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A new version of Attribute Changer is available for testing  and there is a significant technical change that will impact all future releases of Attribute Changer.

In fact, Attribute Changer was developed since the beginning in Delphi, but the direction taken by the new owner of this product makes it no more an option for the development of Attribute Changer.

Since several months, I work on the migration of Attribute Changer to Lazarus. Attribute Changer 9.10 is the first release based on Lazarus/FreePascal.

This release features the following enhancements :

· Migrated application from Delphi to Lazarus/Freepascal
· Option to reset user settings to default values
· Context menu entry to paste selected date/time to all other fields
· Better warning messages for invalid user entries in input fields
· Localized button captions in dialog boxes
· Updated user manual

With the new context menu entries, you are able to copy the selected date, time or both values and paste them to all other date or time fields.

It may happen that a misconfiguration has been done and you're unable to figure out what happened. The Reset button deletes all configuration data and Attribute Changer will load default values.

I did lots of testing and so far the release seems to be very stable. Please report back any issues.

Attribute Changer is developed in Delphi, but the direction taken by the owner of this product makes it no more an option for the development of Attribute Changer. 

Shutting down the project is not an option and I opted to give Lazarus a try. Since December, I work on the conversion of Attribute Changer to Lazarus and only 8% of the code needed to be rewritten and the rest worked mostly out of the box. Some tweaking was necessary for the UTF8 string manipulations and the removal of Delphi compatibility mode in Lazarus.

You can download the Lazarus Build of Attribute Changer 9.0a to give it a try. Please report back any issues. All upcoming releases of Attribute Changer will be developed in Lazarus.

A very warm Thank You goes to the developers and community of Freepascal and Lazarus. 

A minor issue was reported when locked files were found during processing when the user initiated the processing with the OK button.

In fact, Attribute Changer did not display the Reporting details and the user therefore needed to click twice on the OK button to close the application.

Version 9.0a fixes this issue.

I'm pleased to announce that Attribute Changer 9 is available as a free download. It includes some most requested features from users, such as:

· Capitalize Name / Extension / Name and extension
· Redate folder date based on oldest file
· Redate folder date based on newest file
· Enable or disable strict mode for randomization of dates
· Modify symbolic links and junctions and not the target anymore

IMPORTANT INFO: In Attribute Changer 9, the “Include sub-folders” option on the “File Properties” tab has been removed. Due to the new advanced features “Redate with newest file” and “Redate with oldest file”, a full scan of all files is always required and the option did not make sense anymore. Use the "Include sub-folders" option on the "Folder Properties" tab to enable recursive processing of folders.

Please have a look at the complete changelog to discover all the enhancements made in Attribute Changer 9.

This version does not support Windows XP and Vista anymore. Attribute Changer 8.70 will remain available from this website if you are still using these versions of Windows.

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A new release of Attribute Changer is available for immediate download and includes the following modifications:

– Fixed issue with Apply button triggering Reporting tab to appear when 'Always display Processing Report' setting is unchecked
– Added use of masks for Offset modifications on date and time
– Added use of masks for Randomization on date and time
– Updated user guide

If you find this program useful, please consider making a donation. Many thanks for your contribution !

Just in time for the end of 2016, go and grab a new release of Attribute Changer. Version 8.60 is available for immediate download and includes the following modifications:

· Update : Make application icons DPI aware
· Update : Make context menu icon DPI aware
· Update : Minor user interface changes
· Update : Updated user guide

Many users requested a change to the icons as they were really small on high-resolution displays when settings were changed to support a DPI setting larger than the default 96. This request has now been implemented.

If you find this program useful, please consider making a donation. Many thanks for your contribution !