Version history
Version 2.30
New features:
- Now file patterns may also be excluded in Filter.
- You can specify the Filter in the
command line.
Version 2.24
New features:
Version 2.23
Fixed bugs:
- Fixed bug in the Copying files dialog
design.
Version 2.22
New features:
- New speed button and accelerator key for Mirror.
- More informative message when a NT user without
administrative privileges tries to change the context
menu settings in Options/Configure/Miscellaneous.
- Entering a path in a non-existing drive in Source
or Target does not produces garbage.
Version 2.21
Fixed bugs:
- Left and right scrolling of the main list when using
colors did not work.
Version 2.20
New features:
- A new Options sheet (Color)
let you use colors to mark (with user-defined colors)
entries with newer Source or Target.
Fixed bugs:
- The HTML help should now run with all library versions
supporting it.
- The HTML help does not appear always over the current
window.
Version 2.10
New features:
- A new menu entry (Mirror) and a new
command line option (/M) make easier
getting exact copies of Source.
Version 2.00
New features:
Fixed bugs:
- Relative paths are now handled in the right way.
Version 1.53
New features:
- The ability to allow to run only one copy of the program.
- A (partial) solution for the problem with daylight
savings under NT.
- The Ignore differences under setting is
only used when Source and Target
are under different file systems.
Fixed bugs:
- When comparing files, the update was not always possible.
Version 1.52
New features:
- Selected source (or target) files can be sent not only to
the target (or source) directory but to any other
directory.
- All different style bits are reported when comparing
files.
- It is possible to control from which directory will start
the search for the source or target directory when using
the Source and Target
buttons.
Version 1.51
New features:
- Ask the user before open (compare) more than one (pair
of) items from the main list.
Version 1.50
Fixed bugs:
- Bug in Windows API shell functions when writing to
CD-RWs.
New features:
- Options in the context menus of folders to select them as
source or target directories.
- Directories may be listed along with files. In that way
they can be copied (even if they are empty) or deleted.
- Richer command line syntax.
- Attributes (as well as sizes, time stamps, contents and
even file existence) can be ignored when comparing files
(useful when the source/target is a CD-ROM).
- Minor changes in menus, tool tips, options...
Version 1.48
Fixed bugs:
New features:
- This optional Windows98-style HTML help system.
Version 1.47
Fixed bugs:
- Handling of Filters containing paths (a legal
practice that may have unexpected results).
- Ignore time differences under should now work
correctly.
Version 1.46
Fixed bugs:
- Incorrect directories were created when the source or
target was in the form
d:\
.
- Now only the options in the first sheet of Options
are stored in a
.dcp
file.
New features:
- Now it is possible to erase/eliminate separately the
source and target items.
- It is possible to instruct the program to forget its
current position and dimensions.
- Old DOS/Win3+ short file names are now supported.
Version 1.43
New compiler version and some cosmetic changes: AVIs and
colorful buttons.
Version 1.42
Fixed bugs:
- The first time the program was used Scan was not
activated until something was typed.
Version 1.41
Fixed bugs:
- The most-recently-used list now works.
New features:
- The Swap menu option also swaps labels and the
contents of the main list.
Version 1.40
New features:
- A new option on the File menu allows swapping
source and target directories.
- New options on the Edit and shortcut menus to
open/view source and/or target files and to send them to
an external compare program.
- A new sheet in the Options dialog allows selecting
the meaning of a double click on an item in the main
list.
- A new option on the Options dialog allows
comparing files exclusively by their name.
Version 1.32
Corrected bugs:
- A stupid message issued when a
.dcp
file was
directly open has been removed.
New features:
- A new entry in the Options dialog allows ignoring
small differences between time stamps that are generated
by the different precision NT and Win95/98 use to save
them.
- A single click on the right spot of the About
dialog is enough to e-mail me or browse my home page.
Version 1.31
Corrected bugs:
- It tried to delete some no existing Target files when
using Delete or Eliminate.
- The Synchronize operations did not updated the
Target if Source had been updated.
Version 1.30
Corrected bugs:
It was possible to select commands while the main list was
being built.
New features:
- The main list will optionally display the icons
corresponding to each item. It is also possible to
disable continuous updating of its contents.
The Filter may contain several file masks
separated by ;
Version 1.20
New features:
- New Options menu and dialog.
- The sorting order by the ? field is now user
configurable in the new Options dialog box.
- Files with the same time stamps but different sizes or
attributes can be optionally considered as newer source
files.
- Errors comparing file contents are now more explicit and
the possibility to update the target is now offered. It
is also possible to invoke an external program to compare
in more detail the files.
Version 1.10
Corrected bugs:
- Correct handling of blank string in combo boxes.
- The filter specification history is now correctly
handled.
New features:
- The relative path of files is shown in a separate field.
- One can reorder the items by clicking columns headers.
- More information is saved from session to session,
including main window position and dimension, the width
of columns in the list of files and their sort mode.
Version 1.01
Corrected bugs:
- The keyboard short-cut to delete items has been changed
form
Del
to Ctrl+D
to avoid
inadvertently deleting files when editing the target,
filter or source specifications. Other short-cuts have
also been changed.
New features:
- The main window is now resizable.