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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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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 Also available is open in FM2Play.exe for multimedia accel key only Ctrl + l
7 Ticket 126, 249. (John Gregg)
8 o The Settings notebook now responds to certain accelerator keys: F1 for help; F3
9 and both Enter keys for "Close and save" and ESC for "Close and discard changes".
10 Ticket 197. (John)
11 o For those who select "Show environment variables" in the Drive Tree, the list of
12 environment variables is now user-selectable on the "Tree" page of the Settings notebook.
13 Ticket 114. (John)
14 o FM/2 now uses the system TMP/TEMP directory for its Temp files. It should cleanup after
15 itself but it does it when it reopens following a crash. Let us know if it doesn't
16 Ticket 20 (Gregg)
17 o We have reworked the menus and accel keys in file containers (ie dircnr) to allow
18 for either the full path name (always available) or the filename to be saved/appended
19 to the clipboard. The menus were reworked to make access to these functions more obvious.
20 Ticket 137 (Gregg)
21 o Bug fixes, code cleanup and fortify enhancements (Steve, John, Gregg)
22
233.11
24 o Fixed 2 traps in Dirsize, ticket 243 (Gregg Steven)
25 o Added the option of having delete move the files to the Xworkplace trashcan, ticket 43
26 (Gregg)
27 o Added fortify support fix several memory management issues, ticket 213 240 (Steven Gregg)
28 o Fixed multi dot file association/filtering logic, ticket 235 (KO Myung-Hun)
29 o The Newviewer (not the old MLE) is used to view files when view is selected from menus
30 ticket 241 (Gregg)
31 o Fixed issues with details view not following user selected settings, ticket 237 239
32 (Gregg John)
33 o Eliminated the "bare" ini key details setting names. They are now prefaced by the container
34 name (ie DIRCNRS_) ticket 234 (John)
35 o Made all command line lengths obey user selected command line length, ticket 233 (Gregg)
36 o Added a state "FM2ShutDown" to the states dropdown box to allow easy return to the startup
37 state, ticket 227 (John)
38 o Fixed crash in compare directories if a file's name exceeded the OS/2 maximum, ticket 213
39 (Gregg)
40 o FM/2 reopens directory containers in the position they were closed in, ticket 103 (John)
41 o Add warnall suport (Steven)
42
433.10
44 o Removed the close buttton and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
45 o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
46 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
47 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
48 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
49 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
50 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
51 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
52 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
53 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
54 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
55 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
56 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
57 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
58 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
59 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
60 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remeber size and position. (Gregg)
61 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
62 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
63 and restored (Gregg)
64 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
65 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
66 This reverts to orginal behavior for named states
67 o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
68 o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
69 o Add conditional cascade to main menu settings menu item (Steven)
70 o Rework ResizeChildren to resize drive tree correctly (Steven)
71 o Avoid trap in TreeCnrWndProc WM_SAVEAPPLICATION (Steven)
72 o Fix _fsopen failure when creating a new list file (Gregg)
73 o Stop collector from trying to remove container items that were never inserted (Gregg)
74 o Recollect of hidden items now updates the items and unhides them (Gregg)
75 o Put hide/remove etc menu options on collector "view" menu (Gregg)
76 o Fix trap in seeall cause by pathname(s) that exceed maxpath (Gregg)
77 o Restore SaveDirCnrState internal state save logic - accidentally removed
78 o Move save shutdown state name to strings (IDS_SHUTDOWNSTATE, ShutdownState)
79 o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
80 o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
81 o Add presparams & update appearence of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
82 o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
83 o The state at shutdown is now available (read-only) in the States combo box (John)
84 o The list of excluded drives in the parameters of the FM/2 object
85 are no longer overwritten during the FM/2 install (John)
86 o The FM/2 Utilities package will no longer be selected automatically
87 during the install if it has already been installed. (John)
88 o Add a "debugging support" package to the Warpin WPI file (John)
89 o The build process has been changed so that script is updated with the new
90 version number the first time the WPI file for that version is built (John)
91 o Changed the build process to skip LXLITE processing on debug builds (John)
92
93
943.09
95 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
96 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
97 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
98 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
99 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
100 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
101 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
102 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
103 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
104 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
105 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
106 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
107 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
108 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
109 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
110 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
111 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
112 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
113 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
114 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
115 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
116
1173.08
118 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
119 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
120 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
121 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
122 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
123 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
124 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
125 on status line (Gregg)
126 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
127 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
128 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
129 string matching (Gregg)
130 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
131
1323.07
133 o Tweak build process (Steven)
134 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
135 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
136 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
137 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
138 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
139 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
140 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
141 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
142 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
143 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
144 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
145 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
146 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
147 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
148 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
149 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
150 read only files. (Gregg)
151 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
152 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
153 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
154 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
155 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
156 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
157 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
158 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
159 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
160 absent with wrapped tex and hex
161 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
162
1633.06
164 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
165 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
166 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
167 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
168 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
169 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
170
1713.05.09
172 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
173 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
174 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
175 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
176 o Rework selective error logging logic
177 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
178 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
179 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
180 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
181 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
182 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
183 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
184 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
185 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
186 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
187
1883.05 beta08
189 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
190 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
191 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
192 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
193 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
194 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
195 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
196 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
197 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
198 o Help file updates (Gregg)
199 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
200 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
201 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
202 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
203 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
204 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
205
2063.05beta07
207 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
208 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
209 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
210 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
211 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
212 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
213 o Update documentation (Gregg)
214 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
215 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
216
2173.05beta06
218 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
219 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
220
2213.05beta05
222 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
223 o NDFS support by Gregg
224 o Default seek and scan to show files
225 o Rework menus
226 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
227 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
228 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
229
2303.05beta04
231 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
232 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
233 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
234 o Avoid spurious error popups
235
2363.05beta03
237 o Help file updated by David
238 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
239 o Toolbars reworked by David
240 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
241 o More great bitmaps from David
242
2433.05beta02
244 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
245 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
246 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
247
2483.05beta01
249 o More great bitmaps from David
250 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
251 o Rework some error messages
252 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
253
2543.04
255 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
256 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
257 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
258 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
259 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
260 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
261 o More new icons (thanks David)
262 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
263
2643.04 pre11:
265 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
266 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
267
2683.04 pre10:
269 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
270 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
271
2723.04 pre9:
273 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
274
2753.04 pre8:
276 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
277 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
278
2793.04 pre7:
280 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
281 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
282 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
283 o Minor makefile corrections
284
2853.04 pre6:
286 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
287
2883.04 pre5:
289 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
290 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
291 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
292 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
293 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
294
2953.04 pre4:
296 o Correct longnames display enable
297 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
298 o Support archiver.tmp install
299
3003.04 pre3:
301 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
302 o Support tarlist.cmd install
303 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
304 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
305
3063.04 pre2:
307 o More icon updates (David's v18)
308 o Avoid user directory edit crash
309 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
310
3113.04 pre1:
312 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
313 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
314 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
315 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
316 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
317 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
318
3193.03:
320 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
321 o Correct directory sizes sort
322 o Correct archive sort again
323
3243.02i:
325 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
326 o Lots of work on large file support
327 o Switch to VAC 3.65
328 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
329 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
330 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
331 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
332 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
333 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
334 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
335 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
336
3373.02h:
338 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
339 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
340 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
341
3423.02g:
343 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
344
3453.02f:
346 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
347 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
348 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
349
3503.02e:
351 o More see all files fixes
352 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
353
3543.02d:
355 o Clean up icon usage
356 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
357 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
358 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
359 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
360 o Correct resource strings
361
3623.02c:
363 o Correct broken assignments
364 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
365
3663.02b:
367 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
368
3693.02a:
370 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
371 o Correct archive name display
372
3733.02:
374 o First open source release.
375
3763.01:
377 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
378
3793.00d:
380 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
381 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
382
3833.00c:
384 o More minor bug fixes.
385
3863.00b:
387 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
388
3893.00:
390 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
391 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
392 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
393 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
394 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
395 correspondingly smaller.
396 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
397 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
398 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
399 some more, thus tempting fate.
400 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
401 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
402 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
403 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
404 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
405 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
406 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
407 width.
408 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
409 this stuff built-in now.
410 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
411 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
412 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
413 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
414 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
415 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
416 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
417 confirmation.
418 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
419 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
420 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
421 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
422
4232.67:
424 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
425 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
426 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
427 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
428 recall.
429
4302.66:
431 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
432 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
433 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
434 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
435 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
436 there's no diskette inserted.)
437 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
438 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
439 o Reworked Databar a bit.
440 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
441 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
442
4432.65:
444 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
445 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
446 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
447 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
448 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
449 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
450 best stuff was turned off by default!
451 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
452 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
453 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
454 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
455 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
456 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
457 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
458
4592.64:
460 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
461 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
462 horizontal) there.
463 o More help file work.
464 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
465 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
466 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
467 "touching" files easier.
468
4692.63:
470 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
471 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
472 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
473 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
474 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
475 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
476 is available.
477 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
478 attractive (IMHO).
479 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
480 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
481 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
482 marks.
483 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
484 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
485 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
486 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
487
4882.62:
489 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
490
4912.61:
492 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
493 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
494 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
495 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
496 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
497 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
498 is bordered in red.
499 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
500 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
501 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
502 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
503 files.
504
5052.60:
506 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
507 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
508 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
509 be refreshed in the archive.
510 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
511 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
512
5132.59:
514 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
515 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
516 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
517
5182.58:
519 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
520 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
521 help to reflect this.
522 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
523 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
524 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
525
5262.57:
527 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
528 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
529 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
530
5312.56:
532 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
533 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
534
5352.55:
536 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
537 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
538
5392.54:
540 o Small tweaks.
541 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
542 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
543
5442.53:
545 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
546 selected files more quickly and easily.
547 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
548 Netscape were choking on it (a).
549 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
550 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
551 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
552 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
553
5542.52:
555 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
556 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
557 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
558 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
559 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
560 standard, then stick to it? Please?
561 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
562 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
563
5642.51:
565 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
566 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
567 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
568 user request.
569 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
570 user request.
571 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
572 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
573 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
574 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
575 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
576 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
577 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
578 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
579 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
580 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
581 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
582 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
583 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
584 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
585 still work correctly with this change.
586 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
587 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
588 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
589 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
590 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
591 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
592 up with all of it.
593
5942.50b:
595 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
596 image viewer window.
597 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
598 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
599
6002.50a:
601 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
602 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
603 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
604 directories listed in environment variables).
605 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
606 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
607 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
608 registration information.
609 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
610 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
611 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
612 popup menu.
613 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
614 object that didn't already have them (duh).
615 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
616 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
617 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
618 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
619
6202.50:
621 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
622 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
623 viewer.
624 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
625 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
626 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
627 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
628 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
629 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
630 results.
631 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
632 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
633 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
634 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
635 added file system type to end of string on user request.
636 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
637 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
638 It could happen.
639 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
640 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
641 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
642 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
643 o Note new internet address.
644 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
645 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
646 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
647 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
648 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
649 one :-).
650 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
651 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
652 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
653 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
654 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
655 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
656 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
657 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
658 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
659 even notice.
660
6612.49:
662 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
663 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
664 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
665 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
666 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
667 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
668 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
669 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
670 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
671 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
672 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
673 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
674 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
675
6762.48a:
677 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
678 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
679 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
680 o More Merlin preparations.
681 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
682 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
683 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
684 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
685 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
686 the Joneses? :-)
687
6882.48:
689 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
690 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
691 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
692 under Merlin.
693 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
694 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
695 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
696 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
697 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
698 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
699 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
700 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
701 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
702 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
703 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
704 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
705 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
706 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
707 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
708 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
709 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
710 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
711 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
712 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
713 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
714 machine.
715 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
716 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
717 o Keys help added per user request.
718
7192.47:
720 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
721 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
722 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
723 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
724 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
725 submenu selected.
726 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
727 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
728 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
729 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
730 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
731 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
732 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
733 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
734 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
735 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
736 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
737 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
738 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
739 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
740 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
741 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
742 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
743 Container to change directories.
744 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
745 questions.
746
7472.46:
748 o Fixed drive button bug.
749 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
750 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
751 the real thing.
752
7532.45:
754 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
755 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
756 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
757 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
758 was closed.
759 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
760 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
761 Scan.
762
7632.44:
764 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
765 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
766 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
767 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
768 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
769 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
770 user-defined bitmap.
771 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
772 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
773 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
774 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
775 for possible later retrieval.
776 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
777 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
778 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
779
7802.43:
781 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
782 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
783 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
784 connection, finally).
785 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
786 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
787 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
788 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
789 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
790 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
791 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
792 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
793 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
794 it finishes.
795 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
796 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
797 under older OS/2 versions.
798 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
799 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
800 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
801 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
802 reminder.
803 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
804 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
805
8062.42:
807 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
808 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
809 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
810 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
811 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
812 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
813 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
814 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
815 flags from the command line as an override.
816 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
817 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
818 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
819 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
820 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
821 Directory Container looks.
822 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
823 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
824 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
825 examples).
826 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
827 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
828 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
829 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
830 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
831 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
832 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
833 instead of the internal).
834 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
835 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
836 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
837 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
838 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
839
8402.41:
841 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
842 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
843 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
844 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
845 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
846 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
847 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
848 attractively.
849 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
850 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
851 but not switch to them.
852 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
853 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
854 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
855 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
856 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
857 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
858 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
859 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
860 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
861 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
862 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
863 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
864 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
865 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
866 Shouldn't be a major problem.
867 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
868 know the blamed thing was there.
869 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
870 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
871 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
872 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
873 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
874 paragraph. Something I use.
875 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
876 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
877 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
878 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
879 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
880 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
881 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
882 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
883 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
884 Containers.
885 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
886 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
887 (some things grow with a life of their own).
888 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
889 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
890 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
891 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
892
8932.40:
894 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
895 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
896 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
897 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
898 viewer.
899 o Added %! metastring.
900 o Added default archiver setting.
901 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
902 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
903 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
904 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
905 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
906 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
907 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
908 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
909 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
910 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
911 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
912 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
913 directories.
914 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
915 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
916 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
917
9182.39:
919 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
920 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
921 at FP10+ levels.
922 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
923 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
924 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
925 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
926 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
927 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
928 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
929 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
930 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
931 changed.
932 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
933
9342.38:
935 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
936 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
937 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
938 etc.).
939 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
940 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
941 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
942 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
943 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
944 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
945 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
946 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
947 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
948 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
949 show everything else.
950 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
951 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
952 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
953 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
954 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
955 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
956 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
957 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
958 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
959 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
960 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
961 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
962 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
963 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
964 foreground.
965
9662.37:
967 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
968 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
969 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
970 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
971 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
972 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
973 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
974 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
975 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
976 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
977 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
978 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
979 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
980 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
981 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
982 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
983 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
984 Directory Container.
985
9862.36:
987 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
988 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
989 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
990 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
991 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
992 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
993 o Tutorial section added to online help.
994 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
995 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
996 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
997 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
998 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
999 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
1000 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
1001 Settings notebook.
1002 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
1003 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
1004 thousandth).
1005 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
1006 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
1007 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
1008
10092.35:
1010 o Performance tuning.
1011 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
1012 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
1013 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
1014 permanent by Adding them as usual.
1015 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
1016 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
1017 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
1018 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
1019 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
1020 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
1021 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
1022 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
1023 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
1024 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
1025 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
1026 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
1027
10282.34:
1029 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
1030 knee-jerk thing to do).
1031 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
1032 the container is maximized.
1033 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
1034 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
1035 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
1036 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
1037 interested).
1038 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
1039 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
1040 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
1041 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
1042 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
1043 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
1044 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
1045 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
1046 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
1047 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
1048 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
1049 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
1050 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1051 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1052 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1053
10542.33:
1055 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1056 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1057 internal Settings notebook).
1058 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1059 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1060 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1061 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1062 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1063 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1064 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1065 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1066 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1067 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1068 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1069 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1070 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1071 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1072 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1073
10742.32:
1075 o See all files window fleshed out.
1076 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1077 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1078 notebook.
1079 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1080 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1081 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1082 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1083 of course).
1084 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1085 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1086 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1087 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1088 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1089 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1090 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1091 the list.
1092
10932.31:
1094 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1095 miniapp.
1096 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1097 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1098 to the above).
1099 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1100 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1101 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1102 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1103 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1104 the archive resides."
1105 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1106 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1107 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1108 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1109 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1110 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1111 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1112 o More user suggestions implemented.
1113
11142.30:
1115 o I forget.
1116
11172.29:
1118 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1119 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1120 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1121 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1122 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1123 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1124 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1125 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1126 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1127 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1128 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1129 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1130 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1131 list).
1132
11332.28:
1134 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1135 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1136 dialog).
1137 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1138 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1139 current object.
1140 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1141 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1142 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1143 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1144 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1145 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1146 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1147 userlist dropdown.
1148 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1149 use a DOS app first...
1150
11512.27:
1152 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1153 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1154 default, BTW).
1155 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1156 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1157 weren't before).
1158 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1159 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1160 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1161 lines.
1162 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1163
11642.26:
1165 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1166 filenames.
1167 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1168 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1169 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1170 now on...
1171 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1172 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1173 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1174 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1175 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1176 client window whitespace.
1177 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1178 Edit menu.
1179 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1180 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1181 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1182 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1183 command.
1184 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1185 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1186 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1187
11882.25:
1189 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1190 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1191
11922.24:
1193 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1194 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1195 lives.
1196 o Undelete enhancements.
1197
11982.23:
1199 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1200 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1201 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1202 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1203 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1204 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1205
12062.22:
1207 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1208 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1209 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1210 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1211 inevitable problem arises.
1212 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1213 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1214
12152.21:
1216 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1217 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1218 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1219 causes default WPS open.
1220 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1221 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1222 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1223 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1224 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1225 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1226 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1227 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1228 o Other stuff I forget.
1229
12302.20:
1231 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1232 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1233 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1234 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1235 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1236 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1237 D&D.
1238 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1239 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1240 Containers.
1241 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1242 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1243 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1244 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1245 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1246 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1247 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1248 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1249 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1250 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1251 it (again).
1252
12532.19:
1254 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1255 alternative to maximizing.
1256 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1257 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1258 windows.
1259 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1260 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1261 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1262 along.
1263 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1264 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1265 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1266 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1267 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1268 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1269 to return to from the maximized state).
1270
12712.18:
1272 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1273 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1274 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1275 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1276 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1277 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1278 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1279
12802.17:
1281 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1282 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1283 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1284 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1285 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1286 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1287
12882.16:
1289 o Added "Update objects" command.
1290 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1291 one (under "Context Menus").
1292 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1293 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1294 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1295 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1296 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1297 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1298 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1299 start working again.
1300
13012.15:
1302 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1303 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1304 o Added "Select List" command.
1305 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1306 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1307 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1308 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1309 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1310 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1311 I'm just the piano player.
1312 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1313 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1314
13152.14:
1316 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1317 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1318 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1319 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1320 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1321 removable media drives.
1322 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1323 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1324 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1325 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1326 update the paths.
1327 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1328 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1329 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1330 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1331 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1332 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1333 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1334 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1335 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1336 to my satisfaction).
1337
13382.13:
1339 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1340 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1341 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1342 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1343 notebook.
1344 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1345 to use HPFS...).
1346 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1347 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1348 maybe a bit more functional.
1349 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1350
13512.12:
1352 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1353 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1354 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1355 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1356 accelerator keys.
1357 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1358
13592.11:
1360 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1361 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1362 give funny default drive.
1363 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1364 data between different INI files.
1365 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1366 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1367 There's a menu item for it.
1368 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1369 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1370 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1371
13722.10:
1373 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1374 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1375 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1376 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1377 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1378 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1379 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1380
13812.09:
1382 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1383 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1384 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1385 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1386 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1387 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1388 to trap.
1389 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1390 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1391 what Ron says...
1392 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1393 o Added optional split status line.
1394
13952.08:
1396 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1397 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1398 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1399 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1400 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1401 you can pick a different drive).
1402 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1403 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1404 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1405 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1406 line argument.
1407
14082.07:
1409 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1410 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1411 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1412 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1413 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1414 other.
1415
14162.06:
1417 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1418 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1419 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1420 root drives from being found.
1421 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1422 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1423 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1424 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1425 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1426 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1427
1428[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1429
14302.00:
1431 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1432 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1433 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1434
1435$Id: HISTORY 1094 2008-07-22 01:15:41Z gyoung $
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