"SSL Library" errors, preliminary fix

If you're getting "SSL Library" errors in Opus 10.0.2.0, there's a preliminary fix you can try here:

• Opus Resource Centre: SSL error with version 10.0.2.0

This has worked for everyone who has tried it & reported back so far, but it is also hot off the compiler so it has not yet been fully tested.

Directory Opus 10.0.2.0 now available

Directory Opus 10.0.2.0 is now available as a free update for all Directory Opus 10 users.

You can download the update via the GPSoftware website, or use the Check For Program Updates command in the program's Help menu.

• Note: If you are currently using Opus 10.0.1.0 or earlier, the built-in updater may fail to install updates in certain situations, and we recommend downloading the update via the web. Provided 10.0.1.1 or above is installed, the issue will not affect future updates.

This 10.0.2.0 update includes everything from the 10.0.1.x beta versions:

• 10.0.1.1
• 10.0.1.2
• 10.0.1.3
• 10.0.1.4
• 10.0.1.5
• 10.0.1.6

This update also includes the following new changes:

• The new Opus 10 help file (manual) is now complete and included. (Use the Help menu or F1 key to view the built-in copy. You can also view the online version, or download the PDF version for printing.)
• Google Desktop Search support was broken.
• With the copy queue enabled, Copy AS / Move AS now asks for new filenames (or rename pattern) when the operation is queued rather than when the job starts running.
• Automated Find commands (those that use both NAME and IN arguments to automate the Find function) no longer inherit the previous settings of the Find dialog.
• SetAttr META * no longer modifies the file timestamps if this is disabled in Preferences.
• The Folder Options Save For All Folders + Layouts & Folder Tabs command did not correctly update folder tab groups.
• Prefs PAGE=imageshack now opens the correct page.
• Fixed problem where only the first file would be extracted from a zip file when the contents of the archive were dropped on the desktop.
• Fixed problem where metadata added to PDF files generated by GhostScript would not be recognised in other programs.

Opus 10 manual in PDF format

The Opus 10 manual is now also available in PDF format, for those who wish to print it out.

Make sure you have plenty of paper as it's 720 pages!

• Directory Opus Online Manuals and Documents

Opus 10 manual re-write complete and online

The new manual for Directory Opus 10 is now finished.

The old documentation has been completely re-written for clarity and completeness. Screenshots are used extensively and, particularly in the sections about internal commands, many more examples are provided. This should be a great benefit to old and new users alike.

If you're wondering why the help-file and installer have grown in size recently, it's all the screenshots included in the documentation!

The new manual is in a format which makes it very easy for the team to make changes. So, if you find anything missing or unclear, or even just a typo, let us know and we'll fix it.

• You can read a web version of the manual now.
  
  Note: If you have read the web version before, you may need to clear your browser's cache. I found that the table of contents (left panel) would not refresh until I did so.
  
  
• You can now download a PDF version, for printing. See the next post.
  
  
• The forthcoming Opus 10.0.2.0 update will have the new manual built-in and available via the Help menu (or F1 hotkey).
  
  
• (The 10.0.1.6 beta update released a couple of days ago included an almost-complete version of the new manual.)

Directory Opus version 10.0.1.6 (Beta)

This is a beta version. If you aren't comfortable running the very latest version of Opus then you may like to wait for the next stable release.

Directory Opus 10.0.1.6 is available now for all Opus 10 users:

• Directory Opus beta x86 (32 bit)
• Directory Opus beta x64 (64 bit)

• Directory Opus beta Deutsch x86 (32 bit)
• Directory Opus beta Deutsch x64 (64 bit)

Changes:

• Fixed some problems Tiles Mode had with background colours and blending.
• Improvements to List mode column widths:
• If auto-size columns option is on, columns will auto-size due to file renames / copies (as for Details mode).
• If auto-size columns option is off and a specific width is set, columns will be fixed to that width.
• BitLockered removable drives now display a password prompt when trying to access them in Opus (same as in Explorer).
• PDF documents no longer display 01/01/1601 for Document Created and Last Saved columns when the dates are unset.
• Now supports 2-bpp grayscale PNG images.

The re-written manual has also been updated, as with previous Opus updates, and is now almost complete. The few remaining pages will be finished before the next non-beta release (10.0.2.0).

Universal Graphics Viewer Plugin

A new Directory Opus viewer and thumbnail plugin has been released by ZwickySoft, adding support for additional image formats.

The plugin is based on the GFL SDK, a component for decoding various images which was written by Pierre E. Gougelet, the creator of the XnView image-viewer.

The plugin adds support for the 'HDR' format, which I know a several people have requested over the years. For a list of the (many) other formats, and further discussion of the plugin, see this thread at the Opus forums:

• Universal Graphics Viewer Plugin

Viewing SVG files in the Opus preview pane

If you have Internet Explorer 9 or above, you can view SVG files in the Opus viewer pane.



To do this, open the Opus ActiveX plugin configuration, select the "Internet Explorer" line near the bottom, then add .SVG to the list on the right.

(If you're on 64-bit Windows, you have the choice of using 32-bit or 64-bit IE. With current versions of IE, the 32-bit version is the best one to choose.)



Note that this only affects the viewer, not thumbnails. There may be thumbnailers for SVG out there, though.