VirtualPanel 1.0.0.820

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VirtualPanel 1.0.0.820

Temporary panel plugin for Total Commander:
+ full Unicode support
+ keeps links to files and folders, and virtual folders
+ import/export of whole contents or separate directories
+ saving VP state on exit TC or Windows, by timer or after each modification
+ import/export of usual filelists (like m3u)
+ log file
+ asks for physical removing if Shift is down
+ correct copy/move operations processing
+ internal commands for extra functions (execute ? command for help)
+ batch commands execution and script files support
+ auto-executed scripts on load state or enter directory
+ supports internal associations in TC 7.51 and later
+ standard cd command support in TC
+ external scripts support
+ multi-threading support (background operations in TC 7.55 and later)

(discussion is here, more detailed description see in Readme file)

Category: TC File System Plugins
Status: freeware
Size: 86 KB
Author: MVV
Added: 18.10.2009
Updated: 12.07.2010
Downloaded: 22345 times
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What's new

2010-07-12	1.0.0.820
	+ flag 'm' for save command
	+ autosave after every operation feature (only if state was modified) - you may enable it in settings

2010-05-13	1.0.0.800
	+ always starts executables (.exe, .lnk, .cmd, .bat, .com) itself to set right working path
	+ overwrites list files w/o deleting (preserves attributes and permissions)
	* wrong working path for executables started from command line within virtual folder

2010-04-21	1.0.0.780
	+ always returns FS_EXEC_OK on show properties (TC doesn't show ugly dialog on error)
	+ allows to abort operations by first pressing Cancel button (if user cancels aborting then only by Escape)
	+ thread local storage is used for storing thread-specific data
	* wrong properties dialog for pure virtual objects

2010-04-15	1.0.0.760
	+ flag f for save and export commands to overwrite existing file
	+ may execute special >Shutdown script on plugin unload
	+ configuration is saved to INI when user clicks OK button in configuration fialog
	+ new INI parameter SaveIniOnExit allows to disable saving INI on exit
	+ flush command to manual save configuration to INI file
	+ tgmove command to rename/move target object (link is fixed automatically)
	+ log event flag for scripts execution
	+ status log message for VPBatch commands

2010-04-12	1.0.0.700
	+ put, renmove, mkdir operations create absent intermediate folders
	* Ctrl+Tab didn't work after pressing Apply button
	* focus bug in confirmation dialog
	* exec command bug if parameter was in braces

2010-04-09	1.0.0.690
	+ group answers for link creation question when user tries to move physical file to virtual folder
	+ new settings tab in configuration dialog
	+ configuration dialog uses Windows theme colors (calls EnableThemeDialogTexture function if available)
	+ buttons OK, Cancel, Apply in configuration dialog
	+ internal command config to show settings tab of configuration dialog
	* open properties command in TC 7.55 was overridden by internal execute feature
	* exception on move from physical folder to virtual
	* overwrite read-only physical file error
	* bug in save command when started w/o params and user answers No on save deflist question
	* changed line order in information box of configuration dialog (localization line 8)

2010-04-01	1.0.0.620
	+ compact state file format
	+ flag 'o' for save command to save old-style state file
	+ safe multi-thread enum files (list builds in single critical section during FsFindFirst call)
	+ faster saving (files in subfolders now searched from folder handle and not from root)
	+ faster loading/unloading large states (now boost::fast_pool_allocator is used as map allocator)
	* wrong for parameters order
	* set time/date for script files bug
	* put command accepted relative path incorrectly
	* wrong mask processing by export command
	* some other fixes and optimizations

2010-03-29	1.0.0.580
	+ environment variables ${Virtual Panel}Path and ${}Path keep last listed VP path
	+ new flags for add command (to replace existing object and to create intermediate virtual folders)
	+ multi-thread access to virtual system
	+ move command
	+ for command now replaces %~symbol with just filename
	+ allows to cancel aborting of any operation (checks if Escape is held instead of accepting TC abort flag)
	* Shift+Enter jumped to file's folder instead of jumping to file (after some changes in 1.0.0.550)
	* Shift+Enter in TC 7.55 was overridden by internal execute feature
	* for command parameters processing bug
	* buggy parsing paths with ".."
	* removed questions in save and export commands after silent

2010-03-24	1.0.0.550
	+ changed default image base address
	+ now VP may execute scripts sent to TC using WM_COPYDATA message
	+ attached tool VPBatch to send scripts to VP
	* blocks multiple timer event thread creation (event skipped if previous yet working)
	* kills timers and waits for exiting timer event processors when plugin is unloading
	* log path changing from configuration dialog now works
	* fixed launching applications from physical folder

2010-03-15	1.0.0.520
	+ autosave default state file by timer feature
	+ new operator "like" for ifcond command allows to check if filename matches mask
	+ exec command now asks for command line if parameter begins with '?'
	+ expanding environment variables in parameters for launched executables
	+ shows help on "?" command too
	+ if parameter looks like ?:"text", text is used as ask param dialog text
	* wrong environment variables processing in cd command
	* reread source call after operations removed
	* read-only files delete mode bug
	* "%%" parsing error in script files

2010-03-08	1.0.0.500
	+ supports internal associations in TC 7.51 and later
	+ saves state on exit Windows
	+ multi-thread safe virtual system access
	+ non-modal configuration dialog
	+ standard cd command support in TC

2010-02-25	1.0.0.494
	+ information box in cfg dialog and language, icons etc are updated after changing parameters if need
	+ links to inaccessible folders are treated now as empty folders so TC may delete them
	+ shows time for each log line
	+ percent char in script files is now processed like in usual batch files
	* changed font in cfg dialog and tab view (in some Windows themes vertical tabs are buggy)
	* empty text now may be accepted as parameter value in cfg dialog
	* wrong detection of flag 'a' in put command

2010-02-17	1.0.0.470
	+ configuration dialog
	+ moving from VP (physical file is copied and link is removed)
	+ put command may now add files or folders or both
	+ flag 'a' for put command to auto-rename file if such file already exists
	+ flag 'w' for exec command to wait for process termination
	* fixed physical moving from VP (file was moved but link was left)

2010-02-11	1.0.0.420
	+ Shift+Enter jumps to file or enters archive in new tab
	+ new keyword to detect scripts (for ifcond command)
	+ ifcond now understands relative paths
	+ log file size limit feature
	* fixed dates comparing in ifcond command (wrong conversion to number of minutes)
	* check for existance before starting autoupdate script (avoid some execution errors)
	* %0 in script now treated as script filename
	* trailing spaces in condition of ifcond command are removed
	* fixed exporting filenames in ANSI (Unicode w/o BOM was written)

2010-02-06	1.0.0.400
	+ removes physical files to recycle bin by default (checks if Shift is held and corresponding TC setting before)
	+ default filelist now is saved on exit only if VP state was modified during session
	+ load command may be executed w/o parameters now for loading default filelist state
	+ eas command now allows to change autoupdate script name
	+ new flag 'a' for save/export to save with ANSI encoding
	+ new command ifcond that allows to check file attributes etc
	* removed locked dialog on exit if INI can't be written
	* all commands now fit into help dialog
	* some other fixes

2010-02-03	1.0.0.370
	+ script files now can be executed with params (supported %0 for whole script text and %1-%9 for parameters)
	+ improved del command: may remove files or folders or both
	+ new condition commands ifexist, ifdef and ifok
	+ new for command allowing to execute script for all matched objects (files or folders or both)
	+ new cd command for changing current path within script
	+ infinite script execution loop protection
	* wrong icon was displayed for inaccessible EXE and LNK
	* crash after entering text in TC request dialog
	* some other fixes that I can't remember :)

2010-02-02	1.0.0.340
	+ plugin now keeps content in %TEMP%\VirtualPanel.lst file by default
	+ inaccessible physical objects have special icons (you may specify another icons in configuration file)
	+ edit command allows to change script or path
	* fixed crash on first start (with empty configuration file)
	* some small fixes

2010-01-31	1.0.0.322
	+ Unicode support! all functions use Unicode by default; ANSI functions replaced with stubs that call Unicode functions
	+ supports adding files from filelists in ANSI, UTF-8 and Unicode
	+ recursive and/or by mask filelist export
	* removed retrieving plugin file version on Windows 2000 because of strange crash during initialization

2010-01-24	1.0.0.200
	+ now files with read-only attribute may be removed (except scripts), also forced flag 'f' added to del command
	* now files can be moved from virtual folder even w/o holding Shift key (confirmation is displayed)
	* fixed move file to normal panel (removed error checking if move function succeeds)
	* system search handle leak in FsFindNext function (one handle per file in virtual folder)

2009-12-24	1.0.0.194
	+ added language file support for translation (see sample in Language folder)
	* parameters parsing bug (e.g. for add command)

2009-12-09	1.0.0.180
	+ added change case only renaming
	+ if INI with plugin's name exists near the plugin, this file is used as configuration file
	+ shows error message if configuration isn't saved (e.g. no write permission to INI)
	* null settings are not saved now when plugin loaded during installation
	* some minor fixes

2009-11-05	1.0.0.166
	* error opening script file mesage if file doesn't exist
	* error copying file within VP - file was moved instead

2009-10-26	1.0.0.162
	+ special delete physical files confirmation dialog
	+ del command supports wildcards and keeps read-only files
	+ autoexecuted scripts - on load list and on list directory contents
	+ this Readme file :)
	* division by zero when copy empty files from VP
	* new FsExtractCustomIcon function extracts non-standard icons in background and causes TC to use less GDI objects

2009-10-18	1.0.0.121
	+ expanding of environment variables in commands and scripts except braced blocks
	+ import/export partial folder
	+ put command allows to add physical files and entire filelists (e.g. playlists, full/relative paths) by mask
	+ export command to export just physical names from virtual folder (e.g. to make playlist)
	+ load command clears VP contents only if executed w/o second parameter
	+ you can't delete read-only script files (protection)
	+ added panels refreshing after VP operations
	* exception in load command
	* set attributes for internal objects not always worked

2009-10-12	1.0.0.97
	+ log event groups
	+ correct initialization for older TC versions (w/o FsSetDefaultParams func support)
	+ support full internal paths starting from plugin name (for Ctrl+Shift+Enter)
	+ add command supports nested blocks of commands in braces
	* log was always disabled at startup

2009-10-12	1.0.0.83
	+ batch script support
	+ if command parameter equals to "?", it is asked (useful for scripts)

2009-10-10	1.0.0.36
	* bug in filelist importing when line end was at the end of buffer

2009-10-10	1.0.0.xx
	! first public release
	+ virtual files/folders, links to physical files/folders
	+ internal commands allow to add/delete objects, import/export filelist and set default filelist
	+ correct links handling by TC
	+ correct copy/move operations between physical paths
	+ physical delete confirmation dialog if Shift is held

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