PeaZip 3.6

(2010.12.26)

Changes in 3.6

#BACKEND
* Updated to Pea 0.34

#CODE
* Updated Wolfgang Ehrhardt's crypto lybrary with crc_hash_2010-12-19

#FILE MANAGER

* Fixed:
    - installable version unable to update archives on Windows 64 bit
    - default 7z working dir (-w parameter) changed to explicitly set to use output path
    - if 7z working dir is set to temporary folder, let 7z determinate the appropriate path
    - when deleting files from a file supported through 7z backend, apply 7z working dir preference

* Fixed button position and size with large fonts / high dpi
    - StringGrid's rows are now auto sized

* Modal buttons text is now translated

* Open output path moved from Options to Add and Extract interfaces for better visibility

* On archive creation, if password is set and the format supports encryption, the encryption label is evidenced in green for better visibility

* New option for ignoring paths for drag and drop extraction (default on)
    - with ignore path directive applied, extraction through 7z and freearc backends will be performed using e (extract without paths) instead of x (extract with paths), in order to extract files from the archive without recreating the parent path's directory tree on the extraction destination

    - with this new directive applied by default, all partial extraction operations starting from the file/archive browser (extract and open, and extraction by drag and drop), behaves uniformly trying to extract selected file(s) without recreating parent path tree

    - the directive is overridden if a directory is selected, as extraction without paths will lose information about directory tree below that directory
see Options > Settings, Open archive tab for fine tuning "ignore paths" directives

129 file extensions supported
* Added support for .APK (Android package) and .SAR, and .IMF (IncrediMail)

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PeaZip 3.6 (Windows 32-bit) / PeaZip 3.6 (Windows 64-bit) / PeaZip 3.6 (Linux)

PeaZip 3.5.1

(2010.12.13)

Changes in 3.5.1

#BACKEND
* Updated to UPX 3.07

#CODE
* Updated Wolfgang Ehrhardt's crypto library units to latest available version

#FILE MANAGER
* Fixed: opening a password protected archive counts as password validation, so the password confirmation field inherits password field value
* Fixed: "Encrypt also file names" option is ignored for formats not supporting this feature "Encrypt also file names" flag is now remembered
* Removed -x.y version suffix from language file names so next version's updates will preserved user-selected language
It is possible to select existing themes (previously loaded custom temes) with directory selection dialog

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PeaZip 3.5.1 (Windows) / PeaZip 3.5.1 (Linux)

PeaZip 3.5

(2010.11.25)

Changes in 3.5

# BACKEND
* (Windows) 7z 9.20 stable
* (Windows) 7z.sfx and 7z-con.sfx modules updated to 9.20 stable version, customised with PeaZip icons
* Pea 0.33, updated look and feel of the utility

# FILE MANAGER
* fixed some non translated text strings
* fixed: don't ask for password confirmation for extraction operations
    - ask confirmation for archiving and browsing (password set during browsing is used by default for archiving, as in WinRAR/7-Zip); never ask for confirmation if "Show password field" flag is set
* new quick extraction menu and keyboard shortcut Ctrl+0 to extract to same path of last successfull extraction operation
* reorganized info mode for status bar (Ctrl+Alt+2)
* themes modified in order to be released as autonomous packages
    - default and no graphic themes are in application's path, custom themes are in configuration path (application's path for portable versions, in user's home/application data for installable versions)
    - themes are distributed as compressed packages (supported: 7z, zip and rar)
    - custom theme packages can be created by PeaZip
        ^ for further customization: theme file can be edited as plain utf8-text, program's graphic can be edited as bitmap files, theme package is built compressing the theme directory in 7z, zip or rar format using any compression utility
* (update recommended) updated web links to new PeaZip site
* added Mininova as featured search engine

# 126 file extensions supported
* added .sfs and .image

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PeaZip 3.5 (Windows x86) / PeaZip 3.5 (Linux)

PeaZip 3.4

(2010.10.25)

Chanegs in 3.4

# BACKEND
* (Windows) updated to 7z 9.17 beta

# CODE
* Updated units of Wolfgang Ehrhardt's crypto library

# FILE MANAGER
* Improved information reported by PeaLauncher, when applicable total and selected size of extraction operation reported separately
* Improved indication of progress during long operation
    - if an operation exceeds 0.5 seconds it is shown a (simil)marquee progress bar
    - if an operation exceeds 0.5 seconds the refresh button is changed in stop button, allowing to stop current operation
        ^ to prevent loss of time and user's focus a fresh instance of PeaZip is started in the last directory while the old instance is handled in background
* Added PanelIntro, usually not visible due to the speed of a normal startup
    - if startup of the program is slowed for any reason user is informed about loading progress (0 inital form status 1 configuration and theming files loaded 2 input parameters parsed and executed)
    - controls cannot be clicked for error until GUI is fully loaded and ready to accept user's input
    - some controls load faster as they aren't visible
* Improved file browser
    - Tighter integration with extraction interface
        ^ New toolbar button on the right of "Extract", featuring a menu for
            > direct extraction of the whole archive (or selected archives) to most commonly used locations
            > check and modify most common extraction settings
        ^ New keyboard shortcuts available bot in browser and in extraction interfaces for "Extract all to..." (Ctrl+E or F12), "Extract all here" (Ctrl+Alt+E), "Extract all to Desktop" (Ctrl+Shift+E), "Extract all to Documents" (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E); Ctrl+1..8 extract to bookmark's 1..8 path (if defined); Ctrl+9 extract to default output path (if defined).
* Extraction from context menu made context sensitive, if no archive is selected the extract/test entries are disabled
* Added small icons mode for file browser
* Changed Toolbar modes: 3 with large and 3 with small icons (text below, text on the right, no text), and text only mode
* Toolbar is now set to large mode by default for better readability of main program's function
* Remapped function keys:
    - Ctrl+* shortcuts for status bar types remapped to Ctrl+Alt+*
    - Ctrl+F9 create keyfile
    - F12 extract all to...
* Apps moved to a separate modal form, reachable in Organize menu
* Theme moved to a separate form, reachable in Options menu
* (Windows) Configure system integration entry now reachable in Options menu
* Default language file now changed to default.txt, that can be overwritten (i.e. by hand, or by custom installers or configuration script) to start by default the application in a non-Englih language; resetting the application will then result to swicth back to the language chosen for default.txt
* Rationalized themes moving some common decoration elements from separate bitmaps to non-themed graphic resources of the executable
* Various minor fixes and improvements

# 124 file extensions supported
* added .fla; use Open with... > Open as archive to open, as for other non-archive types (supported formats not originally meant to be used as classic archives)

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PeaZip 3.4 (Windows) / PeaZip 3.4 (Linux)

PeaZip 3.3

(2010.09.15)

Changes in 3.3

# BACKEND
* (Windows) updated to 7z 9.16 beta

# FILE MANAGER
* improved capability of launching favourite programs and websites from file browser
        - "Open..." group in navigation menu to launch most common operations (such as open file or directory) and favourite applications and websites
        - new "Run" entry to type and launch arbitrary programs or websites
        - new "Web search" dialog for launching single or multiple searches at once
        - added alternative command for advanced applications/scripts group, to be executed if no parameter is received
        - updated integration with Avira and Virustotal

* (Windows) improved aspect of drag and drop information panel
        - (Windows Vista/7) improved desktop recognition

* (Windows) improved handling of non accessible mapped units
        - if the operation takes more time than expected, following remote unit tests are skipped
        - added an option to skip testing mapped units in Options > General (2), which is automatically set when the previous case applies

* improved recognition of malformed archives (not containing entries for directories), which triggers to switch to flat browsing mode in order to show all objects
        - toggle flat/browse mode icon is prompted in the taskbar to speed up "show all" inside archives

* added link to PeaZip's folder in Options > Settings > General (1)
* themes were updated
* fixed browsing of .Z files
* fixed setting preferred applications brings to correct options page

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PeaZip 3.3 (Windows)

PeaZip 3.2.1

(2010.06.30)

Changes in 3.2.1
# BACKEND
* (Windows) 7z 9.15 beta

# FILE MANAGER
* fixed browsing some types of split compressed files, i.e. .bz.001
* fixed preserving/removing original file extension in archive name accordingly to archive type
* added optional theming image for file manager's toolbar

# WINDOWS INSTALLER
* fixed: the installer now removes older versions' language files during the installation

# LINUX INSTALLERS
* Nautilus script files are now marked as executable, as required in some distributions
* (Qt version) the installer now tries to link libqt4intf.so in some more paths used by some distributions

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PeaZip 3.2.1 (Windows) / PeaZip 3.2.1 (Linux)

PeaZip 3.2

(2010.06.14)

Changes in 3.2

# BACKEND
* UPX 3.05
* 7z 9.14 beta (Windows)
* p7zip 9.13 beta (Linux)
* FreeArc 0.666 alpha (Windows)

# FILE MANAGER
* (Windows Vista and 7) Added "All tasks" entry in System tools
* Added link to donate to charitable organizations suggested by PeaZip in the "Help" submenu, along project's links
* In context menu's Misc > Search on the web added entries to search filename in torrents, uploads and eMule

# EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
* Options > Settings > General (2): added flag for 7z/p7zip's -mcu to use UTF8 encoding inside ZIP archives for file names that contain non-ASCII symbols

# Various minor updates

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PeaZip 3.2 (Windows) / PeaZip 3.2 (Linux)

PeaZip 3.1

(2010.04.29)

Changes in 3.1

#BACKEND
* (Windows) 7z 9.13 beta

# FILE MANAGER
* Added entries to add and organize bookmarks in navigation bar
* Options > Settings: click ok to accept changes or cancel to discard
* Various minor updates
* (Linux) Added service menus for KDE4/Dolphin

# EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
* Fixed: removed unsupported -mmt switch for creation of GZip archives
* Last used custom application for archiving and extraction is automatically remembered
* Ok and Cancel buttons can now be selected using tab in archiving and extraction interfaces, and Ok button is now automatically selected to allow confirm job simply pressing enter
* In extraction/archiving interfaces click Ok to apply the changes to options and launch the job (or only to apply changes if the layout is empty), click Cancel to discard the changes and the job

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PeaZip 3.1 (Windows)

PeaZip 3.0

(2010.02.20)

Changes in 3.0

# FILE MANAGER
* Added support to .cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cba, .cb7, 123 file extensions supported

# EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
* Default naming policy option for 7z backend is now "skip existing files" as for other backend executables
* Added "Ask before overwriting" mode in extraction options for 7z backend (all other options are still available: skip, auto rename extracted, auto rename existing, overwrite existing)
* Custom syntax combobox default changed to "parameters, output, input"
* Improved password form's text
* Validatecl procedure allows and characters, still disallowed in checkfilename and checkfiledirname
* Improved sizes detection in pealauncher

# WINDOWS INSTALLER
* Separate icons for 7z, rar and zip file types
* Context menu item "Browse path with PeaZip" now enabled by default

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PeaZip 3.0 (Windows)

PeaZip 2.9.1

(2010.01.26)

Changes in 2.9.1
# Display sizes with suffixes (and a decimal) to improve readability
# Improved startup time searching unc name only for remote units

# Fixes:
* (Linux) fixed multiselection issues
* (Linux) ignore unsupported ssw parameter for p7zip
* (Windows) fixed some possible crash conditions
* various fixes

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PeaZip 2.9.1 (Windows) / PeaZip 2.9.1 (Linux)

PeaZip 2.9

(2010.01.18)

PeaZip 2.9 was released today, with an improved file manager and a new Windows installer.
Backend binaries were updated to 7z 9.10, FreeArc 0.60, and UPX 3.04.

Changes in 2.9

# FILE MANAGER
* (Windows) Added reference SendTo items in PeaZip's path to simplify customizing installation, to share those items between users, and to use this type of system integration for PeaZip Portable
* (Windows) New default icon library with icons from Seven theme
* Various fixes

# WINDOWS INSTALLER
* (Windows 7) Cascaded context menu with icons, since in Windows 7 and later cascading menu implementation is supported through registry settings, which is now recommended over COM methods
* Various fixes

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PeaZip 2.9 (Windows)

PeaZip 2.8.1

(2009.12.03)

Changes in 2.8.1

# FILE MANAGER
* (Windows 7) Fixed drag and drop on Windows 7
* (Linux) Fixed a bug which on some circumstances crashed the application while opening an archive on startup
* New navigation menu entry for Public documents for Windows Vista/7
* New theme for providing a more intuitive and familiar look and feel to Windows users
* New icons for databases, vector graphic, palette graphic, and icons/cursors
* Improved password form's exception handling
* Reset button to clear the search filter and refresh the file browser applying the non filtered non recoursive listing
* Added "Recent archive" panel to status bar
* Added "Explore path with PeaZip", "Explore path" and "Open command prompt here" entries to History and Recent panels' context menu
* Keyboard shortcuts:
    - Ctrl+A becomes shortcut to "Select all"
    - Ctrl+L becomes shortcut to "Extract all"
* Various minor updates and fixes

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PeaZip 2.8.1 (Windows) / PeaZip 2.8.1 (Linux)