Directory Opus 5.5 - New Features Gallery 1

The following are sample shots of the new requesters for Opus 5.5

Opus File Lister Modes , Opus FTP , Custom Buttons , New Pop-up Menus
New Hotkeys , New Scripts , Multiple User Menus , Filetypes
Automatic Filetype Creator , New Lister Field Titles , New Command List


More new features!


Opus Lister Modes

You can now choose between the traditional Name mode or Icon modes or use the new Icon Action mode.

Traditional Name mode file lister now with Optional Field Titles.

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Traditional Icon mode file lister.

New IconAction mode file lister - icons file display plus custom buttons toolbar.


Built-in FTP - OpusFTP

Because of the object-orientated design of Opus, we can readily add new modules and commands which intergrate smoothly with the other components of the program. Opus 5.5 features a built-in FTP module which allows you to access remote FTP sites directly from your Opus workbench. You can now simply drag and drop files between remote FTP sites and your local hard drive or use standard Opus commands to act on the remote files. For example, just double-click on a remote readme to view it in the Opus Text Reader.

The image above shows Opus 5.5 accessing my local AmiNet site plus some sample OpusFTP buttons and the FTP addressbook.


Custom Buttons

Opus 5.5 provides the use with a greater ability to create their own custom command buttons. You can now edit the appearance of the button banks and choose the traditional Amiga-style window with full borders or the new sleek slim line look with just a simple horizontal or vertival drag bar. You can now also have an infinite number of commands attached to one button and select the favourite one as required from the new button pop-up menu.

New button editor provides control over the appearance of the button banks.


Create a traditional button bank with standard Amiga window and borders

Or create a new-style borderless bank of image buttons.


Filetype specific pop-up menus

With Opus 5.5 you can customise your own pop-up menus according to the type of file.

      

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Hotkeys

New HotKeys allow you do assign a special Hot Key combination to perform any Opus command, run an AmigaDos program or execute an ARexx or AmigaDos script on command.


Scripts

New Scripts system allows you to execute commands whenever a particular system event occurs. For example, you may use a double-click of the left mouse button to open a new Opus file Lister or maybe a double-click of the right mouse button to open a new shell.Scripts can perform any Opus command, run an AmigaDos program or execute an ARexx or AmigaDos script.


Multiple User Menus

The new user menu editor allows you to have an infinite number of user menus and you can now have sub-items on each menu item.


FileTypes

Opus filetypes system lets you automatically recognise specific types of files and perform actions accordingly.

Add commands to be executed when you double-click on a file or 'drag and drop' it to another directory. With Opus 5.5, you can even add your own pop-up menus to files of specific types.


Automatic Filetype Creator

Opus 5.5 now provides a system called the 'Automatic Filetype Creator'. This makes identifying unknown files and creating custom filetypes easier than ever before.


Lister Field Titles

Opus 5.5 allows you to have optional field titles for Name mode lister displays. These provide instant re-sorting of the directory listing according to the field in ascending or descending order. For example, with Opus 5.5 it's just a single click to resort and redisplay a directory listing by date or size or any other field you have chosen..


Internal Commands

The built-in AmigaGuide help system showing the list of internal commands available in Opus 5.5. Many new commands have been added for version 5.5 and many of the older commands have added new features.


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