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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
2
33.12
4 o When viewing archives, users can now select "Open default" or "Open Settings".
5 These options are available through the context menu and via the F6 and F7 keys.
6 Ticket 126. (John)
7 o The Settings notebook now responds to certain accelerator keys: F1 for help; F3
8 and both Enter keys for "Close and save" and ESC for "Close and discard changes".
9 Ticket 197. (John)
10 o For those who select "Show environment variables" in the Drive Tree, the list of
11 environment variables is now user-selectable on the "Tree" page of the Settings notebook.
12 Ticket 114. (John)
13
143.11
15 o Fixed 2 traps in Dirsize, ticket 243 (Gregg Steven)
16 o Added the option of having delete move the files to the Xworkplace trashcan, ticket 43
17 (Gregg)
18 o Added fortify support fix several memory management issues, ticket 213 240 (Steven Gregg)
19 o Fixed multi dot file association/filtering logic, ticket 235 (KO Myung-Hun)
20 o The Newviewer (not the old MLE) is used to view files when view is selected from menus
21 ticket 241 (Gregg)
22 o Fixed issues with details view not following user selected settings, ticket 237 239
23 (Gregg John)
24 o Eliminated the "bare" ini key details setting names. They are now prefaced by the container
25 name (ie DIRCNRS_) ticket 234 (John)
26 o Made all command line lengths obey user selected command line length, ticket 233 (Gregg)
27 o Added a state "FM2ShutDown" to the states dropdown box to allow easy return to the startup
28 state, ticket 227 (John)
29 o Fixed crash in compare directories if a file's name exceeded the OS/2 maximum, ticket 213
30 (Gregg)
31 o FM/2 reopens directory containers in the position they were closed in, ticket 103 (John)
32 o Add warnall suport (Steven)
33
343.10
35 o Removed the close buttton and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
36 o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
37 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
38 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
39 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
40 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
41 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
42 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
43 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
44 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
45 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
46 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
47 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
48 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
49 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
50 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
51 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remeber size and position. (Gregg)
52 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
53 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
54 and restored (Gregg)
55 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
56 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
57 This reverts to orginal behavior for named states
58 o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
59 o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
60 o Add conditional cascade to main menu settings menu item (Steven)
61 o Rework ResizeChildren to resize drive tree correctly (Steven)
62 o Avoid trap in TreeCnrWndProc WM_SAVEAPPLICATION (Steven)
63 o Fix _fsopen failure when creating a new list file (Gregg)
64 o Stop collector from trying to remove container items that were never inserted (Gregg)
65 o Recollect of hidden items now updates the items and unhides them (Gregg)
66 o Put hide/remove etc menu options on collector "view" menu (Gregg)
67 o Fix trap in seeall cause by pathname(s) that exceed maxpath (Gregg)
68 o Restore SaveDirCnrState internal state save logic - accidentally removed
69 o Move save shutdown state name to strings (IDS_SHUTDOWNSTATE, ShutdownState)
70 o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
71 o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
72 o Add presparams & update appearence of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
73 o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
74 o The state at shutdown is now available (read-only) in the States combo box (John)
75 o The list of excluded drives in the parameters of the FM/2 object
76 are no longer overwritten during the FM/2 install (John)
77 o The FM/2 Utilities package will no longer be selected automatically
78 during the install if it has already been installed. (John)
79 o Add a "debugging support" package to the Warpin WPI file (John)
80 o The build process has been changed so that script is updated with the new
81 version number the first time the WPI file for that version is built (John)
82 o Changed the build process to skip LXLITE processing on debug builds (John)
83
84
853.09
86 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
87 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
88 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
89 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
90 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
91 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
92 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
93 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
94 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
95 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
96 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
97 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
98 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
99 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
100 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
101 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
102 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
103 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
104 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
105 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
106 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
107
1083.08
109 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
110 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
111 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
112 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
113 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
114 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
115 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
116 on status line (Gregg)
117 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
118 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
119 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
120 string matching (Gregg)
121 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
122
1233.07
124 o Tweak build process (Steven)
125 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
126 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
127 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
128 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
129 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
130 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
131 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
132 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
133 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
134 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
135 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
136 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
137 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
138 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
139 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
140 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
141 read only files. (Gregg)
142 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
143 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
144 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
145 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
146 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
147 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
148 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
149 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
150 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
151 absent with wrapped tex and hex
152 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
153
1543.06
155 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
156 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
157 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
158 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
159 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
160 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
161
1623.05.09
163 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
164 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
165 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
166 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
167 o Rework selective error logging logic
168 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
169 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
170 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
171 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
172 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
173 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
174 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
175 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
176 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
177 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
178
1793.05 beta08
180 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
181 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
182 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
183 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
184 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
185 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
186 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
187 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
188 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
189 o Help file updates (Gregg)
190 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
191 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
192 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
193 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
194 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
195 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
196
1973.05beta07
198 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
199 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
200 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
201 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
202 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
203 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
204 o Update documentation (Gregg)
205 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
206 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
207
2083.05beta06
209 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
210 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
211
2123.05beta05
213 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
214 o NDFS support by Gregg
215 o Default seek and scan to show files
216 o Rework menus
217 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
218 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
219 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
220
2213.05beta04
222 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
223 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
224 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
225 o Avoid spurious error popups
226
2273.05beta03
228 o Help file updated by David
229 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
230 o Toolbars reworked by David
231 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
232 o More great bitmaps from David
233
2343.05beta02
235 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
236 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
237 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
238
2393.05beta01
240 o More great bitmaps from David
241 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
242 o Rework some error messages
243 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
244
2453.04
246 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
247 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
248 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
249 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
250 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
251 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
252 o More new icons (thanks David)
253 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
254
2553.04 pre11:
256 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
257 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
258
2593.04 pre10:
260 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
261 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
262
2633.04 pre9:
264 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
265
2663.04 pre8:
267 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
268 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
269
2703.04 pre7:
271 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
272 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
273 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
274 o Minor makefile corrections
275
2763.04 pre6:
277 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
278
2793.04 pre5:
280 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
281 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
282 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
283 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
284 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
285
2863.04 pre4:
287 o Correct longnames display enable
288 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
289 o Support archiver.tmp install
290
2913.04 pre3:
292 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
293 o Support tarlist.cmd install
294 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
295 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
296
2973.04 pre2:
298 o More icon updates (David's v18)
299 o Avoid user directory edit crash
300 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
301
3023.04 pre1:
303 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
304 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
305 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
306 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
307 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
308 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
309
3103.03:
311 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
312 o Correct directory sizes sort
313 o Correct archive sort again
314
3153.02i:
316 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
317 o Lots of work on large file support
318 o Switch to VAC 3.65
319 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
320 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
321 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
322 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
323 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
324 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
325 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
326 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
327
3283.02h:
329 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
330 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
331 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
332
3333.02g:
334 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
335
3363.02f:
337 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
338 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
339 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
340
3413.02e:
342 o More see all files fixes
343 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
344
3453.02d:
346 o Clean up icon usage
347 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
348 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
349 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
350 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
351 o Correct resource strings
352
3533.02c:
354 o Correct broken assignments
355 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
356
3573.02b:
358 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
359
3603.02a:
361 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
362 o Correct archive name display
363
3643.02:
365 o First open source release.
366
3673.01:
368 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
369
3703.00d:
371 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
372 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
373
3743.00c:
375 o More minor bug fixes.
376
3773.00b:
378 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
379
3803.00:
381 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
382 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
383 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
384 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
385 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
386 correspondingly smaller.
387 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
388 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
389 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
390 some more, thus tempting fate.
391 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
392 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
393 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
394 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
395 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
396 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
397 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
398 width.
399 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
400 this stuff built-in now.
401 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
402 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
403 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
404 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
405 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
406 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
407 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
408 confirmation.
409 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
410 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
411 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
412 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
413
4142.67:
415 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
416 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
417 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
418 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
419 recall.
420
4212.66:
422 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
423 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
424 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
425 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
426 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
427 there's no diskette inserted.)
428 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
429 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
430 o Reworked Databar a bit.
431 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
432 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
433
4342.65:
435 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
436 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
437 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
438 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
439 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
440 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
441 best stuff was turned off by default!
442 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
443 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
444 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
445 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
446 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
447 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
448 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
449
4502.64:
451 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
452 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
453 horizontal) there.
454 o More help file work.
455 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
456 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
457 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
458 "touching" files easier.
459
4602.63:
461 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
462 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
463 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
464 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
465 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
466 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
467 is available.
468 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
469 attractive (IMHO).
470 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
471 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
472 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
473 marks.
474 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
475 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
476 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
477 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
478
4792.62:
480 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
481
4822.61:
483 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
484 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
485 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
486 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
487 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
488 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
489 is bordered in red.
490 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
491 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
492 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
493 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
494 files.
495
4962.60:
497 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
498 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
499 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
500 be refreshed in the archive.
501 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
502 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
503
5042.59:
505 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
506 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
507 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
508
5092.58:
510 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
511 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
512 help to reflect this.
513 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
514 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
515 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
516
5172.57:
518 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
519 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
520 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
521
5222.56:
523 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
524 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
525
5262.55:
527 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
528 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
529
5302.54:
531 o Small tweaks.
532 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
533 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
534
5352.53:
536 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
537 selected files more quickly and easily.
538 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
539 Netscape were choking on it (a).
540 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
541 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
542 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
543 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
544
5452.52:
546 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
547 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
548 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
549 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
550 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
551 standard, then stick to it? Please?
552 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
553 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
554
5552.51:
556 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
557 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
558 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
559 user request.
560 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
561 user request.
562 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
563 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
564 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
565 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
566 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
567 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
568 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
569 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
570 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
571 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
572 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
573 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
574 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
575 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
576 still work correctly with this change.
577 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
578 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
579 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
580 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
581 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
582 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
583 up with all of it.
584
5852.50b:
586 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
587 image viewer window.
588 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
589 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
590
5912.50a:
592 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
593 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
594 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
595 directories listed in environment variables).
596 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
597 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
598 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
599 registration information.
600 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
601 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
602 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
603 popup menu.
604 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
605 object that didn't already have them (duh).
606 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
607 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
608 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
609 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
610
6112.50:
612 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
613 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
614 viewer.
615 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
616 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
617 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
618 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
619 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
620 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
621 results.
622 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
623 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
624 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
625 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
626 added file system type to end of string on user request.
627 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
628 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
629 It could happen.
630 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
631 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
632 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
633 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
634 o Note new internet address.
635 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
636 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
637 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
638 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
639 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
640 one :-).
641 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
642 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
643 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
644 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
645 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
646 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
647 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
648 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
649 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
650 even notice.
651
6522.49:
653 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
654 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
655 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
656 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
657 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
658 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
659 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
660 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
661 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
662 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
663 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
664 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
665 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
666
6672.48a:
668 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
669 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
670 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
671 o More Merlin preparations.
672 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
673 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
674 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
675 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
676 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
677 the Joneses? :-)
678
6792.48:
680 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
681 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
682 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
683 under Merlin.
684 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
685 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
686 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
687 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
688 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
689 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
690 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
691 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
692 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
693 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
694 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
695 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
696 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
697 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
698 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
699 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
700 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
701 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
702 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
703 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
704 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
705 machine.
706 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
707 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
708 o Keys help added per user request.
709
7102.47:
711 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
712 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
713 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
714 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
715 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
716 submenu selected.
717 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
718 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
719 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
720 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
721 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
722 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
723 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
724 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
725 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
726 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
727 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
728 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
729 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
730 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
731 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
732 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
733 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
734 Container to change directories.
735 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
736 questions.
737
7382.46:
739 o Fixed drive button bug.
740 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
741 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
742 the real thing.
743
7442.45:
745 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
746 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
747 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
748 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
749 was closed.
750 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
751 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
752 Scan.
753
7542.44:
755 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
756 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
757 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
758 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
759 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
760 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
761 user-defined bitmap.
762 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
763 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
764 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
765 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
766 for possible later retrieval.
767 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
768 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
769 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
770
7712.43:
772 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
773 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
774 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
775 connection, finally).
776 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
777 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
778 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
779 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
780 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
781 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
782 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
783 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
784 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
785 it finishes.
786 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
787 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
788 under older OS/2 versions.
789 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
790 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
791 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
792 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
793 reminder.
794 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
795 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
796
7972.42:
798 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
799 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
800 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
801 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
802 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
803 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
804 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
805 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
806 flags from the command line as an override.
807 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
808 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
809 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
810 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
811 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
812 Directory Container looks.
813 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
814 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
815 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
816 examples).
817 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
818 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
819 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
820 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
821 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
822 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
823 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
824 instead of the internal).
825 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
826 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
827 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
828 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
829 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
830
8312.41:
832 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
833 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
834 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
835 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
836 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
837 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
838 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
839 attractively.
840 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
841 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
842 but not switch to them.
843 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
844 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
845 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
846 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
847 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
848 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
849 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
850 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
851 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
852 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
853 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
854 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
855 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
856 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
857 Shouldn't be a major problem.
858 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
859 know the blamed thing was there.
860 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
861 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
862 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
863 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
864 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
865 paragraph. Something I use.
866 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
867 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
868 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
869 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
870 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
871 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
872 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
873 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
874 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
875 Containers.
876 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
877 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
878 (some things grow with a life of their own).
879 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
880 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
881 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
882 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
883
8842.40:
885 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
886 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
887 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
888 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
889 viewer.
890 o Added %! metastring.
891 o Added default archiver setting.
892 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
893 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
894 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
895 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
896 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
897 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
898 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
899 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
900 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
901 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
902 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
903 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
904 directories.
905 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
906 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
907 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
908
9092.39:
910 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
911 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
912 at FP10+ levels.
913 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
914 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
915 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
916 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
917 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
918 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
919 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
920 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
921 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
922 changed.
923 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
924
9252.38:
926 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
927 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
928 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
929 etc.).
930 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
931 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
932 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
933 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
934 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
935 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
936 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
937 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
938 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
939 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
940 show everything else.
941 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
942 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
943 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
944 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
945 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
946 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
947 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
948 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
949 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
950 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
951 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
952 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
953 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
954 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
955 foreground.
956
9572.37:
958 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
959 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
960 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
961 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
962 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
963 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
964 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
965 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
966 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
967 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
968 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
969 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
970 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
971 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
972 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
973 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
974 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
975 Directory Container.
976
9772.36:
978 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
979 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
980 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
981 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
982 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
983 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
984 o Tutorial section added to online help.
985 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
986 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
987 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
988 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
989 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
990 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
991 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
992 Settings notebook.
993 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
994 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
995 thousandth).
996 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
997 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
998 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
999
10002.35:
1001 o Performance tuning.
1002 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
1003 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
1004 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
1005 permanent by Adding them as usual.
1006 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
1007 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
1008 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
1009 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
1010 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
1011 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
1012 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
1013 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
1014 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
1015 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
1016 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
1017 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
1018
10192.34:
1020 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
1021 knee-jerk thing to do).
1022 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
1023 the container is maximized.
1024 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
1025 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
1026 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
1027 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
1028 interested).
1029 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
1030 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
1031 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
1032 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
1033 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
1034 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
1035 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
1036 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
1037 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
1038 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
1039 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
1040 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
1041 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1042 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1043 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1044
10452.33:
1046 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1047 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1048 internal Settings notebook).
1049 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1050 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1051 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1052 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1053 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1054 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1055 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1056 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1057 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1058 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1059 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1060 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1061 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1062 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1063 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1064
10652.32:
1066 o See all files window fleshed out.
1067 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1068 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1069 notebook.
1070 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1071 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1072 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1073 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1074 of course).
1075 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1076 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1077 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1078 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1079 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1080 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1081 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1082 the list.
1083
10842.31:
1085 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1086 miniapp.
1087 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1088 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1089 to the above).
1090 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1091 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1092 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1093 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1094 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1095 the archive resides."
1096 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1097 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1098 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1099 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1100 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1101 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1102 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1103 o More user suggestions implemented.
1104
11052.30:
1106 o I forget.
1107
11082.29:
1109 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1110 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1111 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1112 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1113 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1114 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1115 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1116 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1117 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1118 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1119 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1120 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1121 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1122 list).
1123
11242.28:
1125 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1126 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1127 dialog).
1128 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1129 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1130 current object.
1131 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1132 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1133 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1134 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1135 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1136 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1137 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1138 userlist dropdown.
1139 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1140 use a DOS app first...
1141
11422.27:
1143 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1144 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1145 default, BTW).
1146 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1147 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1148 weren't before).
1149 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1150 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1151 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1152 lines.
1153 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1154
11552.26:
1156 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1157 filenames.
1158 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1159 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1160 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1161 now on...
1162 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1163 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1164 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1165 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1166 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1167 client window whitespace.
1168 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1169 Edit menu.
1170 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1171 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1172 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1173 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1174 command.
1175 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1176 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1177 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1178
11792.25:
1180 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1181 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1182
11832.24:
1184 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1185 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1186 lives.
1187 o Undelete enhancements.
1188
11892.23:
1190 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1191 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1192 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1193 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1194 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1195 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1196
11972.22:
1198 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1199 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1200 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1201 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1202 inevitable problem arises.
1203 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1204 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1205
12062.21:
1207 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1208 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1209 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1210 causes default WPS open.
1211 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1212 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1213 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1214 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1215 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1216 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1217 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1218 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1219 o Other stuff I forget.
1220
12212.20:
1222 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1223 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1224 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1225 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1226 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1227 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1228 D&D.
1229 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1230 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1231 Containers.
1232 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1233 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1234 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1235 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1236 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1237 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1238 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1239 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1240 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1241 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1242 it (again).
1243
12442.19:
1245 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1246 alternative to maximizing.
1247 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1248 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1249 windows.
1250 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1251 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1252 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1253 along.
1254 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1255 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1256 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1257 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1258 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1259 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1260 to return to from the maximized state).
1261
12622.18:
1263 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1264 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1265 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1266 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1267 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1268 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1269 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1270
12712.17:
1272 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1273 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1274 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1275 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1276 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1277 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1278
12792.16:
1280 o Added "Update objects" command.
1281 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1282 one (under "Context Menus").
1283 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1284 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1285 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1286 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1287 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1288 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1289 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1290 start working again.
1291
12922.15:
1293 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1294 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1295 o Added "Select List" command.
1296 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1297 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1298 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1299 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1300 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1301 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1302 I'm just the piano player.
1303 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1304 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1305
13062.14:
1307 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1308 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1309 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1310 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1311 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1312 removable media drives.
1313 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1314 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1315 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1316 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1317 update the paths.
1318 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1319 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1320 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1321 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1322 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1323 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1324 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1325 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1326 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1327 to my satisfaction).
1328
13292.13:
1330 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1331 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1332 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1333 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1334 notebook.
1335 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1336 to use HPFS...).
1337 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1338 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1339 maybe a bit more functional.
1340 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1341
13422.12:
1343 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1344 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1345 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1346 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1347 accelerator keys.
1348 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1349
13502.11:
1351 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1352 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1353 give funny default drive.
1354 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1355 data between different INI files.
1356 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1357 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1358 There's a menu item for it.
1359 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1360 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1361 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1362
13632.10:
1364 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1365 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1366 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1367 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1368 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1369 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1370 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1371
13722.09:
1373 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1374 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1375 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1376 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1377 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1378 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1379 to trap.
1380 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1381 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1382 what Ron says...
1383 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1384 o Added optional split status line.
1385
13862.08:
1387 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1388 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1389 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1390 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1391 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1392 you can pick a different drive).
1393 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1394 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1395 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1396 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1397 line argument.
1398
13992.07:
1400 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1401 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1402 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1403 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1404 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1405 other.
1406
14072.06:
1408 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1409 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1410 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1411 root drives from being found.
1412 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1413 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1414 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1415 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1416 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1417 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1418
1419[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1420
14212.00:
1422 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1423 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1424 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1425
1426$Id: HISTORY 1088 2008-07-20 21:01:27Z jbs $
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