File Manager Software for BlackBerry® Devices
with OS 4.3 or higher

FileScout (formerly known as BBFileScout) - Changelog A file manager Software for BlackBerry® Devices The "all in one" file, zip, text and image manager for your BlackBerry®

FileScout Changelog Details

2009/11/20 - FileScout release of 1.5.2.0

What's fixed?

• Fix for "Restore of Favorites messed up the Favorites List"
  • Do not restore a old backup (you made since v1.5.0.0 was installed) after you updated to v1.5.2.0 or your Favorites will get messed up again
  • You can clean your broken Favorites List, by:
    1. opening the list
    2. use the [DEL] key to remove all entries.
    3. then create a new List.
  • To be on the safe side: after you have updated to v1.5.2.0 simply create a new backup of your device!

2009/11/17 - FileScout release of 1.5.0.0

What's new?

• Display of thumbnails in search result (if thumbnail display is enabled and images are in the 'FileScout Image Cache')
• Thumbnail-Options: New Button to generate all all thumbnails for all images on your device (incl. the SDCard) - this operation can take a while till it's completed - please be patient!
• When resizing images to device resolution size you can now select to keep the aspect ratio of the original image. If this option is selected, then FileScout will cut (left & right or top & bottom) of the image so that it will fit to your device screen resolution.
• UserDefined resolution (image resizing) can be now be max 9999 pixel [but it's recommended not use more then 1200px]
• Support for DesktopManager Backup & Restore (FileScout settings)
• A '[W]' in the Screen Title indicating that the background threads (required for Search and other extended features) are still running (after FileScout is started) - once the threads are completed the '[W]' will disappear.
• Integration in the RIMs FileExplorer Application: a 'Explore with FileScout' MenuItem is added

What's fixed?

• Search files in the current Directory only function fixed to be usable multiple times
• Potential OutOfMemeory Error during start of FileScout (when the thumbnail store is getting too large)
• Accessing OS5 System Folder for Bold, Bold2, Storm and Storm2

For all of you who are waiting to get a "fix" for the System folder on the Bold, Bold2, Storm and Strom2 on OS5.

• RIM confirmed that they made the System folder in OS5.x read only
• FileScout (and all other 3'rd party applications) can only show the content of the System folder but can't modify anything

2009/11/02 - FileScout release of 1.4.1.0

What's fixed?

• The new Simple TextViewer/Editor Option: Select how files will be saved. Either in 'UNIX Format (CR)' (default) or in'Windows Format (CRLF)' is now visible in the Simple TextViewer/Editor Option

2009/10/31 - FileScout release of 1.4.0.0

What's new?

• New Simple TextViewer/Editor Option: Select how files will be saved. Either in 'UNIX Format (CR)' (default) or in'Windows Format (CRLF)'. By default BlackBerry is storing files in the UNIX Format - which makes editing afterwards e.g. with Windows Notepad a bit difficult.
• Additional small tweaks for OS5.x Users
• Storm 2 (9520/9550) will be treated as the Storm 9500/9530 devices (but still no touch screen support yet)
• Added a MenuItem for the "Go to Directory" [SHIFT]+[G] function
• Various performance and memory issue improvements

What's fixed?

• Sometimes FileScout was instantly started again after it was closed by the user (e.g. when during the FileScout session some media files had been opened) - this issue should be solved with this build.

2009/10/10 - FileScout release of 1.3.1.0

What's fixed?

• OS 5.x ONLY: Endless loop for system folder fixed - Unfortunately in OS 5.x it's not possible anymore to access the system folder via the file system API. With this Version FileScout will display an error message when the API does not return any content for a folder. This also means that FileScout can't be used to delete pre-installed files located in the subfolders of 'system' for devices that have installed OS 5.x.

2009/09/17 - FileScout release of 1.3.0.0

What's new?

• New File Associations Option: "Use the BlackBerry default Browser to open HTML files". In previous versions of FileScout HTML files where always opened with the Media application. With this new Option it's possible to open any HTML files (e.g. from your SDCard) with the default BlackBerry® browser application.
• New Function in TextViewer/Editor: Toggle WordWrap (ON/OFF)
  Unfortunately not available for for Storm users: For some reason, the layout manager does not support horizontal & vertical scrolling of a text field at the same time (looks like a bug in the OS - or I am too stupid?) - when WordWrap was turned of you could scroll horizontal but it was impossible to scroll up/down - I tried all my best to get around this flaw but I was not successful yet - my apologize for this inconvenience.
• New Simple TextViewer/Editor Option: Auto WordWrap (to select the startup behavior of the TextViewer/Editor) - default value is ON
  Unfortunately not available on TouchScreen devices (see above)
• New functionality in search popup:
  • Select and deselect multiple files in the search result - Key shortcut: [SPACE]
  • Add single file (or selection of files) to virtual Clipboard [so the file(s) can be copied or moved to any destination once the search dialog is closed] - Key shortcut [C|V]
    Please note you can repeat as many searches as you like - each time you add a file (or a selection) to the clipboard the number of files in the clipboard is increasing.
  • Checkbox: Search only in the current directory
• New Simple TextViewer/Editor Option: FontSize - select between: 'small', 'medium', 'default', 'large' or 'I am an old man' (default: DEFAULT)
• Options are directly accessible from the TextViewer/Editor
• TextViewer/Editor loading performance improved
• TextViewer/Editor: new Menu items 'Goto Start' & 'Goto End'
• TextEditor: new Menu item 'Switch to ReadOnlyMode' -> this will give you access to all new key shortcuts
• TextViewer/Editor: new key shortcuts (TextEditor have to be in 'ReadOnly' Mode)

  [O|P]	toggle WordWar(p)	(not available on Storm)
  [F|D]	open (F)ind popup
  [SHIFT]+[F|D]	find next
  [T]	goto (t)op of document
  [B|N]	goto (b)ottom of document
  [Q|W]	goto next (W)ord	(not available on Storm)
  [SHIFT]+[Q|W]	goto previous (W)ord	(not available on Storm)
  [A|S]	goto (s)tart of line	(not available on Storm)
  [E|R]	goto (e)nd of line	(not available on Storm)
  [SPACE]	go one page down	(not available on Storm)
  [SHIFT|ALT]+[SPACE]	go on page up	(not available on Storm)
  [X|Y|Z]	switch to EditMode	(only if EditMode is enabled in the Options)

• New Simple TextViewer/Editor Option: Start Editor in ReadOnlyMode
  If you have enabled the TextEditor, then you can specify if a file should be automatically opened in the ReadOnly more first. This allows you instantly to navigate with the new key shortcuts once you are opening a text file.
• New General Option 'Warn when number of files in one directory exceed': You can select between 500|1000|2000|4000 files or no warning at all [DEFAULT: 2000]
  When you open a directory with FileScout it takes some time to read the content - you can select at which content size a waring should be displayed in order to get already a feedback to your open action.
• New Menu Item 'Show vClipboard Content': Will open a popup that is showing you the current content of the virtual Clipboard.
  The virtual Clipboard popup supports the following key shortcuts:

  [ENTER]	Open containing directory
  [DEL|Backspace]	Remove selected file/directory from vClipboard
  [ESC]	Close the popup dialogue

• New Menu Item 'eMail <selection>' (when multiple files are selected)
  This function will send all files (no directories) that are multi-selected in the current folder. You can select multiple files by using the [SPACE] key. Please have in mind that the total attachment size might be limited by your provider!
• New Menu Item 'eMail DIRECTORY-NAME' (when a directory is highlighted)
  This new function will send all files (no subdirectories) which are in current selected folder. Please have in mind that the total attachment size might be limited by your provider!
• New 'File associations' Options: In the past FileScout was registering itself automatically as content handler for the MimeType text/txt for various extensions. Now this is configurable for which file extensions you would like to register FileScout as content handler in the BlackBerry® OS. You can select the following extensions: .ini, .log and/or .xml.
  Please note, that any change to this setting does only take effect after a full device reboot.

What's fixed?

• File list scrolling speed tweaked - this version should give you a slight performance boost compared to previous versions of FileScout ;-)
• File list will be updated, if 'Create New File' or 'Save as...' is used
• TextEditor 'Save as...' will check, if destination exist

2009/08/26 - FileScout release of 1.2.0.0

What's new?

• 'BBFileScout' is now called just 'FileScout'
  The double 'BB' was removed from the application name cause of legal concerns - actually this change requires, that you have to delete your current BBFileScout installation [Options - Advanced Options - Applications] (reboot might be required) before you can install FileScout v1.2.0.0. I am sorry for this inconvenience.
• New Option: 'Check for Updates' - allows you directly from FileScout to check, if a new Version of the application is available.
• Renamed 'Stack' to 'vClipboard' in the hope that this is easier to understand for most of the users how copy and move operations can be performed.
• New "Search for text" function in the integrated text editor (incl. "Find next" function and case sensitive/case insensitive switch)
• New keyboard shortcut: [SHIFT]+[M] (M)odify Image
• New Thumbnail Option: 'Do not try to reload broken images' - when you have specified a 'Thumbnail-Store Directory' FileScout can also store the information about broken images - so the next time folders with broken images are opened there will be no warning message for the same files again.
• If 'Confirm Delete of files & directories' is enabled, and you want to delete multiple files you have a new checkbox in the confirm dialogue: 'Do not ask again for this selection?' - once this is checked, all files of the selection will be deleted without additional confirmation.

What's fixed?

• Loading of folders containing more then 1000 files now much faster (again) - progress bar updating fixed

2009/07/11 - BBFileScout release of 1.1.2

What's new?

• New function: Rotate Images (90°, 180°, -90°) (might require image resizing first)
• New choice in the 'Image operation Options': Image Size: 'ask each time' - allows you to select the resulting image size each time when you perform an image resize operation

What's fixed?

• Image Size 'Device Resolution' will adjust the aspect ratio of the image in order to fit the display aspect ratio [this is important when the BlackBerry® device resolution aspect ratio differs from the camera aspect ratio (typically 4:3 these days)].
• Fallback to JPG when PNG is selected as image format but could not be created
• Fix for 'Uncaught exceptions' during image resizing

2009/07/06 - BBFileScout release of 1.1 (1.1.0.1)

What's new?

• New Function: Resize Images -- Over the past couple of years, the file size of photos has increased rapidly due to the "Megapixel War". This can make sending image files from your BlackBerry® device quite expensive (for metered data plans) and time consuming.

  BBFileScout v1.1 now allows you to resize images to a user selected resolution -- this will save you time, money, & also saves device or microSD memory! In a completely new 'Image Option' section, this new functionality can be user configured as follows:

  1. Select the target resolution [user defined, 1200px, 1024px, 800px, 640px, device resolution]
  2. Select if the source file should be deleted after the resize image is created
  3. Select PNG or JPG output
     and
  4. If JPG is selected, also choose the JPEG-quality
• New Option: Show favorites at startup [General Options]
• URL's in BBFileScout about dialog will open the browser and bring you instantly to the website

What's fixed?

• Option font size setting will also effect file & directory details dialog
• File & directory details dialog can be closed by pressing ESC
• Fix for 'Uncaught exception - ApplicationRegistry.waitFor'

2009/06/27 - BBFileScout release of 1.0.1

What's fixed?

• Some system/store directories did not showed any files, when sorting was enabled in the options [this is fixed now]
• Better handling when images could not be read (only a info will be shown for 2sec)
• Options: 'Use the BB default eMail composer' will be saved & restored correctly

2009/06/21 - BBFileScout release of 1.0

What's new?

• Options reorganized - on BlackBerry® devices it's quite common to separate the application options into various screens - this makes the options way more organized and easier to understand.
  See also the updated BBFileScout options documentation.
• Path entry fields (Startup Path, Thumbnail Storage & Playlist Directory) show now an additional button that allows you to browse in the file system to make an appropriate selection (in the past this was only possible via the menu)

2009/06/18 - BBFileScout update to 0.7

What's new?

• Option to specify the maximal size of files that can be opened with the internal BBFileScout text viewer/editor (make your choice depending on the performance of your BlackBerry® device) - In the past the editor had a limit of 250 KiB.
• Unzip support for Google Earth KMZ files (so that the KML could be read by GPSLogger)

What's fixed?

• Options: it's now possible the remove a previously specified thumbnail-store directory (in order to disable the complete thumbnail persistence)
• Options: it's now possible the remove a previously specified startup directory

2009/05/22 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.9

What's new?

• Hide and unhide files and directories via the File/Directory information popup
• Option 'Show filenames in Menus' - enables/disables the display of current selected file in the #Menu (default on)

What's fixed?

• Fixed internal NullPointerException [when updating root]
• Options: it's now possible the remove a previously specified playlist directory (in order to disable the complete playlist functionality of BBFileScout)

2009/05/16 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.8.1

What's fixed?

• Fixed NullPointerException when moving files
• File listing gets reloaded automatically when you toggle the option "show hidden files"

2009/05/12 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.8

What's new?

• Additional sort option 'by Type' (by file extension)
• Sort order will be indicated in the file list (behind the one directory up folder/above the file size)
• Sort type can be changed via key short cut [SHIFT]+[O]|[P]
• Sort order can be reversed via key short cut [SHIFT]+[U]|[I]

What's fixed?

• Search will show again filenames & icons (was broken in 0.6.7)
• Fixed NullPointerException when opening an empty (0 byte) file in the BBFileScout Text Editor
• Possible internal exception handling improved (still long way to go)

2009/05/10 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.7

What's new?

• Specify the sort order of the directory content: by file name (files and directories will be separated), by file size (files and directories will be separated), by modification date
• Send content of plain text files (xml, ini, txt etc.) as SMS
• Copy & Move of large files (>500KiB) will show a progress bar

What's fixed?

• Shortcut 'L' (create playlist) will not work as long as no playlist directory is defined in the options

2009/04/24 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.6

What's new?

• Enhanced Thumbnail handing & loading performance
• New Options:
  • Thumbnail scale factor (default 2x)

    This Choice is only enabled, if you have checked 'Show Thumbnails for Images'.

    • 1x - The thumbnails will have the same height as the selected font
    • 2x - The thumbnails will have the double font height
    • 4x - The thumbnails will have the 4 times font height
  • Thumbnail-Store Directory (default EMPTY)

    You can configure BBFileScout that the calculated thumbnails will be stored permanently on your device (and does not need to be calculated each time you use BBFileScout). To enable this feature, you simply have to enter a valid path in which the thumbnail store should be created [the file is called BBFSThumbs.dat]. To disable this feature, simply leave this field empty which is the BBFileScout default setting.

    You can either manually type the path of your thumbnail store directory or you move the cursor into the text input field and press the #Menu Button of your device and select the menu item: ?Browse for 'Thubnail-Store Directory'?.

    This Text input field 'Thumbnail-Store Directory' is only enabled, if you have checked 'Show Thumbnails for Images'.

• Key short cut Help Popup Dialogs [select from the menu 'Key short cut' to see all current available key short cuts with a description]

2009/04/22 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.5

What's new?

• Thumbnail support for images (if enabled in BBFileScout options)
  BBFileScout is able to display a small (depending on the selected font site) preview of supported image files.
  Please note that this option could eat up a lot of performance of your device, if you open a directory that contain a large number of images that have a file size which is larger the 500KiB. In order to avoid serious performance problems the search result will not display thumbnails for images.
• BBFileScout will display a 128px preview of image files in the details dialog [Key shortcut: I] The thumbnail creation could take some moments - so please be a bit patient.
• Select your favorite folder icons:

  default:	Folder Icon	Up to Parent Icon
  alternative:	Folder Icon	Up to Parent Icon

• When you have chosen 'Ask each time' in the 'When destination exist' option then it can become quite inconvenient when you will be prompted for plenty of files and you have to select each time the option of your choice. This have been improved: BBFileScout will now remember the first made choice and for the next time the dialog will be displayed the 'OK'-Button is automatically focused.

2009/04/18 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.4

What's new?

• I am sorry that there is again another update within 24h - but the initial new icons, that I have bought where IMHO not optimal for the BlackBerry® device - so I have worked the last 24h with high pressure on an update for the icons of BBFileScout and finally after spending the night with "pushing pixel around" I am more or less happy with the result:

  Root Icon	Folder Icon	Up to Parent Icon	Audio Icon	Video Icon	Image Icon	ZIP Icon
  Word Icon	Excel Icon	Powerpoint Icon	Text Icon	PDF Icon	HTML Icon	default Icon

  I hope now the contrast for the icons is improved and if there is somebody around who would like to help me with further improvements please do not hesitate to get in contact with me.

2009/04/17 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.3 (0.6.2 skipped)

What's fixed

• I made a very stupid mistake - I trusted a information that was no reliable ? and I did not spend enough time to verify this information. I deeply regret what have happened but I can not make this undone ? I hope tpdkdesign.net & everaldo.com can forgive me for this error - again my apologize.
  As consequence all Icons (incl. the main app icon) had to be replaced (I am not confident, if the current symbols will be the final ones ? but at least the I bought them from fasticon.com)

2009/04/16 - BBFileScout update to 0.6.1

What's new?

• Search will now display the total number of hits (instead of 'search complete')
• Options [General Settings]:
  • Directory Structure loading Thread ['Slow'|'Normal'|'Fast'] (default: Normal)
    The 'Search'- and the 'Goto Directory' function requires that the directory structure of your device gets pre-loaded once the application will be started - the two functions can be only used, once the pre-loading have been completed. With this option you can choose with which priority the directory loading should be performed.
    Setting this option to 'slow' will cause that you can use the Search & Goto Directory function after some delay once BBFileScout is started - selecting 'fast' will make these functions quite instantly available but might slow down the general start up process of BBFileScout.

What's fixed

• Performance of Search improved when there are more then 25 hit's
• Menu is now showing the correct entry 'Zip <selection>' when multiple directories are selected
• No Exception when the 'one directory up' [..] is selected and the key short cut [A|S] (create Archive) is pressed

2009/04/11 - BBFileScout update to 0.6

What's new?

• Search for any file or directory on your BlackBerry® device:
  At any time you can press the [SHIFT+S] or [SHIFT+A] short cut which will open the search popup dialog. Now you can enter the file/directory name you are searching for. You can also use the '*' as wildcard char. Here are some examples:

  • Typing 'red*' will find all files or directories that start with 'red'
  • Typing '*red*' will find all files or directories containing the char sequence 'red'
  • Typing '*.png' will find all files with the extension .png
  • Typing '*.' will find all directories (not supported on all OS)
  • Also working - but not recommended: Type '*' to get a complete list of all of your files

  After you have pressed the 'Search' button the initial 'Empty' List will be filled with search result hit's (if there are any) - Please note, that the Search result will be sorted alphabetically. You will be informed, that the search is completed by the text 'Search complete' beside the 'Search'-Button itself. Now you can mark any search result hit and either open the Menu or:

  • Press [ENTER] to open the file or directory
    Please note, that when you open a file BBFileScout will jump automatically to the parent directory of this file
  • Press [O|P] to open the parent directory in which the file/directory is located (and the specific file/directory will be selected)
  • Press [U|I] to open the file/directory details dialog in order to get additional information like the full file/directory path

  Once you opened a file/directory or the parent directory you can go back to your search result by pressing [SHIFT+S] or [SHIFT+A] again - this will show the Search popup Dialog (in the same state as you have let it) again.
• File details [added property]:
  • Path in which the file is located
• Directory details [added property]:
  • Path in which the directory is located
• Key short cuts [main screen]:

  [SHIFT]+[A|S]:

  Open the (S)earch popup dialog

• Key short cuts ['Search Files/Directories' popup]:

  [ENTER]:	Start the search | Open the current selected file or directory
  [O|P]:	Open (P)arent Directory
  [U|I]:	(I)nformation about selected file or directory [file details]
  [ESC]:	Cancel - close the popup dialogue

2009/04/01 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.14

What's new?

• Send any file via Bluetooth to any other device that supports OBEX-Object-Push (experimental)
  
  Once you choose to send a file via Bluetooth, BBFileScout is opening a list of available Bluetooth devices that are in range (and that support OBEX-Object-Push) - The initial list will be empty and once a device will be detected the entry will be shown in the list. This Bluetooth device search could take some seconds - please be patient!
  
  The new option is now combined with the eMail send function: Select any file, choose "send 'FILENAMEHERE'" from the BB-menu and then choose if you want to send the selected file via eMail or (new) send it via Bluetooth.

2009/03/28 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.12

What's new?

• Copy, move, delete and zipping of directories (or collections containing one ore more directories) will now show a percentage progress bar

What's fixed

• Fixed problem with directory information dialog for root volumes (like 'store', 'system' or 'SDCard')

2009/03/24 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.11

What's new?

• File details [added properties]:
  • Is Hidden [YES|NO]
• Directory details:
  • Filename (complete)
  • Total file size (incl. sub-directories)
  • free space
  • number of files
  • number of directories
  • Last modification date
  • Is Hidden [YES|NO]

What's fixed

• Updated handling of BBThumbs.dat [can't be selected/copied]
• Fixed problem (IO-Exceptions) with copy/move of large directory structures and files (thanks a lot Tom!)
• Key short cuts ['all directories' popup]:

  NAV LEFT:

  Collapse current node (or parent)

2009/03/23 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.10

What's new?

• Directory Popup [SHIFT+G] will remember expand/collapse state of directories in the current BBFileScout session
• Directory Popup [SHIFT+G] will go to the current active directory
• Key short cuts ['all directories' popup]:

  NAV LEFT:	Collapse current node
  NAV RIGHT:	Expand current node and go to first child

What's fixed

• As soon as a single file have the green checkmark BBFilescout will always work on this mark (and not on the current selection)
• Key-Shortcut [C] will now work corresponding to the multi-select function of BBFileScout
• File/Dir copy exceptions should show a text now (and not an empty dialogue)

2009/03/23 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.9.1

What's fixed

• Copy of multiple directories will not crash BBFileScout

2009/03/23 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.9

What's new?

• Multiselect now support the selection of directories
• From anywhere goto any other directory on your device by using SHIFT+G|SHIFT+H (Nodes can be expanded or collapsed with the SPACE-Key)
• Key short cuts [main screen]:

  [SHIFT]+[G|H]:

  (G)oto any Directory [will open a tree structure of your BB filesystem]

• Key short cuts ['all directories' popup]:

  [ENTER]:	Open the selected directory
  [SPACE]:	Expand/collapse current node
  [ESC]:	Cancel - close popup dialogue

What's fixed

• spelling correction in the About-BBFileScout Dialog

2009/03/22 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.8

What's new?

• Create Playlists from current directory content [optional: including all subdirectories (recursive)]
  (this menu item is only available, if you have specified a 'Playlist Directory' in the options)

What's fixed

• Creating of ZIP files: already existing ZIPs (with the same name) will never be overwritten - instead the new ZIP will be auto renamed
• [SHIFT]+NAV UP|DOWN: Select/Deselect multiple files will work now, no matter how fast you scroll (never expected that this would be so hard to fix)
• About-BBFileScout Dialog is now again 'readonly'

2009/03/20 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.7

What's new?

• Create Playlists from current directory content
  (this menu item is only available, if you have specified a 'Playlist Directory' in the options)

What's fixed

• Spelling correction in Font size chooser ('old man')
• [SHIFT]+NAV UP|DOWN: Select/Deselect multiple files should work now even if you scroll very fast (at least I hope so)
• All popup windows should have now scroll bars if needed
• Updated About-BBFileScout Dialog

2009/03/19 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.6

What's new?

• Add the current directory to your 'favorite directory list'
• From anywhere goto any of your favorite directories (from the list)
• Options:
  • General Settings
    • Font Size ['small'|'medium'|'default'|'large'|'I am an old man'] (default: DEFAULT)
• Key short cuts [main screen]:

  [G|H]:	(G)oto favorites [open favorites Dialog (if defined)]
  [SPACE]:	Select/Deselect the current highlighted file and go to the next one
  [SHIFT]+NAV UP|DOWN:	Select/Deselect multiple files

• Key short cuts [favorite popup]:

  [ENTER]:	Open the selected favorite directory
  [DEL|Backspace]:	(Del)ete selected favorite directory entry
  [ESC]:	Cancel - close popup dialogue

What's fixed

• Options: Browse for 'Startup directory' & Browse for 'Playlist directory' will now only show directories
• An entered none existing 'Startup directory' will not cause BBFileScout to crash at statup

2009/03/18 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.5

What's new?

• Create Playlists across multiple folders [select in any folder your audio files (via Space-Key) and once you have marked all files select 'Create Playlist from <selection>' from the menu] (this menu item is only available, if you have specified a 'Playlist Directory' in the options)
• Opening Media-Files:
  • Playlists: M3U
• Options:
  • General Settings
    • Startup Directory (default EMPTY)
  • Media-Player Options
    • Playlist Directory (default EMPTY)
    • Clear selection after Playlist creation (default ON)
• Key short cuts:
  • [L]:Create play(l)ist from selection

2009/03/15 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.4

Bugfix

• Overwrite a file (copy or move) where the source and destination folder are identical will not destroy the file

2009/03/14 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.3

What's new?

• additional options:
  • Default action when destination exist ['do nothing'|'rename file'|'overwrite destination'|'ask each time'] (default 'do nothing')

2009/03/13 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.2

What's new?

• Auto rename/overwrite if a file already exist at the destination [of copy & move], this behavior is configurable via options
• BBFileScout register itself as default content handler for '.INI', '.LOG' and '.XML' files [This allows you to open this files e.g. from eMail attachments directly in the BBFileScout SimpleTextViewer/Editor] (experimental)
• additional options:
  • Default action when destination exist (default 'do nothing')

Bugfix

• Hopfully the app does not crash anymore, if a unreadable file will be opened in the SimpleTextViewer/Editor

2009/03/11 - BBFileScout update to 0.5.1

What's new?

• Complete new implementation of content handlers - BBFileScout now makes use of the (pre-)registered document handlers - when a app register itslf for a specify file extension BBFileScout now can read this association and launch the registered app [this implies, that installed PDF readers will now instantly work with BBFileScout]
• additional options:
  • Use the BBFileScout build-in text viewer/editor (default ON)
  • Use the BBFileScout build-in ZIP handler (default ON)
  • Force BB media content handler for images, audio & video files (default OFF)

2009/03/07 - BBFileScout update to 0.4.12

What's fixed?

• All the button's in the popup's (e.g. confirm dialogues) have now own KeyListener to react on ENTER -> required for sure for 8700'er users - *shame on me*!
• Open 'XXX' should be now preselected menu entry (instead of 'options')
• Bug hunting for Iare's "Uncaught exception: invalid initialValue" crash

2009/03/07 - BBFileScout update to 0.4.11

What's new?

• Default BB-eMail Composer is used to send any FileAttachments from BBFileScout (previously there was a own implemented eMail composer)
• If the default BB-eMail Composer is causing problems with sending attachments, then you can turn on the BBFileScout-"buildIn" eMail Composer via the Options.

2009/03/07 - BBFileScout update to 0.4.10

What's new?

• Auto detection of 'PDF 2 go'
• If 'PDF 2 go' is installed PDF files will be automatically opend (no manual file association required)

What's fixed?

• Contact reading should not show any popup, if a error occurs

2009/03/07 - BBFileScout update to 0.4.9

What's new?

• "Bulk" processing (process more then a single file/less then the complete directory):
  • Copy selection of files
  • Move selection of files
  • Delete selection of files
  • Zip selection of files
• Key short cuts:
  • [SPACE]: Select/Deselect the current highlighted file (to be able to multi select)

What's fixed?

• Improvements for smaller displays like 8800'er
• Catching errors while reading Contacts (eMail attachments function)
• additional alternative JAD inside the BBFileScout ZIP download

2009/03/07 - BBFileScout update to 0.4.8

What's new?

• File details dialogue:
  • Filename (complete)
  • File size
  • Last modification date
  • Is BuildIn [YES|NO]
  • Is DRMLocked [YES|NO]
  • Is Encrypted [YES|NO]
• Send any file as eMail attachment to your BB contacts (experimental)
• Key short cuts:
  • [U|I]: (I)nformation about selected file [file details]

What's fixed?

• '... to GO' applications will now come to front, when a DOC, Excel or PowerPoint document will be open (I hope that will work for you all)
• Zipping a single File will show now a real progress bar
• Tested with BB 8700 Simulator
• Changed some menu item names (from 'open' to 'edit'/'view')
• Probably more what I can't remember right now ;-)