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33.11
4 o Fixed 2 traps in Dirsize, tickey 243 (Gregg Steven)
5 o Added the option of having delete move the files to the Xworkplace trashcan, ticket 43
6 (Gregg)
7 o Added fortify support fix several memory management issues, ticket 213 240 (Steven Gregg)
8 o Fixed multi dot file association/filtering logic, ticket 235 (KO Myung-Hun)
9 o The Newviewer (not the old MLE) is used to view files when view is selected from menus
10 ticket 241 (Gregg)
11 o Fixed issues with details view not following user selected settings, ticket 237 239
12 (Gregg John)
13 o Eliminated the "bare" ini key details setting names. They are now prefaced by the container
14 name (ie DIRCNRS_) ticket 234 (John)
15 o Made all command line lenghts obey user selected command line length, ticket 233 (Gregg)
16 o Added a state "FM2ShutDown" to the states dropdown box to allow easy return to the startup
17 state, ticket 227 (John)
18 o Fixed crash in compare directories if a file's name exceeded the OS/2 maximum, ticket 213
19 (Gregg)
20 o FM/2 reopens directory containers in the position they were closed in, ticket 103 (John)
21 o Add warnall suport (Steven)
22
233.10
24 o Removed the close buttton and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
25 o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
26 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
27 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
28 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
29 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
30 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
31 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
32 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
33 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
34 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
35 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
36 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
37 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
38 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
39 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
40 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remeber size and position. (Gregg)
41 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
42 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
43 and restored (Gregg)
44 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
45 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
46 This reverts to orginal behavior for named states
47 o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
48 o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
49 o Add conditional cascade to main menu settings menu item (Steven)
50 o Rework ResizeChildren to resize drive tree correctly (Steven)
51 o Avoid trap in TreeCnrWndProc WM_SAVEAPPLICATION (Steven)
52 o Fix _fsopen failure when creating a new list file (Gregg)
53 o Stop collector from trying to remove container items that were never inserted (Gregg)
54 o Recollect of hidden items now updates the items and unhides them (Gregg)
55 o Put hide/remove etc menu options on collector "view" menu (Gregg)
56 o Fix trap in seeall cause by pathname(s) that exceed maxpath (Gregg)
57 o Restore SaveDirCnrState internal state save logic - accidentally removed
58 o Move save shutdown state name to strings (IDS_SHUTDOWNSTATE, ShutdownState)
59 o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
60 o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
61 o Add presparams & update appearence of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
62 o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
63 o The state at shutdown is now available (read-only) in the States combo box (John)
64 o The list of excluded drives in the parameters of the FM/2 object
65 are no longer overwritten during the FM/2 install (John)
66 o The FM/2 Utilities package will no longer be selected automatically
67 during the install if it has already been installed. (John)
68 o Add a "debugging support" package to the Warpin WPI file (John)
69 o The build process has been changed so that script is updated with the new
70 version number the first time the WPI file for that version is built (John)
71 o Changed the build process to skip LXLITE processing on debug builds (John)
72
73
743.09
75 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
76 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
77 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
78 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
79 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
80 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
81 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
82 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
83 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
84 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
85 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
86 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
87 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
88 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
89 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
90 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
91 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
92 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
93 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
94 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
95 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
96
973.08
98 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
99 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
100 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
101 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
102 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
103 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
104 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
105 on status line (Gregg)
106 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
107 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
108 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
109 string matching (Gregg)
110 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
111
1123.07
113 o Tweak build process (Steven)
114 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
115 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
116 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
117 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
118 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
119 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
120 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
121 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
122 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
123 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
124 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
125 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
126 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
127 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
128 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
129 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
130 read only files. (Gregg)
131 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
132 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
133 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
134 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
135 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
136 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
137 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
138 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
139 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
140 absent with wrapped tex and hex
141 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
142
1433.06
144 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
145 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
146 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
147 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
148 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
149 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
150
1513.05.09
152 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
153 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
154 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
155 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
156 o Rework selective error logging logic
157 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
158 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
159 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
160 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
161 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
162 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
163 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
164 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
165 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
166 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
167
1683.05 beta08
169 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
170 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
171 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
172 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
173 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
174 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
175 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
176 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
177 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
178 o Help file updates (Gregg)
179 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
180 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
181 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
182 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
183 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
184 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
185
1863.05beta07
187 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
188 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
189 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
190 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
191 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
192 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
193 o Update documentation (Gregg)
194 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
195 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
196
1973.05beta06
198 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
199 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
200
2013.05beta05
202 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
203 o NDFS support by Gregg
204 o Default seek and scan to show files
205 o Rework menus
206 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
207 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
208 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
209
2103.05beta04
211 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
212 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
213 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
214 o Avoid spurious error popups
215
2163.05beta03
217 o Help file updated by David
218 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
219 o Toolbars reworked by David
220 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
221 o More great bitmaps from David
222
2233.05beta02
224 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
225 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
226 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
227
2283.05beta01
229 o More great bitmaps from David
230 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
231 o Rework some error messages
232 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
233
2343.04
235 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
236 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
237 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
238 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
239 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
240 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
241 o More new icons (thanks David)
242 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
243
2443.04 pre11:
245 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
246 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
247
2483.04 pre10:
249 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
250 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
251
2523.04 pre9:
253 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
254
2553.04 pre8:
256 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
257 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
258
2593.04 pre7:
260 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
261 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
262 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
263 o Minor makefile corrections
264
2653.04 pre6:
266 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
267
2683.04 pre5:
269 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
270 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
271 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
272 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
273 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
274
2753.04 pre4:
276 o Correct longnames display enable
277 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
278 o Support archiver.tmp install
279
2803.04 pre3:
281 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
282 o Support tarlist.cmd install
283 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
284 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
285
2863.04 pre2:
287 o More icon updates (David's v18)
288 o Avoid user directory edit crash
289 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
290
2913.04 pre1:
292 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
293 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
294 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
295 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
296 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
297 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
298
2993.03:
300 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
301 o Correct directory sizes sort
302 o Correct archive sort again
303
3043.02i:
305 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
306 o Lots of work on large file support
307 o Switch to VAC 3.65
308 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
309 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
310 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
311 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
312 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
313 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
314 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
315 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
316
3173.02h:
318 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
319 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
320 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
321
3223.02g:
323 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
324
3253.02f:
326 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
327 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
328 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
329
3303.02e:
331 o More see all files fixes
332 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
333
3343.02d:
335 o Clean up icon usage
336 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
337 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
338 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
339 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
340 o Correct resource strings
341
3423.02c:
343 o Correct broken assignments
344 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
345
3463.02b:
347 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
348
3493.02a:
350 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
351 o Correct archive name display
352
3533.02:
354 o First open source release.
355
3563.01:
357 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
358
3593.00d:
360 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
361 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
362
3633.00c:
364 o More minor bug fixes.
365
3663.00b:
367 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
368
3693.00:
370 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
371 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
372 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
373 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
374 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
375 correspondingly smaller.
376 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
377 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
378 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
379 some more, thus tempting fate.
380 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
381 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
382 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
383 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
384 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
385 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
386 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
387 width.
388 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
389 this stuff built-in now.
390 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
391 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
392 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
393 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
394 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
395 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
396 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
397 confirmation.
398 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
399 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
400 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
401 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
402
4032.67:
404 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
405 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
406 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
407 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
408 recall.
409
4102.66:
411 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
412 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
413 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
414 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
415 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
416 there's no diskette inserted.)
417 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
418 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
419 o Reworked Databar a bit.
420 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
421 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
422
4232.65:
424 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
425 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
426 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
427 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
428 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
429 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
430 best stuff was turned off by default!
431 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
432 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
433 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
434 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
435 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
436 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
437 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
438
4392.64:
440 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
441 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
442 horizontal) there.
443 o More help file work.
444 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
445 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
446 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
447 "touching" files easier.
448
4492.63:
450 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
451 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
452 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
453 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
454 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
455 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
456 is available.
457 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
458 attractive (IMHO).
459 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
460 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
461 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
462 marks.
463 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
464 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
465 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
466 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
467
4682.62:
469 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
470
4712.61:
472 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
473 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
474 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
475 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
476 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
477 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
478 is bordered in red.
479 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
480 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
481 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
482 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
483 files.
484
4852.60:
486 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
487 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
488 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
489 be refreshed in the archive.
490 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
491 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
492
4932.59:
494 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
495 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
496 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
497
4982.58:
499 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
500 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
501 help to reflect this.
502 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
503 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
504 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
505
5062.57:
507 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
508 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
509 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
510
5112.56:
512 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
513 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
514
5152.55:
516 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
517 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
518
5192.54:
520 o Small tweaks.
521 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
522 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
523
5242.53:
525 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
526 selected files more quickly and easily.
527 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
528 Netscape were choking on it (a).
529 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
530 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
531 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
532 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
533
5342.52:
535 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
536 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
537 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
538 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
539 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
540 standard, then stick to it? Please?
541 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
542 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
543
5442.51:
545 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
546 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
547 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
548 user request.
549 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
550 user request.
551 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
552 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
553 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
554 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
555 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
556 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
557 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
558 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
559 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
560 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
561 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
562 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
563 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
564 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
565 still work correctly with this change.
566 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
567 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
568 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
569 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
570 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
571 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
572 up with all of it.
573
5742.50b:
575 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
576 image viewer window.
577 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
578 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
579
5802.50a:
581 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
582 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
583 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
584 directories listed in environment variables).
585 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
586 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
587 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
588 registration information.
589 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
590 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
591 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
592 popup menu.
593 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
594 object that didn't already have them (duh).
595 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
596 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
597 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
598 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
599
6002.50:
601 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
602 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
603 viewer.
604 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
605 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
606 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
607 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
608 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
609 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
610 results.
611 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
612 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
613 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
614 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
615 added file system type to end of string on user request.
616 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
617 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
618 It could happen.
619 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
620 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
621 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
622 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
623 o Note new internet address.
624 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
625 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
626 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
627 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
628 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
629 one :-).
630 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
631 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
632 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
633 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
634 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
635 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
636 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
637 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
638 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
639 even notice.
640
6412.49:
642 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
643 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
644 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
645 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
646 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
647 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
648 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
649 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
650 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
651 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
652 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
653 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
654 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
655
6562.48a:
657 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
658 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
659 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
660 o More Merlin preparations.
661 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
662 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
663 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
664 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
665 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
666 the Joneses? :-)
667
6682.48:
669 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
670 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
671 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
672 under Merlin.
673 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
674 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
675 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
676 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
677 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
678 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
679 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
680 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
681 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
682 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
683 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
684 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
685 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
686 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
687 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
688 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
689 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
690 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
691 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
692 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
693 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
694 machine.
695 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
696 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
697 o Keys help added per user request.
698
6992.47:
700 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
701 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
702 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
703 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
704 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
705 submenu selected.
706 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
707 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
708 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
709 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
710 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
711 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
712 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
713 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
714 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
715 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
716 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
717 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
718 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
719 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
720 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
721 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
722 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
723 Container to change directories.
724 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
725 questions.
726
7272.46:
728 o Fixed drive button bug.
729 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
730 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
731 the real thing.
732
7332.45:
734 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
735 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
736 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
737 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
738 was closed.
739 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
740 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
741 Scan.
742
7432.44:
744 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
745 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
746 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
747 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
748 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
749 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
750 user-defined bitmap.
751 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
752 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
753 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
754 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
755 for possible later retrieval.
756 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
757 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
758 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
759
7602.43:
761 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
762 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
763 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
764 connection, finally).
765 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
766 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
767 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
768 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
769 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
770 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
771 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
772 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
773 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
774 it finishes.
775 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
776 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
777 under older OS/2 versions.
778 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
779 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
780 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
781 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
782 reminder.
783 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
784 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
785
7862.42:
787 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
788 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
789 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
790 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
791 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
792 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
793 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
794 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
795 flags from the command line as an override.
796 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
797 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
798 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
799 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
800 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
801 Directory Container looks.
802 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
803 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
804 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
805 examples).
806 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
807 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
808 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
809 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
810 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
811 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
812 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
813 instead of the internal).
814 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
815 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
816 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
817 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
818 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
819
8202.41:
821 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
822 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
823 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
824 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
825 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
826 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
827 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
828 attractively.
829 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
830 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
831 but not switch to them.
832 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
833 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
834 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
835 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
836 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
837 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
838 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
839 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
840 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
841 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
842 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
843 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
844 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
845 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
846 Shouldn't be a major problem.
847 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
848 know the blamed thing was there.
849 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
850 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
851 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
852 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
853 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
854 paragraph. Something I use.
855 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
856 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
857 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
858 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
859 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
860 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
861 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
862 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
863 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
864 Containers.
865 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
866 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
867 (some things grow with a life of their own).
868 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
869 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
870 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
871 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
872
8732.40:
874 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
875 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
876 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
877 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
878 viewer.
879 o Added %! metastring.
880 o Added default archiver setting.
881 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
882 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
883 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
884 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
885 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
886 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
887 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
888 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
889 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
890 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
891 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
892 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
893 directories.
894 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
895 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
896 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
897
8982.39:
899 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
900 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
901 at FP10+ levels.
902 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
903 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
904 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
905 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
906 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
907 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
908 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
909 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
910 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
911 changed.
912 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
913
9142.38:
915 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
916 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
917 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
918 etc.).
919 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
920 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
921 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
922 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
923 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
924 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
925 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
926 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
927 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
928 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
929 show everything else.
930 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
931 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
932 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
933 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
934 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
935 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
936 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
937 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
938 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
939 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
940 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
941 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
942 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
943 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
944 foreground.
945
9462.37:
947 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
948 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
949 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
950 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
951 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
952 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
953 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
954 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
955 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
956 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
957 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
958 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
959 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
960 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
961 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
962 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
963 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
964 Directory Container.
965
9662.36:
967 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
968 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
969 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
970 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
971 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
972 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
973 o Tutorial section added to online help.
974 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
975 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
976 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
977 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
978 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
979 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
980 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
981 Settings notebook.
982 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
983 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
984 thousandth).
985 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
986 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
987 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
988
9892.35:
990 o Performance tuning.
991 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
992 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
993 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
994 permanent by Adding them as usual.
995 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
996 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
997 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
998 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
999 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
1000 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
1001 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
1002 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
1003 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
1004 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
1005 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
1006 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
1007
10082.34:
1009 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
1010 knee-jerk thing to do).
1011 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
1012 the container is maximized.
1013 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
1014 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
1015 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
1016 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
1017 interested).
1018 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
1019 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
1020 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
1021 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
1022 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
1023 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
1024 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
1025 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
1026 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
1027 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
1028 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
1029 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
1030 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1031 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1032 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1033
10342.33:
1035 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1036 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1037 internal Settings notebook).
1038 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1039 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1040 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1041 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1042 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1043 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1044 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1045 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1046 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1047 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1048 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1049 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1050 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1051 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1052 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1053
10542.32:
1055 o See all files window fleshed out.
1056 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1057 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1058 notebook.
1059 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1060 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1061 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1062 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1063 of course).
1064 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1065 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1066 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1067 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1068 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1069 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1070 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1071 the list.
1072
10732.31:
1074 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1075 miniapp.
1076 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1077 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1078 to the above).
1079 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1080 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1081 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1082 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1083 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1084 the archive resides."
1085 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1086 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1087 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1088 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1089 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1090 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1091 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1092 o More user suggestions implemented.
1093
10942.30:
1095 o I forget.
1096
10972.29:
1098 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1099 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1100 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1101 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1102 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1103 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1104 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1105 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1106 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1107 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1108 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1109 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1110 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1111 list).
1112
11132.28:
1114 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1115 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1116 dialog).
1117 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1118 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1119 current object.
1120 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1121 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1122 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1123 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1124 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1125 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1126 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1127 userlist dropdown.
1128 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1129 use a DOS app first...
1130
11312.27:
1132 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1133 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1134 default, BTW).
1135 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1136 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1137 weren't before).
1138 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1139 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1140 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1141 lines.
1142 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1143
11442.26:
1145 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1146 filenames.
1147 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1148 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1149 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1150 now on...
1151 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1152 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1153 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1154 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1155 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1156 client window whitespace.
1157 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1158 Edit menu.
1159 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1160 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1161 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1162 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1163 command.
1164 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1165 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1166 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1167
11682.25:
1169 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1170 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1171
11722.24:
1173 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1174 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1175 lives.
1176 o Undelete enhancements.
1177
11782.23:
1179 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1180 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1181 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1182 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1183 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1184 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1185
11862.22:
1187 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1188 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1189 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1190 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1191 inevitable problem arises.
1192 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1193 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1194
11952.21:
1196 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1197 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1198 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1199 causes default WPS open.
1200 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1201 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1202 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1203 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1204 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1205 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1206 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1207 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1208 o Other stuff I forget.
1209
12102.20:
1211 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1212 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1213 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1214 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1215 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1216 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1217 D&D.
1218 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1219 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1220 Containers.
1221 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1222 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1223 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1224 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1225 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1226 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1227 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1228 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1229 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1230 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1231 it (again).
1232
12332.19:
1234 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1235 alternative to maximizing.
1236 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1237 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1238 windows.
1239 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1240 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1241 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1242 along.
1243 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1244 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1245 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1246 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1247 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1248 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1249 to return to from the maximized state).
1250
12512.18:
1252 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1253 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1254 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1255 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1256 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1257 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1258 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1259
12602.17:
1261 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1262 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1263 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1264 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1265 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1266 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1267
12682.16:
1269 o Added "Update objects" command.
1270 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1271 one (under "Context Menus").
1272 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1273 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1274 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1275 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1276 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1277 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1278 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1279 start working again.
1280
12812.15:
1282 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1283 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1284 o Added "Select List" command.
1285 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1286 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1287 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1288 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1289 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1290 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1291 I'm just the piano player.
1292 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1293 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1294
12952.14:
1296 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1297 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1298 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1299 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1300 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1301 removable media drives.
1302 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1303 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1304 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1305 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1306 update the paths.
1307 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1308 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1309 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1310 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1311 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1312 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1313 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1314 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1315 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1316 to my satisfaction).
1317
13182.13:
1319 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1320 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1321 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1322 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1323 notebook.
1324 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1325 to use HPFS...).
1326 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1327 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1328 maybe a bit more functional.
1329 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1330
13312.12:
1332 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1333 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1334 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1335 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1336 accelerator keys.
1337 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1338
13392.11:
1340 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1341 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1342 give funny default drive.
1343 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1344 data between different INI files.
1345 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1346 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1347 There's a menu item for it.
1348 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1349 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1350 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1351
13522.10:
1353 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1354 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1355 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1356 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1357 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1358 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1359 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1360
13612.09:
1362 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1363 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1364 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1365 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1366 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1367 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1368 to trap.
1369 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1370 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1371 what Ron says...
1372 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1373 o Added optional split status line.
1374
13752.08:
1376 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1377 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1378 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1379 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1380 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1381 you can pick a different drive).
1382 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1383 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1384 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1385 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1386 line argument.
1387
13882.07:
1389 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1390 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1391 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1392 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1393 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1394 other.
1395
13962.06:
1397 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1398 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1399 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1400 root drives from being found.
1401 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1402 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1403 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1404 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1405 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1406 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1407
1408[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1409
14102.00:
1411 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1412 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1413 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1414
1415$Id: HISTORY 1057 2008-07-08 16:28:15Z gyoung $
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