source: trunk/HISTORY@ 880

Last change on this file since 880 was 878, checked in by Gregg Young, 18 years ago

Added "Save as" and readonly file handling to internal editor; clean up ext path not checked on start up; Updated history.

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33.09(pre)
4 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
5 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
6 allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
7 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
8 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
9 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
10 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
11
123.08
13 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
14 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
15 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
16 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
17 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
18 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
19 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
20 on status line (Gregg)
21 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
22 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
23 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
24 string matching (Gregg)
25 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
26
273.07
28 o Tweak build process (Steven)
29 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
30 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
31 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
32 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
33 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
34 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
35 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
36 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
37 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
38 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
39 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
40 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
41 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
42 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
43 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
44 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
45 read only files. (Gregg)
46 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
47 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
48 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
49 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
50 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
51 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
52 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
53 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
54 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
55 absent with wrapped tex and hex
56 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
57
583.06
59 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
60 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
61 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
62 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
63 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
64 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
65
663.05.09
67 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
68 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
69 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
70 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
71 o Rework selective error logging logic
72 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
73 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
74 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
75 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
76 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
77 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
78 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
79 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
80 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
81 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
82
833.05 beta08
84 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
85 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
86 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
87 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
88 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
89 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
90 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
91 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
92 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
93 o Help file updates (Gregg)
94 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
95 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
96 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
97 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
98 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
99 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
100
1013.05beta07
102 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
103 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
104 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
105 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
106 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
107 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
108 o Update documentation (Gregg)
109 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
110 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
111
1123.05beta06
113 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
114 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
115
1163.05beta05
117 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
118 o NDFS support by Gregg
119 o Default seek and scan to show files
120 o Rework menus
121 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
122 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
123 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
124
1253.05beta04
126 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
127 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
128 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
129 o Avoid spurious error popups
130
1313.05beta03
132 o Help file updated by David
133 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
134 o Toolbars reworked by David
135 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
136 o More great bitmaps from David
137
1383.05beta02
139 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
140 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
141 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
142
1433.05beta01
144 o More great bitmaps from David
145 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
146 o Rework some error messages
147 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
148
1493.04
150 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
151 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
152 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
153 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
154 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
155 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
156 o More new icons (thanks David)
157 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
158
1593.04 pre11:
160 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
161 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
162
1633.04 pre10:
164 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
165 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
166
1673.04 pre9:
168 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
169
1703.04 pre8:
171 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
172 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
173
1743.04 pre7:
175 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
176 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
177 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
178 o Minor makefile corrections
179
1803.04 pre6:
181 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
182
1833.04 pre5:
184 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
185 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
186 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
187 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
188 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
189
1903.04 pre4:
191 o Correct longnames display enable
192 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
193 o Support archiver.tmp install
194
1953.04 pre3:
196 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
197 o Support tarlist.cmd install
198 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
199 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
200
2013.04 pre2:
202 o More icon updates (David's v18)
203 o Avoid user directory edit crash
204 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
205
2063.04 pre1:
207 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
208 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
209 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
210 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
211 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
212 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
213
2143.03:
215 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
216 o Correct directory sizes sort
217 o Correct archive sort again
218
2193.02i:
220 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
221 o Lots of work on large file support
222 o Switch to VAC 3.65
223 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
224 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
225 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
226 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
227 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
228 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
229 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
230 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
231
2323.02h:
233 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
234 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
235 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
236
2373.02g:
238 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
239
2403.02f:
241 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
242 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
243 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
244
2453.02e:
246 o More see all files fixes
247 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
248
2493.02d:
250 o Clean up icon usage
251 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
252 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
253 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
254 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
255 o Correct resource strings
256
2573.02c:
258 o Correct broken assignments
259 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
260
2613.02b:
262 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
263
2643.02a:
265 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
266 o Correct archive name display
267
2683.02:
269 o First open source release.
270
2713.01:
272 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
273
2743.00d:
275 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
276 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
277
2783.00c:
279 o More minor bug fixes.
280
2813.00b:
282 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
283
2843.00:
285 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
286 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
287 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
288 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
289 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
290 correspondingly smaller.
291 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
292 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
293 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
294 some more, thus tempting fate.
295 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
296 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
297 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
298 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
299 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
300 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
301 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
302 width.
303 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
304 this stuff built-in now.
305 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
306 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
307 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
308 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
309 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
310 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
311 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
312 confirmation.
313 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
314 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
315 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
316 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
317
3182.67:
319 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
320 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
321 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
322 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
323 recall.
324
3252.66:
326 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
327 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
328 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
329 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
330 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
331 there's no diskette inserted.)
332 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
333 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
334 o Reworked Databar a bit.
335 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
336 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
337
3382.65:
339 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
340 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
341 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
342 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
343 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
344 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
345 best stuff was turned off by default!
346 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
347 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
348 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
349 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
350 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
351 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
352 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
353
3542.64:
355 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
356 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
357 horizontal) there.
358 o More help file work.
359 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
360 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
361 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
362 "touching" files easier.
363
3642.63:
365 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
366 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
367 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
368 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
369 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
370 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
371 is available.
372 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
373 attractive (IMHO).
374 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
375 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
376 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
377 marks.
378 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
379 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
380 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
381 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
382
3832.62:
384 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
385
3862.61:
387 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
388 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
389 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
390 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
391 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
392 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
393 is bordered in red.
394 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
395 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
396 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
397 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
398 files.
399
4002.60:
401 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
402 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
403 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
404 be refreshed in the archive.
405 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
406 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
407
4082.59:
409 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
410 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
411 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
412
4132.58:
414 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
415 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
416 help to reflect this.
417 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
418 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
419 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
420
4212.57:
422 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
423 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
424 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
425
4262.56:
427 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
428 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
429
4302.55:
431 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
432 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
433
4342.54:
435 o Small tweaks.
436 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
437 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
438
4392.53:
440 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
441 selected files more quickly and easily.
442 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
443 Netscape were choking on it (a).
444 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
445 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
446 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
447 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
448
4492.52:
450 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
451 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
452 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
453 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
454 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
455 standard, then stick to it? Please?
456 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
457 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
458
4592.51:
460 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
461 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
462 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
463 user request.
464 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
465 user request.
466 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
467 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
468 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
469 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
470 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
471 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
472 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
473 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
474 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
475 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
476 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
477 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
478 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
479 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
480 still work correctly with this change.
481 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
482 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
483 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
484 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
485 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
486 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
487 up with all of it.
488
4892.50b:
490 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
491 image viewer window.
492 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
493 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
494
4952.50a:
496 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
497 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
498 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
499 directories listed in environment variables).
500 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
501 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
502 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
503 registration information.
504 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
505 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
506 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
507 popup menu.
508 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
509 object that didn't already have them (duh).
510 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
511 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
512 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
513 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
514
5152.50:
516 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
517 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
518 viewer.
519 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
520 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
521 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
522 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
523 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
524 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
525 results.
526 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
527 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
528 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
529 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
530 added file system type to end of string on user request.
531 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
532 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
533 It could happen.
534 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
535 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
536 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
537 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
538 o Note new internet address.
539 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
540 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
541 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
542 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
543 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
544 one :-).
545 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
546 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
547 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
548 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
549 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
550 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
551 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
552 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
553 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
554 even notice.
555
5562.49:
557 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
558 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
559 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
560 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
561 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
562 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
563 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
564 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
565 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
566 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
567 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
568 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
569 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
570
5712.48a:
572 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
573 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
574 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
575 o More Merlin preparations.
576 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
577 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
578 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
579 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
580 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
581 the Joneses? :-)
582
5832.48:
584 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
585 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
586 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
587 under Merlin.
588 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
589 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
590 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
591 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
592 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
593 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
594 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
595 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
596 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
597 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
598 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
599 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
600 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
601 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
602 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
603 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
604 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
605 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
606 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
607 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
608 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
609 machine.
610 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
611 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
612 o Keys help added per user request.
613
6142.47:
615 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
616 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
617 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
618 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
619 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
620 submenu selected.
621 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
622 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
623 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
624 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
625 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
626 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
627 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
628 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
629 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
630 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
631 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
632 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
633 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
634 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
635 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
636 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
637 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
638 Container to change directories.
639 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
640 questions.
641
6422.46:
643 o Fixed drive button bug.
644 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
645 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
646 the real thing.
647
6482.45:
649 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
650 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
651 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
652 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
653 was closed.
654 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
655 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
656 Scan.
657
6582.44:
659 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
660 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
661 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
662 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
663 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
664 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
665 user-defined bitmap.
666 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
667 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
668 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
669 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
670 for possible later retrieval.
671 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
672 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
673 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
674
6752.43:
676 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
677 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
678 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
679 connection, finally).
680 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
681 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
682 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
683 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
684 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
685 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
686 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
687 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
688 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
689 it finishes.
690 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
691 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
692 under older OS/2 versions.
693 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
694 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
695 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
696 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
697 reminder.
698 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
699 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
700
7012.42:
702 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
703 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
704 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
705 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
706 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
707 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
708 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
709 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
710 flags from the command line as an override.
711 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
712 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
713 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
714 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
715 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
716 Directory Container looks.
717 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
718 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
719 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
720 examples).
721 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
722 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
723 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
724 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
725 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
726 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
727 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
728 instead of the internal).
729 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
730 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
731 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
732 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
733 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
734
7352.41:
736 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
737 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
738 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
739 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
740 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
741 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
742 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
743 attractively.
744 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
745 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
746 but not switch to them.
747 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
748 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
749 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
750 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
751 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
752 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
753 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
754 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
755 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
756 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
757 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
758 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
759 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
760 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
761 Shouldn't be a major problem.
762 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
763 know the blamed thing was there.
764 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
765 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
766 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
767 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
768 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
769 paragraph. Something I use.
770 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
771 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
772 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
773 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
774 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
775 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
776 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
777 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
778 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
779 Containers.
780 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
781 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
782 (some things grow with a life of their own).
783 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
784 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
785 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
786 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
787
7882.40:
789 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
790 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
791 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
792 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
793 viewer.
794 o Added %! metastring.
795 o Added default archiver setting.
796 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
797 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
798 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
799 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
800 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
801 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
802 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
803 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
804 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
805 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
806 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
807 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
808 directories.
809 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
810 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
811 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
812
8132.39:
814 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
815 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
816 at FP10+ levels.
817 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
818 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
819 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
820 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
821 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
822 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
823 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
824 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
825 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
826 changed.
827 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
828
8292.38:
830 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
831 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
832 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
833 etc.).
834 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
835 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
836 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
837 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
838 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
839 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
840 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
841 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
842 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
843 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
844 show everything else.
845 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
846 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
847 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
848 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
849 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
850 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
851 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
852 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
853 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
854 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
855 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
856 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
857 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
858 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
859 foreground.
860
8612.37:
862 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
863 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
864 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
865 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
866 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
867 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
868 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
869 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
870 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
871 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
872 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
873 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
874 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
875 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
876 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
877 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
878 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
879 Directory Container.
880
8812.36:
882 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
883 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
884 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
885 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
886 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
887 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
888 o Tutorial section added to online help.
889 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
890 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
891 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
892 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
893 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
894 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
895 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
896 Settings notebook.
897 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
898 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
899 thousandth).
900 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
901 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
902 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
903
9042.35:
905 o Performance tuning.
906 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
907 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
908 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
909 permanent by Adding them as usual.
910 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
911 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
912 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
913 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
914 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
915 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
916 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
917 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
918 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
919 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
920 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
921 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
922
9232.34:
924 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
925 knee-jerk thing to do).
926 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
927 the container is maximized.
928 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
929 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
930 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
931 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
932 interested).
933 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
934 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
935 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
936 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
937 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
938 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
939 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
940 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
941 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
942 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
943 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
944 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
945 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
946 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
947 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
948
9492.33:
950 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
951 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
952 internal Settings notebook).
953 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
954 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
955 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
956 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
957 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
958 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
959 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
960 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
961 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
962 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
963 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
964 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
965 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
966 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
967 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
968
9692.32:
970 o See all files window fleshed out.
971 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
972 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
973 notebook.
974 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
975 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
976 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
977 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
978 of course).
979 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
980 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
981 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
982 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
983 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
984 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
985 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
986 the list.
987
9882.31:
989 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
990 miniapp.
991 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
992 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
993 to the above).
994 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
995 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
996 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
997 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
998 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
999 the archive resides."
1000 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1001 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1002 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1003 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1004 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1005 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1006 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1007 o More user suggestions implemented.
1008
10092.30:
1010 o I forget.
1011
10122.29:
1013 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1014 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1015 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1016 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1017 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1018 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1019 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1020 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1021 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1022 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1023 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1024 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1025 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1026 list).
1027
10282.28:
1029 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1030 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1031 dialog).
1032 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1033 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1034 current object.
1035 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1036 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1037 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1038 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1039 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1040 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1041 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1042 userlist dropdown.
1043 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1044 use a DOS app first...
1045
10462.27:
1047 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1048 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1049 default, BTW).
1050 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1051 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1052 weren't before).
1053 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1054 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1055 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1056 lines.
1057 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1058
10592.26:
1060 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1061 filenames.
1062 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1063 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1064 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1065 now on...
1066 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1067 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1068 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1069 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1070 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1071 client window whitespace.
1072 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1073 Edit menu.
1074 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1075 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1076 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1077 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1078 command.
1079 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1080 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1081 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1082
10832.25:
1084 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1085 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1086
10872.24:
1088 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1089 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1090 lives.
1091 o Undelete enhancements.
1092
10932.23:
1094 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1095 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1096 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1097 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1098 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1099 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1100
11012.22:
1102 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1103 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1104 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1105 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1106 inevitable problem arises.
1107 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1108 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1109
11102.21:
1111 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1112 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1113 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1114 causes default WPS open.
1115 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1116 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1117 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1118 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1119 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1120 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1121 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1122 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1123 o Other stuff I forget.
1124
11252.20:
1126 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1127 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1128 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1129 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1130 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1131 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1132 D&D.
1133 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1134 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1135 Containers.
1136 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1137 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1138 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1139 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1140 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1141 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1142 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1143 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1144 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1145 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1146 it (again).
1147
11482.19:
1149 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1150 alternative to maximizing.
1151 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1152 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1153 windows.
1154 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1155 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1156 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1157 along.
1158 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1159 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1160 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1161 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1162 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1163 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1164 to return to from the maximized state).
1165
11662.18:
1167 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1168 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1169 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1170 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1171 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1172 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1173 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1174
11752.17:
1176 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1177 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1178 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1179 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1180 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1181 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1182
11832.16:
1184 o Added "Update objects" command.
1185 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1186 one (under "Context Menus").
1187 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1188 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1189 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1190 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1191 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1192 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1193 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1194 start working again.
1195
11962.15:
1197 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1198 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1199 o Added "Select List" command.
1200 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1201 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1202 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1203 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1204 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1205 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1206 I'm just the piano player.
1207 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1208 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1209
12102.14:
1211 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1212 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1213 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1214 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1215 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1216 removable media drives.
1217 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1218 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1219 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1220 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1221 update the paths.
1222 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1223 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1224 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1225 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1226 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1227 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1228 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1229 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1230 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1231 to my satisfaction).
1232
12332.13:
1234 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1235 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1236 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1237 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1238 notebook.
1239 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1240 to use HPFS...).
1241 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1242 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1243 maybe a bit more functional.
1244 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1245
12462.12:
1247 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1248 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1249 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1250 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1251 accelerator keys.
1252 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1253
12542.11:
1255 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1256 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1257 give funny default drive.
1258 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1259 data between different INI files.
1260 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1261 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1262 There's a menu item for it.
1263 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1264 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1265 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1266
12672.10:
1268 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1269 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1270 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1271 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1272 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1273 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1274 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1275
12762.09:
1277 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1278 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1279 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1280 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1281 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1282 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1283 to trap.
1284 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1285 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1286 what Ron says...
1287 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1288 o Added optional split status line.
1289
12902.08:
1291 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1292 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1293 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1294 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1295 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1296 you can pick a different drive).
1297 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1298 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1299 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1300 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1301 line argument.
1302
13032.07:
1304 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1305 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1306 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1307 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1308 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1309 other.
1310
13112.06:
1312 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1313 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1314 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1315 root drives from being found.
1316 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1317 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1318 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1319 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1320 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1321 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1322
1323[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1324
13252.00:
1326 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1327 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1328 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1329
1330$Id: HISTORY 878 2007-11-26 13:20:00Z gyoung $
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