QuickImageComment 4.62 + x64

The following errors have been fixed:
If the program was started with map view and WebView2 was activated, it crashed.
If map view with WebView2 was active, a message occured, that the recording location had been changed when selecting another image, although this was not the case.
Compared to 4.60, only bugs have been fixed and there have been no changes to the user manual. Therefore, please continue to use the user manual from 4.60.

Enhancements and improvements:
Images can be copied or moved to another folder.
Mask "Configuration Edit-external": Program path and window title can be taken from open programs, i.e. this data does not have to be entered manually.
Before saving, it is checked, whether the file has been changed outside the program since it was read.
If an image is changed outside the program, the displayed image is now updated even if there are unsaved changes. The changes made are not overwritten, even if the corresponding fields have been changed outside the program.
Mask "User defined buttons": icons from a file can assigned. If the menu item is an entry from "Edit-External" with "Program" configuration, the icon assigned to the program can be assigned.
The following error has been fixed:
During input in the tabs for properties: The escape key did not restore the value that was read in, but the value that the cell had when it was last exited, i.e. possibly a previous entry.

Enhancements and improvements:

Only for the .Net 4.6.1 variants: New version 0.28.2 of the exiv2 library integrated: lens recognition extended and minor bugs fixed.

Enhancements and improvements:
For users who start the program with different configurations via the command line (or adapted shortcuts): With the switch "/TitleSuffix:" a text can be defined, which is additionally displayed in the mask title of the main mask.
Export of selected properties: Line breaks and line feeds (CR/LF) in metadata are replaced by spaces to avoid problems when importing into Excel.
Only for the .Net 4.6.1 variants: New version 0.28.1 of the exiv2 library integrated: minor bugs have been fixed.
Only for the .Net 4.6.1 variants: New version 0.21.1 of the library LibRaw integrated: minor bug fixed when decoding images from some Panasonic cameras.
Metadata of iPhone .heic files and JPEG-XL files (.jxl) are displayed.
The following bugs have been fixed:
Occasionally the program could block if files in the displayed folder were added, changed or deleted by other programs.
If files were deleted, the file counter at the bottom left was not updated.
If a folder containing images with IPTC keywords was opened the first time the program was used (i.e. no configuration file saved yet), the program crashed.
Refresh folder tree under Windows 11 caused a crash. Under other Windows versions, the update was incomplete if there were several folders with the same name.

Enhancements and improvements:

Sequence number of the image is displayed below the image to the left of the file name.
New internal fields "Image.MetaDataWarningsExiv2" and "Image.MetaDataWarningsNotExiv2". The fields allow to search for images with corresponding messages - separated by whether the message comes from Exiv2 or not. Since the search does not read the meta-data completely, the warnings may be incomplete.
In the text field for the query in the mask "Search via Properties - Edit query" manual changes can be undone with Ctrl-Z and restored with Ctrl-Y. In each case, all changes since the text field was filled (when the mask is opened or when "Previous" or "Next" is pressed) are undone.
The following errors have been fixed:

With each restart, the mask became smaller if scaling for Toolbar was set to a different value than for general scaling.
When changing the scaling in full screen mode, a part of the mask could be cut off on the right and bottom.
Variant for Windows XP only: Crash when saving changes to JPEG files.

Enhancements and improvements:

New in mask "Image in own window": scrolling of images with keyboard or mouse; display of meta data in title bar (configurable).
Mask "Predefined IPTC Keywords": By indenting, a hierarchy of keywords can be defined. This allows parts to be expanded and collapsed in the tree of the "IPTC Keywords" area, making it easier to select keywords.
Optionally, a hint can be displayed if a non-predefined keyword has been assigned to an image. Such images can also be searched for. This is to facilitate consistent keywording.
Search via properties: If the option "Save data on exit" is activated, the update of the data now starts when the program is started, not when the search mask is opened for the first time. This makes the updated data available earlier.
Search via properties: If IPTC keywords is defined as a search field, a tree with the predefined keywords is displayed on the right in the lower area of the mask. Keywords to be searched for can be checked here.
Search via properties: Some fields can have multiple values, e.g. IPTC keywords. For the search, these values are combined into a string, whereby the order is not defined. Therefore, the comparison operators have been removed for these fields, where the order of the single values is important.
Search via properties: also, the second operator can now be "<>", "contains", "does not contain", "does not start with" or "does not end with".
Search via properties: In an additional mask the query can be edited in a SQL-like syntax. This allows for more complex queries. In addition, a previously executed query can be selected to customize and re-execute it.
Only for .Net 4.6.1 variants: New version 0.28.0 of library exiv2 integrated: some new tags and lens data; for ExifEasy more Exif properties are considered, so now ExifEasy properties of some images are filled, which were empty in the previous version.
Since exiv2 0.28.0 is no longer executable under Windows XP, the variant for Windows XP continues to be shipped with exiv2 0.27.5.1.
The following errors have been fixed:

When changing "incl. cards for display only (* ...)", the selection list was filled incorrectly, selection at the end of the list led to a program crash.

Enhancements and improvements:

New mask "Scaling": magnification of all masks can be adjusted; separate scaling for toolbar and thumbnail/tiles. The zoom factor in mask "Customize mask" can still be used to scale individual masks. Mask-specific zoom factors can be disabled in "Customize mask" by setting the factor once to the general scaling factor.
Some properties can also be changed in the "Overview", "Exif" and "IPTC" tabs. Modifiable values are displayed with a white background, non-modifiable with a light gray background. Details in the Help, Chapter 3.6, subsection "Input in the tabs for properties".
Changed entries for artist, comment and IPTC keywords as well as in the configurable input area are marked by a light-yellow background. If the entry is reset, the background becomes white again. Instead of light-yellow, another color can be specified in the general configuration file.
The following errors have been fixed:

When opening a sub-mask for the second time, the zoom factor from mask "Customize mask" mask was not taken into account.
The program could crash at "Set file date to date image generated" if recording date was out of the allowed range for file date.

Enhancements and improvements:

The selected files can be passed to other programs or to Windows batch scripts for further processing.
The first reading and especially the updating of the read data for the search has been accelerated.
Menu "File" has new entry to select a folder. A mask is opened where a folder can be selected in a folder tree or from a drop-down list with last selected folders. In this way the space for folder tree in main mask can be used for other information, e.g., a longer a list of files.
New fields: "Image.DisplayImageErrorMessage" contains error message when displaying the image, "Image.MetaDataWarnings" contains warnings when reading metadata. Both information is already displayed in the Overview tab. The fields allow to search for images with corresponding messages. Since the meta data is not read completely during the search, the warnings may be incomplete
Following errors are corrected:

The program could crash if unknown XMP tags were selected for modifying data.
The program could crash if XMP-Struct fields (e.g. Xmp.iptcExt.Locationshown[1]/...) were configured for searching.

Enhancements and improvements:

Variant for Net 4.6.1 and higher and if WebView2 Runtime is installed: When displaying the recording location on map, maps only for display (e.g. Google Maps and Bing Maps) can be hidden (which technically means disabling WebView2).
Background: Google Maps and Bing Maps require WebView2. However, WebView2 occasionally causes problems. Instead of disabling WebView2 via the general configuration file as before, you can now do this directly in the interface.
Wildcard characters ("?" for any one character, "*" for any number of characters) can now be used in the file filter.
Following error is corrected:

If the installed version of WebView2 did not match the components shipped with the program, the program could crash. In such cases, the "old" browser component is now used, but it does not support Google Maps and Bing Maps.
Mask "Search via properties": With the button " Criteria of current file" the GPS data of the recording location were not taken over.
Program could crash with "SplitterDistance must be between Panel1MinSize and Width - Panel2MinSize" when container with image details was made very small.

Enhancements and improvements:

In the general configuration file map sources for Leaflet can be defined. With these maps - unlike the maps for "Map in Standard Browser" - the recording location can be changed.
Images from JPEG-2000 (*.jp2) and Photoshop (*.psd) files can be displayed; previously only the metadata was displayed.
Following error is corrected:

Program crash with exception "ctor System.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt. ExtendedImage.cs:Zeile 287.". Reported via AppCenter.
Note: Version 4.51 is also available for Windows XP 32-bit and .Net 4.0 Framework.

Enhancements and improvements:

When displaying images, orientation information of manufacturer specific tags is also considered (up to now only Exif.Image.Orientation was used).
As some RAW decoders rotate images according Exif.Image.Orientation, with the new menu item "Zoom/Rotate - RAW: Rotate after decoding" it can be selected, if rotation is applied after decoding or not. If it is selected on one image, it applies to all images read with the same decoder.
Field entries from the "Overview", "Exif", "IPTC", "XMP" and "Other" tabs can be transferred to the table in the "Multiple image edit" tab via the context menu.
Additional groups of Exif tags are displayed in the mask "Field definitions". If they were included in images, the values were also displayed in the previous version.
File filter is changed: files are filtered for containing the filter string, not for starting with the filter string as before.
Following errors are corrected:

In very rare cases, the lens name was displayed incorrectly.
The save button was not enabled when geo data were cleared.
The settings for "Image details" were not loaded correctly, so that one area became smaller with each new start of the program.
Note: Version 4.50 is available to run with .Net 4.6.1 (or higher) only. Net 4.6.1 was published already in November 2015 and so support for the very old .Net 4.0 is cancelled.

Enhancements and improvements:

RAW image display is supported for more camera models.
The version for .Net 4.6.1 has LibRaw integrated for displaying RAW images. When using the version for .Net 4.0 or if LibRaw does not support the RAW format, a codec from the camera manufacturer must be installed to display the image. As an alternative, the Microsoft Raw Image Extension can be installed, which supports various RAW formats.
Following errors are corrected:

Recording location on map: some maps could not be displayed when WebView2 was installed.
Recording location on map: The maps "HikeBike.HikeBike" and "OpenMapSurfer.Roads" are no longer freely available. They have therefore been removed from the selection list.
Program crash "Not a valid Win32 FileTime" due to invalid modification date/time of a file. Reported via AppCenter.

Enhancements and improvements:

In the version for .Net 4.6.1 and higher and if WebView2 Runtime is installed: Google Maps or Bing Maps can now also be used for the map display. The links that were previously used for "Map in Standard Browser" are used for this. With these links only display is possible, the coordinates cannot be changed.
New version 0.27.5 of exiv2 library integrated, with new tag Exif.Photo.Gamma.
Following errors are corrected:

Program crash if during meta data removal the image was used by another process.
Map view: Search did not work in the version for .Net4, error message: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.
If the mask "Settings" was exited with "Cancel", no values were displayed in the configurable input area.
Application could freeze in views tile or thumbnails, if several files were changed within short time period.