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1New stuff at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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33.19
4 o Added the option to open the directory container of an item in the collector. Ticket 362 (Gregg)
5 o Finally appear to have fixed the duplicate names in the tree container on drive scanning
6 Ticket 363 (Gregg)
7 o Corrected the drive space display in the drive information dialog. Ticket 367 (Gregg)
8 o Eliminate "Drive not Ready" error when change the "Show in tree" option. Ticket 437 (Gregg)
9 o Force a reload of Archiver.bb2 anytime it is edited using FM/2's archiver editor and on
10 opening the editor if it has been changed on disk. Ticket 438, 441 (Steven, Gregg)
11 o Added an Open file button to the EA editor so multiple files can be edited without opening and
12 closing the dialog box. Ticket 439 (Gregg)
13 o Prevent an AV/2 hang caused by deletion of the temp directory and check that the temp
14 directory exists before creating temp files also prevents some hangs. Ticket 440, 442 (Gregg)
15 o Fixed trap that occurred if seeall is closed while it is scanning. Ticket 444 (Steven)
16 o Fixed trap that occurred when a scan added more than 64k files to a container. Ticket 446, 448
17 (Steven, Gregg)
18 o Improved UI and PM response during large file scans and container closes. Tickets 452-57
19 (Steven, Gregg)
20 o Eliminate double count up of files and kibs in directory containers Ticket 458 (Gregg)
21 o Removed instructions for updating resources which was badly out of date. Ticket 371 (Gregg)
22 o Added .xqs files and now install debug package by default to better utilize exceptq.
23 Ticket 447 (Gregg)
24 o Load as much of FM/2 in high memory as possible. (Gregg)
25
263.18
27 o Rework compare directories for speed; allow AND'ed selections;
28 allow fast cancel from long running operations; more content menu items Ticket 276 (Steven)
29 o Use Ctrl-click to select state or commonly used directory quicklist entry without activating.
30 Handy for deleting entries without changing window state. Ticket 433 (Steven)
31 o Use Ctrl-click to select walk dialog user list entry without activating.
32 Handy for deleting entries without changing entry field content. Ticket 433 (Steven)
33 o Avoid drivebar MB2 exception (Steven)
34 o Avoid traps when changing tree container display style Ticket 408 (Steven, Gregg)
35 o Restore missing drives to drive list dropdown (Steven)
36 o Correct docopyf regression which caused move to same volume to fail with access denied (Steven)
37 o Eliminate intermittent hang on drive rescan (Gregg)
38 o Move clipboard buffer to low memory to correct paste failure in VIO windows. (Gregg)
39 o Corrected the file open logic to avoid attempting to open zero byte files as multimedia
40 among other oddities. (zero-byte now open a warning that gives the option of opening them
41 in the default text editor). Ticket 70, 409 (Gregg)
42 o Moved data from COMMADS.DAT to FM3.INI. This allows you to reorder your "commands" without
43 breaking any tool buttons you have created or changing the command's hotkey assignment.
44 Hotkeys are now user selectable. Tickets 65, 186 412 (Gregg)
45 o MPGs are now recognized as media files. Ticket 405 (Gregg)
46 o Another attempt to fix the rare situation where directory names are double listed in the
47 Tree container. Ticket 363 (Gregg)
48 o Remove high memory version which was broken by changes in open watcom 1.9 which use DosOpenL
49 (can open files larger than 2 gigs). DosOpenL doesn't thunk the high addresses correctly.
50 (Gregg)
51 o "Separate Parameters" now works. Ticket 414 (Gregg)
52 o Updated the quick settings page to include my standard settings as a choice and make
53 Default match the currently shipped defaults. Ticket 415 (Gregg)
54 o Changes to use wipfc as the default help file compiler. Tickets 420, 421 431 (Robert, Gregg)
55 o Fix a dialog box hang when an open archive is deleted or moved. Ticket 422 (John)
56 o Fix run failure of DOS and Win16 programs called from within an archive. Ticket 423 (John)
57 o Change "Cancel" button to "Close" in the Select Archiver dialog to better reflect its
58 function. Ticket 427 (John)
59 o Warpin installer will delete FM3RES.STR from your install directory. The file is obsolete.
60 Ticket 430 (John)
61 o Add support for unzip 6.0 in ARCHIVER.TMP file. Ticket 428 (John)
62 o Documented in the help files the error message returned by the trashcan when a disk
63 is full and explained its meaning. Ticket 251 (Gregg)
64 o Improved error message when the executable for an archiver isn't found in the PATH.
65 Ticket 403 (Gregg)
66 o .wpi files are now passed to PM for opening if no association is provided. Ticket 432 (Gregg)
67 o Append checkbox in save list dialog now works as expected. Ticket 436 (Gregg)
68 o Suppressed ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE error on NTFS volumes; it appears to be an issue with
69 NTFS.IFS or the kernel. Ticket 435 (Gregg)
70 o Improve startup parameter suggestion wording and make behavior work as described. Ticket 434
71 (John)
72
733.17
74
75 o Added progress indicators when copying or moving files and/or directories - flashing
76 led also shows list including # of total in thread notes window Ticket 302 (Steven)
77 o Place drive letters over bitmaps replace, enlarge bitmaps in drive bar and add a refresh
78 removable media and rescan button to the drive bar. Tickets 13, 91, 378, 385 (Gregg, David)
79 o Added Option to list drive label or file system name along side of the drive letter
80 in the drive tree. Tickets 47 339 (Gregg)
81 o Modified the directory container "Scanning" message to "Please wait ...scanning...
82 Ticket 291 (Steven)
83 o Toggling between split and full status bars no longer opens a databar window. Ticket 364
84 (Gregg)
85 o Shortened the status line 1 message for split status lines; Conditionally added
86 file system type to message. Ticket 365 (Gregg)
87 o Added option to open user INI, System INI or fm/2's INI files to a submenu on
88 the Utilities menu Ticket 366 (Gregg)
89 o FM/2 can now load in high memory. We have shipped both high (3.17.1) and low (3.17.0)
90 versions. Ticket 368, 388. 389, 401 (Gregg)
91 o Streamlined container scanning/loading Ticket 369, 370, 380, 381, 382 (Gregg, Steven)
92 o Fixed crashes caused by collecting files from list file and by pressing Ctrl-g
93 in the collector. Ticket 376, 395 (Gregg, Steven)
94 o Allow .LONGNAME to be displayed for FAT & LAN drives and delete .LONGNAME EA
95 if it becomes the filename on a copy or move. Ticket 377. 379, 386 (Gregg)
96 o Setting to turn off state save now work Ticket 383 (Gregg)
97 o Fixed container update failure in FM2 lite Ticket 390 (Gregg)
98 o Changed check for protectonly systems to avoid starting command.com which can hang a system
99 with a bad MDOS install Ticket 392 (Gregg)
100 o Update window layout help & fix labeling issues in fm2 main window help bmp Ticket 393
101 (Steven, David)
102 o Fixed a hang that occurred on SMP systems. Ticket 394 (Steven, Gregg)
103 o Fixed odd behavior when double clicking on the directory container directory icon.
104 Ticket 398 (Gregg)
105 o Provided the option to turn off the "drive exclude" suggestion dialog on start up.
106 Ticket 399 (Gregg)
107 o Suppressed error messages when scanning a directory containing a locked text file
108 or when Drag&Dropping more then one file from PMMail Ticket 391 400 (Gregg)
109
1103.16
111 o Correct walk, compare and dirsizes dialog setups to ignore saved dialog size
112 Ticket 342 (Steven)
113 o Move translatable strings to fm3dll.rc STRINGTABLE to support NLS translations
114 Tickets 6, 81, 340 (Steven, Gregg)
115 o Support backspace in directory container type to search allow longer time between
116 key strokes in type to search Ticket 348 (Steven)
117 o Filtering and select/deselect mask now work in archive containers that have
118 pathnames Tickets 358, 359 (Gregg)
119 o Date formatting and "thousand separator" should now reflect the system locale settings
120 Tickets 28, 82 (Gregg)
121 o Resolved a rare hang during startup drive scanning Ticket 361 (Gregg)
122 o Fixed failure of some system based toolbar buttons in FM/2 lite Ticket 352 (Gregg)
123 o Compare directories now remembers changes to details settings Ticket 346 (Gregg)
124 o EA checkbox on directory container notebook page now works Ticket 344 (Gregg)
125 o Error/Alert beeps can now be turned off in the settings notebook Ticket 341 (Gregg)
126 o Improve identification of text verses binary files when opening viewers Tickets 326, 338
127 (Gregg)
128 o Removed VAC 3.65 specific code Ticket 350 (Gregg)
129 o Reworked detail switches handling for saved states Tickets 343, 345, 347 (Gregg, John)
130
1313.15
132 o Added the option to turn write verify off on a per drive basis; it is turned off on nonfloppy
133 removables by default to address reports of hangs with FAT32 usb drives and of FAT USB
134 drives behaving as read only devices. Ticket 318/323 (Gregg)
135 o Seek and scan can now be started from the drives or directories context menus. Doing so
136 will use the drive/directory as the root for the search. Ticket 167 (Gregg)
137 o Added "DataBar" menu item to utilities menu. Ticket 280 (Gregg)
138 o Eliminated the need for archiver list to have start and end list strings; this allows it to
139 work with tar for example. Ticket 284 (John)
140 o Add setup for using latest tar including for .tar.gz and .tar.bz files (gzip and/or bzip must
141 also be in your path) to archiver.tmp (John)
142 o Added check for protectonly systems will gray out dos/win command line menu items and causes
143 Dos/Win executables to be opened in a viewer since they will fail anyway. Ticket 325 (Gregg)
144 o Added the option to rescan the drive tree on media eject (see scanning page of config notebook)
145 Ticket 48 (Gregg)
146 o Added Refresh removable media item to tree container menus Ticket 54 (Gregg)
147 o Grayed out partition tool menu item where the tool is not available in the path; removed partition
148 submenu default selection. Ticket 36 (Gregg)
149 o Added option to recursively scan selected drives at startup Ticket 322 (Gregg)
150 o Moved toggle word wrap in the MLE editor to "View" menu from a "Config" submenu Ticket 160
151 (Gregg)
152 o Added option to create extract directory from archive name Ticket 22 (Gregg)
153 o Added drop help to the tree container; fixed drop help to show the correct action on DO_DEFAULT
154 Ticket 320, 324
155 o Fixed seek and scan drive selection code so nonexistent drives aren't selected Ticket 301, 303
156 (Gregg)
157 o Several interface appearance/behavior issues were addressed Ticket 283, 305, 306, 311, 312
158 313, 316, 321, 328, 329, 330, 332 (Gregg)
159 o Fixed traps associated with deleting directories; closing a container after its
160 associated drive had been ejected and trying to execute a dll. Ticket 304, 317, 331 (Gregg)
161 o Added exceptq and process dump functionality to simplify defect reporting
162 Ticket 26, 307 (Steven)
163
1643.14
165 o New toolbar and drive icons (David)
166 o Updated toolbars they all include buttons to switch to any other provided toolbar (David)
167 o Right click on unformatted drive now provides the drives context menu Ticket 279 (Gregg)
168 o Corrected the menu items available for remote, virtual and removable drives
169 Eliminated instances of multiple menu defaults. Ticket 290 (Gregg)
170 o Added new icons for some objects in the FM/2 folder. Ticket 292, 294 (David, John)
171 o Enhanced scan speed for initial and complete rescan of drive tree. Ticket 25 (Gregg)
172 o Fixed typo that had changed the the filters data file from filters.dat to filter.dat;
173 It is now filters.dat which it was originally. (Gregg)
174 o Help file clean up, minor corrections updates and new icons. (David, John)
175 o Some additional bug fixes. Tickets 163, 187, 286, 289, 2, 58, 282, 285, 287, 293
176 (Gregg, John, Steven)
177
1783.13
179 o Trash can only used for drives that support it; it is not used as default Ticket 250 (Gregg)
180 o Check disk space remaining for temp and user files; Fix several issues related to full drives.
181 Tickets 154, 214, 268, 271 (Gregg)
182 o Added current toolbar and target directory to states. Ticket 259 (John)
183 o Add BMP resources for the 7 FM2 provided toolbars & make it clear how to turn them off.
184 Tickets 273, 274 (Gregg, David)
185 o Fix problems with default toolbars and develop a seamless install saving user modifications.
186 Ticket 267 (John)
187 o Fix issues with the toolbar button edit/add etc code. Tickets 260, 264, 266, 272, 275 (Gregg)
188 o Fix Dirsizes issues including a trap. Tickets 224, 255, 269 (Gregg)
189 o Performance optimizations. Tickets 252, 253 (Gregg)
190 o Interface cleanup; Tickets 257, 258, 261, 262, 270 (Gregg)
191 o Some additional bugs fixed; Tickets 254, 256, 278 & several without tickets (Gregg, Steven)
192 o Developed a release validation assistant. Ticket 107 (John)
193
1943.12
195 o When viewing archives, users can now select "Open default" or "Open Settings".
196 These options are available through the context menu and via the F6 and F7 keys.
197 Also available is open in FM2Play.exe for multimedia accel key only Ctrl + l
198 Ticket 126, 249. (John Gregg)
199 o The Settings notebook now responds to certain accelerator keys: F1 for help; F3
200 and both Enter keys for "Close and save" and ESC for "Close and discard changes".
201 Ticket 197. (John)
202 o For those who select "Show environment variables" in the Drive Tree, the list of
203 environment variables is now user-selectable on the "Tree" page of the Settings notebook.
204 Ticket 114. (John)
205 o FM/2 now uses the system TMP/TEMP directory for its Temp files. It should cleanup after
206 itself but it does it when it reopens following a crash. Let us know if it doesn't
207 Ticket 20 (Gregg)
208 o We have reworked the menus and accel keys in file containers (ie dircnr) to allow
209 for either the full path name (always available) or the filename to be saved/appended
210 to the clipboard. The menus were reworked to make access to these functions more obvious.
211 Ticket 137 (Gregg)
212 o Bug fixes, code cleanup and fortify enhancements (Steve, John, Gregg)
213
2143.11
215 o Fixed 2 traps in Dirsize, ticket 243 (Gregg Steven)
216 o Added the option of having delete move the files to the Xworkplace trash can, ticket 43
217 (Gregg)
218 o Added fortify support fix several memory management issues, ticket 213 240 (Steven Gregg)
219 o Fixed multi dot file association/filtering logic, ticket 235 (KO Myung-Hun)
220 o The Newviewer (not the old MLE) is used to view files when view is selected from menus
221 ticket 241 (Gregg)
222 o Fixed issues with details view not following user selected settings, ticket 237 239
223 (Gregg John)
224 o Eliminated the "bare" ini key details setting names. They are now prefaced by the container
225 name (ie DIRCNRS_) ticket 234 (John)
226 o Made all command line lengths obey user selected command line length, ticket 233 (Gregg)
227 o Added a state "FM2ShutDown" to the states dropdown box to allow easy return to the startup
228 state, ticket 227 (John)
229 o Fixed crash in compare directories if a file's name exceeded the OS/2 maximum, ticket 213
230 (Gregg)
231 o FM/2 reopens directory containers in the position they were closed in, ticket 103 (John)
232 o Add warnall support (Steven)
233
2343.10
235 o Removed the close button and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
236 o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
237 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
238 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
239 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
240 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
241 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
242 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
243 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
244 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
245 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
246 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
247 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
248 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
249 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
250 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
251 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remember size and position. (Gregg)
252 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
253 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
254 and restored (Gregg)
255 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
256 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
257 This reverts to original behavior for named states
258 o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
259 o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
260 o Add conditional cascade to main menu settings menu item (Steven)
261 o Rework ResizeChildren to resize drive tree correctly (Steven)
262 o Avoid trap in TreeCnrWndProc WM_SAVEAPPLICATION (Steven)
263 o Fix _fsopen failure when creating a new list file (Gregg)
264 o Stop collector from trying to remove container items that were never inserted (Gregg)
265 o Recollect of hidden items now updates the items and unhides them (Gregg)
266 o Put hide/remove etc menu options on collector "view" menu (Gregg)
267 o Fix trap in seeall cause by pathname(s) that exceed maxpath (Gregg)
268 o Restore SaveDirCnrState internal state save logic - accidentally removed
269 o Move save shutdown state name to strings (IDS_SHUTDOWNSTATE, ShutdownState)
270 o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
271 o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
272 o Add presparams & update appearance of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
273 o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
274 o The state at shutdown is now available (read-only) in the States combo box (John)
275 o The list of excluded drives in the parameters of the FM/2 object
276 are no longer overwritten during the FM/2 install (John)
277 o The FM/2 Utilities package will no longer be selected automatically
278 during the install if it has already been installed. (John)
279 o Add a "debugging support" package to the Warpin WPI file (John)
280 o The build process has been changed so that script is updated with the new
281 version number the first time the WPI file for that version is built (John)
282 o Changed the build process to skip LXLITE processing on debug builds (John)
283
284
2853.09
286 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
287 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
288 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
289 o Use commaFMTULL for formatting additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
290 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
291 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
292 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
293 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
294 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
295 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
296 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
297 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
298 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
299 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
300 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
301 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
302 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
303 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
304 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
305 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
306 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
307
3083.08
309 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
310 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
311 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
312 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundary (Steven)
313 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
314 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
315 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
316 on status line (Gregg)
317 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
318 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
319 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
320 string matching (Gregg)
321 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
322
3233.07
324 o Tweak build process (Steven)
325 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
326 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
327 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
328 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
329 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
330 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
331 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
332 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
333 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
334 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
335 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
336 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
337 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
338 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
339 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
340 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
341 read only files. (Gregg)
342 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
343 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
344 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
345 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
346 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
347 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
348 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
349 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
350 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
351 absent with wrapped text and hex
352 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
353
3543.06
355 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
356 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
357 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
358 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
359 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
360 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
361
3623.05.09
363 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
364 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
365 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
366 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
367 o Rework selective error logging logic
368 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
369 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
370 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
371 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
372 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
373 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
374 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
375 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
376 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
377 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
378
3793.05 beta08
380 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
381 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
382 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
383 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
384 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
385 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
386 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
387 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
388 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
389 o Help file updates (Gregg)
390 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
391 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
392 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
393 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
394 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
395 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
396
3973.05beta07
398 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
399 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
400 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
401 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
402 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
403 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
404 o Update documentation (Gregg)
405 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
406 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
407
4083.05beta06
409 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
410 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
411
4123.05beta05
413 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
414 o NDFS support by Gregg
415 o Default seek and scan to show files
416 o Rework menus
417 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
418 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
419 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
420
4213.05beta04
422 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
423 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
424 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
425 o Avoid spurious error popups
426
4273.05beta03
428 o Help file updated by David
429 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
430 o Toolbars reworked by David
431 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
432 o More great bitmaps from David
433
4343.05beta02
435 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
436 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
437 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
438
4393.05beta01
440 o More great bitmaps from David
441 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
442 o Rework some error messages
443 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
444
4453.04
446 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
447 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
448 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
449 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
450 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
451 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
452 o More new icons (thanks David)
453 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
454
4553.04 pre11:
456 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
457 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
458
4593.04 pre10:
460 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
461 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
462
4633.04 pre9:
464 o Add archiver definition add/delete/move support
465
4663.04 pre8:
467 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
468 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
469
4703.04 pre7:
471 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
472 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
473 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
474 o Minor makefile corrections
475
4763.04 pre6:
477 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
478
4793.04 pre5:
480 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
481 o Support archivers that only extract with directories (tar)
482 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
483 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
484 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
485
4863.04 pre4:
487 o Correct longnames display enable
488 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
489 o Support archiver.tmp install
490
4913.04 pre3:
492 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
493 o Support tarlist.cmd install
494 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
495 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
496
4973.04 pre2:
498 o More icon updates (David's v18)
499 o Avoid user directory edit crash
500 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
501
5023.04 pre1:
503 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
504 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
505 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
506 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
507 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
508 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
509
5103.03:
511 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
512 o Correct directory sizes sort
513 o Correct archive sort again
514
5153.02i:
516 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
517 o Lots of work on large file support
518 o Switch to VAC 3.65
519 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
520 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
521 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
522 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
523 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
524 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
525 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
526 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
527
5283.02h:
529 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
530 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
531 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
532
5333.02g:
534 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
535
5363.02f:
537 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
538 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
539 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
540
5413.02e:
542 o More see all files fixes
543 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
544
5453.02d:
546 o Clean up icon usage
547 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
548 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
549 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
550 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
551 o Correct resource strings
552
5533.02c:
554 o Correct broken assignments
555 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
556
5573.02b:
558 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
559
5603.02a:
561 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
562 o Correct archive name display
563
5643.02:
565 o First open source release.
566
5673.01:
568 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
569
5703.00d:
571 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
572 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
573
5743.00c:
575 o More minor bug fixes.
576
5773.00b:
578 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
579
5803.00:
581 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
582 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
583 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
584 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
585 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
586 correspondingly smaller.
587 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
588 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
589 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
590 some more, thus tempting fate.
591 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
592 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
593 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
594 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
595 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
596 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
597 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
598 width.
599 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
600 this stuff built-in now.
601 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
602 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
603 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
604 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
605 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
606 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
607 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
608 confirmation.
609 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
610 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
611 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
612 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
613
6142.67:
615 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
616 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
617 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
618 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
619 recall.
620
6212.66:
622 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
623 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
624 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
625 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
626 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
627 there's no diskette inserted.)
628 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
629 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
630 o Reworked Databar a bit.
631 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
632 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
633
6342.65:
635 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
636 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
637 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
638 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
639 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
640 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
641 best stuff was turned off by default!
642 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
643 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
644 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
645 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
646 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
647 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
648 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
649
6502.64:
651 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
652 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
653 horizontal) there.
654 o More help file work.
655 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
656 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
657 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
658 "touching" files easier.
659
6602.63:
661 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
662 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
663 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
664 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
665 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
666 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
667 is available.
668 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
669 attractive (IMHO).
670 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
671 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
672 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
673 marks.
674 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
675 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
676 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
677 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
678
6792.62:
680 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
681
6822.61:
683 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
684 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
685 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
686 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
687 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
688 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
689 is bordered in red.
690 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
691 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
692 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
693 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
694 files.
695
6962.60:
697 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
698 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
699 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
700 be refreshed in the archive.
701 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
702 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
703
7042.59:
705 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
706 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
707 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
708
7092.58:
710 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
711 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
712 help to reflect this.
713 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
714 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
715 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
716
7172.57:
718 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
719 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
720 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
721
7222.56:
723 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
724 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
725
7262.55:
727 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
728 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
729
7302.54:
731 o Small tweaks.
732 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
733 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
734
7352.53:
736 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
737 selected files more quickly and easily.
738 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
739 Netscape were choking on it (a).
740 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
741 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
742 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
743 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
744
7452.52:
746 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
747 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
748 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
749 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
750 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
751 standard, then stick to it? Please?
752 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
753 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
754
7552.51:
756 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
757 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
758 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
759 user request.
760 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
761 user request.
762 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
763 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
764 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
765 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
766 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
767 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
768 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
769 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
770 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
771 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
772 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
773 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
774 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
775 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
776 still work correctly with this change.
777 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
778 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
779 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
780 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
781 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
782 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
783 up with all of it.
784
7852.50b:
786 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
787 image viewer window.
788 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
789 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
790
7912.50a:
792 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
793 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
794 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
795 directories listed in environment variables).
796 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
797 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
798 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
799 registration information.
800 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
801 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
802 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
803 popup menu.
804 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
805 object that didn't already have them (duh).
806 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
807 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
808 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
809 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
810
8112.50:
812 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
813 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
814 viewer.
815 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
816 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
817 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizarre and
818 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
819 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
820 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
821 results.
822 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
823 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
824 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
825 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
826 added file system type to end of string on user request.
827 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
828 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
829 It could happen.
830 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
831 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
832 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
833 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
834 o Note new internet address.
835 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
836 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
837 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
838 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
839 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
840 one :-).
841 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
842 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
843 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
844 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
845 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
846 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
847 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
848 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
849 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
850 even notice.
851
8522.49:
853 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
854 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
855 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
856 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
857 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
858 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
859 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
860 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
861 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
862 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
863 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
864 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
865 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
866
8672.48a:
868 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
869 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
870 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
871 o More Merlin preparations.
872 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
873 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
874 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
875 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
876 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
877 the Joneses? :-)
878
8792.48:
880 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
881 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
882 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
883 under Merlin.
884 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
885 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
886 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
887 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
888 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
889 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
890 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
891 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
892 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomaly.
893 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
894 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
895 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
896 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
897 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
898 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
899 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
900 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
901 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
902 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
903 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
904 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
905 machine.
906 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
907 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
908 o Keys help added per user request.
909
9102.47:
911 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
912 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
913 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
914 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
915 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
916 submenu selected.
917 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
918 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
919 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
920 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
921 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
922 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
923 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
924 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
925 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
926 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
927 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
928 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
929 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
930 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
931 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
932 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
933 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
934 Container to change directories.
935 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
936 questions.
937
9382.46:
939 o Fixed drive button bug.
940 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
941 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
942 the real thing.
943
9442.45:
945 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
946 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
947 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
948 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
949 was closed.
950 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
951 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
952 Scan.
953
9542.44:
955 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
956 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
957 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
958 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticeably unless you
959 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
960 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
961 user-defined bitmap.
962 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
963 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
964 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
965 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
966 for possible later retrieval.
967 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
968 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
969 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
970
9712.43:
972 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
973 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
974 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
975 connection, finally).
976 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
977 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
978 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
979 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
980 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
981 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
982 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
983 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
984 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
985 it finishes.
986 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
987 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
988 under older OS/2 versions.
989 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
990 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
991 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
992 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
993 reminder.
994 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
995 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
996
9972.42:
998 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
999 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
1000 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
1001 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
1002 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
1003 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
1004 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
1005 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
1006 flags from the command line as an override.
1007 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
1008 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
1009 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
1010 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
1011 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
1012 Directory Container looks.
1013 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
1014 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
1015 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
1016 examples).
1017 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
1018 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
1019 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
1020 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
1021 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
1022 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
1023 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
1024 instead of the internal).
1025 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
1026 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
1027 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
1028 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
1029 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
1030
10312.41:
1032 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
1033 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
1034 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
1035 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
1036 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
1037 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
1038 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
1039 attractively.
1040 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
1041 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
1042 but not switch to them.
1043 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
1044 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
1045 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
1046 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
1047 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
1048 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
1049 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
1050 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
1051 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
1052 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
1053 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
1054 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
1055 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
1056 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
1057 Shouldn't be a major problem.
1058 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
1059 know the blamed thing was there.
1060 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
1061 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
1062 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
1063 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
1064 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
1065 paragraph. Something I use.
1066 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
1067 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
1068 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
1069 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
1070 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
1071 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
1072 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
1073 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
1074 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
1075 Containers.
1076 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
1077 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
1078 (some things grow with a life of their own).
1079 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
1080 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
1081 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
1082 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
1083
10842.40:
1085 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
1086 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
1087 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
1088 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
1089 viewer.
1090 o Added %! metastring.
1091 o Added default archiver setting.
1092 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
1093 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
1094 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
1095 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
1096 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
1097 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
1098 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
1099 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
1100 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
1101 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
1102 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
1103 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
1104 directories.
1105 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
1106 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
1107 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
1108
11092.39:
1110 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
1111 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
1112 at FP10+ levels.
1113 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
1114 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
1115 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
1116 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
1117 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
1118 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
1119 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
1120 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
1121 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
1122 changed.
1123 o Help file improvements (a never ending saga).
1124
11252.38:
1126 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writable drives unless
1127 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
1128 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
1129 etc.).
1130 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
1131 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
1132 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
1133 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
1134 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
1135 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
1136 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
1137 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
1138 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
1139 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
1140 show everything else.
1141 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
1142 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
1143 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
1144 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
1145 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
1146 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
1147 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
1148 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
1149 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
1150 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
1151 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
1152 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
1153 you'll get the opportunity to enter a password without having to
1154 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
1155 foreground.
1156
11572.37:
1158 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
1159 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
1160 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
1161 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
1162 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
1163 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
1164 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
1165 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
1166 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
1167 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
1168 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
1169 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
1170 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
1171 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
1172 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
1173 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
1174 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
1175 Directory Container.
1176
11772.36:
1178 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
1179 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
1180 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
1181 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
1182 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
1183 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
1184 o Tutorial section added to online help.
1185 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
1186 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
1187 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
1188 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
1189 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
1190 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
1191 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
1192 Settings notebook.
1193 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
1194 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
1195 thousandth).
1196 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
1197 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
1198 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
1199
12002.35:
1201 o Performance tuning.
1202 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
1203 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
1204 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
1205 permanent by Adding them as usual.
1206 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
1207 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
1208 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
1209 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
1210 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
1211 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
1212 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
1213 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
1214 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
1215 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
1216 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
1217 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
1218
12192.34:
1220 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
1221 knee-jerk thing to do).
1222 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
1223 the container is maximized.
1224 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
1225 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
1226 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
1227 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
1228 interested).
1229 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
1230 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
1231 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
1232 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
1233 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
1234 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
1235 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
1236 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
1237 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
1238 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
1239 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
1240 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
1241 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1242 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1243 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1244
12452.33:
1246 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1247 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1248 internal Settings notebook).
1249 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1250 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1251 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1252 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1253 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1254 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1255 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1256 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1257 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1258 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1259 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1260 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1261 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1262 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1263 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1264
12652.32:
1266 o See all files window fleshed out.
1267 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1268 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1269 notebook.
1270 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1271 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1272 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1273 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1274 of course).
1275 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1276 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1277 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1278 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1279 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1280 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1281 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1282 the list.
1283
12842.31:
1285 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1286 miniapp.
1287 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1288 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1289 to the above).
1290 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1291 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1292 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1293 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1294 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1295 the archive resides."
1296 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1297 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1298 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1299 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1300 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1301 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1302 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1303 o More user suggestions implemented.
1304
13052.30:
1306 o I forget.
1307
13082.29:
1309 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1310 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1311 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1312 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1313 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1314 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1315 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1316 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1317 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1318 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1319 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1320 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1321 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1322 list).
1323
13242.28:
1325 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1326 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1327 dialog).
1328 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1329 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1330 current object.
1331 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1332 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1333 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1334 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1335 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1336 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1337 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1338 userlist dropdown.
1339 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1340 use a DOS app first...
1341
13422.27:
1343 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1344 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1345 default, BTW).
1346 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1347 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1348 weren't before).
1349 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1350 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1351 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1352 lines.
1353 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1354
13552.26:
1356 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1357 filenames.
1358 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1359 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1360 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1361 now on...
1362 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1363 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1364 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1365 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1366 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1367 client window whitespace.
1368 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1369 Edit menu.
1370 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1371 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1372 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1373 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1374 command.
1375 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1376 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1377 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1378
13792.25:
1380 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1381 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1382
13832.24:
1384 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1385 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1386 lives.
1387 o Undelete enhancements.
1388
13892.23:
1390 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1391 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1392 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1393 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1394 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1395 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1396
13972.22:
1398 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1399 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1400 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1401 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1402 inevitable problem arises.
1403 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1404 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1405
14062.21:
1407 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1408 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1409 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1410 causes default WPS open.
1411 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1412 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1413 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1414 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1415 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1416 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1417 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1418 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1419 o Other stuff I forget.
1420
14212.20:
1422 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1423 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1424 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1425 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1426 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1427 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1428 D&D.
1429 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1430 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1431 Containers.
1432 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1433 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1434 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1435 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1436 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1437 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1438 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1439 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1440 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1441 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1442 it (again).
1443
14442.19:
1445 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1446 alternative to maximizing.
1447 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1448 registered user. Added a labeled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1449 windows.
1450 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1451 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1452 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1453 along.
1454 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1455 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1456 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1457 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1458 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1459 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1460 to return to from the maximized state).
1461
14622.18:
1463 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1464 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1465 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1466 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1467 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1468 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1469 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1470
14712.17:
1472 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1473 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1474 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1475 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1476 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1477 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1478
14792.16:
1480 o Added "Update objects" command.
1481 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1482 one (under "Context Menus").
1483 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1484 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1485 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1486 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1487 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1488 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1489 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automatically
1490 start working again.
1491
14922.15:
1493 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1494 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1495 o Added "Select List" command.
1496 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1497 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1498 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1499 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1500 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1501 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1502 I'm just the piano player.
1503 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1504 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1505
15062.14:
1507 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1508 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1509 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1510 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1511 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1512 removable media drives.
1513 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1514 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1515 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1516 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1517 update the paths.
1518 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1519 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1520 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1521 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1522 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1523 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1524 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1525 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1526 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1527 to my satisfaction).
1528
15292.13:
1530 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1531 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1532 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1533 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1534 notebook.
1535 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1536 to use HPFS...).
1537 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1538 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1539 maybe a bit more functional.
1540 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1541
15422.12:
1543 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1544 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1545 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1546 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1547 accelerator keys.
1548 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1549
15502.11:
1551 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1552 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1553 give funny default drive.
1554 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1555 data between different INI files.
1556 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1557 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1558 There's a menu item for it.
1559 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1560 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1561 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1562
15632.10:
1564 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1565 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1566 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1567 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1568 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1569 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1570 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1571
15722.09:
1573 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1574 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1575 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1576 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1577 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1578 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1579 to trap.
1580 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1581 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I always do
1582 what Ron says...
1583 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1584 o Added optional split status line.
1585
15862.08:
1587 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1588 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1589 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1590 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1591 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1592 you can pick a different drive).
1593 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1594 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1595 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1596 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1597 line argument.
1598
15992.07:
1600 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1601 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1602 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1603 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1604 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1605 other.
1606
16072.06:
1608 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1609 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1610 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1611 root drives from being found.
1612 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1613 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1614 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1615 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1616 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1617 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1618
1619[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1620
16212.00:
1622 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1623 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1624 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1625
1626$Id: HISTORY 1581 2011-06-26 19:52:24Z gyoung $
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