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History, readme, *.def etc files updated for 3.8 release

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33.08
4 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
5 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
6 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
7 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
8 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
9 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
10 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
11 on status line (Gregg)
12 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
13 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
14 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
15 string matching (Gregg)
16 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
17
183.07
19 o Tweak build process (Steven)
20 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
21 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
22 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
23 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
24 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
25 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
26 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
27 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
28 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
29 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
30 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
31 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
32 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
33 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
34 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
35 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
36 read only files. (Gregg)
37 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
38 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
39 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
40 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
41 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
42 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
43 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
44 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
45 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
46 absent with wrapped tex and hex
47 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
48
493.06
50 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
51 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
52 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
53 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
54 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
55 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
56
573.05.09
58 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
59 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
60 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
61 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
62 o Rework selective error logging logic
63 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
64 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
65 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
66 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
67 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
68 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
69 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
70 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
71 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
72 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
73
743.05 beta08
75 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
76 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
77 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
78 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
79 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
80 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
81 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
82 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
83 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
84 o Help file updates (Gregg)
85 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
86 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
87 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
88 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
89 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
90 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
91
923.05beta07
93 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
94 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
95 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
96 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
97 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
98 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
99 o Update documentation (Gregg)
100 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
101 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
102
1033.05beta06
104 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
105 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
106
1073.05beta05
108 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
109 o NDFS support by Gregg
110 o Default seek and scan to show files
111 o Rework menus
112 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
113 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
114 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
115
1163.05beta04
117 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
118 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
119 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
120 o Avoid spurious error popups
121
1223.05beta03
123 o Help file updated by David
124 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
125 o Toolbars reworked by David
126 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
127 o More great bitmaps from David
128
1293.05beta02
130 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
131 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
132 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
133
1343.05beta01
135 o More great bitmaps from David
136 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
137 o Rework some error messages
138 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
139
1403.04
141 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
142 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
143 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
144 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
145 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
146 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
147 o More new icons (thanks David)
148 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
149
1503.04 pre11:
151 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
152 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
153
1543.04 pre10:
155 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
156 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
157
1583.04 pre9:
159 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
160
1613.04 pre8:
162 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
163 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
164
1653.04 pre7:
166 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
167 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
168 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
169 o Minor makefile corrections
170
1713.04 pre6:
172 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
173
1743.04 pre5:
175 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
176 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
177 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
178 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
179 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
180
1813.04 pre4:
182 o Correct longnames display enable
183 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
184 o Support archiver.tmp install
185
1863.04 pre3:
187 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
188 o Support tarlist.cmd install
189 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
190 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
191
1923.04 pre2:
193 o More icon updates (David's v18)
194 o Avoid user directory edit crash
195 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
196
1973.04 pre1:
198 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
199 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
200 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
201 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
202 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
203 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
204
2053.03:
206 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
207 o Correct directory sizes sort
208 o Correct archive sort again
209
2103.02i:
211 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
212 o Lots of work on large file support
213 o Switch to VAC 3.65
214 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
215 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
216 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
217 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
218 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
219 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
220 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
221 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
222
2233.02h:
224 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
225 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
226 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
227
2283.02g:
229 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
230
2313.02f:
232 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
233 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
234 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
235
2363.02e:
237 o More see all files fixes
238 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
239
2403.02d:
241 o Clean up icon usage
242 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
243 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
244 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
245 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
246 o Correct resource strings
247
2483.02c:
249 o Correct broken assignments
250 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
251
2523.02b:
253 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
254
2553.02a:
256 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
257 o Correct archive name display
258
2593.02:
260 o First open source release.
261
2623.01:
263 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
264
2653.00d:
266 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
267 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
268
2693.00c:
270 o More minor bug fixes.
271
2723.00b:
273 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
274
2753.00:
276 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
277 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
278 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
279 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
280 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
281 correspondingly smaller.
282 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
283 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
284 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
285 some more, thus tempting fate.
286 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
287 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
288 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
289 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
290 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
291 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
292 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
293 width.
294 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
295 this stuff built-in now.
296 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
297 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
298 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
299 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
300 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
301 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
302 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
303 confirmation.
304 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
305 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
306 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
307 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
308
3092.67:
310 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
311 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
312 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
313 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
314 recall.
315
3162.66:
317 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
318 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
319 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
320 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
321 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
322 there's no diskette inserted.)
323 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
324 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
325 o Reworked Databar a bit.
326 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
327 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
328
3292.65:
330 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
331 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
332 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
333 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
334 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
335 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
336 best stuff was turned off by default!
337 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
338 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
339 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
340 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
341 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
342 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
343 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
344
3452.64:
346 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
347 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
348 horizontal) there.
349 o More help file work.
350 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
351 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
352 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
353 "touching" files easier.
354
3552.63:
356 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
357 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
358 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
359 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
360 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
361 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
362 is available.
363 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
364 attractive (IMHO).
365 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
366 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
367 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
368 marks.
369 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
370 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
371 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
372 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
373
3742.62:
375 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
376
3772.61:
378 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
379 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
380 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
381 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
382 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
383 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
384 is bordered in red.
385 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
386 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
387 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
388 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
389 files.
390
3912.60:
392 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
393 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
394 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
395 be refreshed in the archive.
396 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
397 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
398
3992.59:
400 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
401 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
402 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
403
4042.58:
405 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
406 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
407 help to reflect this.
408 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
409 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
410 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
411
4122.57:
413 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
414 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
415 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
416
4172.56:
418 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
419 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
420
4212.55:
422 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
423 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
424
4252.54:
426 o Small tweaks.
427 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
428 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
429
4302.53:
431 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
432 selected files more quickly and easily.
433 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
434 Netscape were choking on it (a).
435 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
436 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
437 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
438 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
439
4402.52:
441 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
442 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
443 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
444 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
445 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
446 standard, then stick to it? Please?
447 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
448 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
449
4502.51:
451 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
452 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
453 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
454 user request.
455 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
456 user request.
457 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
458 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
459 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
460 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
461 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
462 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
463 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
464 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
465 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
466 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
467 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
468 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
469 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
470 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
471 still work correctly with this change.
472 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
473 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
474 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
475 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
476 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
477 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
478 up with all of it.
479
4802.50b:
481 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
482 image viewer window.
483 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
484 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
485
4862.50a:
487 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
488 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
489 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
490 directories listed in environment variables).
491 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
492 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
493 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
494 registration information.
495 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
496 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
497 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
498 popup menu.
499 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
500 object that didn't already have them (duh).
501 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
502 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
503 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
504 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
505
5062.50:
507 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
508 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
509 viewer.
510 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
511 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
512 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
513 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
514 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
515 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
516 results.
517 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
518 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
519 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
520 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
521 added file system type to end of string on user request.
522 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
523 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
524 It could happen.
525 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
526 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
527 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
528 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
529 o Note new internet address.
530 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
531 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
532 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
533 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
534 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
535 one :-).
536 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
537 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
538 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
539 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
540 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
541 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
542 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
543 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
544 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
545 even notice.
546
5472.49:
548 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
549 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
550 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
551 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
552 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
553 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
554 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
555 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
556 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
557 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
558 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
559 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
560 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
561
5622.48a:
563 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
564 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
565 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
566 o More Merlin preparations.
567 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
568 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
569 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
570 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
571 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
572 the Joneses? :-)
573
5742.48:
575 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
576 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
577 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
578 under Merlin.
579 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
580 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
581 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
582 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
583 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
584 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
585 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
586 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
587 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
588 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
589 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
590 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
591 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
592 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
593 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
594 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
595 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
596 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
597 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
598 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
599 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
600 machine.
601 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
602 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
603 o Keys help added per user request.
604
6052.47:
606 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
607 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
608 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
609 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
610 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
611 submenu selected.
612 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
613 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
614 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
615 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
616 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
617 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
618 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
619 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
620 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
621 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
622 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
623 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
624 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
625 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
626 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
627 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
628 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
629 Container to change directories.
630 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
631 questions.
632
6332.46:
634 o Fixed drive button bug.
635 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
636 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
637 the real thing.
638
6392.45:
640 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
641 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
642 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
643 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
644 was closed.
645 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
646 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
647 Scan.
648
6492.44:
650 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
651 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
652 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
653 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
654 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
655 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
656 user-defined bitmap.
657 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
658 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
659 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
660 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
661 for possible later retrieval.
662 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
663 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
664 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
665
6662.43:
667 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
668 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
669 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
670 connection, finally).
671 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
672 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
673 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
674 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
675 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
676 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
677 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
678 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
679 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
680 it finishes.
681 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
682 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
683 under older OS/2 versions.
684 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
685 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
686 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
687 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
688 reminder.
689 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
690 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
691
6922.42:
693 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
694 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
695 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
696 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
697 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
698 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
699 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
700 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
701 flags from the command line as an override.
702 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
703 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
704 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
705 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
706 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
707 Directory Container looks.
708 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
709 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
710 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
711 examples).
712 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
713 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
714 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
715 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
716 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
717 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
718 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
719 instead of the internal).
720 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
721 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
722 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
723 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
724 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
725
7262.41:
727 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
728 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
729 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
730 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
731 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
732 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
733 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
734 attractively.
735 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
736 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
737 but not switch to them.
738 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
739 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
740 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
741 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
742 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
743 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
744 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
745 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
746 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
747 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
748 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
749 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
750 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
751 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
752 Shouldn't be a major problem.
753 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
754 know the blamed thing was there.
755 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
756 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
757 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
758 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
759 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
760 paragraph. Something I use.
761 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
762 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
763 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
764 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
765 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
766 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
767 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
768 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
769 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
770 Containers.
771 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
772 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
773 (some things grow with a life of their own).
774 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
775 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
776 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
777 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
778
7792.40:
780 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
781 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
782 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
783 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
784 viewer.
785 o Added %! metastring.
786 o Added default archiver setting.
787 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
788 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
789 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
790 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
791 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
792 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
793 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
794 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
795 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
796 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
797 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
798 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
799 directories.
800 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
801 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
802 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
803
8042.39:
805 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
806 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
807 at FP10+ levels.
808 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
809 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
810 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
811 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
812 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
813 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
814 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
815 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
816 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
817 changed.
818 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
819
8202.38:
821 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
822 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
823 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
824 etc.).
825 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
826 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
827 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
828 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
829 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
830 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
831 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
832 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
833 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
834 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
835 show everything else.
836 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
837 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
838 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
839 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
840 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
841 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
842 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
843 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
844 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
845 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
846 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
847 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
848 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
849 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
850 foreground.
851
8522.37:
853 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
854 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
855 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
856 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
857 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
858 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
859 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
860 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
861 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
862 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
863 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
864 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
865 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
866 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
867 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
868 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
869 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
870 Directory Container.
871
8722.36:
873 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
874 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
875 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
876 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
877 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
878 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
879 o Tutorial section added to online help.
880 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
881 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
882 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
883 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
884 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
885 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
886 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
887 Settings notebook.
888 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
889 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
890 thousandth).
891 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
892 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
893 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
894
8952.35:
896 o Performance tuning.
897 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
898 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
899 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
900 permanent by Adding them as usual.
901 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
902 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
903 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
904 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
905 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
906 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
907 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
908 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
909 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
910 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
911 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
912 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
913
9142.34:
915 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
916 knee-jerk thing to do).
917 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
918 the container is maximized.
919 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
920 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
921 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
922 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
923 interested).
924 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
925 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
926 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
927 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
928 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
929 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
930 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
931 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
932 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
933 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
934 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
935 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
936 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
937 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
938 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
939
9402.33:
941 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
942 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
943 internal Settings notebook).
944 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
945 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
946 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
947 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
948 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
949 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
950 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
951 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
952 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
953 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
954 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
955 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
956 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
957 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
958 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
959
9602.32:
961 o See all files window fleshed out.
962 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
963 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
964 notebook.
965 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
966 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
967 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
968 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
969 of course).
970 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
971 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
972 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
973 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
974 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
975 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
976 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
977 the list.
978
9792.31:
980 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
981 miniapp.
982 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
983 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
984 to the above).
985 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
986 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
987 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
988 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
989 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
990 the archive resides."
991 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
992 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
993 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
994 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
995 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
996 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
997 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
998 o More user suggestions implemented.
999
10002.30:
1001 o I forget.
1002
10032.29:
1004 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1005 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1006 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1007 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1008 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1009 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1010 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1011 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1012 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1013 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1014 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1015 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1016 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1017 list).
1018
10192.28:
1020 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1021 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1022 dialog).
1023 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1024 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1025 current object.
1026 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1027 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1028 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1029 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1030 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1031 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1032 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1033 userlist dropdown.
1034 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1035 use a DOS app first...
1036
10372.27:
1038 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1039 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1040 default, BTW).
1041 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1042 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1043 weren't before).
1044 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1045 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1046 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1047 lines.
1048 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1049
10502.26:
1051 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1052 filenames.
1053 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1054 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1055 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1056 now on...
1057 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1058 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1059 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1060 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1061 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1062 client window whitespace.
1063 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1064 Edit menu.
1065 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1066 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1067 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1068 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1069 command.
1070 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1071 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1072 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1073
10742.25:
1075 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1076 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1077
10782.24:
1079 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1080 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1081 lives.
1082 o Undelete enhancements.
1083
10842.23:
1085 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1086 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1087 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1088 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1089 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1090 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1091
10922.22:
1093 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1094 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1095 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1096 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1097 inevitable problem arises.
1098 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1099 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1100
11012.21:
1102 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1103 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1104 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1105 causes default WPS open.
1106 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1107 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1108 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1109 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1110 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1111 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1112 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1113 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1114 o Other stuff I forget.
1115
11162.20:
1117 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1118 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1119 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1120 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1121 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1122 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1123 D&D.
1124 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1125 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1126 Containers.
1127 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1128 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1129 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1130 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1131 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1132 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1133 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1134 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1135 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1136 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1137 it (again).
1138
11392.19:
1140 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1141 alternative to maximizing.
1142 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1143 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1144 windows.
1145 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1146 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1147 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1148 along.
1149 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1150 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1151 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1152 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1153 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1154 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1155 to return to from the maximized state).
1156
11572.18:
1158 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1159 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1160 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1161 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1162 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1163 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1164 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1165
11662.17:
1167 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1168 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1169 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1170 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1171 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1172 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1173
11742.16:
1175 o Added "Update objects" command.
1176 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1177 one (under "Context Menus").
1178 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1179 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1180 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1181 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1182 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1183 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1184 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1185 start working again.
1186
11872.15:
1188 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1189 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1190 o Added "Select List" command.
1191 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1192 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1193 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1194 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1195 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1196 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1197 I'm just the piano player.
1198 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1199 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1200
12012.14:
1202 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1203 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1204 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1205 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1206 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1207 removable media drives.
1208 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1209 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1210 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1211 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1212 update the paths.
1213 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1214 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1215 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1216 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1217 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1218 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1219 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1220 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1221 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1222 to my satisfaction).
1223
12242.13:
1225 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1226 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1227 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1228 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1229 notebook.
1230 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1231 to use HPFS...).
1232 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1233 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1234 maybe a bit more functional.
1235 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1236
12372.12:
1238 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1239 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1240 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1241 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1242 accelerator keys.
1243 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1244
12452.11:
1246 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1247 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1248 give funny default drive.
1249 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1250 data between different INI files.
1251 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1252 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1253 There's a menu item for it.
1254 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1255 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1256 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1257
12582.10:
1259 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1260 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1261 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1262 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1263 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1264 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1265 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1266
12672.09:
1268 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1269 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1270 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1271 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1272 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1273 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1274 to trap.
1275 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1276 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1277 what Ron says...
1278 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1279 o Added optional split status line.
1280
12812.08:
1282 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1283 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1284 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1285 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1286 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1287 you can pick a different drive).
1288 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1289 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1290 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1291 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1292 line argument.
1293
12942.07:
1295 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1296 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1297 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1298 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1299 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1300 other.
1301
13022.06:
1303 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1304 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1305 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1306 root drives from being found.
1307 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1308 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1309 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1310 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1311 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1312 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1313
1314[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1315
13162.00:
1317 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1318 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1319 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1320
1321$Id: HISTORY 866 2007-11-12 18:01:48Z gyoung $
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