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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[58]2
[473]33.05beta02
4 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
5 o Integrate John Small's partition format enhancements
6 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
7
[461]83.05beta01
9 o More great bitmaps from David
10 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
11 o Rework some error messages
12 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
13
[431]143.04
[435]15 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]16 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
17 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]18 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]19 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
20 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
21 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]22 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]23
[324]243.04 pre11:
25 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
26 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
27
[307]283.04 pre10:
29 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
30 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
31
323.04 pre9:
33 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
34
353.04 pre8:
36 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
37 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
38
393.04 pre7:
40 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
41 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
42 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
43 o Minor makefile corrections
44
453.04 pre6:
46 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
47
483.04 pre5:
49 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
50 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
51 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
52 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
53 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
54
553.04 pre4:
56 o Correct longnames display enable
57 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
58 o Support archiver.tmp install
59
603.04 pre3:
61 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
62 o Support tarlist.cmd install
63 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
64 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
65
663.04 pre2:
67 o More icon updates (David's v18)
68 o Avoid user directory edit crash
69 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
70
713.04 pre1:
72 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
73 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
74 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
75 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
76 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
77 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
78
[221]793.03:
80 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]81 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]82 o Correct archive sort again
[221]83
[138]843.02i:
85 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]86 o Lots of work on large file support
87 o Switch to VAC 3.65
88 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]89 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
90 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
91 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]92 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]93 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
94 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
95 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]96
[111]973.02h:
[128]98 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]99 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
100 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]101
[111]1023.02g:
103 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]104
[111]1053.02f:
[225]106 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]107 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
108 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]109
[111]1103.02e:
111 o More see all files fixes
112 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]113
[111]1143.02d:
115 o Clean up icon usage
116 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
117 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
118 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
119 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
120 o Correct resource strings
[58]121
[111]1223.02c:
123 o Correct broken assignments
124 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]125
[111]1263.02b:
127 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]128
[111]1293.02a:
130 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
131 o Correct archive name display
[58]132
[111]1333.02:
134 o First open source release.
[58]135
[111]1363.01:
137 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]138
[111]1393.00d:
140 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
141 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]142
[111]1433.00c:
144 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]145
[111]1463.00b:
147 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]148
[111]1493.00:
150 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
151 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
152 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
153 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
154 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
155 correspondingly smaller.
156 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
157 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
158 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
159 some more, thus tempting fate.
160 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
161 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
162 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
163 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
164 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
165 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
166 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
167 width.
168 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
169 this stuff built-in now.
170 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
171 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
172 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
173 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
174 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
175 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
176 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
177 confirmation.
178 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
179 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
180 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
181 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]182
[111]1832.67:
184 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
185 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
186 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
187 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
188 recall.
[58]189
[111]1902.66:
191 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
192 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
193 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
194 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
195 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
196 there's no diskette inserted.)
197 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
198 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
199 o Reworked Databar a bit.
200 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
201 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]202
[111]2032.65:
204 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
205 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
206 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
207 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
208 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
209 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
210 best stuff was turned off by default!
211 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
212 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
213 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
214 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
215 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
216 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
217 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]218
[111]2192.64:
220 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
221 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
222 horizontal) there.
223 o More help file work.
224 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
225 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
226 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
227 "touching" files easier.
[58]228
[111]2292.63:
230 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
231 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
232 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
233 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
234 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
235 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
236 is available.
237 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
238 attractive (IMHO).
239 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
240 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
241 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
242 marks.
243 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
244 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
245 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
246 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]247
[111]2482.62:
249 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]250
[111]2512.61:
252 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
253 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
254 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
255 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
256 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
257 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
258 is bordered in red.
259 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
260 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
261 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
262 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
263 files.
[58]264
[111]2652.60:
266 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
267 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
268 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
269 be refreshed in the archive.
270 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
271 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]272
[111]2732.59:
274 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
275 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
276 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]277
[111]2782.58:
279 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
280 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
281 help to reflect this.
282 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
283 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
284 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]285
[111]2862.57:
287 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
288 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
289 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]290
[111]2912.56:
292 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
293 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]294
[111]2952.55:
296 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
297 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]298
[111]2992.54:
300 o Small tweaks.
301 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
302 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]303
[111]3042.53:
305 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
306 selected files more quickly and easily.
307 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
308 Netscape were choking on it (a).
309 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
310 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
311 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
312 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]313
[111]3142.52:
315 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
316 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
317 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
318 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
319 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
320 standard, then stick to it? Please?
321 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
322 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]323
[111]3242.51:
325 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
326 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
327 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
328 user request.
329 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
330 user request.
331 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
332 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
333 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
334 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
335 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
336 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
337 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
338 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
339 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
340 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
341 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
342 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
343 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
344 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
345 still work correctly with this change.
346 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
347 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
348 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
349 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
350 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
351 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
352 up with all of it.
[58]353
[111]3542.50b:
355 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
356 image viewer window.
357 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
358 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]359
[111]3602.50a:
361 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
362 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
363 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
364 directories listed in environment variables).
365 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
366 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
367 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
368 registration information.
369 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
370 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
371 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
372 popup menu.
373 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
374 object that didn't already have them (duh).
375 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
376 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
377 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
378 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]379
[111]3802.50:
381 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
382 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
383 viewer.
384 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
385 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
386 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
387 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
388 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
389 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
390 results.
391 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
392 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
393 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
394 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
395 added file system type to end of string on user request.
396 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
397 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
398 It could happen.
399 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
400 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
401 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
402 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
403 o Note new internet address.
404 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
405 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
406 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
407 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
408 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
409 one :-).
410 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
411 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
412 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
413 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
414 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
415 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
416 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
417 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
418 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
419 even notice.
[58]420
[111]4212.49:
422 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
423 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
424 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
425 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
426 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
427 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
428 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
429 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
430 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
431 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
432 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
433 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
434 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]435
[111]4362.48a:
437 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
438 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
439 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
440 o More Merlin preparations.
441 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
442 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
443 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
444 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
445 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
446 the Joneses? :-)
[58]447
[111]4482.48:
449 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
450 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
451 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
452 under Merlin.
453 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
454 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
455 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
456 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
457 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
458 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
459 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
460 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
461 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
462 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
463 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
464 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
465 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
466 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
467 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
468 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
469 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
470 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
471 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
472 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
473 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
474 machine.
475 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
476 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
477 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]478
[111]4792.47:
480 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
481 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
482 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
483 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
484 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
485 submenu selected.
486 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
487 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
488 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
489 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
490 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
491 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
492 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
493 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
494 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
495 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
496 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
497 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
498 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
499 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
500 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
501 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
502 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
503 Container to change directories.
504 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
505 questions.
[58]506
[111]5072.46:
508 o Fixed drive button bug.
509 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
510 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
511 the real thing.
[58]512
[111]5132.45:
514 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
515 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
516 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
517 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
518 was closed.
519 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
520 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
521 Scan.
[58]522
[111]5232.44:
524 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
525 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
526 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
527 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
528 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
529 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
530 user-defined bitmap.
531 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
532 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
533 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
534 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
535 for possible later retrieval.
536 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
537 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
538 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]539
[111]5402.43:
541 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
542 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
543 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
544 connection, finally).
545 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
546 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
547 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
548 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
549 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
550 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
551 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
552 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
553 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
554 it finishes.
555 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
556 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
557 under older OS/2 versions.
558 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
559 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
560 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
561 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
562 reminder.
563 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
564 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]565
[111]5662.42:
567 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
568 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
569 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
570 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
571 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
572 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
573 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
574 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
575 flags from the command line as an override.
576 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
577 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
578 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
579 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
580 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
581 Directory Container looks.
582 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
583 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
584 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
585 examples).
586 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
587 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
588 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
589 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
590 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
591 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
592 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
593 instead of the internal).
594 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
595 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
596 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
597 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
598 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]599
6002.41:
601 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
602 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
603 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
604 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
605 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
606 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
607 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
608 attractively.
609 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
610 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
611 but not switch to them.
612 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
613 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
614 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
615 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
616 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
617 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
618 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
619 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
620 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
621 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
622 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
623 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
624 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
625 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
626 Shouldn't be a major problem.
627 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
628 know the blamed thing was there.
629 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
630 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
631 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
632 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
633 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
634 paragraph. Something I use.
635 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
636 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
637 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
638 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
639 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
640 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
641 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
642 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
643 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
644 Containers.
645 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
646 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
647 (some things grow with a life of their own).
648 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
649 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
650 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
651 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
652
[111]6532.40:
654 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
655 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
656 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
657 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
658 viewer.
659 o Added %! metastring.
660 o Added default archiver setting.
661 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
662 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
663 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
664 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
665 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
666 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
667 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
668 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
669 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
670 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
671 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
672 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
673 directories.
674 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
675 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
676 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]677
[111]6782.39:
679 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
680 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
681 at FP10+ levels.
682 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
683 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
684 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
685 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
686 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
687 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
688 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
689 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
690 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
691 changed.
692 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]693
[111]6942.38:
695 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
696 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
697 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
698 etc.).
699 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
700 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
701 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
702 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
703 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
704 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
705 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
706 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
707 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
708 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
709 show everything else.
710 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
711 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
712 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
713 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
714 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
715 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
716 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
717 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
718 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
719 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
720 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
721 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
722 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
723 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
724 foreground.
[58]725
[111]7262.37:
727 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
728 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
729 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
730 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
731 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
732 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
733 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
734 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
735 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
736 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
737 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
738 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
739 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
740 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
741 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
742 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
743 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
744 Directory Container.
[58]745
[111]7462.36:
747 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
748 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
749 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
750 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
751 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
752 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
753 o Tutorial section added to online help.
754 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
755 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
756 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
757 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
758 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
759 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
760 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
761 Settings notebook.
762 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
763 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
764 thousandth).
765 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
766 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
767 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]768
[111]7692.35:
770 o Performance tuning.
771 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
772 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
773 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
774 permanent by Adding them as usual.
775 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
776 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
777 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
778 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
779 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
780 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
781 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
782 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
783 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
784 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
785 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
786 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]787
[111]7882.34:
789 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
790 knee-jerk thing to do).
791 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
792 the container is maximized.
793 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
794 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
795 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
796 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
797 interested).
798 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
799 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
800 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
801 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
802 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
803 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
804 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
805 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
806 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
807 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
808 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
809 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
810 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
811 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
812 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]813
[111]8142.33:
815 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
816 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
817 internal Settings notebook).
818 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
819 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
820 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
821 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
822 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
823 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
824 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
825 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
826 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
827 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
828 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
829 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
830 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
831 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
832 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]833
[111]8342.32:
835 o See all files window fleshed out.
836 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
837 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
838 notebook.
839 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
840 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
841 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
842 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
843 of course).
844 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
845 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
846 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
847 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
848 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
849 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
850 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
851 the list.
[58]852
[111]8532.31:
854 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
855 miniapp.
856 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
857 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
858 to the above).
859 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
860 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
861 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
862 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
863 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
864 the archive resides."
865 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
866 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
867 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
868 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
869 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
870 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
871 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
872 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]873
[111]8742.30:
875 o I forget.
[58]876
[111]8772.29:
878 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
879 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
880 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
881 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
882 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
883 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
884 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
885 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
886 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
887 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
888 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
889 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
890 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
891 list).
[58]892
[111]8932.28:
894 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
895 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
896 dialog).
897 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
898 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
899 current object.
900 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
901 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
902 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
903 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
904 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
905 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
906 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
907 userlist dropdown.
908 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
909 use a DOS app first...
[58]910
[111]9112.27:
912 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
913 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
914 default, BTW).
915 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
916 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
917 weren't before).
918 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
919 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
920 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
921 lines.
922 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]923
[111]9242.26:
925 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
926 filenames.
927 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
928 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
929 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
930 now on...
931 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
932 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
933 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
934 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
935 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
936 client window whitespace.
937 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
938 Edit menu.
939 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
940 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
941 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
942 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
943 command.
944 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
945 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
946 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]947
[111]9482.25:
949 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
950 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]951
[111]9522.24:
953 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
954 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
955 lives.
956 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]957
[111]9582.23:
959 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
960 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
961 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
962 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
963 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
964 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]965
[111]9662.22:
967 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
968 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
969 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
970 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
971 inevitable problem arises.
972 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
973 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]974
[111]9752.21:
976 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
977 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
978 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
979 causes default WPS open.
980 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
981 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
982 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
983 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
984 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
985 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
986 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
987 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
988 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]989
[111]9902.20:
991 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
992 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
993 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
994 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
995 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
996 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
997 D&D.
998 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
999 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1000 Containers.
1001 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1002 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1003 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1004 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1005 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1006 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1007 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1008 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1009 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1010 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1011 it (again).
[58]1012
[111]10132.19:
1014 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1015 alternative to maximizing.
1016 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1017 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1018 windows.
1019 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1020 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1021 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1022 along.
1023 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1024 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1025 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1026 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1027 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1028 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1029 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1030
[111]10312.18:
1032 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1033 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1034 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1035 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1036 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1037 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1038 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1039
[111]10402.17:
1041 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1042 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1043 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1044 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1045 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1046 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1047
[111]10482.16:
1049 o Added "Update objects" command.
1050 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1051 one (under "Context Menus").
1052 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1053 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1054 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1055 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1056 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1057 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1058 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1059 start working again.
[58]1060
[111]10612.15:
1062 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1063 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1064 o Added "Select List" command.
1065 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1066 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1067 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1068 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1069 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1070 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1071 I'm just the piano player.
1072 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1073 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1074
[111]10752.14:
1076 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1077 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1078 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1079 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1080 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1081 removable media drives.
1082 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1083 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1084 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1085 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1086 update the paths.
1087 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1088 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1089 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1090 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1091 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1092 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1093 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1094 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1095 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1096 to my satisfaction).
[58]1097
[111]10982.13:
1099 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1100 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1101 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1102 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1103 notebook.
1104 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1105 to use HPFS...).
1106 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1107 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1108 maybe a bit more functional.
1109 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1110
[111]11112.12:
1112 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1113 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1114 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1115 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1116 accelerator keys.
1117 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1118
[111]11192.11:
1120 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1121 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1122 give funny default drive.
1123 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1124 data between different INI files.
1125 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1126 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1127 There's a menu item for it.
1128 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1129 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1130 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1131
[111]11322.10:
1133 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1134 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1135 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1136 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1137 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1138 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1139 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1140
[111]11412.09:
1142 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1143 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1144 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1145 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1146 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1147 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1148 to trap.
1149 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1150 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1151 what Ron says...
1152 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1153 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1154
[111]11552.08:
1156 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1157 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1158 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1159 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1160 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1161 you can pick a different drive).
1162 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1163 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1164 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1165 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1166 line argument.
[58]1167
[111]11682.07:
1169 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1170 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1171 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1172 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1173 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1174 other.
[81]1175
[111]11762.06:
1177 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1178 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1179 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1180 root drives from being found.
1181 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1182 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1183 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1184 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1185 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1186 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1187
[111]1188[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1189
[111]11902.00:
1191 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1192 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1193 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1194
1195$Id: HISTORY 473 2006-09-01 01:07:34Z root $
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