Xplorer2 Feature Enhancements

[Jedimaster]

Hi Nikos,

I was thinking about 2 possible enhancements to Xplorer2:

Backing Up File Comments
This may be a useful utility. Just in case files are accidentally copied to a non NTFS formatted disk or some unforeseen situation which affects the alternate stream.

Enlarging File Comment Window
The current Alt-Z command only allows a line to be entered. Can the comment window be enlarged to allow multiple lines to be entered? I know NTFS can support this feature when I use Windows Explorer to enter comments (rather tedious though).

[WimdeLange]

Hi Nikos,
I was thinking about 2 possible enhancements to Xplorer2:
Backing Up File Comments
Enlarging File Comment Window

The second one I like. If this is possible, it must be possible in xplorer2 too. But the first sounds impossible to me. How must you recognize that a file is copied back to your disk, probably to another place. Nikos, if you decide to write this, then please, make it possible to switch this off. This would kill performance!!!

[Jedimaster]

Hi, regarding point 1, I mean the existence of an option to back up file comments regularly to an archive. I agree that backing up shouldn't be done continuously or automatically as it may affect performance noticeably.

[WimdeLange]

Hi, regarding point 1, I mean the existence of an option to back up file comments regularly to an archive. I agree that backing up shouldn't be done continuously or automatically as it may affect performance noticeably.

That sounds better But maybe then it can be solved whith an external utility to do this. And place this under the Tools menu. Is there anybody who is aware of such an utility or could write such one?

[nikos]

as the faq mentions, winrar can pack comments etc. I plan a built-in "pack and go" command for a future version

regarding multi-line comments, i'm sure you can type as much as you like in a single row and it will be folded as necessary. But too extensive comments won't be easy to browse in a single line

[Jedimaster]

Hi Nikos,

Regarding the file backup, I was more or less thinking in line of just backing up the filename and its associated comment. This way, less space would be needed compared with backing up the entire file.

[Jedimaster]

One more thing. The reason why I suggested expanding the comment box is to allow line feeds to be entered into the comment field. This makes for more structure reading when comments are displayed.

[chp]

Create custom "Column Set" with name and comment for Scrap container, File/Browse Flat and Edit/Copy Columns, create .txt and Paste (could be more easy when/if clipboard gets a $token :)

as the faq mentions, winrar can pack comments etc. I plan a built-in "pack and go" command for a future version

We can do it already, thanks to "User commands" (and rar.exe) in xplorer2! :)

What's left (and really "missing") is "archive browsing"
(there are number of dlls, not only unRAR .. http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2025& )

It would be so useful (see http://www.comprexx.com/movie.html if you have not "seen comressed" folders in XP :)

Unfortunately it isn't the same as Control Panel (which is not about files but OS takes all the job of "interpretation"). So x2 got to be taught to interpete DLL output as files and folders this time :(

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Private Declare Function RAROpenArchive Lib "unrar.dll" (ByRef ArchiveData As RAROpenArchiveData) As Long
Private Declare Function RARCloseArchive Lib "unrar.dll" (ByVal hArcData As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RARReadHeader Lib "unrar.dll" (ByVal hArcData As Long, ByRef HeaderData As RARHeaderData) As Long
Private Declare Function RARProcessFile Lib "unrar.dll" (ByVal hArcData As Long, ByVal Operation As Long, ByVal DestPath As String, ByVal DestName As String) As Long
Private Declare Sub RARSetChangeVolProc Lib "unrar.dll" (ByVal hArcData As Long, ByVal Mode As Long)
Private Declare Sub RARSetPassword Lib "unrar.dll" (ByVal hArcData As Long, ByVal Password As String)
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a VB sample for unRAR.dll - http://www.vbfrance.com/code.aspx?id=5062

[nikos]

first to Jedimaster, in case you didn't catch what chp was saying, if you just need filename + comment, all you need is a custom column set that only has filename and comment columns; then use ctrl+P command to export the listing as text and do whatever you want with it

chp, funny you should mention comprexx, i know the programmer in person! Sadly his program is incompatible with x2 -- it's all his fault