CMDbar 
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2.20 - Version 2.20 (build: 000309), released in March 13, 2000

  • Added: Drag-and-drop support. File, folder or text can be dragged and drop on CMDbar. Drag-and-drop with left mouse button copies the dragged text to the command line combo box. Drap-and-drop with right mouse button displays menu with several options (create favorite item, change directory, etc.).
  • Added: Auto-minimize mode. When this mode is selected then CMDbar is automatically minimized to tray area.
  • Added: New option "Extract WWW address (URL) from .URL files on drop " was added inside the 'General' properties (Tools/Options).
  • Added: Command 'dock' has a new parameter 'on' to dock CMDbar on the current default position (top or bottom, can be found in the 'CMDbar Properties', page 'General').
  • Added: Command 'cd' takes as parameter also shortcut to favorite folder. Favorite folders are offered as parameter by Smart Command Complete (auto-complete).

  • New Commands Added:
    'autominimize' to switch auto-minimize on or off.
    'newfavorite' to create new favorite item (either folder, program, file, link or other).

  • Changed: Command 'dir' with parameter containing wildcard (e.g., 'dir *.doc') displays File Management window instead of calling Explore window which did not work properly.
  • Changed: Script Definition edit box inside the Script Properties dialog uses fixed pitch font (Courier New) for better editing.
  • Changed: Option 'Show icon in tray' inside the 'General' properties (Tools/Options) was renamed to 'Show always icon in tray.

  • Fixed: Quotes are automatically added to multiword file or folder names during Smart Command Complete. This fixes problems with commands like 'cd c:\Program Files', etc.
  • Fixed: Selecting Autohide inside View menu hid CMDbar immediately, instead of only setting on this option.
  • Fixed: 'minimize' command did not work properly.
  • Fixed: When icon in tray was disabled and CMDbar was minimized then it disappeared (its window was not visible).
  • Fixed: 'restore' command did not work properly.
  • Fixed: PIF files were not handled correctly.
  • Fixed: Browsing for file could change current directory.
  • Fixed: Key 'Del' did not work properly during renaming a file or folder inside the File Management dialog.
  • Fixed: User defined hot key did not work when CMDbar was minimized in tray area.

2.10 - Version 2.10 (build: 000110), released in January 13, 2000

  • Added: CMDbar implements ActiveX Script Host functionality. Scripts can be run faster then using Internet Explorer as ActiveX Script Host. VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)-like scripting functionality is available for all supported scripting languages.
  • Added: 'CMDbar' object with method 'Command' is available for scripts using CMDbar as ActiveX Script Host, so all CMDbar commands can be invoked from a script.
  • Added: 'CMDbar' object method 'Pause' -- convenient shortcut to command 'pause'.
  • Added: CMDbar object methods 'alert', 'confirm' and 'prompt'. These methods provide similar behavior as the same methods from object 'window' provided to scripts by Internet Explorer.
  • Added: Math expressions can be evaluated via VBScript -- CMDbar can be used as a convenient calculator.
  • Added: A context folder can be set up for particular applications. Once application with specified title is activated then the context folder is set as current CMDbar folder.
  • Added: Insert buttons (Command, Path and File) like were added to Script Properties dialog box.
  • Added: Aliases can take up to 9 parameters (strings %1 - %9 are substituted by actual parameters).
  • Added: Licence type is displayed inside About dialog box.
  • Added: Command 'dos' can perform a command using default command interpreter (cmd.exe for WinNT and command.com for Win95/98).
  • Added: Log window supports both list view and text view (text view can be used to copy log data to clipboard for further processing).

  • New Commands Added:
    '=' to evaluate math expression and display result.
    '+=' to evaluate math expression and add it to the last result.
    '-=' to evaluate math expression and subtract it from the last result.
    '*=' to evaluate math expression and multiply it by the last result.
    '/=' to evaluate math expression and divide by it the last result.
    'ctxmenu' (or 'contextmenu') to display context menu for file, folder or current folder.
    'disconnect'  to disconnect a network drive via Disconnect dialog.
    'eject' to eject removable media like, CD-ROM, ZIP disks, etc.
    'findcomputer' to invoke the Find: Computer dialog.
    'findfile' to invoke the Find: All Files dialog.
    'logoff' to logoff     current user.
    'mapdrive' to invoke 'Map Network Drive' dialog.
    'poweroff' to shutdown the system and switch off power. System has to support the power-off feature.
    'print' to print files using associated programs, e.g., files with extension .doc are printed via MS Word, etc.
    'properties' to display properties of a file, folder or current folder.
    'reboot' to shutdown and reboot the system.
    'rundlg' to invoke the Run dialog.
    'set' to set, modify or get value of an environment variable. 'set' works only with environment variables for current process (CMDbar) and child processes (programs run from CMDbar).
    'shutdown' to shutdown the system.
    'startmenu' to show and track the Start Menu.
    'whoami' to display current user name.

  • Changed: Log window can be resized.
  • Changed: Alias Properties dialog box layout was modified.

  • Fixed: Commands like "b:*.cpp" did not work properly -- filter was not correctly extracted inside File Management dialog and non-existing path was not reported.
  • Fixed: Buttons were not updated properly inside Options property sheet, tab Favorites.
  • Fixed: Focus was last after last item was deleted inside Options/Scripts, Favorites, etc.
  • Fixed: History of previous folders (back menu) was updated even if the same folder was set again (e.g., last back folder was c:\temp, current folder was c:\temp and command cd c:\temp put the c:\temp folder to back menu again).
  • Fixed: Vertical and horizontal scrollbars were missing in Script Definition edit box inside Script Properties dialog box.
  • Fixed: List box of the Command Combo Box was not resized properly in Windows 9x.
  • Fixed: Several spelling errors.

1.10 - Version 1.10 (build: 990630), released in July 13, 1999

  • Added: 'mkdir' command can create multi-level directories -- e.g., 'mkdir d1\d2\d3' will create all directories from d1 to d3 in opposite to default 'MS-DOS' behavior where sequence of five commands ('mkdir d1', 'cd d1', 'mkdir d2', etc.) was required.
  • Added: Support of ActiveX scripting languages. CMDbar is able to run scripts written in VBScript, JavaScript, PerlScript and PythonScript.  New property page for scripts was added to the Options property sheet. This feature requires Internet Explorer 4.x or higher.
  • Added: CMDbar can be integrated with Internet Exloprer 4.x and higher.  When user enters 'ls', 'dir' or 'explore' command then special instance of the Internet Explorer browsing current folder is created.  Current folder is synchronized between the Internet Explorer and CMDbar.
    Added: Command 'del' has new parameters - '+rb' to delete file or folder through the Recycle Bin and '-rb' to delete file or folder directly.
  • Added: Filters, Favorites and Aliases property pages have new button "Add Copy" to add copy of an existing item.

  • Changed: New smaller installation and uninstallation programs are used.
  • Changed: Name of the program was changed to CMDbar.
  • Changed: Button "Add" on the Filters, Favorites and Aliases property pages was renamed to "Add New".
  • Fixed: CMDbar cannot be run twice now -- multiple running eventually caused problems.
  • Fixed: Several spelling errors.
  • Fixed: Searching inside Command Browser did not work properly.
  • Fixed: Empty shortcut to Favorite, Filter or Alias item may not be entered now.

0.99 - Version 0.99 Free-Beta (build 990422), released in April 23, 1999

Version 0.99 Free-Beta (build 990422), released in April 23, 1999

  • Added: Favorite Folders have new option -- "Show tree in Explorer" -- user can decide if he prefers to "open" or fully "explore" given folder.
  • Fixed: "Up one level" icon inside the File Management window was not displayed properly in Windows98 -- the icon was changed. 
  • Fixed: Button "Properties" did not work in some circumstances.
  • Fixed: DLL files were not displayed inside the File Management Window

0.99 - Version 0.99 Free-Beta (build 990418), released in April 19, 1999

  • Fixed: Problems with resizing controls (Current Path, Command Combo Box, Toolbar) in the Command Line Mode.
  • Fixed: Autohide was not working properly in Windows 98

0.99 - Version 0.99 Free-Beta - released in April 15, 1999

 

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