Release 8.70



XYplorer 8.70 has been released on 30-Nov-2009. Here's a quick introduction to the main new features:

Metadata Search. Now you can search for files by all available metadata, e.g. version, owner, date taken, image dimensions, artist, duration and so on. Wildcards, Boolean Logic, and Regular Expressions are supported.

To search for metadata you have to know either the tag or the ID (numerical index) of the metadata. These names and IDs vary strongly between different Windows versions. A list for your current Windows version is available in Configuration | File Info Tips (because File Info Tips draw on the same metadata).

Like all search terms in XYplorer, the metadata search term has to be entered into the Name field on Find Files | Name & Location (Ctrl+F). The general syntax for the term is: 
prop:[tag]:[pattern]
Search by metadata identified by its tag.
prop:[#index]:[pattern]
Search by metadata identified by its index.

Examples:

prop:type:Image
Finds all items where the type contains the string Image.
prop:fileversion:8.70
Finds all items where the version contains the string 8.70.
prop:fileversion:"8.70.0000"
Finds all items where the version is exactly 8.70.0000.
prop:#8:"Donald"
Finds all items with owner Donald.
prop:#26:"1024 x 768"
Finds all items with dimensions "1024 x 768".
prop:whentaken:2009
Finds all images taken in the year 2009.
Tags & Comments 2.0. Now you can search for files by their tags or comments. Wildcards, Boolean Logic, and Regular Expressions are supported.
NOTE
Syntax and functionality have been enhanced in version 9.90!

The general syntax for the search term is as follows. As all XYplorer search terms it has to be entered into the Name field on Find Files | Name & Location (Ctrl+F):

tag:[pattern]
Search by tag.
cmt:[pattern]
Search by comment.

Examples:

tag:"red"
Finds all items with tag "red".
tag:!"red"
Finds all items with no tag "red".
tag::"red" or "green"
Finds all items with tag "red" or "green". The second ":" after "tag:" is the inline Boolean search mode marker.
tag:"red";"green"
Finds all items with tag "red" or "green", using "Loose Boolean Match" syntax where ";" stands for OR.
cmt:2008;2009;2010
Finds all items with 2008 or 2009 or 2010 in the comment field.
cmt:2008 2009 2010
Finds all items with 2008 and 2009 and 2010 in the comment field, using "Loose Boolean Match" syntax where " " stands for AND.

Note that also Quick Name Search supports this syntax, for example:

E:\Test\?tag:"blue";"red"
Finds all items in E:\Test\ with tags blue or red.
Find Files. Now you can search for files by the length of their names. You can, for example, find all files with names larger than 260 characters: 
len: > 260
Finds all items whose full name is longer than 260 characters. See next paragraph for the use of comparison operators.
len: 42
Finds all items whose full name is exactly 42 characters long.
Find Files. The Name field now supports comparison operators. 
    
     <    Less than
     >    Greater than
     <=   Less than or equal to
     >=   Greater than or equal to
The operators must be surrounded by spaces and are prefixed to the patterns.
Using comparison operators allows you to define alphabetical or numerical ranges, for example: 
: >= d.txt AND  < m.txt
Finds all items from "d.txt" through "m.txt". Watch the double space after AND: Boolean " AND " must be surrounded by spaces as well. The leading ":" is the inline Boolean search mode marker.
len:: > 100 AND  < 120
Finds all items whose full name is longer than 100 characters and shorter than 120 characters. The second ":" after "len:" is the inline Boolean search mode marker.
Backup. Backup operations have been enhanced by making the behavior on name collision configurable.

You have six options:

Overwrite only older files: [factory default] Copies only files that are younger/newer than same named files in the destination, otherwise does nothing.
Overwrite always: Copies always, whether a file of the same name exists or not.
Overwrite never: Copies only files that don't exist in the destination, otherwise does nothing.
Suffix number: Suffixes a number as defined by the template in Configuration | Templates.
Suffix date now: Suffixes the date now formatted as defined by the template in Configuration | Templates.
Suffix date modified: Suffixes the item's modified date formatted as defined by the template in Configuration | Templates.
Help. Now the help comes in Windows 7 compatible CHM (Compiled HTML Help) format.