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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[58]2
[431]33.04
[435]4 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]5 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
6 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]7 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]8 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
9 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
10 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]11 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]12
[324]133.04 pre11:
14 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
15 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
16
[307]173.04 pre10:
18 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
19 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
20
213.04 pre9:
22 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
23
243.04 pre8:
25 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
26 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
27
283.04 pre7:
29 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
30 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
31 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
32 o Minor makefile corrections
33
343.04 pre6:
35 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
36
373.04 pre5:
38 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
39 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
40 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
41 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
42 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
43
443.04 pre4:
45 o Correct longnames display enable
46 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
47 o Support archiver.tmp install
48
493.04 pre3:
50 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
51 o Support tarlist.cmd install
52 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
53 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
54
553.04 pre2:
56 o More icon updates (David's v18)
57 o Avoid user directory edit crash
58 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
59
603.04 pre1:
61 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
62 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
63 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
64 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
65 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
66 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
67
[221]683.03:
69 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]70 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]71 o Correct archive sort again
[221]72
[138]733.02i:
74 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]75 o Lots of work on large file support
76 o Switch to VAC 3.65
77 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]78 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
79 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
80 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]81 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]82 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
83 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
84 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]85
[111]863.02h:
[128]87 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]88 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
89 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]90
[111]913.02g:
92 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]93
[111]943.02f:
[225]95 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]96 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
97 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]98
[111]993.02e:
100 o More see all files fixes
101 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]102
[111]1033.02d:
104 o Clean up icon usage
105 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
106 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
107 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
108 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
109 o Correct resource strings
[58]110
[111]1113.02c:
112 o Correct broken assignments
113 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]114
[111]1153.02b:
116 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]117
[111]1183.02a:
119 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
120 o Correct archive name display
[58]121
[111]1223.02:
123 o First open source release.
[58]124
[111]1253.01:
126 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]127
[111]1283.00d:
129 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
130 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]131
[111]1323.00c:
133 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]134
[111]1353.00b:
136 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]137
[111]1383.00:
139 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
140 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
141 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
142 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
143 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
144 correspondingly smaller.
145 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
146 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
147 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
148 some more, thus tempting fate.
149 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
150 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
151 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
152 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
153 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
154 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
155 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
156 width.
157 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
158 this stuff built-in now.
159 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
160 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
161 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
162 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
163 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
164 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
165 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
166 confirmation.
167 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
168 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
169 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
170 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]171
[111]1722.67:
173 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
174 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
175 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
176 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
177 recall.
[58]178
[111]1792.66:
180 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
181 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
182 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
183 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
184 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
185 there's no diskette inserted.)
186 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
187 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
188 o Reworked Databar a bit.
189 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
190 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]191
[111]1922.65:
193 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
194 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
195 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
196 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
197 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
198 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
199 best stuff was turned off by default!
200 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
201 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
202 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
203 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
204 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
205 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
206 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]207
[111]2082.64:
209 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
210 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
211 horizontal) there.
212 o More help file work.
213 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
214 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
215 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
216 "touching" files easier.
[58]217
[111]2182.63:
219 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
220 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
221 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
222 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
223 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
224 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
225 is available.
226 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
227 attractive (IMHO).
228 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
229 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
230 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
231 marks.
232 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
233 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
234 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
235 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]236
[111]2372.62:
238 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]239
[111]2402.61:
241 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
242 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
243 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
244 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
245 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
246 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
247 is bordered in red.
248 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
249 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
250 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
251 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
252 files.
[58]253
[111]2542.60:
255 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
256 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
257 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
258 be refreshed in the archive.
259 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
260 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]261
[111]2622.59:
263 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
264 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
265 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]266
[111]2672.58:
268 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
269 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
270 help to reflect this.
271 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
272 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
273 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]274
[111]2752.57:
276 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
277 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
278 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]279
[111]2802.56:
281 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
282 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]283
[111]2842.55:
285 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
286 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]287
[111]2882.54:
289 o Small tweaks.
290 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
291 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]292
[111]2932.53:
294 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
295 selected files more quickly and easily.
296 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
297 Netscape were choking on it (a).
298 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
299 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
300 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
301 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]302
[111]3032.52:
304 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
305 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
306 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
307 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
308 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
309 standard, then stick to it? Please?
310 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
311 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]312
[111]3132.51:
314 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
315 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
316 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
317 user request.
318 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
319 user request.
320 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
321 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
322 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
323 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
324 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
325 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
326 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
327 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
328 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
329 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
330 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
331 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
332 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
333 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
334 still work correctly with this change.
335 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
336 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
337 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
338 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
339 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
340 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
341 up with all of it.
[58]342
[111]3432.50b:
344 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
345 image viewer window.
346 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
347 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]348
[111]3492.50a:
350 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
351 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
352 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
353 directories listed in environment variables).
354 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
355 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
356 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
357 registration information.
358 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
359 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
360 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
361 popup menu.
362 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
363 object that didn't already have them (duh).
364 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
365 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
366 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
367 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]368
[111]3692.50:
370 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
371 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
372 viewer.
373 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
374 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
375 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
376 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
377 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
378 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
379 results.
380 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
381 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
382 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
383 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
384 added file system type to end of string on user request.
385 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
386 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
387 It could happen.
388 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
389 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
390 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
391 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
392 o Note new internet address.
393 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
394 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
395 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
396 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
397 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
398 one :-).
399 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
400 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
401 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
402 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
403 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
404 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
405 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
406 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
407 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
408 even notice.
[58]409
[111]4102.49:
411 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
412 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
413 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
414 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
415 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
416 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
417 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
418 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
419 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
420 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
421 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
422 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
423 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]424
[111]4252.48a:
426 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
427 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
428 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
429 o More Merlin preparations.
430 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
431 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
432 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
433 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
434 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
435 the Joneses? :-)
[58]436
[111]4372.48:
438 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
439 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
440 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
441 under Merlin.
442 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
443 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
444 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
445 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
446 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
447 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
448 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
449 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
450 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
451 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
452 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
453 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
454 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
455 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
456 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
457 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
458 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
459 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
460 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
461 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
462 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
463 machine.
464 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
465 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
466 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]467
[111]4682.47:
469 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
470 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
471 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
472 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
473 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
474 submenu selected.
475 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
476 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
477 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
478 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
479 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
480 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
481 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
482 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
483 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
484 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
485 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
486 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
487 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
488 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
489 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
490 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
491 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
492 Container to change directories.
493 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
494 questions.
[58]495
[111]4962.46:
497 o Fixed drive button bug.
498 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
499 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
500 the real thing.
[58]501
[111]5022.45:
503 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
504 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
505 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
506 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
507 was closed.
508 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
509 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
510 Scan.
[58]511
[111]5122.44:
513 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
514 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
515 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
516 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
517 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
518 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
519 user-defined bitmap.
520 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
521 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
522 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
523 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
524 for possible later retrieval.
525 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
526 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
527 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]528
[111]5292.43:
530 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
531 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
532 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
533 connection, finally).
534 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
535 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
536 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
537 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
538 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
539 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
540 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
541 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
542 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
543 it finishes.
544 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
545 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
546 under older OS/2 versions.
547 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
548 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
549 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
550 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
551 reminder.
552 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
553 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]554
[111]5552.42:
556 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
557 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
558 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
559 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
560 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
561 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
562 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
563 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
564 flags from the command line as an override.
565 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
566 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
567 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
568 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
569 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
570 Directory Container looks.
571 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
572 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
573 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
574 examples).
575 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
576 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
577 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
578 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
579 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
580 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
581 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
582 instead of the internal).
583 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
584 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
585 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
586 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
587 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]588
5892.41:
590 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
591 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
592 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
593 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
594 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
595 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
596 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
597 attractively.
598 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
599 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
600 but not switch to them.
601 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
602 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
603 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
604 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
605 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
606 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
607 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
608 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
609 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
610 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
611 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
612 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
613 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
614 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
615 Shouldn't be a major problem.
616 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
617 know the blamed thing was there.
618 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
619 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
620 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
621 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
622 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
623 paragraph. Something I use.
624 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
625 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
626 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
627 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
628 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
629 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
630 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
631 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
632 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
633 Containers.
634 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
635 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
636 (some things grow with a life of their own).
637 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
638 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
639 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
640 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
641
[111]6422.40:
643 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
644 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
645 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
646 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
647 viewer.
648 o Added %! metastring.
649 o Added default archiver setting.
650 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
651 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
652 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
653 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
654 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
655 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
656 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
657 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
658 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
659 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
660 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
661 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
662 directories.
663 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
664 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
665 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]666
[111]6672.39:
668 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
669 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
670 at FP10+ levels.
671 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
672 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
673 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
674 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
675 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
676 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
677 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
678 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
679 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
680 changed.
681 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]682
[111]6832.38:
684 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
685 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
686 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
687 etc.).
688 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
689 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
690 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
691 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
692 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
693 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
694 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
695 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
696 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
697 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
698 show everything else.
699 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
700 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
701 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
702 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
703 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
704 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
705 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
706 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
707 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
708 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
709 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
710 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
711 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
712 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
713 foreground.
[58]714
[111]7152.37:
716 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
717 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
718 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
719 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
720 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
721 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
722 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
723 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
724 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
725 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
726 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
727 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
728 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
729 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
730 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
731 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
732 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
733 Directory Container.
[58]734
[111]7352.36:
736 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
737 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
738 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
739 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
740 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
741 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
742 o Tutorial section added to online help.
743 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
744 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
745 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
746 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
747 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
748 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
749 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
750 Settings notebook.
751 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
752 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
753 thousandth).
754 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
755 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
756 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]757
[111]7582.35:
759 o Performance tuning.
760 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
761 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
762 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
763 permanent by Adding them as usual.
764 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
765 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
766 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
767 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
768 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
769 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
770 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
771 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
772 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
773 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
774 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
775 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]776
[111]7772.34:
778 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
779 knee-jerk thing to do).
780 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
781 the container is maximized.
782 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
783 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
784 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
785 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
786 interested).
787 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
788 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
789 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
790 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
791 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
792 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
793 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
794 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
795 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
796 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
797 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
798 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
799 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
800 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
801 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]802
[111]8032.33:
804 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
805 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
806 internal Settings notebook).
807 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
808 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
809 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
810 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
811 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
812 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
813 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
814 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
815 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
816 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
817 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
818 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
819 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
820 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
821 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]822
[111]8232.32:
824 o See all files window fleshed out.
825 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
826 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
827 notebook.
828 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
829 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
830 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
831 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
832 of course).
833 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
834 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
835 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
836 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
837 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
838 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
839 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
840 the list.
[58]841
[111]8422.31:
843 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
844 miniapp.
845 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
846 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
847 to the above).
848 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
849 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
850 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
851 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
852 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
853 the archive resides."
854 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
855 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
856 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
857 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
858 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
859 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
860 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
861 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]862
[111]8632.30:
864 o I forget.
[58]865
[111]8662.29:
867 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
868 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
869 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
870 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
871 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
872 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
873 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
874 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
875 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
876 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
877 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
878 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
879 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
880 list).
[58]881
[111]8822.28:
883 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
884 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
885 dialog).
886 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
887 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
888 current object.
889 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
890 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
891 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
892 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
893 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
894 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
895 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
896 userlist dropdown.
897 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
898 use a DOS app first...
[58]899
[111]9002.27:
901 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
902 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
903 default, BTW).
904 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
905 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
906 weren't before).
907 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
908 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
909 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
910 lines.
911 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]912
[111]9132.26:
914 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
915 filenames.
916 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
917 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
918 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
919 now on...
920 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
921 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
922 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
923 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
924 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
925 client window whitespace.
926 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
927 Edit menu.
928 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
929 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
930 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
931 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
932 command.
933 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
934 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
935 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]936
[111]9372.25:
938 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
939 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]940
[111]9412.24:
942 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
943 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
944 lives.
945 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]946
[111]9472.23:
948 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
949 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
950 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
951 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
952 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
953 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]954
[111]9552.22:
956 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
957 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
958 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
959 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
960 inevitable problem arises.
961 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
962 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]963
[111]9642.21:
965 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
966 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
967 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
968 causes default WPS open.
969 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
970 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
971 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
972 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
973 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
974 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
975 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
976 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
977 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]978
[111]9792.20:
980 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
981 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
982 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
983 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
984 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
985 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
986 D&D.
987 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
988 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
989 Containers.
990 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
991 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
992 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
993 Containers. Powerful stuff.
994 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
995 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
996 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
997 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
998 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
999 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1000 it (again).
[58]1001
[111]10022.19:
1003 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1004 alternative to maximizing.
1005 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1006 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1007 windows.
1008 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1009 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1010 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1011 along.
1012 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1013 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1014 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1015 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1016 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1017 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1018 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1019
[111]10202.18:
1021 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1022 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1023 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1024 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1025 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1026 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1027 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1028
[111]10292.17:
1030 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1031 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1032 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1033 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1034 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1035 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1036
[111]10372.16:
1038 o Added "Update objects" command.
1039 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1040 one (under "Context Menus").
1041 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1042 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1043 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1044 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1045 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1046 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1047 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1048 start working again.
[58]1049
[111]10502.15:
1051 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1052 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1053 o Added "Select List" command.
1054 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1055 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1056 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1057 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1058 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1059 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1060 I'm just the piano player.
1061 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1062 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1063
[111]10642.14:
1065 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1066 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1067 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1068 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1069 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1070 removable media drives.
1071 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1072 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1073 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1074 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1075 update the paths.
1076 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1077 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1078 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1079 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1080 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1081 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1082 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1083 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1084 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1085 to my satisfaction).
[58]1086
[111]10872.13:
1088 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1089 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1090 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1091 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1092 notebook.
1093 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1094 to use HPFS...).
1095 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1096 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1097 maybe a bit more functional.
1098 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1099
[111]11002.12:
1101 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1102 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1103 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1104 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1105 accelerator keys.
1106 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1107
[111]11082.11:
1109 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1110 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1111 give funny default drive.
1112 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1113 data between different INI files.
1114 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1115 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1116 There's a menu item for it.
1117 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1118 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1119 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1120
[111]11212.10:
1122 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1123 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1124 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1125 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1126 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1127 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1128 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1129
[111]11302.09:
1131 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1132 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1133 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1134 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1135 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1136 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1137 to trap.
1138 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1139 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1140 what Ron says...
1141 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1142 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1143
[111]11442.08:
1145 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1146 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1147 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1148 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1149 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1150 you can pick a different drive).
1151 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1152 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1153 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1154 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1155 line argument.
[58]1156
[111]11572.07:
1158 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1159 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1160 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1161 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1162 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1163 other.
[81]1164
[111]11652.06:
1166 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1167 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1168 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1169 root drives from being found.
1170 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1171 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1172 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1173 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1174 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1175 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1176
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[81]1178
[111]11792.00:
1180 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1181 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1182 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1183
1184$Id: HISTORY 435 2006-08-14 05:46:14Z root $
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