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[Juergen]

[Vochomurka]

[Juergen]

A new version of the program is available now (download link in first post of this thread).

Fixed
The program now can read the internal associations of TC even when the [Associations] section is redirected from the main INI file to a separate file.

Changed
- The extension for FlexLinks to directories has been changed from ".fld" to "._x", so that these FlexLinks are at the beginning of the file list (or at the end, respectively), when the file list is sorted according to the extension.
The extension for FlexLinks to files has been changed from ".flx" to ".fx".
- Some details.
- Enhanced documentation.


2sgp:
In my tests, the previous version ran flawlessly on Win 7 on a somewhat old and slow machine. So I suppose the problem was, that your machine is too fast. In this version, there is a short delay before the program sends ENTER to TC's address bar. Please tell me whether it works now for you.

Regards, Jürgen
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My add-ons and plugins for TC: NiftyLink, mbox, Sequences

[sgp]

Sorry for the delay in answering, but I'm traveling. Anyway, yes now the ENTER key seems to work on Win7. However, flexlinks to files don't start the target file anymore. The .fx file is created properly, and its content is the right relative path, but when I double-click I get 'Windows can't find ..\..\whatever\file.ext. Make sure you typed the name correctly' etc.
I tried with ext=ZIP and ext=txt. Neither one worked.
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[Juergen]

Hi sgp,

thanks for your feedback, it's much appreciated. And sorry for any inconveniences with the previous version. Could you please try the new version 0.75 (download link in first post)? I made numerous tests with it, and everything worked as expected here.

Fixed
A bug when executing relative links.

New
Optional INI file for defining shortcuts and for specifying key combinations, so that a FlexLink can directly open a particular page in a document.

The program now has an INI file that looks like this:

[sgp]

Hi Juergen, sorry but version 0.75 has several issues - tested on Win7. Some of which might have to do with my configuration, which is perfectly legitimate, but it might not match yours.

1. I tried the new Page= entry for pdf with X-Change viewer. It's a nice idea, BTW. However, there seems to be a timing issue. Some times, if the viewer isn't already running, it gets started with the flexlink target file but the goto page seems to be ignored. All the times, if the viewer is already running, and the flexlink target is already open, a page-goto dialog is displayed but it stops there, i.e., the page number is always 1 and ENTER isn't automatically pressed.

2. I clicked a relative flexlink to a pdf file, where the system and portable associations to pdf files coincide - I mean that they point to the same program for viewing pdf files - it worked.

3. I clicked a relative flexlink to an ini file, where the system and portable associations to ini files coincide, and they point to notepad.exe - but note that notepad.exe is then redirected to notepad2.exe on my system via special registry entry. It didn't work (Windows can't find ..\..\bla bla)

3.1 I clicked an absolute flexlink to the same ini file. This time it worked.

4. I clicked a relative flexlink to an ZIP file, where the system and portable associations to zip files do NOT coincide, and the portable zipper program is missing, but the system one exists. I got the usual error message. It makes sense, but note that TC behaves differently in this case. It opens zip files internally, and not in an external program. To me it would be more useful if flexlinks to archive files for which a packer plugin exists were opened internally, like TC does.

4.1 I clicked an absolute flexlink to the same ZIP file. This time the system zipper program was started. This hardly makes sense to me.

[Juergen]

Hi sgp,

thanks again for your detailed report, and please excuse the delay in replying. I changed several details in the code, and I hope I was able to address the issues that you mentioned (download link for new version 0.77 is in the first post).

Best regards, Juergen
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My add-ons and plugins for TC: NiftyLink, mbox, Sequences

[m^2]

Juergen, could you document what subset of TC search do you support?
I see that a simple *.ext works, but a regular expression doesn't (I use mostly regexs) and would like to know where are the limits.
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[m^2]

[Juergen]

[sgp]

Hi Juergen, good progress with 0.77! I tested again the issues I reported earlier, both on XP and W7. Page= for pdf with exchange viewer works now. So do relative flexlinks to .ini files. Flexlinks to .zip files work but there's another issue. On my PC clicking a flexlink opens the zip file in the internally associated zip program (or in the system one, I can't tell the difference). Instead .zip should open in TC's internal packer. I'm guessing that your code expects .zip to be included in the [Packer] or [PackerPlugins] sections, which isn't mandatory for TC. Look at my configuration below. .zip is not mentioned, and TC still opens .zip files in its internal unpacker. Flexlinks should work the same way, I think.

[Juergen]

Hi,

I am very sorry for the long delay! It was due to some private problems.

@sgp:
I'm happy that most of the issues had been fixed in the previous version. And thank you for the information about handling of ZIP archives, which I actually didn't know.
So I changed handling of ZIP archives by FlexLink as well. In the first post, there is a d/l link to the new version 0.78. I hope that works correctly now.

Kind regards, and a happy new year,

Juergen
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My add-ons and plugins for TC: NiftyLink, mbox, Sequences

[sgp]

Juergen, thank you very much. Good fix, version 0.78 works correctly with zip files!

[lio]

After a long search (many years) for relative path soft link support by the OS (I don't know why Microsoft have never added relative path support to .lnk files), I found your GREAT and very useful extension.

I have some requests:

• Support for file system plugins:
  I would like to create flexlinks to a WEBDAV folders like:
  

  Code:

  \\\WebDAV\my_connection

  
  or better:
  

  Code:

  \\\WebDAV\my_connection\my_path

  
  

• Support for Total Commander internal commands:
  This functionality can be used to achieve the previous request.
  For example if FlexLink will support the internal CD command, we can create the following flexlink:
  

  Code:

  [FlexLink] Target=CD \\\WebDAV\my_connection

  
  

• Support for customized flexlink default extension.
  I don't like the current default flexlink extensions:
  

  Code:

  fx for flexlinks to files _x for flexlinks to directories

  
  I already configured TC internal association with different extensions, but I need to remember my custom extension in order to replace the default extension provided by flexlink.
  For example, when I create a flexlink to a directory, the flexlink dialog prompt me with the default extension (._x):
  

  Code:

  flexlink_name._x

  
  and I need to change it to my custom extension (.fld):
  

  Code:

  flexlink_name.fld

  
  

• The last request is to release the FlexLink source code to the community (under GPL)
  In this way more people can contribute to this useful extension
  

Thanks again for your effort.