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33.03:
4 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
5 o Correct directory sizes sort
6 o Correct archive sort again
7
83.02i:
9 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
10 o Lots of work on large file support
11 o Switch to VAC 3.65
12 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
13 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
14 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
15 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
16 o Correct reversed warp menu in new viewer
17 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
18 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
19 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
20
213.02h:
22 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
23 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
24 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
25
263.02g:
27 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
28
293.02f:
30 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
31 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
32 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
33
343.02e:
35 o More see all files fixes
36 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
37
383.02d:
39 o Clean up icon usage
40 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
41 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
42 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
43 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
44 o Correct resource strings
45
463.02c:
47 o Correct broken assignments
48 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
49
503.02b:
51 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
52
533.02a:
54 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
55 o Correct archive name display
56
573.02:
58 o First open source release.
59
603.01:
61 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
62
633.00d:
64 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
65 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
66
673.00c:
68 o More minor bug fixes.
69
703.00b:
71 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
72
733.00:
74 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
75 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
76 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
77 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
78 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
79 correspondingly smaller.
80 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
81 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
82 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
83 some more, thus tempting fate.
84 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
85 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
86 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
87 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
88 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
89 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
90 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
91 width.
92 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
93 this stuff built-in now.
94 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
95 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
96 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
97 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
98 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
99 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
100 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
101 confirmation.
102 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
103 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
104 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
105 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
106
1072.67:
108 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
109 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
110 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
111 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
112 recall.
113
1142.66:
115 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
116 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
117 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
118 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
119 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
120 there's no diskette inserted.)
121 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
122 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
123 o Reworked Databar a bit.
124 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
125 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
126
1272.65:
128 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
129 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
130 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
131 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
132 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
133 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
134 best stuff was turned off by default!
135 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
136 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
137 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
138 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
139 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
140 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
141 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
142
1432.64:
144 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
145 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
146 horizontal) there.
147 o More help file work.
148 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
149 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
150 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
151 "touching" files easier.
152
1532.63:
154 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
155 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
156 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
157 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
158 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
159 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
160 is available.
161 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
162 attractive (IMHO).
163 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
164 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
165 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
166 marks.
167 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
168 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
169 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
170 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
171
1722.62:
173 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
174
1752.61:
176 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
177 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
178 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
179 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
180 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
181 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
182 is bordered in red.
183 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
184 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
185 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
186 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
187 files.
188
1892.60:
190 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
191 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
192 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
193 be refreshed in the archive.
194 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
195 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
196
1972.59:
198 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
199 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
200 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
201
2022.58:
203 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
204 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
205 help to reflect this.
206 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
207 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
208 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
209
2102.57:
211 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
212 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
213 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
214
2152.56:
216 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
217 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
218
2192.55:
220 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
221 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
222
2232.54:
224 o Small tweaks.
225 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
226 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
227
2282.53:
229 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
230 selected files more quickly and easily.
231 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
232 Netscape were choking on it (a).
233 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
234 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
235 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
236 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
237
2382.52:
239 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
240 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
241 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
242 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
243 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
244 standard, then stick to it? Please?
245 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
246 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
247
2482.51:
249 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
250 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
251 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
252 user request.
253 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
254 user request.
255 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
256 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
257 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
258 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
259 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
260 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
261 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
262 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
263 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
264 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
265 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
266 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
267 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
268 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
269 still work correctly with this change.
270 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
271 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
272 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
273 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
274 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
275 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
276 up with all of it.
277
2782.50b:
279 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
280 image viewer window.
281 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
282 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
283
2842.50a:
285 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
286 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
287 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
288 directories listed in environment variables).
289 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
290 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
291 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
292 registration information.
293 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
294 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
295 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
296 popup menu.
297 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
298 object that didn't already have them (duh).
299 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
300 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
301 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
302 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
303
3042.50:
305 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
306 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
307 viewer.
308 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
309 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
310 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
311 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
312 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
313 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
314 results.
315 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
316 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
317 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
318 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
319 added file system type to end of string on user request.
320 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
321 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
322 It could happen.
323 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
324 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
325 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
326 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
327 o Note new internet address.
328 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
329 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
330 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
331 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
332 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
333 one :-).
334 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
335 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
336 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
337 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
338 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
339 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
340 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
341 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
342 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
343 even notice.
344
3452.49:
346 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
347 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
348 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
349 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
350 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
351 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
352 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
353 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
354 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
355 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
356 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
357 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
358 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
359
3602.48a:
361 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
362 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
363 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
364 o More Merlin preparations.
365 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
366 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
367 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
368 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
369 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
370 the Joneses? :-)
371
3722.48:
373 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
374 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
375 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
376 under Merlin.
377 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
378 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
379 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
380 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
381 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
382 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
383 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
384 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
385 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
386 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
387 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
388 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
389 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
390 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
391 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
392 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
393 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
394 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
395 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
396 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
397 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
398 machine.
399 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
400 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
401 o Keys help added per user request.
402
4032.47:
404 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
405 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
406 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
407 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
408 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
409 submenu selected.
410 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
411 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
412 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
413 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
414 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
415 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
416 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
417 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
418 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
419 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
420 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
421 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
422 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
423 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
424 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
425 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
426 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
427 Container to change directories.
428 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
429 questions.
430
4312.46:
432 o Fixed drive button bug.
433 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
434 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
435 the real thing.
436
4372.45:
438 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
439 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
440 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
441 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
442 was closed.
443 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
444 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
445 Scan.
446
4472.44:
448 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
449 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
450 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
451 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
452 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
453 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
454 user-defined bitmap.
455 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
456 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
457 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
458 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
459 for possible later retrieval.
460 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
461 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
462 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
463
4642.43:
465 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
466 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
467 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
468 connection, finally).
469 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
470 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
471 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
472 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
473 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
474 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
475 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
476 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
477 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
478 it finishes.
479 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
480 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
481 under older OS/2 versions.
482 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
483 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
484 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
485 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
486 reminder.
487 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
488 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
489
4902.42:
491 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
492 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
493 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
494 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
495 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
496 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
497 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
498 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
499 flags from the command line as an override.
500 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
501 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
502 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
503 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
504 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
505 Directory Container looks.
506 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
507 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
508 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
509 examples).
510 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
511 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
512 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
513 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
514 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
515 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
516 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
517 instead of the internal).
518 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
519 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
520 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
521 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
522 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
523
5242.41:
525 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
526 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
527 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
528 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
529 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
530 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
531 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
532 attractively.
533 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
534 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
535 but not switch to them.
536 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
537 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
538 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
539 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
540 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
541 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
542 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
543 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
544 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
545 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
546 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
547 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
548 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
549 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
550 Shouldn't be a major problem.
551 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
552 know the blamed thing was there.
553 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
554 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
555 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
556 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
557 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
558 paragraph. Something I use.
559 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
560 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
561 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
562 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
563 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
564 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
565 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
566 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
567 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
568 Containers.
569 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
570 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
571 (some things grow with a life of their own).
572 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
573 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
574 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
575 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
576
5772.40:
578 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
579 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
580 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
581 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
582 viewer.
583 o Added %! metastring.
584 o Added default archiver setting.
585 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
586 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
587 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
588 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
589 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
590 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
591 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
592 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
593 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
594 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
595 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
596 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
597 directories.
598 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
599 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
600 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
601
6022.39:
603 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
604 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
605 at FP10+ levels.
606 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
607 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
608 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
609 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
610 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
611 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
612 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
613 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
614 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
615 changed.
616 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
617
6182.38:
619 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
620 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
621 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
622 etc.).
623 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
624 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
625 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
626 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
627 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
628 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
629 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
630 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
631 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
632 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
633 show everything else.
634 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
635 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
636 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
637 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
638 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
639 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
640 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
641 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
642 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
643 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
644 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
645 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
646 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
647 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
648 foreground.
649
6502.37:
651 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
652 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
653 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
654 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
655 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
656 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
657 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
658 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
659 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
660 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
661 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
662 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
663 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
664 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
665 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
666 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
667 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
668 Directory Container.
669
6702.36:
671 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
672 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
673 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
674 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
675 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
676 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
677 o Tutorial section added to online help.
678 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
679 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
680 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
681 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
682 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
683 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
684 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
685 Settings notebook.
686 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
687 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
688 thousandth).
689 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
690 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
691 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
692
6932.35:
694 o Performance tuning.
695 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
696 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
697 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
698 permanent by Adding them as usual.
699 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
700 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
701 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
702 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
703 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
704 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
705 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
706 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
707 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
708 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
709 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
710 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
711
7122.34:
713 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
714 knee-jerk thing to do).
715 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
716 the container is maximized.
717 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
718 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
719 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
720 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
721 interested).
722 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
723 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
724 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
725 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
726 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
727 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
728 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
729 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
730 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
731 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
732 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
733 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
734 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
735 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
736 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
737
7382.33:
739 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
740 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
741 internal Settings notebook).
742 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
743 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
744 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
745 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
746 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
747 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
748 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
749 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
750 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
751 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
752 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
753 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
754 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
755 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
756 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
757
7582.32:
759 o See all files window fleshed out.
760 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
761 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
762 notebook.
763 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
764 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
765 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
766 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
767 of course).
768 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
769 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
770 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
771 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
772 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
773 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
774 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
775 the list.
776
7772.31:
778 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
779 miniapp.
780 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
781 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
782 to the above).
783 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
784 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
785 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
786 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
787 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
788 the archive resides."
789 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
790 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
791 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
792 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
793 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
794 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
795 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
796 o More user suggestions implemented.
797
7982.30:
799 o I forget.
800
8012.29:
802 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
803 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
804 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
805 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
806 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
807 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
808 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
809 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
810 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
811 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
812 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
813 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
814 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
815 list).
816
8172.28:
818 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
819 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
820 dialog).
821 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
822 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
823 current object.
824 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
825 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
826 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
827 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
828 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
829 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
830 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
831 userlist dropdown.
832 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
833 use a DOS app first...
834
8352.27:
836 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
837 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
838 default, BTW).
839 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
840 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
841 weren't before).
842 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
843 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
844 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
845 lines.
846 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
847
8482.26:
849 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
850 filenames.
851 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
852 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
853 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
854 now on...
855 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
856 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
857 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
858 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
859 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
860 client window whitespace.
861 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
862 Edit menu.
863 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
864 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
865 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
866 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
867 command.
868 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
869 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
870 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
871
8722.25:
873 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
874 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
875
8762.24:
877 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
878 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
879 lives.
880 o Undelete enhancements.
881
8822.23:
883 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
884 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
885 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
886 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
887 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
888 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
889
8902.22:
891 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
892 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
893 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
894 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
895 inevitable problem arises.
896 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
897 with same name and/or size and filedate.
898
8992.21:
900 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
901 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
902 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
903 causes default WPS open.
904 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
905 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
906 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
907 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
908 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
909 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
910 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
911 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
912 o Other stuff I forget.
913
9142.20:
915 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
916 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
917 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
918 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
919 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
920 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
921 D&D.
922 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
923 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
924 Containers.
925 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
926 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
927 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
928 Containers. Powerful stuff.
929 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
930 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
931 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
932 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
933 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
934 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
935 it (again).
936
9372.19:
938 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
939 alternative to maximizing.
940 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
941 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
942 windows.
943 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
944 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
945 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
946 along.
947 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
948 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
949 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
950 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
951 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
952 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
953 to return to from the maximized state).
954
9552.18:
956 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
957 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
958 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
959 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
960 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
961 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
962 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
963
9642.17:
965 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
966 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
967 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
968 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
969 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
970 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
971
9722.16:
973 o Added "Update objects" command.
974 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
975 one (under "Context Menus").
976 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
977 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
978 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
979 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
980 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
981 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
982 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
983 start working again.
984
9852.15:
986 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
987 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
988 o Added "Select List" command.
989 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
990 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
991 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
992 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
993 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
994 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
995 I'm just the piano player.
996 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
997 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
998
9992.14:
1000 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1001 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1002 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1003 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1004 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1005 removable media drives.
1006 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1007 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1008 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1009 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1010 update the paths.
1011 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1012 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1013 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1014 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1015 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1016 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1017 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1018 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1019 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1020 to my satisfaction).
1021
10222.13:
1023 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1024 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1025 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1026 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1027 notebook.
1028 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1029 to use HPFS...).
1030 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1031 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1032 maybe a bit more functional.
1033 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1034
10352.12:
1036 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1037 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1038 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1039 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1040 accelerator keys.
1041 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1042
10432.11:
1044 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1045 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1046 give funny default drive.
1047 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1048 data between different INI files.
1049 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1050 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1051 There's a menu item for it.
1052 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1053 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1054 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1055
10562.10:
1057 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1058 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1059 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1060 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1061 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1062 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1063 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1064
10652.09:
1066 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1067 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1068 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1069 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1070 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1071 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1072 to trap.
1073 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1074 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1075 what Ron says...
1076 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1077 o Added optional split status line.
1078
10792.08:
1080 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1081 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1082 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1083 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1084 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1085 you can pick a different drive).
1086 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1087 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1088 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1089 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1090 line argument.
1091
10922.07:
1093 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1094 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1095 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1096 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1097 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1098 other.
1099
11002.06:
1101 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1102 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1103 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1104 root drives from being found.
1105 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1106 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1107 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1108 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1109 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1110 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1111
1112[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1113
11142.00:
1115 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1116 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1117 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1118
1119$Id: HISTORY 228 2005-06-22 15:57:03Z root $
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