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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[58]2
[480]33.05beta03
[492]4 o Help file updated by David
5 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
6 o Toolbars reworked by David
[480]7 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
8 o More great bitmaps from David
9
[473]103.05beta02
11 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
[492]12 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
[473]13 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
14
[461]153.05beta01
16 o More great bitmaps from David
17 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
18 o Rework some error messages
19 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
20
[431]213.04
[435]22 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]23 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
24 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]25 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]26 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
27 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
28 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]29 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]30
[324]313.04 pre11:
32 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
33 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
34
[307]353.04 pre10:
36 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
37 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
38
393.04 pre9:
40 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
41
423.04 pre8:
43 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
44 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
45
463.04 pre7:
47 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
48 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
49 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
50 o Minor makefile corrections
51
523.04 pre6:
53 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
54
553.04 pre5:
56 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
57 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
58 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
59 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
60 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
61
623.04 pre4:
63 o Correct longnames display enable
64 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
65 o Support archiver.tmp install
66
673.04 pre3:
68 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
69 o Support tarlist.cmd install
70 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
71 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
72
733.04 pre2:
74 o More icon updates (David's v18)
75 o Avoid user directory edit crash
76 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
77
783.04 pre1:
79 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
80 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
81 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
82 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
83 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
84 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
85
[221]863.03:
87 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]88 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]89 o Correct archive sort again
[221]90
[138]913.02i:
92 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]93 o Lots of work on large file support
94 o Switch to VAC 3.65
95 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]96 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
97 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
98 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]99 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]100 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
101 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
102 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]103
[111]1043.02h:
[128]105 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]106 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
107 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]108
[111]1093.02g:
110 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]111
[111]1123.02f:
[225]113 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]114 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
115 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]116
[111]1173.02e:
118 o More see all files fixes
119 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]120
[111]1213.02d:
122 o Clean up icon usage
123 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
124 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
125 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
126 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
127 o Correct resource strings
[58]128
[111]1293.02c:
130 o Correct broken assignments
131 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]132
[111]1333.02b:
134 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]135
[111]1363.02a:
137 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
138 o Correct archive name display
[58]139
[111]1403.02:
141 o First open source release.
[58]142
[111]1433.01:
144 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]145
[111]1463.00d:
147 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
148 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]149
[111]1503.00c:
151 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]152
[111]1533.00b:
154 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]155
[111]1563.00:
157 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
158 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
159 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
160 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
161 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
162 correspondingly smaller.
163 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
164 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
165 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
166 some more, thus tempting fate.
167 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
168 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
169 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
170 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
171 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
172 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
173 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
174 width.
175 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
176 this stuff built-in now.
177 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
178 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
179 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
180 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
181 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
182 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
183 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
184 confirmation.
185 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
186 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
187 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
188 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]189
[111]1902.67:
191 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
192 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
193 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
194 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
195 recall.
[58]196
[111]1972.66:
198 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
199 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
200 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
201 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
202 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
203 there's no diskette inserted.)
204 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
205 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
206 o Reworked Databar a bit.
207 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
208 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]209
[111]2102.65:
211 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
212 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
213 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
214 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
215 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
216 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
217 best stuff was turned off by default!
218 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
219 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
220 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
221 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
222 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
223 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
224 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]225
[111]2262.64:
227 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
228 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
229 horizontal) there.
230 o More help file work.
231 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
232 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
233 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
234 "touching" files easier.
[58]235
[111]2362.63:
237 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
238 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
239 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
240 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
241 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
242 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
243 is available.
244 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
245 attractive (IMHO).
246 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
247 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
248 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
249 marks.
250 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
251 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
252 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
253 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]254
[111]2552.62:
256 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]257
[111]2582.61:
259 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
260 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
261 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
262 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
263 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
264 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
265 is bordered in red.
266 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
267 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
268 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
269 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
270 files.
[58]271
[111]2722.60:
273 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
274 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
275 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
276 be refreshed in the archive.
277 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
278 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]279
[111]2802.59:
281 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
282 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
283 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]284
[111]2852.58:
286 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
287 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
288 help to reflect this.
289 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
290 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
291 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]292
[111]2932.57:
294 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
295 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
296 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]297
[111]2982.56:
299 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
300 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]301
[111]3022.55:
303 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
304 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]305
[111]3062.54:
307 o Small tweaks.
308 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
309 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]310
[111]3112.53:
312 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
313 selected files more quickly and easily.
314 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
315 Netscape were choking on it (a).
316 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
317 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
318 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
319 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]320
[111]3212.52:
322 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
323 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
324 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
325 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
326 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
327 standard, then stick to it? Please?
328 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
329 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]330
[111]3312.51:
332 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
333 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
334 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
335 user request.
336 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
337 user request.
338 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
339 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
340 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
341 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
342 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
343 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
344 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
345 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
346 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
347 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
348 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
349 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
350 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
351 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
352 still work correctly with this change.
353 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
354 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
355 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
356 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
357 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
358 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
359 up with all of it.
[58]360
[111]3612.50b:
362 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
363 image viewer window.
364 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
365 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]366
[111]3672.50a:
368 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
369 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
370 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
371 directories listed in environment variables).
372 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
373 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
374 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
375 registration information.
376 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
377 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
378 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
379 popup menu.
380 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
381 object that didn't already have them (duh).
382 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
383 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
384 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
385 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]386
[111]3872.50:
388 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
389 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
390 viewer.
391 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
392 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
393 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
394 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
395 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
396 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
397 results.
398 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
399 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
400 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
401 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
402 added file system type to end of string on user request.
403 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
404 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
405 It could happen.
406 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
407 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
408 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
409 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
410 o Note new internet address.
411 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
412 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
413 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
414 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
415 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
416 one :-).
417 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
418 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
419 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
420 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
421 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
422 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
423 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
424 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
425 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
426 even notice.
[58]427
[111]4282.49:
429 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
430 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
431 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
432 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
433 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
434 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
435 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
436 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
437 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
438 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
439 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
440 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
441 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]442
[111]4432.48a:
444 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
445 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
446 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
447 o More Merlin preparations.
448 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
449 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
450 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
451 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
452 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
453 the Joneses? :-)
[58]454
[111]4552.48:
456 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
457 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
458 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
459 under Merlin.
460 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
461 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
462 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
463 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
464 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
465 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
466 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
467 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
468 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
469 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
470 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
471 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
472 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
473 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
474 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
475 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
476 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
477 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
478 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
479 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
480 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
481 machine.
482 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
483 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
484 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]485
[111]4862.47:
487 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
488 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
489 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
490 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
491 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
492 submenu selected.
493 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
494 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
495 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
496 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
497 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
498 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
499 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
500 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
501 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
502 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
503 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
504 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
505 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
506 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
507 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
508 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
509 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
510 Container to change directories.
511 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
512 questions.
[58]513
[111]5142.46:
515 o Fixed drive button bug.
516 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
517 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
518 the real thing.
[58]519
[111]5202.45:
521 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
522 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
523 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
524 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
525 was closed.
526 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
527 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
528 Scan.
[58]529
[111]5302.44:
531 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
532 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
533 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
534 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
535 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
536 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
537 user-defined bitmap.
538 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
539 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
540 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
541 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
542 for possible later retrieval.
543 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
544 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
545 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]546
[111]5472.43:
548 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
549 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
550 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
551 connection, finally).
552 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
553 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
554 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
555 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
556 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
557 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
558 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
559 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
560 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
561 it finishes.
562 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
563 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
564 under older OS/2 versions.
565 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
566 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
567 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
568 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
569 reminder.
570 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
571 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]572
[111]5732.42:
574 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
575 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
576 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
577 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
578 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
579 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
580 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
581 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
582 flags from the command line as an override.
583 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
584 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
585 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
586 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
587 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
588 Directory Container looks.
589 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
590 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
591 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
592 examples).
593 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
594 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
595 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
596 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
597 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
598 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
599 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
600 instead of the internal).
601 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
602 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
603 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
604 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
605 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]606
6072.41:
608 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
609 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
610 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
611 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
612 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
613 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
614 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
615 attractively.
616 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
617 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
618 but not switch to them.
619 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
620 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
621 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
622 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
623 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
624 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
625 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
626 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
627 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
628 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
629 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
630 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
631 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
632 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
633 Shouldn't be a major problem.
634 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
635 know the blamed thing was there.
636 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
637 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
638 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
639 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
640 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
641 paragraph. Something I use.
642 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
643 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
644 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
645 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
646 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
647 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
648 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
649 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
650 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
651 Containers.
652 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
653 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
654 (some things grow with a life of their own).
655 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
656 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
657 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
658 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
659
[111]6602.40:
661 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
662 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
663 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
664 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
665 viewer.
666 o Added %! metastring.
667 o Added default archiver setting.
668 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
669 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
670 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
671 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
672 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
673 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
674 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
675 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
676 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
677 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
678 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
679 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
680 directories.
681 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
682 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
683 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]684
[111]6852.39:
686 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
687 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
688 at FP10+ levels.
689 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
690 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
691 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
692 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
693 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
694 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
695 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
696 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
697 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
698 changed.
699 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]700
[111]7012.38:
702 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
703 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
704 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
705 etc.).
706 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
707 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
708 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
709 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
710 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
711 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
712 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
713 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
714 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
715 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
716 show everything else.
717 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
718 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
719 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
720 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
721 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
722 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
723 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
724 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
725 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
726 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
727 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
728 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
729 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
730 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
731 foreground.
[58]732
[111]7332.37:
734 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
735 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
736 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
737 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
738 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
739 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
740 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
741 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
742 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
743 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
744 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
745 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
746 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
747 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
748 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
749 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
750 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
751 Directory Container.
[58]752
[111]7532.36:
754 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
755 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
756 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
757 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
758 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
759 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
760 o Tutorial section added to online help.
761 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
762 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
763 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
764 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
765 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
766 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
767 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
768 Settings notebook.
769 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
770 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
771 thousandth).
772 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
773 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
774 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]775
[111]7762.35:
777 o Performance tuning.
778 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
779 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
780 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
781 permanent by Adding them as usual.
782 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
783 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
784 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
785 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
786 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
787 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
788 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
789 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
790 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
791 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
792 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
793 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]794
[111]7952.34:
796 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
797 knee-jerk thing to do).
798 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
799 the container is maximized.
800 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
801 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
802 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
803 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
804 interested).
805 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
806 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
807 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
808 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
809 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
810 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
811 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
812 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
813 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
814 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
815 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
816 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
817 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
818 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
819 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]820
[111]8212.33:
822 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
823 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
824 internal Settings notebook).
825 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
826 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
827 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
828 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
829 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
830 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
831 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
832 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
833 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
834 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
835 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
836 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
837 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
838 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
839 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]840
[111]8412.32:
842 o See all files window fleshed out.
843 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
844 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
845 notebook.
846 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
847 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
848 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
849 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
850 of course).
851 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
852 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
853 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
854 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
855 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
856 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
857 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
858 the list.
[58]859
[111]8602.31:
861 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
862 miniapp.
863 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
864 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
865 to the above).
866 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
867 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
868 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
869 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
870 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
871 the archive resides."
872 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
873 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
874 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
875 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
876 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
877 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
878 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
879 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]880
[111]8812.30:
882 o I forget.
[58]883
[111]8842.29:
885 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
886 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
887 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
888 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
889 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
890 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
891 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
892 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
893 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
894 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
895 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
896 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
897 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
898 list).
[58]899
[111]9002.28:
901 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
902 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
903 dialog).
904 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
905 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
906 current object.
907 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
908 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
909 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
910 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
911 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
912 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
913 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
914 userlist dropdown.
915 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
916 use a DOS app first...
[58]917
[111]9182.27:
919 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
920 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
921 default, BTW).
922 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
923 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
924 weren't before).
925 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
926 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
927 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
928 lines.
929 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]930
[111]9312.26:
932 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
933 filenames.
934 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
935 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
936 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
937 now on...
938 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
939 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
940 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
941 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
942 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
943 client window whitespace.
944 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
945 Edit menu.
946 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
947 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
948 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
949 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
950 command.
951 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
952 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
953 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]954
[111]9552.25:
956 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
957 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]958
[111]9592.24:
960 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
961 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
962 lives.
963 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]964
[111]9652.23:
966 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
967 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
968 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
969 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
970 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
971 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]972
[111]9732.22:
974 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
975 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
976 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
977 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
978 inevitable problem arises.
979 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
980 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]981
[111]9822.21:
983 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
984 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
985 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
986 causes default WPS open.
987 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
988 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
989 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
990 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
991 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
992 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
993 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
994 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
995 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]996
[111]9972.20:
998 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
999 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1000 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1001 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1002 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1003 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1004 D&D.
1005 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1006 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1007 Containers.
1008 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1009 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1010 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1011 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1012 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1013 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1014 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1015 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1016 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1017 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1018 it (again).
[58]1019
[111]10202.19:
1021 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1022 alternative to maximizing.
1023 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1024 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1025 windows.
1026 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1027 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1028 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1029 along.
1030 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1031 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1032 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1033 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1034 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1035 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1036 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1037
[111]10382.18:
1039 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1040 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1041 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1042 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1043 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1044 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1045 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1046
[111]10472.17:
1048 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1049 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1050 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1051 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1052 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1053 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1054
[111]10552.16:
1056 o Added "Update objects" command.
1057 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1058 one (under "Context Menus").
1059 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1060 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1061 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1062 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1063 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1064 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1065 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1066 start working again.
[58]1067
[111]10682.15:
1069 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1070 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1071 o Added "Select List" command.
1072 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1073 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1074 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1075 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1076 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1077 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1078 I'm just the piano player.
1079 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1080 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1081
[111]10822.14:
1083 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1084 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1085 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1086 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1087 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1088 removable media drives.
1089 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1090 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1091 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1092 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1093 update the paths.
1094 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1095 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1096 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1097 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1098 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1099 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1100 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1101 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1102 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1103 to my satisfaction).
[58]1104
[111]11052.13:
1106 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1107 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1108 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1109 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1110 notebook.
1111 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1112 to use HPFS...).
1113 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1114 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1115 maybe a bit more functional.
1116 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1117
[111]11182.12:
1119 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1120 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1121 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1122 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1123 accelerator keys.
1124 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1125
[111]11262.11:
1127 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1128 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1129 give funny default drive.
1130 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1131 data between different INI files.
1132 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1133 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1134 There's a menu item for it.
1135 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1136 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1137 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1138
[111]11392.10:
1140 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1141 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1142 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1143 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1144 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1145 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1146 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1147
[111]11482.09:
1149 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1150 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1151 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1152 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1153 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1154 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1155 to trap.
1156 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1157 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1158 what Ron says...
1159 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1160 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1161
[111]11622.08:
1163 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1164 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1165 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1166 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1167 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1168 you can pick a different drive).
1169 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1170 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1171 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1172 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1173 line argument.
[58]1174
[111]11752.07:
1176 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1177 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1178 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1179 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1180 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1181 other.
[81]1182
[111]11832.06:
1184 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1185 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1186 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1187 root drives from being found.
1188 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1189 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1190 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1191 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1192 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1193 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1194
[111]1195[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1196
[111]11972.00:
1198 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1199 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1200 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1201
1202$Id: HISTORY 492 2006-09-07 05:18:34Z root $
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