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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[564]2
33.05 beta08
[556]4 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
5 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
6 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
[564]7 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
[556]8 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
9 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
10 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
11 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
12 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
13 o Help file updates (Gregg)
14 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
15 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
[564]16 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
17 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
[58]18
[564]193.05beta08 (pending)
20 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
21 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
22
[549]233.05beta07
24 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
25 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
26 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
27 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
28 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
29 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
30 o Update documentation (Gregg)
31 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
32 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
33
[546]343.05beta06
35 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
36 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
37
[541]383.05beta05
39 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
40 o NDFS support by Gregg
41 o Default seek and scan to show files
42 o Rework menus
43 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
44 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
45 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
46
[513]473.05beta04
48 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
49 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
50 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
51 o Avoid spurious error popups
52
[480]533.05beta03
[492]54 o Help file updated by David
55 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
56 o Toolbars reworked by David
[480]57 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
58 o More great bitmaps from David
59
[473]603.05beta02
61 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
[492]62 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
[473]63 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
64
[461]653.05beta01
66 o More great bitmaps from David
67 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
68 o Rework some error messages
69 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
70
[431]713.04
[435]72 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]73 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
74 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]75 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]76 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
77 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
78 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]79 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]80
[324]813.04 pre11:
82 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
83 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
84
[307]853.04 pre10:
86 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
87 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
88
893.04 pre9:
90 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
91
923.04 pre8:
93 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
94 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
95
963.04 pre7:
97 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
98 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
99 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
100 o Minor makefile corrections
101
1023.04 pre6:
103 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
104
1053.04 pre5:
106 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
107 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
108 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
109 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
110 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
111
1123.04 pre4:
113 o Correct longnames display enable
114 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
115 o Support archiver.tmp install
116
1173.04 pre3:
118 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
119 o Support tarlist.cmd install
120 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
121 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
122
1233.04 pre2:
124 o More icon updates (David's v18)
125 o Avoid user directory edit crash
126 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
127
1283.04 pre1:
129 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
130 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
131 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
132 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
133 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
134 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
135
[221]1363.03:
137 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]138 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]139 o Correct archive sort again
[221]140
[138]1413.02i:
142 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]143 o Lots of work on large file support
144 o Switch to VAC 3.65
145 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]146 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
147 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
148 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]149 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]150 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
151 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
152 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]153
[111]1543.02h:
[128]155 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]156 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
157 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]158
[111]1593.02g:
160 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]161
[111]1623.02f:
[225]163 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]164 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
165 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]166
[111]1673.02e:
168 o More see all files fixes
169 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]170
[111]1713.02d:
172 o Clean up icon usage
173 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
174 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
175 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
176 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
177 o Correct resource strings
[58]178
[111]1793.02c:
180 o Correct broken assignments
181 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]182
[111]1833.02b:
184 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]185
[111]1863.02a:
187 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
188 o Correct archive name display
[58]189
[111]1903.02:
191 o First open source release.
[58]192
[111]1933.01:
194 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]195
[111]1963.00d:
197 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
198 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]199
[111]2003.00c:
201 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]202
[111]2033.00b:
204 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]205
[111]2063.00:
207 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
208 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
209 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
210 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
211 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
212 correspondingly smaller.
213 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
214 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
215 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
216 some more, thus tempting fate.
217 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
218 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
219 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
220 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
221 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
222 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
223 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
224 width.
225 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
226 this stuff built-in now.
227 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
228 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
229 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
230 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
231 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
232 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
233 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
234 confirmation.
235 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
236 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
237 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
238 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]239
[111]2402.67:
241 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
242 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
243 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
244 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
245 recall.
[58]246
[111]2472.66:
248 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
249 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
250 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
251 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
252 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
253 there's no diskette inserted.)
254 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
255 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
256 o Reworked Databar a bit.
257 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
258 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]259
[111]2602.65:
261 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
262 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
263 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
264 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
265 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
266 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
267 best stuff was turned off by default!
268 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
269 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
270 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
271 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
272 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
273 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
274 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]275
[111]2762.64:
277 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
278 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
279 horizontal) there.
280 o More help file work.
281 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
282 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
283 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
284 "touching" files easier.
[58]285
[111]2862.63:
287 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
288 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
289 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
290 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
291 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
292 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
293 is available.
294 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
295 attractive (IMHO).
296 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
297 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
298 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
299 marks.
300 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
301 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
302 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
303 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]304
[111]3052.62:
306 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]307
[111]3082.61:
309 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
310 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
311 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
312 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
313 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
314 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
315 is bordered in red.
316 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
317 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
318 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
319 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
320 files.
[58]321
[111]3222.60:
323 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
324 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
325 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
326 be refreshed in the archive.
327 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
328 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]329
[111]3302.59:
331 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
332 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
333 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]334
[111]3352.58:
336 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
337 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
338 help to reflect this.
339 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
340 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
341 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]342
[111]3432.57:
344 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
345 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
346 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]347
[111]3482.56:
349 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
350 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]351
[111]3522.55:
353 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
354 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]355
[111]3562.54:
357 o Small tweaks.
358 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
359 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]360
[111]3612.53:
362 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
363 selected files more quickly and easily.
364 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
365 Netscape were choking on it (a).
366 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
367 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
368 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
369 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]370
[111]3712.52:
372 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
373 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
374 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
375 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
376 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
377 standard, then stick to it? Please?
378 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
379 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]380
[111]3812.51:
382 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
383 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
384 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
385 user request.
386 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
387 user request.
388 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
389 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
390 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
391 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
392 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
393 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
394 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
395 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
396 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
397 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
398 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
399 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
400 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
401 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
402 still work correctly with this change.
403 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
404 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
405 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
406 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
407 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
408 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
409 up with all of it.
[58]410
[111]4112.50b:
412 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
413 image viewer window.
414 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
415 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]416
[111]4172.50a:
418 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
419 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
420 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
421 directories listed in environment variables).
422 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
423 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
424 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
425 registration information.
426 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
427 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
428 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
429 popup menu.
430 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
431 object that didn't already have them (duh).
432 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
433 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
434 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
435 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]436
[111]4372.50:
438 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
439 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
440 viewer.
441 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
442 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
443 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
444 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
445 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
446 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
447 results.
448 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
449 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
450 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
451 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
452 added file system type to end of string on user request.
453 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
454 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
455 It could happen.
456 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
457 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
458 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
459 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
460 o Note new internet address.
461 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
462 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
463 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
464 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
465 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
466 one :-).
467 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
468 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
469 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
470 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
471 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
472 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
473 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
474 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
475 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
476 even notice.
[58]477
[111]4782.49:
479 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
480 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
481 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
482 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
483 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
484 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
485 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
486 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
487 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
488 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
489 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
490 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
491 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]492
[111]4932.48a:
494 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
495 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
496 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
497 o More Merlin preparations.
498 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
499 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
500 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
501 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
502 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
503 the Joneses? :-)
[58]504
[111]5052.48:
506 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
507 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
508 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
509 under Merlin.
510 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
511 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
512 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
513 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
514 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
515 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
516 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
517 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
518 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
519 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
520 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
521 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
522 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
523 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
524 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
525 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
526 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
527 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
528 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
529 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
530 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
531 machine.
532 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
533 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
534 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]535
[111]5362.47:
537 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
538 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
539 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
540 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
541 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
542 submenu selected.
543 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
544 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
545 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
546 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
547 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
548 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
549 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
550 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
551 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
552 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
553 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
554 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
555 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
556 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
557 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
558 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
559 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
560 Container to change directories.
561 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
562 questions.
[58]563
[111]5642.46:
565 o Fixed drive button bug.
566 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
567 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
568 the real thing.
[58]569
[111]5702.45:
571 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
572 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
573 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
574 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
575 was closed.
576 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
577 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
578 Scan.
[58]579
[111]5802.44:
581 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
582 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
583 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
584 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
585 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
586 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
587 user-defined bitmap.
588 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
589 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
590 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
591 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
592 for possible later retrieval.
593 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
594 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
595 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]596
[111]5972.43:
598 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
599 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
600 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
601 connection, finally).
602 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
603 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
604 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
605 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
606 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
607 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
608 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
609 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
610 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
611 it finishes.
612 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
613 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
614 under older OS/2 versions.
615 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
616 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
617 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
618 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
619 reminder.
620 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
621 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]622
[111]6232.42:
624 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
625 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
626 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
627 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
628 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
629 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
630 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
631 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
632 flags from the command line as an override.
633 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
634 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
635 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
636 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
637 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
638 Directory Container looks.
639 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
640 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
641 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
642 examples).
643 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
644 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
645 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
646 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
647 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
648 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
649 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
650 instead of the internal).
651 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
652 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
653 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
654 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
655 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]656
6572.41:
658 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
659 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
660 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
661 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
662 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
663 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
664 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
665 attractively.
666 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
667 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
668 but not switch to them.
669 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
670 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
671 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
672 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
673 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
674 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
675 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
676 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
677 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
678 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
679 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
680 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
681 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
682 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
683 Shouldn't be a major problem.
684 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
685 know the blamed thing was there.
686 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
687 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
688 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
689 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
690 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
691 paragraph. Something I use.
692 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
693 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
694 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
695 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
696 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
697 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
698 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
699 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
700 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
701 Containers.
702 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
703 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
704 (some things grow with a life of their own).
705 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
706 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
707 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
708 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
709
[111]7102.40:
711 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
712 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
713 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
714 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
715 viewer.
716 o Added %! metastring.
717 o Added default archiver setting.
718 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
719 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
720 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
721 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
722 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
723 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
724 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
725 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
726 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
727 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
728 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
729 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
730 directories.
731 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
732 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
733 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]734
[111]7352.39:
736 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
737 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
738 at FP10+ levels.
739 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
740 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
741 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
742 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
743 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
744 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
745 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
746 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
747 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
748 changed.
749 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]750
[111]7512.38:
752 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
753 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
754 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
755 etc.).
756 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
757 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
758 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
759 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
760 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
761 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
762 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
763 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
764 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
765 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
766 show everything else.
767 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
768 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
769 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
770 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
771 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
772 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
773 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
774 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
775 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
776 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
777 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
778 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
779 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
780 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
781 foreground.
[58]782
[111]7832.37:
784 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
785 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
786 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
787 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
788 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
789 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
790 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
791 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
792 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
793 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
794 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
795 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
796 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
797 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
798 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
799 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
800 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
801 Directory Container.
[58]802
[111]8032.36:
804 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
805 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
806 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
807 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
808 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
809 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
810 o Tutorial section added to online help.
811 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
812 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
813 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
814 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
815 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
816 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
817 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
818 Settings notebook.
819 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
820 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
821 thousandth).
822 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
823 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
824 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]825
[111]8262.35:
827 o Performance tuning.
828 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
829 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
830 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
831 permanent by Adding them as usual.
832 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
833 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
834 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
835 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
836 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
837 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
838 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
839 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
840 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
841 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
842 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
843 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]844
[111]8452.34:
846 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
847 knee-jerk thing to do).
848 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
849 the container is maximized.
850 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
851 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
852 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
853 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
854 interested).
855 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
856 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
857 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
858 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
859 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
860 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
861 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
862 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
863 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
864 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
865 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
866 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
867 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
868 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
869 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]870
[111]8712.33:
872 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
873 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
874 internal Settings notebook).
875 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
876 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
877 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
878 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
879 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
880 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
881 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
882 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
883 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
884 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
885 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
886 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
887 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
888 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
889 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]890
[111]8912.32:
892 o See all files window fleshed out.
893 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
894 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
895 notebook.
896 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
897 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
898 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
899 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
900 of course).
901 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
902 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
903 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
904 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
905 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
906 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
907 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
908 the list.
[58]909
[111]9102.31:
911 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
912 miniapp.
913 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
914 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
915 to the above).
916 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
917 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
918 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
919 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
920 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
921 the archive resides."
922 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
923 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
924 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
925 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
926 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
927 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
928 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
929 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]930
[111]9312.30:
932 o I forget.
[58]933
[111]9342.29:
935 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
936 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
937 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
938 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
939 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
940 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
941 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
942 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
943 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
944 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
945 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
946 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
947 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
948 list).
[58]949
[111]9502.28:
951 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
952 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
953 dialog).
954 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
955 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
956 current object.
957 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
958 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
959 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
960 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
961 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
962 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
963 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
964 userlist dropdown.
965 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
966 use a DOS app first...
[58]967
[111]9682.27:
969 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
970 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
971 default, BTW).
972 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
973 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
974 weren't before).
975 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
976 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
977 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
978 lines.
979 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]980
[111]9812.26:
982 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
983 filenames.
984 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
985 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
986 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
987 now on...
988 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
989 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
990 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
991 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
992 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
993 client window whitespace.
994 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
995 Edit menu.
996 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
997 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
998 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
999 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1000 command.
1001 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1002 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1003 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]1004
[111]10052.25:
1006 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1007 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]1008
[111]10092.24:
1010 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1011 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1012 lives.
1013 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]1014
[111]10152.23:
1016 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1017 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1018 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1019 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1020 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1021 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]1022
[111]10232.22:
1024 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1025 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1026 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1027 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1028 inevitable problem arises.
1029 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1030 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]1031
[111]10322.21:
1033 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1034 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1035 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1036 causes default WPS open.
1037 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1038 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1039 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1040 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1041 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1042 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1043 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1044 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1045 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]1046
[111]10472.20:
1048 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1049 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1050 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1051 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1052 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1053 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1054 D&D.
1055 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1056 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1057 Containers.
1058 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1059 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1060 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1061 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1062 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1063 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1064 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1065 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1066 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1067 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1068 it (again).
[58]1069
[111]10702.19:
1071 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1072 alternative to maximizing.
1073 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1074 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1075 windows.
1076 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1077 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1078 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1079 along.
1080 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1081 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1082 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1083 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1084 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1085 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1086 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1087
[111]10882.18:
1089 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1090 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1091 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1092 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1093 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1094 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1095 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1096
[111]10972.17:
1098 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1099 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1100 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1101 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1102 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1103 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1104
[111]11052.16:
1106 o Added "Update objects" command.
1107 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1108 one (under "Context Menus").
1109 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1110 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1111 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1112 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1113 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1114 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1115 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1116 start working again.
[58]1117
[111]11182.15:
1119 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1120 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1121 o Added "Select List" command.
1122 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1123 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1124 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1125 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1126 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1127 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1128 I'm just the piano player.
1129 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1130 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1131
[111]11322.14:
1133 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1134 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1135 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1136 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1137 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1138 removable media drives.
1139 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1140 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1141 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1142 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1143 update the paths.
1144 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1145 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1146 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1147 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1148 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1149 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1150 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1151 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1152 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1153 to my satisfaction).
[58]1154
[111]11552.13:
1156 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1157 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1158 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1159 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1160 notebook.
1161 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1162 to use HPFS...).
1163 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1164 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1165 maybe a bit more functional.
1166 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1167
[111]11682.12:
1169 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1170 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1171 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1172 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1173 accelerator keys.
1174 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1175
[111]11762.11:
1177 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1178 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1179 give funny default drive.
1180 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1181 data between different INI files.
1182 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1183 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1184 There's a menu item for it.
1185 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1186 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1187 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1188
[111]11892.10:
1190 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1191 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1192 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1193 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1194 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1195 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1196 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1197
[111]11982.09:
1199 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1200 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1201 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1202 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1203 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1204 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1205 to trap.
1206 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1207 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1208 what Ron says...
1209 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1210 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1211
[111]12122.08:
1213 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1214 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1215 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1216 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1217 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1218 you can pick a different drive).
1219 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1220 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1221 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1222 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1223 line argument.
[58]1224
[111]12252.07:
1226 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1227 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1228 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1229 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1230 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1231 other.
[81]1232
[111]12332.06:
1234 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1235 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1236 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1237 root drives from being found.
1238 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1239 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1240 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1241 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1242 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1243 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1244
[111]1245[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1246
[111]12472.00:
1248 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1249 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1250 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1251
1252$Id: HISTORY 564 2007-03-15 05:23:46Z stevenhl $
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