Finally: ReNamer 5.60

den4b · 2011-09-13 16:54

Hello everyone!

It has been a while since any major software update, but there is a good reason for that. From some point in time last year there was a number of different scenarios unveiling which seriously changed my life, including revelations in my private and professional sides of life. OK, now let's put excuses aside and get down to business.

Finally, after 2 years of continues maintenance and development, ReNamer 5.60 is here!

Here is an enormous log of changes since previous release:

* Fixed problem with ExecConsoleApp function which forced the target process
  to freeze if it would send a lot of data to the standard output;
* Added a warning that describes sorting problem when renaming folders;
* Restored "click to edit" behaviour for the files table;
* Added "Repeat" option to the Incremental Serialize rule;
* Fixed problem with remembering correct position and size when application
  is terminated in the maximized state;
* Fixed non-transparent background for Rename button icon updates on Vista and 7;
* When "Overwrite files with New Names" option is enabled, the Rename
  button changes name to Overwrite and a different icon appears;
* Highlight Rename button in red when "Overwrite files with New Names"
  option is enabled, in order to warn users;
* Email address updated;
* Right single quotation mark 0x2019 is handled like an apostrophe
  in the word by the Case rule;
* TIFF_* meta tags can handle Unicode filenames;
* Image_* meta tags for TIFF files can handle Unicode filenames;
* Added Image_AspectRatio meta tag;
* Replaced ugly font arrows in the toolbar with icons;
* Changed shortcut for Presets Manager to Ctrl+P;
* 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;
* 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;
* Option to fix conflicting new names will not strip path from the new name;
* 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.
* Fixed incorrectly saved configuration for multiple instances of Rearrange rule;
* Fixed incorrectly updated counter for "reset every" option in Serialize rule;
* Fixed problem with not saved settings when using the Exit menu option.
* 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;
* Shortcuts Alt+F and Alt+I were changed to Ctrl+F and Shift+I, accordingly;
* Icon added for "Count marked and selected files" option;
* About dialog got a new color scheme;
* Fixed incorrectly used counter for the display of hourglass icon,
  which caused the hourglass icon to appear indefinitely;
* Selected file names will be loaded into newly added Remove and Replace
  rules as sample text (experimental, may be removed later);
* Added BoolToStr function to PascalScript;
* Added option to reset serialization index every N files;
* Eliminated unnecessary calls to apply rules in Analyze dialog;
* Copyright notices were put into a separate file;
* Added legal notice in the about dialog;
* Font size in PascalScript editor is increased to 10 points;
* Added support for #0 separated values in ID3v2 tags;
* All calls to help files and web links will be verbose on error;
* Improved backwards compatibility of presets due to changes to Skip Extension
  option in the Insert rule;
* Wiki link points to a page dedicated to ReNamer as opposed to the main page;
* Skip Extension option in the Insert rule will work for the whole rule;
* 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;

iycgtptyarvg · 2011-09-21 12:17

Oh man, what a great and useful tool this is. I've used it for some years now for sorting and sanitizing photo names/descriptions.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

auwebio · 2011-09-22 20:47

Yes, even with the moderate "moaning" and "complaining" I did last time I was here (which wasn't quite fair), I • • • L O V E T H I S T O O L • • •

This is a serious "Swiss Army Knife" Application to have on our computers. There's no end to the appreciation for you making it available to us (even better - for free!).

And may I say: What a loooooong list of improvements! Nice!

P.S.: I'm working on making a really nice IDE for writing PascalScripts for ReNamer, using NotePad++ with complete, specific and correct syntax highlighting, complete context function help and autocompletion. As soon as I'm done I'll post it around here.

Enrico65 · 2011-10-03 09:36

Dan, THANKS. Awesome tool, as usual.

iycgtptyarvg · 2011-11-22 09:52

This utility is great. Many thanks for your continued efforts!

krapotkin · 2011-11-24 06:21

Great tool. Thank you.
Can you put in a wishlist the ability to use the non-common tags? For example, I need to use "BPM".
Maybe the universal syntax "ID3_xxxx" is more suitable against concrete 7 ID3 tags?

den4b · 2011-11-25 23:05

krapotkin wrote:

Can you put in a wishlist the ability to use the non-common tags? For example, I need to use "BPM".
Maybe the universal syntax "ID3_xxxx" is more suitable against concrete 7 ID3 tags?

Normally, tags provide meta data about the content. Things like artist, title, track number, etc - are all part of ID3 meta data. BPM (I assume beats per minute), however, is not stored in the meta data. BPM is something that can be calculated based on analysis of the entire audio stream, which is something that audio editing applications can do. This is not the type of functionality that can be easily built in to ReNamer.

krapotkin · 2011-11-26 13:29

of course, i have a BPM tag already
the winamp, for example, uses it very well in the construction of the playlist items
http://www.id3.org/ID3v2Easy :

id3v2 wrote:

The ID3v2
Has several new text fields such as composer, conductor, media type, BPM, copyright message, etc. and the possibility to design your own as you see fit.

Dm.Fedorov · 2012-05-07 22:31

Hi, Denis.
Six months ago I have sent you my translation ReNamer 5.60 beta_8. In the beta_14, the translation is not a lot changed. Do you need alternative translation? (Russian language)

narayan · 2012-12-04 10:30

Denis,

The download section still lists a beta dated 24th Nov 2012 and a stable installer dated 13th Sept 2011!
What's wrong?

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