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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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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 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
8
93.04 pre11:
10 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
11 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
12
133.04 pre10:
14 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
15 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
16
173.04 pre9:
18 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
19
203.04 pre8:
21 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
22 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
23
243.04 pre7:
25 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
26 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
27 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
28 o Minor makefile corrections
29
303.04 pre6:
31 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
32
333.04 pre5:
34 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
35 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
36 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
37 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
38 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
39
403.04 pre4:
41 o Correct longnames display enable
42 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
43 o Support archiver.tmp install
44
453.04 pre3:
46 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
47 o Support tarlist.cmd install
48 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
49 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
50
513.04 pre2:
52 o More icon updates (David's v18)
53 o Avoid user directory edit crash
54 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
55
563.04 pre1:
57 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
58 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
59 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
60 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
61 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
62 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
63
643.03:
65 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
66 o Correct directory sizes sort
67 o Correct archive sort again
68
693.02i:
70 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
71 o Lots of work on large file support
72 o Switch to VAC 3.65
73 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
74 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
75 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
76 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
77 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
78 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
79 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
80 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
81
823.02h:
83 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
84 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
85 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
86
873.02g:
88 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
89
903.02f:
91 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
92 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
93 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
94
953.02e:
96 o More see all files fixes
97 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
98
993.02d:
100 o Clean up icon usage
101 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
102 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
103 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
104 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
105 o Correct resource strings
106
1073.02c:
108 o Correct broken assignments
109 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
110
1113.02b:
112 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
113
1143.02a:
115 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
116 o Correct archive name display
117
1183.02:
119 o First open source release.
120
1213.01:
122 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
123
1243.00d:
125 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
126 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
127
1283.00c:
129 o More minor bug fixes.
130
1313.00b:
132 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
133
1343.00:
135 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
136 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
137 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
138 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
139 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
140 correspondingly smaller.
141 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
142 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
143 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
144 some more, thus tempting fate.
145 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
146 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
147 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
148 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
149 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
150 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
151 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
152 width.
153 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
154 this stuff built-in now.
155 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
156 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
157 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
158 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
159 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
160 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
161 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
162 confirmation.
163 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
164 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
165 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
166 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
167
1682.67:
169 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
170 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
171 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
172 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
173 recall.
174
1752.66:
176 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
177 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
178 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
179 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
180 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
181 there's no diskette inserted.)
182 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
183 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
184 o Reworked Databar a bit.
185 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
186 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
187
1882.65:
189 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
190 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
191 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
192 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
193 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
194 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
195 best stuff was turned off by default!
196 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
197 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
198 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
199 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
200 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
201 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
202 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
203
2042.64:
205 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
206 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
207 horizontal) there.
208 o More help file work.
209 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
210 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
211 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
212 "touching" files easier.
213
2142.63:
215 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
216 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
217 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
218 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
219 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
220 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
221 is available.
222 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
223 attractive (IMHO).
224 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
225 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
226 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
227 marks.
228 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
229 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
230 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
231 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
232
2332.62:
234 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
235
2362.61:
237 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
238 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
239 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
240 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
241 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
242 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
243 is bordered in red.
244 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
245 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
246 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
247 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
248 files.
249
2502.60:
251 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
252 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
253 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
254 be refreshed in the archive.
255 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
256 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
257
2582.59:
259 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
260 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
261 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
262
2632.58:
264 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
265 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
266 help to reflect this.
267 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
268 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
269 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
270
2712.57:
272 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
273 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
274 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
275
2762.56:
277 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
278 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
279
2802.55:
281 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
282 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
283
2842.54:
285 o Small tweaks.
286 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
287 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
288
2892.53:
290 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
291 selected files more quickly and easily.
292 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
293 Netscape were choking on it (a).
294 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
295 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
296 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
297 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
298
2992.52:
300 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
301 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
302 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
303 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
304 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
305 standard, then stick to it? Please?
306 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
307 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
308
3092.51:
310 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
311 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
312 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
313 user request.
314 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
315 user request.
316 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
317 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
318 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
319 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
320 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
321 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
322 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
323 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
324 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
325 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
326 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
327 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
328 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
329 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
330 still work correctly with this change.
331 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
332 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
333 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
334 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
335 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
336 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
337 up with all of it.
338
3392.50b:
340 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
341 image viewer window.
342 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
343 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
344
3452.50a:
346 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
347 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
348 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
349 directories listed in environment variables).
350 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
351 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
352 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
353 registration information.
354 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
355 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
356 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
357 popup menu.
358 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
359 object that didn't already have them (duh).
360 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
361 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
362 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
363 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
364
3652.50:
366 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
367 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
368 viewer.
369 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
370 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
371 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
372 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
373 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
374 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
375 results.
376 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
377 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
378 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
379 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
380 added file system type to end of string on user request.
381 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
382 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
383 It could happen.
384 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
385 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
386 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
387 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
388 o Note new internet address.
389 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
390 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
391 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
392 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
393 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
394 one :-).
395 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
396 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
397 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
398 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
399 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
400 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
401 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
402 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
403 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
404 even notice.
405
4062.49:
407 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
408 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
409 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
410 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
411 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
412 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
413 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
414 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
415 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
416 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
417 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
418 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
419 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
420
4212.48a:
422 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
423 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
424 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
425 o More Merlin preparations.
426 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
427 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
428 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
429 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
430 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
431 the Joneses? :-)
432
4332.48:
434 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
435 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
436 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
437 under Merlin.
438 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
439 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
440 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
441 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
442 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
443 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
444 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
445 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
446 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
447 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
448 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
449 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
450 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
451 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
452 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
453 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
454 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
455 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
456 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
457 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
458 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
459 machine.
460 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
461 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
462 o Keys help added per user request.
463
4642.47:
465 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
466 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
467 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
468 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
469 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
470 submenu selected.
471 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
472 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
473 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
474 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
475 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
476 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
477 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
478 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
479 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
480 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
481 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
482 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
483 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
484 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
485 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
486 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
487 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
488 Container to change directories.
489 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
490 questions.
491
4922.46:
493 o Fixed drive button bug.
494 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
495 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
496 the real thing.
497
4982.45:
499 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
500 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
501 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
502 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
503 was closed.
504 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
505 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
506 Scan.
507
5082.44:
509 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
510 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
511 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
512 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
513 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
514 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
515 user-defined bitmap.
516 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
517 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
518 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
519 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
520 for possible later retrieval.
521 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
522 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
523 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
524
5252.43:
526 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
527 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
528 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
529 connection, finally).
530 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
531 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
532 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
533 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
534 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
535 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
536 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
537 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
538 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
539 it finishes.
540 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
541 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
542 under older OS/2 versions.
543 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
544 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
545 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
546 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
547 reminder.
548 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
549 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
550
5512.42:
552 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
553 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
554 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
555 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
556 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
557 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
558 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
559 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
560 flags from the command line as an override.
561 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
562 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
563 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
564 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
565 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
566 Directory Container looks.
567 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
568 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
569 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
570 examples).
571 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
572 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
573 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
574 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
575 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
576 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
577 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
578 instead of the internal).
579 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
580 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
581 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
582 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
583 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
584
5852.41:
586 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
587 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
588 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
589 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
590 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
591 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
592 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
593 attractively.
594 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
595 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
596 but not switch to them.
597 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
598 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
599 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
600 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
601 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
602 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
603 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
604 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
605 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
606 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
607 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
608 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
609 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
610 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
611 Shouldn't be a major problem.
612 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
613 know the blamed thing was there.
614 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
615 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
616 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
617 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
618 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
619 paragraph. Something I use.
620 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
621 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
622 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
623 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
624 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
625 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
626 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
627 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
628 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
629 Containers.
630 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
631 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
632 (some things grow with a life of their own).
633 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
634 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
635 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
636 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
637
6382.40:
639 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
640 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
641 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
642 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
643 viewer.
644 o Added %! metastring.
645 o Added default archiver setting.
646 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
647 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
648 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
649 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
650 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
651 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
652 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
653 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
654 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
655 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
656 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
657 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
658 directories.
659 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
660 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
661 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
662
6632.39:
664 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
665 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
666 at FP10+ levels.
667 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
668 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
669 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
670 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
671 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
672 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
673 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
674 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
675 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
676 changed.
677 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
678
6792.38:
680 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
681 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
682 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
683 etc.).
684 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
685 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
686 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
687 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
688 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
689 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
690 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
691 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
692 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
693 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
694 show everything else.
695 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
696 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
697 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
698 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
699 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
700 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
701 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
702 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
703 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
704 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
705 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
706 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
707 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
708 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
709 foreground.
710
7112.37:
712 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
713 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
714 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
715 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
716 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
717 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
718 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
719 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
720 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
721 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
722 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
723 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
724 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
725 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
726 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
727 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
728 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
729 Directory Container.
730
7312.36:
732 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
733 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
734 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
735 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
736 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
737 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
738 o Tutorial section added to online help.
739 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
740 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
741 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
742 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
743 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
744 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
745 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
746 Settings notebook.
747 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
748 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
749 thousandth).
750 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
751 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
752 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
753
7542.35:
755 o Performance tuning.
756 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
757 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
758 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
759 permanent by Adding them as usual.
760 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
761 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
762 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
763 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
764 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
765 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
766 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
767 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
768 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
769 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
770 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
771 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
772
7732.34:
774 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
775 knee-jerk thing to do).
776 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
777 the container is maximized.
778 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
779 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
780 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
781 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
782 interested).
783 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
784 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
785 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
786 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
787 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
788 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
789 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
790 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
791 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
792 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
793 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
794 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
795 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
796 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
797 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
798
7992.33:
800 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
801 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
802 internal Settings notebook).
803 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
804 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
805 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
806 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
807 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
808 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
809 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
810 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
811 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
812 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
813 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
814 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
815 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
816 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
817 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
818
8192.32:
820 o See all files window fleshed out.
821 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
822 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
823 notebook.
824 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
825 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
826 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
827 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
828 of course).
829 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
830 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
831 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
832 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
833 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
834 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
835 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
836 the list.
837
8382.31:
839 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
840 miniapp.
841 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
842 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
843 to the above).
844 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
845 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
846 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
847 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
848 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
849 the archive resides."
850 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
851 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
852 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
853 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
854 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
855 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
856 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
857 o More user suggestions implemented.
858
8592.30:
860 o I forget.
861
8622.29:
863 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
864 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
865 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
866 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
867 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
868 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
869 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
870 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
871 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
872 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
873 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
874 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
875 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
876 list).
877
8782.28:
879 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
880 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
881 dialog).
882 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
883 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
884 current object.
885 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
886 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
887 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
888 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
889 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
890 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
891 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
892 userlist dropdown.
893 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
894 use a DOS app first...
895
8962.27:
897 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
898 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
899 default, BTW).
900 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
901 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
902 weren't before).
903 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
904 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
905 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
906 lines.
907 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
908
9092.26:
910 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
911 filenames.
912 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
913 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
914 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
915 now on...
916 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
917 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
918 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
919 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
920 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
921 client window whitespace.
922 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
923 Edit menu.
924 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
925 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
926 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
927 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
928 command.
929 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
930 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
931 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
932
9332.25:
934 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
935 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
936
9372.24:
938 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
939 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
940 lives.
941 o Undelete enhancements.
942
9432.23:
944 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
945 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
946 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
947 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
948 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
949 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
950
9512.22:
952 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
953 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
954 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
955 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
956 inevitable problem arises.
957 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
958 with same name and/or size and filedate.
959
9602.21:
961 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
962 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
963 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
964 causes default WPS open.
965 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
966 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
967 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
968 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
969 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
970 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
971 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
972 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
973 o Other stuff I forget.
974
9752.20:
976 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
977 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
978 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
979 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
980 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
981 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
982 D&D.
983 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
984 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
985 Containers.
986 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
987 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
988 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
989 Containers. Powerful stuff.
990 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
991 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
992 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
993 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
994 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
995 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
996 it (again).
997
9982.19:
999 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1000 alternative to maximizing.
1001 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1002 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1003 windows.
1004 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1005 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1006 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1007 along.
1008 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1009 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1010 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1011 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1012 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1013 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1014 to return to from the maximized state).
1015
10162.18:
1017 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1018 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1019 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1020 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1021 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1022 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1023 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1024
10252.17:
1026 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1027 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1028 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1029 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1030 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1031 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1032
10332.16:
1034 o Added "Update objects" command.
1035 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1036 one (under "Context Menus").
1037 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1038 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1039 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1040 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1041 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1042 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1043 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1044 start working again.
1045
10462.15:
1047 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1048 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1049 o Added "Select List" command.
1050 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1051 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1052 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1053 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1054 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1055 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1056 I'm just the piano player.
1057 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1058 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1059
10602.14:
1061 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1062 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1063 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1064 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1065 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1066 removable media drives.
1067 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1068 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1069 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1070 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1071 update the paths.
1072 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1073 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1074 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1075 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1076 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1077 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1078 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1079 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1080 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1081 to my satisfaction).
1082
10832.13:
1084 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1085 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1086 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1087 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1088 notebook.
1089 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1090 to use HPFS...).
1091 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1092 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1093 maybe a bit more functional.
1094 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1095
10962.12:
1097 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1098 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1099 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1100 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1101 accelerator keys.
1102 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1103
11042.11:
1105 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1106 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1107 give funny default drive.
1108 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1109 data between different INI files.
1110 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1111 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1112 There's a menu item for it.
1113 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1114 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1115 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1116
11172.10:
1118 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1119 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1120 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1121 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1122 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1123 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1124 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1125
11262.09:
1127 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1128 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1129 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1130 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1131 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1132 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1133 to trap.
1134 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1135 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1136 what Ron says...
1137 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1138 o Added optional split status line.
1139
11402.08:
1141 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1142 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1143 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1144 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1145 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1146 you can pick a different drive).
1147 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1148 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1149 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1150 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1151 line argument.
1152
11532.07:
1154 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1155 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1156 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1157 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1158 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1159 other.
1160
11612.06:
1162 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1163 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1164 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1165 root drives from being found.
1166 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1167 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1168 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1169 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1170 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1171 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1172
1173[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1174
11752.00:
1176 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1177 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1178 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1179
1180$Id: HISTORY 412 2006-07-29 20:14:17Z root $
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