BatchTouch

(c) Copyright 2009 Roger Meier

All rights reserved
roger.meier@pobox.com
http://freeware.the-meiers.org

WHAT IS IT?
===========
BatchTouch is a utility to batch-change the creation and/or modification date of
files and folders.
BatchTouch provides an easy-to-use way to change the creation and/or modificatio
n date of multiple files and folders all at once. It offers enough flexibility t
o the user to choose which type of items to change, whether or not to process th
e contents of folders, and whether to change the creation date, the modification
date, or both. Furthermore, it is possible to change just the time, just the da
te, or both. It is possible to apply both absolute values as well as offsets to
both date and time. I.e. it is possible to add/subtract a specified number of da
ys, hours, minutes or seconds to/from the creation and modification date of any
item.
INSTALLATION
============
BatchTouch comes without an installer and can be placed anywhere on the harddriv
e as long as the correct folder structure is maintained. I.e. for the Windows ve
rsion the "BatchTouch Libs" folder must reside in the same location as the "Batc
hTouch.exe" executable.
HOW TO USE IT
=============
Please refer to the built-in Help.
NOTE: The operations performed by this application can not be undone unless the
files and folders being manipulated are backed up before using this application.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Version History
===============
v1.2.0: 12/22/2010
-----------------New Features:
- It is now possible to have default settings loaded at startup and when a new t
erminal window is opened. If a default.bts settings file exists in the applicati
on folder of CoolTerm, it will be applied to new terminal windows.
- It is now possible to specify date offset in days, months, and years.
- It is now possible to enter values for date and time manually.
- Added special function "Set Modification Dates to Creation Dates".
- Added special function "Set Creation Dates to Modification Dates".

- Added a menu item to save current settings as default settings.

- Added an option to automatically check for updates at startup.
Improvements:
- Improved calendar display.
- Improved GUI help tag texts.
- Improved exception handling and error reporting
- Improved handling of command line arguments.
- fixed a bug that retrieved incorrect settings from the GUI.
- Fixed a bug which would cause user defined time values to be overwritten after
selecting a new date via the calendar display.
1.1.0: 4/8/2010
--------------- Made the file list wider and added columns for modification and creation date.
- The new columns show the modification and creation dates of each item after th
ey are added to the list and after they were changed by BatchTouch.
- Added preferences Window.
- Added option to preferences window to show/hide the date columns in the file l
ist.
- Added option to preferences window to disable warnings before changing dates.
- Settings can now be saved and retrieved.
- It is now possible to drop a file or folder onto the "New date:" group box to
set the new date and time automatically to the modification date and time of the
dropped item.
- It is also possible to drag and drop an item from the file list to the "New da
te:" group box to set the new date and time automatically to the modification da
te and time of the dropped item.
- Added a "Special" menu to provide access to special functions.
- Added a "Set Folder Date to most recent content" special function. This option
sets the modification date of all the folders to the modification date of the m
ost recent item inside them. This is done recursively, from the bottom to the to
p of the file hierarchy.
- Added special function for pre-dating all items to the oldest item in the list
.
- Added special function for post-dating all items to the newest item in the lis
t.
- Improved the calendar display in the "Set date and time" dialog. There now sep
arate up/down arrows for month and year.
1.0.0: 12/21/2009
----------------- Initial Release

DISCLAIMER
==========
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLI
ED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHAL
L THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAI
M, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER R
ESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NE
GLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE
OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.