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

FileScout (formerly known as BBFileScout) - Changelog [2009-2011] A file manager Software for BlackBerry® Devices The "all in one" file, zip, text and image manager for your BlackBerry®

FileScout Changelog Details [2009-2011]

2011/11/15 - FileScout 2.7.1.7

What's Changed

• eMail Archive function fix (was broken in v2.7.1.5)
  After archiving a Message the folder (in which the message was saved) was not opened automatically.
  This is fixed in 2.7.1.6 (which should not had been available) & 2.7.1.7
• [SHIFT]+[X] key shortcut
  Will now also work if the favorite chooser is open
  Will now also work if the history chooser is open
  Will now also work if the directory chooser (tree) is open
• Dropbox Plugin fix (v1.2.7.1.6)
  The FileScout Dropbox plugin comes with a own Dropbox directory structure cache (simply cause to avoid hammering the dropbox API Server with 'listing' requests)
  This information will be verified after 24h automatically (or manually by choosing refresh from the #Menu)
  When the content of a directory did not changed on your Dropbox in this 24h then the FileScout Dropbox Plugin failed to show you the directory content (and showed instead *Empty*)
  Simply re-open the Dropbox Plugin again would have showed you the content afterwards
  So this quite annoying bug has been fixed in v1.2.7.1.6 of the FileScout Dropbox Plugin
• A private note: I am very sorry for this inconvenience - forcing you again into another device reboot cycle. I should had detect these bugs before the actual release of FileScout v2.7.1.5. - but I did not - all I can do is to apologize for this flaw. I have not meet my own expectations.

2011/11/09 - FileScout 2.7.1.5

Quick OTA-Update Link

• Update your existing FileScout installation via AppWorld
  If you have difficulties to update FileScout in AppWorld 3.0 - please be so kind and read the FAQ.
• Update your existing FileScout installation OTA

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What's Changed in FileScout

• When multiple applications have registered itself as content handler for a file type FileScout will show a application chooser. So now you can select if you like to open a file with application 'A' or with application 'B' [if 'A' & 'B' have registered itself for the same file type (mimetype/extension/suffix)]
• When you create a playlist the content of the playlist will be sorted (depending on your current FileScout sorting settings)
• New key shortcut to close FileScout instantly: [SHIFT]+[X]
• Some performance improvements when working with the TextViewer/Editor (the hourglass should appear less often - if at all)
• EMail-Archive function: Instead of the Message-HashCode a TimeStamp will be used in order to create a Message-Subfolder (for some reason there have been reports that the message hash was not 'unique-enough')
• *.M4B files will be considered as playable Audio files.
• FileScout will check the compatibility with the installed Dropbox Plugin (and automatically open the Browser if an update of the Plugin is required)
• Filescout Dropbox Plugin - Dropbox APIv1 Support:
  Since the 22'nd of October Dropbox have released a new Version of the API. The FileScout Dropbox Plugin will now make use of the new APIv1. Basically you should not really notice a difference. Please see the list below for the changes:

  • When you want to upload a file to your Dropbox the Plugin now will list all content of your account (not only the directories/folder structure) - so now you can see if a certain file is already is present in your Dropbox
  • Create a temp Share Link for any file in your Dropbox
    No matter if you download or upload a file - for any item displayed in your Dropbox you can create a time restricted (temp) link that you can send to anybody (even without a Dropbox account) in order to share the item
    Simply highlight the file and select 'Share' from the BlackBerry Menu - after a short wile you get a dialog showing the link information (containing the information for how long the link is valid))
    The link (URL) will be automatically copied into your device clipboard so you can paste it where ever you like (eMail, twitter, facebook, etc...)
    Please note that you can create also Share links for a Dropbox folder - in this case Dropbox will made the complete content (including all Subfolders) available in a ZIP-Archive - so use this function wise!
  • For OS6.x and OS7.x the authentication works now completely via the official Dropbox Website (accessed via the BlackBerry Browser) - So there is no need to enter your Dropbox account information into the FileScout App anylonger
• OS7.x main application icon size adjusted - @Rezn I hope that's fine now

2011/09/27 - FileScout 2.7.1.3

Quick OTA-Update Link

What's Changed

• FileScout HomeScreen Hotkey [F] can be disabled in the General Options
• Fix for OS7 devices: Screen refresh issues when using [SHIFT]+[O] (sort) and [SHIFT]+[I] (invert sort order)
• Fix for Editor (when 'open in read only' is disabled): Opening of smaller files will not place cursor at the begin of the file

2011/09/06 - FileScout 2.7.1.1

What's Changed

• Maintenance Release
• Fixed 'false' Error Message for RegistrationCode verification

2011/08/02 - FileScout 2.7.0.9

What's Changed

• This build implemented the switch between the default FileScout Version and the 'BBM™ connected' Edition in a complete different way. This should make it again possible to launch FileScout via 3'rd Party Launcher applications that have issues with the previous implemented switch. This should also fix the issue that in some cases (permission related) FileScout could not be started at all.
• Fixed 'Module Verification Errors' reported by some users (after BBM6 was installed).

2011/07/11 - FileScout 2.7.0.8

What's Changed

• FileScout is now supporting the new BlackBerry Messenger SDK. With the BBM™ Integration you are able to send any file to any of your BBM Contacts [requires BBM 6.0.0.111 (or higher)]. Please note that even FileScout is already support the sending of multiple files, right now you have to select the recipient and confirm the send process for each of the selected files separate. I hope this can be changed with later releases of RIM's BBM-SDK.
• The image manipulation (rotate & resize) can now be also called directly from the build in ImageViewer
• Since the release of 2.6.x it was not possible any longer to enter text in Japanese, Chinese or Korean language in the TextEditor. This has been fixed in the new build.
• If you make use of the HomeScreen Application Shortcuts, FileScout can be instantly launched by pressing the 'F'-Key
• Multiple other minor bugfixes

2011/06/28 - FileScout 2.6.0.6

What's Changed

• Blackberry 9850 (Monaco) adjustments to meet the new aspect ratio
• When you have selected multiple items via multi-touch, then the selection can be canceled by pressing the ESC key
• Fix for LOG, XML, INI & TXT ContentHandler Registration (e.g. opening these file types directly from the eMail-Client)
• Changes to the ContentHandlers (LOG, XML, INI & TXT) (via the File Association Options) will be applied instantly and does not require a Device reboot anylonger
• Multiple other minor bugfixes
• FileScoutLite users can now also access the SystemEventLog via the FileScout Options

2011/06/14 - FileScout 2.6.0.1

What's Changed

• Bold 9900 adjustments to meet the new resolution
• TextEditor now have the option to enable AutoComplete & SpellCheck

2011/04/05 - FileScout 2.5.0.5

Torch OS 6.0.0.526 issues / small additional fixes

What's Changed

• After the Torch OS have updated to OS 6.0.0.458 the Context menu showed up after using the touch screen to change the current directory or open a file. This ContextMenu will now be suppressed by the new build.
  • This issue also effect the FileScout Dropbox Plugin which was also updated.
  • When you are a Torch User who have installed the new OS 6.0.0.456 then please follow this procedure:
    1. Go to BlackBerry Options - Device - Application Management
    2. Scroll down in the list and select 'Filescout Dropbox Plugin' (v1.2.5.0.x)
    3. Deinstall the Plugin and when asked for a reboot select "no" (or later)
    4. Now update your FileScout Installation to v2.5.0.5 and now perform the requested reboot
    5. After the device have rebooted: just install the Dropbox Plugin as you did initially (see: User Manual - Dropbox Plugin)
• DriveUsage calculation fix
• ImageViewer background preloading optimizations

2011/01/29 - FileScout 2.5.0.2

Torch only - OS 6.0.0.450 issues

What's Changed

• After the Torch OS have updated to OS 6.0.0.450 the navigation with the touch screen can fail [or looks like that the user input (touch/click) will be ignored] - The new FileScout build 2.5.0.2 have implemented a work around for this issue in order to get the behavior as everybody is used too - before the OS was updated on the Torch. More details can be found in a forum post 'Torch OS 6.0.0.450 - Touch Screen issues with FileScout'
• This also effect the FileScout Dropbox Plugin which was also updated.
• When you are a Torch User who have installed the new OS 6.0.0.450 then please follow this procedure:
  1. Go to BlackBerry Options - Device - Application Management
  2. Scroll down in the list and select 'Filescout Dropbox Plugin' (v1.2.5.0.1)
  3. Deinstall the Plugin and when asked for a reboot select "no" (or later)
  4. Now update your FileScout Installation to v2.5.0.2 and now perform the requested reboot
  5. After the device have rebooted: just install the Dropbox Plugin as you did initially (see: User Manual - Dropbox Plugin)

2011/01/14 - FileScout 2.5.0.1

New FileScout Caches & FileScout Dropbox Plugin

What's New

• FileScout Caches will be initiated on device start (and not on each start of FileScout):
  • FileScout will now start way much faster
  • Search and GoTo-Directory functions are instantly available after FileScout is started
  • Previously generated Thumbnails will be displayed right after the start
  • On application exit Thumbnails Cache will not be written - so the application close right away
  • Thumbnail Cache will be fully automated written (when an updated is required) every 24h in the background
  • Thumbnails will be automatically generated (in the background) when a new image is created on the device
  • The complete new behavior & functions can be of course switched off in general options of FileScout
• FileScout will handle the SDCard insert or remove events
• New key short cut [SHIFT]+[T]: Goto Top of the file list
• New key short cut [SHIFT]+[B]: Goto Bottom of the file list
• FileScout Dropbox Plugin Integration
  In order to keep the main FileScout Application as small as possible the FileScout Dropbox Plugin is a separate available Application by emacberry.com that allows you to interact with your Dropxbox. The Plugin have to be installed separately OTA. Therefore you will find in the FileScout options a new Section called Dropbox Options. When the Plugin is not present you will find there a button which allows you to install the FileScout Dropbox Plugin OTA directly from FileScout just with a single click.
  After the Plugin is installed you need to specify your Dropbox login details (email & password) and press the login button. After your login have been verified you can start to access your Dropbox from FileScout.
  If you don't know the Dropbox Service or if you don't have a Dropbox account yet visit the Dropbox website for details. If you like you can create a new Dropbox account with a referral to the emacberry.com Dropbox account.
  What you can do with the FileScout Dropbox Plugin:
  • Download single files, list of files or complete folders (not recursive) from your Dropbox to any folder of your BlackBerry Device. This can be done by navigating to the destination folder and select Receive from... from the #Menu within Filescout and in the following popup Dialog select Dropbox.
  • Upload a single file, a selection of files or complete folders (not recursive) from your BlackBerry® Device to your Dropbox. Select a file, multiple files or a folder and select Send to... from the #Menu within FileScout and in the following popup Dialog select Dropbox.
  • When you are uploading a file, files or a folder you can also create a new directory at your Dropbox.
  • FileScout is caching the folder and file structure of your Dropbox if you like to force a refresh you can do this via the Refresh #Menu
  • Display file or folder details for any item on your Dropbox (key short cut [O|I])
  • FileScout Dropbox Options:
    • Logout - disconnect FileScout from your Dropbox account
    • Enable/disable Online Warning Message (warning about transfer volume)
    • When you use "Auto" as FileScout Options/General Options/Preferred Network setting you can disable certain fallback transports - e.g. when your BES Admin have blocked access to the Dropbox URL.
    • Enable/configure a warning notification if a transfer will exceed a certain volume - you can select between OFF, 1 MiB, 5 MiB, 25 MiB and 200 MiB
    • Check for FileScout Dropbox Plugin Update button
    • Clear FileScout Dropbox Plugin Cache button - FileScout is caching the folder structure of Dropbox - this cache can be flushed via this function.
  Dropbox Icons are based on the SILK Icons created by Mark James http://www.famfamfam.com/
  WARNING: The FileScout Dropbox Plugin has the potential to transfer extremely large volumes of data using your carrier's network. Please be aware that this could result in large overage charges over the course of a month if you do not have an unlimited data plan. Regardless of your data plan, please consider configuring FileScout to use WiFi (FileScout Options/General Options/Preferred Network set to either Auto or WiFi) whenever available as an alternate to using your carrier's network.

2010/11/14 - FileScout 2.2.0.2

Screen capture capabilities & Playlist enhancements

What's New

• ScreenScout - Use FileScout to capture your BlackBerry® Device display from anywhere.
  This new FileScout version will come with a integrated fully configurable screenshot application. FileScoutLite user can also make use of this new feature (the Lite Version will add some overlay to the screenshot). Of course you need to grant FileScout the permission (in the BlackBerry® device application permission configuration) to capture the screen of the device.
  The capture operation can be accessed in two ways (if not disabled in the options)

  1. Via the Global Menu entry 'ScreenShot with FileScout'
     In any application you simply can select the 'ScreenShot with FileScout' menu item to capture the current screen (of course without the menu visible).
     Unfortunately the global menu is not always accessible (or does not include the system wide menu items) in this case the you should use the 'ScreenScout' background application to capture the screen.
  2. Via the ScreenScout background application (recommended)

     Simply open the TaskSwitcher (hold ALT any press ESC or on newer OS: hold down the BB-Menu-Button) and select the 'ScreenScout - Capture with FileScout' application. By simply selecting the background application FileScout will capture the current screen (incl. all popup dialogs) and will save it as image into the specified screenshot directory.

  Configuration 'FileScout Image & ScreenShot Options' (Lite Version: 'ScreenShot Options'):

  • 'ScreenShot Directory'
    Specify the destination directory for all the screenshots you are going to create (a directory need to be defined in order to use the new functionality).
  • 'Autoname ScreenShots'
    When this option is enabled the screenshots will get the default file name "ScreenCapture" (already existing screenshots will not be overwritten instead the new screenshot will be autorenamed. If this checkbox is deactivated you will be prompted each time to enter the filename for the new screenshot.
  • 'Add Timestamp to file name' (not available in Lite Version)
    The screenshot file name will automatically get a timestamp information in the format 'YYYYMMDD-HHMM' at the end.
  • 'Open ScreenShot Directory after operation'
    After taking a screenshoot FileScout will be opened so that you can instantly do what ever is required with the new created screenshot image.
  • 'Add Global ScreenShot Menu'
    If you don't like to have the Global 'ScreenShot with FileScout' MenuItem you can simply deactivate it with this checkbox (a reboot/battery pull required to take effect).
  • ''Launch ScreenShot Background Application on system start'
    Same applies to the additional ScreenScout Application that will be automatically launched in the background at system start. If you don't like that the background app will be launched uncheck this checkbox (a reboot/battery pull required to take effect).
  • You can also select between PNG or JPEG (including the compression level) as screenshot file format.
• Creation of PlayLists more user friendly - show warning when no Playlist directory is configured - creating recursive Playlists can be canceled
• Additional Key-ShortCut [SHIFT]+[L]: PlayList Recursive
• The TextEditor allow you to use a own/different FontFamily (can be configured in the Options)
• eMail Archive & Browse with FileScout MenuItems will now check if another instance of FileScout is already running in the background and if this is the case this background instance will be used.

What's Fixed

• False warning 'Playlist Directory does not exist any longer' when actually no files have been selected is fixed.
• OS6 seams to be not able to include Video files in a playlist - so on OS6 Videos will be excluded

2010/10/16 - FileScout 2.1.1.0

Maintenance Release

What's New

• ZIP and UNZIP operations can be canceled - finally a long awaited feature have been implemented. Please note that canceling a UNZIP operation will not delete the files that have been completely unzipped already.
• Files with the extension .JPEG can be opened with the build in image viewer and can be manipulated like any other image.

What's Fixed

• Update check was running each time FileScout was launched [now the update check will be performed again only each 7 days (if enabled in the Options at all)]

2010/09/19 - FileScout 2.1.0.0

GUI enhancements/polish

What's New

• Touch Devices: Ribbon Bar will now come with balloon tooltips :-)
• Dialogs that require textual user input (like Search, Rename, etc...) will now all render the input fields with a border - This change should make it way more easier to identify in which area of the dialog you can specify additional values (like path configuration fields)
• Image Manipulation: Resize Options have been realigned
• FileScout Options now also integrated into the default BlackBerry® Options
• Default settings (for new users) have been adjusted (e.g. thumbnails will now be displayed by default)
• FileScout can deal with BES-ProxyServers that require authentication
• Rename & Create New File/Folder popup dialogs will now have a context menu to allow you to make use of select, copy & paste
• Open the BlackBerry® EventLog from the FileScout options

What's Fixed

• Ribbon Bar "Send To..." function will work with directories
• Potential problem when using [ESC] key in the overwrite warning dialog fixed

2010/08/26 - FileScout 2.0.0.4

Hotfix II (OS6)

What's Fixed

• FileScout could fail to start on OS6 when larger device fonts (>9) have been used

2010/08/14 - FileScout 2.0.0.3

Hotfix

What's New

• New 'General Option': Select file name on rename [DEFAULT:ON]
  If you prefer that the filename should not be automatically selected when renaming a file or directory then you can turn off this behavior which was introduced in v2.0

What's Fixed

• On some devices the content of system/store could not be completely displayed

2010/08/07 - FileScout 2.0.0.0

What's New

• RibbonBar for TouchScreen Devices (incl. the new 9800'er) Please see the new FileScout Ribbon Actions manual page for detailed explanation concerning the functionality of the different Ribbon buttons
• MultiSelect TouchScreen Devices: Use two fingers to mark the start and the end of your selection - just like in any other application that support multiple select
  Please note, that if you like to select multiple files/directories that are not directly below each other you can make use of the new "Select" Ribbon button
• MultiSelect Keyboard Devices: Simply hold down SHIFT while scrolling to select multiple files
• ZIP Browsing: When you have marked a ZIP you can select, if you would like to extract the complete archive or if you would like browse the content of the ZIP.
  If you like to can also change the default behavior for ZIP files in the "File association" Options - select between Extract ZIP, Browse Content or Ask each Time.
• New ZIP-Browsing Key ShortCuts (TouchScreen Devices will show a own ZIP-Browsing RibbonBar to offer identical functionality):

  [ENTER]:	Open Directory/Subdirectory
  [ESC]:	One Directory Up (this will close the ZIP when you are in the ZIP <root>)
  [SPACE]:	Mark File/Directory
  [A]:	Extract complete ZIP -> (A)ll
  [E]:	(E)xtract the Section (or current marked Entry)
  [C]:	(C)lose the ZIP

• Small Menu tweak for OS6 (to keep the OS and FileSout MenuItems separated from each other)
• When the 'File Rename Dialog' will be opened the filename is already selected

What's Fixed?

• Opening directories containing a lot of files should be way faster then before
• Possible dead lock while browsing images fixed
• A lot of small tweaks and some small menu name adjustments

2010/06/01 - FileScout 1.8.6.0

What's New

• When installed: Printing any document directly from your BlackBerry® with BreezyPrint
  All details about BreezyPrint can be found at the BreezyPrint Website.
• Archiving of eMails can now also be called from an opened eMail
• Archiving of SMS-Messages (just like the eMail-Archive function)
• New General Option: 'Preferred Network' - More and more functions of FileScout requires some online communication. Now it's possible to select your preferred Network for this online communication. Please note that FileScout have implemented an automated fallback behavior. So if your selection is (currently) not available FileScout will try to make use of a different Network type.

What's Fixed?

• Unzip of archives containing Unicode filenames [only chars of the BlackBerry® OS are supported]

2010/04/24 - FileScout 1.8.5.0

What's New

• Support for Windows 'URL' files: FileScout now can read *.url files (that will by typically created by IE) and open the page (that is linked in the file) with the BlackBerry® Browser.
• After FileScout v1.8 introduces the feature to receive multiple files (in one session) via Bluetooth it seams to be logical that FileScout is also able to send more then a single file at once via Bluetooth. The new Version allows you to select multiple files and send them in one run to another device that supports OBEX. Please note that not all devices support the receiving multiple files. FileScout will keep the files that could not be transfered (in one session) selected.
• New 'File associations' option: Register FileScout as ContentHandler for *.txt files as MimeType text/txt [default OFF]
  Please not that changing this value requires a device reboot (battery pull).
• FileScout v1.8.5 is also available in AppWorld™

What's Fixed?

• QuickFilter now supports also SureType keyboards [hold key down to get alternative char (AZERTY layout not fully supported - sorry)]
• Fix for possible uncaught exception when Progress Bar is rendered [workaround for RIM bug]
• Opening txt, ini, log and xml with FileScout from external applications (like eMail)

2010/04/15 - FileScout 1.8.0.0

What's New

• Receive any file via Bluetooth (that is send via OBEX-Push). In order to receive a file via Bluetooth on your BlackBerry® navigate with FileScout to your destination folder (in which you would like to save the file that you are going to receive) and then select from the #Menu 'Receive file via Bluetooth'. FileScout is now switching into it's listening-mode and waits till you start the file transfer from the other Bluetooth device.
  When in the target folder a file with the same name already exist, FileScout will auto-rename the new received file (except when you have set the 'Default file exist action' to 'overwrite').
• QuickFilter: Quickly filter the content of the current directory. Simply press 'q' to enable the QuickFilter function. The window title will now display the text 'Find: ' - now start to type any char sequence and FileScout will automatically filter the current directory. To delete an active QuickFilter simply press ESC. While QuickFilter is active most of the known key shortcuts can't be active.
  Please note that QuickFilter is also available in the free FileScoutLite version!
  [QuickFilter is unfortunately not supported for Suretype or Multitouch Keyboard devices]
• New General Option 'Keep QuickFilter active on directory changes': by default an active QuickFilter gets automatically removed when you change the directory. If you like to keep the current active filter you can enable this new option.
• Iconify supports in v.1.3.0+ links to files and when FileScout (or FileScoutLite) is installed on the device then Iconify also supports links to Folders. In this new FileScout build you can create IconifyLinks to a single file or folder from the #Menu (of course this item is only available if you have installed Iconify on your device).

What's Fixed?

• Folder renaming and update of internal directory structure cache
• Bluetooth send list (list of potential recipients in range) could get messed up when a remote device does not submit a valid 'user friendly name'.

2010/04/05 - FileScout 1.7.5.0

What's New

• TextEditor: 'Save as...' allows to specify the encoding for the output file (the default 'Save' function will always save the file in UTF-8 - so if you like to use a different encoding in your result you now can use 'Save as...' from the #Menu.)
• TextEditor/Viewer Options: Now you can specify additional custom encodings. This allows you to load a file (in the FileScout integrated TextEditor/Viewer) with a device dependent encoding (like 'EUC-JP', 'Shift-JIS' or 'ISO-2022-JP'). Please note that the encoding have to be supported by your device. FileScout is checking if the specified encoding is supported and only accept the input when it's valid (device dependent). Domo Arigato Mr. Hirakuri!

What's Fixed? - the easter bunny left some rotten eggs

• TextEditor reported "File not saved" after the use of the 'Save'-MenuItem followed by leaving the Editor with ESC-Key
• Possible Uncaught 'NullPointer-Exception' fixed during application startup

2010/03/30 - FileScout 1.7.1.0

What's Fixed?

• Updated payment information - latest FileScout Version is currently only available at MobiHand

2010/03/27 - FileScout 1.7.0.2 - Dedicated to my grand mother Maxi

What's New?

• Image Viewer - FileScout have now a complete independent Image Viewer that allows to scroll to next or previous images in the same directory (without the requirement to go back to the FileScout file listing).
  Additionally FileScout can cache the images that are ahead and/or that are already shown (the amount of images that will be cached depends from your available memory - FileScout will automatically check the available free memory in the background and remove the 'oldest' images from the cache if the device have not enough free memory left).
  • Storm & Storm2 Users:
    • Click on the right side of the touch screen to get to the next image
    • Click on the left side of the touch screen to get to the previous image
  • Available keyboard shortcuts:

    NAV RIGHT:	Previous Image
    NAV LEFT:	Next Image
    [O]:	(O)pen current image with BlackBerry® default image content handler: This allows you to perform all available options image operations like Zoom, use the Image as HomeScreen background etc...
    [I]:	(I)mage Details: Opening the default file detail dialog of FileScout
    [N]:	(N)ext Image
    [P]:	(P)revious Image

  • New Option Section 'ImageViewer Options':
    • Use FileScout buildIn ImageViewer [default: ON]
      If you do not like to use the new feature you can completely disable it
    • Upscale smaller Images [default: ON]
      
    • Prefetch all Images in directory [default: ON]
      FileScout can preload the images in the current directory for faster viewing. Please note cause of device memory limitations it could be, that not all images could be preloaded. FileScout will automatically load only as much images as fit into the device memory
    • Filename display (time in sec) [default: 3 sec]
      FileScout will display the filename of the current image as overlay at the bottom of the screen. You can specify the time in seconds how long this overlay should appear. You can specify 0 seconds to turn off this feature.
• Bluetooth enhancements
  • Available Bluetooth device list will start with 'Please wait...' to indicate that FileScout is searching for Bluetooth devices (instead of *empty*)
  • Massive performance improvements in the Search for available Bluetooth devices.

What's fixed?

• FileScout is able to find and use a Bluetooth device when more then one device is in the range of your BlackBerry® (in previous versions the list of available devices was always empty in this case).

2010/03/17 - FileScout hotfix 1.6.3.2

What's fixed?

• eMail Archiving: Saving attachments with invalid chars in filename (like '*', '?' or ':')
• Create new directories or text files will also check for invalid chars in the entered filename

2010/03/05 - FileScout hotfix 1.6.3.1

What's fixed?

• HangUp when you tried to delete a directory (structure) in the system folder on devices running OS5.
• Appropriate message when try to archive SMS/MMS messages

2010/02/27 - FileScout release of 1.6.3.0

In Detail: What's new? What have changed?

• FileScout comes now in two Versions:
  • 100% free FileScoutLite Version with the core functionality:
    • File system browser for your BlackBerry® (including hidden files)
    • Create directories, copy, move, rename, or delete files
    • Copy and delete complete directory structures
    • Show details for files & directories [modification date, is hidden, etc...]
    • Open all media files (supported by your BlackBerry®)
    • Text Viewer (e.g. for ini, xml, etc.)
    • Zip-Archive handling
  • Full FileScout Version which requires a 'Registration Code' with the additional features:
    • File Search
    • Thumbnail display for images
    • Image manipulation
    • Text Editor
    • Send files via eMail/Bluetooth
    • eMail Archive function
    • Playlist creation
    • Favorite-Directory handling
    • Directory Tree navigation (Goto...)
    • AutoUpdate check
    • Support via eMail
    Before you purchase your copy of FileScout make use of the 14 day trial period.
• Autocheck for available updates (every 7 days) - never miss a new version of FileScout - could be disabled in the options
• Search dialog improvements:
  • A running Search can be canceled
  • Support for deletion of files from the Search Result list (also via [DEL]-Key)
  • Selection via [SHIFT] + Nav UP|DOWN
• Thumbnail Generation optimization: Specify directories that should be excluded from the Thumbnail persistence
• eMail Archive function:
  • Directly from the BlackBerry® Message Application you can select an eMail and store it's content (incl. all meta data) to a previously specified directory of your device (e.g. on your SDSCard). FileScout then will create a substructure (YEAR, MONTH, DAY) and store the eMail with all data that is accessible via RIM's API in one folder per message.
  • Additionally to the raw data of the message FileScout can create a rendition of the Message - either in HTML or in plain text depending on the message format. These files then can be opened anytime - no matter if the original message is still present on your device or not.
  • Download of external images of HTML-Messages [incl. an option to force transfer via the devices TCP (instead of using your BES connection)]
  • 'Reply/Reply All' from FileScout to an archived message (plain text messages will be quoted)
  • Known issues (caused of limitations in RIM's API):
    • Most attachments of an eMail can't be stored in the eMail-Archive (FileScout will give you a warning for all attachments that can't be retrieved through the API).
    • HTML-eMails: Not all (or probably all) of the embedded images are accessible (FileScout will give you a warning for all attachments that can't be retrieved through the API).
    • When using the option 'Use MessageApp to show eMails that have been archived with FileScout':
      • HTML-eMails can't be created with the BlackBerry® Message composer that's why they can't be restored in the BlackBerry® Message Application
      • PlainText-eMails that have larger content can't be created with the BlackBerry® Message composer. The API will give you a warning that the message have been truncated.
    • Even if the API offers methods to request all missing content for a message from the Server - sometimes the result is different when you use 'More All' from the BlackBerry® MessageApplication for a message or let FileScout request the missing portions. It was very frustrating to get no way around that within the FileScout code, so the recommendation is to use 'More All' from the Message Application before you use the 'Archive with FileScout' function. This might be related to the BES configuration.
• Drive Usage Map:
  • Display for each root of your device the disk space usage across its structure. For each directory you will get the following information:
    • Disk usage of the current directory (only if the current directory contains files)
    • Number of files in the current directory (only if the current directory contains files)
    • Disk usage of the directory including all it's sub directories (only if any sub directory contain files)
  • Delete directories (including sub structures)
  • Open a directory from the tree structure
  • Known issues:
    • No horizontal scroll for Storm & Storm2
• New Editor Option: 'Autobackup on Save'
  If enabled in the options FileScout will create a backup each time of the current file when a save is performed in the integrated text editor.
• The TextEditor will show a [*] once the text is modified
• All Tree Dialogs ['DriveUsage' & 'Go to directory'] now support two additional key shortcuts:
  • [T]: Go to the (t)op of the tree
  • [B]: Go to the (b)ottom of the tree
• Thumbnail display can make use of the BlackBerry® device generated thumbnails that are stored in the 'BBThumbs.dat' files (when available). This implies the following restrictions:
  • Device generated thumbnails might not support AlphaLayers (transparency issues)
  • thumbnail might not match orientation of the original image
  • Not supported for devices running OS5.x.
• File Details Dialog will show original image width & height in pixel (when information is available from the thumbnail cache)

What's fixed?

• .amr files will be shown as supported audio files
• Selection of BBThumbs.dat files via [SPACE]-Key
• Fix for thumbnail display for images with with extreme ratios
• Fixes in background process for detecting new directories and sub structures
• Intend for all tree displays adjusted (now the display looks way more like a tree)
• Storm(2) & Bold(2) OS5 fixes (e.g. for recursive search or folder details)
• General display adjustments for Storm & Storm2 (higher columns in all trees and lists).

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® Devices are 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 ;-)

2009/02/22 - initial public release of BBFileScout v0.3 (in crackberry.com forum)