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History, Readme and versioning files for 3.24 release

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1New stuff at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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33.24
4 o Rework Flesh/Stubby logic to avoid doing work on thread 1 (Steven)
5 o Add generic linked list support routines (Steven)
6 o Get tree switch code to work with new Flesh/Stubby code (Steven, Gregg)
7 o Move tree expand code off thread 1 (Gregg)
8 o Get ExpandAll to work with new Flesh/Stubby code (Gregg)
9 o Fix failure of CD/DVD icon and display name to revert on disk eject (Gregg)
10 o Stop Stubby from adding a null string file name eliminating some random traps
11 and occasional blank lines in the tree (Gregg)
12 o Get notify on hard drive without subdirectories code working (Gregg)
13 o Add missing MAKETOP code in directory containers works in tree view (Gregg)
14 o Removed recurse drive scan code -- obsolete with Flesh/Stubby changes (Gregg)
15 o Fixed occasional spurious A:\ drive not ready error on startup (Gregg)
16 o Improved consistency of MAKETOP in tree container (Gregg)
17 o Release tool improvements (John)
18 o Created high-mem safe wrappers for all API functions that fail when loaded high (John)
19 o Fixed trap in Stubby on startup (Gregg)
20 o Fixed failure of rename dialog to update the tree container (Gregg)
21 o Fixed trap on close while direct editing a file name (Gregg)
22 o Fixed heap corruption trap on rescan while a scan was still running (Gregg)
23 o Prevent a file name from being left blank during direct editing (Gregg)
24 o Fixed direct edit code prevents double free attempts and misc traps (Gregg)
25 o Made searchapath thread safe prevents potential traps (John)
26 o Corrected failure to show error message on attempted delete of locked nonexecutable
27 files (Gregg)
28 o Fix directory container compare selection code (Gregg)
29 o Fix real object creation when generating multiple objects (Gregg)
30
313.23
32 o Rework FM/2 Lite Config menu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
33 o Rework FM/2 Lite Config menu. Add confirm delete toggle. (Steven)
34 o Correct View, Sort and Filter button initialization. (Steven)
35 o Rework FM/2 Config menu. Add confirm delete toggle. (Steven)
36 o Fix hang on scanning in FM/2 lite when drive tree is hidden (Steven)
37 o Fixed code errors identified by CPPCheck (Gregg)
38 o Fixed archive directory failure retry code (Gregg)
39 o Stopped using FM2Play to open multimedia files since MMOS/2 misidentifies many
40 file types (caused by mmioMP3 ioproc which claims it can play most anything)
41 Ticket 541 (Gregg)
42 o Unlock fixes (removed redundant error messages, now only try to unlock exes and dlls)
43 Ticket 549, 542 (Gregg)
44 o Suppress redundant error messages on answering no to deleting R/O files. Ticket 548
45 (Gregg)
46 o Update the dialog box type for "suggest dialog" Ticket 538 (Gregg)
47 o Newview mailto changes: improved identification of email addresses in text files;
48 fixed a buffer overflow trap; cut trailing punctuation from addresses; limited domain
49 to 3 characters. Tickets 543, 544 (Gregg)
50 o Newview now recognizes https:// as a url. Cut trailing punctuation from urls. (Gregg)
51 o Fixed failure to remove leading quote from extract directory in some cases Ticket 495
52 (Gregg)
53 o Fixed details view column allocation for drives that failed drive check (Gregg)
54 o Fixed a trap in Filter occurring with rescan or close while scan was in progress.
55 Ticket 535 (Gregg)
56 o Fixed rare tree container draw errors Ticket 545 (Gregg)
57 o JAVA objects can now be made by selection "Real object" on a .jar file. Ticket 37 (Gregg)
58 o Added support for critical EAs (Steven)
59 o Limited help auto open in quick settings to once per session. Ticket 520 (Gregg)
60
613.22
62 o Compare directories enhancements:
63 Fix snapshot file to actually load and save (with/without subdirectories) properly.
64 Toggle of include subdirectories leaves snapshot file loaded. Added an indicator
65 (textbox) that a list (snapshot) file is loaded.Ticket 490 (Gregg)
66 Added optional confirmation dialogs for delete move and copy Ticket 277 (Gregg)
67 Added EA compare option Ticket 80 (Gregg)
68 Fixed some minor interspace/display issues (Steven, Gregg)
69 o Fixed the readonly warning on delete code and enhanced the dialog it now has focus on
70 opening, accel keys, defaults to no and Esc key cancels operation. Rework readonly
71 code so it works with move to trashcan enabled Ticket 506 (Gregg)
72 Suppress readonly warning for delete of temporary files. Ticket 497 (Gregg)
73 o Changes to get 7z archives to work with AV2. Includes an ugly hack to compensate for
74 the fact that the compressed size is missing from some files in some archives.
75 This results in the filename being put in the nsize variable which then must be passed
76 to fname. Fortunately it displays compressed size as 0 since it can't deal with the non
77 numeric text string. A file name that is all numeric will show odd results.
78 Ticket 492 (Gregg)
79 o Changes to fix .tar.gz list because of changes in tar 1.20 (maybe earlier). Ticket 493
80 (Gregg)
81 o Added lzip support Ticket 494 (Gregg)
82 o Fix failure to create directory from archive file name when the name had a space.
83 Ticket 495 (Gregg)
84 o Added instruction for creating a new archiver definition in Archiver.bb2 using an
85 archive of the new type as a template to the help file. Ticket 21 (Gregg)
86 o Improved user interface responsiveness during long seek and scan operations (Gregg)
87 o Fixed trap that occurred when trying to run commands from the command list drop down
88 Ticket 509 (Gregg)
89 o Support git, svn, hg etc. version control metadata directory excludes in seek and scan
90 Ticket 404 (Steven)
91 o Fix trap on opening a file without an extension Ticket 496 (Gregg)
92 o Fix separate parameters. Moved to general page renamed separate settings for apps.
93 Ticket 497 (Gregg)
94 o Add "#" command line switch to workaround problem with blank command shell started
95 from fm2 after fm2 has been started with stdout and stderr redirected to a file.
96 Ticket 508 (Gregg)
97 o Fixed move to trashcan so it works when the trashcan::drives key hadn't been written
98 to OS2.INI Ticket 507 (Gregg)
99 o Installer fixes: Fixed the FM2 with logging object. Ticket 511 (Gregg)
100 Fixed install of file shadows in FM2 folder and subfolders Ticket 501 (John)
101 Fixed FM2 utilities install by FM2 warpin. (Gregg)
102 Fixed the suggest dialog which suggests parameters for newly installed objects.
103 Ticket 527 (Gregg)
104 o Fixed trap caused by cleanup of temp files left after a crash. Ticket 515 (John)
105 o Stopped file extensions in directory containers from changing to upper case following
106 a double click. Ticket 513 (Gregg)
107 o Stop loading FM2 in high memory to prevent odd traps. Ticket 500 (John)
108 o Fixed trap when attempting to print a file from an archive container Ticket 525 (Gregg)
109 o Disabled menu choices in archive container that aren't options for the selected
110 archiver. Ticket 100 (Gregg)
111 o Enhanced initial drive scan speed Ticket 528 (Gregg)
112 o Suppressed error message drive A: not ready on initial scan Ticket 529 (Gregg)
113 o Added information about drag and drop on program objects to the help file Ticket 530
114 (Gregg)
115
1163.21
117 o Search for duplicates now sorts results by filename. Ticket 8 (Gregg)
118 o Since eCS includes unlock.exe I have added unlock file to the file (directory container context) menu
119 so you can easily unlock a dll or exe file. Delete, copy and move operations open a dialog which allow
120 you to unlock files as part of these operations. An icon is included if you wish to add unlock to a
121 toolbar button. Ticket 11, 12, 357, 408 (Gregg)
122 o Added information on FM/2 as a WPS replacement to help files; a few additional documentation updates.
123 Ticket 55, 134 (Gregg)
124 o Enhance compare directories to allow inclusion of subdirectories or use of a list file on opening
125 Fixed failure of list file loading Ticket 145, 489 (Gregg)
126 o Added a warning dialog when a delete, copy or move operation which replaces/deletes a read only file.
127 Ticket 319 (Gregg)
128 o The "target directory" is now a drop target for move/copy or conditionally to change the target.
129 Ticket 373 (Gregg)
130 o The user can now change the presentation parameters in "thread notes" and "compare directories"
131 Ticket 443 (Gregg)
132 o Fixed 2 reported traps. Ticket 486, 487 (Gregg)
133
1343.20
135 o Identified mmioIdentifyFile's failure to correctly identify some files as the root cause of
136 a trap in GBM.DLL. ShowMultiMedia now only checks files with known multimedia extensions.
137 This will minimize but not complete prevent the problem. Ticket 402 (Gregg)
138 o Add suggested drive flags for use with Netdrive drives to help file. Ticket 171 (Gregg)
139 o Clarify ARCHIVER.BB2 date types and add a new one to fix displaying of .tar.gz files for Tar 1.15 and higher.
140 (Requires installation of ARCHIVER.TMP -> ARCHIVER.BB2) Ticket 473, 474 (Gregg)
141 o Stop loading EA.EXE's resources in high memory. This caused a trap on some machines. Ticket 470 (Gregg)
142 o Fixed behavior of the duplicate hotkey warning dialog in "Commands". Ticket 476 (Gregg)
143 o Fixed the failure of FM/2 to create a list file if it didn't already exist. Ticket 477 (Gregg)
144 o Fixed missing file size after copy in compare directories. Ticket 479 (Gregg)
145 o Extract called from the popup menu would fail if the archive file name contained a space. Ticket 480
146 (Gregg)
147 o Selecting "View" in the View Help Files dialog failed to open the selected file. Ticket 481 (Gregg)
148 o Fixed command line quoting. Ticket 475 (Gregg)
149 o The thread notes window now reopens on startup if it was open at shutdown. Ticket 482 (Gregg)
150 o Fixed a trap on drag in compare directory dialog. Ticket 483 (Gregg)
151 o Fix missing icons on archive and multimedia files. Ticket 484 (Gregg)
152 o FM/2 only opens either the scan error or select dialog on a drive scan error not both. Ticket 485
153 (Gregg)
154 o Code cleanup to try to increase drive scan speed. (Gregg)
155
1563.19.1
157 o This is a bug fix release. Most of these have existed for a very long time but were only
158 discovered recently.
159 o Fixed trap on startup when TMP and TEMP environment variable aren't present or aren't valid
160 Ticket 468 (Gregg)
161 o Fixed overlapped buttons in EA editor which prevented changing EAs. Ticket 467 (Gregg)
162 o Fixed collector trap when duplicate files were drop in. Ticket 461 (Steven)
163 o Fixed counter in collector to update # of files and KIBs at the same time. Ticket 455 (Gregg)
164 o Fixed path quoting code to prevent it adding a single " in some cases Ticket 463 (Gregg)
165 o Fixed commands to avoid assigning duplicate ID numbers. Ticket 463 (Gregg)
166 o Fixed commands dialog not to exit following clearing of a duplicate hotkey error. Ticket 464
167 (Gregg)
168 o Fixed FM/2 utilities wpi script so it can be installed without install FM/2 also. None of
169 the utilities have been updated. Ticket 460 (John)
170 o Fixed CMD file that installs unzip V6 support to avoid a warpin hang. Ticket 459 (John)
171 o Associations were not being saved when an association was moved to the top or bottom of the
172 list. Ticket 466 (Gregg)
173
1743.19
175 o Added the option to open the directory container of an item in the collector. Ticket 362 (Gregg)
176 o Finally appear to have fixed the duplicate names in the tree container on drive scanning
177 Ticket 363 (Gregg)
178 o Corrected the drive space display in the drive information dialog. Ticket 367 (Gregg)
179 o Eliminate "Drive not Ready" error when change the "Show in tree" option. Ticket 437 (Gregg)
180 o Force a reload of Archiver.bb2 anytime it is edited using FM/2's archiver editor and on
181 opening the editor if it has been changed on disk. Ticket 438, 441 (Steven, Gregg)
182 o Added an Open file button to the EA editor so multiple files can be edited without opening and
183 closing the dialog box. Ticket 439 (Gregg)
184 o Prevent an AV/2 hang caused by deletion of the temp directory and check that the temp
185 directory exists before creating temp files also prevents some hangs. Ticket 440, 442 (Gregg)
186 o Fixed trap that occurred if seeall is closed while it is scanning. Ticket 444 (Steven)
187 o Fixed trap that occurred when a scan added more than 64k files to a container. Ticket 446, 448
188 (Steven, Gregg)
189 o Improved UI and PM response during large file scans and container closes. Tickets 452-57
190 (Steven, Gregg)
191 o Eliminate double count up of files and kibs in directory containers Ticket 458 (Gregg)
192 o Removed instructions for updating resources which was badly out of date. Ticket 371 (Gregg)
193 o Added .xqs files and now install debug package by default to better utilize exceptq.
194 Ticket 447 (Gregg)
195 o Load as much of FM/2 in high memory as possible. (Gregg)
196
1973.18
198 o Rework compare directories for speed; allow AND'ed selections;
199 allow fast cancel from long running operations; more content menu items Ticket 276 (Steven)
200 o Use Ctrl-click to select state or commonly used directory quicklist entry without activating.
201 Handy for deleting entries without changing window state. Ticket 433 (Steven)
202 o Use Ctrl-click to select walk dialog user list entry without activating.
203 Handy for deleting entries without changing entry field content. Ticket 433 (Steven)
204 o Avoid drivebar MB2 exception (Steven)
205 o Avoid traps when changing tree container display style Ticket 408 (Steven, Gregg)
206 o Restore missing drives to drive list dropdown (Steven)
207 o Correct docopyf regression which caused move to same volume to fail with access denied (Steven)
208 o Eliminate intermittent hang on drive rescan (Gregg)
209 o Move clipboard buffer to low memory to correct paste failure in VIO windows. (Gregg)
210 o Corrected the file open logic to avoid attempting to open zero byte files as multimedia
211 among other oddities. (zero-byte now open a warning that gives the option of opening them
212 in the default text editor). Ticket 70, 409 (Gregg)
213 o Moved data from COMMADS.DAT to FM3.INI. This allows you to reorder your "commands" without
214 breaking any tool buttons you have created or changing the command's hotkey assignment.
215 Hotkeys are now user selectable. Tickets 65, 186 412 (Gregg)
216 o MPGs are now recognized as media files. Ticket 405 (Gregg)
217 o Another attempt to fix the rare situation where directory names are double listed in the
218 Tree container. Ticket 363 (Gregg)
219 o Remove high memory version which was broken by changes in open watcom 1.9 which use DosOpenL
220 (can open files larger than 2 gigs). DosOpenL doesn't thunk the high addresses correctly.
221 (Gregg)
222 o "Separate Parameters" now works. Ticket 414 (Gregg)
223 o Updated the quick settings page to include my standard settings as a choice and make
224 Default match the currently shipped defaults. Ticket 415 (Gregg)
225 o Changes to use wipfc as the default help file compiler. Tickets 420, 421 431 (Robert, Gregg)
226 o Fix a dialog box hang when an open archive is deleted or moved. Ticket 422 (John)
227 o Fix run failure of DOS and Win16 programs called from within an archive. Ticket 423 (John)
228 o Change "Cancel" button to "Close" in the Select Archiver dialog to better reflect its
229 function. Ticket 427 (John)
230 o Warpin installer will delete FM3RES.STR from your install directory. The file is obsolete.
231 Ticket 430 (John)
232 o Add support for unzip 6.0 in ARCHIVER.TMP file. Ticket 428 (John)
233 o Documented in the help files the error message returned by the trashcan when a disk
234 is full and explained its meaning. Ticket 251 (Gregg)
235 o Improved error message when the executable for an archiver isn't found in the PATH.
236 Ticket 403 (Gregg)
237 o .wpi files are now passed to PM for opening if no association is provided. Ticket 432 (Gregg)
238 o Append checkbox in save list dialog now works as expected. Ticket 436 (Gregg)
239 o Suppressed ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE error on NTFS volumes; it appears to be an issue with
240 NTFS.IFS or the kernel. Ticket 435 (Gregg)
241 o Improve startup parameter suggestion wording and make behavior work as described. Ticket 434
242 (John)
243
2443.17
245
246 o Added progress indicators when copying or moving files and/or directories - flashing
247 led also shows list including # of total in thread notes window Ticket 302 (Steven)
248 o Place drive letters over bitmaps replace, enlarge bitmaps in drive bar and add a refresh
249 removable media and rescan button to the drive bar. Tickets 13, 91, 378, 385 (Gregg, David)
250 o Added Option to list drive label or file system name along side of the drive letter
251 in the drive tree. Tickets 47 339 (Gregg)
252 o Modified the directory container "Scanning" message to "Please wait ...scanning...
253 Ticket 291 (Steven)
254 o Toggling between split and full status bars no longer opens a databar window. Ticket 364
255 (Gregg)
256 o Shortened the status line 1 message for split status lines; Conditionally added
257 file system type to message. Ticket 365 (Gregg)
258 o Added option to open user INI, System INI or fm/2's INI files to a submenu on
259 the Utilities menu Ticket 366 (Gregg)
260 o FM/2 can now load in high memory. We have shipped both high (3.17.1) and low (3.17.0)
261 versions. Ticket 368, 388. 389, 401 (Gregg)
262 o Streamlined container scanning/loading Ticket 369, 370, 380, 381, 382 (Gregg, Steven)
263 o Fixed crashes caused by collecting files from list file and by pressing Ctrl-g
264 in the collector. Ticket 376, 395 (Gregg, Steven)
265 o Allow .LONGNAME to be displayed for FAT & LAN drives and delete .LONGNAME EA
266 if it becomes the filename on a copy or move. Ticket 377. 379, 386 (Gregg)
267 o Setting to turn off state save now work Ticket 383 (Gregg)
268 o Fixed container update failure in FM2 lite Ticket 390 (Gregg)
269 o Changed check for protectonly systems to avoid starting command.com which can hang a system
270 with a bad MDOS install Ticket 392 (Gregg)
271 o Update window layout help & fix labeling issues in fm2 main window help bmp Ticket 393
272 (Steven, David)
273 o Fixed a hang that occurred on SMP systems. Ticket 394 (Steven, Gregg)
274 o Fixed odd behavior when double clicking on the directory container directory icon.
275 Ticket 398 (Gregg)
276 o Provided the option to turn off the "drive exclude" suggestion dialog on start up.
277 Ticket 399 (Gregg)
278 o Suppressed error messages when scanning a directory containing a locked text file
279 or when Drag&Dropping more then one file from PMMail Ticket 391 400 (Gregg)
280
2813.16
282 o Correct walk, compare and dirsizes dialog setups to ignore saved dialog size
283 Ticket 342 (Steven)
284 o Move translatable strings to fm3dll.rc STRINGTABLE to support NLS translations
285 Tickets 6, 81, 340 (Steven, Gregg)
286 o Support backspace in directory container type to search allow longer time between
287 key strokes in type to search Ticket 348 (Steven)
288 o Filtering and select/deselect mask now work in archive containers that have
289 pathnames Tickets 358, 359 (Gregg)
290 o Date formatting and "thousand separator" should now reflect the system locale settings
291 Tickets 28, 82 (Gregg)
292 o Resolved a rare hang during startup drive scanning Ticket 361 (Gregg)
293 o Fixed failure of some system based toolbar buttons in FM/2 lite Ticket 352 (Gregg)
294 o Compare directories now remembers changes to details settings Ticket 346 (Gregg)
295 o EA checkbox on directory container notebook page now works Ticket 344 (Gregg)
296 o Error/Alert beeps can now be turned off in the settings notebook Ticket 341 (Gregg)
297 o Improve identification of text verses binary files when opening viewers Tickets 326, 338
298 (Gregg)
299 o Removed VAC 3.65 specific code Ticket 350 (Gregg)
300 o Reworked detail switches handling for saved states Tickets 343, 345, 347 (Gregg, John)
301
3023.15
303 o Added the option to turn write verify off on a per drive basis; it is turned off on nonfloppy
304 removables by default to address reports of hangs with FAT32 usb drives and of FAT USB
305 drives behaving as read only devices. Ticket 318/323 (Gregg)
306 o Seek and scan can now be started from the drives or directories context menus. Doing so
307 will use the drive/directory as the root for the search. Ticket 167 (Gregg)
308 o Added "DataBar" menu item to utilities menu. Ticket 280 (Gregg)
309 o Eliminated the need for archiver list to have start and end list strings; this allows it to
310 work with tar for example. Ticket 284 (John)
311 o Add setup for using latest tar including for .tar.gz and .tar.bz files (gzip and/or bzip must
312 also be in your path) to archiver.tmp (John)
313 o Added check for protectonly systems will gray out dos/win command line menu items and causes
314 Dos/Win executables to be opened in a viewer since they will fail anyway. Ticket 325 (Gregg)
315 o Added the option to rescan the drive tree on media eject (see scanning page of config notebook)
316 Ticket 48 (Gregg)
317 o Added Refresh removable media item to tree container menus Ticket 54 (Gregg)
318 o Grayed out partition tool menu item where the tool is not available in the path; removed partition
319 submenu default selection. Ticket 36 (Gregg)
320 o Added option to recursively scan selected drives at startup Ticket 322 (Gregg)
321 o Moved toggle word wrap in the MLE editor to "View" menu from a "Config" submenu Ticket 160
322 (Gregg)
323 o Added option to create extract directory from archive name Ticket 22 (Gregg)
324 o Added drop help to the tree container; fixed drop help to show the correct action on DO_DEFAULT
325 Ticket 320, 324
326 o Fixed seek and scan drive selection code so nonexistent drives aren't selected Ticket 301, 303
327 (Gregg)
328 o Several interface appearance/behavior issues were addressed Ticket 283, 305, 306, 311, 312
329 313, 316, 321, 328, 329, 330, 332 (Gregg)
330 o Fixed traps associated with deleting directories; closing a container after its
331 associated drive had been ejected and trying to execute a dll. Ticket 304, 317, 331 (Gregg)
332 o Added exceptq and process dump functionality to simplify defect reporting
333 Ticket 26, 307 (Steven)
334
3353.14
336 o New toolbar and drive icons (David)
337 o Updated toolbars they all include buttons to switch to any other provided toolbar (David)
338 o Right click on unformatted drive now provides the drives context menu Ticket 279 (Gregg)
339 o Corrected the menu items available for remote, virtual and removable drives
340 Eliminated instances of multiple menu defaults. Ticket 290 (Gregg)
341 o Added new icons for some objects in the FM/2 folder. Ticket 292, 294 (David, John)
342 o Enhanced scan speed for initial and complete rescan of drive tree. Ticket 25 (Gregg)
343 o Fixed typo that had changed the the filters data file from filters.dat to filter.dat;
344 It is now filters.dat which it was originally. (Gregg)
345 o Help file clean up, minor corrections updates and new icons. (David, John)
346 o Some additional bug fixes. Tickets 163, 187, 286, 289, 2, 58, 282, 285, 287, 293
347 (Gregg, John, Steven)
348
3493.13
350 o Trash can only used for drives that support it; it is not used as default Ticket 250 (Gregg)
351 o Check disk space remaining for temp and user files; Fix several issues related to full drives.
352 Tickets 154, 214, 268, 271 (Gregg)
353 o Added current toolbar and target directory to states. Ticket 259 (John)
354 o Add BMP resources for the 7 FM2 provided toolbars & make it clear how to turn them off.
355 Tickets 273, 274 (Gregg, David)
356 o Fix problems with default toolbars and develop a seamless install saving user modifications.
357 Ticket 267 (John)
358 o Fix issues with the toolbar button edit/add etc code. Tickets 260, 264, 266, 272, 275 (Gregg)
359 o Fix Dirsizes issues including a trap. Tickets 224, 255, 269 (Gregg)
360 o Performance optimizations. Tickets 252, 253 (Gregg)
361 o Interface cleanup; Tickets 257, 258, 261, 262, 270 (Gregg)
362 o Some additional bugs fixed; Tickets 254, 256, 278 & several without tickets (Gregg, Steven)
363 o Developed a release validation assistant. Ticket 107 (John)
364
3653.12
366 o When viewing archives, users can now select "Open default" or "Open Settings".
367 These options are available through the context menu and via the F6 and F7 keys.
368 Also available is open in FM2Play.exe for multimedia accel key only Ctrl + l
369 Ticket 126, 249. (John Gregg)
370 o The Settings notebook now responds to certain accelerator keys: F1 for help; F3
371 and both Enter keys for "Close and save" and ESC for "Close and discard changes".
372 Ticket 197. (John)
373 o For those who select "Show environment variables" in the Drive Tree, the list of
374 environment variables is now user-selectable on the "Tree" page of the Settings notebook.
375 Ticket 114. (John)
376 o FM/2 now uses the system TMP/TEMP directory for its Temp files. It should cleanup after
377 itself but it does it when it reopens following a crash. Let us know if it doesn't
378 Ticket 20 (Gregg)
379 o We have reworked the menus and accel keys in file containers (ie dircnr) to allow
380 for either the full path name (always available) or the filename to be saved/appended
381 to the clipboard. The menus were reworked to make access to these functions more obvious.
382 Ticket 137 (Gregg)
383 o Bug fixes, code cleanup and fortify enhancements (Steve, John, Gregg)
384
3853.11
386 o Fixed 2 traps in Dirsize, ticket 243 (Gregg Steven)
387 o Added the option of having delete move the files to the Xworkplace trash can, ticket 43
388 (Gregg)
389 o Added fortify support fix several memory management issues, ticket 213 240 (Steven Gregg)
390 o Fixed multi dot file association/filtering logic, ticket 235 (KO Myung-Hun)
391 o The Newviewer (not the old MLE) is used to view files when view is selected from menus
392 ticket 241 (Gregg)
393 o Fixed issues with details view not following user selected settings, ticket 237 239
394 (Gregg John)
395 o Eliminated the "bare" ini key details setting names. They are now prefaced by the container
396 name (ie DIRCNRS_) ticket 234 (John)
397 o Made all command line lengths obey user selected command line length, ticket 233 (Gregg)
398 o Added a state "FM2ShutDown" to the states dropdown box to allow easy return to the startup
399 state, ticket 227 (John)
400 o Fixed crash in compare directories if a file's name exceeded the OS/2 maximum, ticket 213
401 (Gregg)
402 o FM/2 reopens directory containers in the position they were closed in, ticket 103 (John)
403 o Add warnall support (Steven)
404
4053.10
406 o Removed the close button and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
407 o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
408 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
409 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
410 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
411 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
412 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
413 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
414 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
415 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
416 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
417 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
418 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
419 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
420 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
421 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
422 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remember size and position. (Gregg)
423 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
424 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
425 and restored (Gregg)
426 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
427 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
428 This reverts to original behavior for named states
429 o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
430 o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
431 o Add conditional cascade to main menu settings menu item (Steven)
432 o Rework ResizeChildren to resize drive tree correctly (Steven)
433 o Avoid trap in TreeCnrWndProc WM_SAVEAPPLICATION (Steven)
434 o Fix _fsopen failure when creating a new list file (Gregg)
435 o Stop collector from trying to remove container items that were never inserted (Gregg)
436 o Recollect of hidden items now updates the items and unhides them (Gregg)
437 o Put hide/remove etc menu options on collector "view" menu (Gregg)
438 o Fix trap in seeall cause by pathname(s) that exceed maxpath (Gregg)
439 o Restore SaveDirCnrState internal state save logic - accidentally removed
440 o Move save shutdown state name to strings (IDS_SHUTDOWNSTATE, ShutdownState)
441 o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
442 o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
443 o Add presparams & update appearance of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
444 o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
445 o The state at shutdown is now available (read-only) in the States combo box (John)
446 o The list of excluded drives in the parameters of the FM/2 object
447 are no longer overwritten during the FM/2 install (John)
448 o The FM/2 Utilities package will no longer be selected automatically
449 during the install if it has already been installed. (John)
450 o Add a "debugging support" package to the Warpin WPI file (John)
451 o The build process has been changed so that script is updated with the new
452 version number the first time the WPI file for that version is built (John)
453 o Changed the build process to skip LXLITE processing on debug builds (John)
454
455
4563.09
457 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
458 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
459 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
460 o Use commaFMTULL for formatting additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
461 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
462 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
463 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
464 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
465 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
466 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
467 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
468 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
469 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
470 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
471 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
472 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
473 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
474 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
475 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
476 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
477 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
478
4793.08
480 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
481 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
482 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
483 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundary (Steven)
484 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
485 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
486 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
487 on status line (Gregg)
488 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
489 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
490 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
491 string matching (Gregg)
492 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
493
4943.07
495 o Tweak build process (Steven)
496 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
497 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
498 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
499 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
500 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
501 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
502 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
503 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
504 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
505 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
506 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
507 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
508 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
509 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
510 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
511 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
512 read only files. (Gregg)
513 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
514 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
515 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
516 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
517 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
518 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
519 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
520 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
521 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
522 absent with wrapped text and hex
523 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
524
5253.06
526 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
527 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
528 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
529 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
530 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
531 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
532
5333.05.09
534 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
535 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
536 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
537 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
538 o Rework selective error logging logic
539 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
540 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
541 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
542 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
543 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
544 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
545 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
546 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
547 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
548 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
549
5503.05 beta08
551 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
552 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
553 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
554 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
555 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
556 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
557 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
558 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
559 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
560 o Help file updates (Gregg)
561 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
562 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
563 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
564 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
565 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
566 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
567
5683.05beta07
569 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
570 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
571 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
572 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
573 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
574 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
575 o Update documentation (Gregg)
576 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
577 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
578
5793.05beta06
580 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
581 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
582
5833.05beta05
584 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
585 o NDFS support by Gregg
586 o Default seek and scan to show files
587 o Rework menus
588 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
589 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
590 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
591
5923.05beta04
593 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
594 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
595 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
596 o Avoid spurious error popups
597
5983.05beta03
599 o Help file updated by David
600 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
601 o Toolbars reworked by David
602 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
603 o More great bitmaps from David
604
6053.05beta02
606 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
607 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
608 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
609
6103.05beta01
611 o More great bitmaps from David
612 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
613 o Rework some error messages
614 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
615
6163.04
617 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
618 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
619 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
620 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
621 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
622 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
623 o More new icons (thanks David)
624 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
625
6263.04 pre11:
627 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
628 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
629
6303.04 pre10:
631 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
632 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
633
6343.04 pre9:
635 o Add archiver definition add/delete/move support
636
6373.04 pre8:
638 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
639 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
640
6413.04 pre7:
642 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
643 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
644 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
645 o Minor makefile corrections
646
6473.04 pre6:
648 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
649
6503.04 pre5:
651 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
652 o Support archivers that only extract with directories (tar)
653 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
654 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
655 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
656
6573.04 pre4:
658 o Correct longnames display enable
659 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
660 o Support archiver.tmp install
661
6623.04 pre3:
663 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
664 o Support tarlist.cmd install
665 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
666 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
667
6683.04 pre2:
669 o More icon updates (David's v18)
670 o Avoid user directory edit crash
671 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
672
6733.04 pre1:
674 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
675 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
676 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
677 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
678 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
679 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
680
6813.03:
682 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
683 o Correct directory sizes sort
684 o Correct archive sort again
685
6863.02i:
687 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
688 o Lots of work on large file support
689 o Switch to VAC 3.65
690 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
691 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
692 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
693 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
694 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
695 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
696 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
697 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
698
6993.02h:
700 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
701 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
702 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
703
7043.02g:
705 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
706
7073.02f:
708 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
709 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
710 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
711
7123.02e:
713 o More see all files fixes
714 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
715
7163.02d:
717 o Clean up icon usage
718 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
719 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
720 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
721 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
722 o Correct resource strings
723
7243.02c:
725 o Correct broken assignments
726 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
727
7283.02b:
729 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
730
7313.02a:
732 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
733 o Correct archive name display
734
7353.02:
736 o First open source release.
737
7383.01:
739 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
740
7413.00d:
742 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
743 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
744
7453.00c:
746 o More minor bug fixes.
747
7483.00b:
749 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
750
7513.00:
752 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
753 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
754 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
755 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
756 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
757 correspondingly smaller.
758 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
759 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
760 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
761 some more, thus tempting fate.
762 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
763 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
764 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
765 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
766 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
767 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
768 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
769 width.
770 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
771 this stuff built-in now.
772 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
773 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
774 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
775 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
776 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
777 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
778 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
779 confirmation.
780 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
781 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
782 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
783 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
784
7852.67:
786 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
787 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
788 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
789 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
790 recall.
791
7922.66:
793 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
794 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
795 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
796 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
797 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
798 there's no diskette inserted.)
799 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
800 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
801 o Reworked Databar a bit.
802 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
803 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
804
8052.65:
806 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
807 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
808 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
809 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
810 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
811 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
812 best stuff was turned off by default!
813 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
814 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
815 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
816 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
817 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
818 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
819 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
820
8212.64:
822 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
823 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
824 horizontal) there.
825 o More help file work.
826 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
827 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
828 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
829 "touching" files easier.
830
8312.63:
832 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
833 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
834 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
835 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
836 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
837 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
838 is available.
839 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
840 attractive (IMHO).
841 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
842 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
843 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
844 marks.
845 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
846 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
847 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
848 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
849
8502.62:
851 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
852
8532.61:
854 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
855 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
856 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
857 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
858 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
859 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
860 is bordered in red.
861 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
862 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
863 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
864 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
865 files.
866
8672.60:
868 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
869 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
870 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
871 be refreshed in the archive.
872 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
873 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
874
8752.59:
876 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
877 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
878 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
879
8802.58:
881 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
882 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
883 help to reflect this.
884 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
885 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
886 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
887
8882.57:
889 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
890 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
891 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
892
8932.56:
894 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
895 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
896
8972.55:
898 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
899 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
900
9012.54:
902 o Small tweaks.
903 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
904 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
905
9062.53:
907 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
908 selected files more quickly and easily.
909 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
910 Netscape were choking on it (a).
911 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
912 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
913 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
914 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
915
9162.52:
917 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
918 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
919 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
920 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
921 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
922 standard, then stick to it? Please?
923 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
924 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
925
9262.51:
927 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
928 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
929 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
930 user request.
931 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
932 user request.
933 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
934 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
935 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
936 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
937 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
938 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
939 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
940 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
941 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
942 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
943 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
944 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
945 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
946 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
947 still work correctly with this change.
948 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
949 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
950 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
951 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
952 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
953 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
954 up with all of it.
955
9562.50b:
957 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
958 image viewer window.
959 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
960 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
961
9622.50a:
963 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
964 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
965 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
966 directories listed in environment variables).
967 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
968 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
969 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
970 registration information.
971 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
972 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
973 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
974 popup menu.
975 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
976 object that didn't already have them (duh).
977 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
978 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
979 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
980 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
981
9822.50:
983 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
984 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
985 viewer.
986 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
987 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
988 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizarre and
989 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
990 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
991 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
992 results.
993 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
994 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
995 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
996 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
997 added file system type to end of string on user request.
998 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
999 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
1000 It could happen.
1001 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
1002 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
1003 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
1004 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
1005 o Note new internet address.
1006 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
1007 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
1008 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
1009 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
1010 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
1011 one :-).
1012 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
1013 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
1014 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
1015 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
1016 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
1017 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
1018 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
1019 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
1020 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
1021 even notice.
1022
10232.49:
1024 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
1025 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
1026 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
1027 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
1028 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
1029 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
1030 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
1031 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
1032 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
1033 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
1034 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
1035 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
1036 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
1037
10382.48a:
1039 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
1040 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
1041 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
1042 o More Merlin preparations.
1043 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
1044 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
1045 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
1046 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
1047 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
1048 the Joneses? :-)
1049
10502.48:
1051 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
1052 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
1053 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
1054 under Merlin.
1055 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
1056 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
1057 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
1058 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
1059 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
1060 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
1061 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
1062 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
1063 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomaly.
1064 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
1065 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
1066 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
1067 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
1068 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
1069 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
1070 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
1071 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
1072 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
1073 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
1074 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
1075 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
1076 machine.
1077 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
1078 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
1079 o Keys help added per user request.
1080
10812.47:
1082 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
1083 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
1084 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
1085 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
1086 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
1087 submenu selected.
1088 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
1089 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
1090 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
1091 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
1092 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
1093 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
1094 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
1095 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
1096 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
1097 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
1098 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
1099 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
1100 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
1101 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
1102 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
1103 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
1104 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
1105 Container to change directories.
1106 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
1107 questions.
1108
11092.46:
1110 o Fixed drive button bug.
1111 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
1112 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
1113 the real thing.
1114
11152.45:
1116 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
1117 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
1118 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
1119 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
1120 was closed.
1121 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
1122 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
1123 Scan.
1124
11252.44:
1126 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
1127 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
1128 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
1129 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticeably unless you
1130 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
1131 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
1132 user-defined bitmap.
1133 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
1134 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
1135 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
1136 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
1137 for possible later retrieval.
1138 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
1139 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
1140 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
1141
11422.43:
1143 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
1144 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
1145 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
1146 connection, finally).
1147 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
1148 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
1149 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
1150 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
1151 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
1152 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
1153 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
1154 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
1155 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
1156 it finishes.
1157 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
1158 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
1159 under older OS/2 versions.
1160 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
1161 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
1162 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
1163 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
1164 reminder.
1165 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
1166 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
1167
11682.42:
1169 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
1170 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
1171 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
1172 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
1173 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
1174 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
1175 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
1176 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
1177 flags from the command line as an override.
1178 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
1179 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
1180 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
1181 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
1182 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
1183 Directory Container looks.
1184 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
1185 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
1186 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
1187 examples).
1188 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
1189 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
1190 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
1191 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
1192 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
1193 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
1194 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
1195 instead of the internal).
1196 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
1197 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
1198 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
1199 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
1200 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
1201
12022.41:
1203 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
1204 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
1205 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
1206 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
1207 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
1208 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
1209 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
1210 attractively.
1211 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
1212 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
1213 but not switch to them.
1214 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
1215 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
1216 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
1217 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
1218 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
1219 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
1220 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
1221 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
1222 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
1223 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
1224 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
1225 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
1226 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
1227 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
1228 Shouldn't be a major problem.
1229 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
1230 know the blamed thing was there.
1231 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
1232 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
1233 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
1234 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
1235 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
1236 paragraph. Something I use.
1237 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
1238 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
1239 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
1240 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
1241 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
1242 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
1243 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
1244 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
1245 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
1246 Containers.
1247 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
1248 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
1249 (some things grow with a life of their own).
1250 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
1251 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
1252 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
1253 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
1254
12552.40:
1256 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
1257 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
1258 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
1259 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
1260 viewer.
1261 o Added %! metastring.
1262 o Added default archiver setting.
1263 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
1264 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
1265 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
1266 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
1267 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
1268 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
1269 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
1270 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
1271 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
1272 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
1273 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
1274 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
1275 directories.
1276 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
1277 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
1278 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
1279
12802.39:
1281 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
1282 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
1283 at FP10+ levels.
1284 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
1285 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
1286 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
1287 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
1288 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
1289 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
1290 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
1291 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
1292 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
1293 changed.
1294 o Help file improvements (a never ending saga).
1295
12962.38:
1297 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writable drives unless
1298 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
1299 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
1300 etc.).
1301 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
1302 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
1303 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
1304 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
1305 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
1306 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
1307 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
1308 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
1309 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
1310 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
1311 show everything else.
1312 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
1313 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
1314 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
1315 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
1316 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
1317 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
1318 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
1319 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
1320 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
1321 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
1322 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
1323 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
1324 you'll get the opportunity to enter a password without having to
1325 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
1326 foreground.
1327
13282.37:
1329 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
1330 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
1331 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
1332 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
1333 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
1334 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
1335 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
1336 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
1337 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
1338 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
1339 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
1340 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
1341 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
1342 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
1343 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
1344 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
1345 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
1346 Directory Container.
1347
13482.36:
1349 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
1350 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
1351 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
1352 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
1353 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
1354 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
1355 o Tutorial section added to online help.
1356 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
1357 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
1358 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
1359 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
1360 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
1361 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
1362 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
1363 Settings notebook.
1364 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
1365 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
1366 thousandth).
1367 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
1368 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
1369 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
1370
13712.35:
1372 o Performance tuning.
1373 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
1374 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
1375 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
1376 permanent by Adding them as usual.
1377 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
1378 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
1379 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
1380 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
1381 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
1382 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
1383 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
1384 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
1385 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
1386 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
1387 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
1388 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
1389
13902.34:
1391 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
1392 knee-jerk thing to do).
1393 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
1394 the container is maximized.
1395 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
1396 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
1397 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
1398 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
1399 interested).
1400 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
1401 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
1402 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
1403 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
1404 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
1405 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
1406 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
1407 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
1408 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
1409 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
1410 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
1411 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
1412 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1413 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1414 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1415
14162.33:
1417 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1418 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1419 internal Settings notebook).
1420 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1421 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1422 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1423 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1424 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1425 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1426 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1427 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1428 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1429 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1430 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1431 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1432 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1433 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1434 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1435
14362.32:
1437 o See all files window fleshed out.
1438 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1439 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1440 notebook.
1441 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1442 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1443 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1444 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1445 of course).
1446 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1447 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1448 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1449 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1450 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1451 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1452 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1453 the list.
1454
14552.31:
1456 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1457 miniapp.
1458 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1459 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1460 to the above).
1461 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1462 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1463 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1464 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1465 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1466 the archive resides."
1467 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1468 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1469 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1470 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1471 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1472 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1473 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1474 o More user suggestions implemented.
1475
14762.30:
1477 o I forget.
1478
14792.29:
1480 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1481 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1482 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1483 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1484 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1485 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1486 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1487 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1488 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1489 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1490 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1491 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1492 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1493 list).
1494
14952.28:
1496 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1497 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1498 dialog).
1499 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1500 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1501 current object.
1502 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1503 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1504 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1505 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1506 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1507 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1508 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1509 userlist dropdown.
1510 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1511 use a DOS app first...
1512
15132.27:
1514 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1515 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1516 default, BTW).
1517 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1518 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1519 weren't before).
1520 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1521 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1522 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1523 lines.
1524 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1525
15262.26:
1527 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1528 filenames.
1529 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1530 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1531 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1532 now on...
1533 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1534 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1535 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1536 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1537 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1538 client window whitespace.
1539 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1540 Edit menu.
1541 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1542 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1543 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1544 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1545 command.
1546 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1547 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1548 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1549
15502.25:
1551 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1552 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1553
15542.24:
1555 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1556 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1557 lives.
1558 o Undelete enhancements.
1559
15602.23:
1561 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1562 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1563 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1564 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1565 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1566 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1567
15682.22:
1569 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1570 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1571 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1572 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1573 inevitable problem arises.
1574 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1575 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1576
15772.21:
1578 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1579 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1580 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1581 causes default WPS open.
1582 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1583 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1584 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1585 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1586 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1587 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1588 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1589 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1590 o Other stuff I forget.
1591
15922.20:
1593 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1594 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1595 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1596 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1597 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1598 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1599 D&D.
1600 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1601 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1602 Containers.
1603 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1604 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1605 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1606 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1607 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1608 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1609 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1610 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1611 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1612 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1613 it (again).
1614
16152.19:
1616 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1617 alternative to maximizing.
1618 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1619 registered user. Added a labeled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1620 windows.
1621 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1622 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1623 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1624 along.
1625 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1626 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1627 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1628 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1629 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1630 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1631 to return to from the maximized state).
1632
16332.18:
1634 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1635 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1636 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1637 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1638 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1639 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1640 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1641
16422.17:
1643 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1644 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1645 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1646 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1647 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1648 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1649
16502.16:
1651 o Added "Update objects" command.
1652 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1653 one (under "Context Menus").
1654 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1655 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1656 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1657 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1658 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1659 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1660 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automatically
1661 start working again.
1662
16632.15:
1664 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1665 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1666 o Added "Select List" command.
1667 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1668 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1669 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1670 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1671 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1672 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1673 I'm just the piano player.
1674 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1675 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1676
16772.14:
1678 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1679 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1680 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1681 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1682 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1683 removable media drives.
1684 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1685 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1686 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1687 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1688 update the paths.
1689 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1690 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1691 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1692 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1693 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1694 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1695 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1696 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1697 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1698 to my satisfaction).
1699
17002.13:
1701 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1702 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1703 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1704 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1705 notebook.
1706 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1707 to use HPFS...).
1708 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1709 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1710 maybe a bit more functional.
1711 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1712
17132.12:
1714 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1715 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1716 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1717 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1718 accelerator keys.
1719 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1720
17212.11:
1722 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1723 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1724 give funny default drive.
1725 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1726 data between different INI files.
1727 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1728 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1729 There's a menu item for it.
1730 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1731 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1732 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1733
17342.10:
1735 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1736 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1737 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1738 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1739 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1740 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1741 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1742
17432.09:
1744 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1745 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1746 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1747 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1748 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1749 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1750 to trap.
1751 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1752 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I always do
1753 what Ron says...
1754 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1755 o Added optional split status line.
1756
17572.08:
1758 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1759 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1760 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1761 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1762 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1763 you can pick a different drive).
1764 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1765 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1766 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1767 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1768 line argument.
1769
17702.07:
1771 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1772 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1773 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1774 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1775 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1776 other.
1777
17782.06:
1779 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1780 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1781 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1782 root drives from being found.
1783 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1784 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1785 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1786 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1787 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1788 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1789
1790[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1791
17922.00:
1793 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1794 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1795 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1796
1797$Id: HISTORY 1881 2015-10-12 18:32:22Z gyoung $
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