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[138]1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
[564]2
[917]33.10 (pre)
4 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
5 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
[919]6 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
7 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
8 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
[921]9 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
10 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
[940]11 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
[924]12 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
13 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
[925]14 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
[927]15 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
[929]16 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
[940]17 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
18 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remeber size and position. (Gregg)
19 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
20 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
21 and restored (Gregg)
22 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
[917]23
[915]243.09
[911]25 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
26 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
[897]27 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
28 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
29 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
30 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
[888]31 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
[882]32 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
[878]33 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
34 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
[897]35 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
[878]36 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
37 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
38 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
39 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
[905]40 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
41 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
42 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
[907]43 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
[913]44 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
[915]45 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
[871]46
[872]473.08
[866]48 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
49 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
50 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
51 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
52 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
53 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
54 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
55 on status line (Gregg)
56 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
57 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
58 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
59 string matching (Gregg)
[861]60 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
[834]61
[866]623.07
[786]63 o Tweak build process (Steven)
64 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
65 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
66 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
[788]67 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
[815]68 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
[786]69 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
70 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
[788]71 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
[796]72 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
73 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
74 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
75 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
76 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
77 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
78 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
79 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
80 read only files. (Gregg)
81 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
[791]82 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
83 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
[819]84 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
[796]85 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
[810]86 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
87 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
[815]88 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
[819]89 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
90 absent with wrapped tex and hex
[824]91 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
[786]92
933.06
[715]94 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
95 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
96 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
[708]97 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
[715]98 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
[708]99 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
[688]100
1013.05.09
102 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
[621]103 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
104 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
105 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
106 o Rework selective error logging logic
107 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
[575]108 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
[621]109 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
110 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
[687]111 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
[668]112 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
[604]113 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
114 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
115 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
[688]116 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
[575]117
[564]1183.05 beta08
[556]119 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
120 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
121 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
[564]122 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
[556]123 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
124 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
125 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
126 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
127 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
128 o Help file updates (Gregg)
129 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
130 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
[564]131 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
132 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
133 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
134 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
135
[549]1363.05beta07
137 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
138 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
139 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
140 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
141 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
142 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
143 o Update documentation (Gregg)
144 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
145 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
146
[546]1473.05beta06
148 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
149 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
150
[541]1513.05beta05
152 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
153 o NDFS support by Gregg
154 o Default seek and scan to show files
155 o Rework menus
156 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
157 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
158 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
159
[513]1603.05beta04
161 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
162 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
163 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
164 o Avoid spurious error popups
165
[480]1663.05beta03
[492]167 o Help file updated by David
168 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
169 o Toolbars reworked by David
[480]170 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
171 o More great bitmaps from David
172
[473]1733.05beta02
174 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
[492]175 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
[473]176 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
177
[461]1783.05beta01
179 o More great bitmaps from David
180 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
181 o Rework some error messages
182 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
183
[431]1843.04
[435]185 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
[427]186 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
187 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
[421]188 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
[388]189 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
190 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
191 o More new icons (thanks David)
[412]192 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
[388]193
[324]1943.04 pre11:
195 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
196 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
197
[307]1983.04 pre10:
199 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
200 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
201
2023.04 pre9:
203 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
204
2053.04 pre8:
206 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
207 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
208
2093.04 pre7:
210 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
211 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
212 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
213 o Minor makefile corrections
214
2153.04 pre6:
216 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
217
2183.04 pre5:
219 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
220 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
221 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
222 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
223 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
224
2253.04 pre4:
226 o Correct longnames display enable
227 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
228 o Support archiver.tmp install
229
2303.04 pre3:
231 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
232 o Support tarlist.cmd install
233 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
234 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
235
2363.04 pre2:
237 o More icon updates (David's v18)
238 o Avoid user directory edit crash
239 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
240
2413.04 pre1:
242 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
243 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
244 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
245 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
246 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
247 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
248
[221]2493.03:
250 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
[225]251 o Correct directory sizes sort
[228]252 o Correct archive sort again
[221]253
[138]2543.02i:
255 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
[168]256 o Lots of work on large file support
257 o Switch to VAC 3.65
258 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
[221]259 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
260 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
261 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
[307]262 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
[221]263 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
264 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
265 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
[138]266
[111]2673.02h:
[128]268 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
[111]269 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
270 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
[58]271
[111]2723.02g:
273 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
[58]274
[111]2753.02f:
[225]276 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
[111]277 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
278 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
[58]279
[111]2803.02e:
281 o More see all files fixes
282 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
[58]283
[111]2843.02d:
285 o Clean up icon usage
286 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
287 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
288 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
289 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
290 o Correct resource strings
[58]291
[111]2923.02c:
293 o Correct broken assignments
294 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
[58]295
[111]2963.02b:
297 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
[58]298
[111]2993.02a:
300 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
301 o Correct archive name display
[58]302
[111]3033.02:
304 o First open source release.
[58]305
[111]3063.01:
307 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
[58]308
[111]3093.00d:
310 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
311 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
[58]312
[111]3133.00c:
314 o More minor bug fixes.
[58]315
[111]3163.00b:
317 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
[58]318
[111]3193.00:
320 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
321 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
322 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
323 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
324 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
325 correspondingly smaller.
326 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
327 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
328 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
329 some more, thus tempting fate.
330 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
331 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
332 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
333 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
334 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
335 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
336 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
337 width.
338 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
339 this stuff built-in now.
340 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
341 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
342 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
343 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
344 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
345 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
346 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
347 confirmation.
348 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
349 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
350 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
351 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
[58]352
[111]3532.67:
354 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
355 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
356 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
357 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
358 recall.
[58]359
[111]3602.66:
361 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
362 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
363 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
364 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
365 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
366 there's no diskette inserted.)
367 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
368 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
369 o Reworked Databar a bit.
370 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
371 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
[58]372
[111]3732.65:
374 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
375 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
376 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
377 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
378 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
379 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
380 best stuff was turned off by default!
381 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
382 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
383 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
384 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
385 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
386 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
387 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
[58]388
[111]3892.64:
390 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
391 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
392 horizontal) there.
393 o More help file work.
394 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
395 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
396 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
397 "touching" files easier.
[58]398
[111]3992.63:
400 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
401 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
402 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
403 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
404 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
405 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
406 is available.
407 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
408 attractive (IMHO).
409 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
410 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
411 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
412 marks.
413 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
414 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
415 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
416 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
[58]417
[111]4182.62:
419 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
[58]420
[111]4212.61:
422 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
423 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
424 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
425 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
426 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
427 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
428 is bordered in red.
429 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
430 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
431 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
432 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
433 files.
[58]434
[111]4352.60:
436 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
437 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
438 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
439 be refreshed in the archive.
440 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
441 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
[58]442
[111]4432.59:
444 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
445 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
446 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
[58]447
[111]4482.58:
449 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
450 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
451 help to reflect this.
452 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
453 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
454 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
[58]455
[111]4562.57:
457 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
458 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
459 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
[58]460
[111]4612.56:
462 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
463 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
[58]464
[111]4652.55:
466 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
467 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
[58]468
[111]4692.54:
470 o Small tweaks.
471 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
472 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
[58]473
[111]4742.53:
475 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
476 selected files more quickly and easily.
477 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
478 Netscape were choking on it (a).
479 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
480 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
481 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
482 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
[58]483
[111]4842.52:
485 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
486 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
487 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
488 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
489 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
490 standard, then stick to it? Please?
491 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
492 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
[58]493
[111]4942.51:
495 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
496 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
497 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
498 user request.
499 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
500 user request.
501 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
502 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
503 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
504 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
505 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
506 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
507 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
508 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
509 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
510 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
511 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
512 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
513 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
514 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
515 still work correctly with this change.
516 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
517 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
518 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
519 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
520 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
521 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
522 up with all of it.
[58]523
[111]5242.50b:
525 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
526 image viewer window.
527 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
528 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
[58]529
[111]5302.50a:
531 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
532 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
533 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
534 directories listed in environment variables).
535 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
536 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
537 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
538 registration information.
539 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
540 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
541 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
542 popup menu.
543 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
544 object that didn't already have them (duh).
545 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
546 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
547 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
548 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
[58]549
[111]5502.50:
551 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
552 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
553 viewer.
554 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
555 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
556 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
557 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
558 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
559 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
560 results.
561 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
562 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
563 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
564 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
565 added file system type to end of string on user request.
566 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
567 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
568 It could happen.
569 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
570 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
571 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
572 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
573 o Note new internet address.
574 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
575 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
576 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
577 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
578 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
579 one :-).
580 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
581 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
582 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
583 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
584 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
585 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
586 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
587 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
588 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
589 even notice.
[58]590
[111]5912.49:
592 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
593 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
594 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
595 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
596 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
597 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
598 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
599 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
600 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
601 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
602 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
603 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
604 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
[58]605
[111]6062.48a:
607 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
608 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
609 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
610 o More Merlin preparations.
611 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
612 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
613 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
614 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
615 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
616 the Joneses? :-)
[58]617
[111]6182.48:
619 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
620 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
621 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
622 under Merlin.
623 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
624 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
625 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
626 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
627 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
628 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
629 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
630 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
631 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
632 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
633 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
634 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
635 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
636 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
637 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
638 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
639 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
640 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
641 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
642 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
643 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
644 machine.
645 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
646 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
647 o Keys help added per user request.
[58]648
[111]6492.47:
650 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
651 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
652 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
653 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
654 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
655 submenu selected.
656 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
657 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
658 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
659 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
660 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
661 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
662 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
663 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
664 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
665 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
666 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
667 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
668 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
669 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
670 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
671 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
672 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
673 Container to change directories.
674 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
675 questions.
[58]676
[111]6772.46:
678 o Fixed drive button bug.
679 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
680 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
681 the real thing.
[58]682
[111]6832.45:
684 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
685 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
686 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
687 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
688 was closed.
689 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
690 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
691 Scan.
[58]692
[111]6932.44:
694 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
695 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
696 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
697 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
698 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
699 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
700 user-defined bitmap.
701 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
702 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
703 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
704 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
705 for possible later retrieval.
706 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
707 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
708 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
[58]709
[111]7102.43:
711 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
712 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
713 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
714 connection, finally).
715 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
716 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
717 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
718 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
719 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
720 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
721 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
722 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
723 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
724 it finishes.
725 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
726 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
727 under older OS/2 versions.
728 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
729 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
730 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
731 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
732 reminder.
733 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
734 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
[58]735
[111]7362.42:
737 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
738 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
739 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
740 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
741 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
742 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
743 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
744 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
745 flags from the command line as an override.
746 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
747 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
748 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
749 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
750 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
751 Directory Container looks.
752 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
753 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
754 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
755 examples).
756 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
757 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
758 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
759 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
760 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
761 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
762 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
763 instead of the internal).
764 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
765 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
766 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
767 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
768 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
[58]769
7702.41:
771 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
772 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
773 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
774 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
775 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
776 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
777 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
778 attractively.
779 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
780 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
781 but not switch to them.
782 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
783 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
784 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
785 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
786 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
787 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
788 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
789 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
790 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
791 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
792 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
793 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
794 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
795 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
796 Shouldn't be a major problem.
797 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
798 know the blamed thing was there.
799 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
800 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
801 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
802 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
803 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
804 paragraph. Something I use.
805 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
806 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
807 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
808 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
809 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
810 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
811 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
812 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
813 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
814 Containers.
815 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
816 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
817 (some things grow with a life of their own).
818 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
819 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
820 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
821 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
822
[111]8232.40:
824 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
825 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
826 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
827 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
828 viewer.
829 o Added %! metastring.
830 o Added default archiver setting.
831 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
832 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
833 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
834 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
835 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
836 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
837 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
838 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
839 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
840 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
841 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
842 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
843 directories.
844 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
845 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
846 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
[58]847
[111]8482.39:
849 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
850 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
851 at FP10+ levels.
852 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
853 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
854 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
855 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
856 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
857 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
858 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
859 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
860 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
861 changed.
862 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
[58]863
[111]8642.38:
865 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
866 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
867 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
868 etc.).
869 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
870 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
871 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
872 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
873 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
874 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
875 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
876 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
877 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
878 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
879 show everything else.
880 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
881 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
882 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
883 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
884 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
885 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
886 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
887 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
888 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
889 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
890 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
891 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
892 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
893 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
894 foreground.
[58]895
[111]8962.37:
897 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
898 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
899 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
900 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
901 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
902 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
903 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
904 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
905 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
906 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
907 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
908 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
909 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
910 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
911 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
912 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
913 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
914 Directory Container.
[58]915
[111]9162.36:
917 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
918 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
919 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
920 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
921 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
922 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
923 o Tutorial section added to online help.
924 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
925 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
926 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
927 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
928 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
929 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
930 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
931 Settings notebook.
932 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
933 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
934 thousandth).
935 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
936 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
937 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
[58]938
[111]9392.35:
940 o Performance tuning.
941 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
942 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
943 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
944 permanent by Adding them as usual.
945 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
946 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
947 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
948 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
949 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
950 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
951 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
952 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
953 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
954 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
955 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
956 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
[58]957
[111]9582.34:
959 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
960 knee-jerk thing to do).
961 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
962 the container is maximized.
963 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
964 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
965 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
966 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
967 interested).
968 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
969 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
970 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
971 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
972 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
973 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
974 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
975 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
976 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
977 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
978 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
979 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
980 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
981 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
982 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
[58]983
[111]9842.33:
985 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
986 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
987 internal Settings notebook).
988 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
989 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
990 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
991 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
992 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
993 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
994 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
995 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
996 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
997 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
998 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
999 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1000 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1001 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1002 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
[58]1003
[111]10042.32:
1005 o See all files window fleshed out.
1006 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1007 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1008 notebook.
1009 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1010 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1011 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1012 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1013 of course).
1014 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1015 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1016 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1017 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1018 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1019 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1020 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1021 the list.
[58]1022
[111]10232.31:
1024 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1025 miniapp.
1026 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1027 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1028 to the above).
1029 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1030 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1031 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1032 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1033 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1034 the archive resides."
1035 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1036 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1037 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1038 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1039 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1040 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1041 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1042 o More user suggestions implemented.
[58]1043
[111]10442.30:
1045 o I forget.
[58]1046
[111]10472.29:
1048 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1049 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1050 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1051 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1052 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1053 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1054 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1055 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1056 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1057 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1058 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1059 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1060 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1061 list).
[58]1062
[111]10632.28:
1064 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1065 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1066 dialog).
1067 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1068 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1069 current object.
1070 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1071 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1072 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1073 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1074 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1075 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1076 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1077 userlist dropdown.
1078 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1079 use a DOS app first...
[58]1080
[111]10812.27:
1082 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1083 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1084 default, BTW).
1085 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1086 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1087 weren't before).
1088 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1089 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1090 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1091 lines.
1092 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
[58]1093
[111]10942.26:
1095 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1096 filenames.
1097 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1098 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1099 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1100 now on...
1101 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1102 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1103 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1104 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1105 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1106 client window whitespace.
1107 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1108 Edit menu.
1109 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1110 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1111 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1112 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1113 command.
1114 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1115 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1116 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
[58]1117
[111]11182.25:
1119 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1120 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
[58]1121
[111]11222.24:
1123 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1124 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1125 lives.
1126 o Undelete enhancements.
[58]1127
[111]11282.23:
1129 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1130 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1131 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1132 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1133 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1134 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
[58]1135
[111]11362.22:
1137 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1138 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1139 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1140 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1141 inevitable problem arises.
1142 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1143 with same name and/or size and filedate.
[58]1144
[111]11452.21:
1146 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1147 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1148 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1149 causes default WPS open.
1150 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1151 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1152 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1153 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1154 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1155 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1156 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1157 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1158 o Other stuff I forget.
[58]1159
[111]11602.20:
1161 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1162 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1163 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1164 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1165 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1166 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1167 D&D.
1168 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1169 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1170 Containers.
1171 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1172 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1173 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1174 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1175 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1176 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1177 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1178 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1179 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1180 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1181 it (again).
[58]1182
[111]11832.19:
1184 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1185 alternative to maximizing.
1186 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1187 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1188 windows.
1189 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1190 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1191 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1192 along.
1193 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1194 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1195 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1196 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1197 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1198 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1199 to return to from the maximized state).
[58]1200
[111]12012.18:
1202 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1203 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1204 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1205 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1206 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1207 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1208 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
[58]1209
[111]12102.17:
1211 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1212 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1213 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1214 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1215 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1216 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
[58]1217
[111]12182.16:
1219 o Added "Update objects" command.
1220 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1221 one (under "Context Menus").
1222 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1223 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1224 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1225 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1226 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1227 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1228 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1229 start working again.
[58]1230
[111]12312.15:
1232 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1233 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1234 o Added "Select List" command.
1235 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1236 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1237 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1238 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1239 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1240 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1241 I'm just the piano player.
1242 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1243 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
[58]1244
[111]12452.14:
1246 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1247 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1248 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1249 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1250 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1251 removable media drives.
1252 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1253 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1254 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1255 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1256 update the paths.
1257 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1258 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1259 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1260 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1261 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1262 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1263 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1264 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1265 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1266 to my satisfaction).
[58]1267
[111]12682.13:
1269 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1270 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1271 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1272 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1273 notebook.
1274 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1275 to use HPFS...).
1276 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1277 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1278 maybe a bit more functional.
1279 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
[58]1280
[111]12812.12:
1282 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1283 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1284 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1285 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1286 accelerator keys.
1287 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
[58]1288
[111]12892.11:
1290 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1291 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1292 give funny default drive.
1293 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1294 data between different INI files.
1295 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1296 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1297 There's a menu item for it.
1298 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1299 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1300 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
[58]1301
[111]13022.10:
1303 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1304 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1305 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1306 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1307 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1308 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1309 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
[58]1310
[111]13112.09:
1312 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1313 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1314 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1315 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1316 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1317 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1318 to trap.
1319 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1320 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1321 what Ron says...
1322 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1323 o Added optional split status line.
[58]1324
[111]13252.08:
1326 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1327 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1328 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1329 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1330 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1331 you can pick a different drive).
1332 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1333 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1334 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1335 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1336 line argument.
[58]1337
[111]13382.07:
1339 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1340 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1341 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1342 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1343 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1344 other.
[81]1345
[111]13462.06:
1347 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1348 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1349 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1350 root drives from being found.
1351 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1352 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1353 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1354 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1355 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1356 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
[81]1357
[111]1358[lazy bum skipped a few...]
[81]1359
[111]13602.00:
1361 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1362 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1363 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
[81]1364
[897]1365$Id: HISTORY 940 2008-01-21 21:55:00Z gyoung $
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