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33.04 pre11:
4 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
5 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
6
73.04 pre10:
8 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
9 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
10
113.04 pre9:
12 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
13
143.04 pre8:
15 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
16 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
17
183.04 pre7:
19 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
20 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
21 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
22 o Minor makefile corrections
23
243.04 pre6:
25 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
26
273.04 pre5:
28 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
29 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
30 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
31 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
32 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
33
343.04 pre4:
35 o Correct longnames display enable
36 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
37 o Support archiver.tmp install
38
393.04 pre3:
40 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
41 o Support tarlist.cmd install
42 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
43 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
44
453.04 pre2:
46 o More icon updates (David's v18)
47 o Avoid user directory edit crash
48 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
49
503.04 pre1:
51 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
52 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
53 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
54 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
55 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
56 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
57
583.03:
59 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
60 o Correct directory sizes sort
61 o Correct archive sort again
62
633.02i:
64 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
65 o Lots of work on large file support
66 o Switch to VAC 3.65
67 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
68 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
69 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
70 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
71 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
72 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
73 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
74 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
75
763.02h:
77 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
78 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
79 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
80
813.02g:
82 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
83
843.02f:
85 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
86 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
87 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
88
893.02e:
90 o More see all files fixes
91 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
92
933.02d:
94 o Clean up icon usage
95 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
96 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
97 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
98 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
99 o Correct resource strings
100
1013.02c:
102 o Correct broken assignments
103 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
104
1053.02b:
106 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
107
1083.02a:
109 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
110 o Correct archive name display
111
1123.02:
113 o First open source release.
114
1153.01:
116 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
117
1183.00d:
119 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
120 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
121
1223.00c:
123 o More minor bug fixes.
124
1253.00b:
126 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
127
1283.00:
129 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
130 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
131 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
132 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
133 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
134 correspondingly smaller.
135 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
136 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
137 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
138 some more, thus tempting fate.
139 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
140 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
141 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
142 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
143 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
144 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
145 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
146 width.
147 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
148 this stuff built-in now.
149 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
150 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
151 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
152 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
153 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
154 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
155 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
156 confirmation.
157 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
158 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
159 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
160 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
161
1622.67:
163 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
164 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
165 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
166 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
167 recall.
168
1692.66:
170 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
171 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
172 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
173 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
174 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
175 there's no diskette inserted.)
176 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
177 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
178 o Reworked Databar a bit.
179 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
180 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
181
1822.65:
183 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
184 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
185 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
186 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
187 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
188 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
189 best stuff was turned off by default!
190 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
191 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
192 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
193 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
194 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
195 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
196 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
197
1982.64:
199 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
200 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
201 horizontal) there.
202 o More help file work.
203 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
204 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
205 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
206 "touching" files easier.
207
2082.63:
209 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
210 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
211 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
212 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
213 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
214 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
215 is available.
216 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
217 attractive (IMHO).
218 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
219 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
220 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
221 marks.
222 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
223 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
224 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
225 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
226
2272.62:
228 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
229
2302.61:
231 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
232 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
233 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
234 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
235 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
236 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
237 is bordered in red.
238 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
239 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
240 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
241 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
242 files.
243
2442.60:
245 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
246 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
247 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
248 be refreshed in the archive.
249 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
250 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
251
2522.59:
253 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
254 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
255 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
256
2572.58:
258 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
259 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
260 help to reflect this.
261 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
262 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
263 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
264
2652.57:
266 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
267 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
268 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
269
2702.56:
271 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
272 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
273
2742.55:
275 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
276 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
277
2782.54:
279 o Small tweaks.
280 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
281 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
282
2832.53:
284 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
285 selected files more quickly and easily.
286 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
287 Netscape were choking on it (a).
288 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
289 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
290 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
291 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
292
2932.52:
294 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
295 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
296 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
297 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
298 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
299 standard, then stick to it? Please?
300 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
301 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
302
3032.51:
304 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
305 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
306 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
307 user request.
308 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
309 user request.
310 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
311 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
312 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
313 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
314 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
315 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
316 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
317 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
318 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
319 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
320 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
321 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
322 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
323 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
324 still work correctly with this change.
325 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
326 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
327 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
328 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
329 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
330 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
331 up with all of it.
332
3332.50b:
334 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
335 image viewer window.
336 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
337 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
338
3392.50a:
340 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
341 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
342 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
343 directories listed in environment variables).
344 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
345 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
346 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
347 registration information.
348 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
349 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
350 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
351 popup menu.
352 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
353 object that didn't already have them (duh).
354 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
355 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
356 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
357 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
358
3592.50:
360 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
361 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
362 viewer.
363 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
364 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
365 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
366 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
367 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
368 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
369 results.
370 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
371 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
372 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
373 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
374 added file system type to end of string on user request.
375 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
376 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
377 It could happen.
378 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
379 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
380 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
381 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
382 o Note new internet address.
383 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
384 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
385 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
386 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
387 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
388 one :-).
389 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
390 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
391 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
392 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
393 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
394 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
395 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
396 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
397 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
398 even notice.
399
4002.49:
401 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
402 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
403 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
404 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
405 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
406 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
407 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
408 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
409 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
410 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
411 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
412 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
413 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
414
4152.48a:
416 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
417 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
418 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
419 o More Merlin preparations.
420 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
421 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
422 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
423 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
424 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
425 the Joneses? :-)
426
4272.48:
428 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
429 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
430 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
431 under Merlin.
432 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
433 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
434 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
435 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
436 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
437 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
438 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
439 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
440 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
441 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
442 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
443 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
444 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
445 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
446 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
447 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
448 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
449 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
450 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
451 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
452 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
453 machine.
454 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
455 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
456 o Keys help added per user request.
457
4582.47:
459 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
460 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
461 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
462 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
463 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
464 submenu selected.
465 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
466 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
467 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
468 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
469 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
470 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
471 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
472 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
473 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
474 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
475 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
476 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
477 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
478 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
479 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
480 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
481 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
482 Container to change directories.
483 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
484 questions.
485
4862.46:
487 o Fixed drive button bug.
488 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
489 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
490 the real thing.
491
4922.45:
493 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
494 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
495 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
496 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
497 was closed.
498 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
499 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
500 Scan.
501
5022.44:
503 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
504 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
505 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
506 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
507 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
508 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
509 user-defined bitmap.
510 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
511 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
512 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
513 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
514 for possible later retrieval.
515 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
516 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
517 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
518
5192.43:
520 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
521 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
522 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
523 connection, finally).
524 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
525 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
526 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
527 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
528 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
529 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
530 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
531 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
532 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
533 it finishes.
534 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
535 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
536 under older OS/2 versions.
537 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
538 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
539 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
540 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
541 reminder.
542 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
543 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
544
5452.42:
546 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
547 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
548 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
549 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
550 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
551 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
552 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
553 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
554 flags from the command line as an override.
555 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
556 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
557 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
558 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
559 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
560 Directory Container looks.
561 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
562 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
563 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
564 examples).
565 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
566 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
567 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
568 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
569 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
570 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
571 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
572 instead of the internal).
573 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
574 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
575 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
576 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
577 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
578
5792.41:
580 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
581 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
582 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
583 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
584 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
585 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
586 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
587 attractively.
588 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
589 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
590 but not switch to them.
591 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
592 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
593 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
594 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
595 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
596 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
597 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
598 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
599 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
600 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
601 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
602 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
603 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
604 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
605 Shouldn't be a major problem.
606 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
607 know the blamed thing was there.
608 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
609 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
610 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
611 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
612 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
613 paragraph. Something I use.
614 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
615 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
616 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
617 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
618 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
619 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
620 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
621 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
622 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
623 Containers.
624 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
625 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
626 (some things grow with a life of their own).
627 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
628 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
629 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
630 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
631
6322.40:
633 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
634 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
635 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
636 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
637 viewer.
638 o Added %! metastring.
639 o Added default archiver setting.
640 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
641 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
642 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
643 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
644 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
645 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
646 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
647 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
648 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
649 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
650 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
651 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
652 directories.
653 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
654 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
655 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
656
6572.39:
658 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
659 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
660 at FP10+ levels.
661 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
662 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
663 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
664 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
665 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
666 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
667 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
668 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
669 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
670 changed.
671 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
672
6732.38:
674 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
675 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
676 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
677 etc.).
678 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
679 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
680 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
681 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
682 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
683 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
684 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
685 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
686 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
687 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
688 show everything else.
689 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
690 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
691 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
692 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
693 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
694 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
695 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
696 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
697 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
698 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
699 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
700 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
701 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
702 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
703 foreground.
704
7052.37:
706 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
707 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
708 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
709 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
710 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
711 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
712 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
713 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
714 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
715 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
716 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
717 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
718 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
719 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
720 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
721 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
722 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
723 Directory Container.
724
7252.36:
726 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
727 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
728 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
729 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
730 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
731 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
732 o Tutorial section added to online help.
733 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
734 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
735 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
736 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
737 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
738 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
739 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
740 Settings notebook.
741 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
742 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
743 thousandth).
744 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
745 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
746 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
747
7482.35:
749 o Performance tuning.
750 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
751 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
752 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
753 permanent by Adding them as usual.
754 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
755 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
756 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
757 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
758 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
759 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
760 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
761 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
762 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
763 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
764 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
765 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
766
7672.34:
768 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
769 knee-jerk thing to do).
770 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
771 the container is maximized.
772 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
773 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
774 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
775 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
776 interested).
777 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
778 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
779 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
780 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
781 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
782 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
783 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
784 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
785 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
786 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
787 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
788 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
789 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
790 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
791 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
792
7932.33:
794 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
795 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
796 internal Settings notebook).
797 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
798 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
799 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
800 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
801 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
802 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
803 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
804 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
805 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
806 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
807 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
808 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
809 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
810 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
811 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
812
8132.32:
814 o See all files window fleshed out.
815 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
816 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
817 notebook.
818 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
819 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
820 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
821 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
822 of course).
823 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
824 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
825 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
826 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
827 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
828 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
829 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
830 the list.
831
8322.31:
833 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
834 miniapp.
835 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
836 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
837 to the above).
838 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
839 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
840 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
841 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
842 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
843 the archive resides."
844 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
845 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
846 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
847 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
848 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
849 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
850 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
851 o More user suggestions implemented.
852
8532.30:
854 o I forget.
855
8562.29:
857 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
858 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
859 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
860 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
861 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
862 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
863 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
864 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
865 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
866 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
867 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
868 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
869 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
870 list).
871
8722.28:
873 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
874 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
875 dialog).
876 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
877 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
878 current object.
879 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
880 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
881 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
882 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
883 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
884 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
885 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
886 userlist dropdown.
887 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
888 use a DOS app first...
889
8902.27:
891 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
892 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
893 default, BTW).
894 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
895 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
896 weren't before).
897 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
898 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
899 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
900 lines.
901 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
902
9032.26:
904 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
905 filenames.
906 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
907 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
908 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
909 now on...
910 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
911 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
912 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
913 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
914 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
915 client window whitespace.
916 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
917 Edit menu.
918 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
919 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
920 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
921 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
922 command.
923 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
924 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
925 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
926
9272.25:
928 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
929 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
930
9312.24:
932 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
933 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
934 lives.
935 o Undelete enhancements.
936
9372.23:
938 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
939 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
940 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
941 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
942 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
943 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
944
9452.22:
946 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
947 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
948 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
949 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
950 inevitable problem arises.
951 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
952 with same name and/or size and filedate.
953
9542.21:
955 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
956 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
957 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
958 causes default WPS open.
959 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
960 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
961 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
962 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
963 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
964 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
965 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
966 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
967 o Other stuff I forget.
968
9692.20:
970 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
971 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
972 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
973 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
974 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
975 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
976 D&D.
977 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
978 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
979 Containers.
980 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
981 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
982 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
983 Containers. Powerful stuff.
984 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
985 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
986 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
987 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
988 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
989 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
990 it (again).
991
9922.19:
993 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
994 alternative to maximizing.
995 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
996 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
997 windows.
998 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
999 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1000 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1001 along.
1002 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1003 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1004 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1005 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1006 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1007 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1008 to return to from the maximized state).
1009
10102.18:
1011 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1012 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1013 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1014 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1015 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1016 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1017 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1018
10192.17:
1020 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1021 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1022 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1023 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1024 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1025 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1026
10272.16:
1028 o Added "Update objects" command.
1029 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1030 one (under "Context Menus").
1031 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1032 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1033 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1034 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1035 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1036 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1037 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1038 start working again.
1039
10402.15:
1041 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1042 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1043 o Added "Select List" command.
1044 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1045 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1046 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1047 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1048 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1049 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1050 I'm just the piano player.
1051 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1052 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1053
10542.14:
1055 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1056 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1057 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1058 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1059 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1060 removable media drives.
1061 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1062 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1063 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1064 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1065 update the paths.
1066 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1067 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1068 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1069 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1070 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1071 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1072 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1073 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1074 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1075 to my satisfaction).
1076
10772.13:
1078 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1079 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1080 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1081 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1082 notebook.
1083 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1084 to use HPFS...).
1085 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1086 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1087 maybe a bit more functional.
1088 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1089
10902.12:
1091 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1092 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1093 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1094 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1095 accelerator keys.
1096 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1097
10982.11:
1099 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1100 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1101 give funny default drive.
1102 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1103 data between different INI files.
1104 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1105 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1106 There's a menu item for it.
1107 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1108 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1109 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1110
11112.10:
1112 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1113 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1114 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1115 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1116 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1117 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1118 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1119
11202.09:
1121 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1122 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1123 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1124 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1125 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1126 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1127 to trap.
1128 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1129 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1130 what Ron says...
1131 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1132 o Added optional split status line.
1133
11342.08:
1135 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1136 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1137 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1138 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1139 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1140 you can pick a different drive).
1141 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1142 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1143 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1144 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1145 line argument.
1146
11472.07:
1148 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1149 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1150 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1151 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1152 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1153 other.
1154
11552.06:
1156 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1157 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1158 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1159 root drives from being found.
1160 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1161 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1162 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1163 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1164 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1165 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1166
1167[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1168
11692.00:
1170 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1171 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1172 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1173
1174$Id: HISTORY 324 2006-07-13 04:37:06Z root $
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