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Last change on this file since 577 was 575, checked in by Steven Levine, 19 years ago

Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash (Steven)

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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[564]2
[575]33.05.09 (pending)
4 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
5 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash (Steven)
6 o Convert to WarpIN installer (David, John)
7
[564]83.05 beta08
[556]9 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
10 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
11 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
[564]12 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
[556]13 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
14 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
15 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
16 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
17 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
18 o Help file updates (Gregg)
19 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
20 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
[564]21 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
22 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
23 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
24 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
25
[549]263.05beta07
27 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
28 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
29 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
30 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
31 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
32 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
33 o Update documentation (Gregg)
34 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
35 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
36
[546]373.05beta06
38 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
39 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
40
[541]413.05beta05
42 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
43 o NDFS support by Gregg
44 o Default seek and scan to show files
45 o Rework menus
46 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
47 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
48 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
49
[513]503.05beta04
51 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
52 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
53 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
54 o Avoid spurious error popups
55
[480]563.05beta03
[492]57 o Help file updated by David
58 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
59 o Toolbars reworked by David
[480]60 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
61 o More great bitmaps from David
62
[473]633.05beta02
64 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
[492]65 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
[473]66 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
67
[461]683.05beta01
69 o More great bitmaps from David
70 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
71 o Rework some error messages
72 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
73
[431]743.04
[435]75 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]76 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
77 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]78 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]79 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
80 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
81 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]82 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]83
[324]843.04 pre11:
85 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
86 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
87
[307]883.04 pre10:
89 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
90 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
91
923.04 pre9:
93 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
94
953.04 pre8:
96 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
97 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
98
993.04 pre7:
100 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
101 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
102 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
103 o Minor makefile corrections
104
1053.04 pre6:
106 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
107
1083.04 pre5:
109 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
110 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
111 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
112 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
113 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
114
1153.04 pre4:
116 o Correct longnames display enable
117 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
118 o Support archiver.tmp install
119
1203.04 pre3:
121 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
122 o Support tarlist.cmd install
123 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
124 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
125
1263.04 pre2:
127 o More icon updates (David's v18)
128 o Avoid user directory edit crash
129 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
130
1313.04 pre1:
132 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
133 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
134 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
135 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
136 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
137 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
138
[221]1393.03:
140 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]141 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]142 o Correct archive sort again
[221]143
[138]1443.02i:
145 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]146 o Lots of work on large file support
147 o Switch to VAC 3.65
148 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]149 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
150 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
151 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]152 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]153 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
154 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
155 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]156
[111]1573.02h:
[128]158 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]159 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
160 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]161
[111]1623.02g:
163 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]164
[111]1653.02f:
[225]166 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]167 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
168 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]169
[111]1703.02e:
171 o More see all files fixes
172 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]173
[111]1743.02d:
175 o Clean up icon usage
176 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
177 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
178 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
179 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
180 o Correct resource strings
[58]181
[111]1823.02c:
183 o Correct broken assignments
184 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]185
[111]1863.02b:
187 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]188
[111]1893.02a:
190 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
191 o Correct archive name display
[58]192
[111]1933.02:
194 o First open source release.
[58]195
[111]1963.01:
197 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]198
[111]1993.00d:
200 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
201 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]202
[111]2033.00c:
204 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]205
[111]2063.00b:
207 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]208
[111]2093.00:
210 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
211 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
212 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
213 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
214 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
215 correspondingly smaller.
216 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
217 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
218 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
219 some more, thus tempting fate.
220 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
221 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
222 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
223 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
224 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
225 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
226 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
227 width.
228 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
229 this stuff built-in now.
230 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
231 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
232 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
233 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
234 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
235 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
236 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
237 confirmation.
238 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
239 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
240 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
241 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]242
[111]2432.67:
244 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
245 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
246 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
247 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
248 recall.
[58]249
[111]2502.66:
251 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
252 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
253 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
254 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
255 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
256 there's no diskette inserted.)
257 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
258 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
259 o Reworked Databar a bit.
260 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
261 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]262
[111]2632.65:
264 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
265 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
266 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
267 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
268 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
269 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
270 best stuff was turned off by default!
271 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
272 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
273 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
274 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
275 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
276 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
277 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]278
[111]2792.64:
280 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
281 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
282 horizontal) there.
283 o More help file work.
284 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
285 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
286 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
287 "touching" files easier.
[58]288
[111]2892.63:
290 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
291 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
292 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
293 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
294 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
295 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
296 is available.
297 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
298 attractive (IMHO).
299 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
300 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
301 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
302 marks.
303 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
304 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
305 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
306 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]307
[111]3082.62:
309 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]310
[111]3112.61:
312 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
313 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
314 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
315 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
316 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
317 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
318 is bordered in red.
319 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
320 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
321 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
322 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
323 files.
[58]324
[111]3252.60:
326 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
327 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
328 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
329 be refreshed in the archive.
330 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
331 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]332
[111]3332.59:
334 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
335 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
336 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]337
[111]3382.58:
339 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
340 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
341 help to reflect this.
342 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
343 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
344 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]345
[111]3462.57:
347 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
348 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
349 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]350
[111]3512.56:
352 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
353 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]354
[111]3552.55:
356 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
357 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]358
[111]3592.54:
360 o Small tweaks.
361 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
362 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]363
[111]3642.53:
365 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
366 selected files more quickly and easily.
367 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
368 Netscape were choking on it (a).
369 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
370 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
371 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
372 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]373
[111]3742.52:
375 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
376 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
377 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
378 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
379 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
380 standard, then stick to it? Please?
381 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
382 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]383
[111]3842.51:
385 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
386 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
387 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
388 user request.
389 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
390 user request.
391 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
392 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
393 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
394 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
395 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
396 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
397 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
398 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
399 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
400 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
401 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
402 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
403 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
404 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
405 still work correctly with this change.
406 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
407 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
408 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
409 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
410 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
411 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
412 up with all of it.
[58]413
[111]4142.50b:
415 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
416 image viewer window.
417 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
418 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]419
[111]4202.50a:
421 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
422 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
423 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
424 directories listed in environment variables).
425 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
426 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
427 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
428 registration information.
429 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
430 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
431 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
432 popup menu.
433 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
434 object that didn't already have them (duh).
435 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
436 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
437 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
438 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]439
[111]4402.50:
441 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
442 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
443 viewer.
444 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
445 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
446 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
447 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
448 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
449 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
450 results.
451 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
452 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
453 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
454 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
455 added file system type to end of string on user request.
456 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
457 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
458 It could happen.
459 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
460 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
461 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
462 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
463 o Note new internet address.
464 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
465 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
466 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
467 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
468 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
469 one :-).
470 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
471 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
472 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
473 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
474 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
475 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
476 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
477 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
478 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
479 even notice.
[58]480
[111]4812.49:
482 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
483 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
484 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
485 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
486 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
487 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
488 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
489 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
490 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
491 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
492 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
493 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
494 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]495
[111]4962.48a:
497 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
498 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
499 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
500 o More Merlin preparations.
501 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
502 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
503 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
504 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
505 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
506 the Joneses? :-)
[58]507
[111]5082.48:
509 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
510 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
511 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
512 under Merlin.
513 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
514 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
515 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
516 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
517 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
518 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
519 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
520 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
521 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
522 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
523 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
524 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
525 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
526 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
527 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
528 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
529 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
530 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
531 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
532 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
533 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
534 machine.
535 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
536 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
537 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]538
[111]5392.47:
540 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
541 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
542 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
543 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
544 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
545 submenu selected.
546 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
547 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
548 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
549 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
550 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
551 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
552 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
553 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
554 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
555 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
556 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
557 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
558 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
559 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
560 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
561 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
562 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
563 Container to change directories.
564 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
565 questions.
[58]566
[111]5672.46:
568 o Fixed drive button bug.
569 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
570 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
571 the real thing.
[58]572
[111]5732.45:
574 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
575 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
576 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
577 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
578 was closed.
579 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
580 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
581 Scan.
[58]582
[111]5832.44:
584 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
585 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
586 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
587 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
588 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
589 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
590 user-defined bitmap.
591 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
592 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
593 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
594 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
595 for possible later retrieval.
596 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
597 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
598 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]599
[111]6002.43:
601 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
602 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
603 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
604 connection, finally).
605 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
606 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
607 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
608 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
609 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
610 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
611 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
612 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
613 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
614 it finishes.
615 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
616 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
617 under older OS/2 versions.
618 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
619 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
620 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
621 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
622 reminder.
623 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
624 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]625
[111]6262.42:
627 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
628 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
629 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
630 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
631 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
632 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
633 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
634 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
635 flags from the command line as an override.
636 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
637 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
638 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
639 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
640 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
641 Directory Container looks.
642 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
643 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
644 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
645 examples).
646 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
647 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
648 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
649 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
650 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
651 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
652 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
653 instead of the internal).
654 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
655 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
656 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
657 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
658 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]659
6602.41:
661 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
662 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
663 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
664 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
665 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
666 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
667 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
668 attractively.
669 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
670 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
671 but not switch to them.
672 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
673 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
674 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
675 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
676 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
677 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
678 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
679 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
680 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
681 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
682 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
683 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
684 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
685 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
686 Shouldn't be a major problem.
687 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
688 know the blamed thing was there.
689 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
690 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
691 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
692 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
693 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
694 paragraph. Something I use.
695 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
696 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
697 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
698 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
699 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
700 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
701 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
702 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
703 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
704 Containers.
705 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
706 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
707 (some things grow with a life of their own).
708 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
709 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
710 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
711 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
712
[111]7132.40:
714 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
715 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
716 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
717 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
718 viewer.
719 o Added %! metastring.
720 o Added default archiver setting.
721 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
722 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
723 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
724 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
725 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
726 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
727 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
728 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
729 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
730 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
731 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
732 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
733 directories.
734 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
735 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
736 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]737
[111]7382.39:
739 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
740 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
741 at FP10+ levels.
742 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
743 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
744 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
745 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
746 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
747 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
748 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
749 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
750 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
751 changed.
752 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]753
[111]7542.38:
755 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
756 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
757 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
758 etc.).
759 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
760 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
761 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
762 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
763 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
764 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
765 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
766 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
767 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
768 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
769 show everything else.
770 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
771 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
772 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
773 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
774 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
775 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
776 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
777 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
778 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
779 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
780 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
781 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
782 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
783 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
784 foreground.
[58]785
[111]7862.37:
787 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
788 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
789 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
790 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
791 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
792 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
793 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
794 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
795 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
796 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
797 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
798 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
799 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
800 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
801 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
802 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
803 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
804 Directory Container.
[58]805
[111]8062.36:
807 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
808 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
809 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
810 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
811 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
812 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
813 o Tutorial section added to online help.
814 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
815 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
816 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
817 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
818 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
819 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
820 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
821 Settings notebook.
822 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
823 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
824 thousandth).
825 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
826 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
827 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]828
[111]8292.35:
830 o Performance tuning.
831 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
832 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
833 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
834 permanent by Adding them as usual.
835 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
836 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
837 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
838 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
839 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
840 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
841 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
842 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
843 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
844 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
845 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
846 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]847
[111]8482.34:
849 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
850 knee-jerk thing to do).
851 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
852 the container is maximized.
853 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
854 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
855 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
856 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
857 interested).
858 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
859 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
860 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
861 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
862 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
863 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
864 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
865 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
866 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
867 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
868 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
869 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
870 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
871 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
872 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]873
[111]8742.33:
875 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
876 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
877 internal Settings notebook).
878 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
879 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
880 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
881 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
882 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
883 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
884 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
885 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
886 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
887 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
888 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
889 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
890 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
891 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
892 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]893
[111]8942.32:
895 o See all files window fleshed out.
896 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
897 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
898 notebook.
899 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
900 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
901 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
902 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
903 of course).
904 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
905 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
906 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
907 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
908 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
909 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
910 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
911 the list.
[58]912
[111]9132.31:
914 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
915 miniapp.
916 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
917 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
918 to the above).
919 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
920 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
921 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
922 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
923 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
924 the archive resides."
925 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
926 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
927 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
928 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
929 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
930 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
931 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
932 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]933
[111]9342.30:
935 o I forget.
[58]936
[111]9372.29:
938 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
939 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
940 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
941 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
942 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
943 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
944 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
945 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
946 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
947 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
948 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
949 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
950 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
951 list).
[58]952
[111]9532.28:
954 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
955 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
956 dialog).
957 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
958 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
959 current object.
960 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
961 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
962 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
963 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
964 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
965 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
966 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
967 userlist dropdown.
968 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
969 use a DOS app first...
[58]970
[111]9712.27:
972 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
973 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
974 default, BTW).
975 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
976 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
977 weren't before).
978 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
979 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
980 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
981 lines.
982 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]983
[111]9842.26:
985 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
986 filenames.
987 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
988 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
989 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
990 now on...
991 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
992 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
993 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
994 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
995 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
996 client window whitespace.
997 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
998 Edit menu.
999 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1000 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1001 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1002 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1003 command.
1004 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1005 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1006 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]1007
[111]10082.25:
1009 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1010 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]1011
[111]10122.24:
1013 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1014 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1015 lives.
1016 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]1017
[111]10182.23:
1019 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1020 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1021 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1022 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1023 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1024 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]1025
[111]10262.22:
1027 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1028 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1029 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1030 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1031 inevitable problem arises.
1032 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1033 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]1034
[111]10352.21:
1036 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1037 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1038 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1039 causes default WPS open.
1040 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1041 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1042 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1043 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1044 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1045 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1046 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1047 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1048 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]1049
[111]10502.20:
1051 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1052 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1053 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1054 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1055 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1056 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1057 D&D.
1058 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1059 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1060 Containers.
1061 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1062 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1063 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1064 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1065 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1066 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1067 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1068 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1069 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1070 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1071 it (again).
[58]1072
[111]10732.19:
1074 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1075 alternative to maximizing.
1076 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1077 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1078 windows.
1079 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1080 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1081 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1082 along.
1083 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1084 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1085 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1086 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1087 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1088 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1089 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1090
[111]10912.18:
1092 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1093 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1094 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1095 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1096 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1097 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1098 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1099
[111]11002.17:
1101 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1102 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1103 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1104 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1105 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1106 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1107
[111]11082.16:
1109 o Added "Update objects" command.
1110 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1111 one (under "Context Menus").
1112 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1113 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1114 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1115 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1116 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1117 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1118 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1119 start working again.
[58]1120
[111]11212.15:
1122 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1123 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1124 o Added "Select List" command.
1125 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1126 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1127 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1128 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1129 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1130 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1131 I'm just the piano player.
1132 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1133 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1134
[111]11352.14:
1136 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1137 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1138 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1139 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1140 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1141 removable media drives.
1142 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1143 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1144 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1145 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1146 update the paths.
1147 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1148 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1149 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1150 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1151 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1152 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1153 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1154 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1155 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1156 to my satisfaction).
[58]1157
[111]11582.13:
1159 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1160 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1161 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1162 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1163 notebook.
1164 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1165 to use HPFS...).
1166 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1167 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1168 maybe a bit more functional.
1169 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1170
[111]11712.12:
1172 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1173 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1174 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1175 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1176 accelerator keys.
1177 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1178
[111]11792.11:
1180 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1181 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1182 give funny default drive.
1183 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1184 data between different INI files.
1185 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1186 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1187 There's a menu item for it.
1188 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1189 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1190 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1191
[111]11922.10:
1193 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1194 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1195 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1196 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1197 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1198 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1199 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1200
[111]12012.09:
1202 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1203 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1204 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1205 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1206 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1207 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1208 to trap.
1209 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1210 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1211 what Ron says...
1212 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1213 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1214
[111]12152.08:
1216 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1217 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1218 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1219 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1220 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1221 you can pick a different drive).
1222 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1223 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1224 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1225 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1226 line argument.
[58]1227
[111]12282.07:
1229 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1230 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1231 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1232 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1233 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1234 other.
[81]1235
[111]12362.06:
1237 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1238 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1239 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1240 root drives from being found.
1241 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1242 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1243 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1244 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1245 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1246 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1247
[111]1248[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1249
[111]12502.00:
1251 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1252 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1253 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1254
1255$Id: HISTORY 575 2007-03-24 22:34:09Z stevenhl $
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