source: trunk/HISTORY@ 827

Last change on this file since 827 was 824, checked in by Steven Levine, 18 years ago

Add accelerator support to QuickList windows
Correct IDS_INIREADONLYTEXT message to match reality
Disable misc unused DbgMsg calls

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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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33.07 (pending)
4 o Tweak build process (Steven)
5 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
6 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
7 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
8 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
9 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
10 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
11 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
12 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
13 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
14 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
15 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
16 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
17 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
18 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
19 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
20 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
21 read only files. (Gregg)
22 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
23 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
24 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
25 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
26 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
27 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
28 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
29 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
30 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
31 absent with wrapped tex and hex
32 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
33
343.06
35 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
36 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
37 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
38 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
39 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
40 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
41
423.05.09
43 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
44 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
45 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
46 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
47 o Rework selective error logging logic
48 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
49 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
50 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
51 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
52 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
53 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
54 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
55 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
56 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
57 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
58
593.05 beta08
60 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
61 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
62 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
63 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
64 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
65 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
66 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
67 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
68 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
69 o Help file updates (Gregg)
70 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
71 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
72 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
73 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
74 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
75 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
76
773.05beta07
78 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
79 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
80 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
81 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
82 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
83 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
84 o Update documentation (Gregg)
85 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
86 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
87
883.05beta06
89 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
90 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
91
923.05beta05
93 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
94 o NDFS support by Gregg
95 o Default seek and scan to show files
96 o Rework menus
97 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
98 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
99 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
100
1013.05beta04
102 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
103 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
104 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
105 o Avoid spurious error popups
106
1073.05beta03
108 o Help file updated by David
109 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
110 o Toolbars reworked by David
111 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
112 o More great bitmaps from David
113
1143.05beta02
115 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
116 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
117 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
118
1193.05beta01
120 o More great bitmaps from David
121 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
122 o Rework some error messages
123 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
124
1253.04
126 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
127 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
128 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
129 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
130 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
131 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
132 o More new icons (thanks David)
133 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
134
1353.04 pre11:
136 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
137 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
138
1393.04 pre10:
140 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
141 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
142
1433.04 pre9:
144 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
145
1463.04 pre8:
147 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
148 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
149
1503.04 pre7:
151 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
152 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
153 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
154 o Minor makefile corrections
155
1563.04 pre6:
157 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
158
1593.04 pre5:
160 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
161 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
162 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
163 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
164 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
165
1663.04 pre4:
167 o Correct longnames display enable
168 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
169 o Support archiver.tmp install
170
1713.04 pre3:
172 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
173 o Support tarlist.cmd install
174 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
175 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
176
1773.04 pre2:
178 o More icon updates (David's v18)
179 o Avoid user directory edit crash
180 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
181
1823.04 pre1:
183 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
184 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
185 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
186 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
187 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
188 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
189
1903.03:
191 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
192 o Correct directory sizes sort
193 o Correct archive sort again
194
1953.02i:
196 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
197 o Lots of work on large file support
198 o Switch to VAC 3.65
199 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
200 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
201 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
202 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
203 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
204 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
205 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
206 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
207
2083.02h:
209 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
210 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
211 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
212
2133.02g:
214 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
215
2163.02f:
217 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
218 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
219 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
220
2213.02e:
222 o More see all files fixes
223 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
224
2253.02d:
226 o Clean up icon usage
227 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
228 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
229 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
230 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
231 o Correct resource strings
232
2333.02c:
234 o Correct broken assignments
235 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
236
2373.02b:
238 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
239
2403.02a:
241 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
242 o Correct archive name display
243
2443.02:
245 o First open source release.
246
2473.01:
248 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
249
2503.00d:
251 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
252 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
253
2543.00c:
255 o More minor bug fixes.
256
2573.00b:
258 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
259
2603.00:
261 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
262 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
263 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
264 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
265 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
266 correspondingly smaller.
267 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
268 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
269 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
270 some more, thus tempting fate.
271 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
272 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
273 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
274 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
275 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
276 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
277 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
278 width.
279 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
280 this stuff built-in now.
281 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
282 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
283 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
284 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
285 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
286 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
287 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
288 confirmation.
289 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
290 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
291 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
292 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
293
2942.67:
295 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
296 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
297 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
298 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
299 recall.
300
3012.66:
302 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
303 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
304 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
305 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
306 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
307 there's no diskette inserted.)
308 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
309 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
310 o Reworked Databar a bit.
311 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
312 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
313
3142.65:
315 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
316 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
317 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
318 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
319 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
320 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
321 best stuff was turned off by default!
322 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
323 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
324 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
325 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
326 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
327 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
328 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
329
3302.64:
331 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
332 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
333 horizontal) there.
334 o More help file work.
335 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
336 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
337 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
338 "touching" files easier.
339
3402.63:
341 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
342 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
343 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
344 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
345 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
346 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
347 is available.
348 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
349 attractive (IMHO).
350 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
351 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
352 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
353 marks.
354 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
355 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
356 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
357 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
358
3592.62:
360 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
361
3622.61:
363 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
364 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
365 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
366 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
367 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
368 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
369 is bordered in red.
370 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
371 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
372 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
373 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
374 files.
375
3762.60:
377 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
378 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
379 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
380 be refreshed in the archive.
381 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
382 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
383
3842.59:
385 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
386 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
387 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
388
3892.58:
390 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
391 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
392 help to reflect this.
393 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
394 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
395 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
396
3972.57:
398 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
399 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
400 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
401
4022.56:
403 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
404 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
405
4062.55:
407 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
408 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
409
4102.54:
411 o Small tweaks.
412 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
413 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
414
4152.53:
416 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
417 selected files more quickly and easily.
418 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
419 Netscape were choking on it (a).
420 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
421 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
422 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
423 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
424
4252.52:
426 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
427 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
428 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
429 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
430 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
431 standard, then stick to it? Please?
432 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
433 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
434
4352.51:
436 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
437 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
438 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
439 user request.
440 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
441 user request.
442 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
443 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
444 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
445 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
446 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
447 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
448 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
449 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
450 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
451 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
452 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
453 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
454 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
455 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
456 still work correctly with this change.
457 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
458 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
459 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
460 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
461 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
462 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
463 up with all of it.
464
4652.50b:
466 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
467 image viewer window.
468 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
469 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
470
4712.50a:
472 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
473 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
474 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
475 directories listed in environment variables).
476 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
477 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
478 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
479 registration information.
480 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
481 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
482 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
483 popup menu.
484 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
485 object that didn't already have them (duh).
486 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
487 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
488 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
489 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
490
4912.50:
492 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
493 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
494 viewer.
495 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
496 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
497 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
498 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
499 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
500 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
501 results.
502 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
503 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
504 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
505 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
506 added file system type to end of string on user request.
507 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
508 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
509 It could happen.
510 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
511 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
512 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
513 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
514 o Note new internet address.
515 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
516 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
517 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
518 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
519 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
520 one :-).
521 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
522 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
523 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
524 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
525 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
526 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
527 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
528 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
529 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
530 even notice.
531
5322.49:
533 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
534 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
535 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
536 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
537 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
538 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
539 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
540 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
541 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
542 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
543 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
544 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
545 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
546
5472.48a:
548 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
549 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
550 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
551 o More Merlin preparations.
552 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
553 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
554 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
555 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
556 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
557 the Joneses? :-)
558
5592.48:
560 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
561 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
562 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
563 under Merlin.
564 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
565 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
566 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
567 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
568 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
569 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
570 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
571 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
572 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
573 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
574 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
575 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
576 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
577 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
578 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
579 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
580 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
581 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
582 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
583 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
584 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
585 machine.
586 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
587 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
588 o Keys help added per user request.
589
5902.47:
591 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
592 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
593 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
594 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
595 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
596 submenu selected.
597 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
598 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
599 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
600 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
601 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
602 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
603 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
604 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
605 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
606 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
607 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
608 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
609 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
610 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
611 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
612 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
613 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
614 Container to change directories.
615 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
616 questions.
617
6182.46:
619 o Fixed drive button bug.
620 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
621 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
622 the real thing.
623
6242.45:
625 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
626 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
627 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
628 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
629 was closed.
630 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
631 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
632 Scan.
633
6342.44:
635 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
636 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
637 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
638 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
639 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
640 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
641 user-defined bitmap.
642 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
643 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
644 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
645 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
646 for possible later retrieval.
647 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
648 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
649 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
650
6512.43:
652 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
653 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
654 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
655 connection, finally).
656 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
657 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
658 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
659 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
660 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
661 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
662 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
663 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
664 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
665 it finishes.
666 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
667 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
668 under older OS/2 versions.
669 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
670 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
671 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
672 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
673 reminder.
674 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
675 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
676
6772.42:
678 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
679 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
680 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
681 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
682 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
683 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
684 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
685 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
686 flags from the command line as an override.
687 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
688 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
689 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
690 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
691 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
692 Directory Container looks.
693 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
694 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
695 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
696 examples).
697 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
698 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
699 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
700 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
701 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
702 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
703 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
704 instead of the internal).
705 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
706 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
707 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
708 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
709 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
710
7112.41:
712 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
713 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
714 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
715 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
716 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
717 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
718 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
719 attractively.
720 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
721 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
722 but not switch to them.
723 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
724 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
725 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
726 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
727 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
728 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
729 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
730 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
731 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
732 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
733 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
734 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
735 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
736 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
737 Shouldn't be a major problem.
738 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
739 know the blamed thing was there.
740 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
741 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
742 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
743 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
744 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
745 paragraph. Something I use.
746 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
747 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
748 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
749 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
750 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
751 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
752 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
753 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
754 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
755 Containers.
756 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
757 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
758 (some things grow with a life of their own).
759 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
760 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
761 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
762 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
763
7642.40:
765 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
766 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
767 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
768 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
769 viewer.
770 o Added %! metastring.
771 o Added default archiver setting.
772 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
773 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
774 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
775 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
776 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
777 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
778 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
779 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
780 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
781 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
782 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
783 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
784 directories.
785 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
786 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
787 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
788
7892.39:
790 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
791 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
792 at FP10+ levels.
793 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
794 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
795 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
796 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
797 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
798 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
799 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
800 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
801 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
802 changed.
803 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
804
8052.38:
806 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
807 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
808 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
809 etc.).
810 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
811 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
812 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
813 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
814 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
815 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
816 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
817 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
818 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
819 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
820 show everything else.
821 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
822 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
823 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
824 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
825 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
826 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
827 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
828 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
829 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
830 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
831 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
832 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
833 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
834 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
835 foreground.
836
8372.37:
838 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
839 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
840 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
841 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
842 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
843 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
844 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
845 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
846 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
847 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
848 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
849 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
850 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
851 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
852 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
853 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
854 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
855 Directory Container.
856
8572.36:
858 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
859 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
860 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
861 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
862 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
863 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
864 o Tutorial section added to online help.
865 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
866 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
867 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
868 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
869 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
870 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
871 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
872 Settings notebook.
873 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
874 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
875 thousandth).
876 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
877 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
878 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
879
8802.35:
881 o Performance tuning.
882 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
883 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
884 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
885 permanent by Adding them as usual.
886 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
887 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
888 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
889 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
890 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
891 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
892 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
893 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
894 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
895 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
896 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
897 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
898
8992.34:
900 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
901 knee-jerk thing to do).
902 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
903 the container is maximized.
904 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
905 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
906 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
907 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
908 interested).
909 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
910 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
911 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
912 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
913 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
914 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
915 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
916 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
917 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
918 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
919 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
920 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
921 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
922 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
923 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
924
9252.33:
926 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
927 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
928 internal Settings notebook).
929 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
930 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
931 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
932 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
933 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
934 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
935 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
936 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
937 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
938 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
939 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
940 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
941 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
942 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
943 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
944
9452.32:
946 o See all files window fleshed out.
947 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
948 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
949 notebook.
950 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
951 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
952 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
953 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
954 of course).
955 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
956 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
957 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
958 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
959 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
960 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
961 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
962 the list.
963
9642.31:
965 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
966 miniapp.
967 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
968 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
969 to the above).
970 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
971 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
972 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
973 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
974 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
975 the archive resides."
976 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
977 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
978 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
979 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
980 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
981 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
982 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
983 o More user suggestions implemented.
984
9852.30:
986 o I forget.
987
9882.29:
989 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
990 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
991 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
992 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
993 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
994 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
995 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
996 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
997 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
998 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
999 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1000 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1001 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1002 list).
1003
10042.28:
1005 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1006 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1007 dialog).
1008 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1009 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1010 current object.
1011 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1012 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1013 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1014 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1015 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1016 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1017 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1018 userlist dropdown.
1019 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1020 use a DOS app first...
1021
10222.27:
1023 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1024 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1025 default, BTW).
1026 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1027 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1028 weren't before).
1029 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1030 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1031 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1032 lines.
1033 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1034
10352.26:
1036 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1037 filenames.
1038 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1039 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1040 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1041 now on...
1042 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1043 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1044 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1045 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1046 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1047 client window whitespace.
1048 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1049 Edit menu.
1050 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1051 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1052 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1053 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1054 command.
1055 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1056 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1057 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1058
10592.25:
1060 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1061 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1062
10632.24:
1064 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1065 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1066 lives.
1067 o Undelete enhancements.
1068
10692.23:
1070 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1071 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1072 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1073 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1074 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1075 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1076
10772.22:
1078 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1079 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1080 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1081 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1082 inevitable problem arises.
1083 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1084 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1085
10862.21:
1087 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1088 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1089 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1090 causes default WPS open.
1091 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1092 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1093 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1094 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1095 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1096 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1097 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1098 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1099 o Other stuff I forget.
1100
11012.20:
1102 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1103 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1104 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1105 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1106 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1107 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1108 D&D.
1109 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1110 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1111 Containers.
1112 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1113 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1114 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1115 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1116 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1117 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1118 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1119 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1120 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1121 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1122 it (again).
1123
11242.19:
1125 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1126 alternative to maximizing.
1127 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1128 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1129 windows.
1130 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1131 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1132 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1133 along.
1134 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1135 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1136 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1137 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1138 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1139 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1140 to return to from the maximized state).
1141
11422.18:
1143 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1144 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1145 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1146 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1147 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1148 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1149 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1150
11512.17:
1152 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1153 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1154 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1155 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1156 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1157 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1158
11592.16:
1160 o Added "Update objects" command.
1161 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1162 one (under "Context Menus").
1163 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1164 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1165 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1166 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1167 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1168 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1169 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1170 start working again.
1171
11722.15:
1173 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1174 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1175 o Added "Select List" command.
1176 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1177 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1178 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1179 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1180 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1181 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1182 I'm just the piano player.
1183 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1184 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1185
11862.14:
1187 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1188 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1189 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1190 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1191 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1192 removable media drives.
1193 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1194 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1195 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1196 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1197 update the paths.
1198 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1199 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1200 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1201 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1202 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1203 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1204 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1205 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1206 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1207 to my satisfaction).
1208
12092.13:
1210 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1211 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1212 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1213 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1214 notebook.
1215 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1216 to use HPFS...).
1217 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1218 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1219 maybe a bit more functional.
1220 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1221
12222.12:
1223 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1224 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1225 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1226 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1227 accelerator keys.
1228 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1229
12302.11:
1231 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1232 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1233 give funny default drive.
1234 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1235 data between different INI files.
1236 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1237 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1238 There's a menu item for it.
1239 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1240 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1241 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1242
12432.10:
1244 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1245 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1246 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1247 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1248 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1249 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1250 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1251
12522.09:
1253 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1254 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1255 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1256 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1257 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1258 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1259 to trap.
1260 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1261 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1262 what Ron says...
1263 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1264 o Added optional split status line.
1265
12662.08:
1267 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1268 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1269 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1270 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1271 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1272 you can pick a different drive).
1273 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1274 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1275 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1276 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1277 line argument.
1278
12792.07:
1280 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1281 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1282 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1283 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1284 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1285 other.
1286
12872.06:
1288 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1289 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1290 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1291 root drives from being found.
1292 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1293 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1294 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1295 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1296 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1297 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1298
1299[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1300
13012.00:
1302 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1303 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1304 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1305
1306$Id: HISTORY 824 2007-08-31 23:12:20Z stevenhl $
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