when creating the DOpus "Favorites" and "Layouts" menus in QAP, support "shared" and "portable" DOpus installations (in addition to the default "private" setup)
when first running QAP, check if DOpus is installed by looking at the Windows registry (instead of looking the "Program Files" folder)
Various additions and bug fixes:
fix broken link to the website in QAP Startup Tips
for new installations, show a welcome dialog box; add menu item "Show welcome window again" under the "Help" menu
add menu item "Make a donation" under the "Help" menu
add a checkbox "Exclude folders" when "Include documents" is selected (if there are multiple levels of folders, folders are excluded only in the deepest level)
support wildcards (* and ?) and regular expressions (in addition to a list of extensions) to specify which documents to "Include/Exclude" in Live Folders
enter extensions separated by spaces (for example "bak bk")
or wildcards expressions separated by spaces ("*.bak "my file??.ext" *copy*.*")
or enter a regular expression with "Regex:"
add a dropdown list to select "Size of icons" in the Live Folders:
select a custom size (from 16 to 64 pixels)
inherit the size from the parent menu
use the default size from "Options, Menu Icons" dialog box
new option "Launch and wait" to enter a delay (in milliseconds) to wait after a favorite in a group is launched before launching the next favorite in the group
for favorite if type "Application" in a group:
new option "Wait until the program finishes" before launching the next favorite in the group
new option "Stop in case of error" to interrupt group opening if an application favorite returns a non-zero error code (show an error message if group opening was stopped)
new option to launch the application in a "Minimized" window
for favorites included in a group, rename the "Menu Options" tab to "Group Member Options"
increase the optional delay after each group member to a maximum of 999,999,999 ms (167 minutes)
Various
add icons in "Add Favorite Type" dialog box
in "Edit Favorite" dialog box for "Link" favorites, under the "Menu Options" tab, add the text box "Enter favicon.ico URL"
when opening a "Document" favorite, if the location does not exist, offer to edit the favorite
fix bug adding an undesired character at the end of snippets in some situations
fix bug not opening folder on the specified side when opening a folder with Total Commander
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Dutch language files update
add the "Launch at startup" option on "Basic tab" of the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box for all types of favorites including "Groups" (except "Text Separator" and individual group members)
press the Shift key while launching QAP to bypass the autoexecution of these favorites
in "Tools, Special Searches", add a new item "Search Favorites Launched at Startup"
the following changes are for users who selected "Directory Opus" (DOpus) or "Total Commander" (TC) in "Options, File Managers"
add an option in "Options, File Managers" to open favorites of type "Folder" or "Special Folder" in the "Destination" pane
when opening a "Group", add two options to open favorites of types "Folder" or "Special Folder" in the "Active side" or the "Destination" side
fix an "infinite loop" bug when opening a group in TC when it contains a Special folder (like "My Computer")
in "Options, File managers", when the option "the current TC/DOpus tab" is selected under "File manager preferences", disable the irrelevant options "Use tabs instead of opening a new window" and the side options below this checkbox
Total Commander Directory Hotist
when opening a folder from the QAP Feature "TC Directory Hotlist", open the folder in the active pane and, if specified in WinCmd.ini, open the "Target path" in the target pane
note: TC commands like cm_OpenDesktop or cm_OpenDrives are currently not supported in QAP TC Directory Hotlist (these entries are skipped in the "TC Directory Hotlist" menu)
Various bug fixes and improvements
fix issue when calling the "Always on top" QAP Feature from the popup menu on an Explorer.exe window
after executing the "Always on top" command, add a confirmation popup when turning it "On" or when the command fails
fix a bug when positioning a secondary dialog box when the main window is maximized or close to top-right of a screen
Italian language file update
Version: 11.5.3.1 (2021-12-21)
fix bug introduced in v11.5.3 expanding by error environment variables (like %windir%) in snippets content
in the "Select favorite type" dialog box, fix bug adding a favorite of the type previously selected user click Continue without having selected a type
LAST CALL - IMPORTANT NOTE TO USERS OF VERSIONS v11.0 to v11.4
Quick Access Popup v11.0 to v11.4 will STOP WORKING when the QAP license server will be shut down on December 31st, 2021. Since v11.5, Quick Access Popup reverted to the free software model and a license is not required anymore. The free version contains no limitation, no donation popup window or "Support this software" menu item like the previous free releases. To avoid any inconvenience, upgrade to QAP v11.5+ immediately here: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/downlo ... ess-popup/
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Version: 11.5.3 (2021-11-30)
Settings file (quickaccesspopup.ini)
prevent the error message "An error occurred while reading this settings file" displayed when QAP tries to load incomplete settings files
instead, QAP will revert to the previous favorites list and inform the user that the last saving was incomplete
now make an internal backup of the [Favorites] section of the ini file even when the size of the section is larger than 65532 chars
in various QAP windows, adapt buttons centering on screens with scaling (under Windows 10: Settings, Ease of Access, Display) often used by users with High-DPI screens
fix bug when user variable content includes an equal (=) sign
fix a bug preventing loading of a new language file when language is changed immediately after installation
fix bug in Customize window showing bold text (labels and listview) by error in dark mode
Other improvements
expand environment variables (like %windir%) in favorites parameters (a new ini value "ExpandEnvVarsInParameters=0" allows to disable expansion if required)
add an option under "Various Advanced Options" to keep file extension when setting the "Short name" for a Document or an Application favorite
new JLicons.dll file v1.6.3 including icons for a new project to be announced (user of the portable version must replace the previous JLicons.dll file)
addition of Russian language in the setup program
Russian translation file update
Version: 11.5.2.1 (2021-11-10)
fix a bug when launching an URL or Document favorite with values in both "Launch with" and "Parameters" fields
Version: 11.5.2 (2021-11-04)
* This release fixes a bug when using drag and drop to move multiple items in the favorites list of the Customize window. Upgrade strongly recommended.
add under "Options, Various Advanced Options" an option to display or not the debug option in "Add/Edit Favorites", "Basic Settings" tab
when launching a favorite with debug option enabled, display a dialog box with the location, parameters and start in option with placeholders and user variables expanded
debug option is available for Folders, Documents, Applications, Links, FTP sites and Snippets (text and macro)
when pasting a favorite with a placeholder {Input:Prompt}, place the content entered by the user in a temporary user variable named based on the Input's prompt (e.g. for "{Input:Email?}, the variable name is "{Email?})
this temporary user variable allows to re-use the content entered by the user more than once in the current favorite
in "Edit Favorite" dialog box, "Basic Settings" tab, add a checkbox to "Also display this group in a submenu"
when a favorite of type "Group" has this new option enabled, clicking the group item shows a popup menu including the group members, allowing to launch them individually, and an additional entry to "Launch all items" to open all group members
at this time, this group menu is "detached" from the main menu
Various improvements
fix bug in Total Commander when using an item from the TC Hotlist
- if there is no target path, the folder is open on the configured side (Active, Left, Right or Destination)
- if there is target path in the TC Hotlist, open the folder on the active pane and the target path on the destination pane
for Directory Opus users, when opening a folder on a Windows virtual desktop, QAP now detects if DOpus is already running in this virtual desktop before launching a new DOpus instance
in "Edit Favorite" dialog box for Snippets, in "Advanced Settings" tab, add a checkbox "Never prompt for this snippet", to be used when a snippet does not require an application window to be active when it is launched
disable the "Edit" entry in "Customize" window context menus when there are more than one item selected
in "Options, Popup Menu", replace the application inclusion/exclusion language with more appropriate vocabulary
in placeholders support new format {Now:ld} for last day of the month
support date calculation with syntax {Now[sign][value pairs]:[format]}, where:
- [sign] is "+" or "-"
- [valu pairs] is one or more pairs of a number and a unit identified by one of the letters "smhdMy" (case sensitive) for seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years
- for example "{Now+1d:yyyy-MM-dd}" for tomorrow, "{Now-1y6M:yyyy-MM-dd}" for a date 1.5 year ago or "{Now+3h30m:HH:mm}" for in 1.5 hour from now
- see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i- ... tetimecalc
Bug fix
fix bug in open group with group in menu option if launch width property is "0" instead of empty (very, very rare situation)
