- Select/unselect matching items remembers the previous state
- Text edit in select/unselect matching changed to a dropdown list
- Select/unselect matching can use multiple search texts, separated by semicolons (e.g. grateful dead;mozart;live)
- Playlist imports fixed
New in M3U Dropper 0.591 (Aug 31, 2010)
- "Select matching" now searches the full path rather than the filename
- Added "Unselect matching" function
- The list of previously selected custom media players correctly refreshes
- Removed the sort icons from the toolbar, as clicking on the column headers has the same effect and they were ugly
New in M3U Dropper 0.59 (Aug 27, 2010)
- he link list can be displayed in a user-selectable font
- Toolbar added, which can be hidden
- Changed the behavior of "Focus next selected"
- Added "Focus previous selected"
- Split the "Misc" menu into two menus
- Sorting by full path now sorts by folder/filename instead of the complete path, which is a bit slower but more accurate
- Note: sorts are not case sensitive
- Added "New instance with selected" feature, which launches another instance of the app with the selected items only
- The source code download .zip file is now encapsulated in a folder
New in M3U Dropper 0.58 (Aug 20, 2010)
- "Remove duplicates" no longer redraws the entire list
- Filename column added
- Switched the hotkey for "reverse selected" to Ctrl+D; menu item hot key also changed
- Bug fixed: Windowplacement was not being saved to .m3udrop files except when the program exited
- Changed item edit (F2) to a dialog from edit-in-place
- Folder links are launched generically (not to the selected media player)
- Added a right click context menu
- \\Network file locations now launch correctly
New in M3U Dropper 0.577 (Aug 20, 2010)
- Implemented "remove duplicates" which was in the v0.576 menu but undone
- &'s in imported .wpl files are translated back to just &'s
New in M3U Dropper 0.576 (Aug 20, 2010)
- Fixed a very obscure ini_map bug relating to checking for quoted strings when a key existed but there was no string
- media_players_list, use_default_media_player, and default_media_player are reset whenever an .m3udrop file is opened
- Enter now launches the current list item if the list is focused and only one item is selected
- On a folder drop, SetFocus() is called
- App is now compiled with Visual Studio 2010, .sln file updated
New in M3U Dropper 0.563 (Aug 20, 2010)
- Fixed a rather aggregious relative file error
New in M3U Dropper 0.562 (Aug 20, 2010)
- added a "use winebrowser as the media player" note in the help->usage dialog
New in M3U Dropper 0.56 (Aug 20, 2010)
- Generated playlist files are now relative to where the file is saved, rather than relative to GetModuleFilename()
New in M3U Dropper 0.51 (Aug 20, 2010)
- adjusted the drop point down by one for http:, ftp:, file: links
- Bug fixed: Replace would hang if there was no to be replaced text
New in M3U Dropper 0.42 (Aug 20, 2010)
- fixed the line drop indicator (wasn't working properly against selected items)
New in M3U Dropper 0.41 (Aug 20, 2010)
- various small changes, like keeping the active item visible
- very slightly changed the randomize function
New in M3U Dropper 0.40 (Aug 20, 2010)
- Config now saves the selected state of a list (which is restored on a load)
- added a "Select Checked" menu item
- added a "unselect all" menu item
- all Shift+ key handlers are now Ctrl+ (conflicted with built -in actions)
- drops to the top of the list now work
- the selected item is set to the first dropped item after a drop
- created a case-insensitive CString replace function, used it in the Replace dialog
- when erasing a drop line indicator, uses a selected or background color, as appropriate
- drop line indicator seems work more or less perfectly now
- added .pls file support
- Note: links in .pls files include a drive letter if the links start with a \ (e.g., they aren't fully portable)
- VLC & WMP were choking on relative links
New in M3U Dropper 0.33 (Aug 20, 2010)
- still not entirely sure the drop indicator is always in the correct position
New in M3U Dropper 0.32 (Aug 20, 2010)
- Added the Misc menu
- the listbox now resizes with the dialog
- x64 solution added
- version 0.30 & 0.31 released
- randomize function added
- edit item function added
- visible drop point indicator added