List of changes (version 3.52 - 4.0)

List of changes (version 3.52 - 4.0) is a list of changes to Total Commander since version 3.52 until the release of version 4.0. The list starts at the latest change and goes back in time.

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List of changes (version 3.52 - 4.0)

(17.06.99) Release Windows Commander 4.0

• (16.06.99) Fixed: Possible problem with very fast FTP servers
• (16.06.99) Fixed: Use ExtractIconEx for taskbar icon (when external icon library is used)
• (15.06.99) Added: Allow to abort binary compare in 'synchronize' with ESC
• (15.06.99) Fixed: Tab order in some dialogs
• (14.06.99) Fixed: 16 bit: compare files didn't work with hidden/system files

(11.06.99) Release Windows Commander 4.0 RC1

• (11.06.99) Added: In Mark - Compare directories, also use NTFS time compare method (2 seconds difference considered as same)
• (09.06.99) Fixed: Increased minimum name column width when autoresizing columns
• (07.06.99) Fixed: Line above buttonbar not wide enough when increasing screen resolution
• (07.06.99) Added: In Synchronize dirs, if at least one dir is on NTFS, two files are considered the same age even if their time differs by 2 seconds max. (NTFS<->FAT problem)
• (07.06.99) Fixed: Change font of hints and duplicates/singles button in synchronize if font charset different
• (03.06.99) Added: Working on new incoming languages
• (01.06.99) Added: Supported for some zip files which contain accents in ANSI instead of OEM font, not following the pkzip standard
• (31.05.99) Fixed: Tree (Alt+F10) lost dirs when moving, creating or deleting dirs (error added in beta 4)
• (31.05.99) Added: New layout for help file
• (28.05.99) Fixed: FTP client beeped on EXE files (only if option to show EXE/LNK icons on diskette)
• (26.05.99) Added: Redesigned 'select/unselect group' dialog
• (26.05.99) Added: Use icon from icl icon library in tray icon too
• (26.05.99) Added: When packing to bz2, suggest file.ext.bz2 as filename (not file.bz2)
• (26.05.99) Added: Alt+F9 (unpack without selecting) now also supports zip passwords (patched version only)

(20.05.99) Release Windows Commander 4.0 beta 4

• (20.05.99) Fixed: Start of DOS program from path with long filename with shift+enter failed
• (18.05.99) Fixed: Quick View window crash if pressed Ctrl+Q during program loading
• (18.05.99) Fixed: Removed dashed lines from duplicate file finder when resorting files
• (14.05.99) Fixed: Problems with files having a full path name > 259 chars (the official maximum)
• (14.05.99) Fixed: System menu of background thread window had 'maximize' and 'size' menu items!
• (14.05.99) Fixed: Bad error message when encoding/decoding and target path is invalid
• (07.05.99) Added: 256 color folder icons (Win2000)
• (06.05.99) Fixed: Lister crashed in some cases when reading damaged disk
• (06.05.99) Added: Speedup of Copy&Delete of many subdirs (update treeinfo.wc only once AFTER copying all dirs)
• (06.05.99) Fixed: Limit minimum size of 'synchronize dirs' window to avoid overlapping buttons
• (06.05.99) Fixed: Find files: file may stay open when aborting search for text
• (06.05.99) Fixed: Download through HTTP proxy: overwrite files didn't work
• (04.05.99) Fixed: Bug in synchronize dirs function with many subdirs
• (04.05.99) Added: HTTP downloads also from download list
• (04.05.99) Added: Redesigned all dialogs to have similar button sizes and positions
• (04.05.99) Added: FTP allow resume download even if multiple files are selected
• (04.05.99) Fixed: In Synchronize dirs, right click -> delete files will delete to recycle bin (if enabled in Wincmd)
• (03.05.99) Added: In directory history (Alt+Cursor down), do not show the same directory multiple times
• (03.05.99) Fixed: When copying multiple files to floppy - disk full - user swaps disk - Wincmd now creates all necessary subdirs
• (03.05.99) Fixed: Do not set focus to Wincmd's menu if user pressed F10 in lister
• (03.05.99) Fixed: When opening the same FTP connection in other window (by using the drive combobox), set the current dir as in the first window
• (03.05.99) Fixed: Use same font for button bar tooltips as for dialog boxes
• (03.05.99) Fixed: Support double byte characters in 'compare files' function
• (03.05.99) Fixed: Compare by contents: Not enough digits shown for binary files
• (03.05.99) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Wincmd asked for confirmation when packing even if that option was unchecked
• (03.05.99) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: User could select reverse copy direction even if there was no file on the other side
• (03.05.99) Fixed: 'Compare by contents' now also works with files in zip-subdirs
• (03.05.99) Fixed: No right click menu in lister after 'select all'
• (03.05.99) Fixed: .lst plugin put files in wrong subdir
• (03.05.99) Added: Use .wcx as extension for packer plugins
• (03.05.99) Added: Use .icl as icon library (can be used by 16+32bit wincmd)
• (03.05.99) Fixed: New user-defined selection types were not shown (in select files function)
• (03.05.99) Added: Select items in 'synchronize dirs' with spacebar and insert (which moves down the cursor without changing the selection)

(22.04.99) Release Windows Commander 4.0 beta 3

• (22.04.99) Added: Use external icon DLL for default file list icons: wincmd.ini, [configuration], iconlib=dllname.dll (sample DLL on www.ghisler.com)
• (22.04.99) Fixed: ALT+F9 unpacking of CAB files didn't support wildcards
• (20.04.99) Fixed: Do not move hints for icons/file names into visible area (causes problems with multi-monitor support)
• (20.04.99) Added: Support environment variables (like %WINDIR%) also in viewer/editor file names
• (20.04.99) Added: "Compare by contents": detect if the user modified one of the two compared files, and offer to recompare
• (20.04.99) Added: "Compare by contents" function non-modal (separate window like lister)
• (20.04.99) Added: Support for ARJ SFX 2.62
• (20.04.99) Fixed: WinRAR created wrong part size when creating multi-volume archives with default value (e.g. 1440)
• (19.04.99) Fixed: 'Skip files' didn't work when packing (bug only in beta1+2)
• (18.04.99) Added: Use optimized palette for 24 bit bmp files in 256 color screen mode
• (15.04.99) Added: Packer/unpacker plugins to add external archiver DLLs
• (12.04.99) Added: Compare by contents now also works if one of the files is inside an archive
• (09.04.99) Fixed: Move Window for ALT+TAB (if Wincmd in tray) further out of the screen
• (09.04.99) Added: Lister saves the setting 'wrap' on close
• (09.04.99) Added: Compare by contents now shows only different chars of a line in a different color (except for double byte Windows)
• (07.04.99) Fixed: Right click on button bar button - 'cd directory' didn't work if dir was surrounded by double quotes
• (06.04.99) Added: Connect to UNC path in background (separate thread), allow to abort after 3 seconds
• (06.04.99) Added: Duplicate file finder can now find files with same name, size, contents or any combination of the 3 (of course, same contents also means same size)
• (06.04.99) Fixed: Use language-specific decimal separator in 'file split' command (e.g. 1,44 MB)
• (06.04.99) Fixed: Changed option in lister to 'Fit Image to window' with shortcut 'F'.
• (06.04.99) Added: When unpacking multiple archives at once with ALT+F9, 'Overwrite all' now applies to all files, not only the currently unpacked archive
• (06.04.99) Fixed: Rename with F6 didn't position cursor on renamed file. (Btw, use Shift+F6 to rename!}
• (28.03.99) Fixed: Current dir wasn't selected in ALT+F10 tree display
• (28.03.99) Fixed: CTRL+Q inside archives no longer worked
• (28.03.99) Fixed: Disable menu items not used by lister (in bitmap mode)
• (28.03.99) Fixed: Replaced critical stop beep by information beep in lister when search aborted
• (24.03.99) Fixed: Adjust columns to window width didn't work together with extensions directly after filenames
• (24.03.99) Fixed: Could not switch from video display or sound player to text view in lister

(23.03.99) Release Windows Commander 4.0 Beta2

• (23.03.99) Added: wincmd.ini, [configuration], AlwaysCopyInBackground=1 always copies in separate thread (32 bit version only)
• (23.03.99) Added: Duplicate file finder: also compare files with different names
• (23.03.99) Fixed: Reserved more space to display disk space in drive button bar
• (23.03.99) Added: Lister, Edit->Select all
• (23.03.99) Added: Remember last settings in 'Synchronize dirs' dialog
• (23.03.99) Added: Get supported multimedia file extensions from win.ini, section [mci extensions]
• (22.03.99) Fixed: Unzip empty subdirs inside other subdirs in a zip file
• (22.03.99) Added: Use % display in split panel in compare file function
• (22.03.99) Fixed: Problems with split panel in compare file function
• (22.03.99) Fixed: Remove selection from files when uploaded or downloaded in background (restore with NUM / key)
• (20.03.99) Added: File window tabstops are now saved separately by resolution, and adjust to the right (configurable)
• (19.03.99) Fixed: Printer setup used wrong factor for inch<->mm conversion
• (19.03.99) Fixed: Scroll up in lister with word wrap failed for some files
• (16.03.99) Fixed: Problems with dialog box font change
• (16.03.99) Added: Lister can now play sound and video (configurable)
• (16.03.99) Fixed: Quick search (letters only, with dialogbox) could not search for letter n
• (16.03.99) Fixed: The main window size % stayed on the screen if task switch during file window resize
• (15.03.99) Added: Synchronize dirs now also with zip-subdirs!
• (15.03.99) Added: Allow to rename if target exists also when packing files
• (15.03.99) Added: Close button for synchronize dirs
• (15.03.99) Added: ESC to close window for compare files
• (15.03.99) Added: Dialog box Change Attributes, button to set current date&time
• (15.03.99) Added: Refresh dirlist when thread copy or pack done
• (15.03.99) Added: wincmd.ini, [configuration], rightlist=1 activates right listbox at start
• (15.03.99) Added: Hourglass during compare files
• (15.03.99) Fixed: Compare files may crash with some binary files
• (15.03.99) Fixed: Append file didn't work on NTFS
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Image position in lister/quick view may be wrong (not as displayed by the scrollbars)
• (11.03.99) Fixed: File compare by content now also shows tabstops (same width as in lister)
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Test for shared dirs in tree removed for speed reasons
• (11.03.99) Added: Rename button also when moving files at target exists (append not possible)
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Click on Bitmap in Quick View didn't set focus
• (11.03.99) Fixed: When calling tree function, keep the file name in the edit field
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Copy dialog cannot be removed after copy->rename->tree->rescan tree
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Wrong error message for FTP download from file
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Reduce background flashing when going to next image in lister
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Files not copied with drag&drop when overwrite confirmation turned off!
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Rename on copy no longer requires a target path
• (11.03.99) Added: Synchronize: Show overwrite dialog only once for both directions
• (11.03.99) Fixed: cm_RestoreSelection not in inc file
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Scrollbar problems in lister with images
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Save current position and maximized state separately for search, compare and synchronize dialogs
• (11.03.99) Fxied: Access violation when opening 'compare files' with only one file selected
• (11.03.99) Fixed: Double drive button bar not removed when disabled
• (05.03.99) Added: Print in lister (Text+Graphics)
• (02.03.99) Added: Search for/select files which do NOT match certain wildcards. Use | to separate, e.g. w*.*|*.bak finds all files starting with w, without extension .bak
• (01.03.99) Fixed: Restore Wincmd didn't work if minimized to tray in Win98 (with the "Show Desktop" button)
• (01.03.99) Fixed: Lister may jump to first line when maximized
• (22.02.99) Added: Combine function now also combines files numbered file1..file9,file10.. etc., not only file01..file10.. (note the '0' in front of the '1')
• (22.02.99) Added: Also count hidden files when calculating occupied space
• (22.02.99) Added: Files - Split now also accepts fractions of a number, like 0.5 MB
• (22.02.99) Fixed: accept environment variables (like %windir%) in icon file names
• (22.02.99) Added: Option to create new ZIP file for removable disks in temp dir: wincmd.ini, [packer], RemovableInTemp=1
• (22.02.99) Added: User-defined drive names (for drive list+button bar). Example: wincmd.ini, [DriveHints], E=ZIP drive
• (22.02.99) Added: CTRL+A in Lister selects whole file
• (19.02.99) Added: Search for all files NOT containing a certain string (especially useful for CTRL+F12 function)
• (19.02.99) Added: Extended selection (Num+ and CTRL+F12) now supports almost all options as the 'search' function
• (18.02.99) Added: Support for some OS9 ftp servers
• (15.02.99) Added: FTP Connection dialog allows to specify commands executed after connecting, separated by a ";"
• (11.02.99) Added: F8/Delete now also works with virtual folders
• (09.02.99) Added: wcx_ftp.ini, [General], WarnWrongMode=0 turns off warning if binary file is downloaded in text mode
• (09.02.99) Added: FTP client: Warn if binary file is downloaded or uploaded in text mode (which would damage the file)
• (05.02.99) Added: Show configured icons for PIF files
• (05.02.99) Added: Copy and Move files from and to virtual folders, like recycle bin
• (05.02.99) Added: Support for virtual folders through button bar: cm_OpenDesktop, cm_OpenDrives, cm_OpenControls, cm_OpenFonts, cm_OpenNetwork, cm_OpenPrinters
• (05.02.99) Fixed: Cursor positioning problem if renaming file in right window, and both windows show same dir
• (05.02.99) Fixed: Convert short DOS names to long names when passed to Wincmd through command line
• (04.02.99) Added: Configurable: 2 drive button bars, one per file window! Both have same width, independent from file list width
• (31.01.99) Added: File compare command, index 2022, added to menu
• (31.01.99) Added: Directory synchronize, index 2020, added to menu
• (26.01.99) Added: In Lister, search for Hex strings, and even mixed, e.g. "PK"0102 will find 504B0102
• (26.01.99) Added: Save search window pos automatically for full search (ALT+F7)
• (26.01.99) Added: 4. option to do "Quick search" in file windows: Letters only, but with quick search dialog
• (26.01.99) Fixed: Removed 'c' shortcut from Cancel button in FTP upload dialog (use ESC instead)
• (26.01.99) Added: Do not allow to change LNK association in Wincmd
• (26.01.99) Added: CTRL+M allows to select FTP transfer mode (text, binary, auto) with keyboard
• (26.01.99) Added: In FTP connect dialog (CTRL+F), the last started connection is selected
• (25.01.99) Added: Copy to nul, prn, lptx and comx now supported
• (25.01.99) Added: Show special folder icons for system files, e.g. the Recycle Bin
• (25.01.99) Added: Reduce scroll speed on file selection and drag&drop in file windows
• (25.01.99) Fixed: Drag FTP dir to button bar now also adds user name to URL
• (25.01.99) Fixed: ALT+F3 now can handle files with extensions>=4 characters too
• (25.01.99) Added: FTP: If remote rename fails, allow to continue rename with other files
• (25.01.99) Added: LZH files with comment field (starting with -com-) now supported
• (25.01.99) Fixed: Dir list not refreshed after split to current dir ('.')
• (25.01.99) Fixed: 'Find whole words' now looks for letters AND numbers, e.g. Test123 is considered as a word
• (25.01.99) Fixed: Wrong display of mixed case files in Zip files (shown as lowercase)
• (25.01.99) Added: Use critical section for access to idlist cache
• (25.01.99) Fixed: Test archives, bug in archive found -> cursor in file panel disappears
• (25.01.99) Fixed: In lister, ALT+Spacebar also scrolled one page down
• (15.12.98) Fixed: Copy from UNC dir -> version info not shown when file overwritten
• (15.12.98) Added: FTP connect dialog, "duplicate entry"
• (15.12.98) Added: In FTP connection, entering string PASS in command line will ask for password for sub-login
• (15.12.98) Fixed: Problems viewing file inside ZIP file if filename contains ;
• (15.12.98) Fixed: When packing a single file with ALT+F5, only replace the extension after the last "."
• (15.12.98) Fixed: Cursor in wrong place after deleting files from search result
• (15.12.98) Fixed: System-Info dialog, strings on Network page could be changed
• (09.11.98) Added: Transparent FTP proxy: Send firewalluser, firewallpass, user, pass
• (04.11.98) Fixed: Do not start program if drag&drop aborted in single click mode
• (04.11.98) Fixed: Move ZIP file into itself deleted the ZIP file if it had no extension
• (02.11.98) Fixed: Update quick view window if user presses \ or .. button
• (02.11.98) Fixed: Catch if user enters empty name in rename function (shift+f6)
• (27.10.98) Added: FTP-New connection (URL button, CTRL+N) can now download with HTTP protocol - use http://server/path syntax
• (26.10.98) Added: *.CMD to list of executable file extensions (NT batch files)
• (26.10.98) Fixed: Open file in sharing mode to avoid overwriting file with itself on UNC path
• (26.10.98) Added: Allow to copy/move to current dir if other window shows a search result
• (26.10.98) Fixed: After 'Search' - 'Go to file', set shift+click selection index to current file
• (23.10.98) Fixed: More tolerant to wrong FTP server response to PWD command (without double quotes)
• (23.10.98) Fixed: Encrypted file: send password to pkunzip with double quotes if it contains a space
• (23.10.98) Fixed: Do not try to calculate occupied space inside archives or on FTP drives
• (23.10.98) Fixed: Opening ZIP archive on UNC path passed to wincmd EXE was not possible
• (23.10.98) Fixed: Error trying to create 259 char dir
• (23.10.98) Fixed: Problems in sfx header with very long file names
• (14.10.98) Added: Split function now more fault tolerant: Accepts path without file name, detects if no disk inserted
• (14.10.98) Fixed: Problems with ACE packer (subdirs containing German letters, hidden/system subdirs)
• (12.10.98) Added: RestrictInterface=128 -> no EXEC (ENTER)
• (07.10.98) Added: Lister now wraps at word boundaries (may be disabled: [lister] WordWrap=0 )
• (07.10.98) Added: Search for duplicate files (by name+size, or additionally by content) - in normal search dialog
• (05.10.98) Added: Re-upload modified file to FTP (after edit F4) also if remote dir was changed
• (02.10.98) Added: Multi-threading of unzip function; unzip speedup (assembler)
• (29.09.98) Fixed: Possible Y2k problem with FTP servers showing a 2 digit year only. Rule: date<80 ->20xx, date>=80 -> 19xx
• (29.09.98) Fixed: Did extensive Year 2000 (Y2k) tests. Results: no internal date problems, only one interface prob to FTP
• (29.09.98) Fixed: Better tree handling in single click selection mode
• (24.09.98) Fixed: Font color of several dialog boxes corrected from clWindowText to clBtnFace
• (24.09.98) Fixed: Rename directory on FTP server -> clear cache
• (24.09.98) Fixed: CAB multipart read error
• (24.09.98) Added: FTP configuration items to main config dialog (on 'misc.' page)
• (24.09.98) Added: ZIP-Pack in background (separate thread) - 32 bit only
• (23.09.98) Added: / key on numeric keypad restores file selection as it was before the last file operation
• (18.09.98) Added: Internal modification of all functions (brackets around dirs removed)
• (16.09.98) Added: Copy files directly from ZIP to ZIP
• (15.09.98) Added: Multiple copy functions can now work in background (at the same time)
• (10.09.98) Added: Moved copy function to its own thread
• (08-09.98) Extrn: Work on external file compare and directory compare programs, to be included later
• (24.08.98) Added: Configuration - Save settings saves current file display settings and directories even if auto-save turned off
• (24.08.98) Added: BMP viewer
• (23.08.98) Fixed: Set status bar panel hight to hight corresponding to the font used
• (23.08.98) Added: Support for new Pkzip 2.5 format: ZIP file starts with PK00 (packed to removable disk)
• (18.08.98) Added: Option to rename when unpacking (internally) and target exists
• (17.08.98) Added: Option to rename or append when copying and target exists
• (17.08.98) Fixed: Changed switch for ACE packer to overwrite files when unpacking