source: trunk/HISTORY@ 1469

Last change on this file since 1469 was 1469, checked in by Steven Levine, 16 years ago

Enhance compare directories - support AND'ed selections, rework CompSelect for size and speed,
allow fast cancel, drop unused reset logic, more context menu items

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1New stuff at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
2
33.18 (pre)
4 o Rework compare directories for speed; allow AND'ed selections;
5 allow fast cancel from long running operations; more content menu items
6
73.17
8
9 o Added progress indicators when copying or moving files and/or directories - flashing
10 led also shows list including # of total in thread notes window Ticket 302 (Steven)
11 o Place drive letters over bitmaps replace, enlarge bitmaps in drive bar and add a refresh
12 removable media and rescan button to the drive bar. Tickets 13, 91, 378, 385 (Gregg, David)
13 o Added Option to list drive label or file system name along side of the drive letter
14 in the drive tree. Tickets 47 339 (Gregg)
15 o Modified the directory container "Scanning" message to "Please wait ...scanning...
16 Ticket 291 (Steven)
17 o Toggling between split and full status bars no longer opens a databar window. Ticket 364
18 (Gregg)
19 o Shortened the status line 1 message for split status lines; Conditionally added
20 file system type to message. Ticket 365 (Gregg)
21 o Added option to open user INI, System INI or fm/2's INI files to a submenu on
22 the Utilities menu Ticket 366 (Gregg)
23 o FM/2 can now load in high memory. We have shipped both high (3.17.1) and low (3.17.0)
24 versions. Ticket 368, 388. 389, 401 (Gregg)
25 o Streamlined container scanning/loading Ticket 369, 370, 380, 381, 382 (Gregg, Steven)
26 o Fixed crashes caused by collecting files from list file and by pressing Ctrl-g
27 in the collector. Ticket 376, 395 (Gregg, Steven)
28 o Allow .LONGNAME to be displayed for FAT & LAN drives and delete .LONGNAME EA
29 if it becomes the filename on a copy or move. Ticket 377. 379, 386 (Gregg)
30 o Setting to turn off state save now work Ticket 383 (Gregg)
31 o Fixed container update failure in FM2 lite Ticket 390 (Gregg)
32 o Changed check for protectonly systems to avoid starting command.com which can hang a system
33 with a bad MDOS install Ticket 392 (Gregg)
34 o Update window layout help & fix labeling issues in fm2 main window help bmp Ticket 393
35 (Steven, David)
36 o Fixed a hang that occurred on SMP systems. Ticket 394 (Steven, Gregg)
37 o Fixed odd behavior when double clicking on the directory container directory icon.
38 Ticket 398 (Gregg)
39 o Provided the option to turn off the "drive exclude" suggestion dialog on start up.
40 Ticket 399 (Gregg)
41 o Suppressed error messages when scanning a directory containing a locked text file
42 or when Drag&Dropping more then one file from PMMail Ticket 391 400 (Gregg)
43
443.16
45 o Correct walk, compare and dirsizes dialog setups to ignore saved dialog size
46 Ticket 342 (Steven)
47 o Move translatable strings to fm3dll.rc STRINGTABLE to support NLS translations
48 Tickets 6, 81, 340 (Steven, Gregg)
49 o Support backspace in directory container type to search allow longer time between
50 key strokes in type to search Ticket 348 (Steven)
51 o Filtering and select/deselect mask now work in archive containers that have
52 pathnames Tickets 358, 359 (Gregg)
53 o Date formatting and "thousand separator" should now reflect the system locale settings
54 Tickets 28, 82 (Gregg)
55 o Resolved a rare hang during startup drive scanning Ticket 361 (Gregg)
56 o Fixed failure of some system based toolbar buttons in FM/2 lite Ticket 352 (Gregg)
57 o Compare directories now remembers changes to details settings Ticket 346 (Gregg)
58 o EA checkbox on directory container notebook page now works Ticket 344 (Gregg)
59 o Error/Alert beeps can now be turned off in the settings notebook Ticket 341 (Gregg)
60 o Improve identification of text verses binary files when opening viewers Tickets 326, 338
61 (Gregg)
62 o Removed VAC 3.65 specific code Ticket 350 (Gregg)
63 o Reworked detail switches handling for saved states Tickets 343, 345, 347 (Gregg, John)
64
653.15
66 o Added the option to turn write verify off on a per drive basis; it is turned off on nonfloppy
67 removables by default to address reports of hangs with FAT32 usb drives and of FAT USB
68 drives behaving as read only devices. Ticket 318/323 (Gregg)
69 o Seek and scan can now be started from the drives or directories context menus. Doing so
70 will use the drive/directory as the root for the search. Ticket 167 (Gregg)
71 o Added "DataBar" menu item to utilities menu. Ticket 280 (Gregg)
72 o Eliminated the need for archiver list to have start and end list strings; this allows it to
73 work with tar for example. Ticket 284 (John)
74 o Add setup for using latest tar including for .tar.gz and .tar.bz files (gzip and/or bzip must
75 also be in your path) to archiver.tmp (John)
76 o Added check for protectonly systems will gray out dos/win command line menu items and causes
77 Dos/Win executables to be opened in a viewer since they will fail anyway. Ticket 325 (Gregg)
78 o Added the option to rescan the drive tree on media eject (see scanning page of config notebook)
79 Ticket 48 (Gregg)
80 o Added Refresh removable media item to tree container menus Ticket 54 (Gregg)
81 o Grayed out partition tool menu item where the tool is not available in the path; removed partition
82 submenu default selection. Ticket 36 (Gregg)
83 o Added option to recursively scan selected drives at startup Ticket 322 (Gregg)
84 o Moved toggle word wrap in the MLE editor to "View" menu from a "Config" submenu Ticket 160
85 (Gregg)
86 o Added option to create extract directory from archive name Ticket 22 (Gregg)
87 o Added drop help to the tree container; fixed drop help to show the correct action on DO_DEFAULT
88 Ticket 320, 324
89 o Fixed seek and scan drive selection code so nonexistent drives aren't selected Ticket 301, 303
90 (Gregg)
91 o Several interface appearance/behavior issues were addressed Ticket 283, 305, 306, 311, 312
92 313, 316, 321, 328, 329, 330, 332 (Gregg)
93 o Fixed traps associated with deleting directories; closing a container after its
94 associated drive had been ejected and trying to execute a dll. Ticket 304, 317, 331 (Gregg)
95 o Added exceptq and process dump functionality to simplify defect reporting
96 Ticket 26, 307 (Steven)
97
983.14
99 o New toolbar and drive icons (David)
100 o Updated toolbars they all include buttons to switch to any other provided toolbar (David)
101 o Right click on unformatted drive now provides the drives context menu Ticket 279 (Gregg)
102 o Corrected the menu items available for remote, virtual and removable drives
103 Eliminated instances of multiple menu defaults. Ticket 290 (Gregg)
104 o Added new icons for some objects in the FM/2 folder. Ticket 292, 294 (David, John)
105 o Enhanced scan speed for initial and complete rescan of drive tree. Ticket 25 (Gregg)
106 o Fixed typo that had changed the the filters data file from filters.dat to filter.dat;
107 It is now filters.dat which it was originally. (Gregg)
108 o Help file clean up, minor corrections updates and new icons. (David, John)
109 o Some additional bug fixes. Tickets 163, 187, 286, 289, 2, 58, 282, 285, 287, 293
110 (Gregg, John, Steven)
111
1123.13
113 o Trash can only used for drives that support it; it is not used as default Ticket 250 (Gregg)
114 o Check disk space remaining for temp and user files; Fix several issues related to full drives.
115 Tickets 154, 214, 268, 271 (Gregg)
116 o Added current toolbar and target directory to states. Ticket 259 (John)
117 o Add BMP resources for the 7 FM2 provided toolbars & make it clear how to turn them off.
118 Tickets 273, 274 (Gregg, David)
119 o Fix problems with default toolbars and develop a seamless install saving user modifications.
120 Ticket 267 (John)
121 o Fix issues with the toolbar button edit/add etc code. Tickets 260, 264, 266, 272, 275 (Gregg)
122 o Fix Dirsizes issues including a trap. Tickets 224, 255, 269 (Gregg)
123 o Performance optimizations. Tickets 252, 253 (Gregg)
124 o Interface cleanup; Tickets 257, 258, 261, 262, 270 (Gregg)
125 o Some additional bugs fixed; Tickets 254, 256, 278 & several without tickets (Gregg, Steven)
126 o Developed a release validation assistant. Ticket 107 (John)
127
1283.12
129 o When viewing archives, users can now select "Open default" or "Open Settings".
130 These options are available through the context menu and via the F6 and F7 keys.
131 Also available is open in FM2Play.exe for multimedia accel key only Ctrl + l
132 Ticket 126, 249. (John Gregg)
133 o The Settings notebook now responds to certain accelerator keys: F1 for help; F3
134 and both Enter keys for "Close and save" and ESC for "Close and discard changes".
135 Ticket 197. (John)
136 o For those who select "Show environment variables" in the Drive Tree, the list of
137 environment variables is now user-selectable on the "Tree" page of the Settings notebook.
138 Ticket 114. (John)
139 o FM/2 now uses the system TMP/TEMP directory for its Temp files. It should cleanup after
140 itself but it does it when it reopens following a crash. Let us know if it doesn't
141 Ticket 20 (Gregg)
142 o We have reworked the menus and accel keys in file containers (ie dircnr) to allow
143 for either the full path name (always available) or the filename to be saved/appended
144 to the clipboard. The menus were reworked to make access to these functions more obvious.
145 Ticket 137 (Gregg)
146 o Bug fixes, code cleanup and fortify enhancements (Steve, John, Gregg)
147
1483.11
149 o Fixed 2 traps in Dirsize, ticket 243 (Gregg Steven)
150 o Added the option of having delete move the files to the Xworkplace trash can, ticket 43
151 (Gregg)
152 o Added fortify support fix several memory management issues, ticket 213 240 (Steven Gregg)
153 o Fixed multi dot file association/filtering logic, ticket 235 (KO Myung-Hun)
154 o The Newviewer (not the old MLE) is used to view files when view is selected from menus
155 ticket 241 (Gregg)
156 o Fixed issues with details view not following user selected settings, ticket 237 239
157 (Gregg John)
158 o Eliminated the "bare" ini key details setting names. They are now prefaced by the container
159 name (ie DIRCNRS_) ticket 234 (John)
160 o Made all command line lengths obey user selected command line length, ticket 233 (Gregg)
161 o Added a state "FM2ShutDown" to the states dropdown box to allow easy return to the startup
162 state, ticket 227 (John)
163 o Fixed crash in compare directories if a file's name exceeded the OS/2 maximum, ticket 213
164 (Gregg)
165 o FM/2 reopens directory containers in the position they were closed in, ticket 103 (John)
166 o Add warnall support (Steven)
167
1683.10
169 o Removed the close button and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
170 o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
171 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
172 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
173 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
174 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
175 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
176 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
177 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
178 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
179 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
180 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
181 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
182 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
183 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
184 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
185 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remember size and position. (Gregg)
186 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
187 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
188 and restored (Gregg)
189 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
190 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
191 This reverts to original behavior for named states
192 o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
193 o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
194 o Add conditional cascade to main menu settings menu item (Steven)
195 o Rework ResizeChildren to resize drive tree correctly (Steven)
196 o Avoid trap in TreeCnrWndProc WM_SAVEAPPLICATION (Steven)
197 o Fix _fsopen failure when creating a new list file (Gregg)
198 o Stop collector from trying to remove container items that were never inserted (Gregg)
199 o Recollect of hidden items now updates the items and unhides them (Gregg)
200 o Put hide/remove etc menu options on collector "view" menu (Gregg)
201 o Fix trap in seeall cause by pathname(s) that exceed maxpath (Gregg)
202 o Restore SaveDirCnrState internal state save logic - accidentally removed
203 o Move save shutdown state name to strings (IDS_SHUTDOWNSTATE, ShutdownState)
204 o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
205 o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
206 o Add presparams & update appearance of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
207 o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
208 o The state at shutdown is now available (read-only) in the States combo box (John)
209 o The list of excluded drives in the parameters of the FM/2 object
210 are no longer overwritten during the FM/2 install (John)
211 o The FM/2 Utilities package will no longer be selected automatically
212 during the install if it has already been installed. (John)
213 o Add a "debugging support" package to the Warpin WPI file (John)
214 o The build process has been changed so that script is updated with the new
215 version number the first time the WPI file for that version is built (John)
216 o Changed the build process to skip LXLITE processing on debug builds (John)
217
218
2193.09
220 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
221 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
222 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
223 o Use commaFMTULL for formatting additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
224 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
225 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
226 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
227 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
228 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
229 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
230 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
231 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
232 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
233 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
234 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
235 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
236 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
237 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
238 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
239 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
240 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
241
2423.08
243 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
244 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
245 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
246 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundary (Steven)
247 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
248 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
249 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
250 on status line (Gregg)
251 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
252 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
253 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
254 string matching (Gregg)
255 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
256
2573.07
258 o Tweak build process (Steven)
259 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
260 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
261 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
262 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
263 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
264 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
265 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
266 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
267 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
268 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
269 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
270 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
271 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
272 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
273 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
274 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
275 read only files. (Gregg)
276 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
277 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
278 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
279 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
280 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
281 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
282 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
283 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
284 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
285 absent with wrapped text and hex
286 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
287
2883.06
289 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
290 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
291 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
292 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
293 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
294 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
295
2963.05.09
297 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
298 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
299 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
300 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
301 o Rework selective error logging logic
302 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
303 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
304 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
305 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
306 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
307 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
308 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
309 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
310 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
311 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
312
3133.05 beta08
314 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
315 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
316 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
317 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
318 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
319 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
320 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
321 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
322 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
323 o Help file updates (Gregg)
324 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
325 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
326 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
327 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
328 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
329 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
330
3313.05beta07
332 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
333 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
334 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
335 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
336 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
337 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
338 o Update documentation (Gregg)
339 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
340 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
341
3423.05beta06
343 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
344 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
345
3463.05beta05
347 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
348 o NDFS support by Gregg
349 o Default seek and scan to show files
350 o Rework menus
351 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
352 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
353 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
354
3553.05beta04
356 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
357 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
358 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
359 o Avoid spurious error popups
360
3613.05beta03
362 o Help file updated by David
363 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
364 o Toolbars reworked by David
365 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
366 o More great bitmaps from David
367
3683.05beta02
369 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
370 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
371 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
372
3733.05beta01
374 o More great bitmaps from David
375 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
376 o Rework some error messages
377 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
378
3793.04
380 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
381 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
382 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
383 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
384 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
385 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
386 o More new icons (thanks David)
387 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
388
3893.04 pre11:
390 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
391 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
392
3933.04 pre10:
394 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
395 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
396
3973.04 pre9:
398 o Add archiver definition add/delete/move support
399
4003.04 pre8:
401 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
402 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
403
4043.04 pre7:
405 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
406 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
407 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
408 o Minor makefile corrections
409
4103.04 pre6:
411 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
412
4133.04 pre5:
414 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
415 o Support archivers that only extract with directories (tar)
416 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
417 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
418 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
419
4203.04 pre4:
421 o Correct longnames display enable
422 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
423 o Support archiver.tmp install
424
4253.04 pre3:
426 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
427 o Support tarlist.cmd install
428 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
429 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
430
4313.04 pre2:
432 o More icon updates (David's v18)
433 o Avoid user directory edit crash
434 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
435
4363.04 pre1:
437 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
438 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
439 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
440 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
441 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
442 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
443
4443.03:
445 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
446 o Correct directory sizes sort
447 o Correct archive sort again
448
4493.02i:
450 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
451 o Lots of work on large file support
452 o Switch to VAC 3.65
453 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
454 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
455 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
456 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
457 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
458 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
459 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
460 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
461
4623.02h:
463 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
464 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
465 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
466
4673.02g:
468 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
469
4703.02f:
471 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
472 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
473 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
474
4753.02e:
476 o More see all files fixes
477 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
478
4793.02d:
480 o Clean up icon usage
481 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
482 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
483 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
484 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
485 o Correct resource strings
486
4873.02c:
488 o Correct broken assignments
489 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
490
4913.02b:
492 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
493
4943.02a:
495 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
496 o Correct archive name display
497
4983.02:
499 o First open source release.
500
5013.01:
502 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
503
5043.00d:
505 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
506 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
507
5083.00c:
509 o More minor bug fixes.
510
5113.00b:
512 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
513
5143.00:
515 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
516 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
517 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
518 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
519 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
520 correspondingly smaller.
521 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
522 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
523 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
524 some more, thus tempting fate.
525 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
526 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
527 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
528 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
529 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
530 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
531 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
532 width.
533 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
534 this stuff built-in now.
535 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
536 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
537 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
538 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
539 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
540 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
541 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
542 confirmation.
543 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
544 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
545 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
546 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
547
5482.67:
549 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
550 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
551 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
552 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
553 recall.
554
5552.66:
556 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
557 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
558 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
559 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
560 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
561 there's no diskette inserted.)
562 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
563 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
564 o Reworked Databar a bit.
565 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
566 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
567
5682.65:
569 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
570 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
571 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
572 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
573 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
574 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
575 best stuff was turned off by default!
576 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
577 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
578 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
579 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
580 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
581 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
582 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
583
5842.64:
585 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
586 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
587 horizontal) there.
588 o More help file work.
589 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
590 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
591 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
592 "touching" files easier.
593
5942.63:
595 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
596 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
597 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
598 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
599 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
600 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
601 is available.
602 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
603 attractive (IMHO).
604 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
605 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
606 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
607 marks.
608 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
609 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
610 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
611 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
612
6132.62:
614 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
615
6162.61:
617 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
618 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
619 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
620 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
621 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
622 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
623 is bordered in red.
624 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
625 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
626 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
627 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
628 files.
629
6302.60:
631 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
632 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
633 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
634 be refreshed in the archive.
635 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
636 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
637
6382.59:
639 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
640 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
641 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
642
6432.58:
644 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
645 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
646 help to reflect this.
647 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
648 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
649 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
650
6512.57:
652 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
653 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
654 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
655
6562.56:
657 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
658 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
659
6602.55:
661 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
662 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
663
6642.54:
665 o Small tweaks.
666 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
667 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
668
6692.53:
670 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
671 selected files more quickly and easily.
672 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
673 Netscape were choking on it (a).
674 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
675 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
676 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
677 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
678
6792.52:
680 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
681 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
682 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
683 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
684 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
685 standard, then stick to it? Please?
686 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
687 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
688
6892.51:
690 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
691 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
692 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
693 user request.
694 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
695 user request.
696 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
697 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
698 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
699 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
700 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
701 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
702 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
703 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
704 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
705 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
706 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
707 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
708 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
709 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
710 still work correctly with this change.
711 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
712 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
713 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
714 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
715 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
716 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
717 up with all of it.
718
7192.50b:
720 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
721 image viewer window.
722 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
723 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
724
7252.50a:
726 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
727 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
728 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
729 directories listed in environment variables).
730 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
731 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
732 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
733 registration information.
734 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
735 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
736 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
737 popup menu.
738 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
739 object that didn't already have them (duh).
740 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
741 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
742 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
743 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
744
7452.50:
746 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
747 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
748 viewer.
749 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
750 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
751 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizarre and
752 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
753 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
754 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
755 results.
756 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
757 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
758 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
759 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
760 added file system type to end of string on user request.
761 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
762 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
763 It could happen.
764 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
765 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
766 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
767 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
768 o Note new internet address.
769 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
770 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
771 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
772 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
773 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
774 one :-).
775 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
776 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
777 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
778 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
779 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
780 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
781 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
782 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
783 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
784 even notice.
785
7862.49:
787 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
788 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
789 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
790 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
791 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
792 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
793 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
794 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
795 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
796 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
797 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
798 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
799 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
800
8012.48a:
802 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
803 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
804 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
805 o More Merlin preparations.
806 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
807 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
808 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
809 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
810 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
811 the Joneses? :-)
812
8132.48:
814 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
815 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
816 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
817 under Merlin.
818 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
819 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
820 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
821 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
822 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
823 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
824 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
825 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
826 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomaly.
827 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
828 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
829 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
830 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
831 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
832 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
833 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
834 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
835 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
836 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
837 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
838 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
839 machine.
840 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
841 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
842 o Keys help added per user request.
843
8442.47:
845 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
846 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
847 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
848 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
849 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
850 submenu selected.
851 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
852 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
853 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
854 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
855 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
856 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
857 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
858 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
859 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
860 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
861 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
862 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
863 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
864 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
865 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
866 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
867 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
868 Container to change directories.
869 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
870 questions.
871
8722.46:
873 o Fixed drive button bug.
874 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
875 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
876 the real thing.
877
8782.45:
879 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
880 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
881 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
882 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
883 was closed.
884 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
885 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
886 Scan.
887
8882.44:
889 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
890 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
891 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
892 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticeably unless you
893 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
894 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
895 user-defined bitmap.
896 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
897 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
898 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
899 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
900 for possible later retrieval.
901 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
902 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
903 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
904
9052.43:
906 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
907 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
908 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
909 connection, finally).
910 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
911 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
912 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
913 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
914 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
915 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
916 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
917 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
918 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
919 it finishes.
920 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
921 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
922 under older OS/2 versions.
923 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
924 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
925 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
926 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
927 reminder.
928 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
929 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
930
9312.42:
932 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
933 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
934 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
935 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
936 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
937 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
938 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
939 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
940 flags from the command line as an override.
941 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
942 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
943 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
944 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
945 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
946 Directory Container looks.
947 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
948 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
949 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
950 examples).
951 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
952 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
953 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
954 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
955 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
956 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
957 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
958 instead of the internal).
959 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
960 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
961 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
962 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
963 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
964
9652.41:
966 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
967 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
968 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
969 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
970 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
971 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
972 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
973 attractively.
974 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
975 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
976 but not switch to them.
977 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
978 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
979 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
980 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
981 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
982 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
983 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
984 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
985 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
986 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
987 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
988 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
989 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
990 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
991 Shouldn't be a major problem.
992 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
993 know the blamed thing was there.
994 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
995 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
996 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
997 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
998 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
999 paragraph. Something I use.
1000 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
1001 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
1002 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
1003 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
1004 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
1005 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
1006 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
1007 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
1008 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
1009 Containers.
1010 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
1011 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
1012 (some things grow with a life of their own).
1013 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
1014 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
1015 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
1016 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
1017
10182.40:
1019 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
1020 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
1021 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
1022 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
1023 viewer.
1024 o Added %! metastring.
1025 o Added default archiver setting.
1026 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
1027 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
1028 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
1029 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
1030 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
1031 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
1032 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
1033 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
1034 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
1035 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
1036 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
1037 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
1038 directories.
1039 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
1040 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
1041 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
1042
10432.39:
1044 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
1045 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
1046 at FP10+ levels.
1047 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
1048 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
1049 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
1050 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
1051 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
1052 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
1053 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
1054 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
1055 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
1056 changed.
1057 o Help file improvements (a never ending saga).
1058
10592.38:
1060 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writable drives unless
1061 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
1062 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
1063 etc.).
1064 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
1065 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
1066 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
1067 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
1068 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
1069 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
1070 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
1071 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
1072 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
1073 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
1074 show everything else.
1075 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
1076 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
1077 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
1078 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
1079 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
1080 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
1081 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
1082 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
1083 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
1084 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
1085 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
1086 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
1087 you'll get the opportunity to enter a password without having to
1088 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
1089 foreground.
1090
10912.37:
1092 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
1093 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
1094 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
1095 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
1096 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
1097 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
1098 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
1099 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
1100 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
1101 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
1102 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
1103 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
1104 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
1105 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
1106 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
1107 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
1108 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
1109 Directory Container.
1110
11112.36:
1112 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
1113 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
1114 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
1115 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
1116 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
1117 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
1118 o Tutorial section added to online help.
1119 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
1120 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
1121 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
1122 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
1123 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
1124 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
1125 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
1126 Settings notebook.
1127 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
1128 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
1129 thousandth).
1130 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
1131 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
1132 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
1133
11342.35:
1135 o Performance tuning.
1136 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
1137 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
1138 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
1139 permanent by Adding them as usual.
1140 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
1141 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
1142 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
1143 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
1144 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
1145 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
1146 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
1147 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
1148 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
1149 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
1150 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
1151 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
1152
11532.34:
1154 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
1155 knee-jerk thing to do).
1156 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
1157 the container is maximized.
1158 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
1159 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
1160 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
1161 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
1162 interested).
1163 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
1164 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
1165 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
1166 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
1167 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
1168 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
1169 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
1170 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
1171 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
1172 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
1173 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
1174 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
1175 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1176 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1177 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1178
11792.33:
1180 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1181 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1182 internal Settings notebook).
1183 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1184 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1185 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1186 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1187 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1188 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1189 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1190 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1191 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1192 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1193 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1194 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1195 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1196 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1197 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1198
11992.32:
1200 o See all files window fleshed out.
1201 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1202 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1203 notebook.
1204 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1205 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1206 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1207 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1208 of course).
1209 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1210 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1211 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1212 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1213 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1214 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1215 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1216 the list.
1217
12182.31:
1219 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1220 miniapp.
1221 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1222 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1223 to the above).
1224 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1225 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1226 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1227 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1228 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1229 the archive resides."
1230 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1231 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1232 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1233 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1234 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1235 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1236 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1237 o More user suggestions implemented.
1238
12392.30:
1240 o I forget.
1241
12422.29:
1243 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1244 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1245 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1246 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1247 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1248 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1249 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1250 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1251 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1252 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1253 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1254 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1255 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1256 list).
1257
12582.28:
1259 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1260 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1261 dialog).
1262 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1263 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1264 current object.
1265 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1266 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1267 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1268 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1269 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1270 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1271 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1272 userlist dropdown.
1273 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1274 use a DOS app first...
1275
12762.27:
1277 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1278 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1279 default, BTW).
1280 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1281 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1282 weren't before).
1283 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1284 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1285 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1286 lines.
1287 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1288
12892.26:
1290 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1291 filenames.
1292 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1293 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1294 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1295 now on...
1296 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1297 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1298 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1299 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1300 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1301 client window whitespace.
1302 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1303 Edit menu.
1304 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1305 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1306 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1307 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1308 command.
1309 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1310 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1311 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1312
13132.25:
1314 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1315 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1316
13172.24:
1318 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1319 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1320 lives.
1321 o Undelete enhancements.
1322
13232.23:
1324 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1325 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1326 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1327 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1328 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1329 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1330
13312.22:
1332 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1333 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1334 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1335 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1336 inevitable problem arises.
1337 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1338 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1339
13402.21:
1341 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1342 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1343 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1344 causes default WPS open.
1345 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1346 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1347 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1348 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1349 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1350 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1351 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1352 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1353 o Other stuff I forget.
1354
13552.20:
1356 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1357 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1358 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1359 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1360 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1361 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1362 D&D.
1363 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1364 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1365 Containers.
1366 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1367 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1368 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1369 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1370 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1371 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1372 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1373 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1374 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1375 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1376 it (again).
1377
13782.19:
1379 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1380 alternative to maximizing.
1381 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1382 registered user. Added a labeled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1383 windows.
1384 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1385 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1386 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1387 along.
1388 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1389 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1390 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1391 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1392 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1393 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1394 to return to from the maximized state).
1395
13962.18:
1397 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1398 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1399 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1400 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1401 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1402 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1403 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1404
14052.17:
1406 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1407 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1408 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1409 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1410 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1411 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1412
14132.16:
1414 o Added "Update objects" command.
1415 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1416 one (under "Context Menus").
1417 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1418 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1419 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1420 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1421 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1422 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1423 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automatically
1424 start working again.
1425
14262.15:
1427 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1428 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1429 o Added "Select List" command.
1430 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1431 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1432 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1433 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1434 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1435 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1436 I'm just the piano player.
1437 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1438 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1439
14402.14:
1441 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1442 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1443 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1444 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1445 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1446 removable media drives.
1447 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1448 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1449 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1450 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1451 update the paths.
1452 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1453 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1454 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1455 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1456 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1457 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1458 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1459 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1460 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1461 to my satisfaction).
1462
14632.13:
1464 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1465 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1466 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1467 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1468 notebook.
1469 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1470 to use HPFS...).
1471 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1472 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1473 maybe a bit more functional.
1474 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1475
14762.12:
1477 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1478 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1479 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1480 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1481 accelerator keys.
1482 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1483
14842.11:
1485 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1486 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1487 give funny default drive.
1488 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1489 data between different INI files.
1490 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1491 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1492 There's a menu item for it.
1493 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1494 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1495 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1496
14972.10:
1498 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1499 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1500 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1501 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1502 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1503 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1504 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1505
15062.09:
1507 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1508 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1509 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1510 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1511 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1512 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1513 to trap.
1514 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1515 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I always do
1516 what Ron says...
1517 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1518 o Added optional split status line.
1519
15202.08:
1521 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1522 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1523 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1524 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1525 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1526 you can pick a different drive).
1527 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1528 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1529 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1530 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1531 line argument.
1532
15332.07:
1534 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1535 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1536 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1537 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1538 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1539 other.
1540
15412.06:
1542 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1543 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1544 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1545 root drives from being found.
1546 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1547 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1548 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1549 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1550 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1551 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1552
1553[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1554
15552.00:
1556 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1557 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1558 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1559
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