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Xenon File Manager Portable 1.5 Development Test 2 (Outdated)

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Application: Xenon File Manager
Category: Utilities
Description: Xenon File Manager is a tabbed file manager that is designed for portable usage. It carries file assocations with you so you can open your documents by double clicking.

Download Xenon File Manager Portable 1.5 Development Test 3 [1.46MB download / 2.17MB installed]
(MD5: e5b27be4975ae5fd281fc20cad11b767)

Release Notes:

1.5 Development Test 3 (2008-03-31): An attempt at reducing file size. Bugs fixed.
1.5 Development Test 2 (2008-03-31): Bugs fixed.
1.5 Development Test 1 (2008-03-31): D&D to tabs.
1.4.9.6 Beta (2008-03-29): Bugs fixed.
1.4.9.5 Beta (2008-03-29): GUI/folder layout cleanup. Tons of other stuff. All views except tile work with win2k and 98. Win98 is supported, but the treeview doesn't work.
1.4.9.4 Beta (2008-03-25): Folders load better. Don't remove folders that already existed.
1.4.9.3 Beta (2008-03-24): Bugs fixed.
1.4.9.2 Beta (2008-03-23): Bugs fixed. Minor features added. "Folders" loading totally rewritten.
1.4.9.1 Beta (2008-03-09): Bugs fixed.
1.4.9 Beta (2008-03-18): Tabs.

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It is great!

It is great. I see some things tough:

  • The close tab option is wrongly labeled "New Tab" on the file menu.
  • Microsoft Public License??? Is that even compatible with the GPL when Dual Licensed???

Anyway, it is working greatly, and the bookmarks bug seems to be vanished.

Request: Middle click on a folder or shortcut open in a new tab.

Didn't test it a lot, I will test it a little more, but it seems fine by now.

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Oops. That was a stupid

Oops. That was a stupid mistake.
If I dual license it then anyone can use it under the GPL. Or did you mean am I allowed to do that? Yes I am, after all I am the copyright holder.

If you hit alt+enter on a folder it will open in a new tab.

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Ok

Opps. Stupid mistake for me too, sorry (not an big adept of MS).

And BTW, the bookmark problem seems to keep with an irregular step on bookmarks with caption.

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Please expand. What bookmark

Please expand. What bookmark bug?

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The one from the old Xenon

The one in which bookmarks don't go anywhere or go tho the wrong place (once they all went to Computer, then all went to a folder previously bookmarked), and it takes place with random bookmarked places, but often after a bookmarks has been Captioned.

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dual licensing

The only time compatibility comes into play with dual licensing is with contributions. If contributors choose to only allow their changes to apply to the non-GPL license those changes must be maintained on a separate branch that cannot be released under GPL.

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Oh...My...Gosh

Tabs...I freaking love it. You get like... 12 cookies.

However, there is a bug on my XP Professional machine that's causing a empty

'OK'

Dialog box to appear every time switching tabs. Thanks for adding Ctrl+T, too. And thanks for making the search box smaller.

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1.4.9.1 Beta is out.

1.4.9.1 Beta is out.

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Some Suggestions

I really like this now, but there are a couple things that I think would make this program much better. First, under the file menu, there should be an exit button. This isn't really necessary, but it would make it much similar to every other windows program. Second, I know that if you right-click on a tab twice it closes, but maybe there should be a right click menu that gives tab options, such as 'close tab' 'new tab' and 'copy tab'. I also think that the tabs could have an X on them so they can be closed without having to right-click. This is kind of a Firefox function but I really like it. Maybe have a button to create a new tab also. Finally, hitting the Esc button closes the program. I don't think this is a good idea. I know sometimes I select a folder to copy and then decide that I don't want to copy that folder and hit Esc to clear my selection. Again this is more of a windows thing, but I've gotten into the habit.

Another idea could be to right click on a folder and have to option to open it in a new tab. I know this is a lot, but I think it would make the program indispensable.

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I do want to put a context

I do want to put a context menu on the tabs.

The X is not very easy because it is not supported by autoit and would have to be overdrawn.

I didn't even know that Escape closes the window. I did find how to disable it though.

If you right click on a folder and choose "Start" it will open in a new window.

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Sweet

I'm glad to hear about the tab context menu. Maybe you could change 'Start' to 'Open in New Tab' or something like that so it's more intuitive. I understand that the 'Start' function also opens a file, but maybe that function should just be left to 'Open', just a thought. Also, what about a menu item (File -> Exit), a new tab button, and another thing I thought of was the ability to customize the toolbar with dividers. The customizable toolbar might be a stretch for this version, but it is just a thought. I understand that the X on tabs would be a problem, but maybe somewhere down the line you'll be able to implement it. This program is really coming along and I like it a lot. It hasn't yet replaced explorer for me, but it's well on its way.

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cool

I love the tabs!

One bug:
I copied 3 pics and the "replace file?" dialogue didn't have the name of the file in it so I didn't know which one Xenon was "talking" about. Maybe that not a bug but it would be nice to have it tell me what file it means.

Two suggestions:
The folder size is always kb. What about introducing Mbs instead of 7-digit kb numers?
What about an "About" section displaying the Author ans the Version?

One question:
Why does 6-zip have 2 "extract to" paths?

I already suggested these in the last thread:
*What about a file delete button next to the past/copy/cut buttons?
* The Association editor could have a save&cancel button...

Good work on that great App. Its still a little slow but I love the portable associations!

And btw the update from the previous version went without any problems. Not that I expected any but you never know

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I was thinking the About

I was thinking the About section of the help file counted as an about window.

In 6-Zip the first part is the archive that is being extracted.

Didn't I already implement the Save and Cancel buttons in the Assocation Editor?

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my mistake

OK. I understand.

Ah. Good to know.

You did. I should have taken a better look. Sorry! Smile

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Seems good

Seems good.

The bookmarks seem to be stable (I still must try them on my pendrive). And I noticed 2 bugs:

  • The icons on the menus don't have transparency
  • The sidebar doesn't show the + next to the folder unless that folder has already been explored

Beside that it seems great.

Plus translation bug:

In English

Paste

is translated to Portuguese

Colark

when it should be

Colar

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Some Suggestions

Hey John... looks like Xenon is coming along nicely. Well done Smile

I have a few suggestions:

  • Ditch the 'list' view (it's not that useful) and rename 'small icons' to 'list' to keep it similar to Explorer (keeps things in line with people's expectations
  • Rearrange cut, copy and paste in the menu to follow the standard of Cut, Copy, Paste in all Windows apps
  • Change the path font to use the same font as other fields for consistency
  • As nice as Tango and Crystal are, I'd recommend using Vista Inspirate with Crystal to supplment as needed. It has a more modern look and will fit in better with the next release of the platform which uses Vista Inspirate icons. I've put together a theme for Xenon if you'd like to use it. Here's a look: Theme,Theme File Menu.
  • Ditch the INI in the root directory by default and make sure that Data is empty by default and will be recreated if it doesn't exist (part of PAF requirements).
  • Ditch the zebra striping. Or, at least, make it details view only and have it be gray and white. It looks odd in list, icon and tile views and doesn't really help track anything since we're not dealing with columns.
  • Stick with popular open source licenses. Instead of the MSPL, stick with BSD, MIT, MPL dual with GPL etc if you're interested in people being able to make good use of your code. The Microsoft Public License isn't that useful in terms of the overall open source community due to the fact that it's really only compatible into the GPL (but not out of) and isn't compatible into most other licenses like BSD, etc.
  • Rename 'Tree View' to 'Folders' to keep consistency with Windows Explorer
  • Focus on bug fixes before adding features. I've noticed quite a few random bugs with Xenon. For instance, I have a 3xDVD directory in my C: drive. If I single click on it in tree view, a rename box pops up. Also in tree view, I have a "C:\ATI\SUPPORT\8-2_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_58128\" directory. If I click on C:\, ATI or SUPPORT it works fine. But if I click on the last, tree view disappears. I've noticed other random dialog boxes and random browse for boxes popping up on other directorys which makes it seem like the name is overloading a variable or not escaped properly internally.

I think that's about it for now. Let me know about the icon set. I'll give this another thorough review as it matures and if the kinks are worked out, we can see about making it a PA release Smile

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Yes

Thank you SO MUCH for finally commenting. I totally wanna see this one go public. Good suggestions, too.

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Yeah

I'd been meaning to compile those comments for a while but hadn't gotten around to it. And the icon set I'd done last week as a bit of a break (messing with visual stuff is a fun break from coding) but hadn't gotten to post them yet.

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OK I always thought that
  • OK
  • I always thought that was the standard. ???
  • OK
  • I like that. Could you send them to me? email = pcguy49%yahoo
  • Where would I put the INI?
  • I like it personally, but yeah, it is annoying in non-details mode.
  • I am thinking about using LGPL with exceptions.
  • OK
  • I am not planning on adding any major features for a while now that I have tabs implemented. Could you post more information on some of the bugs you are finding?

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Really nice

I would love to replace explorer with this, but the only thing is that it's kinda slow for me :|. But still, great job!

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Very nice

As usual it works great running under Wine. I just wish Xenon could be available as a native Linux version (I would replace Nautilus with it), its just that awesome.

But may I ask why did you dual license Xenon? What benefits you by dual-licensing and whats up with MPL being one of the 2 licenses?

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Well, I hadn't realized that

Well, I hadn't realized that the Ms-PL is GPL compatible.

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Ms-PL

Ms-PL is Microsoft Public License
MPL is Mozilla Public License

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Hey

Welcome back, Espreon.

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think this is a fine oppertunity for a ditto Smile

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I agree- welcome back!

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.

File -> New Tab Ctrl+T
File -> New Tab Ctrl+F4

Both in English and Spanish...

It should be
New Tab
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New beta. Folders aka

New beta. Folders aka Treeview loading was totally rewritten so any bugs associated with the treeview shold be gone. Most of John's suggestions were implemented. (Except the icon set.)

@John: if you are reading this could you give me the icons?

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Odd behavior

I'm afraid the odd behavior in the treeview is still happening. Folding and unfolding branches spontaneously brings up new file or rename dialogs, opens the help file in a browser, etc. Also closing a high level branch with multiple levels of branches open first closes branches 2+ levels down, then on the second click closes the direct children of the parent.

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Yup

Same issues here. The same issues I detailed above and should be reproducible with the same directory names are still occurring.

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Well, that is the intended

Well, that is the intended behavior. (That is, the clicking on the higher level items.) I can see how that would be annoying. I'll see what I can do in 1.4.9.4.

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Windows 2000 Pro:

Windows 2000 Pro:

- View doesn't change when selecting another option in the view, it keeps showing details.

- When I clicked in folders TwinDistressPortable\Data folder I got something like "As feninicoes de linguagem irao tomar ligar ao reiniciar"

- when I click on some folders in tree I sometimes get choose icon set and browser associatio windows popping up.. or browse for folder window

- sometimes the tree moves back to previous selection after clicking

I'm using the current version, MD5 checked out. Maybe it's XP and up only?

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The views are only supported

The views are only supported on XP and up. I think the rest are happening on any OS.

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Why would they only be

Why would they only be supported in XP. Win 2000 if for 99% the same as XP.

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I don't know. It says so in

I don't know. It says so in the AutoIt help file.

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1.4.9.3 Beta released. I

1.4.9.3 Beta released. I think I finially tacked down the issue. The _GUICtrlTreeView_AddChild function was buggy so I switched it to _GUICtrlTreeView_InsertItem.

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Got it

Think that got it. No more weird things happening. I'll do some more testing later, but right now the only "bug" I'm seeing offhand is it takes quite a long time (upwards of a minute) to open directories with lots of files. Example: C:\windows\system32. While it's opening that it just freezes completely.. no hourglass etc. If you try and click again the file menu disappears and it looks like a hung app, even though eventually it does come back when it finishes loading.

In the area of feature requests I'd have to second the request someone posted above of pre-populating the + icons on folders in the treeview if they have subfolders. Right now they don't show until you click on a folder and it loads the files in the main view.

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Just

a thought on the first point, I don't know what language you are using to write this but putting the file/folder detection in another thread would solve this, it is was I was doing in some pre-alpha builds of Toucan 2.

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I'm using AutoIt. It doesn't

I'm using AutoIt. It doesn't support threads. It does have a few ways around this kind of problem though.

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I think I have a pretty good

I think I have a pretty good idea of how to fix that. I don't preload folders because I'd bet it would take forever to load.

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Seems ok

Seems ok, no problems here (of course my testings are miserable).
The bookmark issue is gone (by now).

Small request on the bookmark editor:

When selecting/deleting/moving any bookmark, could it be kept selected or select the upper/down one? It is strange to have to select always a bookmark.

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Amazing

It's great, it's really come a long way. Can't wait until an official release is arranged.

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Updated to 1.4.9.4 Beta. Try

Updated to 1.4.9.4 Beta. Try out the treeview and load folders then load the parent. Smile

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Working

My two example directories that failed are now browsable in folder view without having random rename, etc windows pop up.

BTW - You still have zebra striping on icon, etc views which makes them look funny

BBTW - I'm working on your icons and should have them to you later today

BBBTW - You can use the PA Installer. You have a compatible license and it's looking like people like this so it'll probably be an official release.

BBBBTW - Add a Help - About. Even if it's just a message box. Makes it easy for people to figure out what version they have running.

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Thanks. Does anyone know how

Thanks.

Does anyone know how to use the installer? I honestly have no clue.

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Yea

Peace of cake. Just pop PortableApps.comInstaller.nsi in your Other\Source directory. Edit the information under the ;=== BEGIN: BASIC INFORMATION. Next, edit anything you need between ;=== BEGIN: PRE-INSTALL CODE and the post-install code.

You'll also need PortableApps.comInstaller.bmp in the Other\Source directory. Now just compile and the installer will be created three directories up. You'll need some plugins like FindProcDLL and MoreInfo, so it's best to download and use Zach Hudock's NSIS Portable.

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Use Zach's, or you can

Use Zach's, or you can extract and installer and get the plugins from the plugins directory.

Also, this is a good way to get plugins from john's code, if you are away from the internet.

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BBTW

BBTW - I'm working on your icons and should have them to you later today

I don't know if John B got them yet, but they're not included. So when you get a chance, please finish them off and send them to him as they look really nice.

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Is there any change you can

Is there any change you can get views to work on all windows? I hate to see PortableApps moving away from supporting OS older than XP.

Offtopic... Last night I used Explorer with List view because details and others took scrolling, and I had a lot of files to manage...

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Sorry, AutoIt doesn't

Sorry, AutoIt doesn't support them.

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Very, very nice.

So much better than the others I searched for :).
The only thing I can wish for is that for it to be faster...
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Properties:

I could not determine a way to find the size of multiple files. In windows explorer I select all or multiple files and then Alt-Enter or right click/properties. Is there another method in Xenon to find the size of multiple selected files?

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I'll add that to the next

I'll add that to the next version.

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Wishlist

Here's my wishlist before I can break away from explorer and go to this (which I'd like to do):

  • Context menu (copy/move/etc) in the tree view. Currently only works in the file list.
  • Drag and drop in the tree view.
  • 'Open with...' added to context menu to browse for and open with any app. Perhaps with option to add the picked app to the internal file association.
  • Status bar with similar information to explorer (file description, folder size, filecount, etc).
  • More consistent file dialogs for multiple file operations. Currently just a graphic pops up for each file/folder copied/moved/deleted. A single graphic with animation and/or changing text would be nicer.
  • 'Yes to All' and 'No to All' options on deletes/overwrites of multiple files.
  • Single click on highlighted file/folder to rename like explorer would be nice but not big priority.

Thanks, keep up the good work!

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Yes to All / No To All

Yea, I agree completely, that needs to beadded before a public release.

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The open with is already

The open with is already supported via a plugin.

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Moving with Keyboard

I think it's changed a bit between versions, and now with tab implementations, so I'll ask.

How do you navigate with keys? I always navigate with keys. When entering a new directory, the down key highlights in the folder pane, left key goes back, right key goes into the highlighted folder. How do I move around the folders in the folder pane without entering a directory or going back?

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What exactly do you mean?

What exactly do you mean? You can select files using Up and Down. It appears that I did forget to implement Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab.

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Left and Right

In Explorer, the left and right arrow keys move left and right through folders in Explorer, just like up and down do for both Xenon and Explorer. However, explorer features backspace to go back a directory, but Xenon does this when you push the left key, and the right one takes you into the currently highlighted folder.

Edit: Sorry, I forgot to mention I'm in tile view, I think that's where you got confused.

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Oh! OK. I'll disable that if

Oh! OK. I'll disable that if the mode is not details.

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Thanks

Thanks, John.

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Testing under Windows 2000, E6300, 2GB RAM - a perfectly capable machine. There is no real reason that anything should go slowly, except for lots of disconnected network drives.

  • I reckon that a "Refresh" item would be good in the context menu
  • Also, it's standard under Windows to have "Yes" selected when deleting a file.
  • Why load that big shredding graphic when deleting?
  • &Settings -> File &Associations Editor. If you press &Save or &Cancel, it closes, but if you press the escape key, it puts up an mbQuestion, MB_YESNO message box, with the text "Would you like to save your changes?" I would expect escape to cancel, not offer the choice between Save and Cancel.
  • &Settings -> Get Folder &Sizes. Upon restart, it was still showing them (ever so slowly...) but the menu item was unchecked.
  • &Settings -> Show .. item. Doesn't refresh page - you need to refresh it manually.
  • &Settings -> Choose Icon Set. Refreshes even if you press cancel. Also, doesn't change folder icons, etc. It only changes the toolbars.
  • &Settings -> Homepage. No description in the folder selection that opens up. It should say more than "Homepage".
  • &Settings -> &Homepage and Settings -> Show &Hidden Files. Same accesskey - should be different.
  • &Settings -> Choose Icon Set, Settings -> Show .. Item, and Bookmarks -> Bookmark editor. No accesskey - each should be given one.
  • &Help -> &Help. Should be given "F1" as its keyboard shortcut. Also forces the use of FFPE (which may produce an "Another instance of Firefox running..." message if non-portable Firefox is running, or a "Cannot find the file 'G:\PortableApps\XenonPortable\..\FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe'..." message followed by an "Error Opening File" - "The file could not be opened" if FFPE isn't installed)
  • &View -> &Style should be disabled under Win2K if not supported (as I glean from higher up in this thread).
  • &View -> Show &Folders. I reckon that the Folders pane should have a title and x button, like in Explorer.
  • The menu icons (16x16) are being displayed in a 13x13 space, trimming out the bottom and right
  • When in G:, when leaving the &Edit and &View menus, sometimes it goes to Computer - is it reading the go up a directory button?
  • Can't use the keyboard to navigate between menus and submenus - only up and down work - or to execute menu items by pressing Enter (can use accesskeys)
  • In the folder contents display, the first item's text is blue, and when selected, its background color is a bright blue - why?
  • Can't navigate between tabs with Ctrl+[Shift+]Tab. Tab closing is with Ctrl+F4, but that's OK. It's just that I'm used to Ctrl+W... Could you use both?

I think that that'll be enough to be getting on with... Blum

An apology to those of you who don't like having to scroll down so far... Biggrin

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Win9x: None, Win2K: Partial, WinXP+: Full, Right?

I just wanted to confirm that this works as follows:

Windows 95/98/Me: Incompatible, will not launch
Windows 2000: Partial functionality (no detail, icon or tile view)
Windows XP/Vista: Full feature set

Is the above correct? If so, then this won't be making it into the platform as the default file manager as the goal of the platform is to work on all Windows OSes. For the default I'll dust off the Delphi-based one I was working on at a later point (it's smaller and has broader compatibility).

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Basically. I do hope to get

Basically. I do hope to get partial support for 9x eventually.

I guess I need to set up a 98 vm.

I never actually expected to get Xenon as the default file manager.

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BUG: Zebra Striping Stays When Switching Views

If you're in details view, zebra striping is on as expected. But if you then switch the view to something else (like List), the striping stays on. Once you refresh (F5) it goes away. The solution is to do a refresh on view change in the code.

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1.4.9.5 Beta released.

1.4.9.5 Beta released.

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Thanks

1.4.9.5 has the navigation in tile view working fine, thanks. However, in this version, the file association editor appears not to work, the error when attempting to open is:

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AutoIt Error
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Line -1:


Error: Subscript used with non-Array variable.
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OK
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P.S. You forgot Help -> About.

And, and also, just a note, when you hit backspace, there's an AutoIt error, and Xenon crashes. You'll want to have that fixed as many users are used to backspace from Explorer.

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Bug!!!

Windows Vista pt-PT w/o SP1

Language menu doesn't work.

Didn't test any further as I have no time now.

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Confirm

I can confirm that on XP Provessional.

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Oops. I forgot to adjust

Oops. I forgot to adjust some paths in the launchers.

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1.4.9.6 is out. (bugfixes)

1.4.9.6 is out. (bugfixes)

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Are folders on Vista supported?

Because I don't see them here. Other than that, it seems to work fine.
Plus, file association editor shows no icons for options and seems to "just work", and not to work like it should.

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I use Xenon on Vista (Home Premium) with no problem... I mean, Vista folders are supported...

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I mean

The sidebar view, that was renamed to "Folders".

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It works properly. I use

It works properly. I use Vista as my main OS.

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On my not

On my the sidebar is blank. It shows nothing. Strange.

EDIT: After all it needs a restart to work.

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1.5 Dev Test 1 is out. All

1.5 Dev Test 1 is out. All issues big or small are welcome.

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D&D

What's D&D?

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Drag & Drop

Drag & Drop

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Ahh

Drag & Drop, I follow.

Anywho, here's the results:

1. Launched Xenon Portable
2. First tab was to the root of my drive (F)
3. Opened new tab in F:\Documents\Music
4. Dragged music file from F:\Documents\Music and dropped on tab 'F:'
5. Small inch and a half by inch and a half window opens saying 'F:'
6. Clicked 'OK' to pointless window, cut splash window displays
7. One second later, error opens above splash window

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AutoIt Error
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Line 0  (File "F:\PortableApps\XenonPortable\App\xenon\Move.a3x"):



Error: Error opening the file.


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OK   
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I'll test it out a bit more.

Edit: I tried multiple times, mutiple different setups. They all flash the desitination in an OK box, show cut splash screen, and then pose that error. Also, the issue with the file association editor not showing icons still resides.

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Nice file manager! But when

Nice file manager! But when my card reader is empty (no card inserted) Xenon rases an error ("No disk in drive F:")

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Hey evilious, and welcome to PortableApps.com.

Links actually aren't allowed in signatures, but you can put on in the 'homepage' input area on your user page and that will appear beside your username when posting.

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Oops. I forgot to recompile

Oops. I forgot to recompile 2 files lol. I had fixed both those problems.

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Compile? Is that really necessary? Blum

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Yes, it is. It lets me

Yes, it is. It lets me combine the standard AutoIt include files with the source.

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Lol

I was kidding, via smiley. Smile

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Dev Test. Includes the

Dev Test. Includes the updated files that I forgot to package.

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Thanks

And while I`m downloading, this was in the old release but I`m sure it`s in this one, too. The about box displays and old version, and I`d specify putting the Author, License, and possible Website.

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Nice

This version works much better. There`s a couple issues I notivced.

When dropping files onto a tab to paste them, it displays the `Cut` screen, which should be the `Paste` screen, right...

Perhaps add a more info to the About box as I mentioned above.

Highlighting some files and pressing the cut button in the toolbar doesn`t seem to work.

When opening the Tree View in Vista (And I notice this only in Vista) it displays it as blank until you refresh it, perhaps and auto refresh after opening tree view.

I think `Go to the Home drive.` should be reworded a bit since that could also be a folder when set by the user.

Edit:

Bug: When backspacing in the search area WITHIN the Xenon File Manager, it displays and error:

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AutoIt Error
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Line -1:

Error: Unknown function name.
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OK
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And closes.

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The cut screen is used when

The cut screen is used when moving files, copy when copying.

I can't reproduce the cut bug.

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