Miscellaneous

New Update Checker

There is a new update checker that makes use of the Opus RSS feed to update you about Opus news, hints and tips, plus of course information about new versions. The update checker can also be configured to automatically download new updates, and you will be prompted to install these once they are available.

 

SOCKS Proxy Support for HTTP

Previously the option for SOCKS proxies was only available for FTP, but Opus now supports the use of SOCKS 4/5 proxies for HTTP as well (e.g. for the update checker).

 

Command Prompt Here

The CLI DOSPROMPT command will now create an elevated command prompt if CTRL+SHIFT is held down when the command is executed. You can also specify CLI DOSPROMPT=admin to forcibly create an elevated prompt.

Elevated command prompts now appear with their background color set to red to distinguish them from non-elevated prompts. You can configure this color using the color parameter, or use nocolor to disable it. Note that this only applies if UAC is enabled and the command prompt has been specifically elevated by Opus. If UAC is disabled, or Opus itself is running as administrator, then this has no effect.

The CLI DOSPROMPT uses the newautomap UNC” feature in Opus to automatically map a drive letter to a UNC path when needed – so for the first time you can now open a DOS prompt to a UNC location. The temporary drive letter is automatically unmapped when no longer needed.

 

Info-Tip Thumbnail Borders

In Info Tips, the {thumbnail} code can now take a parameter to indicate the border status:

 

Content Type Threshold and Sub-Folders

Content Type Folder Formats have a new option to consider sub-folder count when calculating content thresholds. This means that if you have a folder containing 100 sub-folders and 1 image file, it will not be considered an image directory (unless the threshold was set to 1%).

 

Other Miscellaneous Changes