http://www.petges.lu/index.htmlNews and updates related to Petges.luenRomain Petges© Romain Petges2012-01-08T23:00:55+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 8 Jan 2012 23:13:28 +0100Romain Petgesnews2012-01-08T23:00:55+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-58http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-58

• Bug fix : Random dates generated if not configured (since RC4)
• Bug fix : Picture synchronization option in folder list
• Update : Added Spanish, Hungarian and Romanian translations

Grab a copy from the Attribute Changer 7 project page.]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-12-23T21:27:13+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-57http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-57

• Bug fix : Attribute filters not correctly evaluated
• Bug fix : Index attribute not correctly handled
• Bug fix : Number of selected files in GUI not correctly displayed
• Update : Added Serbian Cyrillic translation

Grab a copy from the Attribute Changer 7 project page.]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-12-18T16:36:25+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-56http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-56
The “List index out of bound” issue also occurs on English installations under some rare conditions.

I highly suggest to upgrade to this release to prevent these kind of issues.

Grab a copy from the Attribute Changer 7 project page.]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-12-15T09:52:14+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-55http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-55
If you’re interested, then please send me a message through the Contact form (support > contact me).]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-12-15T09:45:01+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-54http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-54
Chinese, Dutch, Italian and Turkish translations were added to this release.

Service Pack 3 is now required for Windows XP to run Attribute Changer.

Grab a copy from the Attribute Changer 7 project page.

If you like Attribute Changer or find it useful, I would be thankful if you could donate a small amount to cover my hosting and development costs. Donations can be done inside Attribute Changer on the About tab. Thank you !
]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-11-09T21:16:18+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-53http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-53Contact form (support > contact me).

The skills required to do the job are good English knowledge to translate the graphical user interface and the help file. Basic OpenOffice or LibreOffice knowledge is required as well … and Notepad skills are a must for the GUI translation ;-)]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-11-05T21:04:11+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-52http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-52

• Update : Changed some labels and hints to make them easier to understand (Beta 2 / RC)
• Update : Added help file for version 7 (PDF format) (RC)
• Update : Enhanced dates are now enabled by default (RC)
• Bug fix : Created option missed in drop down list box for file synchronization feature (RC)
• Bug fix : Startup message missed if not invoked from Windows Explorer (RC)
• Bug fix : Help file cannot be launched from About tab on WinXP SP3 (RC)

Service Pack 3 is now required for Windows XP to run Attribute Changer.

This version is only available in English and can be downloaded from the Attribute Changer 7 project page.]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-10-15T13:56:57+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-51http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-51

• Update : Changed some labels and messages
• Bug fix : Uppercase photo extensions not recognized
• Bug fix : Wrong date and time synchronized when no EXIF header is present
• Bug fix : Some default label strings not correctly initialized by translation engine

Service Pack 3 is now required for Windows XP to run Attribute Changer.

This version is only available in English and can be downloaded from the Attribute Changer 7 project page.]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-07-23T21:53:35+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-50http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-50If you contact me by e-mail or through the contact form, please take care to use a real mail address. Sometimes, I cannot get in touch with you, simply because the e-mail address is not valid or your mail provider rejects the message.

If you don't get a reply within 48 hours, then please use the support forum to get help. The forum is the preferred way to get support. ]]>Romain Petgesnews2011-07-20T01:09:38+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-49http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-49

• New : Shell extension now supports UNICODE
• New : Attribute Changer main application now supports UNICODE
• New : Installer is now UNICODE enabled
• New : Dates < 1980 can be activated ( at your own risk ... )
• New : Synchronization features between the different date and time stamps
• New : Generate random date and time stamps
• New : Partial updates now applies to EXIF date and time stamps as well
• Update : Enhanced context menu item for date and time fields
• Update : Large parts of the processing engine are rewritten
• Update : Changed some labels and hints to make them easier to understand
• Update : Dropped support for Windows 2000
• Bug fix : Header font in 'Advanced Reporting window'

Read more on the Attribute Changer 7 project page.]]>Romain Petgesnews2010-10-24T21:18:15+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-48http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-48
Based on customer feedback, I also added a discussion and support forum. You can join the board at http://www.petges.lu/forum.

Regarding Attribute Changer 7, the development progresses well and here are some of the new features :

• Project ported to Delphi 2010
• Shell extension now supports UNICODE
• Attribute Changer main application now supports UNICODE
• Planned : Dates < 1980 can be activated ( at your own risk ... )
• Synchronization features between the different date and time stamps
• Partial updates now applies to EXIF date and time stamps as well
• Large parts of the processing engine are rewritten

Since the beginning of year 2010, the download traffic has more than tripled and now approaches 30GB/month... needless to say that this costs lot of money.

I still try to keep Attribute Changer free of charge but I need to cover my hosting and licensing fees. If you like Attribute Changer or find it useful, please consider donating to the project. ]]>Romain Petgesnews2010-07-07T00:04:13+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-47http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-47
A newsletter subscription is now available in the Support section.]]>Romain Petgesnews2010-05-23T17:09:12+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-45http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-45available in Simplified Chinese.

Many thanks to Yingwen Li for the Simplified Chinese translation.]]>Romain Petgesnews2010-01-28T21:21:12+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-44http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-44
In fact, clicking the “Change attributes...” menu item can produce a black screen and therefore a restart of the computer. I’m currently investigating the issue and try to fix this problem as soon as possible.

As a workaround, you can revert back to version 6.10c which offers the same features as version 6.20, but does not include 64-bit support.

UPDATE :

There is a known issue with Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (File Manifest Corruption Vulnerability) when adding the trustinfo manifest for the Vista UAC to an application.

Please download the KB926255 security update for Windows XP SP2 and the black screen/blue screen problems are resolved.]]>Romain Petgesnews2010-05-20T00:22:53+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-43http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-43
Lot of work still has to be done, so don’t expect something public within the next few months... ]]>Romain Petgesnews2010-01-01T14:02:23+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-41http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-41
Many thanks to Sylvie Pierrard for the updates.]]>Romain Petgesnews2009-11-15T16:29:13+01:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-39http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-39
Many thanks to Kadir Demirel for the updates.]]>Romain Petgesnews2009-10-17T23:40:05+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-38http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-38
This version builts on the latest 6.10c release and focuses mainly on providing 64-bit support for Windows XP, Vista and 7. It features a complete rewrite of the shell extension in C++, a new installer based on Innosetup and updated help files.

Support for Windows 95, 98, Me and NT4 has been dropped due to the usage of never API calls. Attribute Changer 6.20 requires Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.

Please take a look at the version history for changes and enhancements made into this release.

Version 6.20 is available in English, Brazilian-Portuguese, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian and Spanish.

Some information on the 64-bit support : The shell extension (COM In-process server) is now written in C++ and compiled in 32 and 64-bit and handles the 'Change attributes...' context menu entry in Windows Explorer. The main application (acmain.exe) remains a 32-bit application.]]>Romain Petgesnews2009-08-23T16:37:54+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-37http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-37
Bug fix

Wrong EXIF date/time read from header if picture was touched with some photo software

Important : DO NOT INSTALL this release if you are running Attribute Changer 6.20 BETA !]]>Romain Petgesnews2009-06-21T16:52:53+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-32http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-32
As Microsoft recently published a first public Release Candidate of Windows 7, I grabbed a 32-bit copy and installed the latest Attribute Changer release.

Everything worked fine without any glitches and Attribute Changer 6.10b is supported on 32-bit Windows 7. Please be aware that a Release Candidate is not yet the final product, but there won't be big changes, except bug fixing.]]>Romain Petgesnews2009-05-16T01:12:50+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-30http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-30

Updates

Simulation (Preview) mode now available on main page
Simulation mode now automatically triggers detailed logging
Added Donation link to the About tab

Bug fixes

Clicking Help button in About tab doesn't work on Windows XP SP3 for restricted users

Info: There seems to be a rare problem with Attribute Changer's shell extension after SP1 is applied on Windows Vista. I'm currently unable to reproduce this error on my Vista test system. In fact, the shell extension's menu entry doesn't appear in the context menu and there is currently no solution.]]>Romain Petgesnews2009-05-01T16:30:39+02:00http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-29http://www.petges.lu/news/index.html#unique-entry-id-29
To be able to offer Attribute Changer, I spent lot of my free time in the last years. Beside this, I have to pay the webhosting including the download traffic that isn't very low due to the success of the program. Microsoft Windows licenses aren't free either, nor are new Delphi licences for the development environment.

If you like Attribute Changer or find it useful, I would be very happy if you consider donating to the project.

You can find the Donation button on the Download page.]]>