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3.04 pre12:

o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
o More new icons (thanks David)

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33.04 pre12:
4 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
5 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
6 o More new icons (thanks David)
7
83.04 pre11:
9 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
10 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
11
123.04 pre10:
13 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
14 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
15
163.04 pre9:
17 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
18
193.04 pre8:
20 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
21 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
22
233.04 pre7:
24 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
25 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
26 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
27 o Minor makefile corrections
28
293.04 pre6:
30 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
31
323.04 pre5:
33 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
34 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
35 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
36 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
37 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
38
393.04 pre4:
40 o Correct longnames display enable
41 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
42 o Support archiver.tmp install
43
443.04 pre3:
45 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
46 o Support tarlist.cmd install
47 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
48 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
49
503.04 pre2:
51 o More icon updates (David's v18)
52 o Avoid user directory edit crash
53 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
54
553.04 pre1:
56 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
57 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
58 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
59 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
60 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
61 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
62
633.03:
64 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
65 o Correct directory sizes sort
66 o Correct archive sort again
67
683.02i:
69 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
70 o Lots of work on large file support
71 o Switch to VAC 3.65
72 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
73 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
74 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
75 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
76 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
77 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
78 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
79 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
80
813.02h:
82 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
83 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
84 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
85
863.02g:
87 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
88
893.02f:
90 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
91 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
92 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
93
943.02e:
95 o More see all files fixes
96 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
97
983.02d:
99 o Clean up icon usage
100 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
101 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
102 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
103 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
104 o Correct resource strings
105
1063.02c:
107 o Correct broken assignments
108 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
109
1103.02b:
111 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
112
1133.02a:
114 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
115 o Correct archive name display
116
1173.02:
118 o First open source release.
119
1203.01:
121 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
122
1233.00d:
124 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
125 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
126
1273.00c:
128 o More minor bug fixes.
129
1303.00b:
131 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
132
1333.00:
134 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
135 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
136 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
137 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
138 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
139 correspondingly smaller.
140 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
141 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
142 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
143 some more, thus tempting fate.
144 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
145 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
146 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
147 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
148 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
149 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
150 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
151 width.
152 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
153 this stuff built-in now.
154 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
155 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
156 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
157 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
158 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
159 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
160 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
161 confirmation.
162 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
163 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
164 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
165 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
166
1672.67:
168 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
169 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
170 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
171 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
172 recall.
173
1742.66:
175 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
176 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
177 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
178 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
179 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
180 there's no diskette inserted.)
181 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
182 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
183 o Reworked Databar a bit.
184 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
185 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
186
1872.65:
188 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
189 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
190 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
191 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
192 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
193 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
194 best stuff was turned off by default!
195 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
196 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
197 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
198 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
199 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
200 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
201 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
202
2032.64:
204 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
205 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
206 horizontal) there.
207 o More help file work.
208 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
209 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
210 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
211 "touching" files easier.
212
2132.63:
214 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
215 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
216 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
217 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
218 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
219 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
220 is available.
221 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
222 attractive (IMHO).
223 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
224 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
225 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
226 marks.
227 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
228 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
229 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
230 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
231
2322.62:
233 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
234
2352.61:
236 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
237 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
238 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
239 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
240 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
241 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
242 is bordered in red.
243 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
244 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
245 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
246 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
247 files.
248
2492.60:
250 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
251 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
252 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
253 be refreshed in the archive.
254 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
255 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
256
2572.59:
258 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
259 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
260 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
261
2622.58:
263 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
264 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
265 help to reflect this.
266 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
267 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
268 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
269
2702.57:
271 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
272 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
273 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
274
2752.56:
276 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
277 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
278
2792.55:
280 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
281 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
282
2832.54:
284 o Small tweaks.
285 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
286 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
287
2882.53:
289 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
290 selected files more quickly and easily.
291 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
292 Netscape were choking on it (a).
293 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
294 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
295 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
296 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
297
2982.52:
299 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
300 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
301 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
302 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
303 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
304 standard, then stick to it? Please?
305 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
306 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
307
3082.51:
309 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
310 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
311 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
312 user request.
313 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
314 user request.
315 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
316 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
317 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
318 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
319 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
320 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
321 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
322 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
323 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
324 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
325 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
326 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
327 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
328 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
329 still work correctly with this change.
330 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
331 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
332 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
333 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
334 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
335 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
336 up with all of it.
337
3382.50b:
339 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
340 image viewer window.
341 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
342 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
343
3442.50a:
345 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
346 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
347 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
348 directories listed in environment variables).
349 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
350 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
351 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
352 registration information.
353 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
354 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
355 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
356 popup menu.
357 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
358 object that didn't already have them (duh).
359 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
360 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
361 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
362 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
363
3642.50:
365 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
366 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
367 viewer.
368 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
369 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
370 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
371 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
372 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
373 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
374 results.
375 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
376 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
377 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
378 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
379 added file system type to end of string on user request.
380 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
381 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
382 It could happen.
383 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
384 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
385 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
386 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
387 o Note new internet address.
388 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
389 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
390 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
391 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
392 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
393 one :-).
394 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
395 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
396 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
397 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
398 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
399 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
400 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
401 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
402 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
403 even notice.
404
4052.49:
406 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
407 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
408 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
409 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
410 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
411 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
412 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
413 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
414 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
415 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
416 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
417 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
418 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
419
4202.48a:
421 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
422 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
423 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
424 o More Merlin preparations.
425 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
426 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
427 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
428 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
429 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
430 the Joneses? :-)
431
4322.48:
433 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
434 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
435 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
436 under Merlin.
437 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
438 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
439 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
440 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
441 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
442 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
443 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
444 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
445 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
446 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
447 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
448 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
449 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
450 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
451 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
452 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
453 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
454 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
455 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
456 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
457 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
458 machine.
459 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
460 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
461 o Keys help added per user request.
462
4632.47:
464 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
465 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
466 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
467 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
468 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
469 submenu selected.
470 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
471 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
472 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
473 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
474 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
475 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
476 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
477 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
478 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
479 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
480 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
481 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
482 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
483 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
484 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
485 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
486 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
487 Container to change directories.
488 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
489 questions.
490
4912.46:
492 o Fixed drive button bug.
493 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
494 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
495 the real thing.
496
4972.45:
498 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
499 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
500 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
501 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
502 was closed.
503 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
504 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
505 Scan.
506
5072.44:
508 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
509 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
510 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
511 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
512 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
513 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
514 user-defined bitmap.
515 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
516 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
517 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
518 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
519 for possible later retrieval.
520 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
521 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
522 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
523
5242.43:
525 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
526 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
527 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
528 connection, finally).
529 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
530 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
531 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
532 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
533 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
534 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
535 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
536 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
537 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
538 it finishes.
539 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
540 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
541 under older OS/2 versions.
542 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
543 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
544 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
545 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
546 reminder.
547 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
548 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
549
5502.42:
551 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
552 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
553 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
554 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
555 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
556 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
557 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
558 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
559 flags from the command line as an override.
560 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
561 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
562 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
563 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
564 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
565 Directory Container looks.
566 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
567 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
568 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
569 examples).
570 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
571 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
572 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
573 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
574 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
575 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
576 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
577 instead of the internal).
578 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
579 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
580 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
581 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
582 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
583
5842.41:
585 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
586 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
587 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
588 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
589 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
590 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
591 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
592 attractively.
593 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
594 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
595 but not switch to them.
596 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
597 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
598 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
599 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
600 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
601 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
602 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
603 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
604 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
605 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
606 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
607 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
608 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
609 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
610 Shouldn't be a major problem.
611 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
612 know the blamed thing was there.
613 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
614 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
615 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
616 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
617 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
618 paragraph. Something I use.
619 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
620 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
621 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
622 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
623 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
624 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
625 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
626 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
627 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
628 Containers.
629 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
630 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
631 (some things grow with a life of their own).
632 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
633 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
634 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
635 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
636
6372.40:
638 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
639 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
640 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
641 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
642 viewer.
643 o Added %! metastring.
644 o Added default archiver setting.
645 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
646 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
647 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
648 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
649 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
650 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
651 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
652 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
653 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
654 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
655 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
656 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
657 directories.
658 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
659 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
660 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
661
6622.39:
663 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
664 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
665 at FP10+ levels.
666 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
667 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
668 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
669 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
670 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
671 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
672 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
673 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
674 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
675 changed.
676 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
677
6782.38:
679 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
680 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
681 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
682 etc.).
683 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
684 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
685 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
686 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
687 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
688 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
689 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
690 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
691 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
692 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
693 show everything else.
694 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
695 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
696 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
697 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
698 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
699 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
700 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
701 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
702 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
703 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
704 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
705 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
706 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
707 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
708 foreground.
709
7102.37:
711 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
712 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
713 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
714 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
715 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
716 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
717 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
718 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
719 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
720 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
721 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
722 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
723 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
724 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
725 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
726 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
727 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
728 Directory Container.
729
7302.36:
731 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
732 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
733 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
734 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
735 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
736 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
737 o Tutorial section added to online help.
738 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
739 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
740 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
741 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
742 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
743 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
744 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
745 Settings notebook.
746 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
747 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
748 thousandth).
749 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
750 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
751 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
752
7532.35:
754 o Performance tuning.
755 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
756 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
757 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
758 permanent by Adding them as usual.
759 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
760 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
761 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
762 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
763 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
764 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
765 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
766 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
767 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
768 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
769 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
770 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
771
7722.34:
773 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
774 knee-jerk thing to do).
775 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
776 the container is maximized.
777 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
778 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
779 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
780 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
781 interested).
782 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
783 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
784 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
785 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
786 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
787 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
788 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
789 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
790 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
791 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
792 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
793 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
794 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
795 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
796 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
797
7982.33:
799 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
800 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
801 internal Settings notebook).
802 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
803 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
804 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
805 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
806 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
807 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
808 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
809 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
810 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
811 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
812 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
813 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
814 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
815 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
816 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
817
8182.32:
819 o See all files window fleshed out.
820 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
821 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
822 notebook.
823 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
824 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
825 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
826 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
827 of course).
828 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
829 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
830 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
831 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
832 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
833 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
834 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
835 the list.
836
8372.31:
838 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
839 miniapp.
840 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
841 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
842 to the above).
843 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
844 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
845 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
846 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
847 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
848 the archive resides."
849 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
850 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
851 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
852 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
853 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
854 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
855 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
856 o More user suggestions implemented.
857
8582.30:
859 o I forget.
860
8612.29:
862 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
863 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
864 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
865 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
866 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
867 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
868 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
869 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
870 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
871 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
872 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
873 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
874 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
875 list).
876
8772.28:
878 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
879 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
880 dialog).
881 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
882 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
883 current object.
884 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
885 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
886 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
887 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
888 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
889 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
890 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
891 userlist dropdown.
892 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
893 use a DOS app first...
894
8952.27:
896 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
897 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
898 default, BTW).
899 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
900 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
901 weren't before).
902 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
903 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
904 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
905 lines.
906 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
907
9082.26:
909 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
910 filenames.
911 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
912 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
913 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
914 now on...
915 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
916 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
917 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
918 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
919 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
920 client window whitespace.
921 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
922 Edit menu.
923 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
924 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
925 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
926 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
927 command.
928 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
929 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
930 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
931
9322.25:
933 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
934 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
935
9362.24:
937 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
938 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
939 lives.
940 o Undelete enhancements.
941
9422.23:
943 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
944 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
945 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
946 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
947 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
948 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
949
9502.22:
951 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
952 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
953 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
954 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
955 inevitable problem arises.
956 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
957 with same name and/or size and filedate.
958
9592.21:
960 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
961 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
962 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
963 causes default WPS open.
964 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
965 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
966 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
967 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
968 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
969 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
970 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
971 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
972 o Other stuff I forget.
973
9742.20:
975 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
976 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
977 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
978 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
979 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
980 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
981 D&D.
982 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
983 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
984 Containers.
985 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
986 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
987 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
988 Containers. Powerful stuff.
989 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
990 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
991 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
992 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
993 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
994 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
995 it (again).
996
9972.19:
998 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
999 alternative to maximizing.
1000 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1001 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1002 windows.
1003 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1004 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1005 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1006 along.
1007 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1008 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1009 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1010 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1011 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1012 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1013 to return to from the maximized state).
1014
10152.18:
1016 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1017 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1018 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1019 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1020 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1021 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1022 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1023
10242.17:
1025 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1026 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1027 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1028 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1029 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1030 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1031
10322.16:
1033 o Added "Update objects" command.
1034 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1035 one (under "Context Menus").
1036 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1037 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1038 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1039 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1040 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1041 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1042 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1043 start working again.
1044
10452.15:
1046 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1047 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1048 o Added "Select List" command.
1049 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1050 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1051 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1052 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1053 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1054 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1055 I'm just the piano player.
1056 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1057 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1058
10592.14:
1060 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1061 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1062 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1063 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1064 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1065 removable media drives.
1066 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1067 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1068 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1069 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1070 update the paths.
1071 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1072 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1073 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1074 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1075 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1076 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1077 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1078 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1079 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1080 to my satisfaction).
1081
10822.13:
1083 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1084 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1085 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1086 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1087 notebook.
1088 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1089 to use HPFS...).
1090 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1091 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1092 maybe a bit more functional.
1093 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1094
10952.12:
1096 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1097 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1098 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1099 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1100 accelerator keys.
1101 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1102
11032.11:
1104 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1105 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1106 give funny default drive.
1107 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1108 data between different INI files.
1109 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1110 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1111 There's a menu item for it.
1112 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1113 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1114 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1115
11162.10:
1117 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1118 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1119 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1120 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1121 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1122 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1123 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1124
11252.09:
1126 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1127 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1128 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1129 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1130 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1131 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1132 to trap.
1133 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1134 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1135 what Ron says...
1136 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1137 o Added optional split status line.
1138
11392.08:
1140 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1141 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1142 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1143 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1144 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1145 you can pick a different drive).
1146 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1147 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1148 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1149 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1150 line argument.
1151
11522.07:
1153 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1154 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1155 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1156 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1157 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1158 other.
1159
11602.06:
1161 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1162 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1163 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1164 root drives from being found.
1165 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1166 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1167 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1168 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1169 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1170 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1171
1172[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1173
11742.00:
1175 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1176 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1177 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1178
1179$Id: HISTORY 388 2006-07-27 18:11:39Z root $
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