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New in Version 2.0 For Complete Details For a complete, up-to-date, detailed list of all that is new and is changed please see the What's New page on our website.
New Tools Find Old Files The opposite of Find Modified Files, i.e. finds files that have not been modified, accessed and/or modified within a specified time. On the Find menu. Flatten Folders Copies all files (or those that match optional file patterns) to one folder, either the root of the folder or another, user specified folder. On the Actions menu. Concatenate Files Combines files together (normally only useful for text files) to a new file or appended to an existing file. On the Actions menu. Clean / Delete Folders Deletes specified (or all) files from a folder and all its sub-folders with the option to delete any empty folders afterward. Used to clean out temporary files and to delete files in problem folders as the routine will not stop when it encounters an error but rather continue deleting all the files it can. On the Actions menu. Time Controlled Copying Designed for large copy operations this special copy routine can insert timed delays between files, between copy blocks within a file and / or every number of bytes copied. On the Actions | More Actions > menu.
New User Interface Complete new GUI that not only makes FileBoss easier to use but allows greater flexibility, customization and a more convenient workspace. Advanced and Simple Menus The main menus come in two levels, simple and advanced. Of course commands can be added, removed and changed around for complete customization. The default is simple mode. Dual-Pane Mode Tabs can be split up into separate groups, vertically or horizontally so that more than one tab can be viewed at a time. Relative Times for Find and Select Routines All times in search and select routines can now be specified as relative times, e.g. 'since yesterday', 'more than two months ago' Simplified Renaming Options FileBoss's powerful renaming control center has been simplified with fewer options per page. Empty Replace String when Renaming FileBoss will now remember empty replacement strings when renaming files using Search and Replace. Previous FileBoss would use the last, non-empty replacement string when renaming again. Skip Errors when Copying A new check box has been added to every Copy based dialog that when checked will tell FileBoss not to stop and ask you any questions when it can not copy a file (for instance if it is locked by another program) but rather to just log the error and continue. Actions Apply to Navigation Window Selection Most commands on the Actions menu can now be applied to the selected folder in the folder navigation window as well as to selected entries in the contents window. FileBoss determines which selection to use by which was the last to be selected. Recursive Actions, e.g. Renaming Many actions, such as renaming, can now be recursive. This is especially useful when performing actions on the current folder in the navigations window. Find Menu items default to current folder(s) The Find routines, e.g. Find Old Files, Find Long Filenames, etc, will now automatically use the currently selected entries as their starting point (the Paths field) from the navigation or contents window as appropriate. Dynamic Virtual Folders Dynamic Virtual Folders are very much like traditional Virtual Folders except that you can add (just drag and drop), delete and manually sort the entries. They can be created for selected entries, a folder picker, empty or from a list of files contained in an external text file. All of these are created using the commands on the File | New Dynamic Virtual Folder > menu. Virtual Folders new name for File Sets File Sets have been renamed to Virtual Folders so users under thirty will know what they are. Wildcards in Search Paths More precise control over path delimited patterns in the Search Definition dialog: When creating a File Set you can now enter variable paths such as \s-*\* which will only return files in folders that begin with 's-'. You can get even trickier and use something like \2007\s-*\* or even \Jan ????\s-*\* The advantage of this is that you can just do a select all and go straight to the structured file copy routine as no extraneous file will be in the File Set. Merged Find tool bar into the Command Bar Added up and down buttons. Use : or Find F8 to activate, F8 to select all or move cursor to end of entry : or 'find ' or just a simple file pattern will activate the up and down arrow keys. Options When Exiting FileBoss To exit FileBoss without saving any options or settings only pressing the Ctrl key while selecting File | Exit FileBoss command from the main menu (or clicking the close button 'x' on the title bar) is needed instead of the previous Ctrl + Shift combination. Options When Starting FileBoss To start FileBoss and control what it loads and doesn't load from the last session hold down the Ctrl key until the start dialog appears in which you can choose the various load options. Sample Virtual Folders Added two default search definitions as samples. Menu Item Names Changes Names for menu items on the File menu have changed, e.g. Open View List... to Open Tab Group... and New File Set (Search)... to Search for Files...., Quick Merge... to Backup if Newer..., Explore Folder in New View is now Open in New Tab\t(Ctrl+Click) Bookmarks are now Favorites Bookmarks have been renamed Favorites. Once again has been done so the under thirty-five group will know what they are. Default Drag & Drop Copy method The default engine for copying Drag & Drop operations (on FileBoss) is now FileBoss for copies and links and Windows for moving files. Drag & drop Move operations are now always handled by the windows copy engine no matter what the specified copy engine is (e.g. The setting in the Advanced Options section of the Program Options dialog. New Standard Meta-Variables Added standard windows names to the list of FileBoss meta-variables including %SystemRoot%, %WinDir%, and %SystemDirectory% New Time and System Meta-Variables New meta-variables have been added which can be used almost everywhere you want to rename files: <TODAY>, <NOW>, <CURYEAR>, <CURMONTH>, <CURDAY>, <CURHOUR>, <CURRENTMINUTE> <CURRENTSECOND> and <USER> So when renaming a file you could enter worklog <today>.log to get something like worklog 2008-05-23.log
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