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ReNamer 5.

60 (13 September 2011)


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Beta 56
* Fixed problem with ExecConsoleApp function which forced the target process
to freeze if it would send a lot of data to the standard output;

Beta 55
* Added a warning that describes sorting problem when renaming folders;

Beta 54
* Restored "click to edit" behaviour for the files table;

Beta 53
* Added "Repeat" option to the Incremental Serialize rule;

Beta 52
* Fixed problem with remembering correct position and size when application
is terminated in the maximized state;

Beta 51
* Fixed non-transparent background for Rename button icon updates on Vista and 7;

Beta 50
* When "Overwrite files with New Names" option is enabled, the Rename
button changes name to Overwrite and a different icon appears;

Beta 49
* Highlight Rename button in red when "Overwrite files with New Names"
option is enabled, in order to warn users;
* Email address updated;

Beta 48
* Right single quotation mark 0x2019 is handled like an apostrophe
in the word by the Case rule;

Beta 47
* TIFF_* meta tags can handle Unicode filenames;
* Image_* meta tags for TIFF files can handle Unicode filenames;

Beta 46
* Added Image_AspectRatio meta tag;

Beta 45
* Replaced ugly font arrows in the toolbar with icons;
* Changed shortcut for Presets Manager to Ctrl+P;

Beta 44
* Added explicit option to sort by path in reverse order for renaming folders;
* Files table will use default system images for checkboxes;
* Fixed column resize problem due to a bug in Virtual Treeview;

Beta 42
* Updated Virtual Treeview component to v4.8.7;
* Fixed inability to handle hight resolution scrolls by the files table;
* Added Refresh button with F5 shortcut to the Add Folders dialog;

Beta 41
* Option to fix conflicting new names will not strip path from the new name;

Beta 40
* System settings are applied in a less access dependant manner:
- Register preset extension,
- Add to folders context menu,
- Add to "Send To" context menu.
* Failure of applying system settings will not cause other settings to be lost.

Beta 39
* Fixed incorrectly saved configuration for multiple instances of Rearrange rule;

Beta 38
* Fixed incorrectly updated counter for "reset every" option in Serialize rule;

Beta 37
* Fixed problem with not saved settings when using the Exit menu option.

Beta 36
* Eliminated problem with SHA1 implementation, affected some files larger than 1GB;
* Now using Delphi Encryption Compendium (DEC) v5.2 hashing algorithms;
* Added SHA256 and SHA512 meta tags;
* New layout for the Help drop-down menu;

Beta 34
* Shortcuts Alt+F and Alt+I were changed to Ctrl+F and Shift+I, accordingly;
* Icon added for "Count marked and selected files" option;

Beta 33
* About dialog got a new color scheme;

Beta 32
* Fixed incorrectly used counter for the display of hourglass icon,
which caused the hourglass icon to appear indefinitely;

Beta 31
* Selected file names will be loaded into newly added Remove and Replace
rules as sample text (experimental, may be removed later);

Beta 29
* Added BoolToStr function to PascalScript;

Beta 28
* Added option to reset serialization index every N files;

Beta 27
* Eliminated unnecessary calls to apply rules in Analyze dialog;

Beta 26
* Copyright notices were put into a separate file;
* Added legal notice in the about dialog;

Beta 25
* Font size in PascalScript editor is increased to 10 points;

Beta 24
* Added support for #0 separated values in ID3v2 tags;

Beta 23
* All calls to help files and web links will be verbose on error;

Beta 22
* Improved backwards compatibility of presets due to changes to Skip Extension
option in the Insert rule;

Beta 21
* Wiki link points to a page dedicated to ReNamer as opposed to the main page;

Beta 20
* Skip Extension option in the Insert rule will work for the whole rule;

Beta 1-19
* User Manual is replaced by Wiki links and accompanying Quick Guide;
* New About dialog, list of changes moved to a text file;
* Rule names are now localizable;
* Added new Rearrange rule, to easily manipulate filename parts;
* Removed *.MSI file signature, was clashing with DOC/PPT/XLS;
* Removed *.VOB file signature, for better recognition of *.MPG;
* Image_* meta tags can handle Unicode filenames, except for TIFF files;
* New GIF_Frames meta tag, to read number of frames in GIF file;
* New AVI_VideoCodec meta tag, to read AVI video codec name;
* Added "Insert a space in front of capitalized letters" option;
* Added option to append a preset, from the Presets Manager;
* Validation limit warning is removed in command line renaming mode;
* Fixed problem with WidePosEx when SubStr parameter is empty;
* Fix spaces option will handle all Unicode white spaces;
* Added English characters as a predefined option to Strip rule;
* Added "Strip all characters except selected" option to Strip rule;
* Added StrToFloatDef and FormatFloat functions to PascalScript;
* Added WideCopyFile function to PascalScript;
* Added "Export all columns to clipboard" option;
* File path and date related meta tags made to work for folders;
* Translit will not upper case output part if input part is none alphabetic;
* Columns for rules are correctly auto-sized with many rules loaded on startup;
* Automatic resizing of files table will also apply after removing files;
* Analyze dialog will leave trailing spaces in the output intact;
* Auto preview on change options are disarmed during command line renaming;
* Updated icons for "+" buttons in all rules;
* Added two new columns in files table: Size KB, Size MB;
* Fixed incorrect sorting by size for files larger than 2GB;
* Fixed incorrectly loaded filter masks from presets;
* Added "Export to Clipboard" option to rules context menu;
* Added German translit alphabet;
* Added File_FilePath meta tag;

ReNamer 5.50 (3 May 2009)
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* Updated PascalScript component to the latest SVN from 11 November 2008;
* Updated Virtual Treeview component to v4.7.0;
* Updated hashing functions to use Fundamentals Hashing unit v3.06;
* Reset Unicode flag for the manual filename editor in the files table;
* Added date-time offset functions: IncDay, IncHour, IncMinute, IncSecond, etc;
* Updated binary signatures for FLV/SWF and MP3 files;
* Added 24 new binary signatures, making a total of 93 records;
* Removed error message when applying extension detection rule in analyze dialog;
* Showing of non-main forms always centered is made optional;
* Changed format of Audio_Duration tag from "Xm Xs" to "X.XX";
* AVI and HASH tags can be read from Unicode filenames;
* Add 2 AVI helper tags: AVI_Duration and AVI_WidthAndHeight;
* Added 4 Meta tags for Outlook Messages: ID, DateSent, Subject, Sender;
* Added ShellOpenFile() function to open files via ShellExecute API;
* Another type of apostrophe is added to Case rule: Acute Accent 0x00B4;
* Fixed incorrectly adjusted time zone by the Email_DateSent tag;
* Fragments in the Case rule are replaced as Whole Words only;
* Delimiter for fragments is changed from space to comma;
* Speeded up generation of random numbers in Serialize rule;
* Unnecessary fields are automatically disabled in Serialize rule;
* Translit Alphabets will handle UTF-8 BOM correctly;
* Tab characters in PascalScript statements are replaced with spaces;
* Added "Insert after the current name" option to UserInput rule;
* Text in "Go To Line" dialog is added to resource strings;
* Improved exception handling for several dialogs;
* Updated French and added Bulgarian translit file;
* Analyze dialog now has line number and position from left and right;
* Corrected behaviour of "No" action in the meta tags confirmation dialog;
* Correctly handle renaming when user adds trailing path delimiters to new name;
* Added "Files" button above files table which brings up its popup menu;
* Auto preview on change of rules will not trigger on change of unmarked rules;
* All relative "." and ".." directories within new path are resolved;
* Added "-" (hyphen) to the CleanUp rule;
* Corrected ambiguous Kb/Mb/Gb to KB/MB/GB;
* Enhanced main icon using vector graphics;
* Rearranged file menus and options;
* Core code optimizations and cleanup;
* Corrected few typos;

ReNamer 5.40 (26 October 2008)
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* Integrated Windows XP Manifest to allow visual styling;
* Modified ID3v2 libraries to support reading of the unicode data (experimental);
* Added reading support for ID3_PartOfSet tag in ID3v2 libraries (experimental);
* Added "open containing folder" option to the context menu of the files table;
* Main menu and toolbar shortcuts are no longer available when editing new name;
* No more error when using empty Replace or Remove rules in wildcards mode;
* Added/changed a number of shortcuts in the options and files context menu;
* State column is sorted by file status and then by marked/unmarked state;
* New Project action will clear files and then rules, escaping auto-preview.
* Rule descriptions are added to the localizable resource strings;
* Right-to-left character-wise processing of delimiters if reversed;
* Status bar panels are resized automatically with the form;
* Changed ambiguous Ctrl+Z,X,C,V files manipulation shortcuts;
* Fixed offset when using Insert rule with right-to-left position;
* Added option to disable confirmation dialog for overwriting files;
* Auto apply rules option in Analyze dialog works on context menu too;
* Corrected handling of double clicks and right clicks on rules checkboxes;
* Fixed mark/unmark all rules option not triggering auto preview;
* Fixed disappearing modified star after cancelling save preset dialog;
* Fixed contradiction between Importing feature and Auto Preview option;
* Fixed some cropped texts when custom system fonts are used;
* Both ' and ` are handled when capitalizing words;
* Added line wrap option to the Analyze dialog;
* Added French translit alphabet;
* Small user interface improvements;

ReNamer 5.30 (3 July 2008)
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* Added ability to save Filter Settings together with a Preset;
* Added split panel in status bar to display current preset and modification sign;
* Added dialog for creating links to all presets, with load and rename options;
* Integrated dEXIF libraries to parse EXIF tags (works on problematic JPEG files);
* All EXIF* tags should work on TIFF files too, alternatively to TIFF* tags;
* Added 5 IPTC tags: ObjectName, Caption, Headline, Location, City;
* Fixed problem with setting the files date on Windows 9x platforms (v5.10 bug);
* Fixed access violation when importing file paths and new names (v5.xx bug);
* Fixed bug which stopped the largest binary signature from being detected;
* Updated binary signature detection to support Unicode filenames;
* Added IntToHex, HexToInt and HexToIntDef functions to PascalScript;
* Added Base64Encode and Base64Decode functions to PascalScript;
* Added a script to encrypt filenames using XOR-BASE64 algorithm;
* Option to highlight changed names is now case sensitive;
* Added "fix conflicting new names" option to the Options menu;
* Added shortcuts to buttons in PascalScript rule;
* Added "none of the above" option to Case rule;
* Fixed few spelling mistakes;

ReNamer 5.25 (8 April 2008)
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* EXIF_Date tag will treat Exif.Image.DateTime field as an alternative;
* Validation process will automatically scroll to show the first invalid item;
* Masks field in the Filters is greyed out when it is empty, i.e. not used;
* Fixed an issue with disabled context menu of the files table (rare case);
* Added WideCharLower and WideCharUpper for easy WideChar case conversions;
* Added SubMatchesRegEx function to get sub-expressions of the first match;
* Added DialogYesNo and WideDialogYesNo confirmation dialogs;
* Added option to filters: apply masks only to the file name;
* Corrected tab order of the components in some of the rules;
* Maximized window state is remembered properly;
* Added Polish translit alphabet;

ReNamer 5.20 (30 January 2008)
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* Added /list command line parameter to load list of files from text file;
* Fixed accessibility problem when adding files while browsing modal forms;
* "Import files" option handles Unicode and UTF8 content (with BOM);
* Added "detect using binary signature" option to the Extension rule;
* Added option to Export/Import list of new names to/from clipboard;
* Export/Import functions have their own button and menu;
* Added "clear renamed files on rename" option in the settings;
* All HTML based help files are united into a single PDF;
* Added new section in the help file which describes renaming rules;
* PascalScript component has been updated to the latest v3.0.27.651;
* Added drag and drop support for scripts in PascalScript code editor;
* Added "go to" functionality for quick line jump in PascalScript;
* Added "apply rules for each line" option to the Analyze dialog;
* "Auto apply rules" action in Analyze dialog trigged on change of rules;
* "Analyze name" option will work on all selected files, not just focused;
* Added File_FileName, File_BaseName and File_Extension meta tags;
* Folders in "Add Folders" dialog are explicitly sorted;
* Option to resort files has become a long-term option;
* Added choice of Replace or Insert for the UserInput rule;
* Added InputBox and InputQuery functions to PascalScript;
* Added WideGetEnvironmentVar function to PascalScript;
* Added FileAppendContent function to PascalScript;
* Analyze dialog will apply only marked rules;
* Updated Russian translit alphabets;
* Analyze dialog became non-modal;

ReNamer 5.10 (12 October 2007)
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* Windows network files renaming support;
* Added "new path" column to the files table;
* Added "auto apply rules" option to Analyze dialog;
* Added "right-to-left" option for position parameter in the Insert rule;
* Added "leave delimiter" option for delimiter parameters in the Delete rule;
* Selection is displayed for both In and Out text boxes in the Analyze dialog;
* SetFileTimeModified and SetFileTimeCreated will also work for folders;
* Fixed disappearing table menu after editing new name via "click through";
* Added two Russian translits, with alternative and extended Latin spellings;
* Added "clear not changed" option to the files table;
* Added "new project" menu item, with Ctrl+N shortcut;
* Analyze dialog in now Unicode capable;
* Some of the icons are updated;

ReNamer 5.05 (17 September 2007)
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* Added "Exif Date" column to the files table;
* Dialog for analyzing sample text is now resizable;
* Added html-based "Quick Start" guide to the Help files;
* Show "Quick Start" guide prompt on the first time run;
* Added "Prepare for SharePoint" option to CleanUp rule;
* Fixed potential incorrect date comparison for sorting procedure;
* Fixed "Clear files table on rename" option, did not work properly in some cases;
* Fixed rare false invalid by validation for Non-ASCII filenames (v5.00 bug);
* Fixed hidden rules table when "Remember last position and size" used (v5.00 bug);

ReNamer 5.00 (21 August 2007)
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* Added "Masks" option to the Filter Settings;
* Updated VirtualTreeview and TntUnicodeControls components;
* Added Command Line Renaming parameter, to rename without user interaction;
* Added Mark and Unmark All options to context menu of the rules table;
* Installer updated: default scripts, translits and help files will always be overwritten;
* Height of the rules table is remembered for "remember last position and size" option;
* Fixed problem when "Filter Settings" dialog opened within "Add Folders" dialog;
* Added experimental option "use natural order sorting algorithm" (2-3 times slower);
* Fixed problem with usage of ":" and "\" symbols in some of the rules;
* TIFF tags are no longer represented by EXIF tags, as it may be misleading;
* More meta tags will now work with Unicode filenames and contents;
* Last used folder in the "Add Folders" dialog is remembered;
* Added WideCaseCapitalize() and WideCaseInvert() to PascalScript;
* The checked state of the rules is saved in the presets;
* Fixed problem with relative paths passed via the command line;
* Added WMA and FLAC artist/title/album/year/genre/track meta tags;
* Audio_Duration* tags work for FLAC files;
* Improved new filepath validation;

ReNamer 4.65 (10 May 2007)
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* Added "Pad numeric sequences" preloaded script;
* Added WideStripExtension() function to PascalScript;
* Reserved filename characters can be used within date/time format;
* Fixed cut off problem with long texts for big blue labels;
* Added notes on backreferences in regular expressions help file;
* Corrected offensive/ambiguous terms for translit alphabets.
* Added donation link to the help menu;

ReNamer 4.60 (11 March 2007)
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* Dramatically speeded up process of auto-sizing file table columns;
* Added options for showing hidden and system folders in "Add Folders" dialog;
* Generalized filter settings aka "default behavior for adding folders";
* Added option to include system files, in filter settings;
* Added new WideScanDirForFolders() function to PascalScript;
* ExecConsoleApp() function will convert OEM output to ANSI;
* Function WideScanDir() has been changed to WideScanDirForFiles();
* Substitution of wildcard matches in Replace rule using $1, $2, $3, etc;
* Fixed a small problem when matching entire filename with * wildcard;
* Removed already needless WideGetChar function from PascalScript;
* Support for masked paths in the command line, e.g.: "C:\Temp\*.jpg";
* Added option to mark only changed files (in terms of new names);
* Option which adds program to files context menu has been removed;
* Added Serbian (Cyrillic and Latin) and Croatian translit alphabets;
* Added option which adds program to "Send To" context menu;
* Fixed the rest of incompatibilities with the XP manifest;
* Improved command line parameters handling;
* Collection of help documents was expanded;

ReNamer 4.50 (1 February 2007)
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* Added meta tags to retrieve duration of Audio files: MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV!
* Updated PascalScript source to the latest January SVN release,
which has finally addressed previously reported by me issues, now:
1) SetLength() and Length() functions work for both WideStrings and Arrays;
2) Widestring indexed character access is working, i.e. WideString[1];
Note: WideArrayLength() and WideArraySetLength() functions are removed!
* Added 8 new functions to PascalScript rule: SetFileTimeCreated,
SetFileTimeModified, SetClipboardText, GetClipboardText, ReplaceRegEx,
MatchesRegEx, CalculateMetaTag, FileReadFragment;
* Wildcards can now be used within Remove and Replace rules!
* Files selection mask is remembered for the entire session;
* JPE file extension is treated as JPEG format, for meta tags;
* Help files will now be opened with the default web browser;
* Added Help item, which will encapsulate all related help documents;
* Added new "Move filename portion" script for PascalScript rule;
* Capture run-time exceptions when executing PascalScript rule;
* Fixed problem with extension in "Serialize duplicates" script;
* Fixed few typos within function reference in PascalScript help file;
* Tabulation and selection helpers for script editor in PascalScript rule;
* Added Hours Span script, which adds/subtracts hours from dates in filenames;
* Count of selected and marked files will now be displayed in the status bar;
* Fixed tool bars in the main window and in the presets manager to support manifest;
* Fixed ignoring of the option "Auto preview on change of rules configuration"
when states of the checkboxes of the rules are changed;
* Last used values for dialogs "Mark by mask", "Select by filename length",
"Select by extension" and "Select by mask" - will now be remembered;
* Multiple masks/extensions can be defined in dialogs "Mark by mask",
"Select by extension" and "Select by mask".
* Added "Apply rules to the clipboard" option;
* Added Turkish translit alphabet;

ReNamer 4.21 (14 November 2006)
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* Added EXIF_Description meta tag, which represents image description field;
* Added WideReplaceStr, WideReplaceText and WideTrim functions to PascalScript;
* Added VersionInfo_* series of meta tags to retrieve Version Information fields;
* Changed component for reading Document meta tags to TSMSummaryInformation;
* FileSig_* meta tags were renamed to more appropriate BinarySign_* format;
* Added a Ctrl+L shortcut for Select by Filename Length functionality, and from
now it will select files that are more than N characters, but not equal to N;

ReNamer 4.20 (8 November 2006)
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* Added "Add to ReNamer" option for files, yet it is not recommended to be used;
* Added "Auto preview when new files are added" option to the settings;
* Added "Close program after successful rename" option to the settings;
* Auto preview options now turned on by default, for new installations;
* Fixed process of pasting text from clipboard into the new name editor;
* Removed warning when auto-sizing columns with more than 15'000 files;
* Removed confirmation message when pasting files into ReNamer;
* Changed options that configure default behavior for adding folders;
* Pressing the return key within a spin number editor in rules will submit the form;
* "First letter capital" option will capitalize the first letter, not the first character;
* Date and Time meta tags have been united, for performance reasons;
* Added procedure Sleep(Milliseconds: Cardinal) for PascalScript;
* Added Date_Now meta tag, which represents current date;
* Added Name Length and New Name Length columns to the files table;

ReNamer 4.17 (3 October 2006)
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* New Names from User Input functionality has become a dynamic rule;
* Added option to Insert text after or before every occurrence of a text fragment;
* Added option to count marked and selected files (Alt+I);
* Analyze Text dialog is able to parse multi-line texts;
* Corrected several typos in the rules descriptions;
* Small cosmetic changes to the Add/Edit Rule form;

ReNamer 4.15 (11 September 2006)
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* Added new PascalScript function WideFileSize to retrieve a size of a file;
* Help window is no longer modal (doesn't block other windows when opened);
* Skip extension made optional for the CleanUp rule, instead of default;
* Invalid meta tags or text with escape symbols will not be stripped out;
* Added new option to the Settings: Real-time update of the preview;
* Added new PascalScript functions ExecuteProgram and ExecConsoleApp
which let user run an external program or a console mode application providing
captured output and exit code;

ReNamer 4.12 (11 August 2006)
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* Fixed a very nasty Access Violation problem, caused by 'Always On Top' option;
* Included recently added options to the statements of Replace and Remove rules;
* Skip extension made optional for the Translit rule, instead of default;
* Load from User Input dialog supports Unicode text, and UTF-8 encoded files;
* Fixed previously broken functionality to Delete Files to Recycle Bin;
* Workaround for a Windows error message 'Please Insert a Disk' which
was given on initialization of the Browse dialog for every empty drive;
* Step for Incremental Serialization can be negative, for backwards counting;
* Last used folder for Add Files dialog is remembered, was recently broken;

ReNamer 4.10 (22 July 2006)
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* Added checkboxes for rules, to enable/disable rules without deleting them;
* Files that are not marked will not be validated, previewed or renamed;
* Fixed not synchronized states for files table and files objects on rename;
* Fixed incorrect validation when absolute paths are used in new names;
* Fixed incorrect capitalization of letters infront apostrophe in the words;
* Fixed waiting cursor and memory leak on exception in the preview process;
* Added skip extension and case sensitive options to Replace and Remove rules;
* Added mark by mask option to the context menu of the files table;
* Added WideGetChar function, workaround for a bug in the PascalScript which
doesn't let access characters of a WideString by their index, e.g. WideString[I];
* Added WideLength, WideSetLength, WideCopy, WideDelete, WideInsert,
WidePos and WidePosEx functions to correctly treat WideStrings;
* Added WideSplitString function to split string into an array of strings;
* Added WideScanDir function to scan directory for files
* Updated many other PascalScript Unicode functions;
* Updated help file for the Regular Expressions rule;

ReNamer 4.00 Final (2 July 2006)
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* Added ability to sort files by State column, comparing state indexes;
* Added options to control the default behavior of adding folders;
* Reorganized Settings window, some options moved, few tabs renamed;
* Fixed not working selection by extension (4.00 related bug);
* Fixed a problem with WideUpperCase and WideLowerCase not functioning
correctly on Windows 9x platforms, due to issues in Delphi system units,
which broke all case-related functionality for Windows 9x (4.00 related bug);
* Fixed access violation problem when using Browse dialog on Windows 9x
platforms (4.00 related bug);

ReNamer 4.00 RC1 (17 June 2006)
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* Now Supports Unicode, using Tnt Unicode Controls!!
* New Faster and Nicer looking Virtual Treeview component for Files table!
* The Core is redesigned and is more-less separated from the GUI;
* Dramatic improvements to the speed of adding large amount of files;
* Added ability to sort files table columns by clicking on them;
* Absolute and relative paths can be used in the new name;
* Added short user friendly description to every meta tag;
* Added Drag and Drop support for moving items within Files and Rules lists;
* Combined the Add Folder and the Browse Dialogs into a single Form;
* Columns in the files table can be moved, simply by dragging them;
* User can hide/show columns in the files table using column's right-click menu;
* Help messages are separated and converted to html files, displayed as web pages;
* Fixed Tab Order for the Rules configuration, it follows the components layout;
* Jpeg Exif structure tag was reverted back to DateTimeOriginal from DateTime,
while ReNamer's Exif meta tags were renamed to EXIF_Date and EXIF_Time;
* Added File Signature meta tags, which can detect correct file extension and
description for about 70 different data file formats;
* Fixed displaying of the file overwrite prompt dialog when saving a default preset,
while using the "Save rules configuration on exit, load on startup" option;
* Cursor is set to Hour Glass for long operations like Preview, Rename, etc;
* Improved Unique Random indexing of the Serialize rule: faster search of the
new unique number, and breaks when search for unique number takes too long;
* Updated all registered functions for PascalScript to handle Unicode strings;
* Added option to export list of files and undo paths, to Undo renamed files later;
* Added 10 new IsWideCharXXX functions for PascalScript, to check if a Unicode
character is Upper, Lower, Digit, Space, Punctuation, Control, Blank, Hex Digit,
Alphabetic or Alpha-Numeric; and 4 Unicode Conversion routines: WideToAnsi,
AnsiToWide, UTF8Encode, UTF8Decode;
* Other small graphical changes;

ReNamer 3.30 (7 May 2006)
* Updated Presets Manager, added Load and Copy functions;
* Updated Save Preset dialog, added list of existing presets;
* Added options to Copy and Cut files from the table to Clipboard;
* Filename of the INI file is constructed from the Filename of the Executable;
* Improved speed of loading list of files from PLS, M3U and TXT files.
* Loading New Names from Text File is combined together with User Input;
* Dates & Times (Created and Modified) of the Folders are displayed correctly;
* PascalScript Examples are savable/loadable scripts;
* Translit Alphabets are savable/loadable text files;
* Faster processing of Meta Tags;
* Added Email_TimeSent meta tag;
* OLEInfo* meta tags were renamed to Document*;
* Fixed memory leak after processing Document* meta tags;
* Fixed problem with displaying size of the files bigger then 2Gb;
* Fixed incorrect sorting by Last Modified Time;

ReNamer 3.20 (24 April 2006)
* New PascalScript rule, for Scripting your Own Renaming rule!!
* Window for adding rules is resizable now, to allow expansion of rules configuration;
* Added option to Paste copied files/folders from Windows Explorer (Ctrl+V);
* Added special Help window for displaying long help strings, e.g. RegEx Syntax;
* Fixed small bug for saving presets (v3.00: Presets folder was not created);
* Main buttons have been added to the File menu (with their shortcuts);
* Added option to Import file table contents from: CSV, TXT;
* Added 2 new Meta Tags: EXIF_Make, EXIF_Model;
* Added option to Duplicate Selected Rule;

ReNamer 3.05 (9 April 2006)
* Added another option to the Case rule, to make only first letter capital;
* Added option to Auto Preview when rules configuration changes, in Settings;
* Changes to the Load option: only existing files will be added, the table will not
be cleared before adding, relative filenames will be resolved based on the
directory of the file from which they were read;
* Eliminated a memory leak (not freed instances of rules generated on preview);
* Fixed appearance of glitches on 'Drag your files here' and 'Click here to add a rule'
labels after resizing the main window;

ReNamer 3.00 (2 April 2006)
* Completely re-designed the Rules System - rules became dynamic objects,
this makes them very flexible and extensible, and easier to use;
* GUI of the main window is re-designed, optimizing for dynamic contents;
* Major optimizations to almost every rule;
* Each rule provides a human readable Statement for its configuration;
* Presets from older versions are not longer valid, starting from this version;
* Fixed bug in Translit rule, in some cases last characters would not be translated
if a new name has increased in length, due to some non-english letters been
represented by 2 or more english characters;
* Minor optimizations to the processing of Meta Tags;
* Added Option to Export file table contents into: CSV, TXT, XML;
* Case rule is able to invert case of not english letters as well;
* Added option to Incremental Serialization to reset Index when folder changes;
* Added File_TimeCreated and File_TimeModified meta tags;
* Added 6 new AVI format related meta tags: AVI_Width, AVI_Height,
AVI_FramesPerSecond, AVI_TotalFrames, AVI_DurationMins, AVI_DurationSecs;
* Updated Audio Tools Library to v2.3, used for extracting ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags;
* Image meta tags for getting dimensions now support PNG and TIFF formats;
* EXIF Date and Time meta tags now support TIFF files as well as JPEG;
* Added another special sort by Folder Structure;
* Translit rule is case-sensitive now;

ReNamer 2.35 (7 March 2006)
* Text fields in rules configuration resize with the form;
* Added 'Step' option to Incremental Serialization;
* Added 'Skip Extension' option into Remove rule;
* Small optimizations to renaming process;
* Improved performance of undo process;

ReNamer 2.33 (31 January 2006)
* Fixed positioning problem, occurred on desktops with more then 1 monitor;
* Small graphical and functional improvements;

ReNamer 2.32 (12 January 2006)
* Added option to "Overwrite files with New Names";
* Corrected several typos and grammatically incorrect messages;
* Relative folder structures can be used in the New Name field, even though
program may give a warning of new name been incorrect.

ReNamer 2.31 (10 December 2005)
* Replace and Remove rules can process multiple items, separated with *|* delimiter;
* Added option to append new extension, in the Extension rule;

ReNamer 2.30 (24 November 2005)
* added 3 new MetaTags: Email_DateSent, Email_Subject, Email_From;
they represent associated fields from the header of an email, according
to the specifications in RFC2822;
* FileName reserved characters are automatically stripped out from returns
of the MetaTags of type HTML, ID3, OLE, Email.
* Validate function moved to a separate menu, accessible via Options button;
* added Highlight option to highlight all the changed names in the table;
* added Maximize Table option to fit table on the whole client area;
* Rule Tabs are hidden, leaving more space for the rest of components;
* added Clearing options for Clearing Marked and Not Marked items;
* added Selecting option for Selecting files by their filename length;
* Analyze button moved to the new Options popup menu;
* other graphical changes/improvements;

ReNamer 2.25 (13 November 2005)
* Integrated 3 algorithms for calculating Hash of a file: MD5, SHA1, CRC32;
(accessed via MetaTags: Hash_MD5, Hash_SHA1, Hash_CRC32);
* improved performance of the CleanUp rule;

ReNamer 2.20 (7 November 2005)
* now supports Regular Expressions, added as a new rule called RegEx!!!
(component is written by Andrey Sorokin @ www.regexpstudio.com);
* added 4 new MetaTags to read OLE Summary Information: Title, Author,
Subject and NumberOfPages (thanks to work of Andre v.d. Merwe);
* added support of GIF files for Image dimension MetaTags
(thanks to work of Anders Melander on TGIFImage library);
* added File_DOSName MetaTag, to extract the DOS name of the file;
* sorting options (criteria, asc/desc, path/name) are remembered now;
* added option to the Settings: "Resort table when files are added";
* items which have failed Undo operation are now marked as failed;
* fixed error when Delete rule is activated with an empty delimiter;
* fixed small bugs within Filename Validation procedures;
* small optimizations for processing MetaTags and Rules;

ReNamer 2.11 (20 October 2005)
* Settings have been moved to the separate menu item, with shortcuts for each tab;
* added option to the Settings: "Clear Files Table on Rename" (leaves failed items);
* program warns user if all New Names are empty when he/she clicks Rename;
* added preset of Romanian characters for Translit rule;
* small graphical improvements;

ReNamer 2.10 (1 October 2005)
* added new Rule: Translit - gives ability to translate non-english characters of any
language to their english representation!
* added 4 Image meta tags: WidthAndHeight, Width, Height and Pixels - which
represent real dimensions of an image (supported formats: BMP, ICO, JPEG);
* added File_FolderName meta tag, to use file's folder name for renaming;
* added HTML_Title meta tag, to extract HTML's title tag contents;
* small graphical changes;

ReNamer 2.05 (3 September 2005)
* ANSI filenames support, works properly with any System Locale;
* improved treatment of Multi-Byte Characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean);
* Capitalization rule works now for filenames in any language;

ReNamer 2.02 (1 August 2005)
* added option to the Settings: display message on successful Rename;
* added option to the Settings: clear Actions List on Rename;
* added a popup menu to the Actions List, to clear (uncheck) all rules;
* ID3 TrackNo tags are always padded with front zero to get 2 digits number;

ReNamer 2.01 (12 July 2005)
* fixed bug: ID3 tags got skipped in some cases, after processing EXIF tags;
* added option to the Delete rule: right-to-left processing;

ReNamer 2.00 (7 July 2005)
* ID3v1 and ID3v2 Meta Tags support (thanks to "Audio Tools Library" developers);
* Jpeg EXIF Meta Tags support (thanks to Martin Djernaes);
* FileSize and FileDate Meta Tags support;
* Rename Folders - treat folders like files, plus extended Add Folder dialog;
* improved filenames validation, added existence check and MAX_PATH limitation;
* new GUI for Settings form, with guidelines on how to increase performance;
* extended Delete rule: delete from-until specified delimiters;
* added option to the Case rule: extension always lower case;
* added option to the Serialize rule: pad to specified length;
* added option to the CleanUp rule: skip number sequences;
* added Shell action: delete file to Recycle Bin;
* added option to the Settings: save rules set on exit, load on launch;
* option to leave original extension for the new filenames entered via User Input;
* improved file moving procedure, added to popup menu;
* shell actions are executed for all selected files;

ReNamer 1.85 (2 June 2005)
* Options menu was converted to the Settings Form;
* added Extra Columns: FileSize, TimeModified, TimeCreated - turned off by default;
* extended Browse For Folder dialog: Mask files, exclude Hidden files, Resizable;
* extended Serialization Rule: choice of Incremental or Random index;
* added ability to Force user defined Case for specific Fragments, in Case Rule;
* full path of the file is replaced by its directory path, in the Path column;
* improved performance of Case Capitalization: slow string concatenation was
replaced with fast indexed character access;
* files icons reset when no validation on preview;
* handy shortcuts: Add Files - F3; Add Folder - F4; Preview - F5; Rename - F6;
* customizable "Drag your files here" text, via Settings Form;
* added Option to Minimize Path Column on Auto Size, which was done by default;
* added Select by Mask to the files management functions;
* added special sorting by File Size;
* added alternative view for Tabs;
* added files total size, beside the counter;
* code optimizations and cleanup;

ReNamer 1.80 (10 May 2005)
* Inter Process Communications (written by Shen Min @ www.sunisoft.com):
"Add To ReNamer" now enqueues files in already running Application, if any;
* extended loading options: load files from M3U and PLS playlists, load new
filenames from User Input;
* enhanced files management, with improved sorting and popup menu;
* fixed validation bug: files with a same name were considered duplicated even
if they were in different folders;
* new options: auto size table on change, validate new filenames on preview,
remember last location, always on top; all written to the INI file;
* added functions for clearing valid/invalid files and selecting by extension;
* added files counter;
* general cleanup and tiny fixes;
* code optimizations;

ReNamer 1.76 (2 May 2005)
* Actions Order is written to the Preset (not only rules);
* CleanUp rule - formed from Brackets rule joined together with a new Spaces rule;
* some icons have been updated;
* small improvements;

ReNamer 1.75 (23 April 2005)
* Test String dialog now became a String Analyzer, with ability to plug parameters
of the selection (selected text, position, length) straight into the rules;
* added File Properties menu item (opens Windows File Properties dialog);
* fixed: shell related menu items "Open File" and "Open File with Notepad" were
not connected to associated functions;
* small graphical and functional improvements;

ReNamer 1.73 (12 April 2005)
* Support for parameters, supplied files and folders will be added to the table;
* Option to register a preset *.rnp extension;
* Option to add ReNamer to the context menu of the folders;
* added About tab to About Form, with shell executable email and web addresses;
* added menu item to Browse the Presets folder;
* small graphical improvements to the buttons control panel;
* added shortcuts Ctrl+1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 to first 9 presets;
* fixed: Presets Manager would rename a preset to ".rnp" when new name is an
empty string;
* fixed: space on its own and spaces on both sides of text parameters were
not saved in Presets;
* corrected some typos;
* small changes and improvements;

ReNamer 1.70 (8 April 2005)
* Presets supported now! Create, Save, Load and Manage your very own presets.
* Undo supported now! Press Ctrl+Z to Undo - get your old filenames back.
* New look of the About Form;
* fixed a terrible typo (thanks to Bert van Velsen);
* added hints for the main buttons;

ReNamer 1.61 (3 April 2005)
* added files up/down moving feature: Ctrl + Up/Down Arrow;
* added Brackets rule: to strip out contents of the brackets;
* expanded sorting options: sort numerically, by time created, by last modified
time, by path/name;

ReNamer 1.60 (25 March 2005)
* added Validate button, for validation at any time;
* small improvements to the files table;
* added some hints for the buttons;
* new filenames are always trimed on both sides;
* added ascending/descending Sorting, based on filename;
* ability to load new filenames from the text file;
* table columns are auto-sized automatically whenever new files are added
as well as after filenames generation;
* improved filenames validation: warnings are given when two or more files have
the same generated name, or if at least one filename is an invalid Windows
filename or filename is an empty string;

ReNamer 1.50 (19 February 2005)
* added couple of useful Hotkeys to manage Files list;
* improved marking procedures;
* added support for dragged Folders;
* improved & fixed column auto-resizing procedure;
* fixed bag with incorrect positioning of NewFileName Editor;
* mouse right click on Path column header - minimizes it;
* added advanced custom "Browse for Folder" dialog, which remembers last used
Folder, and has option to include or not to include subfolders;

ReNamer 1.45 (10 January 2005)
* implemented Validation of generated FileNames;
* added Strip rule;
* added Serialization rule;
* optimized algorithms, global Rules implemented;
* added checkboxes for files, only marked ones will be renamed;
* some GUI impoovements;
* added NewFileName Editor, to manually edit particular filenames;
* fixed bug with Case Capitalization, now filename is put in Lower case first,
and then Capitalized;

ReNamer 1.41 (12 December 2004)
* fixed bug with clearing successful and failed items;
* improved Testing procedure interface, created separate Form;
* Case Capitalization improved: words capitalized if one of this symbols is
in front of the word (including a space symbol): _.,()[]&+-

ReNamer 1.40 (6 December 2004)
* improved GUI, for easy navigation;
* remember the Test string;
* specific Rule tab is brought to front once associated Rule is been clicked;
* added Hotkeys for moving up/down Actions: Ctrl + UpArrow/DownArrow;

ReNamer 1.37 (4 December 2004)
* small GUI changes;

ReNamer 1.36 (27 November 2004)
* redesigned control panel, for better navigation;
* status message is displayed when finished renaming, with some statistics;
* files table is automatically updated after the renaming operation, and files
are ready for the next operation;

ReNamer 1.35 (20 November 2004)
* added icons for buttons in Control Panel;
* Folder can be added, which is scanned recursively to obtain files within it;
* fixed incorrect moving of an Operation within the Order List, check-item
associated with an Operation was not moved;

ReNamer 1.30 (November 2004)
* all buttons placed to the Control Panel, at the top of the form;
* Tester added, to parse any string through the chain of the rules, for testing
purposes;
* Popup Menu added for the table, with actions to Remove Items, Test current
filename, and some function to clear the table;
* fixed some bugs, results after applying some rules were incorrect;

ReNamer 1.20 (November 2004)
* files can be Dragged over to the form, to add them to the table;
* images added to the files table, to display different states: not processed,
successfully renamed, failed to be renamed;
* improved graphical interface;

ReNamer 1.10 (November 2004)
* Actions Order can be changed;
* added rules to edit Case of the letters;
* added rule to change Extension;
* re-done graphical user interface;

ReNamer 1.00 (November 2004)
* Multi-functional program to Rename files using different rules;

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