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WhereIsIt? version 2.00 Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Robert Galle All Rights Reserved PROGRAM HISTORY =============== Version 2.00 - 31. March 1999 ----------------------------------- + WhereIsIt has a new home on the Internet! Visit "www.whereisit-soft.com". + Reports will now always include a full list of assigned categories instead of "(multiple)" mark, otherwise displayed on screen lists. + Enabled support for printing only specified range of pages in Report Generator. * When updating selected folder only instead of whole disk, the new data for that folder was not always saved when saving the catalog unless there were some other changes in data of the same disk. Fixed. * Fixed automatic catalog updates, sizes for nested folders were not updated properly in their parent folders. * Made some adjustments to archive extracting function in order to detect and handle properly out of disk space situations. * Addressed some auto-save related issues, preventing for auto-save to kick in while manual save is already in progress. * Some other minor or rare problems have been addressed. Version 2.00 RC1 - 21. March 1999 --------------------------------- + Release-candidate version, only bug fixes from now on. + Catalog preview window in extended open dialog will now resize itself accordingly to current dialog size. * Importing descriptions from list-based sources such as Descript.ion, Files.bbs, Index.txt,... files was broken in beta 5. Fixed. * Transferring category and flags settings between catalogs when moving or copying disk from one catalog to another did not work correctly for categories and flags assigned to folders. Fixed. Version 2.00 beta 5 - 14. March 1999 ------------------------------------ + Released an additional description module, for importing user-definable text files as descriptions. This feature was high in demand, but there are a lot of reservations about how much sense this can really have. The new plugin is not included in distribution package (it can be downloaded separately) and is not officially supported as part of WhereIsIt - use on your own responsibility. + Extended Open Dialog with catalog preview has been optimized to be more responsive when working with large catalogs. Preview function should no longer interfere or cause delays while selecting catalogs to load, even with very large catalogs. + Implemented some minor changes in Description API interface to enhance some plugin functions, especially with run-time setup support. + Adjusted description import filter for MP3 files to handle new variable bitrate (VBR) MP3 files. Please note that file play time will not be calculated for VBR files due to performance reasons. * Fixed some problems with removing data from catalog, error messages could occur in certain combinations of items selected to be removed. * Extracting files from SFX archives did not always work correctly, except for RAR SFX and ACE SFX archives. Fixed. * Text in combo box in Compare Results dialog was not initialized correctly. * Lots of other small changes, improvements, and bug fixes. Version 2.00 beta 4 - 5. March 1999 ----------------------------------- + Searching for duplicates is optimized and noticeably faster in many cases. * Fixed a bug in Catalog Setup, where using "Copy from..." button to copy categories from another catalog didn't do its job correctly in some cases. * Fixed a nasty bug in loading/saving search expressions, causing problems to some users. This version should be able to correctly load most of your saved expressions, but if you still have problems, write and save your expression again. * Fixed a problem in Description Assistant. "Index out of bounds" message would appear when trying to edit description via Description Assistant for items located near the end of a long list (for example, a long list of files in the folder). * Fixed a few similar problems in "Compare to Catalog" as well, sometimes occurring when calling up this function the second or later time. * The "Compare to Catalog" function had some problems when scanning files on NTFS partitions under Windows NT, specifically with comparing files by date and time. Program has been adjusted accordingly. * Included a workaround for some STB, Diamond and other S3-based video cards that were exhibiting problems with images. * Adjusted a few details about handling multi-volume ACE and RAR archives. * Adjusted description importing priorities on disk scan. It appears that in some cases new, just imported descriptions would replace the current ones in catalog, even if option was set to preserve existing descriptions. * When running on Windows NT, "Move To..." and "Delete" functions deleted only files on source location, but did not remove folders. This problem did not exist on Windows 95/98. * "Copy To..." and "Move To..." operations have sometimes failed to update target catalog, even if so instructed. * Updated and fixed some issues about calling up the Search and Duplicates windows in different circumstances. * Archive files were still showing extension in their file names even if this was set to disabled. Fixed. * English language file was spell-checked and a few typos fixed. * Some minor changes in help file and the rest of documentation, including the FAQ.TXT. * As always, lots of other minor changes and adjustments to address other, not very common problems reported so far. Version 2.00 beta 3 - 21. February 1999 --------------------------------------- + Added new support for ACE archive format. Both browsing and extracting functions are supported, including in ACE SFX archives. + Support for browsing RAR archive files has been completely rewritten to avoid many problems with this archive type. Archives created with newer versions of RAR should be recognized correctly now, including all RAR SFX archives. + Top bar in main window will now show parent disk info while browsing files and folders. More details about the disk are available in associated tool- tip, and you can click it for quick selection in catalog. + Added a "Configure Plugin" button to plugin list in Add/Update Disk dialog. + When processing a file operation on a list of items from different disks, program will now first handle all items that are available for access, and later ask to insert appropriate disks to handle the rest. Previous versions have always handled disks in alphabetical order. + English help file is now completed and up to date for version 2.0. + Optimized main window's painting during resize events, reducing flickering. * Fixed a problem in Properties dialog - if changing categories, disks or flags with '...' button, item data in Properties dialog would be reseted to state when dialog was shown. * Fixed a few problems related to duplicates searching and "Index out of bounds" error messages in Search dialog. * Fixed a problem with searching for categories or flags. Some items in subfolders that were loaded as a result of search hit were missing their data about categories, disk locations, or flags. This could have some side effects in other parts of program, too. * Setting to search for files inside compressed archives was acting just reversed of what it should be. * Some items in Search dialog were not available for translation. * Fixed sorting files by disk numbers. * Some other minor fixes. Version 2.00 beta 2 - 13. February 1999 --------------------------------------- + Multi-language support is now enabled, and translations can begin. Only English language file is currently prepared for version 2.0. + Added a new option to hide file extensions in file names if extension column is also visible in list view. Some may not care much about having extensions displayed twice in both Name and Ext columns. + The dialog asking to save modified catalog(s) will now show a check box to apply the same answer to all other modified catalogs as well. + Modified a bit how searching by descriptions is performed. It should return less "false" hits due to spaces inside target text while retaining its flexibility. + Modified the items sorting in report generator, which will now display disks in the same order as they are in the main window, and file and folders in the same order as they are on source list. Previous versions have always sorted all items alphabetically. + Exporting descriptions has been extended with an option to add just created or updated description files in catalog. + The algorithm to find first free disk number was changed to return first free number after the biggest one used so far in current catalog. This should help if counting disks in catalog does not start with number 1. + It is now possible to search for items without assigned category, flag, or disk location. + Outlook bar in Program Settings dialog is now able to adjust its width according to text used for items inside - this will ensure that item text will not be stripped, and make translations easier. + Sound file to play after long operations is now user definable. + Help file has been updated, but is not yet completed. Most of major dialogs are now covered with correct context sensitive help, but there is still some work left to be done. * Fixed a problem with removing archive file contents. In most cases, this operation has caused an error message in beta 1. * Fixed importing descriptions from archive files where option was set to only import descriptions, but not archive file contents. Description was attached to parent folder instead of archive file. * Fixed some search expressions related problems. * Fixed the problem with searching inside archive files - the new search engine did not handle this setting correctly, it was almost always regarded as being turned off. * Fixed and improved some details in report generator. Duplex printing should now be OK, and it is possible to print range of pages (but only if printing from print preview). * Fixed some minor details in exporting descriptions to HTML format. * Fixed the option to disable showing disks in catalog when catalog is loaded, disks were always expanded. * Many other small fixes, adjustments and improvements. Version 2.00 beta 1 - 31. January 1999 -------------------------------------- + Completely rewritten search user interface and large part of search engine. The new user interface design is divided in two modes - Quick Search, and Advanced Search. Quick Search is capable of quickly finding items based on their names and/or descriptions, including searching by file masks, text included in item's name or description, file types etc. Advanced Search mode offers a complete search expression editor, allowing you to write, load, and save your own search expressions using full set of logical operators, and full set of WhereIsIt's search conditions, such as searching by name, description, size, date, time, attributes categories, flags, disk locations etc. + New Description API programming interface allows WhereIsIt to be extended with third-party description plugins, importing descriptions from other, currently not supported description sources. All existing description filters were rewritten according to Description API specification, and extended with some new filters (importing HTML titles as descriptions, for example). The pre-release version of Description API in Windows Help format, as well as a sample description plugin are included with the program for all interested in writing their own description plugins. + Program now uses new and enhanced catalog file format, capable of storing new features implemented in this release, and providing space to implement some new ones in next releases. Your existing catalog files will get automatically converted to the new format first time they are saved - you will also notice that new catalog format produces noticeably smaller files. + Added catalog protection. Each catalog can now have assigned read-only and full access passwords, and catalog file itself can be stored encrypted for additional security. + Extended categories, flags, and added new disk locations. There can now be up to 4095 categories per catalog, and up to 255 user-defined flags or disk storage locations. Categories can be organized in a tree structure, allowing some categories to act as subcategories (up to 16 levels). Disks are now also allowed to have categories assigned. + Add/Update Disk dialog has been renewed, to comply with Description API settings, as well as to improve some features and interface appearance. New feature is a Folder Limitations button, where you can visually select virtual root folder, as well as check/uncheck each folder on selected disk if it is to be included in disk scan or not. There is also a new checkbox available, allowing for Add/Update dialog to be redisplayed after scanning completes - useful when adding multiple disks to catalog. + A new tab in program's settings handles items to be skipped during disk scan. Apart from hidden files and folders you can now also choose to skip zero-sized files or empty folders, Recycle Bin folder, and provide list of file masks for files to ignore (for example "*.tmp, *.bak). + Due to popular requests, program now allows removal of selected files or folders from catalog. In addition, you can now also remove the contents of compressed archive files, if no longer interested in files inside. + In addition to "Copy To" command, program now also supports "Move To" and "Delete" commands to allow complete file management. Additional features are optional deleting to Recycle Bin, or automatic updating of cataloged data if destination disk is found in loaded catalogs. + Items in all lists can now be syntax-colored, according to their type, category, flags, or disk locations. All colors, file types etc. are user- adjustable, stored either globally (file types) or inside each catalog file. + File lists and the main tree window now support optional explorers one-click interface, with item underlining and click-less item selection. + Internal ASCII viewer has been improved with new HEX mode for binary files, auto-detection of ASCII/binary files, added is toolbar and a button to call up Quick View (Plus), if installed. + There are two new wizard dialogs available. The "How to Order Wizard" will advise and help you choose the most suitable way how to send in registration fee, and will either connect you with online ordering site, or print the already filled registration form based on your decision. The other wizard can check on the Internet if there is a newer version of WhereIsIt available for download. + ANSI/OEM conversion of imported descriptions is now optional. + You can optionally set the program to play a default system sound (a "ping" of some kind, usually) after a long (>10 sec) operation completes. This can bring back your attention when a complex search or disk update operation completes. + Sorting algorithm used in program has been rewritten. While it still supports stable sorting, it is noticeably faster especially on large lists. It does require some additional working memory though - WhereIsIt will try to detect if memory is very low, and use the old algorithm instead in this case. + The dialog for selecting folders has been completely rewritten, and it now supports some enhanced features used in different places in program (it is now able to detect changes in folder tree and update it automatically, display checkbox with folders, display drive or folder as virtual root...) + Description exporting has been enhanced with HTML description format. Similar to Files.bbs and Index.txt files, a HTML file is stored on original media in each folder, containing file descriptions in HTML format. + The Program Settings dialog is now better organized, with new setting groups available on the left side. Since more tabs are now available, settings have been re-arranged in a way that allows more space on form for translations. There are too many new settings available to be listed here, only some of them will be mentioned. + Added is a new option in program settings, specifying if folders are allowed to have extensions. If you are using long file names with periods for your folders, disabling folder extensions might be a good idea. + Catalog auto loading feature can now be set to load all opened catalog from the previous session when WhereIsIt starts. + The "Locate in Catalog" function was added to action list for mouse double- click. You can select it in program's settings. + The toolbar in main window provides some new features, such as extended buttons with pull-down menus (for example, the "Open" button has attached a pull-down menu with recently opened catalog files for quick access). + The Insert Media dialog is now able to auto-detect when the required media has been inserted in drive, and continue with operation without waiting for user to press the OK button. Auto insert notification must be enabled in Windows for drive in question for this feature to work. + The Search dialog is not yet replaced with a new version, but there are a few enhancements already available. Some of edit boxes in are now equipped with a history list, storing old search queries to be re-used if required. Searching by description supports a new feature - searching for items that sound alike, using the soundex algorithm. The Help and Stay On Top buttons have been moved to window's caption. + A new Properties dialog is now available for cases when more than one item is selected. The new dialog will show common properties for a group of selected items, as well as allow you to change description, categories, flags, or disk locations for all selected items at once. The Properties dialog for single items has also been added some new features, like setting the same categories and flags to all available subitems. + The work on new Report Generator is not completed yet, however some new features are available. Most notable are new, more friendly dialog layout, new HTML and RTF report exporting functions, new internal reporting engine, changes in Report Settings dialog for easier access etc. Report Generator will now allow to word wrap single-line descriptions, if space on page is critical. This way, description column will take less space, but multi-line descriptions will not be word wrapped to preserve text formatting. + Language support has been improved with some new language settings, like right-to-left reading. Support for languages using DBCS is planned for the final release. The use of language files can also be disabled in version 2.0, allowing the program to run faster if only using internal English language. + Version 2.0 is now much more DBCS-friendly, and Far-East users should be able to use the program with their own language with much better results. + The Compare Results window is no longer modal - user can now switch to other windows without loosing compare results data. Some heavy adjustments all around the program were needed to support this feature. + New script language has been added to WhereIsIt, mostly for automated catalog management (loading, updating, saving,...) Network administrators should now be able to schedule unattended catalog updates. The script language itself is only basic for now and will likely be extended in the feature. + The "Open Catalog" dialog was enhanced and is now capable of showing some catalog's properties without having to open the catalog in program. Some of available details are the catalog-tree preview, catalog description, a few details about stored disks, catalog's owner and protection state etc. + Improved mouse wheel support. + WhereIsIt now uses a new registration system - instead of typing four lines of user data, each registered user now gets a personal key file to register the program and unlock all capabilities. The new system allows me to implement some additional features, and is easier to use for end users. + MANY other improvements and changes were made in WhereIsIt 2.0 (I have to admit I lost track for some of them myself). Some more are still planned before the final 2.0 release will be completed. At a rough estimate, about 80% of code was modified or rewritten since the 1.2x release. Known Limitations And Missing Features -------------------------------------- * Multi-language support is disabled in this release. Only English language is currently up to date with version 2.0, and it is not time yet to start updating other languages, too - program will still change a lot, including in user interface. * Direct support for network drives using UNC addressing is not yet included in this release - you still have to assign a drive letter to network drive in order to access it with WhereIsIt. Program has been internally updated for UNC drives, though, this feature will be activated in later versions. * Help file has barely been updated so far - you are likely to find some new items displaying no or even wrong help text. Help file is usually the last thing to update before release is called "final". * Some improvements are waiting to be done in report generator as well, especially with printer settings and support functions. * Some new exciting features still planned to be included in WhereIsIt will likely have to wait for the next major release, probably version 2.5. Among them are support for printing labels and CD inserts, the new "folder" system similar to one used in many e-mail programs which is intended to enhance and replace user list functionality, and some others. Program has been internally prepared for many such features, but I can't implement everything at one, development of version 2.0 is already taking too long. OLDER RELEASES ============== Version 1.26 - 18. September 1998 --------------------------------- + Probably the last release before the first 2.0 beta version. Version 1.26 should be and remain the most stable release for quite some time, at least until 2.0 is fully completed and tested. * Fixed a number of small or rare problems reported or found during the last month, including problems during disk scanning, searching being interrupted, sorting large disks by size etc. Version 1.25 - 16. August 1998 ------------------------------ + Implemented some minor changes how menus are painted, and improved some details about launching files with associated programs. + Included support for importing file info about *.CPL files. * Fixed some language-related problems when using a language other than English, especially in Search dialog. * Fixed a problem occurring with some removable drives when program tries to assign a new serial number to media. Version 1.24 - 19. July 1998 ---------------------------- + Added UNC filename support for saving and loading catalog files in network environments. Full UNC support is scheduled for version 2.0. + Improved some minor details about properly importing 4DOS description files. + Included some minor details for better support of Windows 98. * When using "Copy To..." or "Extract To..." commands, directory tree to select the destination sometimes appeared empty, and manual refresh was required. Fixed. * Fixed problem with Report Generator when running on Windows NT, after changing printer settings. This has been fixed before, but the buggy code has crept back in when I updated my development environment a few weeks ago. * A number of fixes and safeguards have been implemented in disk scanning procedure, to prevent some rare problems occuring during the disk scan. * Fixed a number of small problems or issues, either reported or discovered during development of new 2.0 version. Some portions of code from upcoming 2.0 release are also included in this release, to add small improvements in both functionality and speed. Version 1.23 - 4. June 1998 --------------------------- * Major service release. + Enabled option to allow case sensitive searching by file mask, both for normal searching and searching for duplicates. * Fixed and improved algorithm for searching for duplicate items. Previous versions had problems returning correct results if both name and size were not checked as duplicates criteria. * Fixed and improved importing existing descriptions on disk update. Program will now allow files that have changed, but remained on the same location to keep their current descriptions on update. This also includes better file recognition support, if more files with the same name but different descriptions exist in catalog. * Alt-F4 shortcut will now always close currently active window or dialog, not necessarily the application. * Improved importing information from WAV files. Some types of WAV files were not recognized properly in previous releases. * Adjusted a few minor problems with browsing data in the main window. In some rare specific cases, sorting in just displayed window was not set correctly, or sort arrow was missing in column header. * Fixed problem in report generator - exporting some very specific types of reports to ASCII file or to Excel could end with internal error message. + A few other minor enhancements were included, mostly user suggestions. Version 1.22 - 28. May 1998 --------------------------- * Service release. One bug was found after all in new searching routines, related to searching files in deep nested folders by descriptions. Sometimes program failed to find some of those files. * A few more changes were implemented to ensure support for new version 2.0, when it will be released. Version 2.0 will introduce new catalog file format to support some of new features, and new catalogs created by 2.0 version will not be readable by this release. Changes included here will recognize new catalog file format and act accordingly. Of course, your current catalogs will be supported by 2.0 version, and automatically converted to new format when saved for a first time. Version 1.21 - 25. May 1998 --------------------------- + Installation program has been improved and equipped with some special, custom made add-ons to provide additional functionality. Installation program is now able to detect location of previous installation and offer it as default, and it will now clear old program entries in "Add/Remove programs" list when re-installing or upgrading. Partial install is also supported, and a new sample catalog was added to present some of program's capabilities to new users. + Assigned Ctrl-Enter shortcut to act as a click on the OK button when editing a description (it now works in Description Assistant as well in item's properties dialog). + Improved changing serial numbers to handle 0000-0000 numbers on Windows 95, too. In previous versions, zeroed serial number could not be changed when running on Windows 95/98 (Windows NT users did not have this problem). + Improved media type detection. Now program will try to detect type of media inserted, not just type of drive. This could be useful in cases such as DD media in HD drive, or regular 3.5" floppy disk in LS-120 drive. + Added new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file to WhereIsIt package. * Fixed sorting in Search Results list and User List. Clicking on column sometimes did not sort items as it should. * Fixed and improved importing database from Floppy Master. Version 1.20 - 18. May 1998 --------------------------- + Right-clicking on drive button in Add Disk/Update Disk dialog will now show system context menu for that drive (the same one as if right-clicking drive icon in Explorer). The same context menus are also available when selecting a folder for some operation. + Added catalog file size information to catalog properties. + Changed a bit how sorting by disk numbers is handled for files and folders. * Auto-save interval in program settings was not preserved correctly. Fixed. * Importing descriptions from Files.bbs and similar was adjusted a bit, some descriptions could be skipped in previous versions. * A number of other small changes and adjustments. Version 1.20 beta 1 - 7. May 1998 --------------------------------- + Almost completely rewritten search procedure and internal catalog handling, resulting in much faster searching, and shorter shut-down times. Searching is now in average about 3-4 times faster, and in some special cases even up to 10 or 20 times. Actual improvements will largely depend on number of hits (fewer the better), and a bit on catalog data structure. + Added sort indicators to column headers. Headers are now by default a little wider than in previous versions, since some space is reserved for the arrow. + Added IntelliMouse support in Windows 95 (scrolling active window with mouse wheel). + Program will now remember last set "Copy to" folder. * Modified a bit how media is detected, to address problem with using catalog file on both Windows 95 or 98, and Windows NT. Problem occurs because each system reports slightly different details about media - result is that media added to catalog in Windows 95/98 is not recognized on Windows NT, and vice versa. Program now tries to tolerate those differences, especially when working with CD-ROMs. * Saved catalog files will now preserve their attributes, including the compression attribute on NTFS disks. * Fixed a few problems related to saving Search dialog's settings. * Fixed searching by file type, and searching for duplicates with file name filter turned on. Some new additions in previous versions broke this. * Fixed some problems in report generator, like always printing from default paper source. * When closing multiple catalogs with "Close All" command, there was some unnecessary flickering and redrawing. Closing is now faster and smoother. * Disk size for virtual disks was always reported as 0. Virtual disk size is now presented as used space by all files on virtual disk. * Fixed anomaly when scanning some specific CAB archives, and fixed extracting from archives with spaces in internal folders. Version 1.11 - 5. April 1998 ---------------------------- + Some internal optimization was done in this release, resulting in notice- able speed improvements, like faster list updates when scrolling. A few other speed optimizations are also prepared, but not yet included in this release, since some further testing is necessary first. + "Show context menu" button on Win95 keyboards now works in WhereIsIt, too. + Item lists will now show selected items even after window looses focus. + Added recognition support for Fujitsu M2531A MO drives. * When saving catalog failed for some reason (full disk, etc.), program could start incorrectly reporting catalog errors, or just crash in certain conditions. This has been fixed, and program is generally better protected against saving related problems. * Fixed extracting files from RAR archives when files were stored in sub- folders inside RAR. * When moving with PgUp/PgDn keys (in large steps) through tree view in main window, the right pane sometimes didn't update itself properly. Fixed. * Adjusted detection routine for detecting removable drives. On Win95/98, some removable drives could be sometimes detected as hard drives. * (De)selecting files via +, *, - buttons was very slow in 1.10 release. * Fixed anomaly when drawing popup menus (menu item's text was sometimes displayed too low). * Added a few other minor adjustments. Version 1.10 final - 20. March 1998 ----------------------------------- + Improved search capabilities when searching by name or description. Now you can specify more than one condition to search for, separated by commas. For example, to find all text and zip files, you can do this in single search by specifying '*.txt, *.zip' as a file mask. The same goes for text in descriptions. Program will search for items that match by at least one of specified condition. + Adjusted a bit how menu items are painted, text should be better aligned now for most systems. + When scanning disk with importing hidden files turned off, such files were also not checked for importing description. This has changed, descriptions will get imported from hidden files even if they are set to be skipped and are not appearing in the catalog. * Program will now remember and next time set maximized window state. Previous versions only remembered window size, but not state. * Fixed a bug with moving disks between catalogs (registered version only). Error messages could start poping up after or during disk is being moved. * Fixed a problem with normal search / duplicates search setting. * Fixed blank entries appearing in the most-recently-used catalog list. * Fixed a problem occurring with multiple printers installed on Windows NT. Version 1.10 beta 4 - 10. March 1998 ------------------------------------ + Installation program now supports German language, too. + Added a new button to put program in the background during disk scanning, minimizing application and allowing to use other programs at that time. Program will pop up again when disk scan is finished. + Search dialog will now remember not only window size, but also last used search settings and search type. This way, if your last search was by file name, the next time you press Ctrl+F search dialog will be already set to search by file name. + Added support for some file operations to Compare / New items list. + Added support for Java ARchives (*.JAR), quickly gaining popularity on Internet for Java packaging. They are handled as regular *.zip archives. + Added importing information for wave (*.WAV) and MPEG (*.MPx) audio files. ID3 tags are supported, too. + Changed "last opened catalogs" list size from 4 to 8 (this will be made user adjustable in the next major release), and modified a bit the logic how catalogs are added or displayed on this list. + Improved Windows 98 compatibility. + Added option to disable startup and shutdown logo (registered users only). + Add/Update disk dialog will now remember "Advanced >>" button state between sessions. + Added 'Add to User List' action to file double-click actions list. + Added recognition for "Deltis MOS320" and "Olympus MOS332" MO drives. * When updating disk image, old disk description was sometimes not preserved. Fixed. * Fixed searching by file mask for files, compressed inside archive files and with subfolder(s) appended to file name in the catalog. * Setting to browse inside archive files had some problems with its default setting in Add/Update dialog. Fixed. * Fixed error occurring when trying to use "Copy To" command on '..' folder. * Fixed a bunch of spelling errors in English language file. Version 1.10 beta 3 - 27. February 1998 --------------------------------------- + Added optional disk numbers to catalog, due to popular requests. Each disk can now have its own number, used mostly for reference purposes. Appropriate columns will appear when listing disks, files and folders, and relevant dialogs were updated to support this new feature. Catalogs remain compatible with previous versions, regardless of this new addition. + Added 'Save All Catalogs' command to main menu. + Added a new command line parameter, '/English', for forcing the program to start in English language, disregarding current language setting. You can use this to bail back to default language if you have mistakenly set a language you can't see or understand. + Added ability to rename disks and catalogs from their Properties dialog. + Added support for importing 00index.txt (and similar) files. + Improved on handling of Files.bbs files. Some additional new formats are now supported, and program is more robust to other, perhaps yet unknown formats. + Improved File_id.diz importing from compressed files. Program can now import File_id.diz files even if they are not in "root" of compressed file, and includes some logic what to do if multiple File_id.diz files are found inside single compressed file. + Added 'Item Time' column to User List and Compare Results List. Please note that for compatibility reasons, users of previous versions will find new columns at the right end of listview window; you can use the 'Customize Columns' option to reorder columns. + Added some special support for Seagate's Direct Tape virtual drives, to overcome problems caused by Direct Tape's not-exactly-perfect removable drive simulation. + Improved removable drive detection, and added support for detecting new "iomega Zip 100 Plus" drives. E-mail me for details if you have a removable drive and would like to have it detected under real name instead of generic "removable drive" label (functional in Win95 only at the moment). + Added support for detecting and recognizing LS-120 drives. + Added context sensitive help to Properties dialog, User List, and Compare Results List window. I think that about covers it now. + Made some additional changes to user interface, to accommodate new multi- language support. + Updated column auto-resizing behavior. You should no longer experience columns changing sizes by themselves to default value when manually resizing some other column, and there should be less flickering. * Finally fixed support for Novell NetWare network drives larger than 2GB. * When program is searching for media to match catalogued disk, it will now correctly handle situation where more than one drive is found to have the same properties as needed media. * Operations like View and Launch did not work correctly with files stored in internal subfolders inside RAR file. Fixed. * Fixed exporting reports to ASCII files, sometimes exported report was empty. * When changing active language, hidden columns and columns order settings were lost. Fixed. * On language change, order of items in Disk Image Setting / "Import description from the following sources" list appeared to be reset to default order. Fixed. * Removing temporary extracted files at program exit did not work correctly in 1.10 beta 1 and 2 if "Ask before delete" mode was selected. Fixed. * Fixed "List index out of bounds" error in Compare Results list, occasionally showing when switching lists. * Importing descriptions from Files.bbs and 00index.txt files could be slow in folders with a lot of subfolders, or archive files. This is much faster now. * Improved on general program's stability, compromised by introducing multi- language support a while ago. Especially the Report Generator had a tendency to force an error when being used for a while, and this should be fixed now. Version 1.10 beta 2 - 11. February 1998 --------------------------------------- + Added support for customizing font used in dialog boxes all over the program. This setting is now a part of language definition file, and includes font name, international character set to use, and font size. With this settings you can assign special font setting to each language supported in program. For example, to get Office 97 look & feel, select font 'Tahoma' instead of default 'MS Sans Serif'. + Language Editor has been updated to comply with new font settings, and will now show source text and your translation in appropriate fonts, as set in language files. * Fixed problem with no language being selected (English should always be default, but...) This bug showed as missing text in dialogs, column headers etc. Once you have selected the appropriate language yourself, everything has returned to normal. * Fixed importing File_id.diz files from compressed files, when "Browse only for descriptions" option was enabled. * Added some safeties to the new Language Editor, to prevent loosing most of your translations in case some critical error would occur. * Fixed a few other minor user-interface related bugs, and made some changes for better multi-language support. Version 1.10 beta 1 - 6. February 1998 -------------------------------------- + NEW! Complete multi-language support, with run-time language switching and built-in Language Editor for translating the program to your own language. English and Slovenian language files are included with this release, and there are many more under construction at this moment. + NEW! Support for exporting reports directly to Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program. Program uses DDE to communicate with Excel, and builds a new table with your report contents. From there you can save generated spread- sheet to .XLS or any other format supported by Excel. + Added support for extracting from self-extract (.exe) files. + When extracting archive files, type of compression is no longer assumed by file extension, but is recognized from the file itself. + Rewritten importing descriptions logic, preparing it for future upgrades. + Added optional version info importing from 32-bit Windows files (exe, dll, vxd, ocx...) during disk scan. Program is now able to import file description and version from manufacturer's signature. + Added simple description importing for Audio CD disks. Each track will be commented with track number and length, and if CD-ROM or track is already in Windows' CD Player's database, track or disk name will be imported from there. + Added 'Remove from User List' button and menu option to most windows, acting as a counterpart to old 'Add to User List' command. This new function will enable you some more detailed user list handling, like using search for finding items to remove from user list. All this is mostly preparation for the next major version which will allow you to save User List contents, giving a whole new dimension to your catalogs. + Changed some details about editing disk name in Add/Update dialog. Now you can enter disk name before clicking on the drive button (it won't get overwritten with default disk label any more if you typed it there). + Right clicking column headers now shows a menu, where you can either force columns to auto-adjust their width to currently visible data, or show a Columns Setup dialog as in previous versions. + After editing description or renaming an item is finished, columns will now auto-adjust their width to accommodate new data. + Added *,-,+ keys on numerical keyboard for list selection. '+' ('-') will select (deselect) items on list by file mask, while '*' will invert current selection. All three are acting the same way as in ever popular Norton Commander. + 'Export Descriptions' dialog will now keep settings inside current session. + 'Compare Files to Catalog' will now store last used settings to registry, keeping them even between sessions. + Replaced color selection combo in Report Settings with more powerful color button. * Fixed some problems with importing and exporting Files.bbs descriptions, mostly where long file names were included. * Improved file error handling in 'Copy To...' command. * When trying to change serial number on write-protected disk under Windows NT, disk scan would be aborted with error message. Fixed to ignore the error, leave the serial number alone, and continue with scanning. Version 1.02 - 21. January 1998 ------------------------------- * Fixed a problem with detecting drives (partitions) in size over 2GB. * Made changes to avoid reported problems with some network drives. * Fixed problem with band size when changing fonts in report generator. * A few problems reported with 1.01 were addressed and fixed in this release. Version 1.01 - 9. January 1998 ------------------------------ * This version fixes a few more or less rare problems that were reported regarding the final release, and adds some very minor enhancements. + Installation script was updated to ask for confirmation before executing Microsoft's Comctl32.dll upgrade installation program. + Browse for folder dialog now has a Refresh button, to allow updating the folder tree in case something changed (new drives available, etc.) + Context sensitive help was added in Search dialog, too. * Fixed problem in Description Assistant where program would sometimes report an error when accessing description files larger than 32kB. * Fixed problem in searching for duplicates, the "Don't search for files inside archive files" option did not work as it should. * Fixed searching by categories if more than one catalog with categories set was included in searching (returned results may have been incorrect). * Fixed updating disks where categories set were sometimes not correctly preserved for some items without description. * Fixed a "List index out of bounds" message that may show sometimes when disabling 'Show ".." folders' option in program's settings. * The "Autohide After..." checkbox in User Interface settings did not save its state correctly between sessions (it was just reverted). * Updated "View / Sort items..." menu to include some missing options. * If more than one folder was selected, "Copy To..." only copied the first one and skipped all others. Fixed. Version 1.0 FINAL - 31. December 1997 ------------------------------------- + Updated installation script to include the latest COMCTL32.DLL files for both Win95 and NT, and made possible for install program to update these files by itself, if necessary. + Finally added custom reports to report generator. You can visually select items to include in a catalog tree display - what is visible in tree, this will be printed. There are also a few macro commands to make selection easier, and you can save prepared report layout to file. + Added a new option to exclude items compressed inside archive files from searching. + Added new shortcut Shift-F10 to bring up item's context popup menu. * Finally located and fixed the problem where some descriptions in catalog were not preserved after updating disk data. * Fixed a nasty problem with new categories display from the previous release. For some catalogs, categories displayed in columns were not the right ones. * Fixed searching by Created and Last Accessed dates, which had sometimes incorrectly returned all compressed files. * Fixed a few problems on Windows NT, especially for those users running new Internet Explorer 4.0 with active desktop installed. * Fixed handling of Audio CDs on Windows NT. It seems that CD-ROM driver in Windows NT handles Audio CDs a bit strangely compared to Windows 95, and program is now adjusted to that behavior. * Fixed numerous small bugs I managed to find in the last week, mostly user-interface related that might show under certain conditions. Hopefully, program is more or less clean now. - Note to previous users of WhereIsIt: this final release will "upgrade" your existing catalogs, the first time they are loaded in the program. Each catalog will be marked as modified after loading, and rebuilt from scratch when saved. This is done to enable all of us a fresh start, filtering out all possible problems inside catalogs that could be left over from beta versions. Version 1.0 RC4 - 20. December 1997 ----------------------------------- + Added a new command: "Copy To..." With this one, you can copy one or more selected files and folders from the catalog to some other folder of your choice. Selected items don't have to have the same origin; you can select to copy items originating from different disks with one single command, and program will prompt you to insert appropriate disks during copying. Ideal if you have grouped items of interest in Search Results list or in the User List, and want to copy them somewhere else. + Added categories to be displayed as columns in most item lists. + Added option to disable auto-hiding descriptions shown as tool-tips. Until now, you could only set how long will it stay on screen, up to 15s. + Search window will now remember last expanded size, and will set it the same next time. + Report generator is faster and a bit smarter when generating reports. Sorting items by source is MUCH faster now, and is done only the first time when printing or previewing the report, not every time. + Provided are ways to cancel report generation, printing, or exporting it at any given moment, and added some additional progress indicators. + Made some small changes to how categories are handled, and improved a bit on associated dialogs. + Added ability to search for items without assigned category. * Fixed a few problems regarding printer settings in report generator. There were problems with printing to non-default printer, to printer with default paper orientation set to landscape, and printers set in Report Setup and Printer Setup dialog sometimes did not match. Also added more available paper sizes for your reports. * When printing reports, number of copies and collate printing now works correctly. * Fixed a problem with DiskInfo button in Add Disk dialog. * Fixed support for some disks (partitions) over 2.1 GB. Version 1.0 RC3 - 8. December 1997 ---------------------------------- + Reports had some major improvements in this release. Items in report can now be grouped by their origin (catalog, disk, folder), and printed with appropriate headings. Icons can be optionally included in report, adding some graphics to the printout. Report sections can now have customizable background color, allowing you to make color bands for titles etc, and some new sections were included (headings for grouped items). + Added possibility to use some external shell program instead of Windows Explorer with "Open in Explorer" command. + Added "Open Description Assistant" to available file double-click actions. + In full-screen print preview mode, status line is no longer displayed, in order to maximize visible page area. * Fixed repainting buttons in report preview toolbar after changing page. Version 1.0 RC2 - 26. November 1997 ----------------------------------- * Fixed loading position for dialogs like Search and User List that did not work correctly for some users of RC1 version. The RC2 will fix this problem, as well as prevent any problems resulting from this misbehavior in RC1. * Made some changes trying to prevent problems with saving files, as reported by one user. Saving should be more fail-safe now, and should at least report a problem if there is one. * Improved saving procedure when operating in low disk space condition, like when saving catalog to floppy disk, or a very full hard drive. The new procedure is much more robust, and will sometimes manage to get job done where older versions couldn't. * Fixed a problem with toolbar positioning when it is floating on program startup. * Fixed some broken links in the help file. Version 1.0 RC1 - 14. November 1997 ----------------------------------- + Closing catalogs is now about twice faster as it was before. This also affects the total shutdown time, cutting it to half. + Improved a bit on start-up time, and reduced program's memory consumption. + Exporting reports to ASCII files is done properly now, and few new options are now available when exporting (normal, tab-delimited or comma-separated columns to choose from) + Added a new option to display settings, to disable smooth scrolling while expanding or collapsing tree nodes in main window. Smooth scrolling is automatically active in entire Windows system if using a newer Comctl32.dll library, included with Internet Explorer 4.0, for example. + Added zoom cursor to report preview; left click on report area will perform zoom in, and right click will zoom out. + Removed some flickering in report preview when changing pages. + Description Assistant window will now save its size and position. * Prevented the '..' folder from appearing in reports. * Searching for duplicates did not find all duplicate files in some special cases. Fixed. * Fixed support for disks (partitions) larger than 2.1 GB. * Fixed a problem that may occur when printing report. If print job was canceled from Windows while program was still busy printing, WhereIsIt? had some major problems handling this situation in 0.99 version. * Fixed some problems with updating main window while moving or copying disks with Catalog Manager. - Custom reports will probably have to wait until the 1.1 release, there is just too much to do about them if I want to do it right. Version 0.99 - 6. November 1997 ------------------------------- + Brand new report generator with print preview is finally included in this release! It is not completely finished, some functionality is yet to come (custom reports), but you can get the general idea. Visual appearance of a report can be customized, and complete print preview is in there, with background page generation, zoom, full screen mode and all. Exporting to ASCII files is just basic at this stage, though, and there may be some minor problems left to solve later. A lot of fresh coding was done in a very short time for the new report generator, and some bugs are probably fair to be expected in this release. Let me know! Check the "reportg.txt" file for some more development details. + Extended "Compare Files to Catalog" option to compare not only to one whole catalog, but to allow user to select which disks or catalogs to include in compare (just like in Limit Search option). Also, added a "Cancel" button to interrupt the process if it takes too long. + Added a new feature in search by filename: if program detects that data to search for is in a file mask format (using '*' and '?' characters), it will automatically switch to 'Search by File Mask' mode, regardless of previous setting (default is 'Part of Filename' setting). + Improved handling of international characters in filenames. + Improved detection of multi-session CD-ROMs where Windows may return incorrect total media size (only the last track is counted). + Added Ctrl-PgUp to act the same way as a backspace, or a Back button, just like it does in popular Norton Commander. Also added Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDown shortcuts to switch tabs in Compare Results window. * Fixed disk properties dialog for users with small font setting. * Fixed a dialog for disk selection shown when at least two disks with the same parameters already exist in catalog when adding a new disk. For users with small font setting only, window with disks list was not resized properly, covering the buttons at the bottom completely... * Fixed searching by filemask. In some special cases, searching failed to correctly locate items. * Fixed some minor problems with extracting from RAR files when they are in the right pane of the main window. * Fixed some minor problems with recognizing some rare TAR files, and adjusted .Z and .GZ files handling. * Fixed some problems about importing descriptions from Files.bbs files. * Fixed disk properties dialog for users with small font setting. * Some other minor adjustements that came my way... Version 0.90.9b - 26. October 1997 ---------------------------------- + Added .Z (Unix compress) archive recognition, and .LZH extraction support. + Added small fancy tabs in Compare Results window, for easy switching between lists as well as better preview of compare results. + Added progress bar indicator when program is loading catalog data needed to search for files in that catalog ("Compare Files to Catalog" option). + Added new option in Display Settings to enable/disable showing keyboard shortcuts inside button tooltips. If this is enabled (default), tips will have shortcut information appended, f.e. "Open Catalog (Ctrl-O)" + Extended support for NTFS volume labels that can be up to 32 characters long (compared to 11 characters in (V)FAT, FAT32, or CDFS) + Added F4 shortcut in Search window and User List to access properties, and added Ctrl-I shortcut for ASCII Viewer. + When using external ASCII viewer, program will now always pass filename to view enclosed between two double-quotes. This should allow some applications proper long filename handling when spaces and other "invalid" characters are used in filename. Also, a new option was added to force using short filenames only when running external viewer program. * Extracting from RAR archives was broken in 0.90.9, now it's working again. * Quick-search introduced in previous version was not setup correctly for the new Compare Results window when new items were displayed. Fixed. * Fixed importing description priority order (archive comments always had priority over File_id.diz inside archive, whatever the settings was). * When updating disk data with "Quick scan" option on, folder sizes may have been calculated incorrectly. Fixed. * Importing descriptions like File_id.diz from inside compressed files sometimes did not work correctly if lower-case chars were used in the filename. Fixed. * Number of folders was sometimes reported incorrectly as 65535 for empty disks. Fixed. * If trying to open already opened catalog, exception error would show. Fixed. * Picture for disabled View button in Search window was displayed incorrectly. Version 0.90.9a - 22. October 1997 ---------------------------------- + Added a new option to check if files located somewhere on your drive are already stored somewhere in the catalog. As a result you will get three lists of files, telling you which files are new, which were found to be the same in the catalog and which were only matched by name, but not other properties, like size or date .Using this, you should be able to avoid storing the same files to many different places. + Added 'View File' command as a choice for double-click action. + Changed the 'Clear previous search results' in Search dialog to be checked by default. + Enabled quick search in all list windows: if you want to select a known item on the list (file, folder,...), just start typing its name - selection will be repositioned to the first item with name matching to what you have typed. + Introduced a small delay before updating the left window when moving selection through the treeview using your keyboard. This prevents unnecessary flicker (left list will be updated in 0.5 seconds after you stop moving). If using your mouse, however, left window will still be updated at once. * Fixed ASCII viewer settings, rich-text format parsing was active for all files, not only *.rtf (some rare text files would appear truncated). Version 0.90.9 - 19. October 1997 --------------------------------- + Help file has been dramatically improved, and more dialogs now have context-sensitive help available, including the options and main window. + New option to compare data in catalog against current data on media is introduced in this version. You can now compare the contents of any disk or folder in the catalog to its origin, in order to find files that are new, deleted, changed, or the same as in time of cataloguing this data. + The main toolbar can now be customized! You can rearrange buttons and separators, and select which buttons will appear on toolbar and which not. This became necessary since new version has even more available buttons and toolbar may simply get too big to see for some users. + New internal ASCII viewer can show you the contents of any (text) file right out from WhereIsIt. It is no longer needed to have certain file types registered with Notepad and launch them in order to see their contents. + Added Unix GZIP and UnGZIP support (.gz file extension) + Searching is about 25% faster and safer than before, due to optimized search thread settings. + Added ability to change disk serial number in Windows NT, too. + Added some safe-guards when ejecting disk under NT. This should allow to safely remove media from drive, without interrupting the system. + When program is already running, and user double-clicks catalog file in Explorer, or runs another instance of program with catalog filename as a parameter(s) to load, the running instance will be notified and will try load the specified catalogs. + Improved settings dialog. Tabs now have small images on them and a few pages have been changed and added to adjust for new options. + Extended Quick-Setup Wizard with some new settings. + Sizes for files and folders now have thousands separators for easier reading. Also, you can now set in program's settings if you want sizes displayed as numbers (i.e. 665.795) or formatted printout (i.e. 650.2 kB) + After returning to previous folder, by selecting '..' folder or pressing the Back button, previously selected folder is now selected by default. + Updating disk image with quick-scan option turned on and lots of compressed files in the same folders will be much faster now. + Removed all flickering on toolbar buttons in Search and User List windows when moving selection through items. + When creating a new catalog, program will now ask you for the name of the catalog (in previous versions, name was auto-assigned as 'CatalogNN', which is now only the default value in the edit box when you are asked). + Added option to create backup (.BAK) files while saving catalogs. + Added a default path to catalog files in program settings. + Improved multi-instance detection, now it's more fail-safe and robust. + Installation files like Setup.exe and Install.exe will now have a special icon, different from other .exe files. * Fixed a bug that may cause the catalog to become corrupted. This would only happen if updating disk image was canceled, you were using quick-scan option, catalog contained some archive files, and was later on modified and saved. Considering all this, most users should be on the safe side, but still, I am glad this bug is out. * Fixed a problem where a disk scan was sometimes terminated with explanation that error has occurred during disk scan. This was traced back to archive files with dates older that 1.1.1980 (only possible to find on some CD-ROMs, disks with NTFS, but not on disks formatted with FAT). Thanks to Mr. Richard Hieber for detailed analysis on this problem. * Fixed some problems when updating virtual disk image. * Fixed keyboard interface in Found List and User List. Keys like Enter, Alt-Enter, Delete, Shift-Delete etc. will now work properly. * If user would switch to User List or Search window in the same moment while program is busy closing catalog(s), program would crash. Fixed. * Fixed counting files on disk update. Archive files like zip, arj,... were not correctly counted in some cases when browsing inside archive files option was enabled. This caused that total files on disk or in catalog were displayed too low. * Fixed TAR support. Third-parity component used in WhereIsIt? for most compressed file support had a problem detecting valid TAR files. * If trying to autoload catalog that does not exist any more, program would report another error after correctly notifying the user about inaccessible catalog file. Fixed. * Many other minor improvements and fixes were added. Version 0.90.8b - 21. September 1997 ------------------------------------ + Changed Ctrl-X shortcut in main menu for program exit into more standard Alt-F4. Ctrl-X can be used for 'cut' operations where supported. Also added F3 shortcut to bring up Search dialog, and F4 to bring up item's properties. + ESC key will now work in Export Descriptions dialog as Cancel button. * Fixed problem with double-click on found list items. Item would stay selected from drag&drop operation. * Selected items will now be preserved after sorting. * Fixed error with exporting descriptions when program would report an error if subfolders checkbox was checked. Some last-minute changes before releasing the 0.90.8 broke this. * Fixed some other minor bugs I found in the process. Version 0.90.8a - 14. September 1997 ------------------------------------ + Added iomega JAZ drive recognition and icon (Win95 only). * Fixed a problem regarding updating removable drives stored in existing catalogs that are now recognized as zip or jaz drives. * Fixed a minor bug about preserving descriptions on disk update. + Some other minor improvements have been added. Version 0.90.8 - 12. September 1997 ----------------------------------- + Added option to export descriptions back to media, in either of three supported descriptions formats (File_id.diz, Descript.ion, Files.bbs). + Added drag & drop capability for adding to User List and moving disks between catalogs. Program is now also capable of accepting drag&drop catalog files from other programs (like Explorer), opening them in WhereIsIt as a result. + Added option to eject media after adding/updating it in catalog. + Added a new option to change disk serial number if the same is found on another disk in catalog. This will only work on Windows 95 at the moment, I still need some details for Windows NT on this. + Search and User List windows will now save their size and position, and they both have buttons to always stay on top of other windows if desired. + In Search dialog is a new checkbox to clear previous search results when starting a new search. + Extended archive file support with Unix TAR/UnTAR. + Archive file support can now be customized, by enabling or disabling each of supported archive types. This allows you to enable only those archives you are using, allowing some faster disk scanning. + Two new options are present in disk scan dialog: you can choose if you will allow quick archive file scan when it already exists in the catalog and has not changed, and you can choose to browse archive files only for descriptions, not their contents. + Disk scan algorithm has been optimized to reduce number of disk's head movements during an add/update disk operation. This should result in faster and smoother disk reading on slower devices. + Added iomega ZIP drive recognition (Win95 only). No more "default" removable-drive icon! For all other drives, I only need to have their signatures. If you have a removable drive, and would like to have it recognized by name and type, contact me by e-mail for simple instructions what I need to have from you. I am still looking for way to do the same in Windows NT. + Added some new options when launching EXE files from inside archive files. In many cases, exe files need to have all distribution files available to run properly, not only the .exe file. Program will now offer an option to extract entire archive to temporary folder first and run the exe file from there. This should be enough to enable running most installation programs right out of WhereIsIt?, even if they are compressed. + When first item is found while searching, focus is placed on that item, and list is scrolled so item is visible. This way, you can always see which items were added in current search, and which are left from before. + Folders from compressed files are no longer stored as separate items in catalog. Only compressed files will be analyzed. + Extracting from RAR solid archives is now faster and optimized. + Added total files/folders display to catalog's properties + Added F2 shortcut for renaming items (same as in Explorer) + Program's shut down time has been optimized, and it is now about twice as fast as before. + Screen updates were further optimized, resulting in faster browsing * Fixed RAR and CAB support. Browsing those files should now finally work properly. Due to fixed bug in multi-volume CAB support, updating disks with such files will be much faster now. * Fixed a few Catalog Manager problems, the worst of them sometimes missing files in root folder after moving disks between catalogs. * Improved unARJ support. Previous version did not support files compressed with -m4 method. * When trying to change category for item in the left tree pane, item was always marked as without category. Fixed. * Fixed a very inconvenient bug where sometimes disk descriptions were not preserved after updating the disk. * Program will now correctly filter out EOF characters from imported descriptions where present. - Extracting from CAB files was (temporary?) removed. It was not working as it should. Version 0.90.7a - 16. August 1997 --------------------------------- * Small bug-fix release. Importing from Floppy Master had some problems, and extracting files from compressed files during disk scan did not always work correctly. Some other minor fixes are there, too. * A nasty last-minute bug crawled in the new Catalog Manager, causing GPF on move and copy operations. Version 0.90.7 - 14. August 1997 -------------------------------- + Sorting and browsing is now about three times faster than it was before, and there is much less flicker. Sorting by Disk name and Location (folder, where you can find an item) is more than 15 times faster, with speed comparable to sorting by other sorting options. Also, now you can always cancel sorting with ESC key if you think it's still going too slow. + Added Catalog Manager, with ability to copy and move disks between two opened catalogs. Now you can arrange your existing catalogs as you wish. You can also rename, delete or access each disk's properties on the same spot. + Added virtual-root capabilities. You can create "virtual disks" in the catalog, with their root folder based on some existing folder other than "\" (much like DOS subst command). This way, you can break down your disk folder structure to more "virtual disks", or select only part of disk to be cataloged. + Added Quick-Setup Wizard to guide you through the most important setup settings. This is the easiest way to have program up and running without fear that you forgot to setup something important. During the process, you may also get to know some features of WhereIsIt? you were not aware of before. + Sorting dialog has a new user interface. Too many options available at once seem to be to confusing for some users, so program will now show only what is really needed for your selection. The whole procedure of selecting search criteria can now be completed faster, since program will auto-select the appropriate pages and place focus to control you will most likely need. + Added un-RAR support. Now you can extract files from RAR archives, too. + Lengthy file extractions from compressed files can now be canceled. + When updating disk, program can now (optionally) search for existing descriptions not only on the disk you are updating, but on all disks in the catalog. This means that if there is a file with description on any disk in the catalog, and that file matches the file currently updating, the existing description will be adopted by the new file (the same goes for folders, too). When adding a new disk, you may also enable searching through all other disks in the catalog for existing descriptions. + Optimized disk update speed. WhereIsIt? will now read only items that have changed since the last update in the catalog, noticeably speeding up the process. This is actually nothing new to WhereIsIt?, but in previous versions it was only enabled for registered users. + Improved disk selection dialog used when adding a new disk to catalog and there are already two or more disks with the same parameters. Now you can see details about each disk in selection list, sort disks and access their properties. + Added volume label column when displaying disk data. + Added standard popup menu to all multi-line edit controls (in Description Assistant, item's properties). There you have a quick access to Cut/Copy/ Paste/Delete/Select All operations. + Add/update disk dialog was equipped with context sensitive help, as an introduction to start working on the "real" help file (actually, this was a place to do some help related testing for me...) * Program will now ask to save changes in catalog if Windows shutdown has been requested. * Fixed some sorting problems when reverse sorting was on. * Fixed a bug when some descriptions from deep-nested folders were not correctly preserved when updating the disk. * Fixed a bug in searching by date. Some code used for testing made its way to the release version and searching by date didn't work as it should. * Disabled horizontal scroll-bar from appearing in the properties form's description window. In many cases it took up almost half of usable space in the already too small window. Vertical scroll-bar will still appear if necessary. * Importing descriptions from 4DOS/NDOS description file now correctly supports long file names with spaces. * Fixed occasional (and quite rare) problem with floating point error when trying to save catalog with one disk, and disk had no subfolders. * Fixed some other minor problems, and added some other improvements in program appearance (folders starting with '.' are no longer ignored, Esc key will act as Cancel button in most dialogs, Alt-Enter is available in tree view, too, some minor adjustments on how program behaves in some specific situations). Version 0.90.6 - 20. July 1997 ------------------------------ + Windows NT 4.0 (and newer) support is finally there. This version of WhereIsIt? was developed and tested on the NT and many problems regarding this platform have been resolved in this release. + NEW! Extracting files from many compressed files is now possible directly from WhereIsIt?. Program internally supports extraction from ZIP, ARJ, ARC, LHA, ZOO and some CAB compressed files, allowing you to extract one or more files to any folder, launch files with associated programs from within compressed files, importing files like file_id.zip from compressed files as descriptions and so on... Other formats will eventually be supported, too, at least by a possibility to use external programs for extracting. + Added support for self-extracting exe files. Those can be recognized as normal compressed archive files, showing their contents as folders. Most of previously supported formats are now also supported by their sfx version. + Added Column Manager; now you can select which columns you want showing and in what order when data is displayed in the details mode. Just right click on column header or select option from main menu. + Improved searching - now you can search for disks, too, not only files and folders. + Improved duplicate searching. "Search by Name or Type" tab in search settings is now available for duplicates searching, too. With this, you can search for all duplicate files that match the file mask or file type; for example, all duplicate ".doc" files. Searching for duplicate disks is now possible, too. + Improved description importing on disk scan. The routines have been almost completely rewritten, and now you can select priority for description files to import (if description for an item is available from more than one source, it will be imported from the source with highest priority). + Description Assistant can now take advantage of new extraction capabilities and load files with useful information even if they are compressed inside archive files like zip, arj,.. Also, there is a new checkbox present to enable/disable OEM-to-ANSI conversion filter on description files (making them more readable by filtering out unusual characters). + Added column with item's description in found items list and user list. + Added capability to setup catalog categories directly from item's property form (there is a new "Edit" button to access category management). * Progress bar flickering when searching for duplicates has been eliminated. * Selecting action for double-clicking an item now works in the find window, too (previously, it always brought up item's properties). * Fixed bug in searching for duplicates. Searching for files/folders setting did not work. There was also a nasty GPF if you were trying to close catalog while results of duplicate search were still listed in the search window. The algorithm used for searching for duplicate items was a bit too optimized for speed and sometimes missed some identical items. * Fixed bug in importing 'descript.ion' files on disk scan. Program would sometimes terminate and cancel disk scan if it found a file with that name and this file was invalid for importing file descriptions. * Launching associated programs with compressed files (zip, arj...) presented as folders in the catalog now works correctly. * Improved internal icon handling, faster and more compatible with Windows NT. * The reported bug about program using very small fonts in dialogs should be fixed now, but I have no way to verify that. If you notice anything weird about fonts it is using, please let me know... * Fixed a few other bugs. Selected item statistics in status bar reported wrong selected size if '..' folder was selected. When reversing sort order, '..' folder was incorrectly moved to the end of list. There were some problems with enabling/disabling options and buttons (menu option was enabled and button for the same operation was disabled, for example). About box was a bit modified and WWW link now actually works. Version 0.90.5 - 27. June 1997 ----------------------------- + WhereIsIt? was migrated to a new version of Delphi, and adjusted to the new environment. This resulted in some improvements, including more flickerless display, solved problem with large tool-tips etc. + Added new toolbars, hope you like them (they look just like MS Office 97) Also added saving position for user-list toolbar and fixed some minor problems about toolbars. Also, now you can have old-style buttons on the toolbars if you can't stand those new, mouse-active flat buttons. + Searching for duplicate files and/or folders is finally implemented. You can set yourself what two items must have in common to be handled as the same (name, size, date&time, attributes). + Added support for browsing inside CAB files while adding disks. + Added ability to launch files from WhereIsIt? with associated programs. This requires media to be present, similar to 'Open in Explorer' option. + Improved description importing. All imported descriptions are now checked for DOS graphics characters and converted to plan ASCII. This should result in more readable and eye-pleasing descriptions. + Improved disk updating. If more disks with the same properties (serial number, label, size,...) are found in the catalog, you are now allowed to choose which disk to update, or to add it as a new disk. + In search window, the found list can be maximized and search settings hidden to get more useful space out of search window. Also, searching has been updated to display found items at once, during the search. + Added another option in program's settings: you can choose what double- clicking on file means: nothing, show properties, open in explorer, or launch file. + Reversing sort order (like second click on already sorted column) is much faster now. Reversing sort order now works in user list and found list, too (just click again the column you wish to sort by). * Fixed problem with toolbar buttons sizes, introduced in 0.90.4. Only the first five buttons were adjusted correctly to applied size. * Fixed problem with disk media updating. if updating double-density disk in a high-density floppy drive, program would not recognize it as a compatible device. Version 0.90.4 - 6. June 1997 ----------------------------- + This one took a little longer, but it brings quite a lot, too. + Media detection was almost completely rewritten in this release, and adding/updating disks in the catalog has changed a lot, too. Too much stuff to cover everything here, check out for yourself. This should resolve all the serial numbers troubles from previous versions (media detection is now based on media type, serial number, volume label, and total space on media). However, note the separate menu option for updating disk, on disk's popup menu. + Added ability to auto-import FILE_ID.DIZ files as folder description when scanning disks. + Added a new font setting, for description tool-tips. This is nice thing to have if you are importing a lot of text formatted descriptions like those in FILE_ID.DIZ files. With proportional font it looks a bit messy, and you can set it larger or smaller if you wish. Font setting page in general is a bit more user-friendlier now. + Click on the column header in details view, with already sorted items by that column will now sort items in reverse order (the same as pressing the reverse sort button). + Added catalog auto saving, on user defined intervals. + The '..' folder now always has a description, saying what exactly '..' is. + Added a new option in the settings, allowing you to sort archive files (zip, arj,...) that act like folders either as folders or as files. + Added time of day to existing update disk date. Now you can see not only the day when disk was updated in catalog, but time also. + You can now select to ignore hidden files, hidden folders, or Recycle Bin while performing disk scan. + Help file is now closed when program exits. * Fixed a few bugs. Adding '..' folders to user list is not possible any more, and '..' folders were causing troubles when they were selected for category and flags setup. Category and flags setup had a bug involving saving categories, which were not always remembered as set. In Description Assistant, disabling search in subfolders for description files did not work right. Report generator sometimes went wild, too, skipping columns and every once a while repeating data. Version 0.90.3a - 29. May 1997 ------------------------------ * Bugfix release - took some time and fixed some minor bugs found so far. - Temporarily removed support for Windows NT. Some reports have indicated troubles running WhereIsIt? on the NT, so this will have to wait until I have a chance to take a closer look on it. * Improved install script should now take care of proper installing of the COMCTL32.DLL, the file causing many problems in the last few days. Also, program was modified so it can detect older versions of this file without crashing out with error messages. * Fixed bug on searching - after completed searching, most folders would show no contents at all until catalog was reloaded. * Fixed a bug on disk scanning, when old descriptions would be lost in some occasions even if an option to preserve them was checked. * Some other minor bugs reported have been fixed, and small improvements requested so far are now implemented. Version 0.90.3 - 28. May 1997 ----------------------------- * This version is out so early because of a bug found in a user interface. When fixing fonts in dialogs in the 0.90.2, I broke it even more for users with small font display settings. Much of text in the dialogs was displayed only partially or clipped away. This didn't show if you were using large font settings (I am, that's why I haven't noticed anything) + To avoid having out a new version on bug-fix basis only, I also added support for extracting comments from compressed archive files. If archive file supports comments (ZIP, ARJ, RAR and ZOO do), WhereIsIt? can import them as standard file descriptions. To avoid confusion: archive comment is the thing you can write with "pkzip -z" command for ZIP files... Version 0.90.2 - 26. May 1997 ----------------------------- * Fixed a nasty bug in the install procedure. File version checking did not work right, causing the comctl32.dll file being replaced even if there was a newer version already on the system. This could seriously impact Windows. Fortunately, the only known way to have a newer version of dll file installed is having Microsoft Explorer 4.0 in place before installing WhereisIt?. Thanks to Jan Libbenga (jali@worldaccess.nl) for reporting this. * There was a report of a very small font being used in the program dialogs, making it almost unreadable. I couldn't confirm that bug, but I did some modifications regarding this and I hope it is OK now... + Added a help file, but quite a basic one for now, just to get you started. Writing proper help files may be very time consuming, and my time is kind of short at the moment. There will be a full-scale help file in the final release, I promise... + Added Floppy Master database import. All previous users of Floppy Master will now be able to use their old catalogs with WhereIsIt?. Still, it is highly recommended to rescan disks with WhereIsIt?, since the new database has a lot more information and support for disks and files than Floppy Master ever had. + Added multi-choice support in the left pane. Now you can select multiple items at once to perform an operation on, like adding them to the user list or setting categories and flags. Status bar has been improved to show a small statistics for all selected items. + Now you can set category or flags for more items at once, either from left pane list, found list after searching or from user list. + Added previous instance checking - if program is already running when user runs it, previous instance will become active instead of running another copy of program. * The '..' folder is now always displayed on top, regardless of sorting. * Fixed disk usage graph for empty disks (display was wrong). Version 0.90.1 - 14. May 1997 ----------------------------- First public release on the Internet mid-April 1997 -------------- Field testing started, WhereIsIt? is released to limited audience for evaluation and testing purposes. January 97 ---------- WhereIsIt? development started