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This page refers to ThumbsPlus 9 Build 3922
Important note about registration codes
Version 9 requires version 9 registration codes. We have automatically sent new codes to all perpetual licensees, up-to-date corporate network licensees, and to everyone who purchased or upgraded a single-user standard, single-user professional, or home network license on or after 16 January 2012. If you did not receive a code that you believe you are entitled to, please contact orderdesk@cerious.com.
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Installation notes
The installer includes the Digicam Plug-in Package, as we have not yet built a digicam installer that is compatible with version 9. This is also why it is so large.
If you wish select the old-style Everything in one folder installation option, be sure to install to a folder that does not require UAC (user access control). Most importantly, do not install in the C:\Windows, C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) folders (or their equivalents in other languages).
The installer occasionally hangs for 30-60 seconds before the user interface, as it checks that the correct versions of Microsoft C/C++ (MSVCRT) and MFC library runtimes are installed (and installs them if necessary). Note that due to Microsoft guidelines, these runtimes will not be uninstalled if you uninstall ThumbsPlus. This is generally fine, since thousands of products use them.
The beta installer does not uninstall version 8 or earlier, since you may want to use both simultaneously (version 8 for production work, version 9 for testing).
If you encounter problems during the installation, please send us the Thumbs9Install.log from your user TEMP folder along with your problem report. (If you're not sure where this is, hit Win+R, enter %TEMP%, and hit enter, and Explorer will open it for you). The Win key has the Windows logo ( ) and is usually between the Ctrl and Alt keys.. If your keyboard doesn't have one, consult the documentation for your keyboard and version of windows, or run the command START %TEMP% from a command prompt.
Licensing
In early betas, you may use your version 8 license information to register (Help - Enter Registration). We will email all pre-release and perpetual license holders new codes as soon as we release a beta that requires them.
All single-user and home network users who ordered or upgraded ThumbsPlus on or after 15 January 2012 will receive version 9 at no additional charge.
Concurrent license users who are up-to-date with their annual support contracts will receive version 9 automatically and at no additional charge when it is released. Those with out-of-date support contracts may upgrade at $50.00 per user (or $40.00 during the current pre-release sale).
Major new features
Facebook
 You can use ThumbsPlus to log in to your Facebook account, where you can browse and update your photo albums, and even thumbnail and view your friends' albums and photos.
Python
There are many improvements and additions to the Python scripting capabilities. We're working on sample scripts that will be included with version 9, and will announce them on the forums as they become available. See the section below on Python scripting for more info.
Several of the new features in ThumbsPlus 9 depend on Python (including Facebook access),, and in the future we will be moving more and more high-level functions to Python. Of course, the core image processing, database, and many other internal functions will remain written in C++ and C (and even a bit of assembly language for some important speed optimizations).
We're looking forward to see what kinds of functions our users can contribute as well!
Problems fixed in build 3922
- Fixed several problems with build 3919 and build 3920, including incompatibility with some O/Ses and runtime error on startup.
- Fixed missing menu option to export thumbnails to JPEG files (Thumbnail - Export to Jpeg).
- When scanning a tree, the percentage done was not correct.
- Fixed inoperative Scan Folder button.
- Added crash information to Subject when emailing a crash report (for ease in tracking specific crashes).
- Column headers were displayed incorrectly in the thumbnail pane when display of thumbnails disabled.
- Fixed problem of display in the file filter drop-down on thumbnail pane.
- Moved the Help menu for better visibility.
- Several additional UI nits picked.
Problems fixed in build 3920
- We are releasing Build 3920 mainly to work around a Microsoft C/C++ run-time loading error on some systems (all or mostly Windows 7 64). We have spent an enormous amount of time researching and trying things, but have still not been able to duplicate it on any of our in-house desktops, servers, or virtual machines. The workaround fix I implemented in build 3920 appears to work fine for almost everyone who tested for us. However there are two issues:
- Using a UI skin causes a crash. (The themes work fine; it's only the use of .msstyles or .cjstyles skin files via Window - Themes - Select Skin... that fails). I plan for this to be restored in build 3921.
- For reasons unknown (but likely to be related to (1), build 3920 does not start up properly on XP, instead causing another type of crash. Therefore, until build 3921, the installer will actually install build 3919 on XP and 3920 on more recent OSes. , which circumvents the problem but introduces a bit of confusion and a larger installer
- Since I had to build a new installer, I did correct the Start menu and Desktop icons to read "ThumbsPlus 9" instead of "ThumbsPlus 9 beta," which I simply missed when building the 3919 installer.
Facebook
ThumbsPlus caches facebook query results internally, and compresses, saves and restores them between sessions. This can take a lot of memory, so I will be changing the cache so it uses a local disk file instead. This will also eliminate the time required to load and save the cache. The cache file is called Thumbs9.fbcache and is located in your preferences folder, which you can open from Start menu - All Programs - ThumbsPlus - Utilities - View Preferences Folder.
Downloaded files are cached in a subfolder of your TEMP folder (%TEMP%\Tp_Fb). This cache is not currently pruned. You can remove all of the files anytime; ThumbsPlus will re-download them if you make thumbnails or view them.
The Keep me logged in to ThumbsPlus option on the Facebook login window does not work when restarting ThumbsPlus.
Using Python for scripting and customizing ThumbsPlus 9
Information on scripting is now in the help file.
Command line options
The Help file now includes a complete (or nearly complete) list of command line options.
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