Directory Opus 11 Public Beta

GP Software are proud to announce that a public Beta of Directory Opus 11 is now available for all interested Opus 10 users.

We are still several months away from finishing Opus 11 and this is very much pre-release software, with lots of untested changes. The release date and pricing (beyond what's mentioned below) are yet to be decided.

Before installing the Beta please note the following conditions:

• This is a preliminary, beta release. Translations may not be fully up-to-date and some English text may appear in non-English versions. Use at your own risk!
• Other than the change notes, the help file/manual has not yet been updated; this will be done progressively over the Beta period. Feel free to ask on the forum for help with any particular features. A basic reference for the new scripting interface is available here.
• You should make a backup of your Opus 10 configuration before installing the Beta.
• A time-limited certificate will be issued free of charge for the duration of the Beta period; however, when the certificate expires you will need to purchase the Opus 11 upgrade or revert to Opus 10.
• Opus 11 will be a paid upgrade (free if you purchased Opus 10 on or after December 1, 2013).

Registered and evaluation users of Opus 10 can obtain their certificate for the Beta here.

Please report any problems you encounter with the Beta (or other feedback) on the forum as usual.

Download:

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

Get your Beta certificate here.

What's new:

• Please see the Directory Opus 11 Beta announcement on the forum for the huge list of new features.

Directory Opus 10.5.4.0

Directory Opus 10.5.4.0 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 10.5.4.0 update includes everything from the 10.5.3.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.)

• 10.5.3.1 (7 changes)
• 10.5.3.2 (12 changes)
• 10.5.3.3 (11 changes)

Directory Opus 10.5.3.3 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.3.3 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 10.5.3.3 beta:

Enhancements

• Added a new option - Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: show_release_history - which allows you to prevent the release history from appearing the first time you use a new version.

Bug fixes

• Fixed inline rename oddity where pressing Shift+Home would leave the caret selection at the end of the selection range rather than the beginning.
• Fixed the SmartFavorites list showing the same path more than once.
• Fixed the SmartFavorites list showing multiple entries for virtual folders like Desktop.
• SmartFavorites now ignores MTP and FTP paths, as well as virtual folders which would not be suitable for creating a shortcut.
• Fixed SmartFavorites not checking existence of library and collection paths at startup when configured to.
• Fixed "Save As" from the viewer not working (potentially even crashing) for images on MTP devices.
• You can now use the Go command's EXISTINGLISTER argument with other arguments which generate a list of drives or folders, e.g. Go DRIVEBUTTONS EXISTINGLISTER.
• Fixed tab lock (if set) being inherited from the default Lister when a new window opens for a double-clicked folder and Opus is configured to just open a tab for the folder without the default Lister's other tab(s).
• Fixed file display becoming unusable if a locked folder tab showed a directory which was then deleted.
• Fixed bug that stopped dimensions being shown for images in thumbnails mode if their thumbnails came from the cache.

Directory Opus 10.5.3.2 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.3.2 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 10.5.3.2 beta:

Enhancements

• If a file or folder has been copied to the clipboard, you can now paste this into the location field (or any field in Opus that supports path completion) to paste the item's path into the field.
• Slightly improved image scaling quality in some places.

Bug fixes

• Fixed things like portable hard drives from showing up incorrectly in the MTP namespace (and in drive buttons) in Windows 8.1.
• Fixed right-click dragging files on to zip archives, then clicking outside of the menu, being treated as Copy rather than Cancel.
• Fixed missing context menu icons from WebRoot antivirus, and possibly other shell extensions which supply icons in a similar (slightly invalid) format.
• Windows 8.1 broke the replacement of certain Windows-key hotkeys, fixed.
• Fixed recent change which meant thumbnails did not rotate in the Lister if you changed their EXIF rotation tag in the metadata panel, when the metadata panel was configured to preserve existing file dates.
• Fix for crash when generating thumbnails for GIF images with unusual dimensions.
• Implemented a solution to desktop double-click being broken by DisplayFusion (also requires the latest DF beta).
• Fixed problem with "dopusrt /info paths" failing if any open tabs contained a virtual folder like My Computer.
• Fixed problem with space for close button being left behind in folder tabs when closing dual-horizontal file display.
• When switching into list mode an autosize of the column width is now triggered to compensate for any bold labeled files (the same thing was already done in details mode).

Directory Opus 10.5.3.1 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.3.1 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 10.5.3.1 beta:

Enhancements

• The data returned by the dopusrt /info paths command now includes information on which side of a dual lister each tab was found (side="1" for left, side="2" for right, and side="0" for a single display lister).
• The Go TABCLOSE command can now close a tab by window handle (which can be obtained using the above mentioned /info command). For example, Go 0x80834 TABCLOSE

Bug fixes

• The Set COLUMNSSET command now allows the name column to be positioned in a location other than the first column.
• Selecting the Open With context menu command on a file in a library would result in an unnecessary temporary copy of the file being made.
• Increased ImageShack maximum upload size to 5MB.
• File displays showing the root of a library (e.g. lib://Documents) did not update to show ghosted icons when files/folders were cut to the clipboard.
• Fixed a problem that would cause the file display to not resort correctly after a GetSizes command (or automatic folder size calculation) had finished, if the calculation was completed within 250ms.

Directory Opus 10.5.3.0

Directory Opus 10.5.3.0 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 10.5.3.0 update includes everything from the 10.5.2.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.)

• 10.5.2.1 (22 changes)
• 10.5.2.2 (22 changes)
• 10.5.2.3 (13 changes)
• 10.5.2.4 (5 changes)
• 10.5.2.5 (13 changes)

Directory Opus 10.5.2.5 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.2.5 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 10.5.2.5 beta:

Bug fixes

• Possible fix for issues with shell extensions which access cloud-storage.
• The Group column is now allowed in the Computer folder.
• Fixed thumbnails sometimes being incorrectly rotated, until refreshed, after modifying EXIF rotation field in the metadata panel.
• Fix for metadata editor failing to update files (sometimes leaving them with temporary names) because they were briefly in use (often by Opus itself, e.g. if in thumbnails mode and a previous change triggered the file being modified to be re-read as it is being modified again).
• In certain places, the attempt to delete a directory now automatically retries for about 1 second if the directory is non-empty, hopefully addressing a problem a couple of people saw with errors during moves. (It is thought this is due to other tools or antivirus holding hold locks (shared for deletion) on things below the directories, delaying the actual deletion until they release their locks.)
• Fixed attempt to delete directory and subsequent error message (and, from the previous change, delay) when a child item is filtered out or skipped due to error, during move or deletion.
• Fixed cosmetic issue with some tree controls when set to both never scroll horizontally and do full-row selection. Wide item labels could extend slightly past the right edge of their selection boxes.
• Running a command like "Go %windir%" combined with @noexpandenv now works again.
• Fixed being able to paste slash characters into FTP site names. (You can still paste them but they are replaced by dash characters as the change is applied.)
• Fixed crash when importing FTP bookmarks with an existing bookmark selected which would then be replaced.
• Improvements to the update checker:
  
  • Improved the update checker's detection of when an update has already been installed but is pending a reboot. - (Previously, if the installer had been launched via the updater checker then you'd be prompted to reboot rather than to run the installer again. This is now also the case if you ran the installer manually, or if you restarted Opus after running the installer.)
  • The update checker will now check more than once per session. (Previously, if you started Opus and it was then time for the weekly or monthly update check, and no new version was found, Opus would never check again until restarted and you would not be notified of an update released, say, a week later if your PC remained up and running Opus for that week.)
  • Fixed update checker settings not being saved properly in certain situations just after Opus had been installed.

Directory Opus 10.5.2.4 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.2.4 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 10.5.2.4 beta:

New features / minor changes

• Arguments for the Go command like KEYARGS, OPENINLEFT, etc. now work when used in a folder content menu (Go FOLDERCONTENT).

Bug fixes

• Improved detection of empty disk drives. This will hopefully address issues where, when Opus is set to hide empty disk drives (in the My Computer folder and in drive buttons), it fails to detect media being inserted/removed at some times.
  
  • Fixed problem on some machines where Opus launched at boot would sometimes treat an empty optical drive as non-empty until it was restarted.
  • Improved handling of drives which do not correctly generate events to tell Opus and other programs when media is inserted and removed. Refreshing the Computer folder will force Opus to re-check the drives, and they will also be checked periodically whether or not they generate notifications.
  • Fixed newly mounted drives not always appearing in the folder tree or on toolbar drive-buttons until a folder change or refresh.
• Copying FTP files out of a file collection now supports resume.
• A Copy COLLLIST button did not update correctly to reflect newly created/deleted collections.
• Attempting to copy a folder over the top of an already existing file now displays an error message (previously it would just fail silently).

Directory Opus 10.5.2.3 (Beta)

Directory Opus 10.5.2.3 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 10.5.2.3 beta:

New features / minor changes

• Added a new command - Show VIEWPANECMD. This lets you trigger viewer panel actions like zooming and rotating from a command, which in turn lets you assign them to hotkeys that will work even when the panel doesn't have input focus.
• Added a new TABNAME argument for the Go command which lets you assign a name to a tab - either the current tab, or a new tab in conjunction with the NEWTAB argument.

Bug fixes

• The Go ROOT command did not correctly disable its button when already at the root folder.
• The Clipboard PASTE=zip and similar commands now work when the files on the clipboard have been CUT and the source/destination folders are the same.
• Fixed error which meant when the file display was grouped, the Unspecified group was at the top of the list rather than at the bottom as intended.
• Going to the Recent Items virtual folder would show the full path to the folder as the tab label.
• In rare cases where multiple context menu shell extensions add items to sub-menus with the same name, the sub-menus are now merged together instead of each one appearing separately.
• Since the option to open external folders in new tabs also applies to zip files, the checkbox for it in Preferences is now enabled whether or not Explorer Replacement is enabled.
• Fixed changes to configuration or collections not being saved if done just before shutdown or restart of the machine.
• Fixed problems which could occur after renaming a collection which was inside another collection, until Opus was restarted.
• FTP - Changed thresholds to assist with bad servers that don't correctly report end of listing data.
• FTP SSL - Changed default methods for creating SSL connections. Now use SSLv23_method for greater compatibility to older servers. ** Please notify us if you find any compatibility issues with your SSL servers.
• FTP SSL - Updated OpenSSL libraries to 1.0.1e versions.