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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 Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
5 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
6 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
7 o More new icons (thanks David)
8 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
9
103.04 pre11:
11 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
12 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
13
143.04 pre10:
15 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
16 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
17
183.04 pre9:
19 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
20
213.04 pre8:
22 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
23 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
24
253.04 pre7:
26 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
27 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
28 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
29 o Minor makefile corrections
30
313.04 pre6:
32 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
33
343.04 pre5:
35 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
36 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
37 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
38 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
39 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
40
413.04 pre4:
42 o Correct longnames display enable
43 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
44 o Support archiver.tmp install
45
463.04 pre3:
47 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
48 o Support tarlist.cmd install
49 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
50 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
51
523.04 pre2:
53 o More icon updates (David's v18)
54 o Avoid user directory edit crash
55 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
56
573.04 pre1:
58 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
59 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
60 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
61 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
62 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
63 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
64
653.03:
66 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
67 o Correct directory sizes sort
68 o Correct archive sort again
69
703.02i:
71 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
72 o Lots of work on large file support
73 o Switch to VAC 3.65
74 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
75 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
76 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
77 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
78 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
79 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
80 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
81 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
82
833.02h:
84 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
85 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
86 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
87
883.02g:
89 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
90
913.02f:
92 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
93 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
94 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
95
963.02e:
97 o More see all files fixes
98 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
99
1003.02d:
101 o Clean up icon usage
102 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
103 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
104 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
105 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
106 o Correct resource strings
107
1083.02c:
109 o Correct broken assignments
110 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
111
1123.02b:
113 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
114
1153.02a:
116 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
117 o Correct archive name display
118
1193.02:
120 o First open source release.
121
1223.01:
123 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
124
1253.00d:
126 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
127 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
128
1293.00c:
130 o More minor bug fixes.
131
1323.00b:
133 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
134
1353.00:
136 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
137 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
138 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
139 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
140 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
141 correspondingly smaller.
142 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
143 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
144 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
145 some more, thus tempting fate.
146 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
147 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
148 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
149 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
150 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
151 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
152 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
153 width.
154 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
155 this stuff built-in now.
156 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
157 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
158 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
159 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
160 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
161 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
162 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
163 confirmation.
164 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
165 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
166 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
167 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
168
1692.67:
170 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
171 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
172 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
173 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
174 recall.
175
1762.66:
177 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
178 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
179 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
180 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
181 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
182 there's no diskette inserted.)
183 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
184 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
185 o Reworked Databar a bit.
186 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
187 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
188
1892.65:
190 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
191 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
192 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
193 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
194 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
195 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
196 best stuff was turned off by default!
197 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
198 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
199 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
200 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
201 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
202 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
203 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
204
2052.64:
206 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
207 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
208 horizontal) there.
209 o More help file work.
210 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
211 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
212 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
213 "touching" files easier.
214
2152.63:
216 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
217 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
218 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
219 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
220 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
221 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
222 is available.
223 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
224 attractive (IMHO).
225 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
226 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
227 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
228 marks.
229 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
230 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
231 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
232 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
233
2342.62:
235 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
236
2372.61:
238 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
239 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
240 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
241 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
242 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
243 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
244 is bordered in red.
245 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
246 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
247 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
248 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
249 files.
250
2512.60:
252 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
253 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
254 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
255 be refreshed in the archive.
256 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
257 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
258
2592.59:
260 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
261 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
262 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
263
2642.58:
265 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
266 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
267 help to reflect this.
268 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
269 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
270 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
271
2722.57:
273 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
274 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
275 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
276
2772.56:
278 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
279 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
280
2812.55:
282 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
283 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
284
2852.54:
286 o Small tweaks.
287 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
288 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
289
2902.53:
291 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
292 selected files more quickly and easily.
293 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
294 Netscape were choking on it (a).
295 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
296 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
297 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
298 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
299
3002.52:
301 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
302 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
303 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
304 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
305 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
306 standard, then stick to it? Please?
307 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
308 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
309
3102.51:
311 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
312 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
313 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
314 user request.
315 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
316 user request.
317 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
318 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
319 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
320 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
321 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
322 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
323 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
324 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
325 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
326 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
327 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
328 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
329 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
330 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
331 still work correctly with this change.
332 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
333 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
334 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
335 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
336 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
337 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
338 up with all of it.
339
3402.50b:
341 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
342 image viewer window.
343 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
344 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
345
3462.50a:
347 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
348 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
349 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
350 directories listed in environment variables).
351 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
352 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
353 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
354 registration information.
355 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
356 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
357 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
358 popup menu.
359 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
360 object that didn't already have them (duh).
361 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
362 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
363 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
364 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
365
3662.50:
367 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
368 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
369 viewer.
370 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
371 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
372 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
373 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
374 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
375 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
376 results.
377 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
378 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
379 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
380 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
381 added file system type to end of string on user request.
382 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
383 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
384 It could happen.
385 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
386 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
387 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
388 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
389 o Note new internet address.
390 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
391 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
392 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
393 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
394 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
395 one :-).
396 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
397 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
398 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
399 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
400 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
401 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
402 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
403 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
404 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
405 even notice.
406
4072.49:
408 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
409 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
410 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
411 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
412 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
413 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
414 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
415 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
416 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
417 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
418 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
419 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
420 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
421
4222.48a:
423 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
424 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
425 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
426 o More Merlin preparations.
427 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
428 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
429 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
430 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
431 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
432 the Joneses? :-)
433
4342.48:
435 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
436 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
437 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
438 under Merlin.
439 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
440 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
441 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
442 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
443 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
444 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
445 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
446 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
447 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
448 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
449 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
450 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
451 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
452 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
453 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
454 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
455 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
456 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
457 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
458 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
459 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
460 machine.
461 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
462 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
463 o Keys help added per user request.
464
4652.47:
466 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
467 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
468 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
469 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
470 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
471 submenu selected.
472 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
473 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
474 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
475 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
476 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
477 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
478 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
479 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
480 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
481 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
482 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
483 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
484 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
485 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
486 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
487 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
488 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
489 Container to change directories.
490 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
491 questions.
492
4932.46:
494 o Fixed drive button bug.
495 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
496 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
497 the real thing.
498
4992.45:
500 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
501 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
502 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
503 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
504 was closed.
505 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
506 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
507 Scan.
508
5092.44:
510 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
511 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
512 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
513 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
514 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
515 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
516 user-defined bitmap.
517 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
518 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
519 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
520 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
521 for possible later retrieval.
522 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
523 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
524 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
525
5262.43:
527 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
528 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
529 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
530 connection, finally).
531 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
532 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
533 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
534 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
535 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
536 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
537 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
538 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
539 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
540 it finishes.
541 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
542 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
543 under older OS/2 versions.
544 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
545 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
546 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
547 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
548 reminder.
549 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
550 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
551
5522.42:
553 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
554 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
555 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
556 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
557 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
558 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
559 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
560 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
561 flags from the command line as an override.
562 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
563 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
564 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
565 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
566 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
567 Directory Container looks.
568 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
569 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
570 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
571 examples).
572 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
573 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
574 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
575 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
576 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
577 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
578 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
579 instead of the internal).
580 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
581 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
582 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
583 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
584 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
585
5862.41:
587 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
588 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
589 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
590 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
591 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
592 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
593 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
594 attractively.
595 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
596 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
597 but not switch to them.
598 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
599 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
600 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
601 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
602 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
603 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
604 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
605 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
606 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
607 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
608 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
609 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
610 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
611 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
612 Shouldn't be a major problem.
613 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
614 know the blamed thing was there.
615 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
616 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
617 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
618 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
619 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
620 paragraph. Something I use.
621 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
622 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
623 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
624 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
625 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
626 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
627 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
628 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
629 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
630 Containers.
631 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
632 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
633 (some things grow with a life of their own).
634 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
635 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
636 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
637 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
638
6392.40:
640 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
641 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
642 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
643 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
644 viewer.
645 o Added %! metastring.
646 o Added default archiver setting.
647 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
648 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
649 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
650 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
651 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
652 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
653 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
654 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
655 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
656 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
657 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
658 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
659 directories.
660 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
661 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
662 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
663
6642.39:
665 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
666 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
667 at FP10+ levels.
668 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
669 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
670 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
671 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
672 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
673 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
674 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
675 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
676 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
677 changed.
678 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
679
6802.38:
681 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
682 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
683 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
684 etc.).
685 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
686 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
687 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
688 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
689 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
690 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
691 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
692 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
693 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
694 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
695 show everything else.
696 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
697 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
698 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
699 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
700 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
701 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
702 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
703 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
704 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
705 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
706 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
707 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
708 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
709 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
710 foreground.
711
7122.37:
713 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
714 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
715 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
716 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
717 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
718 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
719 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
720 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
721 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
722 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
723 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
724 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
725 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
726 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
727 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
728 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
729 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
730 Directory Container.
731
7322.36:
733 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
734 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
735 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
736 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
737 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
738 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
739 o Tutorial section added to online help.
740 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
741 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
742 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
743 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
744 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
745 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
746 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
747 Settings notebook.
748 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
749 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
750 thousandth).
751 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
752 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
753 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
754
7552.35:
756 o Performance tuning.
757 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
758 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
759 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
760 permanent by Adding them as usual.
761 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
762 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
763 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
764 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
765 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
766 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
767 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
768 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
769 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
770 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
771 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
772 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
773
7742.34:
775 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
776 knee-jerk thing to do).
777 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
778 the container is maximized.
779 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
780 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
781 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
782 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
783 interested).
784 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
785 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
786 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
787 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
788 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
789 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
790 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
791 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
792 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
793 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
794 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
795 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
796 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
797 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
798 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
799
8002.33:
801 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
802 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
803 internal Settings notebook).
804 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
805 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
806 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
807 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
808 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
809 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
810 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
811 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
812 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
813 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
814 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
815 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
816 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
817 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
818 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
819
8202.32:
821 o See all files window fleshed out.
822 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
823 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
824 notebook.
825 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
826 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
827 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
828 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
829 of course).
830 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
831 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
832 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
833 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
834 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
835 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
836 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
837 the list.
838
8392.31:
840 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
841 miniapp.
842 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
843 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
844 to the above).
845 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
846 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
847 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
848 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
849 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
850 the archive resides."
851 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
852 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
853 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
854 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
855 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
856 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
857 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
858 o More user suggestions implemented.
859
8602.30:
861 o I forget.
862
8632.29:
864 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
865 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
866 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
867 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
868 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
869 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
870 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
871 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
872 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
873 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
874 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
875 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
876 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
877 list).
878
8792.28:
880 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
881 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
882 dialog).
883 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
884 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
885 current object.
886 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
887 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
888 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
889 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
890 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
891 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
892 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
893 userlist dropdown.
894 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
895 use a DOS app first...
896
8972.27:
898 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
899 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
900 default, BTW).
901 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
902 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
903 weren't before).
904 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
905 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
906 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
907 lines.
908 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
909
9102.26:
911 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
912 filenames.
913 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
914 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
915 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
916 now on...
917 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
918 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
919 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
920 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
921 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
922 client window whitespace.
923 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
924 Edit menu.
925 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
926 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
927 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
928 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
929 command.
930 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
931 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
932 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
933
9342.25:
935 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
936 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
937
9382.24:
939 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
940 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
941 lives.
942 o Undelete enhancements.
943
9442.23:
945 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
946 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
947 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
948 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
949 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
950 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
951
9522.22:
953 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
954 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
955 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
956 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
957 inevitable problem arises.
958 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
959 with same name and/or size and filedate.
960
9612.21:
962 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
963 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
964 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
965 causes default WPS open.
966 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
967 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
968 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
969 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
970 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
971 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
972 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
973 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
974 o Other stuff I forget.
975
9762.20:
977 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
978 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
979 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
980 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
981 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
982 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
983 D&D.
984 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
985 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
986 Containers.
987 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
988 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
989 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
990 Containers. Powerful stuff.
991 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
992 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
993 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
994 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
995 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
996 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
997 it (again).
998
9992.19:
1000 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1001 alternative to maximizing.
1002 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1003 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1004 windows.
1005 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1006 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1007 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1008 along.
1009 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1010 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1011 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1012 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1013 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1014 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1015 to return to from the maximized state).
1016
10172.18:
1018 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1019 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1020 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1021 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1022 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1023 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1024 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1025
10262.17:
1027 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1028 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1029 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1030 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1031 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1032 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1033
10342.16:
1035 o Added "Update objects" command.
1036 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1037 one (under "Context Menus").
1038 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1039 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1040 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1041 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1042 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1043 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1044 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1045 start working again.
1046
10472.15:
1048 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1049 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1050 o Added "Select List" command.
1051 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1052 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1053 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1054 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1055 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1056 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1057 I'm just the piano player.
1058 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1059 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1060
10612.14:
1062 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1063 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1064 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1065 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1066 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1067 removable media drives.
1068 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1069 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1070 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1071 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1072 update the paths.
1073 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1074 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1075 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1076 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1077 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1078 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1079 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1080 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1081 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1082 to my satisfaction).
1083
10842.13:
1085 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1086 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1087 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1088 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1089 notebook.
1090 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1091 to use HPFS...).
1092 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1093 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1094 maybe a bit more functional.
1095 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1096
10972.12:
1098 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1099 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1100 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1101 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1102 accelerator keys.
1103 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1104
11052.11:
1106 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1107 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1108 give funny default drive.
1109 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1110 data between different INI files.
1111 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1112 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1113 There's a menu item for it.
1114 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1115 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1116 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1117
11182.10:
1119 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1120 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1121 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1122 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1123 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1124 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1125 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1126
11272.09:
1128 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1129 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1130 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1131 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1132 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1133 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1134 to trap.
1135 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1136 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1137 what Ron says...
1138 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1139 o Added optional split status line.
1140
11412.08:
1142 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1143 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1144 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1145 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1146 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1147 you can pick a different drive).
1148 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1149 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1150 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1151 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1152 line argument.
1153
11542.07:
1155 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1156 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1157 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1158 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1159 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1160 other.
1161
11622.06:
1163 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1164 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1165 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1166 root drives from being found.
1167 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1168 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1169 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1170 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1171 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1172 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1173
1174[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1175
11762.00:
1177 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1178 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1179 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1180
1181$Id: HISTORY 421 2006-07-31 17:56:42Z root $
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