What's New in Version 2

The big change in version 2 is the ability to index information about all files, not just the ones that you index the contents of.

This lets you do things like quickly list all the files on your disk, as of the last update, and sort them by files size, last modified date and attributes as well as file name and parent folder name.

You can also do things like search for all *.doc files in the admin folder hierarchy that were modified on August 2 and have not yet been backed up.

Because there are so many new features in version 2, an exhaustive description of them would be tedious, so we are presenting a point form list with links to the appropriate help sections. The menu at the left also contains pointers into various parts of the Wilbur help system.

Indexing & Searching

Track all files option.
Track size, modification date, attributes
Tracks Volume name information - useful for removable media
Greatly improved update operation
- Much faster
- Incremental - only indexes files since last update, not since last full index
- Correctly removes deleted and moved files from the index
Limited tolerance of European characters stored in Unicode format.
Allows different skip word files for different indexes.
The list of default includes that Wilbur uses when a new index is created is now read from a file (includelist.txt) and has been greatly expanded.
Added import skip words command and the ability to generate these words from word frequencies - by means of the new word count command.
Rearranged the index dialog so it has a separate language page

Searching

Search for a file based on combinations of:
- Contents
- File Name
- Folder Name
- Size (Min and Max)
- Modification date (Before and After)
- Attributes
Save commonly used search criteria as a template
Select the index to search from right in the search dialog.
Added AND (&) and OR (|) logicals to the file name and folder name search criteria.
Search history is now common across all indexes and not stored with the index. This means it is no longer necessary to save the index to save your recent search strings.
The * wildcard matches all possible characters rather than the least possible.

File List Pane

Much faster - can now list all the files on your disk quite quickly.
Will now list folders as well as files (assuming the search Contains field was empty).
Columns added for attributes, volume name, size. Path name was changed to folder name
Which columns are displayed is now user selectable
Columns may be dragged into different positions.
Clicking anywhere on a row selects the row (not just on the name as before)
The Send To item of the context menu now works correctly
Directories and multiple files are now allowed in the context menu as long as they are all in the same parent directory.
Launching a zipped file now produces a save dialog so you can save a copy which will be launched.
A new file run command has been added which permits selected files (could be a great many) to be processed by command line programs or commands.
The Copy List command becomes a Copy To command which permits the copying of directory trees and files into and out of zip archives.
Added keys to switch panes (Tab) and to minimize Wilbur (Pause).

Contents Pane

Displays folder contents when a folder is selected in the file list pane
Now has a maximum amount read (set in file preferences). Handy for when you sort all the files on your disk by size.

Miscellaneous

WilburUtil - a companion program that provides a Wilbur start up icon on the tooltray and scheduling of automatic builds and updates
WilburNote - a companion program for quick note taking
Web browser based help.
Getting started item added to help menu.
Fixed problem where the initial path for the temporary zip directory was missing the trailing backslash
Changed the default file name when browsing in include and exclude file dialogs to '*' from '*.*'. This is now consistant with the way Wilbur actually treats wildcards and dots.
Added toolbar button for toggling outline mode.

General

Menu Commands