Opus 9.1.0.0.2893
A file manager is, at its simplest, a utility program which presents lists of files and allows the user to perform actions of some kind on those files. File managers are useful for moving files between folders, making backup copies of files, viewing pictures and playing sounds, running other utility programs on lists of files, deleting unwanted files and many other “housekeeping” tasks.
Directory Opus goes beyond the simple file manager metaphor, and offers you a complete replacement for Windows Explorer and many other utility programs for handling FTP, ZIP, viewing files and images, running slideshows and more. It provides you with all this within a user-friendly and fully-configurable environment within which you can access and manage your important data with a minimum of effort. Harness the power of your computer like never before!
New features in Directory Opus 9:
⢠Vista Support: Vista contains a protective layer of routines known as UAC which prevents unauthorized access to parts of your system. Opus fully supports the Microsoft methods for accessing this system. For example, Opus will display the UAC prompt in most situations when it is required. UAC support in Opus has improved over that offered in Windows Explorer. For example, in Explorer if you create a new folder in a protected location (like Program Files), and then rename the newly created folder, you will get four separate confirmation dialogs. In Opus, you will just get one!
⢠New Explorer Replacement Functionality for Vista and XP: In order to support Explorer Replacement under Vista it has been necessary to change the way this mode is implemented. Now when Explorer Replacement mode is enabled double-clicking on a folder in ANY Explorer window will have the effect of opening in Opus. Previously, double-clicks only opened in Opus from the desktop. If you already had an Explorer window open and double-clicked on a folder in there it would read into the existing Explorer.
⢠New XML-based Configuration: In Directory Opus 8, most configuration information was kept in the registry â only Toolbars and some other settings were stored on disk. In Directory Opus 9, all configuration is now stored on disk in XML format.
⢠New Configuration Backup & Restore System:
- Full Backup & Restore configuration allows you to move configurations between machines easily.
- Export to USB Flash Drive: Opus 9 takes advantage of the disk-based nature of the new Opus configuration system and allows you to export your Directory Opus installation (including program, certificate and configuration) to a USB flash drive. The program will then run as a self-contained entity from this flash drive on another system, without modifying the registry or hard drive of the host. If you select a U3 drive, Opus will be exported as a U3 package and can be installed using the U3 LaunchPad software. If you select the standard USB device icon, Opus will be exported directly to the drive in non-U3 mode.
⢠New Sub-Collections: The File Collections system now supports sub-collections (that is, collections within collections). Creating a sub-collection is straight-forward â simply use the CreateFolder command to create a folder inside an existing collection. You can move files and folders between collections and sub-collections as normal. Sub-collections behave exactly like collections.
⢠New Breadcrumbs-style Location Field: A new âbreadcrumbsâ-style Path field is available in the commands list in Customize as Path Field (Breadcrumbs). It provides a hierarchical view of the current path, as you can see from the picture above. Each element in the path is a button that can be clicked to go immediately to that level of the path. Files can also be dropped on the elements. The arrows following each path element can also be clicked to display a popup menu of the contents of that folder.
⢠New âFind-As-You-Typeâ Field: Opus has a new special “find-as-you-type” field in Listers and in the text viewer. It is similar to the one in Firefox and can be controlled by an option in Preferences. When you begin typing in a Lister a search box now appears at the bottom showing you what you are searching for. Scrolling to the item in the Lister still happens as before - the method is the same, only the interface has changed. The search field turns red if there is no match.
⢠New Custom List View Code + Tiles Mode: Directory Opus 9 replaces the old system with a new custom icon display. The four traditional icon modes are all still present, and for the most part should be indistinguishable from the previous version. However, the annoying issues with the old icon modes are gone and the performance of the new code is significantly improved.
The scrolling of Listers has also been improved greatly â scrolling with the mouse wheel is now accelerated, and details/power mode now have smooth scrolling which greatly enhances the effect of scrolling through Listers.
The custom list view code has also made possible the addition of a Tiles Mode. This is similar to the mode introduced in Explorer in Windows XP, but with a number of options not offered in Explorer.
From Preferences you can configure the Tiles display completely. The size and spacing can be altered; the frames and background color of individual tiles (turn off frames and the background color altogether to emulate the look of tiles mode in Explorer); choose whether or not thumbnails are shown in Tiles mode; configure the information displayed beneath the filename on a per-file type basis through the File Types system.
⢠New Advanced Rename Enhancements: The Advanced Rename dialog has had a number of improvements, the most noticeable is the addition of a Script mode.
⢠New Preferences Editor Improvements: Significant improvements based on user feedback include replacing the old List/Tabs interface by a new Tree view making it much easier to see which pages are available. At the bottom of the Preferences dialog there is a new Filter field. This lets you search for Preferences items matching a specified string, making it much easier to locate items than before. While many of the Preferences pages are similar to those from Opus 8, there have been a large number of changes and improvements made. Many dialogs use a new toolbar-style button system for easier control to Add/Delete/Edit items. Overall the Preferences system is more logically laid-out and easier to use for both new and old users.
⢠Removal of Layout section in Preferences: The old Layout sections in Preferences was the cause of some confusion and has been removed. Instead, now there is just the Default Lister concept. This concept existed in Opus 8 but it was always confused with the options in Preferences.
⢠New Customize Editor Improvements: The Customize dialog has been improved and includes a menu bar, the contents of which change depending on the current tab. In the Commands tab the menu contains Export and Import commands when the User command category is selected, providing a simple way of sharing User commands with others.
⢠New FTP Address book: The FTP section of Preferences has been split out into a separate dialog with a menu to make configuring the address book easier. The menu also contains Import & Export commands.
⢠New Flickr⢠Synchronization: Opus now includes a Flickr Synchronization tool that makes it easy to keep your local photo collection in sync with your Flickr account. Flickr Synchronization is based upon File Collections (this is one of the main uses for the new sub-collection ability).
⢠New ImageShack® Image Upload: Directory Opus now features a built-in ImageShack upload utility. ImageShack is an image hosting service that (with some obvious exceptions) lets you upload and host any image for free.
⢠New Command Parser Improvements: The command parser in Opus has been significantly improved. Perhaps the biggest change is that all the control sequences (like {file} etc) can now be used with the internal command set, without resorting to DOpusRT tricks. There are also a number of new control sequences.
⢠New Custom Toolbar Icon Sets: Opus now allows you to use different icon sets. A new Preferences section in Display - Toolbar Icons allows you to import and choose which sets to use in a hierarchical fashion.
⢠New Support for Links/Junctions: Opus now includes support for links/junctions. The Type column will display the type of link and the Description column will now show the target of junctions (and soft-links under Vista) as it does for shortcuts. The file functions know about junctions too - for example, Delete will not recurse into a junction or link to delete the contents, but instead will just delete the junction. GetSizes doesn’t include the size of linked folders in its calculations, etc.
⢠Plus many many changes and improvements in performance and functionality.
What’s new in v9.1
Directory Opus 9.1 6th December 2007
New Features
Full 64-bit (x64) support
Directory Opus now comes in two separate versionsâ the classic, 32-bit x86 version for 32-bit versions of Windows, and the new x64 version for 64-bit versions of Windows.
Apart from being a native 64-bit application, there should be little or no difference between the two versions - all of the significant issues encountered when running the 32-bit version on an x64 OS should now be resolved. A couple of minor points for people using the 64-bit version:
As yet, we do not have a 64-bit native ZIP library (or RAR library), and so the x64 version of Opus uses the 32-bit libraries via a COM proxy. Therefore, you may notice an additional (32-bit) process running called dopusx64.exe.
Not all of the Opus plugins are available in 64-bit yet â these will be progressively converted. As of December, specifically the ActiveX (docs) plugin, which provides support for Word and other Office Documents is not yet available for 64-bit users.
The x64 installer includes the 32-bit binaries, for use with the USB export feature. When exporting to a USB device in the 64-bit version, you will be prompted to choose which version to export. It probably makes more sense to export the 32-bit version to USB as the 64-bit version can only run on a 64-bit OS.
Improved folder thumbnail support
Directory Opus now supports the Explorer system for assigning a specific image to a folder thumbnail (via Properties / Customize).
Opus also now can display folder thumbnails for ZIP files (that is, the thumbnail for a ZIP file will display miniature thumbnails of the first four files inside the ZIP.)
The mini-thumbs displayed on a folder thumbnail are now chosen in date order (newest first) rather than alphabetical order.
Improved context menu handling
The handling of third-party context menu extensions has been improved to be more compatible. Additionally, if a fault is triggered by a context menu extension handler and Opus is able to catch it, a warning dialog is now displayed that gives you the option of blocking that context menu extension permanently, or ignoring any further errors.
Rename improvements
A couple of minor changes to file renaming:
When renaming files inline, files are not resorted until inline rename mode is exited. This means that you can use the cursor keys to move up and down the file list and make multiple changes to filenames without the files jumping around as they are automatically resorted. When inline rename mode is exited, the list is automatically resorted.
The Advanced Rename dialog has a new option called Rename matching filenames as one. When this is enabled, files with the same stem are treated as one when performing wildcard or other batch renames. For example, if you had files called 01012.JPG and 01012.WAV, and performed a sequential renumber rename, both files would get the same new name (except for file extension), instead of being numbered differently.
Minor Changes
Improvements made to the file change notification system, particularly for Samba/NAS devices. File change notification should now work properly in most cases for these devices.
Under Vista, if you attempt to access a folder that you donât have read permission for, Opus now asks you if you would like to modify the folder permissions to get access to the folder. A positive selection results in a UAC prompt which, if successful, results in the folder permissions automatically being modified to grant you read access.
The Ignore Prefix specified in Folder Options is now used when sorting by the Location column as well as by the Name column.
The CLEAR argument for the Find command can now take a yes or no parameter to specifically enable or disable the clearing of existing Find results when automating a Find operation.
Opus now lets you assign hotkeys that override the hard-coded Explorer (shell) Windows hotkeys like Win+E, Win+D, etc.
Opus now supports the new 256×256 PNG icon format for Windows Vista when displaying thumbnails and information columns for .ICO files.
The Print command has a new NOWIZARD argument which lets you bypass the Windows XP/Vista photo printing wizard and print images directly.
Bug Fixes
If the Folder Tree was open and the Favorites list was displayed in the tree, and the branch expanded, then editing the Favorites list in Preferences could cause the Lister to lock up.
If the File count field was displayed and sorted in a Lister, the sorting would stop working when the folder was changed.
Fixed a bug that could cause Opus to keep a file handle open on some removable USB hard drives, preventing them from being safely removed while Opus was open.
Zip files that are set to Read-Only no longer allow files to be renamed.
Fixed a logic error when blending selected colors with the background colors in a Lister.
Content Type formats in Preferences / Folders / Folder Formats no longer lose their settings if they are temporarily disabled by being unchecked.
Fixed a problem where the background image for a normal folder specified through Folder Formats could be carried over and displayed in a virtual folder.
Fixed a problem when displaying thumbnails for some .OTF fonts where the wrong font would actually be used for the thumbnail.
Displaying the shell infotip in a fileâs tooltip (using {infotip}) now works consistently in both the virtual My Documents folder and the real folder.
The Folder Aliases section in Preferences no longer allows you to create an alias with the same name as a built-in one.
The Clipboard COPYNAMES=unc command now correctly copies the UNC name for a shared network drive that has been assigned a drive letter using the subst command.
Fixed inconsistent button highlighting when the Set ICONS=toggle command is added to a toolbar button.
Double-clicking the desktop context menu no longer opens an Opus lister.
Fixed a problem with the Clipboard REGEXP argument that could cause some replaced text to be incorrectly duplicated.
Fixed an error (Canât open â%1â) when opening .html files with Internet Explorer from the Open With context menu.
The PRESERVEDATE argument for the Image CONVERT command now works correctly.
Opus no longer resets the Zip file icon registry entry every time it starts up.
When a Filter field is set to âhideâ and ârealtimeâ mode, entering a string and then clearing it now correctly reveals everything in the Lister instead of hiding everything.
The FAYT (find-as-you-type) field now correctly passes through the enter key in the icon modes (List, Large Icons, etc) which means you can now type the first few letters of a folderâs name and then immediately hit enter to read that folder. (This always worked in Details/Power mode, but not in the other modes)
The Browse button in the âSearch Forâ section of the Synchronize tool now correctly inserts the full file pathnames rather than just the filenames.
Holding the shift key down when using the Send To context menu now performs a move rather than a copy (where appropriate â same behaviour as Explorer)
Fixed a problem in the Copy ADDTOZIP function that could cause it to fail if the Open ZIP files as read-only by default option was turned on.
Fixed a problem with the Preferences editor when editing the file double-click timeouts (File Operations / Double-click on files) that caused the timeouts to always reset to 20 minutes.
Fixed a problem with the ZIP file caching system that could cause Opus to get confused if a zip file was deleted and then immediately replaced with another of the same name.
Dropping files onto a folder shortcut now treats the shortcut like it is a real folder â the tooltip that displays the drop target contains the target folder name, and the three normal actions (copy/move/shortcut) are all available instead of just copy.
Fixed a problem where the last two characters of a text file would not be displayed by the text viewer plugin if hex mode was disabled in the plugin settings.
Turning the text viewerâs hex mode on or off now correctly repositions it in the plugin list (it is a catch-all plugin only when hex mode is enabled.)
Fixed a problem where the wrong folder in the Folder Tree could appear as the destination when dragging over it (depending on font size and where in the item the mouse was positioned.)
If the folder tree selected item background colour was set to transparent, a checkerboard pattern would be incorrectly displayed in the tree.
Fixed a rendering issue where the file display border could sometimes overlap the folder tabs by one line of pixels.
Fixed some rendering issues with CD album thumbnails if the configured thumbnail size was not square.
Tiles mode now respects the configured unselected background text color.
Closing a local toolbar via the Toolbar CLOSE command now correctly closes only that one toolbar.
Fixed occasional crash with SendTo menu when using incorrectly formed IDL links such as [X]->bla.lnk.
OS: 2000/XP/Vista or later /32-bit version/
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