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33.03:
4 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
5
63.02i:
7 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
8 o Lots of work on large file support
9 o Switch to VAC 3.65
10 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
11 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
12 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
13 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
14 o Correct reversed warp menu in new viewer
15 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
16 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
17 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
18
193.02h:
20 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
21 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
22 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
23
243.02g:
25 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
26
273.02f:
28 o Add large drive support the dirsize applet startup screen
29 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
30 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
31
323.02e:
33 o More see all files fixes
34 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
35
363.02d:
37 o Clean up icon usage
38 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
39 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
40 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
41 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
42 o Correct resource strings
43
443.02c:
45 o Correct broken assignments
46 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
47
483.02b:
49 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
50
513.02a:
52 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
53 o Correct archive name display
54
553.02:
56 o First open source release.
57
583.01:
59 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
60
613.00d:
62 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
63 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
64
653.00c:
66 o More minor bug fixes.
67
683.00b:
69 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
70
713.00:
72 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
73 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
74 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
75 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
76 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
77 correspondingly smaller.
78 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
79 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
80 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
81 some more, thus tempting fate.
82 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
83 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
84 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
85 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
86 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
87 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
88 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
89 width.
90 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
91 this stuff built-in now.
92 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
93 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
94 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
95 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
96 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
97 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
98 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
99 confirmation.
100 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
101 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
102 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
103 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
104
1052.67:
106 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
107 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
108 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
109 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
110 recall.
111
1122.66:
113 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
114 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
115 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
116 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
117 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
118 there's no diskette inserted.)
119 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
120 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
121 o Reworked Databar a bit.
122 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
123 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
124
1252.65:
126 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
127 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
128 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
129 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
130 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
131 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
132 best stuff was turned off by default!
133 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
134 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
135 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
136 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
137 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
138 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
139 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
140
1412.64:
142 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
143 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
144 horizontal) there.
145 o More help file work.
146 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
147 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
148 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
149 "touching" files easier.
150
1512.63:
152 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
153 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
154 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
155 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
156 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
157 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
158 is available.
159 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
160 attractive (IMHO).
161 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
162 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
163 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
164 marks.
165 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
166 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
167 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
168 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
169
1702.62:
171 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
172
1732.61:
174 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
175 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
176 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
177 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
178 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
179 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
180 is bordered in red.
181 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
182 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
183 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
184 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
185 files.
186
1872.60:
188 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
189 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
190 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
191 be refreshed in the archive.
192 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
193 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
194
1952.59:
196 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
197 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
198 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
199
2002.58:
201 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
202 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
203 help to reflect this.
204 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
205 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
206 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
207
2082.57:
209 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
210 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
211 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
212
2132.56:
214 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
215 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
216
2172.55:
218 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
219 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
220
2212.54:
222 o Small tweaks.
223 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
224 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
225
2262.53:
227 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
228 selected files more quickly and easily.
229 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
230 Netscape were choking on it (a).
231 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
232 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
233 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
234 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
235
2362.52:
237 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
238 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
239 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
240 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
241 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
242 standard, then stick to it? Please?
243 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
244 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
245
2462.51:
247 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
248 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
249 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
250 user request.
251 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
252 user request.
253 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
254 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
255 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
256 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
257 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
258 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
259 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
260 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
261 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
262 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
263 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
264 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
265 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
266 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
267 still work correctly with this change.
268 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
269 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
270 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
271 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
272 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
273 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
274 up with all of it.
275
2762.50b:
277 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
278 image viewer window.
279 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
280 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
281
2822.50a:
283 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
284 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
285 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
286 directories listed in environment variables).
287 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
288 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
289 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
290 registration information.
291 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
292 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
293 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
294 popup menu.
295 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
296 object that didn't already have them (duh).
297 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
298 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
299 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
300 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
301
3022.50:
303 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
304 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
305 viewer.
306 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
307 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
308 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
309 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
310 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
311 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
312 results.
313 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
314 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
315 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
316 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
317 added file system type to end of string on user request.
318 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
319 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
320 It could happen.
321 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
322 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
323 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
324 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
325 o Note new internet address.
326 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
327 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
328 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
329 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
330 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
331 one :-).
332 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
333 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
334 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
335 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
336 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
337 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
338 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
339 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
340 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
341 even notice.
342
3432.49:
344 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
345 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
346 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
347 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
348 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
349 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
350 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
351 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
352 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
353 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
354 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
355 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
356 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
357
3582.48a:
359 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
360 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
361 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
362 o More Merlin preparations.
363 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
364 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
365 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
366 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
367 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
368 the Joneses? :-)
369
3702.48:
371 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
372 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
373 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
374 under Merlin.
375 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
376 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
377 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
378 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
379 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
380 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
381 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
382 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
383 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
384 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
385 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
386 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
387 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
388 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
389 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
390 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
391 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
392 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
393 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
394 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
395 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
396 machine.
397 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
398 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
399 o Keys help added per user request.
400
4012.47:
402 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
403 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
404 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
405 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
406 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
407 submenu selected.
408 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
409 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
410 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
411 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
412 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
413 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
414 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
415 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
416 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
417 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
418 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
419 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
420 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
421 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
422 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
423 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
424 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
425 Container to change directories.
426 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
427 questions.
428
4292.46:
430 o Fixed drive button bug.
431 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
432 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
433 the real thing.
434
4352.45:
436 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
437 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
438 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
439 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
440 was closed.
441 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
442 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
443 Scan.
444
4452.44:
446 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
447 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
448 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
449 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
450 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
451 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
452 user-defined bitmap.
453 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
454 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
455 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
456 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
457 for possible later retrieval.
458 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
459 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
460 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
461
4622.43:
463 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
464 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
465 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
466 connection, finally).
467 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
468 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
469 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
470 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
471 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
472 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
473 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
474 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
475 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
476 it finishes.
477 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
478 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
479 under older OS/2 versions.
480 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
481 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
482 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
483 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
484 reminder.
485 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
486 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
487
4882.42:
489 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
490 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
491 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
492 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
493 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
494 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
495 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
496 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
497 flags from the command line as an override.
498 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
499 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
500 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
501 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
502 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
503 Directory Container looks.
504 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
505 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
506 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
507 examples).
508 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
509 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
510 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
511 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
512 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
513 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
514 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
515 instead of the internal).
516 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
517 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
518 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
519 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
520 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
521
5222.41:
523 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
524 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
525 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
526 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
527 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
528 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
529 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
530 attractively.
531 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
532 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
533 but not switch to them.
534 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
535 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
536 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
537 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
538 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
539 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
540 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
541 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
542 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
543 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
544 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
545 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
546 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
547 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
548 Shouldn't be a major problem.
549 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
550 know the blamed thing was there.
551 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
552 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
553 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
554 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
555 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
556 paragraph. Something I use.
557 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
558 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
559 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
560 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
561 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
562 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
563 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
564 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
565 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
566 Containers.
567 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
568 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
569 (some things grow with a life of their own).
570 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
571 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
572 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
573 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
574
5752.40:
576 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
577 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
578 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
579 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
580 viewer.
581 o Added %! metastring.
582 o Added default archiver setting.
583 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
584 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
585 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
586 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
587 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
588 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
589 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
590 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
591 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
592 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
593 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
594 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
595 directories.
596 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
597 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
598 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
599
6002.39:
601 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
602 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
603 at FP10+ levels.
604 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
605 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
606 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
607 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
608 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
609 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
610 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
611 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
612 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
613 changed.
614 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
615
6162.38:
617 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
618 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
619 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
620 etc.).
621 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
622 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
623 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
624 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
625 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
626 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
627 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
628 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
629 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
630 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
631 show everything else.
632 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
633 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
634 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
635 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
636 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
637 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
638 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
639 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
640 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
641 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
642 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
643 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
644 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
645 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
646 foreground.
647
6482.37:
649 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
650 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
651 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
652 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
653 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
654 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
655 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
656 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
657 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
658 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
659 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
660 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
661 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
662 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
663 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
664 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
665 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
666 Directory Container.
667
6682.36:
669 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
670 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
671 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
672 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
673 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
674 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
675 o Tutorial section added to online help.
676 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
677 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
678 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
679 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
680 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
681 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
682 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
683 Settings notebook.
684 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
685 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
686 thousandth).
687 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
688 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
689 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
690
6912.35:
692 o Performance tuning.
693 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
694 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
695 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
696 permanent by Adding them as usual.
697 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
698 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
699 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
700 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
701 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
702 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
703 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
704 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
705 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
706 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
707 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
708 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
709
7102.34:
711 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
712 knee-jerk thing to do).
713 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
714 the container is maximized.
715 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
716 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
717 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
718 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
719 interested).
720 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
721 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
722 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
723 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
724 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
725 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
726 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
727 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
728 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
729 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
730 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
731 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
732 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
733 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
734 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
735
7362.33:
737 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
738 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
739 internal Settings notebook).
740 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
741 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
742 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
743 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
744 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
745 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
746 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
747 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
748 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
749 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
750 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
751 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
752 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
753 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
754 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
755
7562.32:
757 o See all files window fleshed out.
758 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
759 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
760 notebook.
761 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
762 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
763 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
764 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
765 of course).
766 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
767 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
768 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
769 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
770 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
771 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
772 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
773 the list.
774
7752.31:
776 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
777 miniapp.
778 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
779 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
780 to the above).
781 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
782 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
783 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
784 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
785 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
786 the archive resides."
787 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
788 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
789 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
790 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
791 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
792 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
793 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
794 o More user suggestions implemented.
795
7962.30:
797 o I forget.
798
7992.29:
800 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
801 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
802 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
803 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
804 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
805 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
806 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
807 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
808 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
809 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
810 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
811 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
812 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
813 list).
814
8152.28:
816 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
817 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
818 dialog).
819 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
820 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
821 current object.
822 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
823 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
824 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
825 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
826 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
827 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
828 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
829 userlist dropdown.
830 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
831 use a DOS app first...
832
8332.27:
834 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
835 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
836 default, BTW).
837 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
838 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
839 weren't before).
840 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
841 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
842 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
843 lines.
844 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
845
8462.26:
847 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
848 filenames.
849 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
850 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
851 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
852 now on...
853 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
854 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
855 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
856 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
857 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
858 client window whitespace.
859 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
860 Edit menu.
861 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
862 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
863 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
864 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
865 command.
866 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
867 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
868 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
869
8702.25:
871 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
872 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
873
8742.24:
875 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
876 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
877 lives.
878 o Undelete enhancements.
879
8802.23:
881 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
882 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
883 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
884 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
885 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
886 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
887
8882.22:
889 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
890 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
891 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
892 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
893 inevitable problem arises.
894 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
895 with same name and/or size and filedate.
896
8972.21:
898 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
899 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
900 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
901 causes default WPS open.
902 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
903 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
904 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
905 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
906 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
907 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
908 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
909 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
910 o Other stuff I forget.
911
9122.20:
913 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
914 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
915 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
916 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
917 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
918 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
919 D&D.
920 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
921 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
922 Containers.
923 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
924 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
925 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
926 Containers. Powerful stuff.
927 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
928 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
929 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
930 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
931 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
932 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
933 it (again).
934
9352.19:
936 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
937 alternative to maximizing.
938 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
939 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
940 windows.
941 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
942 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
943 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
944 along.
945 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
946 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
947 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
948 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
949 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
950 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
951 to return to from the maximized state).
952
9532.18:
954 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
955 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
956 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
957 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
958 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
959 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
960 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
961
9622.17:
963 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
964 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
965 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
966 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
967 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
968 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
969
9702.16:
971 o Added "Update objects" command.
972 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
973 one (under "Context Menus").
974 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
975 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
976 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
977 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
978 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
979 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
980 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
981 start working again.
982
9832.15:
984 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
985 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
986 o Added "Select List" command.
987 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
988 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
989 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
990 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
991 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
992 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
993 I'm just the piano player.
994 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
995 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
996
9972.14:
998 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
999 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1000 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1001 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1002 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1003 removable media drives.
1004 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1005 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1006 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1007 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1008 update the paths.
1009 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1010 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1011 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1012 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1013 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1014 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1015 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1016 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1017 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1018 to my satisfaction).
1019
10202.13:
1021 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1022 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1023 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1024 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1025 notebook.
1026 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1027 to use HPFS...).
1028 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1029 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1030 maybe a bit more functional.
1031 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1032
10332.12:
1034 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1035 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1036 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1037 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1038 accelerator keys.
1039 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1040
10412.11:
1042 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1043 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1044 give funny default drive.
1045 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1046 data between different INI files.
1047 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1048 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1049 There's a menu item for it.
1050 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1051 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1052 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1053
10542.10:
1055 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1056 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1057 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1058 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1059 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1060 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1061 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1062
10632.09:
1064 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1065 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1066 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1067 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1068 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1069 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1070 to trap.
1071 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1072 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1073 what Ron says...
1074 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1075 o Added optional split status line.
1076
10772.08:
1078 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1079 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1080 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1081 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1082 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1083 you can pick a different drive).
1084 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1085 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1086 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1087 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1088 line argument.
1089
10902.07:
1091 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1092 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1093 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1094 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1095 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1096 other.
1097
10982.06:
1099 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1100 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1101 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1102 root drives from being found.
1103 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1104 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1105 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1106 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1107 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1108 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1109
1110[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1111
11122.00:
1113 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1114 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1115 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1116
1117$Id: HISTORY 221 2005-06-18 03:56:39Z root $
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