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In the press...

• PC Utilities (FR) - Ant Renamer was published on the CD of the 10th issue.

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Versions:

• 2.10 (12/05/2008)
  • Replaced component used for number fields.
  • Added %count% tag, and improved the %folder% tag.
• 2.09 (09/09/2006)
  • Characters deletion: option to also delete characters before a specified string.
  • Added a new action for using data contained in JPEG EXIF tags.
  • Added a new action for generating new names using a regular expression.
  • When the "Shift" or "Ctrl" key is pressed when adding files/folders by drag & drop, the files/folders/subfolders addition options window is always displayed.
  • Few bugs corrected
• 2.08 (15/10/2004)
  • Help file (English & French only for the moment)
  • Added support for some command-line parameters, see help file.
  • More advanced formatting system for some actions, especially for mp3.
  • Option for using Creation date instead of Modification date, in Date & time action.
  • Option for reverting to start value when changing folder, in Enumeration action.
  • Option for storing log to a file, with or without append.
  • Possibility to filter log entries (successes, errors, not renamed files).
  • Few bugs corrected
• 2.07 (06/02/2004)
  • "Move string" action.
  • Few bugs corrected, few options added in actions.
• 2.06 (23/09/2003)
  • Modified toolbar system, and switched from TBSkin to TBX (dropped "Windows XP" theme on non-XP systems).
  • "Multiple string remplacement" allowing to replace a set of characters by another set, e.g. remove accents on letters.
  • Faster log (it was really slow when renaming hundreds of files).
  • Corrected "preview" bug when using planned actions list.
• 2.05 (18/05/2003)
  • Optional columns in file list : size, date created, date modified, full path, extension.
  • Items in Files and Batch list can now be moved by drag & drop.
• 2.04 (04/05/2003)
  • Can rename folders in addition of files. This required few changes in the "Add folder contents" and Drag & Drop operations.
  • Option to move files to another path if their new name starts with "x:\" (where x is any letter) or "\\".
  • Option to specify the maximum number of items to keep in drop-down lists.
  • Few other small changes, and corrected a bug with the drag & drop of long file names under NT/2000/XP.
• 2.03 (13/04/2003)
  • Unicode support under Windows NT4, 2000 and XP.
  • Batches can be saved and loaded.
• 2.02 (06/04/2003)
  • Option (enabled by default) to display icons in the file list (based on the extensions of the files).
  • Toolbars positions and list columns settings are now saved.
• 2.01 (25/03/2003)
  • Added a French translation and a sample English translation file, to allow any translation to be made.
  • Corrected a bug that sometimes stopped the renaming process before the end.
• 2.00 (16/03/2003)
  • Option to copy files to new name instead of rename them.
  • Added few missing things. Now all what was in version 1.4 should be there (except translation system).
• 2.00 'Preview 1' (08/03/2003)
  • Complete rewrite of the program with Borland Delphi 7 (instead of C++Builder 5).
  • Possibility to make a list of actions to apply.
  • Corrected lots of bugs (but probably added new ones).
  • New action: take names from a list or a file.

• 1.4.0 (08/09/2001)
  • "Preview" function that allows you to see what the names will look like without modifying anything on the disk.
  • "Undo" function that restores names before the renaming process (for files that are still in the list).
  • Contextual menu in the file list allowing to move items (if you want to change the order of the files before they are renamed).
  • Improved some small things, most of them are not visible but make the source code cleaner.
• 1.3.1 (23/03/2001)
  • Corrected some small problems with the "Change extension" feature.
  • Corrected a bug when drag & drop a folder on the program's window.
  • Now the program saves in its configuration file all the renaming options that where used last time.
• 1.3.0 (14/02/2001)
  • Use of the track number for the mp3s (ID3v1.1).
  • Case change (uppercase, lowercase, first letter of each word in uppercase, ...).
  • Some small details.
• 1.2.1 (20/10/2000)
  • Fixed a bug in the Options window.
  • Can replace invalid characters in filenames such as : < > * | ¦ / \ ? when they are in a mp3 tag.
• 1.2.0 (07/10/2000)
  • Random names creation.
  • You can add files to the list by a drag & drop from Windows' Explorer.
• 1.1.1 (20/09/2000)
  • New extension replacement option : enumeration.
• 1.1.0 (15/09/2000)
  • Easy translation by addition of two files (lng and txt).
• 1.0.0 (13/09/2000)
  • First release.