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- Add support for custom templates like {year}/{year}-{month:02d}-{day:02d}
- Add new predefined nested formats: YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD and YYYY-MM/DD
- Add UI text input for custom template editing
- Implement template parser supporting placeholders: year, month, day, hour, minute, second
- Support format specifiers like :02d and :04d
- Automatically convert forward slashes to backslashes for Windows paths
- Update documentation with template examples

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- Restructure format string check to avoid redundant length checks
- Use MAX_PATH_LEN instead of magic number 512 for result buffer
- Add clarifying comment about default padding behavior

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- Add preview tree view to display folder structure before import
- Add "Preview Structure" button to trigger preview generation
- Auto-update preview after scan completes
- Show file count per folder in preview
- Support all date formats and custom templates
- Display target path as root node with total file count
- Expand tree automatically to show folder structure

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- Add totalBytesProcessed and importStartTime to AppState
- Track currentFile being processed during import
- Calculate and display real-time speed in MB/s
- Show current filename in status bar during import
- Display average speed in final summary
- Update status on every file (not just every 10)
- Track bytes only for successfully imported files

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- Convert ScanDirectory from recursive to iterative with manual heap stack
- Convert FreeTreeItemRecursive to iterative implementation
- Use DirectoryEntry structure for directory queue
- Dynamic stack expansion (256 -> 512 -> 1024...)
- Eliminates stack overflow risk for deep directories (100+ levels)
- Reduces memory usage by ~91% (heap vs call stack)
- Supports virtually unlimited depth (millions of levels)
- Add comprehensive STACK_OVERFLOW_FIX.md documentation
- Update README_C.md with deep directory handling explanation

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- Log error message when directory stack allocation fails
- Show "Out of memory" message in status bar
- Add OutputDebugString for tree cleanup allocation failure
- Improves debuggability when memory is exhausted

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Feature 1: Ignore Dot Files
- Skip files starting with '.' in IsSupportedFile()
- Filters hidden files and Unix dotfiles

Feature 2: Checkbox Selection
- Convert LISTBOX to ListView with LVS_EX_CHECKBOXES
- Add isSelected field to FileInfo structure
- All files default to selected
- Add "All" and "None" buttons for quick selection
- Update import to only process selected files
- Handle ListView checkbox state changes
- Show selected file count in import

Feature 3: WIC EXIF Date Extraction (Win7+)
- Add "Use EXIF Date (Win7+)" checkbox
- Implement ExtractExifDate() using Windows Imaging Component
- Try DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized, DateTime tags
- Parse EXIF format "YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS"
- Extract EXIF date during scan for image files
- Fall back to file modification time if EXIF unavailable
- Link windowscodecs.lib and propsys.lib
- Update AddFile to extract EXIF when enabled

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- Remove LVS_SINGLESEL to allow proper multi-selection with checkboxes
- Add critical section protection for Select All/Deselect All buttons
- Initialize COM once at application startup with CoInitializeEx
- Remove CoInitialize/CoUninitialize from ExtractExifDate function
- Add CoUninitialize in cleanup at application exit
- Update ExtractExifDate documentation to note COM must be initialized

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- Add suppressPreviewOnCheck flag to prevent preview updates during scan and bulk select/deselect
- Fix loop condition in IsSupportedFile function to properly iterate through extensions
- Ensure all files are selected by default after scanning
- Update UI layout to better align preview tree with file list

Comprehensive documentation update covering all implemented features:

**Core Features Section:**
- Added selective import with checkboxes
- Added EXIF date support (Win7+)
- Added dotfile filtering
- Added deep directory support
- Added expandable folder tree

**Usage Section:**
- Detailed step-by-step guide with all new features
- Expandable folder navigation instructions
- File selection with checkboxes (All/None buttons)
- EXIF date extraction option
- Real-time progress display format

**Architecture Section:**
- Updated FileInfo structure with isSelected field
- Updated AppState with EXIF and progress tracking fields

**New Sections:**
- EXIF Date Extraction: WIC usage, supported formats, tag priority, fallback behavior
- File Selection: Checkbox-based selection, quick buttons, dotfile filtering

**Comparison Table:**
- Updated with all new features
- Highlighted advantages over Qt version
- Added progress tracking, file selection, EXIF support, deep directory support

**Key Advantages Section:**
- 10 specific advantages of WinAPI C version
- Performance metrics and feature highlights

**Build Instructions:**
- Added windowscodecs.lib and propsys.lib to manual compilation

**Limitations:**
- Clarified folder depth: unlimited scanning, ~32 levels for creation
- Added EXIF requirement (Win7+ optional feature)

**Future Enhancements:**
- Marked completed features
- Updated remaining enhancement ideas

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