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PAR Buddy Changelog

What's new in PAR Buddy 2.80

Apr 1, 2011
  • "Hide in monitors list when inactive" option in Monitors.
  • "Show all monitors" button in Monitors toolbar.
  • Auto clear finished sets in Monitors (Monitors->Advanced).
  • "QuickAdd to monitor" in PAR Browser contect menu. Allows for manually adding sets much faster.
  • "Allow in PAR Wizard" option in monitors expanded to include PAR Browser QuickAdd menu.
  • Improved "Monitor Set - Change Destination" form.
  • "Retry monitor sets failed with dest. not found" button in main toolbar.
  • Added "Retry now (Ignore spam)" functionality is various places.
  • "Run Now" option in PAR Wizard
  • Logging functionality in Settings. Supports themes.
  • "Flatten destination folder" option for monitors and job options.
  • "Normalize folder name" option in Monitors - trims unwanted parts of folder names. Configurable in Settings.
  • Monitors are now automaticly selected after adding or copying.
  • "Delete Files" now support multiple sets in monitors.
  • "Delete Files" function in PAR Browser via context menu.
  • Open Source/Destination buttons in result form.
  • Improved activity log - more icon types to indicate type of activity.
  • "PAR Processing" group in settings.
  • Support for multithreaded (tbb) version of PAR2.EXE in both 32 and 64 bit versions (Settings->PAR Processing).
  • Possible to set CPU priority for par2 application (Settings->PAR Processing).
  • New PAR2 processing with progress bar and info in activity log.
  • Improved checking after editing or adding monitors.
  • Improved wildcard checking - exact match supported.
  • Rewritten internal destination folder handling.
  • Default monitor retry value changed from 3 to 1 and Retry delay min. changed from 15 to 10 minutes.
  • Expanded result details form to always include par2.exe output.
  • Bug-fix: monitor list was not updated correctly after distination folder og sources were changed.
  • Various cosmetic changes and some function names modified

New in PAR Buddy 2.70 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • PAR Browser tab - a new way of adding PAR sets to queue and monitors.
  • Full RAR Archive password support with global and monitor password lists.
  • Anti-Spam support - block sets which contains suspect files.
  • "Use other sub-folder" setting in PAR Wizard (Monitor).
  • Unwanted Files and Related Files settings in monitors.
  • Improved wildcard management.
  • Internal NFO viewer - a very simple one for now
  • simplified main toolbar and added new toolbars for each list.
  • "Clear lists" button added to main toolbar and each list toolbar.
  • New settings dialog.
  • New system tray icon animation for unpacking files.
  • Cosmetic changes made to PAR Wizard
  • PARBuddy.ini support to configure settings/monitor file location.
  • Settings/monitor import improved.
  • Various toolbar and list icons changed
  • Lots of other small and cosmetic changes.
  • Critical bug-fix: "Test RAR" caused tempoary files to be created and not deleted. Feature removed

New in PAR Buddy 2.60 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • Support for joining split files.
  • Cross-monitor logic with priorites ensures that PAR sets are only processed by one (and desired) monitor.
  • "Delete Files" feature for monitor sets allows easy deleting of target and PAR files.
  • New settings/monitors data format. Old data will be converted automaticly on first start.
  • Settings/monitors are automaticly backed up. Max one backup pr. month.
  • "Copy Monitor" in monitor context menu - make copy of existing monitor.
  • "Copy set name to clipboard" in monitor-set context menu.
  • "Do full clean-up in source folder" and "Do full clean-up in destination folder" options in Settings.
  • Set Name shown in Activity List and icon indicating info/error.
  • Tooltips for items in monitor set list - will display longer status discription.
  • "Join Files" tab in Settings with a single option.
  • Last used method (and monitor) is now remembered in PAR Wizard.
  • "Check RAR archives before unpacking" option in Settings.
  • Monitors are checked for existing set before manually adding new set to the queue.
  • Improved handling of failed RAR unpacking. Files are no longer locked on CRC errors.
  • Destinations folders created by jobs are now deleted if the job fails.
  • Column-sizes in Activity list are now remembered.
  • Recoding of monitor/check logic - improved handling of wizard added set, paused set, and genereal checking.
  • General improvements made to responsiveness in monitor and queue activity (less delays).
  • Monitor form improved and Schedule tab added.
  • Disabling auto check on monitors will prompt the user to clear all active sets.
  • Monitor "Enabled" changed to "Automatic check for new/changed set".
  • New option "Allow in PAR Wizard" option added.
  • Selected path is used by default when browing for new.
  • Double clicking on item in monitor set list will open "Set destination folder" window.
  • "Set destination folder" item relocated in monitor sets toolbar and context menu.
  • Minor bug-fix reg. dropping PAR file on main window.
  • Various bug-fixes and improvements

New in PAR Buddy 2.51 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • "Display sets with min. PAR2 file" option in monitor to allow hiding of monitor sets in list which have insufficient number of PAR2 files.
  • Possible to use command-line options for file manager in Settings.
  • Option in "Settings" to force PAR Buddy to always ask user before closing the program.
  • New option in settings (Advanced tab) "Disable test-write before unpacking/moving files".
  • More timer values added to "Set timer" window.
  • Tips added to advanced monitor settings settings to help understand options.
  • Mouse curser now change to wait-state when checking for folders.
  • Bug-fix: "Use timer" setting in Wizard was not remembered.
  • And a few cosmetic changes

New in PAR Buddy 2.50 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • New Wizard for adding PAR2 files to job queue, etc.
  • Possible to watch PAR2 sets with monitor (available in the new Wizard)
  • New notification windows and options in Settings.
  • Support for making folder cover file (folder.jpg).
  • Support for checking SFV files for related files ("Related Files" tab in "Settings"). Off by default.
  • Now compatible with 64 bit Windows XP and Vista.
  • New logo and animated system tray icon.
  • Folder Cover panel in "Monitors" tab (show/hide by clicking on toolbar button).
  • Possible to pause monitor sets.
  • Possible to manually set specific destination folder for monitor sets.
  • Parts panel in "Monitors" tab (show/hide by clicking on toolbar button).
  • Various improvements made to monitor file/set-check logic.
  • Monitor sets will be re-activated if missing target files arrive.
  • Availability of destination folder is checked before unpacking/moving and error message/icon is used.
  • Support for selecting multiple monitor sets and perform retry, delete, etc. actions.
  • "Enabled" option added to Monitor.
  • Monitors with finished sets are marked with small green orb in list.
  • Main window position/size is now (finally) correctly remembered.
  • Selected monitor set is now kept when list is refreshed.
  • Changes made to monitor set toolbar and context menu.
  • Missing files for multi-volume RAR files will no longer stop PAR Buddy and show prompt.
  • possible to avoid creating destination folders when adding files to job queue or settings monitor job options.
  • Job queue options are now saved (optional).
  • Description for various options in settings made more understandable.
  • Improvements made to "Job Results" window. PAR2 output now displayed correctly.
  • Improved error handling.
  • New UNRAR.DLL
  • Logitech G15 LCD support removed due to instabilities on some systems. May return in future version.
  • "Auto minimize on add" option removed. May return in future version.
  • Bug-fix: "Open Source/Destination Folder" only worked if QuickPAR was configured.
  • Various cosmetic changes and improvements

New in PAR Buddy 2.30 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • Support for Logitech G15 keyboard LCD screen for displaying status and progress info.
  • "Retry/Queue set now" function in monitors to allow manually retry/start jobs.
  • Set-age filtering in monitors.
  • "Delete empty source folders" option in monitors.
  • Progress bar is used when jobs are moving files.
  • Bugfix reg. startup folder.
  • Improved logging.
  • Various small improvements

New in PAR Buddy 2.20 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • New option in Settings : "Delete to Windows Recycle Bin"
  • New option in settings : "Select Queue tab after manualy adding job"
  • New action in monitor set menu: "Clear complete"
  • New action in monitor set menu: "Retry set now"
  • New action in monitor set menu: "Remove set"
  • PAR sets what are finished as "incomplete", are reactivated when new/changed PAR files are detected.
  • "Sub-folder filters" in monitors.
  • Progress bar in status-line when unpacking RARs and tray icon text is updated.
  • "Max. sub-folder levels" settings in monitors.
  • New "white orbs" icon is displayed for sets in monitor which does not have enough PAR files.
  • Tray icon changes to indicate job processing and when PAR Buddy is paused.
  • Tray context-menu for faster access to Pause, Settings, Add Job, etc.
  • Dedicated toolbar for monitor set list.
  • New "Target Files" feature in monitor set list makes it possible to list target files in a set.
  • New columns in Monitor details list : "Blocks" "Result", "Destination Folder"
  • New "Result details" feature in monitor details list.
  • Double-click in monitor details list brings up "Result details"
  • Resized list columns widths and monitor list height are remembered.
  • Temp-file is now placed in TEMP folder or "application data" folder. Should solve some Vista issues.
  • Changed status texts in monitor set list.
  • Improved reporting in Activity Log.
  • New UNRAR.DLL.
  • Many other minor changes.

New in PAR Buddy 2.01 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • BUG FIX : Monitors would unpack files to invalid locations if no different destination was set.
  • Improved PAR file detection.
  • "Please donate" text is shown in status line and a button added to toolbar.

New in PAR Buddy 2.0 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • Advanced monitor feature with filters/rules allow to automaticky check/repair PAR, unpack RAR, etc.
  • Configurable pop-up notifications with sound effects when jobs are finished.
  • NFO file detection and support for NFO viever in Settings.
  • "View NFO" command in context menus.
  • "Open source folder" and "Open destination folder" commands in context menus.
  • "Retry with QuickPAR" command in context menus.
  • Tips added to "Wildcard" dialog.
  • "Blocks" added to Complete/Incomplete/Errors lists and result dialog.
  • Improved progress info in status-line.
  • Improved and simplified info in activity log.
  • Improved PAR2 check/repair result parsing.
  • Many minor improvements, fixes and cosmetic changes.