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Title: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on December 28, 2016, 12:51 PM
Hi all,


Application NameCSearcher
Version1.5.5.0
Short Description A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Supported OSes   .net4 Windows (XP/Vista/7,8,10,server 2008, server 2012, etc)
Web Page    http://www.hnsoft.pt
Download Link   http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads
System Requirements   Any Windows with .net4 framework installed
Version History    http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads
Author   Hugo Nabais


Description
To search files, I always used windows explorer but it was slow, sometimes it did not return all the expected results, and it uses lots of RAM. I tried some freeware non-indexing searchers but some were slow, and others did not have all the features I wanted. So since I develop some application in my work I decided to create my own portable program: CSearcher. CSearcher is a simple & fast free non-indexing search program. Since I’ve been using it I gave it to some colleagues at work and they gave me same good feedback. I then decided to clean and polish the program and publish it as freeware! To contribute back. No installation required, everything runs from its folder, just copy it anywhere.

Features
· Integration with Explorer menu for seamless search of folders.
(http://www.hnsoft.pt/Images/context.png)
· Exclude patterns.
· Date and size options.
· Find files that contain specific text.
· Calculate MD5 and compare files.
· Simple Hex Viewer of any file.
· Search history.
· Filtering:
         Filter results. After finding all the results you want, you can dynamically filter results for faster finding of different items.
         Filter possible duplicate file (same name and size), can be confirmed with md5.
· Export selected results to CSV or HTML file.

Planned Features
What features are you planning to implement in the future?
I need some feedback on that one!


Screenshots
(http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/Images/4.png)

Usage
Installation
Run it from anywhere, portable!.

Compared to other free non-indexing search programs I found on Google:
http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/Comparison

Using the Application
Self explanatory.

Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: Curt on December 28, 2016, 03:07 PM
wonderful idea

Bug:
It was happy to register with, but has so far refused to unregister from my Windows Explorer!

32-bit Win 10 Pro 1607 (with adm's rights)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on December 28, 2016, 04:27 PM
wonderful idea

Bug:
It was happy to register with, but has so far refused to unregister from my Windows Explorer!

32-bit Win 10 Pro 1607 (with adm's rights)
-Curt (December 28, 2016, 03:07 PM)



To unregister from Windows Explorer Context Menu:
You have to go to the folder where you "installed" CSearcher (Not open CSearcher from context menu).
Right Click over the CSearcher.exe, Run as administrator, and then the unregister option will work!
Windows 10 "pseudo" security. Sorry about that.
I will try to put a warning about this.


Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: Curt on December 28, 2016, 05:47 PM
-that's how I did, but it wouldn't go away. I have now deleted it myself from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\...

The program was situated in C:\Program Files\CSearcher\CSearcher.exe
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on December 28, 2016, 05:49 PM
-that's how I did, but it wouldn't go away. I have now deleted it myself from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\...

The program was situated in C:\Program Files\CSearcher\CSearcher.exe
-Curt (December 28, 2016, 05:47 PM)

I'll look in to it!

EDIT: You are right it's not working properly, I'll need to fix it and publish a new version!
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on December 28, 2016, 06:54 PM
It's fixed and tested now!
I have released a new version 1.0.1.2.

Thanks for the help nailing this bug :)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: mouser on December 28, 2016, 07:20 PM
Nice entry  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on January 04, 2017, 11:40 AM
I'm a very basic 'searcher', having only installed 'Everything' about a year ago.
I like the filtering options :up:
Will try for a while see how I get on with it
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 06, 2017, 08:21 AM
New version 1.1.0.0 released:

(https://s23.postimg.org/4riimstuj/1_1_0_0.jpg)

I received some good suggestions and lots of things were changed and added in this version!
Please read the release notes and try it out.
The old patterns.txt file must be replaced by the new one.

I'll wait for feedback.

Version 1.1.0.0:
[alt] removed *text* buttons. Default search uses filesystem syntax. For searches that contain pattern you should check "Containing text"
[alt] multi patterns separator changed from ; to | because ; is a valid character in file system naming
[new] New option to manually add search folders. It also has a combobox with last searched directories (separeted by "|")
[new] When CSearcher starts whith no parameters, it will load last searched directories.
[alt] Removed clear "pattern" buttons. They were redundant
[fix] Small fix to menu icons (folder, notepad)
[new] Option to restore minimized CSearcher using a Windows HotKey. Ability to configure custom HotKey in Options menu.
[new] Results columns state (visibility, size) is now saved and restored after restart
[new] When opening previous patterns or last exclude patterns pressing the delete key will delete selected entry
[alt] asks for permission when register/unresgistering CSearcher in options menu, no more restarting csearcher with admin privileges
[new] check for command line folders access on program loading before adding to search dir box
Downloads:
·http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/CSearcher_1.1.0.0.zip (http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/CSearcher_1.1.0.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/CSearcher_1.1.0.0.exe (http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/CSearcher_1.1.0.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.

Hugo
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 12, 2017, 02:59 PM
I released version 1.2.1.0.
There were a lot of changes:

      Version 1.2.1.0:
                          [new]   Added option to search files not containing text
                          [new]   Added state icons to restrictions options
                          [new]   Multiple size options: added GB
                          [alt]   Options checkboxes state is no longer preserved. It was confusing.
                          [fix]   Small Layout fixes
      Version 1.2.0.0:
                          [fix]   Improved error handling
                          [new]   Multiple size options: autosize, in bytes, in KB, in MB
                          [new]   Move UP/Down search folders changing search order
                          [fix]   Small Layout fixes
                          [new]   Added more custom icons to layout improving visual clarity
                          [new]   Integrated with Notepad++. If installed option to open with Notepad++ is available
                          [new]   New Command line option to add all available drives (ex:c:\ e:\) to search folders on startup
                          [new]   New browse form that allows multiple folders paths to be selected (browse button)
                          [fix]   Last column sort state is not preserved any more.
                          [fix]   HotKey KeyCode not initialized correctly
                          [new]   Tab selected is now preserved
                          [new]   Results new option: Search with CSearcher (only directories)

Screenshot:
(http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/Images/1.png)

new custom browse button:
(http://www.informan.pt/csearcher/Images/2.png)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: skwire on January 12, 2017, 04:57 PM
Featured here: http://betanews.com/2017/01/11/csearcher-is-a-fast-portable-desktop-search-tool/ (http://betanews.com/2017/01/11/csearcher-is-a-fast-portable-desktop-search-tool/)

Kudos.   :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: mouser on January 12, 2017, 05:19 PM
Very nice  :up:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 15, 2017, 06:35 AM
I have good news. CSearcher is mainly divided in two parts:
1 The main form that handles file operations and display results.
2 The search thread that focus on fast search without blocking main form.

I completely redesigned the code that handles the communication between the main form and the search thread, and I was able to squeeze a lot of performance when you are searching for hundreds of thousands of files.

Before:
(https://s24.postimg.org/w07779ylx/old.jpg)

Now:
(https://s24.postimg.org/fb5rbd20l/new.jpg)

This still is not the disk file table "trick" planed for future versions.

This improvement will benefit mainly of fast disks but it still provides some improvements in other disk.
I have a "slow" NAS share that had this results searching through +/- 300.000 files:
Windows Explorer: 1:30s
Csearcher "old": 1:10s
Csearcher "new": 0:59s

The limitation here was really the NAS speed!

I'm finishing testing and implementing other fixes and hope to release a new version in the next couple of days.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 16, 2017, 07:28 PM
New Version 1.3.0.1
Changes:
Auto scroll information about current directory being searched.
Performance improvement when searching for thousands of objects in fast disks
Performance improvement handling thousands of objects (mainly deleting and others operations)
New filters to hide folders and files
Fixed selecting and right clicking over hundreds of thousands of objects (faster now)
Clarified warning about empty containing/non containing strings.
Fixed Ascii/Unicode layout positioning

New website: http://www.hnsoft.pt
Downloads:
http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.zip) Compressed archive.
http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on January 17, 2017, 05:47 AM
hi hugo,
just a heads up that the direct dowload link in op is not working:
"You do not have permission to view this directory or page."
http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/

(Got the download via other page @ http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads.aspx)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 17, 2017, 06:08 AM
hi hugo,
just a heads up that the direct dowload link in op is not working:
"You do not have permission to view this directory or page."
http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/

(Got the download via other page @ http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads.aspx)
-tomos (January 17, 2017, 05:47 AM)

The links I posted are working, I tested them.

"http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/" was not supposed to be accessed directly. But I understand people may try that, I'll get an alternative.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on January 17, 2017, 06:19 AM
"http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/" was not supposed to be accessed directly. But I understand people may try that, I'll get an alternative.
-hugo nabais (January 17, 2017, 06:08 AM)

as said, it's given as the download link above (so it's the obvious first choice for clicking)
But also as said, it not a problem ;)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 17, 2017, 06:21 AM
"http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/" was not supposed to be accessed directly. But I understand people may try that, I'll get an alternative.
-hugo nabais (January 17, 2017, 06:08 AM)

as said, it's given as the download link above (so it's the obvious first choice for clicking)
But also as said, it not a problem ;)
-tomos (January 17, 2017, 06:19 AM)

Where is "http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/" given as a link above?
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 17, 2017, 06:47 AM
New download links:
Downloads:
http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.zip) Compressed archive.
http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.1.exe) Self-Extracting file.

Opening http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/ works fine now.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on January 17, 2017, 07:10 AM
Sorted :up:

Where is "http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/" given as a link above?
-hugo nabais (January 17, 2017, 06:21 AM)

in the download link in the table in the first post.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 17, 2017, 07:33 AM
Sorted :up:

Where is "http://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads/" given as a link above?
-hugo nabais (January 17, 2017, 06:21 AM)

in the download link in the table in the first post.
-tomos (January 17, 2017, 07:10 AM)

I had forgotten that. I'll update it.

thanks
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on January 18, 2017, 07:01 AM
I see I can copy filepath via:
menu >Edit >etc.

Any chance that could be made more accessible, especially via a shortcut?
Cant speak for others, but it's what I use most once I find a file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 18, 2017, 10:13 AM
I see I can copy filepath via:
menu >Edit >etc.

Any chance that could be made more accessible, especially via a shortcut?
Cant speak for others, but it's what I use most once I find a file.
-tomos (January 18, 2017, 07:01 AM)

Sure, I have released a new version implementing your request:

Version 1.3.0.2
[fix] Fixed bug when starting a new search if there were objects selected. They are cleared now
[alt] "Delete object(s)" message box information text was clarified.
[new] Edit->Copy Name/full path/MD5 now is able to copy 1 or more selection objects
[new] Edit->Copy Name/full path/MD5 can now be accessed through shortcut keys
Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.2.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.2.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.2.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.3.0.2.exe) Self-Extracting file.

Preview:
(https://s29.postimg.org/kieuzkf9j/edir.jpg)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on January 19, 2017, 02:11 PM
^ thanks hugo :up:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 21, 2017, 04:39 AM
Once again I have good news.
I have completely redesigned the search method/algorithm.  CSearcher is now using 100% Windows low level fast optimized native methods.
This has improved performance on fast disks by a factor of 2X compared to 1.3 versions!
I also improved memory usage. Around 30% less memory usage!
I have tested it and now it can easily search and obtain over 4 million objects (files and folders)!

Comparison between the last versions: (check search time!)
Version 1.2:
(https://s23.postimg.org/5o1fafajv/1_2.png)
Version 1.3:
(https://s23.postimg.org/hrbcbqazv/1_3.png)
Version 1.4:
(https://s23.postimg.org/s2np4e2p7/1_4.png)

Version 1.4.0.0
[new]   Completely redesigned search method/algorithm. Improved performance on fast disks. 100% Windows low level fast native method
[new]   Improved memory usage. Around 30% less memory usage.
[fix]   Several small optimizations and big fixes
[fix]   Fixed bug when restricting by "Newer than accessed date".
[fix]   Fixed bug when containing search or exclude pattern was one character long
[new]   Now it can perform searches inside long path name folders over 260 characters long
[new]   When a result has a path longer than the system maximum length is selected, an alert is displayed!
[fix]   Fixed rare bug where restriction icons could display icon in wrong tab
[new]   Check online for newer versions, on start or manually

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.0.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.0.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.0.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.0.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.


I will wait for your feedback!
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: andy19 on January 21, 2017, 05:22 AM
Nice software. On my system I can't reproduce your speeds. Seems that your software needs an initial search before a search for 400.000 files takes about 3 seconds (Windows File Cache + Disk Cache maybe?).

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Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 21, 2017, 05:36 AM
Nice software. On my system I can't reproduce your speeds. Seems that your software needs an initial search before a search for 400.000 files takes about 3 seconds (Windows File Cache + Disk Cache maybe?).
-andy19 (January 21, 2017, 05:22 AM)

The times I presented are influenced by Windows file caching. It was hard for me to keep rebooting my computer to test for first time usage, but every version and other softwares I compare are influenced in the same way.
If using for first time on a disk, or using on a network share it will be slower, depending on disk speed.
But on fast SSDs I can get very fast times, almost as fast as "first time usage".

There is a feature planed for a future release where I will read the disk allocation table and parse it, making searches even faster on every run.
There are a couple of software's that already do that. But doing that method only is not enough for me because it is limited to NTFS disks and requires administrative privileges.
My plan in the future is to have both methods, and use the best one available.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: mouser on January 21, 2017, 08:43 AM
It's great to see such progress!
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on January 27, 2017, 07:06 AM
New release:

Version 1.4.1.0
[new]   Improved results filtering speed by a noticeable factor. Around 4-5X faster!
[new]   Export feature moved to "File menu". Added XML and TSV format. New export form that adds more exporting options.
[new]   Ability to import XML saved results
[new]   Feature that allows loading and saving of Search Criteria and Restrictions in "File menu"
[new]   New option to clear all results in Edit-> Clear all results
[new]   After MD5 calculation if CSearcher shows MD5 column (it was hidden), CSearcher now scrolls right (if needed) to show MD5 column
[fix]   On startup when trying to load last searched folders, if a folder is not accessible it is not added anymore
[fix]   Layout fixes and improvements
[fix]   Don't allow empty directory to be added

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.1.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.1.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.1.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.1.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.


Screens:
(https://s27.postimg.org/s2sdsyoqr/image.png)

(https://s27.postimg.org/geybyezlv/image.png)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on February 04, 2017, 12:37 PM
I released a new version of CSearcher that improves a lot performance when deleting files:

Version 1.4.2.0
[fix]   Results view last state when loaded was not reflected properly
[new]   Completely redesigned delete code. Permanently deleting objects is now much faster. Up to 5x faster than Windows Explorer
[new]   Before deleting objects a new options dialog is displayed with possibility to skip errors. Shift+delete is now allowed.
[new]   While deleting objects there is now a new form with progress details

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.2.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.2.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.2.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.2.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.


Screens:
(https://s28.postimg.org/doafyih7h/image.jpg)
(https://s28.postimg.org/4ujjheu8t/image.jpg)


I did some speed testing deleting thousands of files:

Permanently delete 14.240 objects on local HDD:
CSearcher version 1.4.1.1: 17 seconds
Windows 10 Explorer: 18 seconds
CSearcher version 1.4.2.0: 4 seconds

Permanently delete 14.240 objects over a network share:
CSearcher version 1.4.1.1:  230 seconds
Windows 10 Explorer: 73 seconds
CSearcher version 1.4.2.0: 59 seconds
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on February 08, 2017, 05:49 AM
hi hugo,
a couple of minor queries / requests:

is there any keyboard method of getting to the "Search pattern" field ?
(I know I can tab there but that can take a while) Ctrl+F ?

would it be possible to show the path of found files as a 'tooltip' -- currently the only way of seeing most full filepaths is to resize column which then pushes other info out to right.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on February 08, 2017, 06:00 AM
After messing around with the tab key to navigate, I seem to have broken something:

CS couldnt find anything -- see Everything result showing it on G:

[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]

I browsed to add another drive, and see that G: is *not* already selected, even though it was listed in the Search folders box.

[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]

If I can reproduce I will let you know.


Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on February 08, 2017, 06:27 AM
Hi tomos,

Thank you for your feedback.

About your suggestions, I will consider the shortcut key on Search Pattern, seems practical.
About the tooltip with fullpath I think it's a great ideia, I had already in my daily usage felt the need for such information.
I'll add them to my to do list and probably will add them in next release.

The problem of your jpg file not being found is probably related to the fact that you were filtering results:
(https://s24.postimg.org/3jq7d4iv9/image.png)
Maybe you had a "space" in one of the filtering fields?!

About the other question of your drive G:\ not being showed is a normal behavior by design.
The browse form will not load added search folders.
I tried to show this by saying:
(https://s29.postimg.org/tkq76w5s7/image.png)

Maybe in the future I'll do some code to load already added folders in this form.
I opted not to do so now because you could manually add unc paths ex:"\\myothercomputer\share1" and this could not be loaded on the browse form.


Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on February 08, 2017, 07:07 AM
Thanks - correct, there was a space in one of the filter boxes. Happened when messing around to see how keyboard navigation was.
That's fine the way adding drives works: I was just trying to find solution, but looking in the wrong place ;-)

And tanks for considering requests :up:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on February 24, 2017, 12:33 PM
I released a new version of CSearcher

Version 1.4.3.0
[new]   Completely redesigned MD5 code. Calculating MD5 is now slightly faster (aound 10-20%).
[new]   While calculating MD5, there is now a form with progress details and an option to cancel. Avoided "not responding" on main form
[new]   The path of result files is shown as a 'tooltip' over the file name. This can be disabled in menu "View->No Results Name tooltip"
[new]   New scrollable form to inform about new versions.

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.3.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.3.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.3.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.4.3.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.

Screens:
(https://s24.postimg.org/d3uj4aec5/image.jpg)

Mouse over a file:
(https://s24.postimg.org/di0ghmnth/image.jpg)

As always any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Hugo
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on March 08, 2017, 07:25 PM
I released a new version of CSearcher with a new cleaner layout, lots of tooltips to provide some usage help and regular expression support! (also some bug fixed)

Version 1.5.0.0 (March 9, 2017)
[new] Most controls have now tooltips to provide functional help
[alt] Content restriction has options to search inside files for containing string with case sensitive or insensitive text
[alt] Mainform layout changes and small fixes
[alt] Introduction of search mode, which replaces the old "containing text" with new simple mode and exact modes
[new] Introduction of Regex mode that allows for regular expression searches and exclusions
[new] New Pattern restrictions tab, with a new ability to exclude subfolders from searches
[alt] Name exclusions moved to new Pattern restrictions tab
[fix] Fixed a small layout problem in Delete permanently form
[fix] Fixed a bug while permanently deleting objects. Objects with unicode characters were not deleted
[fix] Fixed some bugs on MD5 time remaining calculation. The current file name is now displayed in MD5 form while calculating hash

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.0.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.0.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.0.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.0.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.

Screens:
(https://s27.postimg.org/hmx19cib7/image.png)
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: mouser on March 09, 2017, 01:18 AM
[new] Introduction of Regex mode that allows for regular expression searches and exclusions

nice  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: AbteriX on March 09, 2017, 06:07 AM
Congratulations and Kudos, Hugo.

Well made tool. I think I will use this a little bit longer.

Some IDEAs I have found while using it, if I may:



Suggestion #1

Options > Tools
Tool to open file: path\to\notepad2.exe "%1"
Tool to open folder: path\to\filemanager.exe "%1" /A /B /c

Context menu
Open file with own tool
Open folder with own tool



Suggestion #2
Add option to use ESC key to exit the application



Suggestion #3
If easy possible, add option to limited search deep (fine for slow networkdrive)
For example, I know that my own files are in the three top level folders only,
but the folder may contain installation sources also with several sub folders, which are needles to include into the search.


Suggestion #4
If you have some free time, add keyboard shortcuts
Alt+N = Name pattern box
Alt+F = folders
Alt+P = Pattern restrictions
Alt+D = Date restrictions
Alt+S = Size restrictions
Alt+C = Content restrictions
Alt+R = Filter results

Alt+N and Alt+P shortcuts from menu could be changed to use CTRL+Alt+ instead?
Also I would miss a "Copy Path ONLY from result" if I didn't would know workarounds.


Idea #5
Double click on editable box to enable them and check the checkmark box,
instead of checking the checkmark box first.


Idea #6
Of course, history for editable boxes (last 25 recently inserted contents)


#7
Content restrictions:
- RegEx support (also fine for -OR-: abc|def|xyz)
- "Whole word" check box


#8
Date restrictions
Drop-Down-Menu: Last [ 3 |v] days


#9
Perhaps a "collect results" feature? Like "[X] Do not clear result on new search"?
Perhaps useful for finding duplicate files



 
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on March 09, 2017, 11:54 AM
Hi AbteriX,

Thank you for your words and your suggestions.
I will try to comment and discuss them here:

#1:
I will try to think what to implement to cover this topic in the future.

#2:
ESC key is used now to stop the search. So I will not bind it to close program. If I did that people could accidentally press twice in ESC to stop search and it would close CSearcher. You can always use Alt+F4 to close programs so...

#3:
I like this suggestion, setting the maximum subfolder depth and  maximum number of results are useful options.

#4:
Will consider adding more shortcut keys to access those controls
Adding a Copy Path "ONLY" from result is a good idea, will probably implement it for next version.

#5:
About this subject, I prefer the way it is now.

#6:
I may have misunderstood, but this is already implemented. CSearcher stores last 20 inputs on comboboxes! (you have to start a search to add them)

#7:
The way I implemented the search, it allows you to search in very large files and even in binary files such as executables by reading blocks of bytes. Due to this implementation it's hard to allow for Regular Expressions searches.
But the idea of multiple searches like you said: abc|def|xyz seems a very logical idea. I'll implement it!

#8:
Could be something to do on future versions but at this moment I will leave as it is.

#9:
I like this idea, will try to implement it on next version.

Hugo
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: BigBadPlayer on March 20, 2017, 06:42 AM
hugo nabais,

Great program! Super fast, lots of searching filters! In some cases, I use CSearcher instead of FARR.

One thing would be beneficial: Favorit (search) Folders.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on March 20, 2017, 07:34 AM
hugo nabais,

Great program! Super fast, lots of searching filters! In some cases, I use CSearcher instead of FARR.

One thing would be beneficial: Favorit (search) Folders.
-BigBadPlayer (March 20, 2017, 06:42 AM)

Hi

I'll see if I can insert favorite folders.

But for now you can use the Load/Save criteria, witch I use when I want to load favorite search folders.
I think it can also do the trick for you.

(https://s21.postimg.org/em4aawjnb/image.png)

Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on May 08, 2017, 08:23 AM
CSearcher has had some relative success, I've had thousands of downloads on my site and until today I only received one donation. It was something I expected but it is still a bit of a disencouraging and leaves me with little motivation to continue to evolve into more complex features.
I need to find this motivation (and some free time) to be able to implement these features.

Despite this I made another version  :D

Version 1.5.1.0 (May 8, 2017)
[new]   New option (menu Option) to limit Max number of results
[new]   New option (menu Option) to Keep results on new search
[new]   New option (menu Edit or shortcut key Alt+F) that copies to clipboard the folder of selected results
[fix]   Fixed a couple of bugs in keyboard shortcuts
[fix]   Fixed small layout bugs on main form

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: wraith808 on May 08, 2017, 08:56 AM
CSearcher has had some relative success, I've had thousands of downloads on my site and until today I only received one donation. It was something I expected but it is still a bit of a disencouraging and leaves me with little motivation to continue to evolve into more complex features.
I need to find this motivation (and some free time) to be able to implement these features.

Despite this I made another version  :D

Version 1.5.1.0 (May 8, 2017)
[new]   New option (menu Option) to limit Max number of results
[new]   New option (menu Option) to Keep results on new search
[new]   New option (menu Edit or shortcut key Alt+F) that copies to clipboard the folder of selected results
[fix]   Fixed a couple of bugs in keyboard shortcuts
[fix]   Fixed small layout bugs on main form

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.
-hugo nabais (May 08, 2017, 08:23 AM)


From personal experience, you have to find your reasoning to do it for it's own sake, and out of some sort of fulfillment other than money.  Whether it's the number of downloads, or the fact that people ask for you to do things (which means that they see value) or something else.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: mouser on May 08, 2017, 09:24 AM
I've had thousands of downloads on my site and until today I only received one donation. It was something I expected but it is still a bit of a disencouraging and leaves me with little motivation

It can be very de-motivating when that happens.  I'm afraid you're discovering an unpleasant truth about the world -- that few people will donate for a program if they can get it for free.
(However you may find that those that do are pretty special and interesting people who sometimes become friends).

The good news is that even when people don't donate it doesn't mean they don't really appreciate and like what you are doing -- so your work is still appreciated.

It just means that donating for software is still something that most people don't consider and can't be bothered to do. The situation has been made much worse since so much software is now funded by advertisements, because people have come to believe that everything should be free and funded by delivering advertisements to people, and with the advent of mobile "App Stores" where people don't expect to ever have to pay more than a couple of dollars for a program, etc. If you are curious you can read the article I wrote in 2006 about some of these issues, "When Do Users Donate?
Experiments with Donationware: Ethical Software, Work Equalization, Temporary Licenses, Collective Bargaining, and Microdonations": https://www.donationcoder.com/Articles/One

You will have to figure out how you want to handle this, and where it fits in to how you want to make money and spend your time.

The only thing I can tell you is not to judge the "value" of and appreciation for what you make based on the amount you receive in donations.  Decide what goals you want to achieve with your work -- wheter it's to produce good software to share with the world, or make money, or some combination of lots of things.  But don't rely on something as fickle as people's donations as your motivation.

I say ll this mostly for others who might be reading this thread, because one can tell already from the work you've done on this program and the enthusiasm you've shown already that you are part of the family of self-motivated real programmers who couldn't stop programming even if you wanted to.  To you I say, yes, it sucks that people don't donate more.  Take a moment to curse out the world, then shrug it off, find an alternate way to make a living, and keep enjoying programming.  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: MilesAhead on May 08, 2017, 10:22 AM
CSearcher has had some relative success, I've had thousands of downloads on my site and until today I only received one donation. It was something I expected but it is still a bit of a disencouraging and leaves me with little motivation to continue to evolve into more complex features.
I need to find this motivation (and some free time) to be able to implement these features.

Despite this I made another version
-hugo nabais (May 08, 2017, 08:23 AM)


I downloaded several versions not realizing the program was written by someone on DC.  Seeing this thread I think I will put the new release on a USB just to try it out in a portable scenario.  Thanks for the software.   :Thmbsup:

Afa the donations my feeling is that one is most likely to receive a steady stream of donations if the software enables the user to get something else either very cheaply or for free.  Examples might be News readers or ICQ apps that make it easy to download binaries.  Or video conversion programs that squish a BluRay image into a file of more manageable size etc..  It seems like software that does a useful function in and of itself is less likely to provoke a contribution.  But this is just my visceral reaction, not the results of a scientific survey.  :)

For me the donation is an unexpected event that makes me feel good that someone liked my software enough to take the time to send the donation and a comment.  Mouser makes a good point about the $1.99 - $4.99 "cheap" software Apps available these days.  I have to wonder how much they can really pull in at those prices.  But in my short experience using Android I could believe the downloads are multiplied by the fact the store search is built in and people know where to look for most things.  So if one developed a media player or something similar maybe sales in the thousands and more could be possible. It would be interesting to see some data on how much the most popular Apps actually take in.

Edit:  It looks like I may not be able to give the application a fair trial.  My Laptop has issues where it cannot update .NET or do other Windows Updates.  Many programs that use Windows Installer I have to install/uninstall multiple times to get them to go on the system etc..  So it may not be an issue with others.  The symptom is an unhandled exception with some text about "mouse drag" and .NET form code.  According to the dialog it loaded .NET 4.0 assemblies.

It looks like I may be due to get a Windows 10 machine as much as I hate the idea of pushed updates.  Windows 8.0 is kind of a dog in many ways, at least on this system where I cannot update out of it to 8.1 or newer.

Edit2:  If I select Continue in the unhandled exception dialog then do a simple search the program goes away.  Likely my system does not play well with any software that requires .NET 4+.  So I would suggest not wasting time to trouble shoot it.  This Lappy was an "Open Box" purchase and trouble shooting those it a real time thief.  Which is why the original purchaser returned it I am sure.  :)

If I get something else Windows to try it with I'll give CSearcher another try then.  :)

Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on May 08, 2017, 12:26 PM
CSearcher 1.5.1.0 had a bug and I fixed it in a new version:

Version 1.5.1.1 (May 8, 2017)
[fix] Fixed bug that displayed error message on startup

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.1.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.1.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.1.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.1.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on May 08, 2017, 12:52 PM
(sorry about the bug on 1.5.1.0, I should have made a final test)

Thanks for all the answers. I found them all interesting and I will certainly look for motivation to continue, at least as long as I enjoy doing it and being able to do it.

@mouser
Thanks for your article. I found it very interesting and in particular very accurate and true. I'd like to add that most people (users) have no idea of ​​the complexity and time lost to programming.

As for my outburst, I never found, as I said, that I was going to make money or that it would be what would motivate me. I did not even expect high donations, I think that for a program like these it makes sense to donate low values like 2 or 3$. But I confess I set a goal in my mind when I decided to ask for donations that was that one day I could have enough donations and grab that money and take my family to a good lunch on a weekend. I am talking about reaching a total of 100 euros or so (to make up a little of all the time I lose with this project.) And it seemed to me due to what I had received until now that would be impossible.
Creating expectations is never good.

I will follow the advice to continue and motivate myself with the pleasure I have while programming.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: MilesAhead on May 08, 2017, 01:10 PM
(sorry about the bug on 1.5.1.0, I should have made a final test)
-hugo nabais (May 08, 2017, 12:52 PM)

I tried the latest update and it does open without the error dialog.  One thing I have run into though is dialogs opening behind the main form.  Since they are modal and covered by the main form the program will not accept input.  Any mouse click generates a "ding" sound.  To close the program without using Task Manager requires mouse hover on the Taskbar Button and hitting the close 'x' on the dialog window.  In this case I tried to add patterns with the Add Button.  The dialog opened behind the main form instead of on top.

In case it makes any difference I am running Windows 8.0 64 bit OS.

Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: mouser on May 08, 2017, 01:35 PM
But I confess I set a goal in my mind when I decided to ask for donations that was that one day I could have enough donations and grab that money and take my family to a good lunch on a weekend.

Ok fellow DonationCoder members, it seems to me the least we can do is help Hugo achieve this modest goal.

I've sent Hugo a donation -- I hope you others will as well.  Just click on the gold coin under his name.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on May 09, 2017, 04:11 AM
(sorry about the bug on 1.5.1.0, I should have made a final test)
-hugo nabais (May 08, 2017, 12:52 PM)

I tried the latest update and it does open without the error dialog.  One thing I have run into though is dialogs opening behind the main form.  Since they are modal and covered by the main form the program will not accept input.  Any mouse click generates a "ding" sound.  To close the program without using Task Manager requires mouse hover on the Taskbar Button and hitting the close 'x' on the dialog window.  In this case I tried to add patterns with the Add Button.  The dialog opened behind the main form instead of on top.

In case it makes any difference I am running Windows 8.0 64 bit OS.
-MilesAhead (May 08, 2017, 01:10 PM)


About this problem, I did some testing and found that if you are running with the "Always on top" option selected on the view menu all other dialog forms (add, button, etc) are not always on top and therefor open behind main form. I think this is the bug you are experiencing. I will fix it in a new release I'm preparing.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: tomos on May 09, 2017, 04:50 AM
But I confess I set a goal in my mind when I decided to ask for donations that was that one day I could have enough donations and grab that money and take my family to a good lunch on a weekend.

Ok fellow DonationCoder members, it seems to me the least we can do is help Hugo achieve this modest goal.
-mouser (May 08, 2017, 01:35 PM)
okay, that all prompted me to get my act together and download latest version and finally make CSearcher start with windows. And make a donation.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on May 09, 2017, 05:09 AM
Hi,

I would like to thank all the donations I received.  :Thmbsup:
I will not thank anyone in particular because I am sincerely grateful to everyone. I know that each one donated what he could and what he thought was right!

Yesterday I had a mountain of emotions, from being discouraged to having received one donation so far, to a state of total joy when seeing a generous set of donations that allowed me to reach precisely the goal that I had imagined for this project.
Now I do not have this excuse to be unmotivated :)
One of these weekends I'm going to take my family for a walk and have lunch in a nice place, and I'm going to tell them about CSearcher and that the lunch was a reward, due to the donations people made to value this work. (I hope that my wife, who says I spend to much of my free time on the computer, gives me a break)

I would also like to say that although I did not find the time to do it until now, I will look for other interesting projects here at DonationCoder. And those with whom I identify myself and find useful, I will make a point of donating part of my balance to them, and give back to this comunity.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: MilesAhead on May 09, 2017, 07:09 AM
I think this is the bug you are experiencing. I will fix it in a new release I'm preparing.
-hugo nabais (May 09, 2017, 04:11 AM)


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Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: skwire on May 09, 2017, 08:09 AM
Ok fellow DonationCoder members, it seems to me the least we can do is help Hugo achieve this modest goal.
I've sent Hugo a donation -- I hope you others will as well.  Just click on the gold coin under his name.
-mouser (May 08, 2017, 01:35 PM)

Done.  Enjoy your lunch!
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on May 16, 2017, 12:34 PM
I like to use regular expressions in general, and also with CSearcher, but I've always found hard to remember the Regex Syntax.
To fix this I've create a new small form  :D
Now when you select Regex mode and press the add button you have a nice form explaining regular expressions and a built in tester  :)
(https://s29.postimg.org/qkobvh75j/pic1.png)

Also I've also added a requested feature:
(https://s29.postimg.org/mppj6nddj/pic2.png)


And fixed some bugs!

As always any suggestions or comments are welcome.

Here it is:
Version 1.5.2.0 (May 16, 2017)
[new]   New form when adding regex patterns. It has detailed explanation of Regex patters and a Regex expression tester.
[new]   New option (menu Option) to limit Max depth of subfolder search
[fix]   Fixed bug when always on top was checked, other dialog forms were not always on top and could not be accessed
[fix]   Fixed bug on add patterns form when adding empty patterns
[fix]   Fixed warning display bug sometimes showing while searching

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.2.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.2.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.2.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.2.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on June 06, 2017, 09:17 AM
New version with small new features and fixed some bugs!

As always any suggestions or comments are welcome.

Here it is:
Version 1.5.3.0 (June 6, 2017)
[fix]   Fixed bug when CSearcher was last opened on a removed secondary screen, it didn't display main form (was on an invalid area)
[new]   New function (menu Edit) that allows to remove selected item(s) from results
[new]   New function (menu Help) that allows to open the folder where CSearcher is running from (useful for manual updates)
[fix]   Added protection notification when trying to open several notepad or HexViewer results
[alt]   Small layout tweaks

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.3.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.3.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.3.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.3.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on July 05, 2017, 06:20 AM
New version with new feature and fixed some bugs!

Command line has improved a lot, still not finished because I plan to add more features (including restrictions and auto exporting results), but now it will allow a complete search set from command line or a ".bat" file.

(https://s24.postimg.org/97771nh45/cline.png)

As always any suggestions or comments are welcome.

Here it is:
Version 1.5.4.0 (July 5, 2017)
[fix]   While searching inside files (content restriction), case insensitive was not functioning correctly missing some results
[fix]   PayPal address textbox is now read-only
[new]   Command line options that allow the start of an automatic search from command line loading search parameters.

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.4.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.4.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.4.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.4.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: jcamp on September 26, 2017, 03:33 AM
Nice program - very useful  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: Contro on September 26, 2017, 03:59 AM
Seems a good program.
Running to try !
I am using Everything. What's the difference ?

 :-*
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on September 28, 2017, 04:24 AM
Seems a good program.
Running to try !
I am using Everything. What's the difference ?

 :-*
-Contro (September 26, 2017, 03:59 AM)

Hi,

I don't understand what you mean by "using Everything".
Can you explain?
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: anandcoral on September 28, 2017, 05:38 AM
I don't understand what you mean by "using Everything".
Can you explain?
-hugo nabais (September 28, 2017, 04:24 AM)
He means this http://filehippo.com/download_everything/, I think.

I am using Everything. What's the difference ?
-Contro (September 26, 2017, 03:59 AM)
Everything uses indexing, CSearcher non-indexing, I think.

Regards,

Anand
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: Contro on September 28, 2017, 07:28 AM
Seems a good program.
Running to try !
I am using Everything. What's the difference ?

 :-*
-Contro (September 26, 2017, 03:59 AM)

Hi,

I don't understand what you mean by "using Everything".
Can you explain?
-hugo nabais (September 28, 2017, 04:24 AM)
Sorry Hugo.

Anandcoral is right !

What is the advantage with your program don't using the indexing ?

I suppose is for computer not very powerful. I have an i7 processor and 32 GB RAM.

Nevertheless your program is installed and trying.

Best Regards
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on September 28, 2017, 10:58 AM
Seems a good program.
Running to try !
I am using Everything. What's the difference ?

 :-*
-Contro (September 26, 2017, 03:59 AM)

Hi,

I don't understand what you mean by "using Everything".
Can you explain?
-hugo nabais (September 28, 2017, 04:24 AM)
Sorry Hugo.

Anandcoral is right !

What is the advantage with your program don't using the indexing ?

I suppose is for computer not very powerful. I have an i7 processor and 32 GB RAM.

Nevertheless your program is installed and trying.

Best Regards
-Contro (September 28, 2017, 07:28 AM)

I don't know Everything and don't use it, but I have looked it description.

I have already explain this a couple of posts back, programs like Everything, UltraSearch, etc require administration rights on the computer and work only on NTFS partition.
This may work if you are a home user with only one computer and only NTFS partitions.
If you have several computer shares, NAS systems, FAT32 disks, SD  cards, some USB disks you cannot use them and need a program like CSearcher or similar programs, also if you don't have admin rights on the computer (like many office workers) you can't use Everything or similar programs.




Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: Contro on September 28, 2017, 12:43 PM
Seems a good program.
Running to try !
I am using Everything. What's the difference ?

 :-*
-Contro (September 26, 2017, 03:59 AM)

Hi,

I don't understand what you mean by "using Everything".
Can you explain?
-hugo nabais (September 28, 2017, 04:24 AM)
Sorry Hugo.

Anandcoral is right !

What is the advantage with your program don't using the indexing ?

I suppose is for computer not very powerful. I have an i7 processor and 32 GB RAM.

Nevertheless your program is installed and trying.

Best Regards
-Contro (September 28, 2017, 07:28 AM)

I don't know Everything and don't use it, but I have looked it description.

I have already explain this a couple of posts back, programs like Everything, UltraSearch, etc require administration rights on the computer and work only on NTFS partition.
This may work if you are a home user with only one computer and only NTFS partitions.
If you have several computer shares, NAS systems, FAT32 disks, SD  cards, some USB disks you cannot use them and need a program like CSearcher or similar programs, also if you don't have admin rights on the computer (like many office workers) you can't use Everything or similar programs.





-hugo nabais (September 28, 2017, 10:58 AM)
You have explained perfectly well to me why i am using CSearcher

Best Regards

Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on September 28, 2017, 01:03 PM
You have explained perfectly well to me why i am using CSearcher

Best Regards

No problem. Glad to help.
Feel free to make any suggestions or error reports (although development is stopped at this moment, I hope I pick it up soon).

Hugo
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on December 07, 2017, 07:09 PM
After some time away there is a new version of CSearcher with a new chart feature and some bugs fixed!

New Results Charts feature, allows some insight of largest files and extensions in bytes and quantities:
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(https://s33.postimg.org/fqf80a0rj/image.jpg)
(https://s33.postimg.org/o8oo4ok5r/image.jpg)

As always any suggestions or comments are welcome.

Here it is:
Version 1.5.5.0 (December 8, 2017)
[new] Added two command line options that allow the load of saved search criteria and saved restrictions, from XML files
[fix] Fixed bug where sometimes neither ASCII nor unicode were selected in Content restrictions
[new] New Tool Strip: "Tools", with a new item: Tools-> "Charts", to help analyse results
[new] New option to invert selected results in Edit-> Invert selected results

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.0.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.0.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.0.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.0.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: hugo nabais on October 25, 2018, 12:37 PM
New version:
Version 1.5.5.1 (October 25, 2018)
[fix]   File/folder date/time were not being displayed considering time zones
[fix]   When renaming files, the file icon was not update in case of a file type change
[fix]   Improved layout with "max number of results" textbox when windows text size is increased to 125 or 150%
[fix]   Small bug fixes and more error handling improvements

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.1.zip (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.1.zip) Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.1.exe (http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.5.1.exe) Self-Extracting file.
Title: Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.
Post by: Curt on October 26, 2018, 03:09 AM
be aware that the file not will unpack to a new folder:

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Request: Pack the files in a folder.