What's New?

• Added importing of old/new name pairs.

Version 1.46, January 25, 2006

• Fixed bug with predefined insertion into custom list.
• Fixed bug with rescan button.

Version 1.45, January 23, 2006

• Added support for Subversion (SVN) (off by default).
• Added icons in Detailed Information Window.
• Reorganized Help Info into small pages for easier searching.
• Bug Fix to remove import of pysvn for Windows 95/98 systems.
• Upgraded wxPython library to 2.6.2.1.

Version 1.43, December 20, 2005

• Added more features for moving rows.
• CSV Export now supports more columns.
• Can now insert Specialized Renaming commands in custom list.
• Changed some terminology for Force Case tables.
• Fixed Unicode problem with MP3 Tag insertion.

Version 1.42, November 24, 2005

• Added Unicode Support.
• Added button for insertion of Pre-defined renaming commands into Custom List.
• Window positions now saved automatically.
• Splitter sash position for main window (between custom and summary panels) now saved automatically.
• Various minor enhancements and optimizations.
• Upgraded MP3 Tag Reading library
• Upgraded WxPython library to 2.6.1.0.

Version 1.37, November 6, 2005

• Added draggable rows (but no drag image yet).
• Fixed bug with detailed info window and moving down 1 row.

Version 1.36, October 30, 2005

• Changed 'renumber' function in the detailed info window to a more general purpose 'redo scan' button.
• Fixed display bug when deleting first entry of preview list.
• Fixed bug with summary panel display.

Version 1.35, October 22, 2005

• Added MP3 tag columns to preview list.
• Added EXIF tag columns to preview list.
• Added File Creation Date column to preview list.
• Made display of any of above columns user configurable.
• Added more mouse click controls to preview list.
• Optimized memory usage.
• Fixed bug with cancelling manual edit.

Version 1.31, October 12, 2005

• Reorganized keyboard shortcuts.
• Split main window into a splitter window. Sash is above summary panel.
• Fixed a bug with manually renaming to a duplicate file.

Version 1.30, October 7, 2005

• Can now renumber the preview list after rearranging rows of the detailed information window.
• Can now sort using numeric based sorting (sometimes called natural sorting).
• Added ability to move individual rows or groups of rows up or down.
• Added icon buttons for moving/deleting list rows.
• Can now randomize row positions.
• Other minor gui updates
• Upgraded Python library to 2.4.2.
• Fixed bug with "Clear Summary"
• Updated Help Information.

Version 1.24, September 27, 2005

• Added Pre-Defined Commands for removing trailing and leading whitespace.
• Made separate set of 'Force Case' tables for Case Replacement commands
• Added Highlighting of codes in custom patterns.
• Enhanced 'Name Filter' configuration interface.
• Custom Renaming list now larger and expandable.
• Other minor gui tweaks.
• Fixed bug with custom previewer that occurred when previewing full path names and multiple custom commands.

Version 1.20, September 20, 2005

• Added Force Case of Words Table option for Case replacement commands (shared with music tables)
• Added highlighting for manually changed entries.
• Added 'Old Length' and 'Old Full Path Length' columns to detailed information window (column display for these is off by default).
• Added 'New Full Path Length' column to detailed information \ window.
• Can now Drag'n Drop folders into current folder field, custom renaming 'sample text' field, and the Favourite Folder's list.
• Last sorted column of detailed information window can now be saved automatically.
• Pathname terminology now includes the filename.
• Fixed bug with scanning blank list in custom renaming.

Version 1.15, September 12, 2005

• Added Pre-defined command for 'Sentence Case'.
• Added Hex Code viewing option for Old/New Name pairs.
• Added Hex Code to Character Conversion Display window.
• Minor display fix.

Version 1.10, August 30, 2005

• Made master reset button available on main window file menu.
• Fixed incompatability of 1.05 with old versions.
• Updated some tooltips.
• Updated Help Information.

Version 1.05, August 25, 2005

• Added regular expression previewer.
• Added ability to enter/paste text for the current folder name.
• Fixed window flipping when responding to some kinds of error input.
• Fixed bug configuring subfolder exclusion filter.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for custom renaming from CTL-C to CTL-K.

Version 1.01, August 9, 2005

• Fixed bug with sorting of 'Problem' column.
• Fixed bug that occurs after closing Help Window.
• Added more regex examples to help.

Version 1.00, July 8, 2005

• Added 'Last Modified Date' column to detailed information window.
• Fixed bug in which configuring null strings for missing tags did not work as exected when missing tag warnings were also enabled.

Version 0.998, July 5, 2005

• Added optimizations for scanning large number of files.
• Fixed bug so that missing tag warnings are raised properly.
• Fixed bug so that any work in progress terminates immediately after closing a window.

Version 0.997, June 26, 2005

• Added Restore Default Buttons for General, Data, MP3, and EXIF options.
• Minor improvements to smart case replacements in music renaming.
• Added GUI tweaks.
• Fixed bugs with Detailed information list editor that was introduced in 0.995.
• Fixed general option ranges for some of the parameters.

Version 0.995, June 19, 2005

• Can manually edit new filenames in scan list before renaming.
• Added filters for minimum filename size, maximum filename size, minimum pathname size, maximum pathname size.
• Added filter for maximum level of subfolders.
• Added option to enable/disable the display of specified columns on detailed info window.
• Window sizes saved automatically.
• Many minor improvements to display.
• Fixed bug with colour on detailed info window.

Version 0.99, June 5, 2005

• Added ability to export the detailed information to a CSV file.
• Added configurable filter for excluding sub-folders and their contents.
• Added configurable colours.
• Many minor improvements to display.

Version 0.98, May 30, 2005

• Added display of a thumbnail in the Detailed Info window for when a picture file is selected.
• Huge optimization with sorting columns in Detailed Information Window! Sortable display now just as fast as old standard display; therefore standard display mode no longer needed.
• Missing tag insertion will now generate optional warning.
• Removed coloured rows from Detailed Info window. Problem rows now have red text.
• Added counter previewer.
• Moved length display of selected file into a new column that shows the length for all files.
• Entire Filter list from main menu is now automatically saved. No longer have to use the "copy current" button in the option window to save the list.
• Entire Folder list from main menu is now automatically saved. No longer have to use the "copy current" button in the option window to save the list.
• All counter insertion commands in custom renaming now use same counter value for each file.
• Minor improvements to all window GUI's
• Updated Help File.

Version 0.96, May 15, 2005

• Integrated with Explorer. Can now activate PFrank by right-clicking on a Folder and selecting PFrank.
• Added option to configure action to take if MP3 or EXIF tag to be inserted is missing.
• Min Digits option for Counters will no longer remove digits if number too large.
• Added Max Digit option for Counters which will truncate digits if number too large.
• Reclassified warnings into problems that can be errors or warnings.
• Fixed Bug with display of main window on slow PC's (introduced in 0.95).
• Fixed bug with title case introduced in 0.95.
• Fixed bug with display of renaming when scan errors detected.
• Updated Help File.

Version 0.95, April 30, 2005

• Added ability to delete rows from the detailed information window.
• Added ability to open files from detailed information window before renaming them.
• Can now delete and clear multiple rows from custom renaming list.
• Changed summary panel into an event log. Summary information can be cleared or saved to a file.
• Title Case replacements now skip over any type of leading opening brackets in each word.
• Can now shrink size of summary panel by resizing main window.
• Added 'Year' tag insertion for MP3 files.
• Can now configure where auto duplicate file resolving string is placed.
• Added shortcuts to make it easy to move between windows. Redefined some other shortcuts.
• Counters now support negative numbers.
• Counters now support random mode.
• Added row indicator to detailed information window.
• Current filter now remembered between sessions.
• Fixed bug with setting 'number of digits' for counter insertion.
• Fixed bug with setting the 'base' for counters.
• Fixed bug with folder separator.
• Upgraded libraries to Python 2.4.1 and wxPython 2.5.5.1.
• Updated Help File.

Version 0.90, April 12, 2005

• Added ability to insert information from MP3 tags of music files.
• Added ability to insert information from EXIF tags of picture files.
• Added ability to insert folder names.
• Renaming and Undo Batch Files now only created on demand.
• Improved User Interface by adding a menu and status bar to the detailed information window. The batch file commands from the main window are now in the detailed information window menu. The undo and rename commands are now available together on the detailed info window. Renaming progress and results now appear on the detailed information status bar. The detailed information window is automatically raised after a scan.
• Detailed Information search now wraps around
• Only show 'Problem' column in Detailed Info if there are warnings.
• Added 'Type' column in Detailed Info to show which entries are files or folders.
• Fixed Frozen Abort prompt on status bar.
• Updated Help File.

Version 0.83, March 31, 2005

• Can now insert any pre-defined renaming command from the custom renaming popup menu instead of just the currently displayed renaming command.
• Specialized music renaming now includes '.flac' files.
• The sortable detailed info is back. It really bothered me when I had to remove it earlier. Also replaced the detailed info display option selection with display buttons directly on the detailed info window.
• Added 'find' dialog for detailed information window (use right mouse click).
• Added configuration for custom date format.
• Date sources for Date insertion now includes "Today's date".
• Removed Illegal Date Formats from pre-defined list.
• Added configurable Number Base for counters.
• Added display of "Tip of Day" from main menu.
• Updated Help File.

Version 0.80, March 10, 2005

• All renaming now takes place internally instead of using batch files. Renaming results are updated to the status bar as renaming occurs. Renaming can be aborted. Results are recorded in the summary panel.
• Added checking for pathnames greater than 256 characters.
• Updated Help File.

Version 0.76, February 28, 2005

• Added "swap case" to pre-defined renaming command list.
• Added option to enable/disable re-initialization of the insertion counter whenever a new subfolder is scanned. The default is to reset the counter on a new subfolder. Previous versions did not reset the counter.
• Current pre-defined renaming command and portion now included in saved settings.
• Changed default for including subfolders in renaming to false.
• Speed optimized the check for duplicate files.
• Fixed bug in setting separator for counter/date insertion.
• Fixed bug where undo could fail for some files if the encompassing folder was renamed first.
• Updated Help File.

Version 0.75, February 19, 2005

• Added status bar at bottom of main window to show status of scan while it is in progress.
• Users can now abort a scan.
• Added ability to save all configurations into a file and to load all configurations to a file.
• Fixed bug where renaming could fail for some files if the encompassing folder was renamed first.
• Added option to enable/disable renaming of subfolders.
• GUI no longer locks up temporarily while scanning many thousands of files.
• Changed Detailed Info window to virtual list control. With the regular list control, it was very slow if thousands of files were in the list. This change has resulted in the loss of sortability for the detailed info rows.
• Using insert counter command in custom panel will now reset the counter with each scan.
• Relabeled buttons to make them more windows-like.
• Added list of shortcut commands to the help file. Other minor updates to help file.

Version 0.73, January 21, 2005

• Initial beta version.
  Developed using Python 2.4 and wxPython 2.5.3.1.