Directory Opus 11.12.1 (Beta)

Directory Opus 11.12.1 (beta) is now available for all Opus 11 users.

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

Note that this is the first version issued with a unified 32/64 bit installer. Please report any installation problems you may encounter!

•  Universal version
•  Deutsch version

Changes:

• Added an option to Preferences / File Operations / Copy Attributes to copy all NTFS alternate data streams, not just the metadata ones.
• The FSUtil.Resolve script method can now resolve {apppath|...} style paths.
• Added basic IPTC support for several tags to improve compatibility with Opus and Adobe Bridge (affected tags are Authors, Copyright, Subject, Description and Title, and Tags). Added a separate Image description column since Bridge has Description and Explorer has Subject and they aren't exactly the same.
• The Bit depth column now works for audio files as well as image/video ones (note that not all audio formats have the concept of bit depth - e.g. MP3 files do not).
• Fixed problem with erroneous ghost breadcrumb remaining if you tried to read a non-existent sub-folder.
• Fixed issue with breadcrumbs ghost paths sometimes not displaying branches that there would be space for.
• The SMTP TLS option now works correctly. Also added an option to the Preferences / Internet / Email page to explicitly specify SSL/TLS as well as to automatically determine it.
• Fixed simple Find panel type drop-down not remembering when it was set to the special items at the top (All Files & Folders, etc.) if it was closed and re-open.
• The ActiveX Viewer no longer attempts to use Internet Explorer or Generic ActiveX to display PDF files by default. Preview Handlers will still be used, if installed, but if you wish to use an old-style ActiveX PDF viewer you will need to manually add the extension to the plugin's configuration. This is to avoid unwanted behavior when a PDF is selected into the viewer and no suitable PDF viewer is installed on the system.
• Integrated the latest DCRaw changes to fix a bug with a particular Olympus camera model.
• The Go NEWTAB TABPOS command now works (that is, it now respects the specified position) when opening an empty tab.
• Saved layouts should now be more consistent at remembering their z-order.
• The FSUtil.ComparePath method no longer fails if given an empty string as one of its arguments.
• The Network Access-based Enumeration (ABE) support now handles mapped drive letters as well as UNC paths.
• Fixed problem in the folder tree where branches under virtual folders (like the profile folder) could stop working if files were changed within them.

Directory Opus 11.12

Directory Opus 11.12 is now available as a free update for all Directory Opus 11 users.

Download:

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

Changes:

This is an out-of-band release to fix a crash affecting a few users introduced in 11.11. (The crash could occur on startup if your default Lister had the Find panel open).

If you have come straight to 11.12 skipping 11.11, please see the release notes for that version as there were lots of changes and improvements.

Directory Opus 11.11

Directory Opus 11.11 is now available as a free update for all Directory Opus 11 users.

Download:

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

Changes:

This update includes all the changes in the 11.10.x betas (these are summarised in one page in the updated manual):

• 11.10.1
• 11.10.2
• 11.10.3
• 11.10.4
• 11.10.5
• 11.10.6

Directory Opus 11.10.6 (Beta)

Directory Opus 11.10.6 (beta) is now available for all Opus 11 users.

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

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

Changes:

• When dragging programs to a toolbar, you can now hold Ctrl down to prevent {filepath} being added to the command line. Use this if you want the button to act as a simple program launcher even when files or folders are selected.
• Fixed script commands from being run once for each selected file when they are invoked recursively (forum thread)
• Fixed problem with Type clause in Find (Simple & Advanced) - it could fail to match filetypes that had multiple classes with the same pretty name (e.g. JPEG Image is "jpegfile" but also "pjpegfile").
• Fixed problem where script columns in the Computer folder would be cleared after 1-2 seconds.
• Possibly fixed intermittent crash with script columns (forum thread).
• Changing file labels stored in NTFS now works in folders which require UAC to modify.
• Fixed login errors on some SSH servers.
• Raw camera plugin support for Lenovo A820.
• Raw camera plugin fix for transposed DNG images from Fujifilm S7000 cameras.
• Raw camera plugin fix for DNG images from Epson Perfection3490 scanners.

Directory Opus 11.10.5 (Beta)

Directory Opus 11.10.5 (beta) is now available for all Opus 11 users.

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

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

Changes:

• The Set As Default Lister command now has an option to save the default toolbar set at the same time.
• Updated the Raw Digital Camera plugin, adding support for lots of newer cameras.
• Zip files created by DropBox share links can now be opened.
• Fixed issue in the last beta that prevented SSH login on some sites.
• Fixed some lockups that could happen when deleting multiple files from an MTP device.

Roundup of Opus extensions

Directory Opus 11 introduced the ability to write and share extensions in the form of script add-ins.

Many add-ins have been shared over the months since.

You do not need to know anything about scripting to use most of these creations. Think of them like web browser extensions which change how Opus behaves or add new features. If you have Opus 11 Pro, you drag & drop an add-in to start using it straight away.

To help you find useful add-ins, and get an idea of what they can do, the great Dear Opus... user-written tutorial has been updated with an overview of some of the more interesting scripts:

• Dear Opus: Using Scripts to Expand Opus Functionality

Follow the link and you might find something that helps you get things done better or faster.

The roundup focuses on scripts which add commands you can use on your toolbars buttons or hotkeys, but there are also scripts which add new file display columns (like the Regex Columns one featured in the roundup, or the CoverArt dimensions one which reports the resolution of coverart inside music files) or which do things like automatically close folder tabs, or automatically create folders on the other side of Navigation Lock.

The Resource Center: Script Buttons & Add-Ins sub-forum is where you can find even more shared add-ins, if that round-up wasn't enough for you.

Of course, Opus also still supports viewer and virtual file-system plugins. This roundup is just about the new script add-ins which you may not have explored yet, especially if you thought they were only for people who knew about scripting.