Autodesk Inventor thumbnails in Opus

If you use Autodesk Inventor, you may see generic icons for its files instead of thumbnails in Opus.

This is due to Autodesk's thumbnail provider loading DLLs it depends on in an unsafe way, which Opus blocks by default. (Explorer does not block it, which is why it works there.)

If you wish, you can disable the increased security so that Autodesk Inventor thumbnails work within Opus.

To do so, go to Settings -> Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced, set dlldir_security to FALSE and then reboot.

Directory Opus 10.5.1.0 + Video Guide

Directory Opus 10.5.1.0 is now available as a free update for all Directory Opus 10 users.

Download:

• 32-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字
• 64-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字

What's new:

The 10.5.1.0 update includes everything from the 10.5.0.x beta versions:

(The help file contains a summary of all these changes in one place and will be displayed the first time you run the new version.)

• 10.5.0.1 (34 changes)
• 10.5.0.2 (36 changes)
• 10.5.0.3 (1 changes)
• 10.5.0.4 (25 changes)
• 10.5.0.5 (12 changes)
• 10.5.0.6 (13 changes)

The update also includes the following new changes:

• Fixed auto-hide toolbar slide and reveal options, introduced in a recent beta, being reversed for toolbars docked to the left or top of the screen.
• Fixed recently introduced problem that meant Select SOURCETODEST / DESTTOSOURCE were case sensitive.
• Fixed problem in path completion that made it stop working temporarily when typing an alias followed by a folder name beginning with a reserved device name (e.g. /dopusdata/ConfigFiles).
• Fixed path-completion pop-up's borders not always painting correctly.

Video Guide:

(http://youtu.be/DfQHcLvbMPg)

Directory Opus 10.5.0.6 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.0.6 beta is now available for all Opus 10 users.

32-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字
64-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字

This is a preliminary, beta release. Translations may not be fully up-to-date and some English text may appear in non-English versions.

The following is a guide to the changes in the Directory Opus 10.5.0.6 beta:

Bug fixes

• Fixed problem with Go BACK not properly setting the start of the range selection with some combination of settings.
• Dragging a linked tab out to the desktop (or selecting Split as New Lister from the context menu) now clears the link state of the tab when it opens in the new Lister.
• Fixed problem that could prevent control-hover from selecting files (with single click mode enabled) if certain toolbar commands were present.
• Improved performance of path completion (particularly on network paths).
• Fixed problem with the breadcrumbs drop-down not correctly showing all drives (if the hideempty option was set) on program startup.
• Fixed USB export failing with "access denied" error if certain files on the USB export had been set hidden or read-only.
• The fix for drag-and-drop from Gmail to Opus, added in the previous beta for the file display, has now been implemented everywhere else (folder tree, folder tabs, breadcrumbs, FDB hot-paths, toolbar go-buttons).
• Menus opened from the keyboard (e.g. the context menu key) now display accelerator keys.
• Fixed a problem when adding files to a zip file created using the OEM code page rather than UTF-8 (e.g. with Chinese filenames) - new filenames would be added using UTF8 which seems to cause the names of existing files in the archive to be garbled. It seems that mixing UTF8 and OEM filenames in the one zip file doesn't work properly.
• Fixed a problem when opening zip files created using OEM code page rather than UTF8 - filenames containing e.g. Chinese characters could end up with garbage on the end of them.
• Functions which didn't specify a source directory, and which ran without a source lister (e.g. from a floating toolbar or global hotkey) had their current directory set to the Opus program files directory (or whatever the Opus process' CD was). They now have it set to system32, which is more consistent with other situations, and potentially safer for USB installs.
• In the Unattended Errors dialog, placement of the Export Error List link was incorrect when the window was resized.
• Fixed crash if you used Ctrl+MouseWheel in the standalone viewer with some viewer plugins which do not support zooming using the wheel.

Directory Opus 10.5.0.5 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.0.5 beta is now available for all Opus 10 users.

32-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字
64-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字

This is a preliminary, beta release. Translations may not be fully up-to-date and some English text may appear in non-English versions.

The following is a guide to the changes in the Directory Opus 10.5.0.5 beta:

New features / minor changes

• When the Find-As-You-Type field is open in Find mode, the left/right cursor keys, as well as Home and End, are now passed through to the file display. This lets you use the cursor keys to change the selected item in the icon modes (List, Thumbnails, etc) without first closing the FAYT. Added the new option Preferences / File Displays / Find-As-You-Type / Enable all cursor keys in Find mode which lets you disable this (and revert left/right cursor keys to their normal behaviour in the edit field).
• Added two new options in Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced:
  
  • dlldir_security : This option, enabled by default, prevents Opus from loading DLLs from the current working directory. This reduces the risk of "binary planting" exploits which can trick your computer into running untrusted software when you open things like photos or music from folders in which someone has hidden a malicious DLL.
  • dragdrop_async : Enables the previous behaviour when handling drag and drop from outside of Opus, whereby drops are handled asynchronously even if the source of the data doesn't specifically support this. (See the item relating to this in the "Bug fixes" section below).
• It is now possible to embed commands (using the [ ] syntax) in the Go FINDTITLE function. Added the RUNEMBEDDEDIFNOTFOUND argument which lets a command embedded under the Go FINDTITLE command run in the current Lister if no matching listers are found.

Bug fixes

• Fixed problem that could cause the breadcrumbs popup to not display all items the first time it opened.
• Fix for dragging Gmail attachments from Chrome to Opus, and better handling of drop sources which support asynchronous drops.
• Fixed some USB flash drives incorrectly appearing in the Go DRIVEBUTTONS=mtp list and in the mtp:// root folder.
• Fixed a couple of minor problems with keyboard shortcuts in the Rename dialog's Find and Replace mode.
• Loading a tab group would not update the tree to show the folder of the new active tab.
• Fixed problem with embedded functions for new Listers not always picking the right Lister to run the command in (if the new Lister opened as the destination, for example).
• Tabs drawn with visual styles can now be modified by a black background color, and custom tab colors can now use background and text colors that are very close together without them being made more contrasting, if that's what you want.
• Fixed minor issues with PNG images using rare transparency modes. (Images using a single transparent color, rather than an alpha channel, combined with RGB non-palette colors and/or 16 bit per sample colors.)

Directory Opus 10.5.0.4 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.0.4 beta is now available for all Opus 10 users.

32-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字
64-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字

This is a preliminary, beta release. Translations may not be fully up-to-date and some English text may appear in non-English versions.

The following is a guide to the changes in the Directory Opus 10.5.0.4 beta:

New features / minor changes

• Text fields that support path completion (like the Location field or the FAYT in Go mode) now display a popup list of matching items.
  
  
  You can disable this if desired with the Preferences / Folders / Folder Behaviour / Display popup list option.
• Handling of relative paths:
  
  • The Location field now supports relative paths (e.g. if you enter .. in the location field and hit return it will take you to the parent of the currently displayed folder).
  • Path completion also supports relative paths and will complete paths for parent folders, etc.
  • If a non-qualified name is given to the Go command this is now treated as being relative to the current source directory (e.g. when currently viewing C:\, the command Go windows will now go to C:\Windows)
• Improvements to floating toolbars:
  
  • Transparent toolbars can now be dragged around by their gripper while in Customize mode, without having to hold down shift first.
  • You can now configure how quickly auto-hide toolbars slide on and off the screen, under Preferences / Toolbars / Options. The default speeds have also been increased, with toolbars now appearing in 100ms and hiding in 200ms (previously both used 250ms).
  • Docked, glass/taskbar/transparent auto-hide toolbars should now appear without flickering when the slide option is turned off.
  • Docked taskbar and glass toolbars are now completely invisible when hidden, so there is no longer a line down the edge of the screen for them.
  • Docked, transparent toolbars are now borderless if you lock their position, making them easier to use.
• Added a command to DOpusRT (/info) that allows third-party tools to access the list of currently displayed folders and files in Opus (this will allow improved support by tools like Listary).

Bug fixes

• Loading a tab group that replaces all existing tabs no longer preserves the "initial directory" of the very first tab (so using the Go INITIALDIR command will now correctly return to the initial folder of the new tab group).
• Toolbar buttons which set a tab's lock state (e.g. Go TABLOCK=lock,toggle) did not always correctly indicate the current lock state.
• Fixed Select {file$} from being able to run even if nothing is selected.
• Fixed Copy RENAMEWHENSAME (default Ctrl+Drag-and-drop function) when dragging files from a library to itself. Previously, the RENAMEWHENSAME argument would not take effect and you'd be prompted for a new name.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when unplugging an MTP device.
• Explorer Replacement now opens the correct folder when the Tomb Raider (2013) launcher opens the Survival Edition Content folder.
• When changing languages, improved translation of commands which have different labels in different contexts. For example, the "New Folder" and "New Collection" menu items run the same CreateFolder command, and before it was possible for a menu item called "New Collection" to be renamed "New Folder" (in the new language). That can still happen if there is no better match, but the translation process will now keep looking when there is an imperfect match in case it can find a perfect one.
• Fixed file and folder labels which had been renamed from reverting to their original names (translated) if the language was changed. This now only happens if they are still using their original names when you change language.
• The current Listers are now always restored when restarting for things like Preferences changes that require a restart.
• Fixed a handful of config files failing to update if something had set the H (hidden) attribute on them. In particular, this fixes the Release Notes showing every time you start Opus if userdata.omd had been set hidden.
• If changing tabs results in a size change in the toolbars (e.g. switching in/out of thumbnails mode), the mouse cursor position is now adjusted automatically to prevent drag & drop of the tab from being initiated incorrectly.
• Fixed some of the browse-for-file dialogs, with extra controls at the bottom, having their controls clipped if the dialog was opened at its minimum size.
• If a tab group folder was renamed but nothing else had changed, buttons would not be updated (so, e.g. a Go TABGROUPLIST button would still show the old folder name).
• Fixed bug preventing the filter field's Clear Filters (and the Clear Local Name Filters menu command) from working if the filter field had focus.
• Blocked Opus from loading the Bitcasa shell extension for context menus which Opus builds itself, due to crash reports. If you still experience crashes when right-clicking drives or when viewing folders, you may need to disable the context menu handler (and possibly the icon overlay handler as well) system-wide using a tool like ShellExView.

Directory Opus 10.5.0.3 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.0.3 beta is now available for all Opus 10 users.

32-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字
64-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字

This is a preliminary, beta release. Translations may not be fully up-to-date and some English text may appear in non-English versions.

The following is a guide to the changes in the Directory Opus 10.5.0.3 beta:

New features / minor changes

• Added the Go INITIALDIR command. This can be used to return a tab to the very first folder it read.

Bug fixes

• Fixed rendering issue with checkbox mode when visual styles are disabled. In non-details/power mode, the checkbox would be rendered at the wrong size if the Set FONTSCALE command had been used.
• Fixed error with path completion where typing C:\ and then pressing cursor up/down would enumerate the current folder (i.e. the folder Opus was running from) rather than the C:\ drive.
• The folder browser dialog (e.g. the dialog triggered by the {dlgfolder} code) now respects the state of the global Hide hidden folders and Hide protected operating system files options.
• Setting a lister style to open a tab group in the right-hand file display did not work correctly.
• Saving tab groups to sub-folders now works via the Go TABGROUPSAVE command. Also, the dialog that appears now has a drop-down tree of existing tab groups to choose from.
• When a folder is grouped by ISO rating, the groups are now ordered numerically rather than alphabetically. Also fixed an issue with grouping by aperture value (you could end up with multiple groups for seemingly the same value).
• The Go DRIVEBUTTONS command can now be used to display only MTP devices (i.e. Go DRIVEBUTTONS=mtp).
• Fixed bug introduced in last beta with Select SOURCETODEST (by default it would only operate on files, not both files and folders).
• Fixed bug introduced in last beta that broke case sensitive renames (e.g. when the MATCHCASE arg was specified).
• Fixed logic error that was causing an infinite loop when trying to parse certain malformed xml files.

Directory Opus 10.5.0.2 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.0.2 beta is now available for all Opus 10 users.

32-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字
64-bit version:    Universal    Deutsch    简化字

This is a preliminary, beta release. Translations may not be fully up-to-date and some English text may appear in non-English versions.

The following is a guide to the changes in the Directory Opus 10.5.0.2 beta:

New features / minor changes

• Added an option to the Copy command's Unattended Errors dialog to export the list of errors (as either text or csv).
• A new modifier for file and folder codes, escbackslash will escape all backslashes in paths. This is like the old escnl except it escapes all backslashes, not just those before the letter n. e.g. {filepath|escbackslash} turns C:\New\Test.txt into C:\\New\\Test.txt.
• The Clipboard SET command has a new argument, EXPANDNEWLINES, which allows you to use \n within the clipboard text to insert new lines. Use \\ to insert a literal backslash and use the new escbackslash modifier when inserting paths.
• The Clipboard ADD SET command has a new argument, NEWLINEIFADDING, which will insert a new line before the new text when adding to existing text on the clipboard. (If there is no existing text then the new line is not inserted.)
• In inline rename (and other edit controls that have the same behavior), pressing the Home or End keys now takes the file extension into account. For example, if the cursor is to the left of the dot, pressing Shift+End will only select up to the dot rather than to the very end of the text. Pressing the same key a second time will then go to the very end or start. Holding the Control key overrides this behavior and moves to the very start or end immediately.
• Aliases like /programfilesx86, originally only for 64-bit Windows, are now also defined on 32-bit Windows to make it easier to share configurations between machines.
• Added Collapse Other Groups command to the context menu for file groups.
• The Add to Archive dialog now has separate fields for path and archive name, to make it easier to type the name of the archive without the risk of accidentally editing the path. Note that you can still paste a full path into the name field. You can also push Ctrl-Shift-C to copy the full, combined path from both fields at once.
• Added the Set THUMBNAILRATINGS command to toggle the thumbnail ratings overlays from a command.
• The effects of the Preferences / Folders / Folder Display / Hide hidden files and Hide protected operating system files options no longer overlap. Hide hidden files now only affects things with the H attribute and (this is the change) without the S attribute. Hide protected operating system files only affects things with both the H and S attribute. Previously, if you had both options turned on and then only turned off Hide protected operating system files, nothing would happen.
• The breadcrumbs location field now defaults to showing or hiding Hidden and System folders using the same rules as the Folder Tree (i.e. based on the settings in Preferences). Previously, it always hid both by default. You can still override these rules using the showhidden and showsystem arguments, as well as the new hidehidden and hidesystem arguments for the opposite overrides.
• The Go DRIVEBUTTONS command will now generate buttons for MTP devices as well as regular drive letters. If you configure the command to restrict which drives are displayed, the new mtp keyword lets you include MTP devices in the list.
• The Preferences / Folder Tree / Appearance / Highlight path to selected folder feature now has the option to display the highlight line with smooth rounded corners instead of right-angles. When the Rounded corners option is turned on, another new option - Shadow around active path - becomes available. This option causes a differently colored shadow to be drawn around the main highlight path. The color for the shadow can be set on the Preferences / Display / Colors and Fonts page.

Bug fixes

• Retrying a failed Rename command now correctly restores all settings in the Rename dialog.
• Fixed problem that could cause a USB removable drive letter to disappear from Computer and the tree after doing things like formatting the drive or checking the drive for errors.
• Fixed problem with the Recycle Bin icon in the tree, where if the state of the icon changed from empty to full, it would only update the non-selected icon.
• @keydown directives now work correctly in commands launched via the taskbar jump list and dopusrt.exe /cmd.
• Fixed crash if you went to the Computer folder with a label filter matching locations via regular expressions.
• Drag & drop from TortoiseSVN's Modified Files window to Opus now works correctly.
• Clipboard copy & paste from VMware Workstation to Opus now works correctly.
• Clipboard copy & paste from SecureFX to Opus now works correctly.
• The {thumbnail} infotip code would show the wrong icon (a file icon) for folders on MTP devices.
• The {foldercontents} infotip code would reveal internal filenames below folders on MTP devices.
• Fixed a bug that could result in a corrupted zip file if you used FileType NEW=.txt to create a new text file in the zip and then renamed it (only happened with some zip files).
• Copying files to MTP devices did not preserve their timestamps (even if the device supported it, which not all do). Also, newly created folders were given a timestamp in UTC rather than in local time.
• Fixed viewing fonts in the viewer pane, where only the first selected font would load until the viewer was closed and re-opened.
• Adding a file via a softlink to a zip archive would store the target file uncompressed.
• When adding a folder to a zip file, Opus will no longer prompt to replace an existing folder if WHENEXISTS=replace or WHENEXISTS=skip was specified for the Copy command.
• Added handling for Samba weirdness when copying files (attempting to read past the end of a file was treated as an error and would cause silent failure of the Copy command).
• Hot tracking in the folder tree now works again when set to lines/no lines.
• The Send To menu now supports holding the Shift key for move and Alt key for shortcut when sending items to folders. (This is what Explorer does - who knew?)
• Fixed a bug introduced in the previous version where a dummy folder entry was sometimes created within a zip file when adding files to it. (This caused some software to report the zip as corrupted, although most software didn't mind.).
• More USB export improvements:
  • Disabled sound files are no longer considered for USB export.
  • When the same sound file is used by multiple events, it is now only copied to the USB drive once.
  • Sound and image files stored outside the /dopusdata/Sounds and /dopusdata/Images directories (or their /dopusglobaldata equivalents) are no longer considered for USB export. Previously, they would be exported but then not found by Opus when you ran it, so it was simply a waste of space. If you want sounds or images to be included in the export, copy them to the appropriate configuration directories.
• Go TABGROUPSAVE "!both,Custom" now works to let you save both sides' folder tabs to a named group without prompting.