June 24 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta46 has been released !
Improved internal memory configuration (lower ! memory usage), fixed beta45 startup issue, fixed Set Save Directory & 2-panel mosaics.
May 27 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta45 has been released !
Fully Multi-Threaded LNC, many improvements for the registration engine, platform upgrade, and further tuning of internal memory consumption and memory release back to OS.
Apr 14 2026: Google Pay, Apple Pay & WeChat Pay added as payment options
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
Hi,
I am using APP on windows. The own (non windows standard) file open dialog used in APP is a little bit difficult to use:
- no "favorites" available, stored in Windows Explorer
- any little movement of the mouse during double click won't activate the double click action (in windows file dialog this is no problem), instead nothing happens
So my feature request is to replace the app own dialog box with the windows standard dialog to enabling the use of all the windows file explorer features.
The second thing is the start dialog box of APP for choosing the working directory: APP doesn't remember the working directory of the previous session, so you have to start over from scratch each time you start APP to find the desired directory. I am using a network drive on my NAS with some deep directory hierarchy, so it is a little bit annoying going into the right directory again and again...
It would help if APP offers the old directory of the previous session as a starting point.
Thanks,
Markus
@markusd112 Thank you for the feedback.
So my feature request is to replace to app own dialogue box with the windows standard dialogue enabling to use all the windows file explorer features.
To my best of knowledge, Java (the language in which APP is developed) doesn't provide such a functionality.
It would help if APP offers the old directory of the previous sessen as a starting point.
This and saving other user settings will be part of the next major release which currently is in preparation.
This is for swing and may not be part of the OpenJDK but this might help:
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try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFileChooser jfc = new JFileChooser();
jfc.showOpenDialog(null);@turtlecat1000 Thanks for your input. However, this is the look and feel. That doesn't mean that all the windows explorer features are used, does it?
@turtlecat1000 Thanks for your input. However, this is the look and feel. That doesn't mean that all the windows explorer features are used, does it?
No, not all the features as I understand it. But I think the similarity of the native OS would be a good middle ground.
