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Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
Reorganize menus (Gregg)
Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
Update documentation (Gregg)
Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)

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33.05beta07
4 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
5 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
6 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
7 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
8 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
9 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
10 o Update documentation (Gregg)
11 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
12 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
13
143.05beta06
15 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
16 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
17
183.05beta05
19 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
20 o NDFS support by Gregg
21 o Default seek and scan to show files
22 o Rework menus
23 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
24 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
25 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
26
273.05beta04
28 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
29 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
30 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
31 o Avoid spurious error popups
32
333.05beta03
34 o Help file updated by David
35 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
36 o Toolbars reworked by David
37 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
38 o More great bitmaps from David
39
403.05beta02
41 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
42 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
43 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
44
453.05beta01
46 o More great bitmaps from David
47 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
48 o Rework some error messages
49 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
50
513.04
52 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
53 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
54 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
55 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
56 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
57 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
58 o More new icons (thanks David)
59 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
60
613.04 pre11:
62 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
63 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
64
653.04 pre10:
66 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
67 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
68
693.04 pre9:
70 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
71
723.04 pre8:
73 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
74 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
75
763.04 pre7:
77 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
78 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
79 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
80 o Minor makefile corrections
81
823.04 pre6:
83 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
84
853.04 pre5:
86 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
87 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
88 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
89 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
90 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
91
923.04 pre4:
93 o Correct longnames display enable
94 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
95 o Support archiver.tmp install
96
973.04 pre3:
98 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
99 o Support tarlist.cmd install
100 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
101 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
102
1033.04 pre2:
104 o More icon updates (David's v18)
105 o Avoid user directory edit crash
106 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
107
1083.04 pre1:
109 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
110 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
111 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
112 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
113 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
114 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
115
1163.03:
117 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
118 o Correct directory sizes sort
119 o Correct archive sort again
120
1213.02i:
122 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
123 o Lots of work on large file support
124 o Switch to VAC 3.65
125 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
126 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
127 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
128 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
129 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
130 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
131 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
132 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
133
1343.02h:
135 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
136 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
137 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
138
1393.02g:
140 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
141
1423.02f:
143 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
144 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
145 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
146
1473.02e:
148 o More see all files fixes
149 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
150
1513.02d:
152 o Clean up icon usage
153 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
154 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
155 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
156 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
157 o Correct resource strings
158
1593.02c:
160 o Correct broken assignments
161 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
162
1633.02b:
164 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
165
1663.02a:
167 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
168 o Correct archive name display
169
1703.02:
171 o First open source release.
172
1733.01:
174 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
175
1763.00d:
177 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
178 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
179
1803.00c:
181 o More minor bug fixes.
182
1833.00b:
184 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
185
1863.00:
187 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
188 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
189 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
190 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
191 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
192 correspondingly smaller.
193 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
194 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
195 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
196 some more, thus tempting fate.
197 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
198 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
199 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
200 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
201 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
202 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
203 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
204 width.
205 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
206 this stuff built-in now.
207 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
208 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
209 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
210 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
211 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
212 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
213 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
214 confirmation.
215 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
216 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
217 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
218 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
219
2202.67:
221 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
222 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
223 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
224 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
225 recall.
226
2272.66:
228 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
229 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
230 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
231 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
232 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
233 there's no diskette inserted.)
234 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
235 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
236 o Reworked Databar a bit.
237 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
238 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
239
2402.65:
241 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
242 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
243 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
244 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
245 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
246 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
247 best stuff was turned off by default!
248 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
249 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
250 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
251 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
252 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
253 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
254 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
255
2562.64:
257 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
258 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
259 horizontal) there.
260 o More help file work.
261 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
262 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
263 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
264 "touching" files easier.
265
2662.63:
267 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
268 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
269 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
270 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
271 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
272 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
273 is available.
274 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
275 attractive (IMHO).
276 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
277 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
278 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
279 marks.
280 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
281 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
282 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
283 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
284
2852.62:
286 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
287
2882.61:
289 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
290 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
291 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
292 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
293 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
294 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
295 is bordered in red.
296 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
297 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
298 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
299 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
300 files.
301
3022.60:
303 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
304 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
305 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
306 be refreshed in the archive.
307 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
308 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
309
3102.59:
311 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
312 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
313 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
314
3152.58:
316 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
317 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
318 help to reflect this.
319 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
320 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
321 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
322
3232.57:
324 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
325 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
326 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
327
3282.56:
329 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
330 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
331
3322.55:
333 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
334 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
335
3362.54:
337 o Small tweaks.
338 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
339 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
340
3412.53:
342 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
343 selected files more quickly and easily.
344 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
345 Netscape were choking on it (a).
346 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
347 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
348 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
349 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
350
3512.52:
352 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
353 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
354 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
355 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
356 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
357 standard, then stick to it? Please?
358 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
359 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
360
3612.51:
362 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
363 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
364 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
365 user request.
366 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
367 user request.
368 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
369 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
370 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
371 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
372 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
373 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
374 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
375 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
376 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
377 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
378 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
379 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
380 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
381 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
382 still work correctly with this change.
383 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
384 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
385 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
386 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
387 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
388 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
389 up with all of it.
390
3912.50b:
392 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
393 image viewer window.
394 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
395 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
396
3972.50a:
398 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
399 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
400 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
401 directories listed in environment variables).
402 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
403 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
404 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
405 registration information.
406 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
407 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
408 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
409 popup menu.
410 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
411 object that didn't already have them (duh).
412 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
413 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
414 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
415 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
416
4172.50:
418 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
419 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
420 viewer.
421 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
422 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
423 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
424 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
425 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
426 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
427 results.
428 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
429 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
430 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
431 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
432 added file system type to end of string on user request.
433 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
434 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
435 It could happen.
436 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
437 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
438 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
439 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
440 o Note new internet address.
441 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
442 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
443 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
444 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
445 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
446 one :-).
447 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
448 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
449 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
450 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
451 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
452 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
453 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
454 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
455 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
456 even notice.
457
4582.49:
459 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
460 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
461 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
462 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
463 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
464 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
465 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
466 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
467 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
468 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
469 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
470 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
471 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
472
4732.48a:
474 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
475 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
476 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
477 o More Merlin preparations.
478 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
479 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
480 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
481 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
482 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
483 the Joneses? :-)
484
4852.48:
486 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
487 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
488 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
489 under Merlin.
490 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
491 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
492 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
493 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
494 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
495 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
496 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
497 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
498 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
499 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
500 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
501 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
502 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
503 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
504 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
505 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
506 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
507 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
508 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
509 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
510 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
511 machine.
512 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
513 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
514 o Keys help added per user request.
515
5162.47:
517 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
518 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
519 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
520 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
521 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
522 submenu selected.
523 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
524 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
525 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
526 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
527 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
528 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
529 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
530 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
531 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
532 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
533 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
534 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
535 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
536 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
537 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
538 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
539 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
540 Container to change directories.
541 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
542 questions.
543
5442.46:
545 o Fixed drive button bug.
546 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
547 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
548 the real thing.
549
5502.45:
551 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
552 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
553 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
554 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
555 was closed.
556 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
557 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
558 Scan.
559
5602.44:
561 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
562 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
563 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
564 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
565 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
566 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
567 user-defined bitmap.
568 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
569 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
570 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
571 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
572 for possible later retrieval.
573 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
574 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
575 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
576
5772.43:
578 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
579 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
580 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
581 connection, finally).
582 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
583 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
584 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
585 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
586 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
587 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
588 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
589 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
590 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
591 it finishes.
592 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
593 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
594 under older OS/2 versions.
595 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
596 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
597 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
598 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
599 reminder.
600 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
601 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
602
6032.42:
604 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
605 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
606 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
607 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
608 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
609 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
610 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
611 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
612 flags from the command line as an override.
613 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
614 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
615 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
616 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
617 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
618 Directory Container looks.
619 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
620 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
621 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
622 examples).
623 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
624 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
625 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
626 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
627 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
628 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
629 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
630 instead of the internal).
631 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
632 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
633 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
634 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
635 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
636
6372.41:
638 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
639 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
640 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
641 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
642 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
643 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
644 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
645 attractively.
646 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
647 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
648 but not switch to them.
649 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
650 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
651 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
652 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
653 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
654 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
655 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
656 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
657 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
658 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
659 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
660 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
661 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
662 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
663 Shouldn't be a major problem.
664 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
665 know the blamed thing was there.
666 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
667 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
668 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
669 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
670 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
671 paragraph. Something I use.
672 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
673 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
674 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
675 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
676 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
677 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
678 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
679 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
680 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
681 Containers.
682 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
683 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
684 (some things grow with a life of their own).
685 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
686 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
687 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
688 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
689
6902.40:
691 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
692 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
693 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
694 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
695 viewer.
696 o Added %! metastring.
697 o Added default archiver setting.
698 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
699 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
700 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
701 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
702 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
703 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
704 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
705 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
706 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
707 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
708 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
709 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
710 directories.
711 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
712 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
713 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
714
7152.39:
716 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
717 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
718 at FP10+ levels.
719 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
720 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
721 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
722 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
723 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
724 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
725 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
726 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
727 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
728 changed.
729 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
730
7312.38:
732 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
733 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
734 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
735 etc.).
736 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
737 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
738 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
739 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
740 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
741 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
742 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
743 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
744 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
745 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
746 show everything else.
747 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
748 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
749 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
750 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
751 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
752 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
753 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
754 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
755 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
756 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
757 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
758 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
759 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
760 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
761 foreground.
762
7632.37:
764 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
765 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
766 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
767 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
768 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
769 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
770 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
771 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
772 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
773 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
774 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
775 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
776 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
777 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
778 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
779 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
780 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
781 Directory Container.
782
7832.36:
784 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
785 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
786 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
787 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
788 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
789 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
790 o Tutorial section added to online help.
791 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
792 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
793 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
794 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
795 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
796 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
797 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
798 Settings notebook.
799 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
800 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
801 thousandth).
802 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
803 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
804 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
805
8062.35:
807 o Performance tuning.
808 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
809 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
810 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
811 permanent by Adding them as usual.
812 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
813 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
814 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
815 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
816 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
817 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
818 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
819 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
820 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
821 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
822 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
823 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
824
8252.34:
826 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
827 knee-jerk thing to do).
828 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
829 the container is maximized.
830 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
831 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
832 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
833 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
834 interested).
835 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
836 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
837 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
838 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
839 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
840 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
841 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
842 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
843 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
844 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
845 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
846 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
847 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
848 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
849 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
850
8512.33:
852 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
853 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
854 internal Settings notebook).
855 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
856 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
857 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
858 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
859 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
860 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
861 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
862 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
863 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
864 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
865 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
866 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
867 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
868 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
869 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
870
8712.32:
872 o See all files window fleshed out.
873 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
874 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
875 notebook.
876 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
877 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
878 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
879 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
880 of course).
881 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
882 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
883 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
884 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
885 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
886 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
887 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
888 the list.
889
8902.31:
891 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
892 miniapp.
893 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
894 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
895 to the above).
896 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
897 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
898 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
899 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
900 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
901 the archive resides."
902 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
903 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
904 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
905 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
906 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
907 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
908 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
909 o More user suggestions implemented.
910
9112.30:
912 o I forget.
913
9142.29:
915 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
916 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
917 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
918 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
919 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
920 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
921 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
922 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
923 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
924 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
925 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
926 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
927 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
928 list).
929
9302.28:
931 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
932 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
933 dialog).
934 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
935 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
936 current object.
937 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
938 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
939 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
940 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
941 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
942 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
943 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
944 userlist dropdown.
945 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
946 use a DOS app first...
947
9482.27:
949 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
950 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
951 default, BTW).
952 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
953 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
954 weren't before).
955 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
956 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
957 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
958 lines.
959 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
960
9612.26:
962 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
963 filenames.
964 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
965 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
966 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
967 now on...
968 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
969 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
970 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
971 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
972 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
973 client window whitespace.
974 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
975 Edit menu.
976 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
977 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
978 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
979 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
980 command.
981 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
982 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
983 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
984
9852.25:
986 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
987 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
988
9892.24:
990 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
991 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
992 lives.
993 o Undelete enhancements.
994
9952.23:
996 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
997 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
998 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
999 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1000 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1001 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1002
10032.22:
1004 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1005 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1006 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1007 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1008 inevitable problem arises.
1009 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1010 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1011
10122.21:
1013 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1014 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1015 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1016 causes default WPS open.
1017 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1018 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1019 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1020 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1021 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1022 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1023 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1024 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1025 o Other stuff I forget.
1026
10272.20:
1028 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1029 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1030 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1031 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1032 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1033 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1034 D&D.
1035 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1036 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1037 Containers.
1038 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1039 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1040 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1041 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1042 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1043 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1044 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1045 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1046 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1047 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1048 it (again).
1049
10502.19:
1051 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1052 alternative to maximizing.
1053 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1054 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1055 windows.
1056 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1057 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1058 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1059 along.
1060 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1061 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1062 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1063 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1064 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1065 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1066 to return to from the maximized state).
1067
10682.18:
1069 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1070 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1071 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1072 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1073 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1074 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1075 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1076
10772.17:
1078 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1079 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1080 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1081 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1082 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1083 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1084
10852.16:
1086 o Added "Update objects" command.
1087 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1088 one (under "Context Menus").
1089 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1090 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1091 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1092 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1093 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1094 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1095 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1096 start working again.
1097
10982.15:
1099 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1100 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1101 o Added "Select List" command.
1102 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1103 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1104 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1105 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1106 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1107 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1108 I'm just the piano player.
1109 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1110 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1111
11122.14:
1113 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1114 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1115 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1116 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1117 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1118 removable media drives.
1119 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1120 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1121 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1122 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1123 update the paths.
1124 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1125 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1126 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1127 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1128 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1129 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1130 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1131 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1132 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1133 to my satisfaction).
1134
11352.13:
1136 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1137 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1138 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1139 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1140 notebook.
1141 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1142 to use HPFS...).
1143 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1144 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1145 maybe a bit more functional.
1146 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1147
11482.12:
1149 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1150 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1151 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1152 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1153 accelerator keys.
1154 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1155
11562.11:
1157 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1158 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1159 give funny default drive.
1160 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1161 data between different INI files.
1162 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1163 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1164 There's a menu item for it.
1165 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1166 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1167 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1168
11692.10:
1170 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1171 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1172 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1173 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1174 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1175 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1176 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1177
11782.09:
1179 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1180 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1181 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1182 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1183 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1184 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1185 to trap.
1186 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1187 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1188 what Ron says...
1189 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1190 o Added optional split status line.
1191
11922.08:
1193 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1194 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1195 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1196 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1197 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1198 you can pick a different drive).
1199 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1200 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1201 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1202 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1203 line argument.
1204
12052.07:
1206 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1207 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1208 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1209 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1210 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1211 other.
1212
12132.06:
1214 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1215 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1216 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1217 root drives from being found.
1218 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1219 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1220 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1221 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1222 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1223 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1224
1225[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1226
12272.00:
1228 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1229 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1230 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1231
1232$Id: HISTORY 549 2007-02-04 03:14:36Z root $
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