6.0 final ---------- A - Shortcut key Ctrl-T to Trim characters. F - Longer directory names are supported now. F - Improved graphics in the GUI. 6.0 beta 5 ---------- F - Fixed problems when startup direktory didn't exist. F - Fixed a space forgotten in the about dialog. F - Recompiled with options to include MFC as a static dll. This hopefully solves compability issues for some users. A - Added full optimizations to the exe, hope it does anything good. 6.0 beta 4 ---------- F - Fixed problems with id3v2, by removing support for id3v2. There are many excellent tagging tools available, I hope that those of you that whant id3v2 can find one you like. Renamer is a renaming tool, and since development is ending I don't whant to release a software that corrupts your mp3 collection. F - Fixed bug when moving the items in the macro list up. F - Fixed bug, Get tags from filename was executet even if "cancel" was selected. A - Added a match items in list function that searches for a string in the list and selects all matching items, and deselect all other items. A - Added function for inserting leading zeros to numbers. 6.0 beta 3 ---------- A - Id3 edit tag window now remembers its position. F - Fixed a bug in the Random number feature, the dialog didn't show up. F - Fixed a bug in the command parser causing all commands with multiple arguments of number type (like Trim characters) to behave incorrect. A - Added Export file options for listing name length, file size and date stamp. 6.0 beta 2 ---------- A - Added Upper case after find function. It allows the user to specify a search string the character following the string will be UPPERCASE. F - During macro recording, 'ABBREVIATIONS' was recorded as 'Large Case' F - During macro recording, 'Make It A Title' was also recorded as 'Large Case' F - Auto replace was available during recording, this feature can no longer be recorded. A - Extended the View macro dialog to allow removing/moving command lines. A - Added copy function for macros. A - Improved performance when changing item in the list. When switching item the Edit id3 tags dialog was updated even if it wasn't visible. //Thanx to Matt for reporting and suggesting the following fixes and features... F - Changed "loose" to "lose". F - Fixed bug causeing renamer to crash when pushing the 'Rename' button when the file list was empty. F - Ctrl+DEL shortcut for removing files from the list changed to Ctrl+Shift+DEL. This will instead the key combination to be used when editing file names. F - Bug selecting cancel in some of the Id3 tagging dialogs. F - File choose button in Export file dialog did nothing. A - Added some help for the Auto replace options dialog. A - Added option for showing/hiding main window tool-tips. F - When recording macros commands where added even when the user selected cancel. 6.0 beta -------- A - Improved 'Export file' function. A - Improved save settings system to make sure future version can read older versions settings file. F - Fixed bug in ID3 Mass set function, track was not set. F - Fixed bug when renaming. Paths were not updated causing renaming of files in already renamed dirs to fail. A - Drag and drop is allowed for a single directory, when dropped the directory is scanned. A - Added message dialog when deleting files and removing tags. The dialog also informs the user how many files will be affected. A - Cleaned up macro and quick dir functionality, all activity is now handled from the popup menus. A - Directory and match fields now remember old content and displays it in a drop down list. F - Fixed a stupid id3v1 tag bug, "Heavy metal" became "Bluegrass". A - Renamer now uses the NSIS installer. F - All directory names are now shown as long windows path names, not as 8.3. A - Added a feature for setting Id3v1 genre from string. A - History and Tips documents are automatically opened in the default text editor. A - Added a tip document. A - Added functionality to save and load settings to/from a file. F - Fixed bug in error handling of some functions. A - Added progress display for most commands. F - Genre field in 'Mass set tags' for ID3 tags is now saved correctly. A - Added macro recording features. A - Improved "Set filename from tags" slightly. A - Load and Save options added. F - Fixed "Insert random number" it is more random now. A - Added options for converting spaces to underscores and vice versa, automatically. A - Added option for specifying which characters to be used as word separators. A - Added the "Make it a Title" function, and its options. F - Fixed bug in "Free edit" feature causing all items to get "Success" flag set. A - Added Ctrl+F shortcut for "Free edit". A - Added status messages for macro recording. A - Improved the GUI, now a little cleaner and focusing on relevant information. F - Fixed a bug in the "Trim extension" feature, undo and status flags did not work. A - Auto replace function done. Very powerful feature for mass renaming. This feature can also be used for creating case exceptions and more. A - Optimized and cleared up code for a hole day, it's getting complex now. A - ABBREVIATION feature to make abbreviations uppercase. Eg. u.s.a. -> U.S.A. Also added this functionality to the LargeCase feature. F - Fixed Large Case feature to handle special characters better, and cleared up the code for this feature a bit. A - Sentence case feature added. A - Double click on a quick dir now scans the dir. A - Added saving of the following features: List menu - Sort list GUI - Files, Dirs and Recurce checkbox F - Removed "Scan" menu. A - Updated and rearanged menu A - Added "Trim Leading Spaces" funtion. A - Added "Trim Tailing Spaces" funtion. A - Added "Trim Multiple Spaces" funtion. A - Added "iNVERT CASE" funtion. A - Help to the "Online help" function =). A - Optimized help system and cleared up code. Saved 4k on the executable size. F - Removed bug in Remove read only attribute for items. A - Added funktion for removing ID3 tags completly. A - "Replace Characters" feature, replaces characters with other characters. A - Made "Free edit" dialog "sizable". A - The marker in the "change" gadget now remembers its position when changing filename. A - Added a "Rename" button in the main window. Windows 95 support ended. 5.0 beta 3 ---------- A - Ignore dirs option so that you can view dirs, but no operations are performed on them. F - Fixed bug in Remove Items, causing all items to be removed when using "Mixed work mode". F - Fixed very serious bug in Delete File, causing all items to deleted when using "Mixed work mode". A - Changed handling of scanning, now works more like expected. F - Added insert function for date and time. F - Fixed bug in Add quick dir, no empty item is created when selecting cancel now. A - Changed user interface code, and optimized program size a lot. F - Fixed bug in the Large Case function. Some special characters (едц) where not handled correctly. I bet more 'special' characters are not handled correctly. If YOU find any characters the not work with Large Case, mail me. A - Added option to hide/display the quick list if you wish. A - Added code to save the hide/display state of the quick list. F - Removed bug in date display in file list. Local time is display instead of UTC time. A - Improved the help system. Main dialog now uses ToolTips if Online help is activated. 5.0 beta 2 (never released) --------------------------- A - File export is now a lot more flexible and can be formatted after your wishes. A - The currently selected item in the list is now showed with red colour, a lot better than before, but still not perfect. A - Added a Truncate that cuts the filename to a selected maximum number of characters, leaving the extension as it was. F - Undo function now does not undo items with 'unchanged' attribute set. A - Removed history info from the program to this separate file. F - Bug when adding a new quickdir, when cancel is selected no quickdir is created. A - Shortcut keys for "_ -> Space" and "Space -> _". F - "Get ID3 tags from filename" now creates a tag if it does not exist. F - Fixed bug when dubbleclicking dirs in the list, when using recurse into subdirs this function would fail under certain conditions. 5.0 beta 1 ---------- F - Configuration is now written to the register, no more .dat files. A - Cleaned up the source code, ready to be messed up again. F - The match field now allows long extensions, like .backup. F - Fixed a bug that occurred when doing recursive scans with match. A - Renamer now uses the latest path, if no path is given at startup. F - ID3 tags are now padded with NULL bytes like is should. F - The ID3 Mass Set dialog now remembers it's contents. A - The Ignore all option that many asked for is now implemented. F - Fixed bug in replace function causing undo to fail. F - Fixed bug in replace function, now all parts in the string that matches the searchstring are replaced. A - Added the success column to show which items that an action changed. A - Added columns to show file size and date in the main list. A - Renamer now shows a little wait pointer when scanning dirs. A - Added instant update of the length information field when typing. A - Included a in program help function, easier for me to maintain, and most important easier to use. F - Fixed another bug i the replace function. F - Added a new bug when selecting items in the list, and fixed it. A - Added the Options menu with options for saving options etc. A - Renamer can now add itself to the right-click menu in explorer. A - Added Select all and Invert selection functions. F - Fixed a bug in the Id3V1 functions, and added support for Id3v1.1 A - Added an option to decide wether to work on all items or on selected only. I also fixed the new bugs and missbehaviours that this function caused. A - Splitted the history for version 5.0, to make it fit on a single screen ;-). A - Quick dirs feature, for fast directory navigation, copying and moving. A - Option for switching of some error messages. A - Possibility to customize what Renamer fills in instead of a missing ID3 tag. A - Mixed work mode, powerful feature, for selecting which items to work on. A - Recursive function for deleting dirs with contents. A - "Up" button next to scan, that goes up one level, and scans, and a keyboard shortcut. A - On dubbleclick on a dir in the list, the dir is scanned. A - Powerful file list writing feature. A - Mixed working mode, provides automatic detection for work on all/selected items. A - Feature to allow user to pick easily position for insert and trim functions. 4.0 --- A - Both dirs and files are now handled. A - Added a misc menu for those odd but sometimes useful functions. A - Function to insert random number. A - Function to remove the Read-Only attribute from the files. A - Abort and retry option for "Rename" and ID3 functions. F - Fixed bug in the "Large Case" feature, again. A - Added the "rAndOM CasE" function. F - "Scan" function is now about twise as fast. F - Found bug when deleting files from disc, but failed to replicate it. Found some lines of code who could be faulty however and changed them. F - Fixed bug that caused .dat file to be written in the wrong place. 3.3 --- A - Dialog contents are remembered. F - Fixed bug in the "Large Case" feature. 3.2 --- A - Started writing history. Just in case someone is interested. F - Removed bug under W2k, causing Renamer to start with quote signs around the directory path.