Version history for ReNamer

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Changes for v5.60 - v5.60+ Beta 2

Fixed problem with the new window positioning method which restored position with an offset if there were taskbars anchored to the left or top side of the desktop;

Changes for v5.50 - v5.60

Fixed problem with ExecConsoleApp function which forced the target process to freeze if it would send a lot of data to the standard output;
Added a warning that describes sorting problem when renaming folders;
Restored "click to edit" behaviour for the files table;
Added "Repeat" option to the Incremental Serialize rule;
Fixed problem with remembering correct position and size when application is terminated in the maximized state;
Fixed non-transparent background for Rename button icon updates on Vista and 7;
When "Overwrite files with New Names" option is enabled, the Rename button changes name to Overwrite and a different icon appears;
Highlight Rename button in red when "Overwrite files with New Names" option is enabled, in order to warn users;
Email address updated;
Right single quotation mark 0x2019 is handled like an apostrophe in the word by the Case rule;
TIFF_* meta tags can handle Unicode filenames;
Image_* meta tags for TIFF files can handle Unicode filenames;
Added Image_AspectRatio meta tag;
Replaced ugly font arrows in the toolbar with icons;
Changed shortcut for Presets Manager to Ctrl+P;
Added explicit option to sort by path in reverse order for renaming folders;
Files table will use default system images for checkboxes;
Fixed column resize problem due to a bug in Virtual Treeview;
Updated Virtual Treeview component to v4.8.7;
Fixed inability to handle hight resolution scrolls by the files table;
Added Refresh button with F5 shortcut to the Add Folders dialog;
Option to fix conflicting new names will not strip path from the new name;
System settings are applied in a less access dependant manner:
- Register preset extension,
- Add to folders context menu,
- Add to "Send To" context menu.
Failure of applying system settings will not cause other settings to be lost.
Fixed incorrectly saved configuration for multiple instances of Rearrange rule;
Fixed incorrectly updated counter for "reset every" option in Serialize rule;
Fixed problem with not saved settings when using the Exit menu option.
Eliminated problem with SHA1 implementation, affected some files larger than 1GB;
Now using Delphi Encryption Compendium (DEC) v5.2 hashing algorithms;
Added SHA256 and SHA512 meta tags;
New layout for the Help drop-down menu;
Shortcuts Alt+F and Alt+I were changed to Ctrl+F and Shift+I, accordingly;
Icon added for "Count marked and selected files" option;
About dialog got a new color scheme;
Fixed incorrectly used counter for the display of hourglass icon, which caused the hourglass icon to appear indefinitely;
Selected file names will be loaded into newly added Remove and Replace rules as sample text (experimental, may be removed later);
Added BoolToStr function to PascalScript;
Added option to reset serialization index every N files;
Eliminated unnecessary calls to apply rules in Analyze dialog;
Copyright notices were put into a separate file;
Added legal notice in the about dialog;
Font size in PascalScript editor is increased to 10 points;
Added support for #0 separated values in ID3v2 tags;
All calls to help files and web links will be verbose on error;
Improved backwards compatibility of presets due to changes to Skip Extension option in the Insert rule;
Wiki link points to a page dedicated to ReNamer as opposed to the main page;
Skip Extension option in the Insert rule will work for the whole rule;
User Manual is replaced by Wiki links and accompanying Quick Guide;
New About dialog, list of changes moved to a text file;
Rule names are now localizable;
Added new Rearrange rule, to easily manipulate filename parts;
Removed *.MSI file signature, was clashing with DOC/PPT/XLS;
Removed *.VOB file signature, for better recognition of *.MPG;
Image_* meta tags can handle Unicode filenames, except for TIFF files;
New GIF_Frames meta tag, to read number of frames in GIF file;
New AVI_VideoCodec meta tag, to read AVI video codec name;
Added "Insert a space in front of capitalized letters" option;
Added option to append a preset, from the Presets Manager;
Validation limit warning is removed in command line renaming mode;
Fixed problem with WidePosEx when SubStr parameter is empty;
Fix spaces option will handle all Unicode white spaces;
Added English characters as a predefined option to Strip rule;
Added "Strip all characters except selected" option to Strip rule;
Added StrToFloatDef and FormatFloat functions to PascalScript;
Added WideCopyFile function to PascalScript;
Added "Export all columns to clipboard" option;
File path and date related meta tags made to work for folders;
Translit will not upper case output part if input part is none alphabetic;
Columns for rules are correctly auto-sized with many rules loaded on startup;
Automatic resizing of files table will also apply after removing files;
Analyze dialog will leave trailing spaces in the output intact;
Auto preview on change options are disarmed during command line renaming;
Updated icons for "+" buttons in all rules;
Added two new columns in files table: Size KB, Size MB;
Fixed incorrect sorting by size for files larger than 2GB;
Fixed incorrectly loaded filter masks from presets;
Added "Export to Clipboard" option to rules context menu;
Added German translit alphabet;
Added File_FilePath meta tag;

Changes for v5.40 - v5.50

Updated PascalScript component to the latest SVN from 11 November 2008;
Updated Virtual Treeview component to v4.7.0;
Updated hashing functions to use Fundamentals Hashing unit v3.06;
Reset Unicode flag for the manual filename editor in the files table;
Added date-time offset functions: IncDay, IncHour, IncMinute, IncSecond, etc;
Updated binary signatures for FLV/SWF and MP3 files;
Added 24 new binary signatures, making a total of 93 records;
Removed error message when applying extension detection rule in analyze dialog;
Showing of non-main forms always centered is made optional;
Changed format of Audio_Duration tag from "Xm Xs" to "X.XX";
AVI and HASH tags can be read from Unicode filenames;
Add 2 AVI helper tags: AVI_Duration and AVI_WidthAndHeight;
Added 4 Meta tags for Outlook Messages: ID, DateSent, Subject, Sender;
Added ShellOpenFile() function to open files via ShellExecute API;
Another type of apostrophe is added to Case rule: Acute Accent 0x00B4;
Fixed incorrectly adjusted time zone by the Email_DateSent tag;
Fragments in the Case rule are replaced as Whole Words only;
Delimiter for fragments is changed from space to comma;
Speeded up generation of random numbers in Serialize rule;
Unnecessary fields are automatically disabled in Serialize rule;
Translit Alphabets will handle UTF-8 BOM correctly;
Tab characters in PascalScript statements are replaced with spaces;
Added "Insert after the current name" option to UserInput rule;
Text in "Go To Line" dialog is added to resource strings;
Improved exception handling for several dialogs;
Updated French and added Bulgarian translit file;
Analyze dialog now has line number and position from left and right;
Corrected behaviour of "No" action in the meta tags confirmation dialog;
Correctly handle renaming when user adds trailing path delimiters to new name;
Added "Files" button above files table which brings up its popup menu;
Auto preview on change of rules will not trigger on change of unmarked rules;
All relative "." and ".." directories within new path are resolved;
Added "-" (hyphen) to the CleanUp rule;
Corrected ambiguous Kb/Mb/Gb to KB/MB/GB;
Enhanced main icon using vector graphics;
Rearranged file menus and options;
Core code optimizations and cleanup;
Corrected few typos;

Changes for v5.30 - v5.40

Integrated Windows XP Manifest to allow visual styling;
Modified ID3v2 libraries to support reading of the unicode data (experimental);
Added reading support for ID3_PartOfSet tag in ID3v2 libraries (experimental);
Added "open containing folder" option to the context menu of the files table;
Main menu and toolbar shortcuts are no longer available when editing new name;
No more error when using empty Replace or Remove rules in wildcards mode;
Added/changed a number of shortcuts in the options and files context menu;
State column is sorted by file status and then by marked/unmarked state;
New Project action will clear files and then rules, escaping auto-preview.
Rule descriptions are added to the localizable resource strings;
Right-to-left character-wise processing of delimiters if reversed;
Status bar panels are resized automatically with the form;
Changed ambiguous Ctrl+Z,X,C,V files manipulation shortcuts;
Fixed offset when using Insert rule with right-to-left position;
Added option to disable confirmation dialog for overwriting files;
Auto apply rules option in Analyze dialog works on context menu too;
Corrected handling of double clicks and right clicks on rules checkboxes;
Fixed mark/unmark all rules option not triggering auto preview;
Fixed disappearing modified star after cancelling save preset dialog;
Fixed contradiction between Importing feature and Auto Preview option;
Fixed some cropped texts when custom system fonts are used;
Both ' and ` are handled when capitalizing words;
Added line wrap option to the Analyze dialog;
Added French translit alphabet;
Small user interface improvements;

Changes for v5.25 - v5.30

Added ability to save Filter Settings together with a Preset;
Added split panel in status bar to display current preset and modification sign;
Added dialog for creating links to all presets, with load and rename options;
Integrated dEXIF libraries to parse EXIF tags (works on problematic JPEG files);
All EXIF* tags should work on TIFF files too, alternatively to TIFF* tags;
Added 5 IPTC tags: ObjectName, Caption, Headline, Location, City;
Fixed problem with setting the files date on Windows 9x platforms (v5.10 bug);
Fixed access violation when importing file paths and new names (v5.xx bug);
Fixed bug which stopped the largest binary signature from being detected;
Updated binary signature detection to support Unicode filenames;
Added IntToHex, HexToInt and HexToIntDef functions to PascalScript;
Added Base64Encode and Base64Decode functions to PascalScript;
Added a script to encrypt filenames using XOR-BASE64 algorithm;
Option to highlight changed names is now case sensitive;
Added "fix conflicting new names" option to the Options menu;
Added shortcuts to buttons in PascalScript rule;
Added "none of the above" option to Case rule;
Fixed few spelling mistakes;