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« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2012, 12:55:49 PM »
you can save a dopus window - it's called a Lister Layout.
I use this a lot - different tabs / layouts / views for different jobs, for different requirements. (I also use Session Manager to do the same kind of thing in Firefox.)

You can make a shortcut to save a lister layout thus:
Prefs LAYOUTSAVE=single



on saving you get offered some options:



If you change your layout and want to save the changes, you need to save it again, which can only be done like file/save-as, i.e. use the shortcut above, type in or select the name of the current layout => message: "do you want to replace..." => click "Yes". A bit messy, but you get used to it (well, I did :p )

Lister layouts can be opened via the tray icon, or via
menu: Settings >Lister Layouts
But I use FARR to open them smiley
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You need to create a shortcut to the layout:
menu Settings >Lister Layouts >Edit Layouts
  • drag relevant layout to desktop to create a shortcut
  • shortcut has funny name Layout "XXXX".dcf (where XXXX was the saved layout name) - I change name to the saved name
  • move to a location that FARR can read (I add them to the Start Menu >Programs folder)

With the TEST layout example:
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« Reply #26 on: January 10, 2012, 12:17:31 PM »
Just updated to 10.0.3.0

there was a mention of an "Other Manual" in the info when I was prompted to download. Once installed, I had to search a bit before I found it.
I like what I've read so far - it seems to be a very good (in-depth) introduction thumbs up

Directory Opus 10: Quick-Start Guide, Tips & Tricks
Or: The "Other Manual" to Directory Opus

"The guide walks you through Andy's personal configuration of Opus and discusses how and why he got there."


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via http://blog.dopus.com/201...de-opus-other-manual.html
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« Reply #27 on: January 10, 2012, 12:37:44 PM »
nice tip, tomos!  I will have to start using that.

I'm pretty proud of my work on the status bar (most of it is copied from others).  The 4 little bars, when files and folders are selected, give visual information about:


1) left-top bar shows how full a 700MB CD would be based on what is selected.  Red means I went over the limit.

2) left-bottom bar shows how full a 4.7GB DVD would be based on what is selected.  Red means I went over the limit.

3)right-top shows the percentage of space that the selected items are taking up on their own drive.  Let's say I'm trying to free up space, that bar gives me an idea if I've selected a lot or a little of the total amount of space being used on the current drive.

4) right-bottom shows how much space my selection will take up as a percentage of free space available on the destination drive.  So, let's say I want to move 500MB over to another drive, and there is 600MB of free space available on the other drive...then this bar will almost be full.  If it turns red, that means I can't move my selection over there.
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« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2012, 04:40:42 PM »
Quote from: tomos on January 10, 2012, 12:17:31 PM
Directory Opus 10: Quick-Start Guide, Tips & Tricks
Or: The "Other Manual" to Directory Opus

"The guide walks you through Andy's personal configuration of Opus and discusses how and why he got there."

He gives a couple of toolbars which you can add to your install. (I never knew that was so easy...)
If you have a portable option on your dopus license, it might be worth trying out new stuff on portable version first. He changes some default shortcuts so they will clash & be shown twice - he does tell you how to clear it up (scroll down the page), but you may wish to just cherry-pick from the modified portable install.

Copying a button: when in customise mode, simply right-click & Copy
This will also copy a full menu or a three-way-button
Paste works the same way, also in customise mode.
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« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2012, 04:56:44 PM »
I've been working on photos this evening.
Seeing as I now know how to copy a toolbar, here's a couple of versions of the image toolbar.
I think the image toolbar comes by default, but this one is tidied up a lot -
 
  • convert to PNG and GIF buttons combined - left click for PNG, right click for GIF
  • convert to JPG and BMP buttons combined - left click for JPG, right click for BMP
  • Viewer pane button added (as menu button) - various thumbnail sizes and [make]wallpaper added as "sub-items"
  • second version is streamlined - images removed, text shortened
  • slider for thumbnail size only shows in thumbnail view

version 2_0


version 2_1 [version 3]


you can keep the toolbar very small (normally it would go under the viewer as well) - click on the left side & drag it over and back till it settles where you want it.



edit/ I forgot to tell you how to add the toolbar embarassed
From Andy's "Other Manual" dopus page (link in previous post) -

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• Open a dual lister. In the path bar (quick selection: F4), paste exactly this: /buttons
• Move the two toolbar files [see below] into that folder (you will notice that it contains all the other toolbars).
• Right-click any place on your old toolbars and select Toolbars, then [select one to test - drag to wherever you want]

EDIT/ there's no shortcuts included

EDIT/ new version 3 does *not* change the last modified date when rotating an image
* Dopus_images_toolbars_v3.zip (0.98 KB - downloaded 48 times.)
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« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2012, 08:04:42 AM »
I've customized buttons to upload the selected file to my website and then put the full url of the uploaded file on my clipboard. It's handy for pasting images to forums and uploading files for friends.

Customize a button on the toolbar and put something like this:
[copy or print]
Copy TO=ftp://MyUserName:MyPassword@MyWebsite.com//httpdocs/images
Clipboard SET http://www.MyWebsite.com/images/{file}
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« Reply #31 on: February 09, 2012, 05:20:27 AM »
Quote from: tomos on January 13, 2012, 04:56:44 PM
EDIT/ new version 3 does *not* change the last modified date when rotating an image

I modified the images toolbar so that it now does *not* change the last modified date when rotating an image.
Download from quoted post above.
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« Reply #32 on: July 06, 2012, 05:11:52 AM »
DOpus function to emulate maketree/ZeroZipper

Quote from: 4wd on July 06, 2012, 02:54:14 AM
Creates the zero length files/folder structure in the destination lister and then moves it into a 7-Zip archive - on my machine it did 27272 files/223 folders in about 20 seconds, (to RAM or HDD).
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« Reply #33 on: July 06, 2012, 05:19:24 AM »
DOH!  I forgot this thread existed  embarassed

Can one of the mods move my post to here?
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« Reply #34 on: July 06, 2012, 04:21:24 PM »
@Innuendo
I am sorry I will not quote all your thoughts parts (too much hassle) for TC plugins developers base. I will also give my thoughts though:

I wrote few plugins for TC and all I can say is that it seemed quite easy for the level of my C++ skills. I've tried to write something for IrfanView and DO in the past but they were too hard. I know there are many great coders out there but for C++ n00b like me - it was darn easy to have my own plugs. They are not bug free or complicated but - hey - they work at least smiley

As for great wave of Easter Devs: for me it is understandable way of living. If you have a choice to pay more for something that works or less for something that almost work (but with your little effort it ends up the same)… you chose second option. This is how whole generation (or two?) was raised. While The West could just buy things, The East had Adam Słodowy to listen to instead. Many people made their tools and I think that's the way for any developing county. Capitalists killed their creativity Wink

As an example:
In eighties, one of my friends (as a kid) was in Germany on a trip and he brought back "the best in town" hi-fi set (lot of speakers, amplifiers, etc)… for almost free. How he did it? Hi father found it in dumpster, thrown by some folk who said it is definitely broken. Took for investigation and it appeared that PowerOff button was not working due to bad solding. One tiny spot needed to be fix. That's all. I know that on some levels it is unacceptable to dig into garbage but not for all of us, especially for these who cannot afford it (no matter is it for lack of money or lack of goods).
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« Reply #35 on: July 22, 2012, 02:04:28 AM »
Updated my original post but repeated here.

Forgot to take spaces in names into account, this fixes that.

Formatted for XML with the GeSHI Syntax Highlighter [copy or print]
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  2. <usercommand backcol="none" hide_from_menu="no" textcol="none">
  3. 	<label>ZeroArc</label>
  4. 	<tip>Produce a file tree archive</tip>
  5. 	<user_label>ZeroArc</user_label>
  6. 	<icon1>#default:newzipfile</icon1>
  7. 	<function type="normal">
  8. 		<instruction>@runmode hide</instruction>
  9. 		<instruction>@nofilenamequoting</instruction>
  10. 		<instruction>@sync:robocopy &quot;{filepath|noterm}&quot; &quot;{destpath$}{file}&quot; /CREATE /E /np /nfl /ndl /njh /njs</instruction>
  11. 		<instruction>COPY MOVE ARCHIVE=.7z,KEEPFOLDER &quot;{destpath$}{file}&quot; AS &quot;{file}&quot;</instruction>
  12. 	</function>
  13. </usercommand>
* ZeroArc.7z (0.47 KB - downloaded 23 times.)
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