File Operations 'Copy/Move':
When a file operation failed, the Archive attribute of the source file was modified anyway.
Changes
File Operations 'Copy/Move': Added an option to overwrite Read Only files.
Immediately aborting Split Zip actions is possible.
Choosing 'File/New Profile' now uses the file '[DefaultUserDataDir]\default.abp'.
On Windows XP this is: "C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Abakt\default.abp".
Preferences: The available languages are now displayed as full names.
Command Line: You can override the path and name of Abakt.ini
using command line option -I.
Most translations have been updated to this release.
New and updated translations will be made available as seperate downloads when available.
Profiles and Groups saved with releases older than 0.8.11 (build 228) are not automatically updated anymore.
This reduces maintenance time and code size. Please review the settings for your older Profiles and Groups.
Added an option to include empty directories. Only works with Zip archives at this time.
See Preferences/Advanced.
The Zip64 format is supported when using ZipForge.
Profiles listed in a Group are not automatically sorted anymore.
You can change the order in which Profiles are executed using the Up and Down buttons.
Filter Masks are not automatically sorted anymore.
You can change the order in which Masks are tested using the Up and Down buttons.
The interface that lets you build the command line with which 7z.exe will be called has changed.
See the Manual for more information.
The output of calls to the 7-zip executable are now captured and displayed in the Log panel.
Added: A global option to disable the creation of a temporary copy when performing a Zip Action with Method 'Replace'.
See Preferences/Advanced.
If Abakt is called with command line parameters it returns a number
that can be retrieved as %ERRORLEVEL% when using .BAT scripts.
See How to send mail when a backup has finished for an example. Works with Profiles (.abp), not Groups (.abg). Does not work with 7-Zip.
Other Changes
New icons! - Thanks to Berend.
Action Log now displays if destination drive is a CD/DVD.
Added a new Volume Size Preset: "750 MB (750 MB IOMEGA disk)".
Group: Added an 'Edit' button to open/edit the selected Profile.
Building File Lists does not fail anymore if errors occured.
Filter Preview: Displays more information for every in-/excluded file.
The Status panel can not be hidden anymore.
History: Associated 'backup.Z##' files will be removed too.
'Preferences/Advanced':
Added an option to disable removing non-existent Source directories from a Profile when it is opened.
Group: The internal (English!) Name=Value pair of a Profile's configuration setting is displayed.
This can be used in a future release that will allow overrides using commandline options.
The installer now always asks to run Abakt after setup.
Abakt stores the Data files (Profiles etc.) in the current user's "home" directory.
On NT and XP systems this is in "Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Abakt\".
Previously existing Data files are automatically copied to the new location when upgrading from an older release.
This requires starting Abakt without commandline parameters after Setup.
Added a History section to the Destination page.
For every Profile you can set the amount of backups you wish to keep. And the amount of days you wish to keep them.
New commandline option: -o "CustomFormatText"
This will enable 'Append Format Text' and override the 'Format Text' string.
Only works for Profiles.
See the manual for more information.
Commandline: When calling Abakt with a filename without path-information,
it will try to open the (.abp/.abg) file in the default Profile/Group directory.
ActionType Zip: Added an option to modify the path information stored in a Zip Archive ('Store Path').
Implemented: 'Remove Empty Directories' for Move/Delete operations.
Bugs Fixed
The ArchiveMode setting was not set correctly when switching Profiles.
Group Actions did not override the ArchiveMode setting.
When replacing an existing Zip Archive, the archive was not 'really' replaced.
ActionType Copy/Move: On Win95/98/Me systems some Microsoft API functions are not available.
On those systems a simpler function will be called. These functions provide less progress information.
Implemented workarounds to prevent errors like 'FunctionName is not available in KERNEL32.DLL'.
Applies to Win95/98/Me/NT systems.
Cosmetic Changes & Convenience
Action Type Settings - Zip: Implemented an editor to set a Split Archive's Custom Size.
When using 7-Zip to create an archive, it is no longer necessary to press the OK button to close the console window.
Source - Files: When right-clicking empty space (no file selected)
the popup assumes you mean to select any file ("*") in the current directory.
Group: The "Override" page has a better readable display.
