Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes for 8.2.2.5 (21 October & Nov 14 2006)

• FTP - Fixed problem with recursive CHMOD commands (Nov 14)
• FTP – Fixed Command SetAttr CHMOD=ogw where ogw is in Octal. E.g. 644 (Nov 14)
• 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_USER\Software\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\Config\User
          (String) AutoSelectFirstFile = ""

Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes for 8.2.2.4 (23 August July 2006)

• SFTP - enabled setting of Network and Display preferences for SSH connections.
• FTP – Changed link handling routines to better estimate whether the link is to a folder or file.
• FTP/ SFTP Added support for Owner and Group fields. To use, just add the Owner and Group columns to the FTP Lister display format.
• Custom icon routines shown to cause anomalies on some systems when the system ShellIconLIst was accessed. Custom icon routines are now DISABLED by default with the Registry variable below. If you wish to enable support for Custom icons, delete this registry variable.
• Updated support for Nokia PC Suite 6.8.22
• Fixed a problem with initial display of icons in Explorer-style Icon and List view modes.

Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes for 8.2.2.3 (14 July 2006)

• Fixed problem with ‘New Lister’ from Desktop menu which did not work correctly if Opus was not running – caused by anomaly with new custom icon routines.
• Improved support for Icons and Custom icons. Under Windows 2000 the custom icon support could cause incorrect display of normal icons. For any OS, there is a new registry variable to control the custom icon support. Since replacement icons systems are known to cause some issues, although Opus now can support them, custom icon support is disabled by default. If you wish to enable the custom icons routines you will need to remove this key-
      HHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GPSoftware\Directory Opus
          (String) NoIconTrickery = "1"
• SFTP Fixed problems with
  • Fixed problem with Double-Click on files not responding.
  • Fixed problem of viewing of GIF images in the Lister viewer panel.
  • Added more informative details when site reconnects after abort etc
• Fixed problem with pdftext.dll plug-in creating zero byte files if the file name contained Chinese/Japanese (Unicode) characters.
• FTP fixed problem with eastern European characters in Unicode version.
• Fixed problem with incorrect display of MP3 details.
• Fixed a very rare anomaly where under certain specific circumstances the deletion of a folder to the Recycle Bin could cause Opus to consume 100% of CPU time.
• FTP fixed CDUP after a timeout / reconnect did not connect to correct folder

Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes for 8.2.2.2 (22 June 2006)

• Now supports custom shell icons (programs such as IconPacker, BeeIcons, etc).
• Improved support for the Nokia Data Suite namespace extension.
• Now handles bitmap images that have been saved with an invalid biSizeImage field.
• Fixed memory leak when aborting the loading of JPEG images.
• Added support for Canon SD700 IXUS 800 Exif ISO settings.
• Fixed plug-in for Movie Player to support .divx file formats
• Fixed FTP issue with SKIP/Abort uploads and excessive reconnection on SSH/FTP on reconnect.
• Fixed occasional error in SSH/SFTP on retry of existing partial files.
• Fixed error displaying tags from MP3 files with only ID3v1 tags.
• Added full support for UTF-8, UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE encoded tags in MP3 files.
• Included new version of Nudel's JP2RAW Viewer plug-in. Updated DCRaw code/port to version 1.326 (2006/05/18 06:34:26). This means we support several additional camera formats as well as Adobe DNG. You should add .dng to the list of Raw extensions if upgrading from a previous version.
  See here for further details.

Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes for 8.2.2.1 (5 May 2006)

• Added full support for UTF-8, UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE encoded tags in MP3 files.
• Fixed problem with Genre tag in ID3v2-tagged MP3 files (now supports (X) format where X references a genre from the ID3v1 spec).
• Fixed problem with mouse wheel not being passed through to correct file display when multiple tabs were open.
• Changing the language now updates several default context menu items that were not being updated correctly.
• Fixed a problem that occurred when renaming using file information with multiple files in flatview with the same filename.
• File information rename extended with the addition of the {parent} code to reference the name of the parent folder. {parent} (or {parent1} returns the name of the parent folder, {parent2} returns the parent's parent, {parent3} returns the parent's parent's parent, etc.
• Fixed a problem when deleting non-empty folders from some NAS devices (the folder would disappear from the list but would not actually be deleted).
• FTP: Fixed issue where a failed Passive (PASV) connection would retry using Active connection (PORT) but not correctly read the initial folder.

Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes for 8.2.2.0 (31 March 2006)

• Fixed error that would cause Opus to fail to copy descript.ion files in subfolders if description handling was turned off.

• Fixed problem with PDF metadata in ANSI version.

• Fixed error with ActiveSync Mobile Device namespace (pressing F2 to rename would erroneously transfer the file data).

• Duplicate File Finder multiple drive search now works.

• New Office Toolbar provided which should work for all versions of Office irrespective of install location.

• Owner field is now available in file collections.

• Improved support for Microsoft's WebDav namespace. Opus now supports most normal file system commands for WebDav.

• FTP: Modified Site-Site code to better support failure from a server to support FXP.

• FTP: Improved Abort mechanism to be instantly responsive to user input.

• SFTP: Fixed issues with SSH for recursive directory crash and multiple connections.

• SFTP: Now more reliable and also more informative when connection fails.

• FTP: Fixed problem with recursive rename failure to detect correct folder.

• FTP: Added Preferences settings and ability to turn off commands for FEAT and Resume.

Miscellaneous Changes and Bug Fixes for version 8.2.1.0 (30 January 2006)

• Fixed visual problem in context menus with third party extensions that use icons larger than the standard 16x16 size (e.g. BitZipper)

• Fixed problem with Tab Groups and My Documents folder. If you have My Documents assigned to a tab in a tab group, then selecting that tab now expands the tree to the correct location (the "virtual" My Documents rather than the real folder under C:\Documents and Settings...)

• Fixed potential crash in context menus when third-party extensions add extremely long menu items. Very long menu labels are now automatically truncated to prevent the menu from being absurdly large.

• Added "DST Compensation" option to the Synchronize function. When enabled, time differences of exactly one hour are ignored to compensate for different handling of daylight savings time between FAT/FAT32 and NTFS drives.

• PDF metadata (author, subject, title) is now extracted from PDF files and displayed in the appropriate Lister columns (note that this uses a new version of pdftext.dll which must be present in the Viewers sub-directory for this to work)

• When renaming using MP3 file information it is now possible to pad the "tracks" field with leading zeroes if desired. e.g., {mp3track|#2} would pad the track field to two digits.

• Added a link to the "Getting to know Directory Opus" online tutorial to the default Help menu, and also to the Splash screen.

• Modified the behavior of the "Ignore seconds" option in the Synchronize function. This option now takes into account times which have "rolled over" to the next minute because of file system peculiarities (e.g. 20:44:59 -> 20:45:00).

• Fixed problem with PicaView thumbnails in context menu introduced in minor update.

• Modified the copy function to update progress display less often, particularly on large files.

• Thumbnails can now be displayed for .otf font files.

• Fixed problem with rename function incorrectly deselecting files that didn't match the rename pattern.

• Fixed a crash that could occur if you attempted to convert an image to a PNG file within a corrupt zip file.

• Added support for namespace extensions that are initialized on folder junction points (e.g. AudioManage)

• Toolbar fields no longer lose input focus when the alt key is pressed and released (this is to support Swedish users who need to use the alt key to type a backslash).

• Fixed a problem with Go NEWTAB=findexisting which stopped this command from working on subsequent folders if a prior folder was already open in a tab.

• Fixed a crash when rotating GIF images to the right (using the animgif plugin)

• FTP Changes:
  * Fixed anomaly for small files on fast connections which could result in 0 byte files.
  * FTP: Fixed Login to Virgin (upload.virgin.net) not following RFC 859 standards.
  * Fixed crash when connecting to a new SFTP sites from an existing SFTP site.
  * Updated handling of file times to extract full dates from file attributes instead of using traditional FTP UNIX LS file times. Unix FTP times only accurate for current year. Opus now displays times accurate to HH:MM 1/1/1970. Uploaded files now also now preserve the Access and Modified file times.
  * Fixed problem in local Lister display of uploaded file times and time zones.
  * Fixed problem with setting timestamps recursively on folders.

• Added a warning note about Zone Alarm to registration wizard. (See FAQ on the DOpus Resource Centre for details.

Changes 8.2.0.2 October 31, 2005

• Fixed a crash in the Unicode version when displaying the Description of Zip files when the description was more than 4096 characters long.

• With the "Copy file descriptions" option enabled, moving a folder containing files with descriptions to another physical device would fail to move the descript.ion file, which would then trigger an error when attempting to remove the original folder.

• The /desktop alias was broken, going to the user's profile desktop folder rather than the virtual folder.

• Column widths specified in Favorite Formats were being ignored.

• The space used/space free display in the status bar did not correctly identify drives mounted on folders on other drives (and so displayed the space for the host drive rather than the actual drive)

Version 8.2 changes notes

GPSoftware's policy of continual ongoing development saw the release of Version 8.2 in mid-2005. This was a major update supplied free for all registered users of Directory Opus 8.x. It added a number of new features plus many smaller changes and bug fixes in this release. Full details of the changes are available in the Opus 82 Changes PDF document available here.

In summary, the major new features include:

• New File Filter Control
  There is a new File Filter control for Opus toolbars. The File Filter Field is similar to the Show Files and associated fields, but much more powerful. It has a drop-down menu that lets you change its behavior on-the-fly – you can choose from Files Only, Folders Only, or Both Files & Folders. You can also select Show or Hide on-the-fly. Also it supports Real Time Filtering, where the list is updated in real time as the filter is edited, as well as Partial Match.
• Dynamic Thumbnail Resizing
  Opus now supports dynamic thumbnail resizing. When enabled, it allows you to resize thumbnails displayed in the current Lister on-the-fly, without the thumbnails having to be regenerated. A double-click on the thumbnail size slider resets the thumbnails to the default size set in Preferences.
• Rename
  The Advanced Rename dialog now lets you rename files using meta data information from the files themselves. It is possible to use any of the Lister information fields as input for the Rename routine – for example, file date, mp3 tag information, EXIF tags, etc. For example, you could rename MP3 files using their tags similar to {mp3album} - {mp3artist} - {mp3title}.mp3.
• Navigation Lock
  When the new Navigation Lock is enabled in a dual-display Lister, navigation that takes place in one file display (double-click, parent, back, forwards) is also mirrored if possible in the second file display. For example, double-clicking a sub-folder in the left file display would also enter that sub-folder in the right file display if a sub-folder of the same name exists there. The same applies to Up, Back and Forwards.
• Favorites
  The Favorites list in Preferences now supports right-click to display a context menu for entries. It is now also possible to assign hotkeys to Favorite entries, using the Key button in the Preferences editor. Pressing an assigned hotkey reads the folder into the current source file display.
• New Lister columns
  There is a new Size On Disk column to display the actual disk space used by a file or folder. This is particularly useful with compressed files and folders. This column is available as Auto, Bytes or KB (same as other size fields).
• Inline rename
  Pressing F2 when in inline rename mode now cycles between selection of the name, the extension and all (equivalent to pressing Ctrl-N, Ctrl-E and Ctrl-A). If file extensions are hidden in the Lister, pressing Ctrl-E in inline rename now reveals the hidden extension allowing it to be modified.
• Sorting
  When sorting by multiple columns you can now set a different sort direction for each field - for example, sort by modified date forwards and size in reverse. When in multi-column sort mode an additional sort arrow is displayed at the left of the column header – this allows you to control the “global” reverse state.
  You can now configure the default sort direction for each Lister field and it is now possible to specify a list of filename prefixes that are ignored when sorting alphabetically.

Previous versions: New Features and Changes summary for version 8.1

In summary, the major new features include:

• Unicode Support
  Directory Opus now has full Unicode support. Unicode is only supported for the later Windows Operating systems for Windows NT/2000/XP and above. Unicode allows Directory Opus to handle files and folder names containing non-Western characters.
  Two versions of Directory Opus will now be offered, Unicode and ANSI. Although we have no benchmarks comparing the performance of the different versions, the ANSI version may be faster and will certainly use less memory than the Unicode version – therefore, if you have no need for Unicode, we recommend that you should use the standard ANSI version.
• New Folder Tabs
  There is now a set of Folder Tabs attached to each file display (so in a dual-display Lister there are two sets of tabs). By default the tabs are always visible, even when there is only one tab open, but a Preferences setting lets you hide the tabs until they are needed.
• Support for Google Desktop Search
  If you have the Google Desktop Search tool installed, this is now integrated into the Directory Opus Find tool. If GDS is present a third tab will be added to the Find dialog letting you access the Google search. The results are displayed in the Find dialog or in a Lister as a collection as normal.
• New Status Bar bar graphs
• FTP New Features
  * Added full support for setting remote date of uploaded files (MDTM) for SSH.
  * Added support for remote file names which are illegal under Windows, containing characters such as colon ':’ (for example on Linux systems). Now, Opus will display these in the FTP Lister and copy them by replacing the illegal character(s) with a hyphen '-'.
  * Added support for non-routable addresses in Passive connections. Opus will now connect to servers running behind NAT firewalls which return addresses such as 192.168.0.x and other non-routable addresses by assuming connections to the actual site address.