DropIt ChangeLog ----------------------------- Version 8.5.1 [10-02-2018] - fixed support to "Immediate on-change" monitoring mode - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.5 [12-11-2017] - improved folder monitoring to support both "Time interval" and "Immediate on-change" modes - added support to SVG images in Create Gallery action - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.4 [23-07-2017] - added "Print" action (using default system applications based on file formats) - added %Pages% abbreviation to read the number of pages of a document - added %YearWeekCreated%, %YearWeekModified%, %YearWeekOpened%, %YearWeekTaken% abbreviations - added option to configure FirstFileContentDate abbreviations for different languages (read 5.6 of the Guide) - updated the internal tool to manage archives (7z v16.04) - fixed ++ and -- modifiers to work properly with all Unicode characters - fixed some abbreviations that use Windows Explorer information to work on Windows Vista/8.1/10 - fixed support to use pipe symbol in regular expressions in Additional Filters - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.3 [22-04-2017] - improved performance reading file contents - added %FirstFileContentDate% and %FirstFileContentDateNormalized% abbreviations to get the first date in file content (normalized as YYYYMMDD) - added %FileContentMatch1% to %FileContentMatch9% abbreviations to use text from file content in destinations - added %Keywords% abbreviation to get supported file keywords - added 7ZIP as new standard algorithm for Encrypt and Decrypt actions - added Additional Filter of file content to a full powered regular expression filter (and removed regular expression support in Literal string filter) - added "regex(p1,r1)" abbreviation modifier to replace all occurrences of the regex pattern p1 with regex replacement pattern r1 (matched groups are referenced by \1-\9) - fixed limit of compression password length - fixed support to use image abbreviations for TIF and CR2 images - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.2 [28-05-2016] - added abbreviation modifiers to encode / decode with Base64 (ANSI and UTF-8) - added option to choose if do or not a first scan of monitored folders at startup (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added option to choose the mode to manually rename duplicates (read 4.4 of the Guide) - restored cryptography modifiers - fixed issue removing source of encrypted folders - fixed Unicode support for associations (UTF16 Little Endian) - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.1.2 [30-08-2015] - added %DropItDir% abbreviation - added option to automatically fix Open With destination (read 4.4 of the Guide) - fixed issue of absolute links in HTML lists - fixed issue of option to ignore folders if in use by another program - fixed some abbreviation modifiers - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.1.1 [20-06-2015] - fixed Delete action and other features that remove files - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.1 [31-05-2015] - improved drag&drop support to work also on Windows 8.1 - added support to do not ignore attributes of processed files (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to enable/disable alert to complete mail messages (read 4.4 of the Guide) - fixed support to use abbreviations for Upload action - fixed some minor bugs Version 8.0 [04-10-2014] - improved "Extract" action to extract in destination folder (correctly managing duplicates) - improved support to multiple monitors - added "k(s1)" and "k-(s1)" abbreviation modifiers - added "d>d1" and "d<d1" abbreviation modifiers (instead of "c>d1" and "c<d1" that are deprecated) - added "ProductName" and "Rating" abbreviations - added "Split" and "Join" actions - added profile name to the Processing window - added support to "Export all" and "Import all" profiles from Customize Profiles context menu - added support to auto-hide target image on the nearest side (auto-detected) - added support to define the visible pixels of the target image when hidden (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to enable/disable "Ctrl" and "Alt" hotkeys during process (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to enable/disable profile switching with mouse scroll wheel - added support to force sending one file per mail (setting "0" as "Attachment size limit") - updated the internal tool to manage SFTP connections (PSFTP v0.63) - fixed "Open With" action if "Ignore files if in use by other programs" is enabled - fixed automatic correction of invalid characters in abbreviations - fixed issue with standby/hibernation when DropIt is minimized - fixed support to compress in "Store" level - fixed some minor bugs Version 7.0 [04-04-2014] - improved "Associations" and "Profiles" windows (position is saved) - improved "Compress" action to rename compressed files if they are duplicates in the archive - improved "Progress" window (position, size and columns are saved) - improved "Select Action" window (associations are in alphabetical order) - improved filters by file content (now with 6 alternatives) - improved option to skip files if in use (e.g. during download) - improved PDF files generated with "Create List" action - improved support to gradually hide target image - improved support to move files with "Rename" action - added "??" and "? ?" modifiers to alternate upper and lower characters - added "a>(s1,d1)" and "a<(s1,d1)" modifiers to insert a string in a defined position - added "lz(d1)" modifier to fill strings with leading zeros - added creation of profile examples at the first DropIt run (new installations only) - added option to create the automatic backup every 3 days (enabled by default) - added some "Paths" and "Images" abbreviations - added some profile examples (available from right-click context menu of "Customize Profiles") - added some rule examples for common file formats (Documents, Music, Videos...) - added support to alert with a sound when the "Select Action" window appears (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to create archives with any extension (regardless of the compression format) - added support to define the name of DropIt SendTo links (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to define the speed to gradually hide target image (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to define the time before gradually hide target image (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to enable/disable associations with Ctrl + click (in "Manage Associations" window) - added support to press "Alt" key while folders are dropped on to remove them as Monitored Folders - added support to run a command line at the end of the process (read 4.4 of the Guide) - added support to use profile icons in SendTo menu (read 4.4 of the Guide) - removed More/Less button from "Progress" window (total freedom of window resizing) - removed option to "Show list of loaded files by default" (no longer needed) - fixed %Counter% abbreviation within "Rename" action - fixed automatic language detection at the first DropIt run - fixed button to open files/folders from %UserInput% window - fixed support to multiple monitors - fixed support to skip files/folders if %UserInput% value is not defined - fixed some minor bugs Version 6.1 [10-02-2014] - improved interface and performance - improved "Define Abbreviation Value" window - improved "File Already Exists" window - improved "Select Action" window - interrupted 64bit version (32bit version works on all systems) - added option to "Auto-hide target image on the left of the screen" - added option to "Ignore files if their size is changed after loading" - added support to filter by file content for PDF format - added support to press "Ctrl" key while folders are dropped on to add them as Monitored Folders - added support to Upload using FTP Passive Mode - added support to use abbreviations in Rules - fixed issue of automatic update under 64bit systems - fixed issue of disappearing target image after standby/suspension - fixed issue reading lowercase abbreviations - fixed issue using %SubDir% abbreviation when the option to decide if scan subfolders is disabled - fixed some minor bugs Version 6.0 [24-12-2013] - improved interface - improved performance - integrated "Compress" and "Create List" options in associations (removed globally) - integrated "Consider rules as Regular Expressions" option in associations (removed globally) - integrated "Pause until opened file is closed" option in associations (removed globally) - added "Remove source after processing it" option in associations for some actions - added option to "Always scan subfolders" or try to process them (e.g. to remove empty subfolders) - added support to define a path in Rename field to move renamed files/folders - added support to set associations as Favourites that have priority in case of multiple matches - fixed some minor bugs Version 5.3.4 [09-12-2013] - updated some language files - fixed some minor bugs Version 5.3.3 [20-11-2013] - fixed problem loading files from subfolders - fixed some minor bugs Version 5.3.2 [04-11-2013] - improved some error messages to automatically close after 10 seconds - added %FileVersion% abbreviation - fixed Copy/Move actions under Windows 8 64bit - fixed some minor bugs Version 5.3.1 [03-10-2013] - improved some interface aspects - added support to resize Process window - added support to select more files together in Process window - fixed support to run under Windows 8 64bit - fixed some minor bugs Version 5.3 [07-09-2013] - improved minor interface aspects - added "Create Gallery" action (thanks to tpr) - added option to decide if show the message of failed process - added some Image abbreviations - fixed "Rename" action issue with some folders - fixed "Upload" action issue with some servers - fixed interface freezing when process fails with monitored folders - fixed issue in RegEx support - fixed support to filter by file content for DOCX format - fixed support to Import profiles from CSV and XLS formats - fixed some minor bugs Version 5.2 [02-06-2013] - improved "Create List" action - improved minor interface aspects - improved Safely Erase method of "Delete" action - improved support to manage custom abbreviations (add, edit, remove) - improved the installer and unified 32/64-bit builds (thanks to loin2kolpotoru) - added "Encrypt" and "Decrypt" actions - added profile option to "Start the process after loading" - added several abbreviations (dates, files and others) - added some pre-configured email servers - added support to "Remove source after processing it" for some actions - added support to abbreviations for "Create List" parameters - added support to file-independent abbreviations for monitored folders - added support to send several files per mail (defining a size limit) - fixed support to Import profiles from old versions (5.0 and older) - fixed several minor bugs Version 5.1 [01-05-2013] - improved interface and context menu - improved method to store associations (now only association names have to be unique) - improved progress bar with Create List action - improved upgrade performance - added hyperlinks to the PDF Guide - added link to download more target images in Customize Profiles window - added option to decide the order to process file groups - added support to filter files in a size/date range (Additional Filters) - added support to filter folders by file content of included files (Additional Filters) - added support to filter folders by included files/folders (Additional Filters) - fixed "always on top" option - fixed bug creating encrypted archives - fixed bug with SendTo and multiple instances features - fixed bug with some commandline features - fixed date format in lists (to fix sorting in HTML files) - fixed several minor bugs Version 5.0 [17-03-2013] - now relative paths in destination are always relative to each loaded file - improved "Compress" action to merge items added to existent archives - improved main context menu and Options window - improved performance of various actions - improved process loading all dropped files at the beginning - improved support to "Import" profiles (from Customize context menu) - added %Counter% abbreviation (to add file enumeration) - added %UserInput% abbreviation (to type a custom input during process) - added "Duplicate" button in associations context menu - added context menu to the list of loaded items to get "Info" and to "Skip" them - added highlight of filtered text in html lists (thanks to tpr) - added list of loaded items in Processing window - added option to close progress window when process is complete - added option to process folders as files (instead of scan them if not associated) - added option to show progress window for monitored folders (disabled by default) - added option to start the process after loading - added profile option to decide if integrate it in SendTo menu - added some Info and Media abbreviations - added some target images - added support to create PDF and XLS lists - added support to define a minimum size to scan only bigger monitored folders - added support to "Export" profiles (from Customize context menu) - added support to use a different html theme for each "Create List" association - added support to use file and folder associations together (folders are scanned if not associated) - removed "Check moved/copied files integrity" option (not needed anymore) - removed "Enable associations for folders" option (not needed anymore) - fixed crash if "Select Action" window is shown for a file loaded from SendTo menu - fixed minor bugs in "Extract" and "Upload" actions - fixed several minor bugs Version 4.7 [17-02-2013] - improved "Copy to Clipboard" to use abbreviations for destination - improved list of Rule Examples for associations - improved Sorting window and related messages - added "CommandLine" list theme (thanks to tpr) - added "MonthName" and "MonthShort" abbreviations - added "Send by Mail" action - added filters based on file content - added filters based on file properties - added option to play sound when process is complete - added support to create an association to use if no other associations match - added support to pause/resume the process - fixed Current abbreviations - fixed date and time local dependency in "Change Properties" action - fixed date and time taken abbreviations - fixed focus problems during monitoring and sorting - fixed folder destination support for "Compress" action - fixed playlist creation - fixed song abbreviations on Windows 8 systems - fixed minor bugs Version 4.6 [11-10-2012] - included Absolute Link in lists by default - added abbreviation modifiers (read the Guide) - added extraction without subfolder creation (only with enabled Manage Duplicates) - added several abbreviations - added support to CRC Hash and MD4 Hash - added support to exclusion rules with / character (read the Guide) - reorganized abbreviations - replaced "FileAuthor" with "Authors" abbreviation - fixed date and time taken abbreviations - fixed Sorting window popup at folder monitoring - fixed support to 64bit version automatic update - fixed minor bugs Version 4.5 [26-06-2012] - improved abbreviation system - improved interface - improved performance - added "Change Properties" action (date, time and attributes) - added "Upload" action (FTP and SFTP protocols) - added message during uninstalling to decide if remove settings - added profile option to manage duplicates - added several abbreviations - added support to create custom abbreviations - added support to drag&drop files/folders on destination field - fixed %DateTaken% abbreviation - fixed minor bugs Version 4.0.1 [22-02-2012] - improved actions - improved interface - improved log report - improved performance - improved profile examples - improved software icon - added "Create Playlist" action - added "Create Shortcut" action - added "Copy to Clipboard" action - added option to select ambiguities checkbox by default - added %ParentDirName% environment variable - added support to /Close, /Refresh, /Restart commands - added support to compress several files in a unique archive - added support to consider rules as Regular Expressions (RegExp) - added support to import profiles from CSV, XLS and XLSX files - added support to "Overwrite if different size" - added support to separate rules also with "|" character - removed special actions (integrated as normal actions) - removed support to automatically convert to relative paths - fixed manage duplicates - fixed profile custom options - fixed Safely Erase mode of Delete action - fixed support to import old settings - fixed minor bugs Version 3.9 [29-12-2011] - improved automatic update (manually update this version to start with the new method) - improved interface (thanks to Leif) - improved support to HTML themes (thanks to tpr) - improved support to manage duplicates - added checkboxes for monitored folders - added lightbox preview to open images of HTML lists - added some internal environment variables - added support to duplicate profiles - added support to special actions as Command-Line parameters (using "/Key") - removed Alt + FirstButtonCharacter support (due to compatibility problems) - removed Context Menu integration (due to compatibility problems) - fixed internal context menu issue with Windows Classic theme - fixed minor bugs Version 3.8 [23-11-2011] - improved interface - improved performance - improved source code (thanks to guinness) - improved support to copy associations between profiles (with "Copy to") - changed hotkeys of special actions from Ctrl+Key to Alt+Key - added more HTML list themes and support to select them (thanks to tpr) - added support to apply an action to all ambiguities of a drop - added support to Context Menu integration - added support to duplicate associations in a profile (with "Copy to") - added support to include filter in HTML lists (disabled by default) - added support to include header in TXT and CSV lists (enabled by default) - added support to shared folders with UNC paths (thanks to Michael) - removed system integrations during installation (available from Options) - fixed minor bugs Version 3.7 [24-09-2011] - renamed "pattern" in "association" - replaced outdated "Help.chm" file with new "Guide.pdf" file - added %Documents% environment variable - added support to create playlists of dropped files in a selected folder (hold Ctrl+L at drop) - added two list properties (Absolute Link and Relative Link) - fixed memory leak during scroll of profiles - fixed minor bugs Version 3.6 [04-09-2011] - improved interface - improved performance - improved Sorting window - improved support to Unicode for patterns - added alert for "Delete" action - added auto-detection of OS language - added %Desktop% environment variable - added support to copy dropped files to a selected folder (hold Ctrl+C at drop) - added support to copy paths of dropped files to Clipboard (hold Ctrl+P at drop) - added support to create shortcuts of dropped files in a selected folder (hold Ctrl+S at drop) - added support to move dropped files to a selected folder (hold Ctrl+X at drop) - added support to sort HTML lists clicking column headers (disabled by default) - added support to switch profiles with mouse scroll wheel - fixed minor bugs Version 3.5 [30-07-2011] - improved interface - improved Log feature - improved source code - added "List" action (HTML, TXT, CSV, XML) - added support to decide if scan or not subfolders - added support to edit monitored folders with double-click - added support to start DropIt minimized - fixed minor bugs Version 3.2 [10-07-2011] - improved interface - improved Internal Environment Variables window - improved performance - changed from Exclude to Ignore action name - added hotkeys for Folders Monitoring listview - added support to check for updates at DropIt startup - added support to decrypt archives writing the password - added support to separated Profile Options - fixed minor bugs Version 3.1 [03-07-2011] - added %FileSubDir% environment variable - added support to do same operation on all duplicates of a drop - added support to Enable/Disable patterns - fixed minor bugs Version 3.0 [27-06-2011] - improved interface - improved performance - improved source code - improved support to Delete action in 3 modes - added "Rename" action - added several internal environment variables - added support to additional filters (based on size and date) - added support to full paths as rules - added support to schedule folder scanning - added support to wait closing of opened files - fixed minor bugs Version 2.6 [30-05-2011] - improved interface - improved source code - added support to convert destination folder to relative path - added support to move/copy patterns between profiles - integrated profile examples in Profiles context menu - fixed minor bugs Version 2.5 [14-05-2011] - improved interface - improved message shown in case of duplicates - improved performance - added %DefaultProgram% environment variable (only for Open With) - added %ParentDir% environment variable (relative to each file) - added Destination column in Manage Patterns window - added icons to GUI menu and Tray menu - added resize support for Patterns and Profiles windows - added some profile examples (Archiver, Eraser, Extractor) - fixed progress bar during compression/extraction - fixed minor bugs Version 2.0 [28-03-2011] - improved automatic update feature - improved interface - improved Move action performance - improved Pattern Ambiguity window now named Select Action - added Extract and Delete actions - added master password for Profiles folder encryption - added several environment variables (read the Help) - added support to disable alert for large processed files - updated code to work with current 7 actions - fixed minor bugs Version 1.6 [26-02-2011] - added action to open files and folders with defined programs - added profile icons to context menu items - added support to create duplicate associations with the same pattern - added support to encrypt Profiles folder - added support to move read-only files - added support to wildcard characters in command line - removed support to encrypt single closed profiles - fixed minor bugs Version 1.5 [23-01-2011] - improved interface - improved Options - included some additional target images - integrated move/copy choose in each pattern - added feature that remember columns width - added option to start DropIt on system startup - added option to use profile icon in traybar menu - added support to change profile in Manage Patterns window - updated Help file - removed Guide file - fixed minor bugs Version 1.2 [02-01-2011] - improved performance - improved sorting process to avoid GUI freezing - added feature to encrypt closed profiles - added Full Help file (F1 hotkey to open it) - added optional Sorting window during process - updated Guide file - fixed minor bugs Version 1.1.1 [03-12-2010] - improved context menu - improved traybar menu - changed internal key to encrypt passwords * - fixed bug that permitted to save blank password - fixed minor bugs [* it means that previous passwords are not compatible] Version 1.1 [29-11-2010] - improved compression support - improved Options - improved SendTo integration - restored lock target image position support - restored multiple instances support - added hotkey to move locked target image (read the Guide) - added message to report failed sorting operations - added support to unlimited number of patterns - fixed minor bugs Version 1.0 [21-11-2010] - improved interface - improved performance - improved source code - improved traybar menu and context menu - added support to auto-update DropIt (from About window) - added support to backup/restore settings and profiles - added support to compress processed files/folders - added support to create a log file of sorting operations - added support to custom environment variables (read the Guide) - added support to give a descrition to each pattern - added support to hide target image with DoubleClick - added support to ignore unassociated files/folders - added support to integrate DropIt in SendTo menu portably - added support to multi-language interface - added support to PNG and JPG target images - added support to transparency gradient of target images - updated official software Guide - fixed issue processing multiple individual files from Windows context menu - fixed several minor bugs - removed lock target image position (compatibility problems) - removed multiple instances support (compatibility problems) [a special thanks to guinness for this release!] Version 0.9.4 [23-06-2010] - added set of 24 new target images (thanks to grannyGeek) - improved command line support - updated official software Guide (thanks to grannyGeek) - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.9.3 [04-06-2010] - added alert if a large number/size of files is loaded - added official software Guide (thanks to grannyGeek) - improved command line support - improved installer and shell integration (for installer version only) - moved settings in user's Application Data folder (for installer version only) - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.9.2 [16-05-2010] - added support to edit pattern rules - added support to multi-string patterns - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.9.1 [12-03-2010] - added support to use environment variables for patterns - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.9 [03-02-2010] - improved feature to customize profiles - added feature to enable multiple instances - added support to different target images for each profile - added two additional target images - several code improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.8.2 [17-01-2010] - improved "Pattern ambiguity" window - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.8.1 [10-01-2010] - added support to start with a specified profile (using "-profilename" command) - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.8 [06-01-2010] - added support to different profiles - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.7.2 [05-12-2009] - improved support to receive files - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.7.1 [22-11-2009] - fixed an issue in the pattern checking - some code improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.7 [15-11-2009] - added support to receive files dropped on its exe - added support to receive files through SendTo - some other minor improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.6.1 [11-11-2009] - improved software code - released under Open Source GPL - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.6 [28-10-2009] - completely rewritten some code portions - extended support to pattern matching, not only file formats - improved form for associations - some minor improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.5.3 [25-10-2009] - some minor improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.5.2 [22-10-2009] - added feature to ask each drop if copy or move files - disabled support of multiple instances - some minor improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.5.1 [17-10-2009] - added icon shown during the positioning process - some minor improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.5 [13-10-2009] - added support to automatic rename duplicates - added support to move/copy entire folders, if enabled - changed software name - some other minor improvements - fixed some minor bugs Version 0.4.1 [08-10-2009] - changed software files position - fixed bug in file format detection - fixed bug in window on top mode - some other minor improvements Version 0.4 [07-10-2009] - added feature to exclude desired file formats - added context menu when software is hidden - added option to enable/disable window on top - added option to overwrite/skip files by default - added Settings window to set some options - added support for long file formats - improved Manage window - moved Lock Position in Settings window - code improvements - fixed some bugs Version 0.3 [05-10-2009] - added feature to lock popup image position - added message overwrite/skip if file already exists in destination folder - added support to change popup image - added Manage window to manage destination folders - code improvements - fixed some bugs Version 0.2 [04-10-2009] - added message to associate destination folder for new file formats - added support of both copy and move modalities - added support to drag & drop multiple files and folders at once - added support to resize popup image - code improvements - fixed some bugs Version 0.1 [02-10-2009] - first release -----------------------------