Raw Commands

The following raw command arguments have been added to Directory Opus 10.

CLI

• CLI DOSPROMPT – added admin and noadmin options to force elevated or non-elevated DOS prompts under UAC. Also added color= flag to set the background color and nocolor to prevent admin-mode prompt from being red by default.
• CLI QUICKRANGE – opens the FAYT field in range selection mode (the Index column must be displayed in the Lister).
• CLI QUICKSEARCH – opens the FAYT field in Windows Search mode.

Clipboard

• Clipboard PASTE COPYQUEUE – added COPYQUEUE argument to enable control of copy queue when pasting files. Similar to QUEUE argument for Copy command.

Close

• Close SYSTEM – added switch option to initiate fast user switching
• Close PROGRAM – added confirm option to confirm before exiting
• Close RESTART AUTOLISTER – added the AUTOLISTER switch for the Close RESTART command to control whether a Lister is automatically opened when Opus restarts.

ContextMenu

• ContextMenu EXTENDEDVERBS – list/run items that only appear when shift is held down. e.g. ContextMenu SHOWCMDS EXTENDEDVERBS to show the list; ContextMenu VERB="startpin" EXTENDEDVERBS to pin an item to the Windows 7 start menu (note that Windows Vista used the favpin verb instead).

Copy

• Copy MAKESFX – converts an existing Zip file to a self-extracting archive
• Copy INCLUDEINLIBRARY – adds folders to a library
• Copy QUEUE – by itself, initiates a Copy using automatic queuing. Specify a queue name for manual queuing, none to disable queuing, quiet to suppress the confirmation dialog. Use the shift parameter to specify alternate parameters when the SHIFT key is held down –  any options specified after the shift keyword will be used when SHIFT is down, and those before will be used normally.
• Copy UNATTENDED – allows an unattended Copy operation to be initiated without having to turn on the option in the progress dialog.
• Copy MAKELINK now supports the AS argument to specify the target filename
• Copy COPYOWNER – added COPYOWNER argument to control the copying of file owner information (overrides settings in Preferences).

CreateFolder

• CreateFolder NOSEL – prevents newly created folder from being selected
• CreateFolder ARCHIVE – create a new archive file, defaults to Zip – you can optionally specify a default format (e.g. CreateFolder ARCHIVE=7z). The ARCHIVEARGS argument lets you pass archive-specific configuration data through to the new archive; this is file-format dependent.
• CreateFolder COLLQUERY – create a new Stored Query collection

Delete

• Delete REMOVECOLLECTION command now takes the optional auto switch, which can let the one delete button work in both collections and normal folders. The new behaviour of this command is as follows:
  • Delete REMOVECOLLECTION: Same behaviour as before; this will remove files from a collection and will do nothing in a normal folder
  • Delete REMOVECOLLECTION=auto: This will remove from a collection when in a collection, and delete files when in a normal folder
  • Delete REMOVECOLLECTION=auto SHIFT: Removes when in a collection and Shift key not held down, deletes otherwise (delete will bypass the recycle bin due to normal operation of the SHIFT argument).
  • Delete REMOVECOLLECTION=auto SHIFT RECYCLE: Removes when in a collection and Shift key not held down, deletes to recycle bin otherwise.

Favorites

• Favorites ADD=alias lets you add a new Folder Alias programmatically. For example, Favorites ADD=alias NAME=MyAlias PATH=C:\Temp. If you leave the PATH argument out the current folder will be used.

Find

• Find QUERY – run a query in the current folder using Windows Search. Combine with the IN argument to specify the folders to search in.
• Find SAVEQUERY – save a Windows Search as a Stored Query collection.

Go

• Go NEW command has new optional metapane and nometapane switches to control the state of the Metapane in the new Lister.
• Go TABSELECT=home - resets a locked tab to its home folder
• Go GROUPCOLLAPSE – collapse a specified file group. You can specify the full name of the group to collapse or a wildcard pattern (e.g. Go GROUPCOLLAPSE=* to collapse all groups). You can also specify the index of a group, e.g. Go GROUPCOLLAPSE=?#10 to collapse the 10^th group.
• Go GROUPEXPAND – expand a specified file group (same as GROUPCOLLAPSE).
• Go ROOTTREE – this option will root the Folder Tree to the specified folder (e.g. Go C:\Temp NEW ROOTTREE)
• Go TABMOVE can split from the current tab to a dual display with the split parameter, or to a new Lister with the splitlister parameter. You can combine this with the PATH argument to specify a tab number to split from
• Go CONNECT can optionally take the UNC path of the network folder to map as an argument.
• Go EJECT can be used to eject CD/DVDs and other removable devices.
• Go FOLDERCONTENT has some new options to control the display of the file list produced – hideext (hide extensions), sortext (sort by extension), sortsize (sort by size), sortdate (sort by date), sortreverse (reverse the normal sort order). It also has copy and move options to make the generated list into copy or move buttons, and nomenusel and dblclickmenu to control the behaviour of submenu buttons.

Image

• The Image CONVERT command can take the new NOLOSSLESS parameter to disable lossless rotation.

Prefs

• Prefs BACKUP lets you automate the Preferences backup process. The BACKUP argument lets you specify which parts of your Preferences you wish to backup. Use the additional TO, PASSWORD, DESC and QUIET arguments to fully automate the process.
• Prefs RESTORE lets you automate the Preferences restore process. The RESTORE argument lets you specify which parts of your Preferences you wish to restore, and the FROM argument lets you specify a backup file to restore.
• Prefs LAYOUTIGNOREFORMATS and LAYOUTMOUSERELATIVE are used with the LAYOUT argument to control the ‘ignore formats’ and ‘mouse relative’ options of the specified Layout
• Prefs LAYOUTSAVE takes an optional noupdatesettings parameter which prevents it from remembering the settings specified in the Layout Save dialog box.

Properties

• Properties SETWALLPAPER – now supports fit and fill modes under Windows 7
• Properties SETLABEL command has replaced the old SETCOLOR command.

Select

• Select THIS - selects the file that currently has input focus
• Select RANGE – select a file by index or range. For example, Select RANGE = 1-10 to select files one through ten.
• Select LAST – select the last file in the list
• Select SOURCETODEST and DESTTOSOURCE have an optional noext argument which makes them ignore file extensions when considering which files to select

Set

• Set METAPANE – show or hide the metapane
• Set METAPANESIZE – control metapane size
• Set GROUPBY – control file grouping in the current file display
• Set GROUPREVERSE – reverse the order of file groups
• Set GLOBALHIDEFILENAME – edit the global hide filename filter
• Set GLOBALHIDEFOLDERS – edit the global hide folder filter
• Set GLOBALHIDEFILTER – turn the global hide filter on or off
• Set GLOBALHIDEHIDDEN – change the state of the global filter for files marked Hidden
• Set LISTERPOS – change the position of the current lister (similar to Set LISTERSIZE).
• Set TREEROOT – lets you temporarily root the Folder Tree to an arbitrary folder
• Set GRIDLINES – lets you make temporary changes to the gridlines settings in the current file display
• Set QUICKFILTER – by itself, opens the Filter Bar and gives it focus. With a pattern specified, applies that as the filter pattern. This has replaced the old Set VIEWFILTER command.
• Set QUICKFILTERFLAGS – toggle on/off the hide/show files/folders options for the Filter Bar
• Set QUICKFILTERCLEAR – clear the current quick filter, hide the Filter Bar unless it is set to always be visible
• Set QUICKFILTER=!prev – lets you restore the previous quick filter in the current file display

SetAttr

• SetAttr ZIPCOMMENT – use when inside a zip file to set the comment for the file
• SetAttr META – change file metadata (see below)

Show

• Show LISTSIBLINGS lets you force the standalone viewer to generate a list of next / previous files (normally it only does this on double-click if the Preferences option is on).
• Show SLIDESHOW begins a slideshow automatically of either the selected images (if there are any), or all images in the current folder if nothing is selected.

Toolbar

• Toolbar STATE – added floatactive option that lets you float a Toolbar and make it active
• Toolbar RESETDEFAULTS – resets toolbars to the default settings.