Raw Digital Camera plugin update

I've posted a "preview" version of the new Raw Digital Camera plugin which adds support for 64-bit Windows, more camera formats and USB mode.

See my post about it over at the Resource Centre for more details and download links.

The plugin is currently in an early stage. In particular, everything is hardcoded (no configuration) and it always extracts the quick embedded preview images rather than doing a full (slow) high-quality decode. Those things will be improved later.

I figure a lot of people have been waiting patiently for this version, with many unable to use the old version at all, so it's worth mentioning now even though it's a work-in-progress.

I probably won't mention the new Raw plugin again on this blog until a proper release is ready. I'll post more frequent updates and preview builds in the forum thread, so keep an eye on that if you want to be on the cutting edge. Otherwise just wait and you'll find a nice new Raw plugin in a future Opus release in the not-too-distant future.

Directory Opus version 9.1.1.8

Directory Opus version 9.1.1.8 - March 5th 2009

A free update for all Directory Opus 9 users is now available for download from GP Software.

Bugs fixed / minor changes:

• Added @toggle command modifier. This lets you change the highlight status of buttons that can automatically highlight (e.g. Set HIDESYSTEMFILES). You can specify @toggle invert to invert the normal highlight state or @toggle disable to prevent highlighting altogether.
  
• Added new option to Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced called flatview_folder_filters. When set to True this will enable folder filters in FlatView mode.
  
• Fixed several drag & drop issues:
  • Drag & drop to Favorites menu now shows correct cursor.
    
  • Drag & drop to the Folder Tree no longer results in the Lister being locked until the copy is finished.
    
  • Fixed problem where drag & drop would do nothing if the action was Copy MOVEWHENSAME and the dropshift event was empty.
    
  • Fixed problem where D&D from a RAR file to the file display border hot paths of parent folders did not work.
• Fixed problem where key presses were ignored when the mouse was over a toolbar button.
  
• Added checks to prevent crashes when using some viewer plugins written in Delphi.
  
• Improved support for Gmail Drive namespace extension.
  
• Having the {smp3} or {tmp3} codes on the status bar will now trigger a read of extended file information even if no extended columns are displayed in the Lister.
  
• Improved handling of drive removal / disk change – Folder Tree should now refresh correctly, and file change notification should no longer be broken by removing and reinserting a drive.
  
• Fixed double progress bar when using Clipboard Paste via folder context menu.
  
• Ctrl-Z to undo in inline rename mode no longer results in filename being scrolled out of view.
  
• Fixed crash caused by inline renaming a file to a file extension that was filtered out by current filters.
  
• Fixed "same drive" detection when moving files between two junctions on the same physical drive.
  
• Fixed infinite loop if FileType ACTION=dblclk was set as the double-click action for a file type.
  
• Fixed extraction of RAR files with encrypted filenames.
  
• When defining Folder Colors, selecting folders from the Profile branch of the tree now works correctly.
  
• The Owner column now works correctly in the x64 version.
  
• Fixed crash in Plugin About dialog if plugin did not specify a URL.
  
• Fixed problem with text-extraction plugins not working if they did not specify DVPFIF_CanReturnViewer, or did not export both DVP_LoadTextA and DVP_LoadTextW.
  
• In some cases viewer plugins did not receive a DVPLUGINMSG_CLEAR message before their window was destroyed.
  
• FTP changes:
  • Fix for SSH/SSL reconnect problems.
    
  • Fix for invalid initial folder and drop connection if parent also not available.
    
  • Fix for folders containing % characters in the folder name.
    
  • Secure FTP descriptions changed after user feedback.

Heads-up: dopus_fileinfo crashes and solution

Update: A workaround for this problem is included in Opus 9.1.1.8. See above.

Please see Heads-up: dopus_fileinfo crashes and solution if you're using the new CSV/RTF/Font/Postscript plugins and have found Opus crashes sometimes.

Hopefully the plugins will be easy to fix but I figure the mysterious crash may be causing problems for some people so it's worth giving everyone a heads-up on how to avoid it for now.

CSV/PS/Font/RTF plugins updated

There are new updates for Dinkelhopper's plugins: CSV, PostScript, Font viewers and RTF editor.

The updates fix problems when multiple copies of the same plugin were open at once and add some new features like auto-save in the RTF editor plugin.

To get the new versions head on over to the plugins area of the Resource Centre.

Enjoy! And, of course, thanks to Dinkelhopper for the hard work!

New plugin: RTF Viewer/Editor

Dinkelhopper has released another new plugin for Opus. This one lets you view and edit Rich Text Format files:

• RTF-Viewer (and Editor)

As with Dinkelhopper's other plugins, this one is for 32-bit users only.

(They are 32-bit only because they're written using the Delphi programming language which doesn't yet support 64-bit. Unfortunately, working around the problem with Delphi plugins and 64-bit would be quite complicated. I read that the new owners of Delphi plan to introduce 64-bit support later this year, however.)

Dinkelhopper's other plugins have also had a few updates since they were mentioned on this blog a few days ago. Keep an eye on their respective forum threads if you want to stay up to date with them.

As with when my MayaIFF plugin was new, it's normal for there to be a bunch of small updates for new plugins as people try different files on them and discover issues. I'm assuming people reading this blog prefer the traffic to be minimal (else they'd be reading the forum instead) so I won't post about every update until things settle down.

Windows 7's UAC whitelist is anti-competitive

I'd like to get on my soap box and alert you to what I think is a very bad thing in Windows 7:

• Windows 7's UAC whitelist is anti-competitive

Directory Opus version 9.1.1.7

Directory Opus version 9.1.1.7 - January 20th 2009

A free update for all Directory Opus 9 users is now available for download from GP Software.

Bugs fixed / minor changes:

• Fixed problem with drag & drop from Outlook to Opus.
  
• Fixed problem with drag & drop from ZIP and RAR files in Opus to system namespaces like the desktop.
  
• Fixed problem with file type system that could cause events like double-click to stop working if a file type event was defined with an empty function body.
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when decoding thumbnails in ID3v2.2 MP3 files.
  
• Fixed crash in Find that could occur when searching certain UTF-8 encoded files.
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when invoking some context menu handlers from an admin-mode Lister (under Vista only).
  
• The New -> Folder menu item now has a key sequence assigned.
  
• A command that combines Select ALL followed by Clipboard COPYNAMES now works correctly.
  
• Drop-down menus opened via the keyboard now ignore the position of the mouse cursor; previously if the mouse happened to be where the menu opened, the item under the mouse would be selected.
  
• Fixed problem in the Folder Tree with full-row selection when Folder Tree is locked.
  
• In Context Menus, a hidden shell item that ends a sub-menu no longer causes subsequent items to be displayed in the sub-menu incorrectly.
  
• Fixed problem with Rename Test mode that could cause Find & Replace values to be added to the Preview list.
  
• Advanced Selection using a location filter now works in Flat View and Collections.
  
• Fixed problem with Desktop Layouts context menu with layout names containing & characters.
  
• Fixed problem with top-docked toolbars not taking account of other app-bars on the left or right.