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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[564]2
[834]33.08 (pending)
4 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for string matching (Gregg)
[837]5 o Fix trap on search where file name length exceeds maxpath (Gregg)
[861]6 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
[834]7
83.07
[786]9 o Tweak build process (Steven)
10 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
11 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
12 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
[788]13 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
[815]14 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
[786]15 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
16 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
[788]17 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
[796]18 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
19 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
20 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
21 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
22 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
23 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
24 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
25 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
26 read only files. (Gregg)
27 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
[791]28 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
29 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
[819]30 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
[796]31 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
[810]32 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
33 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
[815]34 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
[819]35 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
36 absent with wrapped tex and hex
[824]37 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
[786]38
393.06
[715]40 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
41 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
42 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
[708]43 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
[715]44 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
[708]45 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
[688]46
473.05.09
48 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
[621]49 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
50 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
51 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
52 o Rework selective error logging logic
53 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
[575]54 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
[621]55 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
56 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
[687]57 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
[668]58 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
[604]59 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
60 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
61 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
[688]62 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
[575]63
[564]643.05 beta08
[556]65 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
66 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
67 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
[564]68 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
[556]69 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
70 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
71 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
72 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
73 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
74 o Help file updates (Gregg)
75 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
76 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
[564]77 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
78 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
79 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
80 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
81
[549]823.05beta07
83 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
84 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
85 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
86 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
87 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
88 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
89 o Update documentation (Gregg)
90 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
91 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
92
[546]933.05beta06
94 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
95 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
96
[541]973.05beta05
98 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
99 o NDFS support by Gregg
100 o Default seek and scan to show files
101 o Rework menus
102 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
103 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
104 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
105
[513]1063.05beta04
107 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
108 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
109 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
110 o Avoid spurious error popups
111
[480]1123.05beta03
[492]113 o Help file updated by David
114 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
115 o Toolbars reworked by David
[480]116 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
117 o More great bitmaps from David
118
[473]1193.05beta02
120 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
[492]121 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
[473]122 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
123
[461]1243.05beta01
125 o More great bitmaps from David
126 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
127 o Rework some error messages
128 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
129
[431]1303.04
[435]131 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]132 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
133 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]134 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]135 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
136 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
137 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]138 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]139
[324]1403.04 pre11:
141 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
142 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
143
[307]1443.04 pre10:
145 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
146 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
147
1483.04 pre9:
149 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
150
1513.04 pre8:
152 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
153 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
154
1553.04 pre7:
156 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
157 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
158 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
159 o Minor makefile corrections
160
1613.04 pre6:
162 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
163
1643.04 pre5:
165 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
166 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
167 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
168 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
169 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
170
1713.04 pre4:
172 o Correct longnames display enable
173 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
174 o Support archiver.tmp install
175
1763.04 pre3:
177 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
178 o Support tarlist.cmd install
179 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
180 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
181
1823.04 pre2:
183 o More icon updates (David's v18)
184 o Avoid user directory edit crash
185 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
186
1873.04 pre1:
188 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
189 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
190 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
191 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
192 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
193 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
194
[221]1953.03:
196 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]197 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]198 o Correct archive sort again
[221]199
[138]2003.02i:
201 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]202 o Lots of work on large file support
203 o Switch to VAC 3.65
204 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]205 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
206 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
207 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]208 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]209 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
210 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
211 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]212
[111]2133.02h:
[128]214 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]215 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
216 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]217
[111]2183.02g:
219 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]220
[111]2213.02f:
[225]222 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]223 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
224 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]225
[111]2263.02e:
227 o More see all files fixes
228 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]229
[111]2303.02d:
231 o Clean up icon usage
232 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
233 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
234 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
235 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
236 o Correct resource strings
[58]237
[111]2383.02c:
239 o Correct broken assignments
240 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]241
[111]2423.02b:
243 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]244
[111]2453.02a:
246 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
247 o Correct archive name display
[58]248
[111]2493.02:
250 o First open source release.
[58]251
[111]2523.01:
253 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]254
[111]2553.00d:
256 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
257 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]258
[111]2593.00c:
260 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]261
[111]2623.00b:
263 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]264
[111]2653.00:
266 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
267 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
268 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
269 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
270 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
271 correspondingly smaller.
272 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
273 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
274 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
275 some more, thus tempting fate.
276 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
277 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
278 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
279 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
280 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
281 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
282 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
283 width.
284 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
285 this stuff built-in now.
286 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
287 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
288 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
289 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
290 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
291 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
292 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
293 confirmation.
294 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
295 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
296 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
297 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]298
[111]2992.67:
300 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
301 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
302 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
303 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
304 recall.
[58]305
[111]3062.66:
307 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
308 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
309 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
310 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
311 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
312 there's no diskette inserted.)
313 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
314 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
315 o Reworked Databar a bit.
316 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
317 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]318
[111]3192.65:
320 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
321 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
322 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
323 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
324 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
325 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
326 best stuff was turned off by default!
327 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
328 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
329 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
330 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
331 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
332 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
333 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]334
[111]3352.64:
336 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
337 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
338 horizontal) there.
339 o More help file work.
340 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
341 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
342 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
343 "touching" files easier.
[58]344
[111]3452.63:
346 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
347 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
348 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
349 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
350 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
351 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
352 is available.
353 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
354 attractive (IMHO).
355 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
356 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
357 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
358 marks.
359 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
360 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
361 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
362 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]363
[111]3642.62:
365 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]366
[111]3672.61:
368 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
369 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
370 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
371 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
372 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
373 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
374 is bordered in red.
375 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
376 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
377 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
378 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
379 files.
[58]380
[111]3812.60:
382 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
383 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
384 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
385 be refreshed in the archive.
386 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
387 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]388
[111]3892.59:
390 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
391 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
392 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]393
[111]3942.58:
395 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
396 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
397 help to reflect this.
398 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
399 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
400 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]401
[111]4022.57:
403 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
404 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
405 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]406
[111]4072.56:
408 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
409 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]410
[111]4112.55:
412 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
413 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]414
[111]4152.54:
416 o Small tweaks.
417 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
418 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]419
[111]4202.53:
421 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
422 selected files more quickly and easily.
423 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
424 Netscape were choking on it (a).
425 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
426 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
427 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
428 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]429
[111]4302.52:
431 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
432 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
433 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
434 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
435 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
436 standard, then stick to it? Please?
437 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
438 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]439
[111]4402.51:
441 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
442 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
443 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
444 user request.
445 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
446 user request.
447 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
448 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
449 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
450 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
451 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
452 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
453 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
454 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
455 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
456 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
457 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
458 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
459 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
460 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
461 still work correctly with this change.
462 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
463 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
464 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
465 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
466 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
467 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
468 up with all of it.
[58]469
[111]4702.50b:
471 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
472 image viewer window.
473 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
474 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]475
[111]4762.50a:
477 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
478 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
479 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
480 directories listed in environment variables).
481 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
482 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
483 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
484 registration information.
485 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
486 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
487 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
488 popup menu.
489 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
490 object that didn't already have them (duh).
491 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
492 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
493 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
494 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]495
[111]4962.50:
497 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
498 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
499 viewer.
500 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
501 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
502 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
503 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
504 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
505 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
506 results.
507 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
508 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
509 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
510 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
511 added file system type to end of string on user request.
512 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
513 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
514 It could happen.
515 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
516 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
517 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
518 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
519 o Note new internet address.
520 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
521 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
522 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
523 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
524 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
525 one :-).
526 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
527 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
528 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
529 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
530 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
531 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
532 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
533 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
534 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
535 even notice.
[58]536
[111]5372.49:
538 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
539 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
540 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
541 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
542 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
543 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
544 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
545 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
546 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
547 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
548 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
549 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
550 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]551
[111]5522.48a:
553 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
554 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
555 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
556 o More Merlin preparations.
557 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
558 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
559 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
560 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
561 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
562 the Joneses? :-)
[58]563
[111]5642.48:
565 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
566 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
567 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
568 under Merlin.
569 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
570 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
571 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
572 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
573 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
574 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
575 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
576 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
577 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
578 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
579 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
580 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
581 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
582 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
583 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
584 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
585 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
586 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
587 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
588 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
589 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
590 machine.
591 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
592 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
593 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]594
[111]5952.47:
596 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
597 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
598 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
599 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
600 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
601 submenu selected.
602 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
603 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
604 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
605 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
606 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
607 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
608 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
609 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
610 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
611 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
612 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
613 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
614 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
615 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
616 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
617 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
618 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
619 Container to change directories.
620 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
621 questions.
[58]622
[111]6232.46:
624 o Fixed drive button bug.
625 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
626 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
627 the real thing.
[58]628
[111]6292.45:
630 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
631 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
632 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
633 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
634 was closed.
635 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
636 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
637 Scan.
[58]638
[111]6392.44:
640 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
641 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
642 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
643 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
644 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
645 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
646 user-defined bitmap.
647 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
648 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
649 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
650 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
651 for possible later retrieval.
652 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
653 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
654 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]655
[111]6562.43:
657 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
658 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
659 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
660 connection, finally).
661 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
662 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
663 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
664 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
665 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
666 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
667 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
668 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
669 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
670 it finishes.
671 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
672 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
673 under older OS/2 versions.
674 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
675 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
676 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
677 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
678 reminder.
679 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
680 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]681
[111]6822.42:
683 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
684 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
685 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
686 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
687 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
688 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
689 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
690 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
691 flags from the command line as an override.
692 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
693 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
694 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
695 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
696 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
697 Directory Container looks.
698 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
699 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
700 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
701 examples).
702 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
703 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
704 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
705 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
706 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
707 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
708 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
709 instead of the internal).
710 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
711 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
712 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
713 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
714 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]715
7162.41:
717 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
718 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
719 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
720 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
721 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
722 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
723 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
724 attractively.
725 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
726 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
727 but not switch to them.
728 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
729 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
730 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
731 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
732 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
733 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
734 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
735 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
736 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
737 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
738 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
739 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
740 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
741 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
742 Shouldn't be a major problem.
743 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
744 know the blamed thing was there.
745 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
746 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
747 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
748 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
749 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
750 paragraph. Something I use.
751 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
752 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
753 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
754 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
755 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
756 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
757 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
758 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
759 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
760 Containers.
761 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
762 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
763 (some things grow with a life of their own).
764 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
765 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
766 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
767 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
768
[111]7692.40:
770 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
771 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
772 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
773 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
774 viewer.
775 o Added %! metastring.
776 o Added default archiver setting.
777 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
778 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
779 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
780 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
781 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
782 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
783 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
784 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
785 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
786 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
787 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
788 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
789 directories.
790 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
791 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
792 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]793
[111]7942.39:
795 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
796 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
797 at FP10+ levels.
798 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
799 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
800 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
801 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
802 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
803 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
804 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
805 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
806 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
807 changed.
808 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]809
[111]8102.38:
811 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
812 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
813 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
814 etc.).
815 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
816 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
817 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
818 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
819 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
820 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
821 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
822 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
823 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
824 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
825 show everything else.
826 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
827 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
828 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
829 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
830 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
831 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
832 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
833 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
834 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
835 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
836 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
837 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
838 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
839 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
840 foreground.
[58]841
[111]8422.37:
843 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
844 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
845 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
846 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
847 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
848 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
849 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
850 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
851 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
852 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
853 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
854 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
855 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
856 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
857 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
858 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
859 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
860 Directory Container.
[58]861
[111]8622.36:
863 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
864 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
865 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
866 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
867 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
868 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
869 o Tutorial section added to online help.
870 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
871 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
872 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
873 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
874 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
875 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
876 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
877 Settings notebook.
878 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
879 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
880 thousandth).
881 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
882 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
883 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]884
[111]8852.35:
886 o Performance tuning.
887 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
888 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
889 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
890 permanent by Adding them as usual.
891 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
892 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
893 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
894 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
895 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
896 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
897 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
898 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
899 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
900 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
901 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
902 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]903
[111]9042.34:
905 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
906 knee-jerk thing to do).
907 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
908 the container is maximized.
909 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
910 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
911 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
912 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
913 interested).
914 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
915 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
916 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
917 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
918 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
919 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
920 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
921 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
922 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
923 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
924 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
925 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
926 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
927 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
928 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]929
[111]9302.33:
931 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
932 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
933 internal Settings notebook).
934 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
935 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
936 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
937 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
938 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
939 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
940 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
941 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
942 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
943 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
944 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
945 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
946 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
947 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
948 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]949
[111]9502.32:
951 o See all files window fleshed out.
952 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
953 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
954 notebook.
955 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
956 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
957 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
958 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
959 of course).
960 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
961 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
962 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
963 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
964 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
965 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
966 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
967 the list.
[58]968
[111]9692.31:
970 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
971 miniapp.
972 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
973 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
974 to the above).
975 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
976 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
977 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
978 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
979 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
980 the archive resides."
981 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
982 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
983 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
984 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
985 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
986 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
987 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
988 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]989
[111]9902.30:
991 o I forget.
[58]992
[111]9932.29:
994 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
995 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
996 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
997 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
998 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
999 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1000 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1001 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1002 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1003 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1004 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1005 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1006 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1007 list).
[58]1008
[111]10092.28:
1010 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1011 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1012 dialog).
1013 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1014 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1015 current object.
1016 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1017 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1018 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1019 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1020 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1021 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1022 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1023 userlist dropdown.
1024 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1025 use a DOS app first...
[58]1026
[111]10272.27:
1028 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1029 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1030 default, BTW).
1031 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1032 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1033 weren't before).
1034 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1035 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1036 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1037 lines.
1038 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]1039
[111]10402.26:
1041 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1042 filenames.
1043 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1044 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1045 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1046 now on...
1047 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1048 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1049 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1050 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1051 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1052 client window whitespace.
1053 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1054 Edit menu.
1055 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1056 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1057 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1058 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1059 command.
1060 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1061 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1062 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]1063
[111]10642.25:
1065 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1066 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]1067
[111]10682.24:
1069 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1070 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1071 lives.
1072 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]1073
[111]10742.23:
1075 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1076 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1077 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1078 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1079 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1080 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]1081
[111]10822.22:
1083 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1084 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1085 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1086 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1087 inevitable problem arises.
1088 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1089 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]1090
[111]10912.21:
1092 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1093 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1094 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1095 causes default WPS open.
1096 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1097 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1098 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1099 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1100 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1101 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1102 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1103 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1104 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]1105
[111]11062.20:
1107 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1108 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1109 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1110 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1111 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1112 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1113 D&D.
1114 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1115 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1116 Containers.
1117 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1118 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1119 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1120 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1121 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1122 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1123 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1124 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1125 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1126 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1127 it (again).
[58]1128
[111]11292.19:
1130 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1131 alternative to maximizing.
1132 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1133 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1134 windows.
1135 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1136 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1137 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1138 along.
1139 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1140 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1141 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1142 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1143 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1144 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1145 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1146
[111]11472.18:
1148 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1149 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1150 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1151 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1152 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1153 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1154 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1155
[111]11562.17:
1157 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1158 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1159 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1160 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1161 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1162 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1163
[111]11642.16:
1165 o Added "Update objects" command.
1166 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1167 one (under "Context Menus").
1168 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1169 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1170 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1171 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1172 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1173 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1174 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1175 start working again.
[58]1176
[111]11772.15:
1178 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1179 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1180 o Added "Select List" command.
1181 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1182 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1183 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1184 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1185 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1186 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1187 I'm just the piano player.
1188 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1189 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1190
[111]11912.14:
1192 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1193 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1194 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1195 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1196 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1197 removable media drives.
1198 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1199 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1200 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1201 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1202 update the paths.
1203 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1204 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1205 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1206 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1207 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1208 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1209 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1210 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1211 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1212 to my satisfaction).
[58]1213
[111]12142.13:
1215 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1216 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1217 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1218 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1219 notebook.
1220 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1221 to use HPFS...).
1222 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1223 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1224 maybe a bit more functional.
1225 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1226
[111]12272.12:
1228 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1229 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1230 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1231 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1232 accelerator keys.
1233 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1234
[111]12352.11:
1236 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1237 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1238 give funny default drive.
1239 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1240 data between different INI files.
1241 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1242 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1243 There's a menu item for it.
1244 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1245 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1246 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1247
[111]12482.10:
1249 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1250 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1251 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1252 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1253 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1254 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1255 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1256
[111]12572.09:
1258 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1259 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1260 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1261 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1262 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1263 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1264 to trap.
1265 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1266 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1267 what Ron says...
1268 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1269 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1270
[111]12712.08:
1272 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1273 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1274 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1275 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1276 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1277 you can pick a different drive).
1278 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1279 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1280 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1281 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1282 line argument.
[58]1283
[111]12842.07:
1285 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1286 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1287 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1288 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1289 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1290 other.
[81]1291
[111]12922.06:
1293 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1294 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1295 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1296 root drives from being found.
1297 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1298 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1299 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1300 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1301 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1302 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1303
[111]1304[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1305
[111]13062.00:
1307 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1308 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1309 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1310
1311$Id: HISTORY 861 2007-11-11 06:12:07Z stevenhl $
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