Resco Explorer 2008: History

Version 7.00 (June 3, 2008)

• Touch control support
  
• Side letter navigation bar
  
• File search filter
  
• Virtual folders – quick access to documents, pictures, audio files…
  
• Customizable toolbar
  
• Large toolbar buttons optimized for touch mode
  
• File search filter
  
• AES Zip encryption
  
• FTP module completely rebuilt, secure FTP added
  
• Settings dialog reorganized
  
• Added Details View mode
  
• Favorites redesigned
  
• Quick search
  
• Significant speed increase in loading folder items
  
• Increased speed in Registry module
  
• Explicit folder icons support
  
• Skinable toolbar and icons
  
• Direct copying between ZIP/RAR/FTP
  
• Delete/Move without list refreshing
  
• And many minor improvements

Version 6.0 | April 23, 2007

General features:

• File Types Highlighting
• Quick-search bar
• Status bar
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts
• Speed measuring for copying/moving/beaming
• Customizable startup folder

Network drive mapping:

• explicit user/password
• optional drive name
• permanent/virtual drive (connected on startup/first use)

Encryption:

• Viewing encrypted files with build-in viewer (decryption in memory)

Bluetooth:

• Remember recently used Bluetooth device(Microsoft Bluetooth stack only)

Today plugin:

• running applications
• Add Document remembers last folder

Other improvements:

• Delete confirmation — option "Do not use Recycle Bin"
• Multi-selection mode and Drag'n'drop via keyboard shortcut (HW key)
• Open With — option "Enclose path into quotes"
• copying locked files (e.g. pim.vol)
• Folder Properties — recursive attribute setting (optional)

Version 5.42 | 10/4/2006

• Widcomm Bluetooth stack 1.7 support
• updated Today plugin

Version 5.41 | 8/1/2006

• installation failure prevention
• Registration — link to automatic reg. code fetching
• selection stays on position after Rename
• OpenDoc option is back (allows opening Pocket Office documents without showing the file list on exit)
• Built-in Viewer — quicker image loading under WM 5.0
• Options/Addins — direct links for missing addins
• Bug fix: Today plugin showed "Expired" after entering the code
• Bug fix: Registry Editor — menu missing Options
• Bug fix: menu pops up second time after Delete
• Bug fix: upper icons (My Device and Recycle Bin) disappeared after switching portrait/landscape
• Bug fix: ~Recycled no longer visible on Storage Card

Version 5.40 | 5/22/2006

• Automatic Internet connection in FTP addin
• Recycle Bin toolbar icon
• New Folder toolbar icon
• fixed addins links in Options
• Favorites saving bug fix
• Registry searching bug fix
• FTP connection bug fix
• WM 5.0 installation problem fix (partial)

Version 5.35 | 01/16/2006

• fixed installation problem on WM 5.0 devices
• WM 5.0 compatible user interface
• Widcomm Bluetooth stack 1.7 support

Version 5.31 | 12/5/2005

• ZIP — fixed time issue (corrected Day light saving)
• ZIP — WM 5.0 — fixed update request
• Today Plugin — enhanced power status query — prevents against battery drain
• fixed SD/CF card folder detection problem
• fixed problem with deletion from the ZIP root

Version 5.30 | 11/21/2005

• Recycle Bin
• Multi-language installation package
• enhanced Bluetooth support (now supports all peer devices supporting OBEX and does not require authentication)
• new keyboard shortcuts
• enhanced SD/CF card folder detection in Today plugin

Version 5.22 | 9/22/2005

• new Resco Update feature
• Today Plugin supports the new skins checking
• fixed bug in network enumeration
• Properties window supports folder containing more than 4 GB
• fixed bug hiding the mapped drive content under "Hide files in ROM" mode

Version 5.21 | 9/2/2005

• fixed exception in FTP module
• network scanning — stops scanning when mapping the drive
• Today plugin checks Explorer's registration records

Version 5.20 | 8/25/2005

• renamed to Resco Explorer 2005
• contains Today Screen Plugin
• new QVGA icons
• easier button navigation
• supports square screen
• enhanced network scanning
• enhanced keyboard navigation in list mode (including press'n'hold feature for action button)
• ZIP supports national characters
• rename works also with HW keyboard
• restoring position after Delete/Duplicate

Version 5.15 | 5/31/2005

• supports Windows Mobile 5.0
• fixed Microsoft Bluetooth stack sending to Nokia phones and other devices

Version 5.14 | 3/23/2005

• supports Microsoft Bluetooth stack
• Back/Forward navigation buttons
• supports Lexar 80x CF cards
• warning before importing the registry script
• binaries optimized for size
• shared libraries moved to the installation folder (now takes much less space on the main memory)
• OEM upgrade version labeled in the About box

Version 5.13 | 1/3/.2005

• Associate With — back to previos implementation (problems with MS applications)

Version 5.12 | 11/22/2004

• fully tested on SE VGA and "Real" VGA
• Find window remembers last 10 searches
• ListView supports character navigation
• Dragging — scrolling speed adjusted
• ListViewr supports auto-scrolling during selection
• FTP — fixed bug with connecting on certain FTP servers
• ListView — column sizes are saved correctly for both portrait and landscape
• ListView — default column sizes adjusted for the VGA and "Real" VGA
• preventing the device against turning off during the long-time operations
• Associate With — arguments are quoted (to support the file names with space)

Version 5.11 | 6/30/2004

• fixed PPC 2000 bug (application hangs up whole device after installation due to TrueColor program icon)

Version 5.10 | 6/14/2004

• Windows Mobile 2003 SE — full support
• fully supports portrait/landscape switching
• fully supports VGA resolution under WM 2003 SE
• fixed Infra-red OBEX beaming to non-Pocket PC devices
• improved FTP client
• Owner name in the registration is disabled
• fixed window frame sizing

Version 5.00 | 2/4/2004:

• FTP add-in is a part of the package
• FTP and Registry add-ins are installed optionaly (they are in the separate CABs)
• Find dialog selects the file by tapping on the found item (not just folder as before)
• HP Mobile Printing supported on all platforms ( HP MP 2.00 is required )
• partially supports the lanscape mode and VGA resolution (according to WinCE 4.21 specification)
• visual settings for the landscape and portrait modes are saved separately
• ZIP / Extract To offers the current folder (ZIP's location) by default (instead of "My Documents")
• fixed bug: Prompt replace (and some other places) displayed the wrong file time for file on some SD cards
• New registration codes need to be applied

Version 4.30:

• corrected bug: FindFirstFileEx function locks the folder under PPC 2003
• corrected bug: when SIP keys were forced down, Auto-completion were disabled
• corrected bug: Delete key in Registry Explorer left the wait cursor on
• corrected bug: There was no way how to turn the internal ZIP compression off

Version 4.25 | OEM versions only:

• Sending files via Ir OBEX (with progress)
• Sending files via Bluetooth (only under PPC 2003)
• Pocket PC 2003 — corrected bug moving the folder from SD Card (failing FindFirstFileEx)
• Registration — User name is taken from the Owner Information only
• Corrected bug copying files from the Novell's shared drive
• Duplicate uses intelligent naming (Copy (x) of)
• Copying to the same folder will duplicate the files or folders
• System Info splitted to the 2 separate tabs (storage and battery)
• Drag'n'Drop feature
• Format Flash Card feature
• HP Mobile Printing support
• Shell Add-ins no longer hardcoded (can be installed separatelly)
• Light version available (only for iPaq 4xxx)

Version 4.20:

• No direct access copying the file
• Deletes the file fragments when the disk was full
• closes the temp file when archiving and disk was full
• Changing read-only shortcut target from properties
• Favorites dialog — setting As Shortcut flag correctly