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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[58]2
[221]33.03:
4 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]5 o Correct directory sizes sort
[221]6
[138]73.02i:
8 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]9 o Lots of work on large file support
10 o Switch to VAC 3.65
11 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]12 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
13 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
14 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
15 o Correct reversed warp menu in new viewer
16 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
17 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
18 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]19
[111]203.02h:
[128]21 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]22 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
23 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]24
[111]253.02g:
26 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]27
[111]283.02f:
[225]29 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]30 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
31 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]32
[111]333.02e:
34 o More see all files fixes
35 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]36
[111]373.02d:
38 o Clean up icon usage
39 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
40 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
41 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
42 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
43 o Correct resource strings
[58]44
[111]453.02c:
46 o Correct broken assignments
47 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]48
[111]493.02b:
50 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]51
[111]523.02a:
53 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
54 o Correct archive name display
[58]55
[111]563.02:
57 o First open source release.
[58]58
[111]593.01:
60 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]61
[111]623.00d:
63 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
64 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]65
[111]663.00c:
67 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]68
[111]693.00b:
70 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]71
[111]723.00:
73 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
74 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
75 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
76 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
77 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
78 correspondingly smaller.
79 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
80 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
81 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
82 some more, thus tempting fate.
83 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
84 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
85 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
86 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
87 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
88 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
89 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
90 width.
91 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
92 this stuff built-in now.
93 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
94 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
95 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
96 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
97 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
98 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
99 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
100 confirmation.
101 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
102 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
103 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
104 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]105
[111]1062.67:
107 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
108 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
109 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
110 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
111 recall.
[58]112
[111]1132.66:
114 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
115 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
116 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
117 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
118 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
119 there's no diskette inserted.)
120 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
121 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
122 o Reworked Databar a bit.
123 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
124 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]125
[111]1262.65:
127 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
128 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
129 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
130 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
131 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
132 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
133 best stuff was turned off by default!
134 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
135 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
136 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
137 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
138 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
139 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
140 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]141
[111]1422.64:
143 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
144 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
145 horizontal) there.
146 o More help file work.
147 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
148 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
149 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
150 "touching" files easier.
[58]151
[111]1522.63:
153 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
154 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
155 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
156 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
157 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
158 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
159 is available.
160 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
161 attractive (IMHO).
162 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
163 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
164 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
165 marks.
166 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
167 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
168 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
169 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]170
[111]1712.62:
172 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]173
[111]1742.61:
175 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
176 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
177 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
178 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
179 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
180 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
181 is bordered in red.
182 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
183 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
184 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
185 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
186 files.
[58]187
[111]1882.60:
189 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
190 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
191 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
192 be refreshed in the archive.
193 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
194 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]195
[111]1962.59:
197 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
198 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
199 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]200
[111]2012.58:
202 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
203 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
204 help to reflect this.
205 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
206 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
207 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]208
[111]2092.57:
210 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
211 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
212 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]213
[111]2142.56:
215 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
216 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]217
[111]2182.55:
219 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
220 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]221
[111]2222.54:
223 o Small tweaks.
224 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
225 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]226
[111]2272.53:
228 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
229 selected files more quickly and easily.
230 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
231 Netscape were choking on it (a).
232 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
233 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
234 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
235 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]236
[111]2372.52:
238 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
239 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
240 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
241 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
242 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
243 standard, then stick to it? Please?
244 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
245 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]246
[111]2472.51:
248 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
249 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
250 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
251 user request.
252 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
253 user request.
254 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
255 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
256 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
257 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
258 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
259 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
260 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
261 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
262 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
263 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
264 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
265 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
266 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
267 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
268 still work correctly with this change.
269 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
270 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
271 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
272 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
273 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
274 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
275 up with all of it.
[58]276
[111]2772.50b:
278 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
279 image viewer window.
280 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
281 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]282
[111]2832.50a:
284 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
285 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
286 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
287 directories listed in environment variables).
288 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
289 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
290 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
291 registration information.
292 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
293 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
294 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
295 popup menu.
296 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
297 object that didn't already have them (duh).
298 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
299 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
300 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
301 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]302
[111]3032.50:
304 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
305 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
306 viewer.
307 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
308 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
309 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
310 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
311 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
312 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
313 results.
314 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
315 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
316 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
317 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
318 added file system type to end of string on user request.
319 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
320 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
321 It could happen.
322 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
323 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
324 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
325 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
326 o Note new internet address.
327 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
328 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
329 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
330 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
331 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
332 one :-).
333 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
334 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
335 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
336 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
337 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
338 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
339 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
340 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
341 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
342 even notice.
[58]343
[111]3442.49:
345 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
346 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
347 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
348 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
349 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
350 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
351 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
352 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
353 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
354 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
355 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
356 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
357 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]358
[111]3592.48a:
360 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
361 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
362 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
363 o More Merlin preparations.
364 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
365 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
366 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
367 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
368 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
369 the Joneses? :-)
[58]370
[111]3712.48:
372 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
373 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
374 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
375 under Merlin.
376 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
377 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
378 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
379 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
380 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
381 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
382 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
383 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
384 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
385 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
386 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
387 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
388 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
389 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
390 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
391 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
392 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
393 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
394 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
395 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
396 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
397 machine.
398 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
399 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
400 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]401
[111]4022.47:
403 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
404 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
405 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
406 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
407 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
408 submenu selected.
409 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
410 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
411 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
412 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
413 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
414 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
415 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
416 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
417 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
418 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
419 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
420 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
421 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
422 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
423 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
424 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
425 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
426 Container to change directories.
427 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
428 questions.
[58]429
[111]4302.46:
431 o Fixed drive button bug.
432 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
433 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
434 the real thing.
[58]435
[111]4362.45:
437 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
438 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
439 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
440 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
441 was closed.
442 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
443 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
444 Scan.
[58]445
[111]4462.44:
447 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
448 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
449 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
450 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
451 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
452 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
453 user-defined bitmap.
454 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
455 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
456 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
457 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
458 for possible later retrieval.
459 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
460 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
461 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]462
[111]4632.43:
464 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
465 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
466 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
467 connection, finally).
468 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
469 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
470 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
471 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
472 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
473 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
474 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
475 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
476 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
477 it finishes.
478 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
479 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
480 under older OS/2 versions.
481 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
482 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
483 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
484 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
485 reminder.
486 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
487 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]488
[111]4892.42:
490 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
491 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
492 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
493 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
494 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
495 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
496 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
497 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
498 flags from the command line as an override.
499 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
500 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
501 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
502 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
503 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
504 Directory Container looks.
505 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
506 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
507 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
508 examples).
509 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
510 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
511 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
512 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
513 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
514 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
515 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
516 instead of the internal).
517 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
518 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
519 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
520 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
521 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]522
5232.41:
524 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
525 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
526 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
527 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
528 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
529 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
530 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
531 attractively.
532 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
533 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
534 but not switch to them.
535 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
536 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
537 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
538 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
539 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
540 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
541 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
542 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
543 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
544 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
545 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
546 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
547 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
548 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
549 Shouldn't be a major problem.
550 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
551 know the blamed thing was there.
552 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
553 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
554 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
555 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
556 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
557 paragraph. Something I use.
558 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
559 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
560 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
561 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
562 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
563 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
564 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
565 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
566 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
567 Containers.
568 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
569 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
570 (some things grow with a life of their own).
571 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
572 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
573 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
574 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
575
[111]5762.40:
577 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
578 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
579 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
580 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
581 viewer.
582 o Added %! metastring.
583 o Added default archiver setting.
584 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
585 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
586 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
587 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
588 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
589 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
590 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
591 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
592 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
593 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
594 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
595 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
596 directories.
597 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
598 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
599 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]600
[111]6012.39:
602 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
603 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
604 at FP10+ levels.
605 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
606 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
607 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
608 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
609 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
610 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
611 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
612 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
613 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
614 changed.
615 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]616
[111]6172.38:
618 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
619 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
620 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
621 etc.).
622 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
623 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
624 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
625 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
626 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
627 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
628 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
629 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
630 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
631 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
632 show everything else.
633 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
634 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
635 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
636 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
637 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
638 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
639 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
640 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
641 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
642 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
643 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
644 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
645 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
646 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
647 foreground.
[58]648
[111]6492.37:
650 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
651 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
652 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
653 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
654 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
655 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
656 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
657 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
658 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
659 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
660 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
661 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
662 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
663 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
664 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
665 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
666 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
667 Directory Container.
[58]668
[111]6692.36:
670 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
671 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
672 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
673 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
674 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
675 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
676 o Tutorial section added to online help.
677 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
678 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
679 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
680 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
681 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
682 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
683 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
684 Settings notebook.
685 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
686 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
687 thousandth).
688 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
689 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
690 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]691
[111]6922.35:
693 o Performance tuning.
694 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
695 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
696 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
697 permanent by Adding them as usual.
698 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
699 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
700 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
701 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
702 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
703 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
704 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
705 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
706 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
707 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
708 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
709 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]710
[111]7112.34:
712 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
713 knee-jerk thing to do).
714 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
715 the container is maximized.
716 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
717 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
718 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
719 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
720 interested).
721 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
722 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
723 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
724 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
725 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
726 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
727 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
728 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
729 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
730 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
731 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
732 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
733 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
734 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
735 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]736
[111]7372.33:
738 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
739 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
740 internal Settings notebook).
741 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
742 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
743 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
744 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
745 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
746 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
747 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
748 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
749 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
750 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
751 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
752 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
753 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
754 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
755 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]756
[111]7572.32:
758 o See all files window fleshed out.
759 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
760 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
761 notebook.
762 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
763 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
764 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
765 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
766 of course).
767 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
768 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
769 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
770 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
771 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
772 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
773 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
774 the list.
[58]775
[111]7762.31:
777 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
778 miniapp.
779 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
780 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
781 to the above).
782 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
783 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
784 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
785 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
786 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
787 the archive resides."
788 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
789 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
790 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
791 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
792 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
793 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
794 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
795 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]796
[111]7972.30:
798 o I forget.
[58]799
[111]8002.29:
801 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
802 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
803 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
804 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
805 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
806 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
807 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
808 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
809 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
810 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
811 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
812 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
813 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
814 list).
[58]815
[111]8162.28:
817 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
818 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
819 dialog).
820 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
821 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
822 current object.
823 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
824 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
825 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
826 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
827 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
828 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
829 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
830 userlist dropdown.
831 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
832 use a DOS app first...
[58]833
[111]8342.27:
835 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
836 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
837 default, BTW).
838 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
839 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
840 weren't before).
841 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
842 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
843 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
844 lines.
845 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]846
[111]8472.26:
848 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
849 filenames.
850 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
851 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
852 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
853 now on...
854 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
855 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
856 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
857 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
858 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
859 client window whitespace.
860 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
861 Edit menu.
862 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
863 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
864 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
865 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
866 command.
867 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
868 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
869 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]870
[111]8712.25:
872 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
873 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]874
[111]8752.24:
876 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
877 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
878 lives.
879 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]880
[111]8812.23:
882 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
883 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
884 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
885 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
886 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
887 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]888
[111]8892.22:
890 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
891 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
892 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
893 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
894 inevitable problem arises.
895 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
896 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]897
[111]8982.21:
899 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
900 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
901 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
902 causes default WPS open.
903 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
904 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
905 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
906 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
907 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
908 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
909 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
910 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
911 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]912
[111]9132.20:
914 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
915 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
916 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
917 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
918 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
919 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
920 D&D.
921 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
922 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
923 Containers.
924 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
925 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
926 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
927 Containers. Powerful stuff.
928 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
929 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
930 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
931 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
932 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
933 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
934 it (again).
[58]935
[111]9362.19:
937 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
938 alternative to maximizing.
939 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
940 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
941 windows.
942 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
943 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
944 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
945 along.
946 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
947 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
948 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
949 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
950 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
951 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
952 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]953
[111]9542.18:
955 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
956 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
957 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
958 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
959 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
960 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
961 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]962
[111]9632.17:
964 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
965 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
966 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
967 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
968 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
969 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]970
[111]9712.16:
972 o Added "Update objects" command.
973 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
974 one (under "Context Menus").
975 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
976 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
977 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
978 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
979 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
980 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
981 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
982 start working again.
[58]983
[111]9842.15:
985 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
986 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
987 o Added "Select List" command.
988 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
989 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
990 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
991 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
992 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
993 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
994 I'm just the piano player.
995 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
996 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]997
[111]9982.14:
999 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1000 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1001 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1002 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1003 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1004 removable media drives.
1005 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1006 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1007 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1008 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1009 update the paths.
1010 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1011 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1012 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1013 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1014 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1015 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1016 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1017 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1018 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1019 to my satisfaction).
[58]1020
[111]10212.13:
1022 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1023 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1024 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1025 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1026 notebook.
1027 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1028 to use HPFS...).
1029 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1030 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1031 maybe a bit more functional.
1032 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1033
[111]10342.12:
1035 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1036 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1037 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1038 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1039 accelerator keys.
1040 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1041
[111]10422.11:
1043 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1044 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1045 give funny default drive.
1046 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1047 data between different INI files.
1048 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1049 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1050 There's a menu item for it.
1051 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1052 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1053 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1054
[111]10552.10:
1056 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1057 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1058 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1059 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1060 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1061 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1062 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1063
[111]10642.09:
1065 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1066 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1067 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1068 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1069 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1070 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1071 to trap.
1072 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1073 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1074 what Ron says...
1075 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1076 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1077
[111]10782.08:
1079 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1080 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1081 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1082 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1083 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1084 you can pick a different drive).
1085 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1086 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1087 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1088 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1089 line argument.
[58]1090
[111]10912.07:
1092 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1093 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1094 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1095 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1096 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1097 other.
[81]1098
[111]10992.06:
1100 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1101 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1102 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1103 root drives from being found.
1104 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1105 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1106 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1107 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1108 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1109 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1110
[111]1111[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1112
[111]11132.00:
1114 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1115 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1116 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1117
1118$Id: HISTORY 225 2005-06-21 05:10:08Z root $
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