List of changes (version 4.51 - 4.52)

List of changes (version 4.52 - 4.51) is a list of changes to Total Commander since version 4.52 until the release of version 4.51. The list starts at the latest change and goes back in time.

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List of changes (version 4.52 - 4.51)

(15.01.01) Release Windows Commander 4.52

• (10.01.01) Fixed: Enlarged search dialog
• (07.01.01) Fixed: Close print dir dialog when pressing ESC also when cursor on a combobox or button

(05.01.01) Release Windows Commander 4.52 RC3

• (03.01.01) Fixed: Drag&Drop didn't work correctly with two file windows above each other
• (02.01.01) Fixed: FTP upload/download in background: don't put Wincmd in foreground for every file when user has selected overwrite all or skip all
• (02.01.01) Fixed: Click on item, then select with Spacebar didn't update footer (total size display)
• (02.01.01) Fixed: Compare by contents, problems with files having more than 32'768 lines (Win9x)
• (02.01.01) Added: Mirror lister menu in Hebrew version
• (29.12.00) Fixed: Error message when no printer installed

(28.12.00) Release Windows Commander 4.52 RC2

• (28.12.00) Fixed: Problems resizing drive buttonbar when changing display resolution
• (23.12.00) Fixed: 16 bit: Problems in HTML viewer with external links and images
• (21.12.00) Fixed: Disabled loading of system-default drive icons, because of problems with CD-ROMs (auto-run may cause other icon)
• (21.12.00) Fixed: Lister: Update percent also when scrolling with mouse tracking

(20.12.00) Release Windows Commander 4.52 RC1

• (20.12.00) Fixed: Rename in ZIP: Changing only upper-/lowercase didn't work
• (20.12.00) Fixed: 16 bit: Removed 'Unicode' from search dialog (not supported)
• (20.12.00) Fixed: 16 bit: Removed 'Unicode' from Lister menu in 16 bit version (not supported)
• (17.12.00) Fixed: Alt+F10 Tree dialog not resizable in 16 bit version (same for change start menu dialog)
• (17.12.00) Fixed: 'Save position' in vertical alignment mode
• (15.12.00) Fixed: Print dialog: 'Duplex' not translated
• (15.12.00) Fixed: Tree dialog (Alt+F10): Print button not translated
• (15.12.00) Fixed: Tree dialog (Alt+F10): Quick search no longer worked

(14.12.00) Release Windows Commander 4.52 beta 3

• (13.12.00) Added: Lister: Select double byte characters (e.g. Chinese) only as a whole
• (13.12.00) Added: Lister: Copy text of other code pages to the clipboard, also on Windows 2000
• (13.12.00) Added: Alt+F10 tree dialog: Dialog box now resizable, size stored automatically
• (13.12.00) Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], spacemovesdown=1 when selecting with <SPACEBAR>, move cursor to next file (as when selecting with Insert)
• (13.12.00) Added: Backspace to go to previous document (e.g. in HTML viewer after clicking on a link)
• (10.12.00) Added: Copy files: set custom block size (default=32k): wincmd.ini [Configuration] copyblocksize=32 (size given in kbytes)
• (10.12.00) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Call message loop during compare by contents
• (10.12.00) Fixed: Synchronize dirs crash when deleting file during 'compare by contents'
• (08.12.00) Added: Support for transparent proxy servers without proxy name for FTP
• (06.12.00) Added: Support HTML files containing chr(0) characters (end of string)
• (06.12.00) Fixed: Follow internal links pointing to the same document, e.g. test.htm#link1 without reloading the page
• (05.12.00) Fixed: Installer (32 bit): Allow to overwrite read-only files (ask user first)
• (05.12.00) Added: Synchronize dirs: Asymmetric mode: Copy only from left to right, files only on right are deleted -> new icon [x]
• (05.12.00) Fixed: Files - Associate: Auto-add "%1" with double quotes for 32-bit apps
• (05.12.00) Fixed: FTP: Edit remote file with F4 - if file modified and connection lost, reconnect AND re-upload file
• (05.12.00) Fixed: HTML in Lister: Turn off HTML display immediately if user unchecks HTML option in config dialog
• (05.12.00) Fixed: Lister: Switch from HTML to other mode -> file may not be displayed until the end
• (03.12.00) Added: Dir Branch mode (Ctrl+B) Ctrl+Side arrow key transfers directory of file under the cursor to other window (file may be in subdir)
• (03.12.00) Added: Print file list: use same file size representation as in main window (e.g. 5 k)
• (03.12.00) Added: ZIP packer: Try to open a ZIP for writing before creating new ZIP. Prevents problems with write-protected ZIPs
• (01.12.00) Added: Line break before image map bitmap

(29.11.00) Release Windows Commander 4.52 beta 2

• (29.11.00) Fixed: Split to floppy disk no longer worked on NT
• (29.11.00) Added: FTP via HTTP proxy: added more proxy support
• (29.11.00) Added: Lister should now be able to show first 2 GB of files larger than 2GB (untested)
• (29.11.00) Added: Show special cursor in lister for external links (which open the default browser)
• (29.11.00) Fixed: Rounding error when showing file size in k: 1023 byte file was shown as 1k instead of 0 k.
• (28.11.00) Fixed: 16 bit version: Started external HTML viewer also when clicking on internal link
• (28.11.00) Fixed: Parallel port connection: Didn't detect disk full error.
• (28.11.00) Fixed: FTP client may show wrong year when file has date in the future and no year is sent by server
• (28.11.00) Fixed: Dynamic file size display: use decimal separator as set in registry
• (27.11.00) Fixed: Bug in Windows NT SP6: Wrong icons shown in file list. Reason: RegQueryValue() returns error 13 even if function succeeds!
• (26.11.00) Fixed: 16 bit version: System-info dialog not working (Reason: not enough local heap space!)
• (26.11.00) Added: Support for client-side image maps
• (26.11.00) Fixed: Config dialog, switch from Tabstops page to other page back to Tabstops page -> settings in size display box lost
• (26.11.00) Added: Ctrl+B now toggles branch view on/off
• (26.11.00) Added: Lister configuration: Show html files without { } around links
• (26.11.00) Added: HTML viewer: Support for bad html files, e.g. link without trailing </a> or internal bookmarks with # at start.
• (24.11.00) Fixed: Rename in place of subdirs no longer worked if only upper/lowercase was changed
• (24.11.00) Fixed: HTML viewer: Resolve updir links like ../otherfile.htm
• (24.11.00) Added: Lister config dialog: Option to turn off HTML viewer (can still be activated with '5' key)
• (24.11.00) Added: HTML viewer: Right click on absolute URL (http:) - added option "Download target as..."
• (24.11.00) Added: HTML viewer: support in links for bookmarks in other files, e.g. file.htm#bookmark
• (24.11.00) Fixed: Search dialog, moved options 'Hex' and 'Unicode' a bit to the left
• (24.11.00) Added: PageDown goes to next page when end of page reached, analogous with PageUp
• (24.11.00) Added: ESC closes print preview window
• (24.11.00) Fixed: Recursive printing not working if directory contained only 1 item
• (24.11.00) Fixed: Access violation in HTML viewer when switching through pages while tooltip with link name shown
• (24.11.00) Fixed: Display of HTML files with bad syntax, e.g. with missing <head> or <body> tags.
• (24.11.00) Fixed: Relaxed detection of HTML files. Detect also files which do not contain <html> in the first few bytes
• (24.11.00) Fixed: Lister: F7 search bad default string on NT or Win2k
• (23.11.00) Fixed: Ctrl+D menu didn't work to switch to remote drive

(22.11.00) Release Windows Commander 4.52 beta 1

• (20.11.00) Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], longnamestodos=1 passes long names to DOS box (Noclose.pif Shift+Enter on exe, com or bat files)
• (19.11.00) Fixed: Right click on F8, select properties twice without closing dialog could cause a crash
• (15.11.00) Fixed: Connect to FTP with Ctrl+D menu -> password shown in Alt+F1 if saved in Ctrl+D menu
• (15.11.00) Added: Quick search in file list with search dialog: If same letter is typed multiple times, cycle through names starting with that letter
• (15.11.00) Fixed: 16 bit version: Limit number of items in parport server history to 1000 to avoid overflow
• (15.11.00) Added: cm_ContextMenu to open context menu (e.g. to define a shortcut for it)
• (15.11.00) Fixed: Don't warn when user tries to add files to subdir of packer plugin (warning: Plugin may not support it!)
• (15.11.00) Fixed: Correctly detect multiple nested archives in SFX, e.g. LHA inside self extracting RAR -> show contents of RAR
• (15.11.00) Fixed: Couldn't enter empty FTP directories using a HTTP proxy
• (18.10.00) Fixed: Workaround to bug in Windows 2000 (function FindExecutable): double click on files with 4 letter extension (e.g. *.html) didn't work
• (18.10.00) Added: When using left mouse button for selection, right button drag&drop shows a context menu (copy, move or create shortcut)
• (18.10.00) Fixed: Alt+Shift+Return (calc dir sizes) now also works when cursor on a file
• (18.10.00) Added: Lister: View multiple multimedia files with F3 -> jump to next file when file played to end (virtual playlist function)
• (17.10.00) Added: 'Skip all' to delete function (to skip all locked files)
• (17.10.00) Added: File size display configurable: bytes, kbytes or dynamic (bytes, kB, MB, depending on size) - configuration - tabstops
• (17.10.00) Added: Support for Win2k mount points: Show current disk size depending on mount point
• (17.10.00) Fixed: Internal ZIP: File name display not updated during verify
• (17.10.00) Fixed: Tab order in lister configuration dialog
• (06.10.00) Fixed: When switching to network drive with Ctrl+D, reconnect if connection was lost
• (06.10.00) Fixed: When clicking button with parameter %L (or other list file buttons) and cursor is on [..], call program without any parameters
• (06.10.00) Fixed: Faster reaction if changing to network drive fails (e.g. because the server is down)
• (06.10.00) Fixed: When downloading with HTTP and giving only file name (no dir), the file was downloaded to the Wincmd dir instead of the current dir
• (25.09.00) Added: Search for Unicode and Hex in the search function
• (25.09.00) Added: Cursor up/down does NOT close in place edit (rename)
• (25.09.00) Added: Make start menu change dialog resizeable
• (25.09.00) Added: Show selected files inverse (configurable)
• (25.09.00) Added: Extract drive icons from operating system
• (20.09.00) Added: Show the two file windows above each other instead of side by side
• (19.09.00) Added: 'New' submenu in right click menu
• (19.09.00) Fixed: Problem with Alt+F3 (external viewer) when viewed file on remote Win2k machine
• (19.09.00) Fixed: Problem with archives and accented characters
• (19.09.00) Added: EMF extension (enhanced metafile) to lister's supported multimedia formats
• (19.09.00) Added: Find files now also searches in *.jar files (Java archives, which are just zip files)
• (17.09.00) Fixed: No file tooltips in brief view
• (17.09.00) Added: Don't extract icons from EXE or BMP if it's 0 bytes small (may cause problems on Netware drives)
• (15.09.00) Added: Search for files max nn minutes old
• (12.09.00) Added: Increased dir menu and start menu to 200 entries - WARNING: Don't use if you use >100 an older version of Wincmd in parallel!
• (06.09.00) Fixed: Workaround to bug in some TAR files: Symbolic link, but size field not set to 0
• (06.09.00) Added: Print button in tree dialog box (Alt+F10)
• (06.09.00) Added: Parsing of <div> and <center> tags to HTML converter (in lister)
• (03.09.00) Added: Print function for file panel (supports brief, full and tree modes)
• (29.08.00) Added: Web folders (Win2k): Create directory
• (29.08.00) Added: New command internal cm_DirBranch and Shortcut Ctrl+B shows all files in current dir and all subdirs
• (28.08.00) Fixed: When connecting to FTP while tree is shown, switch window to brief or full view
• (28.08.00) Fixed: FTP download from list: only ask for target path if not stored in list file
• (28.08.00) Fixed: Wincmd went to background if background download failed
• (28.08.00) Fixed: Lister: with very long lines, last line sometimes not displayed
• (28.08.00) Fixed: Do not update tree view when CD ejected
• (28.08.00) Fixed: Wincmd showed 'not enough memory' when comparing a 0 byte file with another file
• (28.08.00) Fixed: FTP download in background: directories were downloaded in alphabetical order -> changed to order as in list file
• (23.08.00) Fixed: Buttonbar: Parameter %l (small L) causes problems with long path names
• (23.08.00) Added: Lister, double click selects word under cursor
• (23.08.00) Added: wcx_ftp.ini, section [General] FtpInBackground=1 puts all ftp transfers in the background (unless the user unchecks the option before starting the download)
• (23.08.00) Fixed: Download in background: When asking for user input give focus to input dialog
• (23.08.00) Added: FTP download later: Allow to save the download directory in the list file
• (23.08.00) Fixed: Search results: listbox could show wrong item with more than 16'000 files found (bug in standard windows listbox)
• (23.08.00) Fixed: System information: On all systems except WinNT, get number of COM and LPT ports from the BIOS data area instead of opening the ports
• (23.08.00) Added: Multi-rename-tool: Counter definition [C] now accepts paramteters like [C10+5:3] (start at 10, step by 5, width 3 digits)
• (22.08.00) Added: Show file size and date in Network Neighborhood (if this data is available)
• (22.08.00) Fixed: Lister: Problems with scrollback with certain paragraph lengths (if approx. multiple of line length)
• (22.08.00) Fixed: Ignore space in list and redirect to command line if command line contains characters
• (22.08.00) Added: Unicode-Viewer in Lister (32-bit version only) - Intel byte order, text files with header (#254 #255) also other byte order
• (20.08.00) Added: Show html as plain text with links in Lister
• (16.08.00) Fixed: Multi-Rename-Tool: Rename could fail if numbering changed, e.g. a1.txt..a8.txt -> a2.txt..a8.txt
• (16.08.00) Fixed: FTP download in background, better detection of user abort
• (16.08.00) Fixed: FTP new connection: when entering URL, convert hex strings like %20 to characters (e.g. %20 -> ' ')
• (16.08.00) Fixed: Lister crash when renaming deleted file name, then switching to different display mode
• (16.08.00) Added: Rename in place: if name of a subdir is given, Wincmd moves the file to that subdir
• (16.08.00) Fixed: Wincmd 16 bit may crash when trying to look in unrecognized self extracting EXE files
• (16.08.00) Fixed: If search result shown in both windows, click on \ button in non-active window changes to root in active window
• (16.08.00) Added: FTP: Rename multiple files across dirs by Shift+F6, then new dir+name (e.g. subdir/newname.txt)
• (16.08.00) Fixed: When aborting to open a new connection in the same window, the FTP panel wasn't removed
• (16.08.00) Fixed: Bug in 16 bit version when unzipping whole subdirs
• (15.08.00) Fixed: Rename of subdir in ZIP modifies accented characters of files in this subdir
• (23.07.00) Fixed: Compare by content accessed some unrelated files before comparing the selected files
• (23.07.00) Fixed: Remapped hotkeys didn't work with all functions, e.g. cm_DirectoryHotlist
• (23.07.00) Fixed: External viewers (Alt+F3): Only enclose long names in double quotes if they contain a space
• (23.07.00) Fixed: "cd directory" in command line during search result now works correctly