source: trunk/HISTORY@ 944

Last change on this file since 944 was 941, checked in by Steven Levine, 18 years ago

Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
This reverts to orginal behavior for named states

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33.10 (pre)
4 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
5 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
6 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
7 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
8 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
9 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
10 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
11 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
12 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
13 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
14 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
15 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
16 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
17 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
18 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remeber size and position. (Gregg)
19 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
20 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
21 and restored (Gregg)
22 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
23 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
24 This reverts to orginal behavior for named states
25
263.09
27 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
28 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
29 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
30 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
31 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
32 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
33 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
34 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
35 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
36 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
37 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
38 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
39 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
40 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
41 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
42 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
43 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
44 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
45 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
46 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
47 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
48
493.08
50 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
51 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
52 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
53 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
54 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
55 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
56 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
57 on status line (Gregg)
58 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
59 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
60 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
61 string matching (Gregg)
62 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
63
643.07
65 o Tweak build process (Steven)
66 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
67 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
68 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
69 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
70 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
71 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
72 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
73 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
74 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
75 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
76 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
77 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
78 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
79 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
80 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
81 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
82 read only files. (Gregg)
83 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
84 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
85 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
86 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
87 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
88 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
89 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
90 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
91 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
92 absent with wrapped tex and hex
93 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
94
953.06
96 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
97 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
98 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
99 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
100 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
101 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
102
1033.05.09
104 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
105 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
106 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
107 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
108 o Rework selective error logging logic
109 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
110 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
111 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
112 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
113 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
114 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
115 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
116 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
117 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
118 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
119
1203.05 beta08
121 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
122 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
123 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
124 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
125 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
126 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
127 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
128 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
129 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
130 o Help file updates (Gregg)
131 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
132 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
133 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
134 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
135 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
136 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
137
1383.05beta07
139 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
140 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
141 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
142 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
143 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
144 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
145 o Update documentation (Gregg)
146 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
147 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
148
1493.05beta06
150 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
151 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
152
1533.05beta05
154 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
155 o NDFS support by Gregg
156 o Default seek and scan to show files
157 o Rework menus
158 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
159 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
160 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
161
1623.05beta04
163 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
164 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
165 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
166 o Avoid spurious error popups
167
1683.05beta03
169 o Help file updated by David
170 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
171 o Toolbars reworked by David
172 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
173 o More great bitmaps from David
174
1753.05beta02
176 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
177 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
178 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
179
1803.05beta01
181 o More great bitmaps from David
182 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
183 o Rework some error messages
184 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
185
1863.04
187 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
188 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
189 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
190 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
191 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
192 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
193 o More new icons (thanks David)
194 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
195
1963.04 pre11:
197 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
198 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
199
2003.04 pre10:
201 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
202 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
203
2043.04 pre9:
205 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
206
2073.04 pre8:
208 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
209 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
210
2113.04 pre7:
212 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
213 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
214 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
215 o Minor makefile corrections
216
2173.04 pre6:
218 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
219
2203.04 pre5:
221 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
222 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
223 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
224 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
225 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
226
2273.04 pre4:
228 o Correct longnames display enable
229 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
230 o Support archiver.tmp install
231
2323.04 pre3:
233 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
234 o Support tarlist.cmd install
235 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
236 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
237
2383.04 pre2:
239 o More icon updates (David's v18)
240 o Avoid user directory edit crash
241 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
242
2433.04 pre1:
244 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
245 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
246 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
247 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
248 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
249 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
250
2513.03:
252 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
253 o Correct directory sizes sort
254 o Correct archive sort again
255
2563.02i:
257 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
258 o Lots of work on large file support
259 o Switch to VAC 3.65
260 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
261 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
262 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
263 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
264 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
265 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
266 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
267 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
268
2693.02h:
270 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
271 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
272 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
273
2743.02g:
275 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
276
2773.02f:
278 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
279 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
280 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
281
2823.02e:
283 o More see all files fixes
284 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
285
2863.02d:
287 o Clean up icon usage
288 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
289 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
290 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
291 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
292 o Correct resource strings
293
2943.02c:
295 o Correct broken assignments
296 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
297
2983.02b:
299 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
300
3013.02a:
302 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
303 o Correct archive name display
304
3053.02:
306 o First open source release.
307
3083.01:
309 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
310
3113.00d:
312 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
313 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
314
3153.00c:
316 o More minor bug fixes.
317
3183.00b:
319 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
320
3213.00:
322 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
323 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
324 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
325 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
326 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
327 correspondingly smaller.
328 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
329 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
330 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
331 some more, thus tempting fate.
332 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
333 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
334 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
335 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
336 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
337 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
338 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
339 width.
340 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
341 this stuff built-in now.
342 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
343 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
344 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
345 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
346 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
347 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
348 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
349 confirmation.
350 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
351 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
352 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
353 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
354
3552.67:
356 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
357 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
358 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
359 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
360 recall.
361
3622.66:
363 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
364 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
365 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
366 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
367 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
368 there's no diskette inserted.)
369 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
370 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
371 o Reworked Databar a bit.
372 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
373 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
374
3752.65:
376 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
377 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
378 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
379 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
380 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
381 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
382 best stuff was turned off by default!
383 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
384 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
385 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
386 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
387 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
388 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
389 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
390
3912.64:
392 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
393 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
394 horizontal) there.
395 o More help file work.
396 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
397 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
398 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
399 "touching" files easier.
400
4012.63:
402 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
403 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
404 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
405 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
406 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
407 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
408 is available.
409 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
410 attractive (IMHO).
411 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
412 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
413 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
414 marks.
415 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
416 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
417 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
418 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
419
4202.62:
421 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
422
4232.61:
424 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
425 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
426 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
427 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
428 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
429 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
430 is bordered in red.
431 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
432 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
433 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
434 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
435 files.
436
4372.60:
438 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
439 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
440 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
441 be refreshed in the archive.
442 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
443 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
444
4452.59:
446 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
447 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
448 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
449
4502.58:
451 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
452 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
453 help to reflect this.
454 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
455 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
456 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
457
4582.57:
459 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
460 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
461 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
462
4632.56:
464 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
465 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
466
4672.55:
468 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
469 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
470
4712.54:
472 o Small tweaks.
473 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
474 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
475
4762.53:
477 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
478 selected files more quickly and easily.
479 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
480 Netscape were choking on it (a).
481 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
482 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
483 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
484 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
485
4862.52:
487 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
488 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
489 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
490 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
491 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
492 standard, then stick to it? Please?
493 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
494 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
495
4962.51:
497 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
498 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
499 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
500 user request.
501 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
502 user request.
503 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
504 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
505 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
506 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
507 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
508 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
509 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
510 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
511 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
512 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
513 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
514 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
515 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
516 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
517 still work correctly with this change.
518 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
519 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
520 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
521 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
522 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
523 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
524 up with all of it.
525
5262.50b:
527 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
528 image viewer window.
529 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
530 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
531
5322.50a:
533 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
534 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
535 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
536 directories listed in environment variables).
537 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
538 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
539 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
540 registration information.
541 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
542 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
543 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
544 popup menu.
545 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
546 object that didn't already have them (duh).
547 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
548 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
549 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
550 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
551
5522.50:
553 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
554 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
555 viewer.
556 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
557 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
558 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
559 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
560 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
561 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
562 results.
563 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
564 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
565 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
566 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
567 added file system type to end of string on user request.
568 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
569 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
570 It could happen.
571 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
572 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
573 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
574 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
575 o Note new internet address.
576 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
577 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
578 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
579 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
580 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
581 one :-).
582 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
583 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
584 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
585 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
586 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
587 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
588 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
589 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
590 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
591 even notice.
592
5932.49:
594 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
595 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
596 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
597 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
598 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
599 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
600 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
601 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
602 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
603 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
604 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
605 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
606 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
607
6082.48a:
609 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
610 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
611 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
612 o More Merlin preparations.
613 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
614 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
615 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
616 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
617 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
618 the Joneses? :-)
619
6202.48:
621 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
622 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
623 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
624 under Merlin.
625 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
626 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
627 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
628 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
629 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
630 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
631 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
632 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
633 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
634 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
635 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
636 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
637 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
638 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
639 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
640 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
641 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
642 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
643 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
644 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
645 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
646 machine.
647 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
648 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
649 o Keys help added per user request.
650
6512.47:
652 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
653 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
654 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
655 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
656 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
657 submenu selected.
658 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
659 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
660 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
661 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
662 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
663 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
664 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
665 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
666 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
667 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
668 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
669 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
670 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
671 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
672 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
673 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
674 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
675 Container to change directories.
676 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
677 questions.
678
6792.46:
680 o Fixed drive button bug.
681 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
682 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
683 the real thing.
684
6852.45:
686 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
687 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
688 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
689 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
690 was closed.
691 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
692 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
693 Scan.
694
6952.44:
696 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
697 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
698 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
699 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
700 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
701 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
702 user-defined bitmap.
703 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
704 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
705 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
706 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
707 for possible later retrieval.
708 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
709 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
710 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
711
7122.43:
713 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
714 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
715 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
716 connection, finally).
717 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
718 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
719 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
720 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
721 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
722 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
723 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
724 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
725 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
726 it finishes.
727 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
728 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
729 under older OS/2 versions.
730 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
731 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
732 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
733 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
734 reminder.
735 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
736 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
737
7382.42:
739 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
740 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
741 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
742 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
743 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
744 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
745 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
746 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
747 flags from the command line as an override.
748 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
749 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
750 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
751 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
752 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
753 Directory Container looks.
754 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
755 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
756 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
757 examples).
758 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
759 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
760 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
761 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
762 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
763 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
764 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
765 instead of the internal).
766 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
767 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
768 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
769 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
770 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
771
7722.41:
773 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
774 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
775 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
776 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
777 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
778 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
779 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
780 attractively.
781 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
782 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
783 but not switch to them.
784 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
785 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
786 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
787 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
788 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
789 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
790 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
791 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
792 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
793 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
794 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
795 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
796 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
797 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
798 Shouldn't be a major problem.
799 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
800 know the blamed thing was there.
801 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
802 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
803 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
804 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
805 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
806 paragraph. Something I use.
807 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
808 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
809 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
810 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
811 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
812 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
813 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
814 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
815 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
816 Containers.
817 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
818 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
819 (some things grow with a life of their own).
820 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
821 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
822 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
823 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
824
8252.40:
826 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
827 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
828 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
829 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
830 viewer.
831 o Added %! metastring.
832 o Added default archiver setting.
833 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
834 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
835 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
836 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
837 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
838 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
839 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
840 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
841 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
842 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
843 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
844 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
845 directories.
846 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
847 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
848 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
849
8502.39:
851 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
852 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
853 at FP10+ levels.
854 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
855 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
856 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
857 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
858 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
859 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
860 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
861 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
862 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
863 changed.
864 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
865
8662.38:
867 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
868 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
869 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
870 etc.).
871 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
872 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
873 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
874 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
875 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
876 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
877 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
878 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
879 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
880 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
881 show everything else.
882 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
883 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
884 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
885 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
886 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
887 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
888 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
889 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
890 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
891 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
892 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
893 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
894 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
895 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
896 foreground.
897
8982.37:
899 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
900 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
901 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
902 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
903 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
904 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
905 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
906 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
907 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
908 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
909 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
910 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
911 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
912 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
913 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
914 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
915 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
916 Directory Container.
917
9182.36:
919 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
920 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
921 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
922 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
923 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
924 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
925 o Tutorial section added to online help.
926 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
927 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
928 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
929 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
930 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
931 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
932 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
933 Settings notebook.
934 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
935 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
936 thousandth).
937 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
938 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
939 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
940
9412.35:
942 o Performance tuning.
943 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
944 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
945 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
946 permanent by Adding them as usual.
947 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
948 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
949 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
950 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
951 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
952 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
953 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
954 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
955 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
956 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
957 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
958 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
959
9602.34:
961 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
962 knee-jerk thing to do).
963 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
964 the container is maximized.
965 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
966 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
967 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
968 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
969 interested).
970 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
971 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
972 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
973 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
974 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
975 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
976 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
977 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
978 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
979 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
980 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
981 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
982 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
983 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
984 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
985
9862.33:
987 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
988 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
989 internal Settings notebook).
990 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
991 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
992 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
993 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
994 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
995 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
996 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
997 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
998 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
999 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1000 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1001 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1002 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1003 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1004 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1005
10062.32:
1007 o See all files window fleshed out.
1008 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1009 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1010 notebook.
1011 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1012 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1013 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1014 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1015 of course).
1016 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1017 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1018 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1019 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1020 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1021 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1022 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1023 the list.
1024
10252.31:
1026 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1027 miniapp.
1028 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1029 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1030 to the above).
1031 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1032 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1033 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1034 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1035 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1036 the archive resides."
1037 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1038 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1039 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1040 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1041 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1042 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1043 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1044 o More user suggestions implemented.
1045
10462.30:
1047 o I forget.
1048
10492.29:
1050 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1051 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1052 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1053 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1054 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1055 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1056 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1057 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1058 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1059 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1060 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1061 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1062 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1063 list).
1064
10652.28:
1066 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1067 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1068 dialog).
1069 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1070 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1071 current object.
1072 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1073 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1074 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1075 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1076 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1077 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1078 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1079 userlist dropdown.
1080 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1081 use a DOS app first...
1082
10832.27:
1084 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1085 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1086 default, BTW).
1087 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1088 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1089 weren't before).
1090 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1091 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1092 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1093 lines.
1094 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1095
10962.26:
1097 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1098 filenames.
1099 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1100 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1101 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1102 now on...
1103 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1104 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1105 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1106 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1107 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1108 client window whitespace.
1109 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1110 Edit menu.
1111 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1112 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1113 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1114 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1115 command.
1116 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1117 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1118 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1119
11202.25:
1121 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1122 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1123
11242.24:
1125 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1126 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1127 lives.
1128 o Undelete enhancements.
1129
11302.23:
1131 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1132 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1133 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1134 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1135 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1136 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1137
11382.22:
1139 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1140 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1141 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1142 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1143 inevitable problem arises.
1144 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1145 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1146
11472.21:
1148 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1149 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1150 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1151 causes default WPS open.
1152 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1153 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1154 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1155 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1156 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1157 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1158 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1159 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1160 o Other stuff I forget.
1161
11622.20:
1163 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1164 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1165 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1166 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1167 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1168 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1169 D&D.
1170 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1171 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1172 Containers.
1173 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1174 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1175 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1176 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1177 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1178 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1179 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1180 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1181 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1182 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1183 it (again).
1184
11852.19:
1186 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1187 alternative to maximizing.
1188 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1189 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1190 windows.
1191 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1192 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1193 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1194 along.
1195 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1196 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1197 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1198 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1199 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1200 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1201 to return to from the maximized state).
1202
12032.18:
1204 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1205 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1206 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1207 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1208 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1209 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1210 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1211
12122.17:
1213 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1214 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1215 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1216 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1217 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1218 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1219
12202.16:
1221 o Added "Update objects" command.
1222 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1223 one (under "Context Menus").
1224 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1225 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1226 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1227 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1228 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1229 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1230 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1231 start working again.
1232
12332.15:
1234 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1235 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1236 o Added "Select List" command.
1237 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1238 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1239 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1240 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1241 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1242 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1243 I'm just the piano player.
1244 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1245 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1246
12472.14:
1248 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1249 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1250 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1251 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1252 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1253 removable media drives.
1254 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1255 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1256 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1257 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1258 update the paths.
1259 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1260 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1261 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1262 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1263 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1264 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1265 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1266 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1267 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1268 to my satisfaction).
1269
12702.13:
1271 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1272 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1273 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1274 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1275 notebook.
1276 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1277 to use HPFS...).
1278 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1279 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1280 maybe a bit more functional.
1281 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1282
12832.12:
1284 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1285 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1286 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1287 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1288 accelerator keys.
1289 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1290
12912.11:
1292 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1293 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1294 give funny default drive.
1295 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1296 data between different INI files.
1297 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1298 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1299 There's a menu item for it.
1300 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1301 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1302 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1303
13042.10:
1305 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1306 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1307 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1308 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1309 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1310 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1311 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1312
13132.09:
1314 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1315 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1316 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1317 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1318 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1319 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1320 to trap.
1321 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1322 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1323 what Ron says...
1324 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1325 o Added optional split status line.
1326
13272.08:
1328 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1329 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1330 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1331 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1332 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1333 you can pick a different drive).
1334 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1335 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1336 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1337 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1338 line argument.
1339
13402.07:
1341 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1342 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1343 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1344 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1345 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1346 other.
1347
13482.06:
1349 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1350 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1351 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1352 root drives from being found.
1353 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1354 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1355 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1356 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1357 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1358 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1359
1360[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1361
13622.00:
1363 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1364 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1365 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1366
1367$Id: HISTORY 941 2008-02-09 21:38:39Z stevenhl $
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