Problem using external sync dir to avoid modal dialog

[Samuel]

Do you really consider the left and right path parameters? It would be great.
I think its the only "big" thing left for non modal use of sync-dir.

Just yesterday I synced with it and realized just in time that the sides were swapped. I think its also some kind of security risk.

For the rest I cant figure out any difference. (I use the "only selected in main window" very rarely.) I really like the new standalone version.

[Samuel]

When trying to access: "\\\Secure FTP\..."
I got:

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Total Commander
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Access violation at address 0044552A. Read of address 000000C0.
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OK   
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And the window hangs. I can reproduce it.

And I just saw it doesn't work with archives.

[ghisler(Author)]

2Samuel
I can confirm the problem, thanks!

[Samuel]

What about the other two things:
1) parameters for left & right folder
2) syncronizing *.zip files

Do you consider it for TC 7.5 final?

[ghisler(Author)]

I cannot say yet. It's on my wish list, but I cannot promise anything yet because there are too many other things to do which are more important...

[Samuel]

One other thing differs from standalone tool to intern tool:
If I press F3 on a jpg file (open file in Lister) it cannot be shown as multimedia. (connection to Irfanview is missing)

Bmp is handled internally (or from windows) and makes no problems here.
I dont use lister plugins so I cannot say if they work.

[m^2]

Does /I=%COMMANDER_INI% help?

[Samuel]

No. AFAIK TC automatic loads the current ini in /s mode.
I just tried the external lister tool. There it works. -> jpg is shown correct.

[m^2]

AFAIK TC automatic loads the current ini in /s mode.

No unless Ghisler changed something in PB 5/6

[Samuel]

I just tested it. TC automatically uses the "wincmd.ini" for standalone.

For example: "DrivesShowUpcase=1/0" is loaded from "wincmd.ini" only with this commandline:

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C:\Programme\totalcmd\TOTALCMD.EXE /S=S "%P" "%T"

[m^2]

The new TC instance performs standard algorithm of searching for wincmd.ini, therefore it finds the same wincmd.ini as doubleclicking totalcmd.exe.
If you start TC with /I= switch, you need to pass /I to the external tool explicitly as TC won't do it by yourself.

Anyway, as it doesn't help, it's not related with the problem that you found, I have no other ideas.

[Samuel]

2ghisler(Author)
Did you noticed the bug report above?
F3 does not work on "jpg" or "png" in standalone sync tool. It just behaves as if the IrfanView path is wrong.

[petermad]

F3 does not work on "jpg" or "png" in standalone sync tool. It just behaves as if the IrfanView path is wrong

You are right - it works with plugins though.

[ghisler(Author)]

Did you noticed the bug report above?
F3 does not work on "jpg" or "png" in standalone sync tool. It just behaves as if the IrfanView path is wrong.

No I didn't, sorry! In the future, please report such bugs in the bug forum. You don't need to report this one again, I could reproduce and fix it now. The problem was that the image was sent (via WM_COPYDATA) to the sync tool, which just ignored it. Standalone Lister can handle it, and Lister launched from TC too, but not Lister launched from the sync tool.

[Samuel]

No I didn't, sorry! In the future, please report such bugs in the bug forum.

Normally I do that, but earlier in this thread you said:

Please let me know if you find other problems with standalone sync.

So I gathered everything related to standalone sync here in this thread.

Behavior differences for standalone sync left so far:
1) There is no possibility to run it with left and right path parameters (IMO critical: could lead to data loss)
2) There is no possibility to sync with zip files (currently there is a notification that its not supported)
3) There is no possibility to sync with ftp server (no notification displayed - strange behavior if you try this)
4) There is no possibility to use "only selected in main window" (if you do not load a saved sync)
5) sometimes I still get this empty titlebar (But I cant reproduce it for sure)

I would be glad if (1) and (2) would be implemented.

You don't need to report this one again, I could reproduce and fix it now. The problem was that the image was sent (via WM_COPYDATA) to the sync tool, which just ignored it. Standalone Lister can handle it, and Lister launched from TC too, but not Lister launched from the sync tool.

Great to hear that.