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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[58]2
[513]33.05beta04
4 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
5 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
6 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
7 o Avoid spurious error popups
8
[480]93.05beta03
[492]10 o Help file updated by David
11 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
12 o Toolbars reworked by David
[480]13 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
14 o More great bitmaps from David
15
[473]163.05beta02
17 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
[492]18 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
[473]19 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
20
[461]213.05beta01
22 o More great bitmaps from David
23 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
24 o Rework some error messages
25 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
26
[431]273.04
[435]28 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]29 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
30 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]31 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]32 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
33 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
34 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]35 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]36
[324]373.04 pre11:
38 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
39 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
40
[307]413.04 pre10:
42 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
43 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
44
453.04 pre9:
46 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
47
483.04 pre8:
49 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
50 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
51
523.04 pre7:
53 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
54 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
55 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
56 o Minor makefile corrections
57
583.04 pre6:
59 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
60
613.04 pre5:
62 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
63 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
64 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
65 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
66 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
67
683.04 pre4:
69 o Correct longnames display enable
70 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
71 o Support archiver.tmp install
72
733.04 pre3:
74 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
75 o Support tarlist.cmd install
76 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
77 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
78
793.04 pre2:
80 o More icon updates (David's v18)
81 o Avoid user directory edit crash
82 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
83
843.04 pre1:
85 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
86 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
87 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
88 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
89 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
90 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
91
[221]923.03:
93 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]94 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]95 o Correct archive sort again
[221]96
[138]973.02i:
98 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]99 o Lots of work on large file support
100 o Switch to VAC 3.65
101 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]102 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
103 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
104 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]105 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]106 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
107 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
108 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]109
[111]1103.02h:
[128]111 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]112 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
113 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]114
[111]1153.02g:
116 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]117
[111]1183.02f:
[225]119 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]120 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
121 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]122
[111]1233.02e:
124 o More see all files fixes
125 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]126
[111]1273.02d:
128 o Clean up icon usage
129 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
130 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
131 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
132 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
133 o Correct resource strings
[58]134
[111]1353.02c:
136 o Correct broken assignments
137 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]138
[111]1393.02b:
140 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]141
[111]1423.02a:
143 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
144 o Correct archive name display
[58]145
[111]1463.02:
147 o First open source release.
[58]148
[111]1493.01:
150 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]151
[111]1523.00d:
153 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
154 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]155
[111]1563.00c:
157 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]158
[111]1593.00b:
160 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]161
[111]1623.00:
163 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
164 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
165 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
166 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
167 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
168 correspondingly smaller.
169 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
170 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
171 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
172 some more, thus tempting fate.
173 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
174 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
175 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
176 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
177 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
178 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
179 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
180 width.
181 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
182 this stuff built-in now.
183 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
184 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
185 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
186 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
187 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
188 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
189 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
190 confirmation.
191 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
192 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
193 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
194 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]195
[111]1962.67:
197 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
198 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
199 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
200 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
201 recall.
[58]202
[111]2032.66:
204 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
205 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
206 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
207 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
208 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
209 there's no diskette inserted.)
210 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
211 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
212 o Reworked Databar a bit.
213 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
214 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]215
[111]2162.65:
217 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
218 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
219 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
220 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
221 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
222 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
223 best stuff was turned off by default!
224 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
225 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
226 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
227 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
228 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
229 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
230 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]231
[111]2322.64:
233 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
234 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
235 horizontal) there.
236 o More help file work.
237 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
238 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
239 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
240 "touching" files easier.
[58]241
[111]2422.63:
243 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
244 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
245 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
246 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
247 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
248 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
249 is available.
250 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
251 attractive (IMHO).
252 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
253 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
254 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
255 marks.
256 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
257 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
258 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
259 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]260
[111]2612.62:
262 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]263
[111]2642.61:
265 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
266 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
267 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
268 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
269 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
270 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
271 is bordered in red.
272 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
273 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
274 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
275 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
276 files.
[58]277
[111]2782.60:
279 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
280 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
281 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
282 be refreshed in the archive.
283 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
284 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]285
[111]2862.59:
287 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
288 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
289 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]290
[111]2912.58:
292 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
293 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
294 help to reflect this.
295 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
296 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
297 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]298
[111]2992.57:
300 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
301 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
302 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]303
[111]3042.56:
305 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
306 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]307
[111]3082.55:
309 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
310 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]311
[111]3122.54:
313 o Small tweaks.
314 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
315 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]316
[111]3172.53:
318 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
319 selected files more quickly and easily.
320 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
321 Netscape were choking on it (a).
322 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
323 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
324 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
325 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]326
[111]3272.52:
328 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
329 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
330 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
331 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
332 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
333 standard, then stick to it? Please?
334 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
335 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]336
[111]3372.51:
338 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
339 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
340 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
341 user request.
342 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
343 user request.
344 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
345 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
346 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
347 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
348 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
349 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
350 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
351 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
352 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
353 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
354 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
355 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
356 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
357 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
358 still work correctly with this change.
359 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
360 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
361 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
362 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
363 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
364 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
365 up with all of it.
[58]366
[111]3672.50b:
368 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
369 image viewer window.
370 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
371 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]372
[111]3732.50a:
374 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
375 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
376 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
377 directories listed in environment variables).
378 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
379 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
380 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
381 registration information.
382 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
383 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
384 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
385 popup menu.
386 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
387 object that didn't already have them (duh).
388 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
389 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
390 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
391 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]392
[111]3932.50:
394 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
395 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
396 viewer.
397 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
398 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
399 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
400 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
401 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
402 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
403 results.
404 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
405 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
406 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
407 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
408 added file system type to end of string on user request.
409 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
410 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
411 It could happen.
412 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
413 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
414 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
415 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
416 o Note new internet address.
417 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
418 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
419 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
420 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
421 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
422 one :-).
423 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
424 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
425 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
426 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
427 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
428 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
429 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
430 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
431 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
432 even notice.
[58]433
[111]4342.49:
435 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
436 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
437 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
438 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
439 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
440 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
441 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
442 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
443 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
444 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
445 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
446 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
447 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]448
[111]4492.48a:
450 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
451 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
452 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
453 o More Merlin preparations.
454 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
455 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
456 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
457 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
458 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
459 the Joneses? :-)
[58]460
[111]4612.48:
462 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
463 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
464 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
465 under Merlin.
466 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
467 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
468 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
469 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
470 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
471 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
472 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
473 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
474 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
475 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
476 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
477 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
478 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
479 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
480 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
481 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
482 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
483 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
484 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
485 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
486 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
487 machine.
488 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
489 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
490 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]491
[111]4922.47:
493 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
494 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
495 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
496 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
497 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
498 submenu selected.
499 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
500 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
501 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
502 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
503 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
504 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
505 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
506 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
507 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
508 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
509 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
510 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
511 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
512 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
513 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
514 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
515 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
516 Container to change directories.
517 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
518 questions.
[58]519
[111]5202.46:
521 o Fixed drive button bug.
522 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
523 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
524 the real thing.
[58]525
[111]5262.45:
527 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
528 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
529 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
530 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
531 was closed.
532 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
533 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
534 Scan.
[58]535
[111]5362.44:
537 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
538 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
539 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
540 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
541 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
542 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
543 user-defined bitmap.
544 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
545 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
546 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
547 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
548 for possible later retrieval.
549 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
550 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
551 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]552
[111]5532.43:
554 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
555 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
556 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
557 connection, finally).
558 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
559 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
560 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
561 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
562 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
563 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
564 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
565 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
566 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
567 it finishes.
568 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
569 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
570 under older OS/2 versions.
571 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
572 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
573 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
574 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
575 reminder.
576 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
577 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]578
[111]5792.42:
580 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
581 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
582 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
583 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
584 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
585 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
586 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
587 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
588 flags from the command line as an override.
589 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
590 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
591 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
592 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
593 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
594 Directory Container looks.
595 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
596 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
597 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
598 examples).
599 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
600 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
601 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
602 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
603 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
604 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
605 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
606 instead of the internal).
607 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
608 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
609 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
610 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
611 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]612
6132.41:
614 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
615 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
616 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
617 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
618 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
619 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
620 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
621 attractively.
622 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
623 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
624 but not switch to them.
625 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
626 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
627 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
628 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
629 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
630 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
631 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
632 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
633 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
634 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
635 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
636 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
637 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
638 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
639 Shouldn't be a major problem.
640 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
641 know the blamed thing was there.
642 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
643 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
644 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
645 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
646 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
647 paragraph. Something I use.
648 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
649 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
650 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
651 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
652 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
653 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
654 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
655 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
656 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
657 Containers.
658 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
659 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
660 (some things grow with a life of their own).
661 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
662 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
663 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
664 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
665
[111]6662.40:
667 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
668 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
669 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
670 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
671 viewer.
672 o Added %! metastring.
673 o Added default archiver setting.
674 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
675 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
676 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
677 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
678 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
679 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
680 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
681 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
682 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
683 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
684 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
685 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
686 directories.
687 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
688 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
689 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]690
[111]6912.39:
692 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
693 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
694 at FP10+ levels.
695 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
696 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
697 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
698 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
699 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
700 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
701 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
702 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
703 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
704 changed.
705 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]706
[111]7072.38:
708 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
709 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
710 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
711 etc.).
712 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
713 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
714 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
715 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
716 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
717 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
718 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
719 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
720 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
721 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
722 show everything else.
723 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
724 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
725 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
726 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
727 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
728 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
729 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
730 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
731 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
732 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
733 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
734 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
735 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
736 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
737 foreground.
[58]738
[111]7392.37:
740 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
741 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
742 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
743 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
744 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
745 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
746 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
747 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
748 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
749 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
750 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
751 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
752 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
753 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
754 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
755 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
756 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
757 Directory Container.
[58]758
[111]7592.36:
760 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
761 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
762 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
763 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
764 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
765 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
766 o Tutorial section added to online help.
767 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
768 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
769 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
770 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
771 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
772 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
773 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
774 Settings notebook.
775 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
776 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
777 thousandth).
778 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
779 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
780 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]781
[111]7822.35:
783 o Performance tuning.
784 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
785 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
786 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
787 permanent by Adding them as usual.
788 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
789 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
790 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
791 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
792 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
793 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
794 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
795 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
796 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
797 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
798 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
799 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]800
[111]8012.34:
802 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
803 knee-jerk thing to do).
804 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
805 the container is maximized.
806 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
807 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
808 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
809 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
810 interested).
811 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
812 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
813 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
814 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
815 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
816 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
817 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
818 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
819 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
820 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
821 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
822 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
823 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
824 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
825 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]826
[111]8272.33:
828 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
829 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
830 internal Settings notebook).
831 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
832 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
833 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
834 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
835 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
836 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
837 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
838 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
839 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
840 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
841 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
842 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
843 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
844 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
845 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]846
[111]8472.32:
848 o See all files window fleshed out.
849 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
850 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
851 notebook.
852 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
853 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
854 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
855 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
856 of course).
857 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
858 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
859 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
860 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
861 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
862 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
863 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
864 the list.
[58]865
[111]8662.31:
867 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
868 miniapp.
869 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
870 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
871 to the above).
872 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
873 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
874 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
875 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
876 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
877 the archive resides."
878 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
879 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
880 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
881 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
882 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
883 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
884 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
885 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]886
[111]8872.30:
888 o I forget.
[58]889
[111]8902.29:
891 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
892 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
893 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
894 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
895 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
896 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
897 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
898 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
899 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
900 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
901 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
902 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
903 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
904 list).
[58]905
[111]9062.28:
907 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
908 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
909 dialog).
910 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
911 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
912 current object.
913 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
914 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
915 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
916 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
917 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
918 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
919 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
920 userlist dropdown.
921 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
922 use a DOS app first...
[58]923
[111]9242.27:
925 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
926 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
927 default, BTW).
928 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
929 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
930 weren't before).
931 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
932 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
933 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
934 lines.
935 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]936
[111]9372.26:
938 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
939 filenames.
940 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
941 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
942 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
943 now on...
944 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
945 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
946 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
947 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
948 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
949 client window whitespace.
950 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
951 Edit menu.
952 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
953 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
954 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
955 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
956 command.
957 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
958 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
959 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]960
[111]9612.25:
962 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
963 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]964
[111]9652.24:
966 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
967 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
968 lives.
969 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]970
[111]9712.23:
972 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
973 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
974 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
975 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
976 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
977 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]978
[111]9792.22:
980 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
981 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
982 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
983 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
984 inevitable problem arises.
985 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
986 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]987
[111]9882.21:
989 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
990 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
991 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
992 causes default WPS open.
993 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
994 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
995 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
996 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
997 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
998 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
999 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1000 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1001 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]1002
[111]10032.20:
1004 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1005 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1006 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1007 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1008 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1009 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1010 D&D.
1011 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1012 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1013 Containers.
1014 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1015 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1016 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1017 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1018 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1019 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1020 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1021 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1022 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1023 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1024 it (again).
[58]1025
[111]10262.19:
1027 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1028 alternative to maximizing.
1029 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1030 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1031 windows.
1032 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1033 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1034 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1035 along.
1036 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1037 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1038 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1039 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1040 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1041 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1042 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1043
[111]10442.18:
1045 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1046 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1047 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1048 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1049 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1050 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1051 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1052
[111]10532.17:
1054 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1055 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1056 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1057 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1058 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1059 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1060
[111]10612.16:
1062 o Added "Update objects" command.
1063 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1064 one (under "Context Menus").
1065 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1066 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1067 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1068 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1069 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1070 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1071 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1072 start working again.
[58]1073
[111]10742.15:
1075 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1076 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1077 o Added "Select List" command.
1078 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1079 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1080 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1081 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1082 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1083 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1084 I'm just the piano player.
1085 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1086 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1087
[111]10882.14:
1089 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1090 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1091 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1092 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1093 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1094 removable media drives.
1095 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1096 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1097 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1098 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1099 update the paths.
1100 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1101 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1102 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1103 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1104 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1105 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1106 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1107 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1108 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1109 to my satisfaction).
[58]1110
[111]11112.13:
1112 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1113 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1114 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1115 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1116 notebook.
1117 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1118 to use HPFS...).
1119 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1120 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1121 maybe a bit more functional.
1122 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1123
[111]11242.12:
1125 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1126 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1127 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1128 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1129 accelerator keys.
1130 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1131
[111]11322.11:
1133 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1134 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1135 give funny default drive.
1136 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1137 data between different INI files.
1138 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1139 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1140 There's a menu item for it.
1141 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1142 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1143 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1144
[111]11452.10:
1146 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1147 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1148 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1149 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1150 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1151 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1152 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1153
[111]11542.09:
1155 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1156 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1157 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1158 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1159 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1160 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1161 to trap.
1162 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1163 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1164 what Ron says...
1165 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1166 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1167
[111]11682.08:
1169 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1170 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1171 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1172 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1173 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1174 you can pick a different drive).
1175 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1176 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1177 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1178 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1179 line argument.
[58]1180
[111]11812.07:
1182 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1183 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1184 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1185 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1186 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1187 other.
[81]1188
[111]11892.06:
1190 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1191 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1192 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1193 root drives from being found.
1194 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1195 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1196 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1197 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1198 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1199 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1200
[111]1201[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1202
[111]12032.00:
1204 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1205 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1206 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1207
1208$Id: HISTORY 513 2006-09-25 01:16:02Z root $
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