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ReNamer 5.60: French and Spanish

Thursday, 22 December 2011, 1:08 CET   No comments

We have French and Spanish translations of the latest version of ReNamer:

Thanks to the translators and eR@SeR for his work on producing the localized executables.

New online tools

Saturday, 8 October 2011, 1:33 CEST   No comments

I have added 3 new online tools to the web site:

They can help developers like me investigate network issues and inspect accessibility of hosts.

ReNamer 5.60: Russian and Serbian

Monday, 3 October 2011, 0:07 CEST   No comments

We have Russian and Serbian translations of the latest version of ReNamer:

Thank you goes to the translators! :)

Finally: ReNamer 5.60

Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 17:54 CEST   7 comments

Hello everyone! :)

It has been a while since any major software update, but there is a good reason for that. From some point in time last year there was a number of different scenarios unveiling which seriously changed my life, including revelations in my private and professional sides of life. OK, now let's put excuses aside and get down to business.

Finally, after 2 years of continues maintenance and development, ReNamer 5.60 is here!

Here is an enormous log of changes since previous release:

* 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;
Switching to a new server

Thursday, 28 July 2011, 18:44 CEST   9 comments

I'm going to be migrating this site to a new server in the following 3-5 days.

There may be disruptions and prolong out of service times. Just before the switch over, forum and wiki will be either frozen to prevent modification or disabled completely. DNS records for the domain will be updated and propagation of the new records might take up to 24 hours, meaning that during that period of time you might still be trying to access the old server.

I will post here once the switch over is complete and if you'll be reading that post it will mean that you are using the new server!  :)