List of Changes
New Features in Detail
Equate File Times Using the Command Bar
Use the Command Bar (F8) to equate file
times. After files have been selected use
these Command bar commands for setting file
times.
Where time can be one of the following:
Note that unlike the Change Attributes and Touch
routines only one of the file times can be set at a
time. To set multiple times chain the commands.
Renaming Files, Option for No Confirmation When renaming a group of files the main control dialog has a new checkbox at the bottom:
No Confirmation (pressing OK will rename all files immediately)
When checked you will not be asked to confirm any name changes. For safety reasons this checkbox will be cleared every time FileBoss is started but once checked it will stay checked for the current session.
The default button size for toolbars has been changed to Large. Previously the button size for new installations was determined by the screen size.
To change to the large buttons use the Tools | Options... command from the main menu and under Toolbar Size select Large.
Changing Advanced NTFS Attributes
Warning!
This is an
extremely advanced action and should not be
used by anyone who doesn't really know what
they are doing.
Advanced NTFS file attributes can not be modified. NTFS Attributes that can be changed include: Temporary, Offline Compressed, Encrypted Reparse Point, Sparse Not Indexed (Content)
Use the Actions | Advanced | Change Advanced (NTFS) Attributes command from the main menu after selecting the files you want to change.
When copying files and the target already exists the dialog asking you what to do now contains a field for you to enter a completely new filename for the copied file.
By default Bookmarks for drives now display volume names along with drive letters instead of just drive letters.
To change your current setting use the Tools |
Options... command from the main menu and select the
Explore Views panel as shown below:
The differences in the display of bookmarks is shown in the before and after screen shots below:
Version 1.5
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Optional Include / Exclude Files when Copying The File Copy tools now allow optional patterns that specify which files should and / or should not be copied when recursing through subfolders. |
Making Multiple Copies Files, folders or tree structures can now be duplicated by the thousands just as easily as one at a time. |
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Progress Meter The progress meters while copying files now show the progress of individual files. |
Fast Folder Navigation To better access folders containing thousands of files and subfolders FileBoss now has a special option that allows access to these folders in seconds rather than minutes. |
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Chaining Commands Command Bar commands can be chained together so that they are executed one after the other. To chain commands type " <> " between them. |
Support for NTFS Attributes Files can now be found by NTFS attributes (Temporary, Offline, etc) as well as by the normal file attributes. In addition any NTFS attributes are displayed in the same column as normal file attributes. |
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Default file time and file size sorting The default order for sorting entries by file times and sizes can not be set to descending or ascending (the default) |
One step drag in Sticky Mode You can now click to select a file and immediately start a drag and drop operation in both Sticky Select and Normal Select mode. Previously this was only available in Normal Select mode. |
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Detect Device Changes FileBoss now detects when new hardware is plugged in and will adjust the list of available drives accordingly. |
Popup (Right-Click) Menus The item 'Shell Menu >>' that was at the bottom of the many right-click menu is now at the top of the menus and named Windows Explorer Menu >> to make it easier to understand and find. |
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Drop targets are highlighted When files and folders are dragged across folders during a Drag & Drop operation the folder underneath the cursor is highlighted for better clarity and conformity with other applications. |
Selection Enhancements Many enhancements and small fixes for selecting entries with the mouse. Now more compatible with Windows Explorer. |
List of Changes
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Program freeze deleting folder When deleting an empty folder from the left-hand window of an Explorer View FileBoss would sometimes (but infrequently) freeze. |
Navigation list (left hand Window) not updating When subfolders were deleted in the Contents Window the navigation pane would sometimes not reflect the changes |
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Error adding new folder A new folder would sometimes be created under the wrong parent folder. After a specific sequence of moving between folders in the Navigation window involving the mouse and keyboard, a new folder would sometimes be created under the wrong parent. |
Confirming Deletion Intermittent No Confirmation message when deleting a folder from the Navigation list (left hand Window) in a File Set FileBoss would not ask for confirmation before permanently deleting a folder from a File Sets navigation window |
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Changing Date Formats Fixed bug where FileBoss would crash if the format for displaying dates was changed in the Date Formats panel of the Tools | Options... dialog. The cut and paste work around is not longer needed. |
Network Targets Sometimes when selecting a network based target for a copy operation the shared network folders would not be displayed as choices. Instead the only thing displayed would be the drive letter followed by a dollar sign, e.g. C$. |
New Features
Optional Include / Exclude Files when Copying
The File Copy routines including, Copy File, Move File, Update and Quick Merge now allow patterns that specify files should and / or should not be copied when recursing through subfolders.
In the above example all files would be copied except those with bak and tmp extensions and those with names starting with a tilde (~). Separate multiple patterns with the bar character (|) and precede patterns to be excluded with a minus sign (-).
If no patterns are entered all is assumed (i.e. leaving the field blank is the same as entering a * or the traditional *.*).
Note that these patterns only affect file in subfolders. Files directly selected will be copied no matter what patterns are entered.
More
See Copying Files for more.
Starting with version 1.5 of FileBoss commands can be chained together so that they are executed one after the other. To chain commands type " <> " between them.
For example consider the following Command Bar entry:
goto <md>\FileBoss Data <> show *.fbopts* <> select files
The three commands are separated by <>:
goto
<md>\FileBoss Data
Tells FileBoss to display the folder <md>\FileBoss Data in the current Explore View (or create a new Explore view if necessary). (Note that <md> is a meta-folder representing the current user's My Documents folder.
show
*.fbopts*
Tells FileBoss to set a filter so only files matching the following pattern are displayed.
select
files
Tells FileBoss to select all visible files. (Note that step two can be skipped by changing this command to select *.fbopts*.)
There is no limit to the number of commands that can be chained other than the line can not exceed 32,000 characters.
More
See The Command Bar for more about the Command Bar and Chaining commands.
Default Sort for Times and Sizes
The default sort direction (e.g. latest to earliest or earliest to latest) for file times and file sizes.
To change these defaults select
Tools | Options... from the main menu and
then select the Views
panel from the list on the left-hand side.
Check or clear the boxes as appropriate (as shown in the area highlighted in yellow below).
The item Shell Menu >> that was at the bottom of the many right-click menu is now at the top of the menus and named Windows Explorer Menu >> to make it easier to understand and find.
And the Shift-Click item that was duplicated at the top of the menus is now only listed at the bottom.
FileBoss now supports the Temporary, Offline, Not indexed, Encrypted,
Compressed, Reparse point and Sparse file
The support includes using the attributes to search for files and folders in the Find By Attributes routine and displays them in the Attributes column of any folder listing.
More
For complete details see: Find Files by Attributes
The progress meter displayed when copying files now shows the progress of individual files (if they are large enough to take more than several seconds).
Note that for small files the lower progress meter will not move as the time it takes Windows to update your display could significantly slow down the copy process.
A number of small enhancements have been made to the way entries are selected when dragging the mouse. Most of these focus on making the process more natural by using the same techniques that are used in familiar programs such as Windows Explorer. One example is FileBoss now distinguishes between clicks on the actual name of an entry and clicks to the right of an entry (but still in the name column).
Click anywhere to the right of the entries name to start selecting files:
You can now click on an entry to select it and, while holding the mouse button down, drag the entry to drop it somewhere else. Previously this common operation was not available when in Sticky mode.
Target Folders Highlighted
As the mouse passes over folders while in a Drag operation the any folder underneath the mouse cursor is now highlighted.
The graphic below shows the twelfth_night.1.1.html file having been clicked and being dragged over the Twelfth Night folder.
Make Multiple Copies at One Time
FileBoss can now make one or thousands of copies of selected files and folders in just one operation.
Select the file(s) or folder(s) you want to copy and
then use the Actions |
Duplicate... command from the main menu. In
the Duplicate Files
dialog specify the normal options and then enter the
number of copies you want to created by entering the
appropriate number in the field at the bottom-right of
the dialog.
More
For complete details see: Duplicating Files
Eliminates Long Pauses when Opening a Folder
Due to routines deep in the Windows operating system navigating down through folders that contain thousands of file and subfolders can cause a long delay (several minutes) between clicking on a folder and seeing its contents. Because the problem is buried deep in Windows it affects almost all programs whether they are part of Windows itself or third party products.
But FileBoss has an option that virtually eliminates this delay. When Fast Folder Navigation is turned on the long delays will be eliminated.
Turning Fast Folder Navigation On and Off
FFN can be turned off and on for each Explore view or as a global setting. (The Global setting is the default that will be used by any new Explore View.)
To set toggle FFN of and on for the current view either use the Explorer | Fast Folder Navigation command from the main menu or press Ctrl+K. As shown in the menu fragment below.
Fast Folder Navigation in Action
The first fragment below shows a typical folder list under normal circumstances.
This second fragment shows a typical folder list when Fast Folder Navigation is turned on. Note that every folder has the plus sign to the left of the folder name, this is because FileBoss hasn't wasted time allowing Windows to check for whether or not there are any subfolders.
More
For complete details how to turn Fast Folder Navigation on and off and how to display its toolbar button see: Navigating Large Folders Quickly
Version 1.4
Released 12 April 2006
List of Changes
This is a quick list of changes,
big and small, made for version 1.4 of FileBoss. Full
details for each change are given below:
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New & Improved Neat Stuff |
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Finding Files Made Easy |
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Quick Merge |
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Copy only if Archive Needed Option |
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Sorted Bookmarks |
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Universal Meta Folders & Bookmarks |
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More Drag & Drop Objects |
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Command Bar Improvements |
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Standardized Drag & Drop modifier keys |
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Auto Viewers listed on the Main Menu |
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External Tools & Auto Viewers now available for folders |
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Export / Import External Tool and Viewer definitions |
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Separated
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Fixes |
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Crash when certain filenames highlighted |
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Crash when using really long filenames |
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File sizes greater than 4 gigabytes were not displayed correctly |
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Delay rendering recursive, mounted Folders |
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Possible crash if FileBoss was closed when another program was processing a lengthy drop that originated from FileBoss |
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Infrequently some Registry entries were not being removed when exiting the app is special exit mode |
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New Features
Finding
Files Made Easy
The new top-level menu item Find contains command for finding common types of files:
The first five items are new, simplified routines for finding files that are commonly searched for. For more about the individual commands see:
Quick
Merge
There is a new routine to quickly merge files from one folder / path to another without having to use the set all the options in the basic Copy To dialog.
To use this new too select the files and or folders you want to merge in either Explore View or in a File Set and then select Actions | Merge... from the main menu, press Ctrl+Shift+F7 or use its command button.
(To display the command button right-click over the actions tool bar and select Add/Remove Buttons... from the popup menu. The Actions tool bar looks something like (the Merge icon on this toolbar is third from the left):
Copy
only if Archive Needed Option
You can now limit which files are copied by whether Windows has set the Archive flag (e.g. the file has been changed since it was last backed up.) The new option is on the Copy Files dialog as shown below.
Sorted Bookmarks
Bookmarks are now sorted alphabetically by default. If you like the old way (sorted by when they were created) you can change that in the Tools | Options... dialog as shown below.
Universal
Meta Folders & Bookmarks
Meta folders and Bookmarks can now be used most anywhere a full path to a folder is used, creating File Sets, comparing folders, copy to dialog, command bar and many other places.
The syntax is to enclose the meta folder or bookmark name within angle brackets such as, <meta folder> or <bookmark>.
Since a meta folders and bookmarks define complete paths they can not be tacked onto the end of other paths. However other folders can be added on to them. For example to specify FileBoss's default data folder you could use <md>\File Boss Data where <md> specifies the My Documents folder.
To see a list of available meta folders on your computer use the Tools | Special Folders command from the main menu to display the list of Special Folders in a dialog. The meta folder names are on the left. Abbreviations for the meta folders, such as md for My Documents usually consist of the first letter of the first two words in the meta folder name.
More Drag
& Drop Objects
Microsoft Outlook attachments has been added to the list of objects that can be dropped on a folder in FileBoss. The same can be done with Microsoft Outlook (full or Express) message, Microsoft Outlook Express Newsgroup posts as well as many other objects from other programs and email clients.
Standardized
Drag & Drop modifier keys
When dragging files, folders and objects over FileBoss holding down the:
Shift key forces a Move operation
Ctrl key forces a Copy operation
Alt key forces the creation of a Link to the Dropped objects
(But note that in some circumstances one or more modes will not be available such as when dropping objects frequently the only available option will be to copy.)
Auto
Viewers listed on the Main Menu
Corrected bad design where auto-viewers ( from the main menu) were not listed unless they were active. Now they are listed even if they are inactive so that they can be easily activated.
External
Tools & Auto Viewers now available for folders
Export
/ Import External Tool and Viewer definitions
New options have been added to the setup panels for both External Viewers and Tools. The definitions can now be saved to disk and loaded into another FileBoss.
In addition new qualifiers have been added such as whether or not the tool / view will apply to Files or Folders.
Separated
Default folders for User and Program Data
The default location for user created files (such as when File Sets are saved to disk or a new options file or window list is created) has been separated from the default location for FileBoss's automatically generated data files.
Both places can be set in the Tools | Options... dialog as shown below.
Bugs Killed
Crash
when certain filenames were highlighted
Fixed crash when filenames contained a percent sign followed by one of several specific letters, with or without intervening digits, FileBoss would sometimes crash.
Crash
when using really long filenames
Fixed crash where computers system that had really long filenames anything over 255 characters would cause FileBoss to crash but only rarely and not necessarily.
File
sizes greater than 4 gigabytes were not displayed
correctly
Fixed problem where file sizes greater than four gigabytes would not display correctly in the contents view.
Delay
rendering recursive, mounted Folders
Fixed extremely rare problem where FileBoss would recurse seven levels down when a drive was mounted that referred to itself.
Possible
crash if FileBoss was closed while another program was
processing a lengthy drop that originated from FileBoss
Fixed rare situation where if FileBoss was closed while another program was processing a lengthy drop that originated from FileBoss it would crash just before closing.
Version 1.31
Version 1.31 of FileBoss can be installed directly over your current FileBoss.
Minor Improvements and Fixes
Navigation
Speed - Improved
FileBoss now displays specific folders (such as when restarting or from a bookmark) much faster depending on the folders being accessed.
The
Command Bar & Network Drives - Fixed
When the network paths (such as \\Company\Server\C) were entered in the command bar FileBoss would not always display the indicated drive or folder.
Selecting
Zero Length Files - Fixed
When selecting files with the Select Files Dialog if the By Size option was enabled and the minimum and maximum file sizes were equal (most notable when both were set to '0') FileBoss would not select any files.
Individual
Wizards Disconnected - Fixed
The individual wizards (File | Wizards >) were disconnected (This did not affect the wizards when they were accessed from the Master Wizard (File | Wizards | Master Wizard...)
Selecting
Files Using Complex Patters - Fixed
The exclusion indicator (-) would not be honored, e.g. Select *.* |-*.exe would still select all exe files.
Version 1.3
Released 5 November 2005
Improvements
Modern
Look and Feel
FileBoss has been re-skinned to sport a modern look and feel.
Command Bar
for Direct Entry
The Command Bar is used to quickly:
enter
common commands
type
or paste paths to folders to be explored
set
temporary filters
go
directly to specific files or groups of files
and
much more.
Just press F8 and the Command bar will appear so you can start typing. Type Help in the command bar to learn more about it and later just type a command followed by Help or a question mark and a bubble will appear to how to use the command.
As just two examples of what the command bar can do that you can't do any other way is:
create folder Wedding Pictures
which will immediately create a new folder named Wedding Pictures in the current folder.
DOS cur
Opens a DOS window
in the folder current folder
DOS <md>
Opens a DOS window
sets it to the My Documents folder
DOS
C:\Batch Files
Opens a DOS window
and sets it to C:\Batch Files
DOS
Opens a DOS window
set to the Explore View folder.
Click here for the complete details and command list.
Better
Sequential Renaming Routines
Reorganized
Renaming Groups
There is a new Sequential Renaming panel that simplifies renaming files with sequential numbers. The previous panel is still present as it gives ultimate control over renaming files and, as such, has the new tile of Advanced. Both routines now allow you to specify an increment to use when using or adding sequential numbers to filenames.
Reorganized
Transformation Renaming Panel
The panel for applying transformations when renaming files has been changed slightly to lessen the chance of applying unwanted transformations by mistake.
Customizable
Toolbars
The toolbars can now be customized by adding and deleting buttons. To customize any toolbar right-click over the toolbar and select Add / Remove buttons from the context menu. You can also remove button quickly by simply holding down the Shift key while dragging a button off the toolbar and into the center of FileBoss's window.
Added
Quick Delete method for Bookmarks and File Filters
Simply hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on one of the items in any menu of bookmarks or file filters. You will not be asked for confirmation the item will simply be deleted.
Added
Options for Automatic Restart on Windows Boot
FileBoss can now be told to
always start when Windows does or to start with Windows
if FileBoss was running when Windows last closed.
These new settings can be set by selecting the
Tools | Options... and
then the Startup panel. (FileBoss still defaults
to Never on new installations.)
Added
support for Forward and Back mouse buttons
In Explore View pressing these button is the same as clicking the forward or back toolbar buttons.
Added
'Repair' Option to Start | Programs | FileBoss menu
This does not affect the program itself but rather the installation program. (This has been available in some interim releases.)
Click image for full size view
Added
separate option for how the title of a view is displayed
on the view's tab (as opposed to FileBoss's title bar)
Previously the same text was displayed on FileBoss's title bar and the tab for the active view, e.g. C:\....\Pets and C:\My Pictures\Pets, now what will be displayed on the tile bar and on the tabs can be set separately. Use the Tools | Options... command from the main menu and select the Explorer View group. The settings are under the Display Settings group.
New
default External Tools for Dropping to DOS
Dropping to DOS for a specified folder can be accomplished using external tools. This isn't a new feature but is not documented and, for new installations, two default tools will be installed, albeit disabled, for these tools.
Which tools you use depends on whether your version of Windows is 98, ME and NT or Windows 2000 and later.
You can enable the appropriate tool using the Tools | Options command from the main menu and selecting the External Tools group.
For those who are not installing a fresh version of FileBoss the following can be used examples as to how to create the appropriate tool. The first is for Windows 2000 and later versions. The second is form Windows 98, ME and NT systems.
Click images for full size views
Added
Windows | Close All Windows command to main menu
Added
Close All Other Windows item to the right-click
menu over the tabs for the views.
Added
list of Bookmarks to the right-click menu of each
Explore view
Click image for full size view.
Bookmark
& Dynamic Drives
The bookmarks display now
includes a dynamic list of available drives that reflect
the current state of your file system every time the
bookmarks are displayed.
If you would like to remove the old, static drive
bookmarks simply click on each one you want to remove
while holding down the Ctrl key.
The
dynamic drives can be displayed with or without their
names, e.g. 'Local Disk (C:)' or C:\.
You
can change where and how the dynamic drive entries are
displayed using the Explore panel on the
Tools | Options...
dialog.
Added
two new menu items for creating File Sets (Searching) to
the Right-Click menu in the Contents window
When a folder is the current item the menu command Current Folder | Search Folder... will invoke the Create File Set dialog with the path to search set to the current folder.
When multiple folders are selected the menu command Selected Folders | Search Folders... will invoke the Create File Set dialog with the path to search set to each of the selected folders so that multiple folders can be quickly searched at the same time.
Click images for full size view
The
commands to copy file names to the clipboard now work on
the selected folder in the Navigation window as well as
to selected files in the Contents window
The Edit Copy Names to Clipboard > commands (F10 and Ctrl+F10) will copy the selected folder's path and name (or just name) to the clipboard if the Navigation pane has the focus. If the Contents window has the focus the paths and names of its selected items will be copied.
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Click
and Drag is available in the Contents View when Sticky
mode is turned off, i.e. when the method of selecting
files emulates the way it is done in Windows Explorer.
Sticky mode can be turned off using Select | Sticky Selections toggle from the main menu. When this is the case you can still click and drag to select multiple files at once by clicking and dragging to the right of the filename column.
Missing
Drop Zone Target Folders
When FileBoss starts it checks
the list of active Drop Zones to make sure that they
still exist. Previously if a folder associated with a
Drop Zone did not exist FileBoss would force you to
select a new folder or delete the Drop Zone.
Now Drop Zones can be kept so that they can be used when
the target folder becomes available again. This is hand
for network connections and temporary storage devices
that are not always available.
Bugs Fixed (Program hangs or crashes)
Files
copied to the clipboard outside of FileBoss and then
dropped on a folder in FileBoss could cause the
program to crash
This might also have happened when dragging files from another program.
Stability
problem on some systems
An apparently random stability problem (program would crash or hang) has been fixed. This could happen in any windows configuration but it was most visible on systems with certain plug-ins installed that were heavily used.
Minor improvements / Baby Bugs Fixed
Changed
the minimum width and height FileBoss can be to resized
down to.
Now the default minimum still
allows a few folders and entries to be seen depending on
the arrangement of Results window and other toolbars.
FileBoss can be resized down to the small title bar as
before by checking the Allow FileBoss to be resized
to a small title bar box in the Advanced 2
panel after selecting Tools | Options... from the
main menu.
Changing
FileBoss from being the default viewer for folders and
drives to the just being on the shell's context menu did
not work
Start
Folder specified in the External tools dialog
would sometimes not be set correctly when a command is
invoked
Edit
| New Folder command in Explore View was incorrectly
deactivated when the Contents window (right side) had
the focus
When
files were dropped on or deleted from a folder in
Explore view the '+' and '-' indicators next to the
affected folder in the Navigation window would not
always update correctly
On
some systems using non-standard font sizes the title
text on the View tabs would sometimes be too large for
the tab itself.
The.
Progress
dialog now shows matching 'Checked' and 'Processed'
numbers.
Previously the way existing folders where recorded the Copy Progress dialog could give the impression that not all files where copied when the actually had been.
Resetting
the toolbars to their default locations would hide the
Select and Action toolbars
Sometimes
an entry would have to be right-clicked two or more
times for the context menu to be displayed
Renaming
files during any Copy operation
Duplicating
files that had no extension
If the options for the new
filename was set to 'After Extension' or 'Before
extension' and a file did not have an extension, the
addition would be put after the name. This has been
changed so that when either option is set and no
previous extension exists the added text becomes an
extension.
If this is not he behavior you want use the 'After Name'
option instead.
Changes
to the Allow only one FileBoss to run at a time
option on the Startup panel of the Options dialog would
not take effect until FileBoss was closed and restarted.
Changes now take effect as soon as the Options dialog is closed.
Version 1.221
Released 25 August.
Fixed Drag & Drop feedback error where FileBoss would sometimes say that a file could not be dropped when in reality it could be.
Version 1.220
Released 23 August.
Version 1.220 adds significant improvements to FileBoss's Drag & Drop interface for those working with folders holding thousands and tens of thousands of files.
In addition there are a number of small improvements and bug fixes.
Improvements
Dramatically
improved Drag & Drop operations on huge folders
Drag and Drop operations become unusable when dragging large numbers of files (like tens of thousands) from any application to any application. Previously FileBoss was no exception.
Now you can Drag thousands of files from one FileBoss window to another with the same response time as when you only drag one file.
The special article about Drag and Drop explains this both in summary and in detail. See All about Drag & Drop for complete details.
Use
the Ctrl key to force new instance of FileBoss
If FileBoss has been set to always open in the same instance - e.g. if a folder is clicked on the desktop and FileBoss is already open that folder will open as a new view in the current FileBoss - you can now force a new instance by holding down the Ctrl key while FileBoss starts.
Progress
Dialogs now update every half-second
Previously some Progress dialogs updated too frequently making reading difficult and slightly slowing down some of the operations they were reporting on.
FileBoss
no longer updates on every size change to a file
Previously Explore Views would update every time the size of a file changed. This could be quite disconcerting, and would sometimes slow the system down, when files where being repeatedly written to by other applications.
Improved
Search dialog for creating a File Set
Changes to the User Interface
Confusing
use of Properties and Classic Properties
menu items
Bugs Fixed (Program hangs or crashes)
Folders
could not be renamed in the Navigation Window.
On a few systems FileBoss would sometimes hang when this was attempted
Baby Bugs Fixed
The
three View | View Result Logs > commands did not
always work
When a result log was not active the command would not display the most recently used result log even when it was available. Instead it would just as for the result log name.
New
Drop Zones names would not always be displayed
immediately
The name of a Drop Zone would not change immediately after it had been set using the Properties command from the Drop Zone's right-click menu.
Icons
would not always be displayed for files on CD Drives
Listings in Contents window would not display file icons on some CD Drives and and some other type of removable media
Drop
Zones would always use the Windows copy engine
No matter what the settings were in the Advanced 2 options dialog FileBoss would always use the Windows copy engine when files were dropped on a Drop Zone
F3
key (go to next) would sometimes forget where it should
go
Pressing the space bar to select / deselect an entry would clear the F3 key's memory of what to do next.
Number
and size of selections not reported correctly on status
bar
Selected information on status bar would not update after pressing the Space bar (to select / deselect the current entry) or when the Up and Down Arrow keys were used with the Ctrl key held down.
Status
bar not updated when moving between views
Display of number of selected files on the status bar would not always revert back to 0 when navigating through the folder tree in Explore View
Drop
Zone copy method not remembered
Option to set copy method (to either FileBoss or Windows) for Drop Zones in the Drop Zone panel of the 'Tools | Options ...' dialog would not be remembered, i.e. the method was always set to 'FileBoss'
Inline
filename editing in the Contents Window would not scroll
long names in the edit box.
Fix
some minor graphics on dialog boxes for Windows 2000
The graphics for the delete, recycle and destroy confirmation dialogs would tile when displayed under Windows 2000.
Updated
File Set Properties would not be displayed correctly
after removing entries from a File Set.
This only happened when the files or folders were removed from from the File Set, not when they were deleted or recycled. It was a very obscure glitch that probably only one user noticed
When
creating a File Set (search) if the list of paths had an
empty path FileBoss would not do anything when the OK
button was pressed nor would it say why
An example of such a condition
is:
C:\A | C:\B | C:\C | | C:\D
After
large number of files were dropped on a Drop Zone the
cursor would sometimes remain a Drag & Drop cursor until
the copy process was over
Version 1.210
Version 1.200 put FileBoss through its final stress tests before going into general release. Thanks to all who used it on such diverse sets of hardware and software.
Version 1.210 fixes a few significant problems, a number small annoyances and adds some much needed conventions to the user interface.
The two most significant bugs were crashes 1) when running under Windows 2000 and 2) when the host system had shell plug-ins installed that use an eSellerate wrapper.
All of this and more is detailed below.
Bugs (Program hangs or crashes)
Creating
a new folder would frequently hang FileBoss under Windows 2000
While this was not a certainty it was quite regular. The new folder would be created and displayed and then FileBoss would freeze.
FileBoss
would occasionally hang when the '*' key was pressed
in Navigation view
Pressing the '*' key to expand all folders below the current folder in a Explore View navigation window would often hang FileBoss, especially if there were a large number of subfolders. The '*' has been disabled. The plus (+) and minus (-) keys work as expected and the asterisk key (*) will still expand all folders in a File Set view.
Corrected
rare crash that could happen if the right mouse button was
clicked repeatedly and rapidly in the Contents window
You really had to work to get this one to happen. Now all that work would be in vain.
Fixed
crash that would sometimes occurr when invoking the
shell' context menu
The crash was due to conflicts between FileBoss and certain plug-ins using the eSellerate wrapper. While quite obviously not all plug-ins have been tested there should not be any more problems
Baby Bugs
Double-clicking
shortcut to a document or program would not open the
target
But the shortcut could be opened by right-clicking and selecting 'open' from the menu.
Popup
menu over a bookmark in the Navigation view was wrong
The right-click menu displayed when the cursor was over a bookmark in the Navigation window was incorrect. The menu for a normal forlder was displayed instead. Selecting an item from the incorrect menu had unpredictable results. The correct menu is now displayed with options that only apply to the bookmarks
Clicking
the Bookmark button did nothing
Clicking the bookmark button on the Explorer toolbar did nothing even though the hint indicated that it would add a bookmark to the list. Both the hint and the action were wrong. Now clicking the button will display the list of bookmarks as menu items along with items for editing and adding bookmarks.
Bubble
tips in the Contents window would not always display the
correct fields
Changing the fields to be displayed using the View | File Tip Balloons > menu would not always change the settings. The tips now work as expected and when set for one window are set for all windows.
Corrected
problem where option to invoke only one instance of
FileBoss when it is the default viewer
for drives and directories would not always work
When the Windows integration option (Tools | Options... Windows Integration) Open in an existing FileBoss window if present option was checked it would not take effect unless Windows integration was turned off and then back on.
Now it takes effect immediately when checked (or unchecked).
Corrected
episodic problem in Explore view where deleted files would
not be removed from either the Navigation or Contents
windows
Fixed
location of right-click Menu over Results Window title
bar
The context menu associated with the Results window would sometimes be displayed far away from where the mouse was clicked. Fixed. (To display the right-click menu for the results window the mouse must be over its title bar. This will be expanded in a future release.)
Confirmation
dialog for the Merge operation showed 0 for number of
files to be merged
The correct number of entries to be merged is now displayed.
Overwrite
warnings
did not act properly when dropping files and the FileBoss Copy Engine
was active
The copy warnings (Ask, Rename, No, etc) were taken from the settings for the main copy routine (Actions | Copy To...) rather than settings from 'Advanced 2' panel of the Tools | Options... dialog. This has been corrected.
Wrong
progress meter when copying files
The wrong progress meter would sometimes be displayed when copying files using the Action | Copy To... command from the main menu. This only happened when a mixture of files and folders were being copied.
Date
Formats Could not be Changed
Changing formats for the various dates (e.g. Modified, Created, Accessed) in the Date Formats panel of Tools | Options... dialog had no effect and would even revert to the defaults when the dialog was closed.
FileBoss
would start minimized to the toolbar
If FileBoss was minimized when
it was closed, either expressly or due to Windows
shutting down, when it would be minimized when
restarted.
In the interests of standardization FileBoss will no be
displayed in a normal sized window if it was minimized
when last closed.
Toolbars
and splitter bar restored incorrectly
Sometimes when FileBoss was
restored from being minimized the location of the
toolbars and the width of the Navigation window would be
aggravatingly different than what they were before being
minimized. This has been corrected.
Improvements
Tips
on the status bar
Tips for menu items and toolbar buttons are now displayed on the status bar.
Added
'Ins' as shortcut key for creating a New Folder
New folders will be created under the currently highlighted folder in the Navigation window
Shortened
delay when launching FileBoss
Most noticeable on slower computers and/or under older operating systems.
Changes to the User Interface
Moved
the default location of view specific toolbars to the
left side of FileBoss's main window.
When first installed or when the options revert to their
default state the View specific toolbars, i.e. for Explore
and File Set Views, are now displayed down the left edge of
the application window. This puts them right next to the
Navigation window where they should logically be.
(If you are already using FileBoss try dragging these
toolbars to the left side of FileBoss' window. There is
a good chance you will like it better.)
Changed
which toolbars are visible by default
On new installations the Action and Select toolbars (formerly located at the bottom and right side of the workspace respectively) are now hidden by default.
Changed
stupidly named menu items 'File | Save Window List...' to
'File | Save View List...' and related items
Consistency is good!
Removed
ellipses from Properties... and Classic Properties...
Standards must be followed...sometimes.
Confirm
Merge dialog: made notice area read-only
Previously the notice text could be changed by the user for no reason other than to confuse.
Help
Missing
Help Guide Entry
Help guide entry "Finding Files Containing Text" was broken. Fixed.
Fixed
missing help for the menu at 'File | New File Set From
Template >'
This same help was missing from other menus as well.
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