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33.04
4 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
5 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
6 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
7 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
8 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
9 o More new icons (thanks David)
10 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
11
123.04 pre11:
13 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
14 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
15
163.04 pre10:
17 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
18 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
19
203.04 pre9:
21 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
22
233.04 pre8:
24 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
25 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
26
273.04 pre7:
28 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
29 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
30 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
31 o Minor makefile corrections
32
333.04 pre6:
34 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
35
363.04 pre5:
37 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
38 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
39 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
40 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
41 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
42
433.04 pre4:
44 o Correct longnames display enable
45 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
46 o Support archiver.tmp install
47
483.04 pre3:
49 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
50 o Support tarlist.cmd install
51 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
52 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
53
543.04 pre2:
55 o More icon updates (David's v18)
56 o Avoid user directory edit crash
57 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
58
593.04 pre1:
60 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
61 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
62 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
63 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
64 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
65 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
66
673.03:
68 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
69 o Correct directory sizes sort
70 o Correct archive sort again
71
723.02i:
73 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
74 o Lots of work on large file support
75 o Switch to VAC 3.65
76 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
77 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
78 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
79 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
80 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
81 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
82 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
83 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
84
853.02h:
86 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
87 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
88 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
89
903.02g:
91 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
92
933.02f:
94 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
95 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
96 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
97
983.02e:
99 o More see all files fixes
100 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
101
1023.02d:
103 o Clean up icon usage
104 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
105 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
106 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
107 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
108 o Correct resource strings
109
1103.02c:
111 o Correct broken assignments
112 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
113
1143.02b:
115 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
116
1173.02a:
118 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
119 o Correct archive name display
120
1213.02:
122 o First open source release.
123
1243.01:
125 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
126
1273.00d:
128 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
129 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
130
1313.00c:
132 o More minor bug fixes.
133
1343.00b:
135 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
136
1373.00:
138 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
139 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
140 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
141 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
142 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
143 correspondingly smaller.
144 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
145 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
146 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
147 some more, thus tempting fate.
148 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
149 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
150 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
151 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
152 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
153 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
154 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
155 width.
156 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
157 this stuff built-in now.
158 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
159 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
160 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
161 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
162 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
163 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
164 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
165 confirmation.
166 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
167 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
168 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
169 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
170
1712.67:
172 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
173 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
174 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
175 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
176 recall.
177
1782.66:
179 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
180 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
181 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
182 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
183 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
184 there's no diskette inserted.)
185 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
186 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
187 o Reworked Databar a bit.
188 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
189 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
190
1912.65:
192 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
193 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
194 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
195 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
196 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
197 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
198 best stuff was turned off by default!
199 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
200 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
201 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
202 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
203 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
204 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
205 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
206
2072.64:
208 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
209 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
210 horizontal) there.
211 o More help file work.
212 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
213 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
214 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
215 "touching" files easier.
216
2172.63:
218 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
219 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
220 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
221 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
222 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
223 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
224 is available.
225 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
226 attractive (IMHO).
227 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
228 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
229 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
230 marks.
231 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
232 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
233 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
234 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
235
2362.62:
237 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
238
2392.61:
240 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
241 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
242 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
243 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
244 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
245 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
246 is bordered in red.
247 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
248 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
249 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
250 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
251 files.
252
2532.60:
254 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
255 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
256 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
257 be refreshed in the archive.
258 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
259 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
260
2612.59:
262 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
263 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
264 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
265
2662.58:
267 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
268 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
269 help to reflect this.
270 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
271 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
272 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
273
2742.57:
275 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
276 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
277 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
278
2792.56:
280 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
281 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
282
2832.55:
284 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
285 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
286
2872.54:
288 o Small tweaks.
289 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
290 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
291
2922.53:
293 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
294 selected files more quickly and easily.
295 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
296 Netscape were choking on it (a).
297 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
298 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
299 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
300 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
301
3022.52:
303 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
304 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
305 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
306 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
307 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
308 standard, then stick to it? Please?
309 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
310 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
311
3122.51:
313 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
314 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
315 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
316 user request.
317 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
318 user request.
319 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
320 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
321 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
322 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
323 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
324 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
325 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
326 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
327 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
328 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
329 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
330 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
331 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
332 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
333 still work correctly with this change.
334 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
335 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
336 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
337 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
338 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
339 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
340 up with all of it.
341
3422.50b:
343 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
344 image viewer window.
345 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
346 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
347
3482.50a:
349 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
350 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
351 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
352 directories listed in environment variables).
353 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
354 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
355 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
356 registration information.
357 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
358 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
359 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
360 popup menu.
361 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
362 object that didn't already have them (duh).
363 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
364 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
365 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
366 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
367
3682.50:
369 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
370 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
371 viewer.
372 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
373 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
374 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
375 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
376 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
377 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
378 results.
379 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
380 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
381 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
382 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
383 added file system type to end of string on user request.
384 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
385 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
386 It could happen.
387 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
388 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
389 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
390 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
391 o Note new internet address.
392 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
393 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
394 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
395 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
396 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
397 one :-).
398 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
399 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
400 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
401 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
402 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
403 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
404 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
405 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
406 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
407 even notice.
408
4092.49:
410 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
411 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
412 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
413 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
414 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
415 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
416 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
417 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
418 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
419 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
420 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
421 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
422 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
423
4242.48a:
425 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
426 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
427 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
428 o More Merlin preparations.
429 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
430 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
431 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
432 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
433 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
434 the Joneses? :-)
435
4362.48:
437 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
438 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
439 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
440 under Merlin.
441 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
442 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
443 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
444 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
445 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
446 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
447 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
448 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
449 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
450 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
451 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
452 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
453 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
454 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
455 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
456 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
457 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
458 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
459 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
460 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
461 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
462 machine.
463 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
464 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
465 o Keys help added per user request.
466
4672.47:
468 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
469 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
470 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
471 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
472 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
473 submenu selected.
474 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
475 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
476 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
477 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
478 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
479 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
480 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
481 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
482 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
483 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
484 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
485 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
486 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
487 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
488 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
489 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
490 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
491 Container to change directories.
492 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
493 questions.
494
4952.46:
496 o Fixed drive button bug.
497 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
498 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
499 the real thing.
500
5012.45:
502 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
503 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
504 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
505 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
506 was closed.
507 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
508 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
509 Scan.
510
5112.44:
512 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
513 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
514 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
515 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
516 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
517 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
518 user-defined bitmap.
519 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
520 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
521 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
522 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
523 for possible later retrieval.
524 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
525 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
526 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
527
5282.43:
529 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
530 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
531 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
532 connection, finally).
533 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
534 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
535 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
536 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
537 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
538 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
539 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
540 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
541 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
542 it finishes.
543 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
544 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
545 under older OS/2 versions.
546 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
547 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
548 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
549 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
550 reminder.
551 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
552 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
553
5542.42:
555 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
556 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
557 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
558 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
559 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
560 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
561 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
562 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
563 flags from the command line as an override.
564 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
565 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
566 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
567 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
568 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
569 Directory Container looks.
570 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
571 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
572 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
573 examples).
574 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
575 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
576 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
577 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
578 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
579 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
580 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
581 instead of the internal).
582 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
583 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
584 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
585 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
586 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
587
5882.41:
589 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
590 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
591 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
592 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
593 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
594 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
595 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
596 attractively.
597 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
598 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
599 but not switch to them.
600 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
601 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
602 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
603 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
604 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
605 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
606 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
607 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
608 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
609 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
610 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
611 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
612 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
613 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
614 Shouldn't be a major problem.
615 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
616 know the blamed thing was there.
617 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
618 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
619 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
620 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
621 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
622 paragraph. Something I use.
623 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
624 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
625 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
626 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
627 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
628 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
629 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
630 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
631 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
632 Containers.
633 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
634 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
635 (some things grow with a life of their own).
636 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
637 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
638 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
639 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
640
6412.40:
642 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
643 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
644 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
645 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
646 viewer.
647 o Added %! metastring.
648 o Added default archiver setting.
649 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
650 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
651 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
652 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
653 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
654 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
655 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
656 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
657 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
658 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
659 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
660 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
661 directories.
662 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
663 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
664 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
665
6662.39:
667 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
668 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
669 at FP10+ levels.
670 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
671 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
672 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
673 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
674 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
675 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
676 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
677 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
678 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
679 changed.
680 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
681
6822.38:
683 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
684 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
685 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
686 etc.).
687 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
688 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
689 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
690 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
691 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
692 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
693 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
694 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
695 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
696 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
697 show everything else.
698 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
699 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
700 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
701 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
702 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
703 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
704 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
705 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
706 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
707 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
708 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
709 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
710 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
711 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
712 foreground.
713
7142.37:
715 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
716 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
717 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
718 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
719 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
720 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
721 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
722 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
723 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
724 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
725 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
726 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
727 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
728 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
729 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
730 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
731 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
732 Directory Container.
733
7342.36:
735 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
736 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
737 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
738 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
739 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
740 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
741 o Tutorial section added to online help.
742 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
743 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
744 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
745 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
746 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
747 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
748 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
749 Settings notebook.
750 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
751 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
752 thousandth).
753 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
754 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
755 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
756
7572.35:
758 o Performance tuning.
759 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
760 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
761 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
762 permanent by Adding them as usual.
763 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
764 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
765 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
766 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
767 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
768 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
769 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
770 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
771 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
772 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
773 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
774 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
775
7762.34:
777 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
778 knee-jerk thing to do).
779 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
780 the container is maximized.
781 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
782 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
783 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
784 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
785 interested).
786 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
787 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
788 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
789 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
790 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
791 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
792 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
793 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
794 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
795 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
796 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
797 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
798 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
799 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
800 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
801
8022.33:
803 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
804 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
805 internal Settings notebook).
806 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
807 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
808 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
809 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
810 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
811 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
812 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
813 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
814 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
815 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
816 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
817 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
818 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
819 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
820 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
821
8222.32:
823 o See all files window fleshed out.
824 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
825 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
826 notebook.
827 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
828 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
829 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
830 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
831 of course).
832 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
833 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
834 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
835 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
836 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
837 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
838 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
839 the list.
840
8412.31:
842 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
843 miniapp.
844 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
845 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
846 to the above).
847 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
848 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
849 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
850 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
851 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
852 the archive resides."
853 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
854 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
855 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
856 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
857 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
858 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
859 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
860 o More user suggestions implemented.
861
8622.30:
863 o I forget.
864
8652.29:
866 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
867 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
868 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
869 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
870 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
871 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
872 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
873 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
874 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
875 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
876 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
877 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
878 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
879 list).
880
8812.28:
882 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
883 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
884 dialog).
885 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
886 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
887 current object.
888 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
889 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
890 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
891 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
892 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
893 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
894 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
895 userlist dropdown.
896 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
897 use a DOS app first...
898
8992.27:
900 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
901 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
902 default, BTW).
903 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
904 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
905 weren't before).
906 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
907 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
908 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
909 lines.
910 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
911
9122.26:
913 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
914 filenames.
915 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
916 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
917 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
918 now on...
919 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
920 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
921 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
922 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
923 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
924 client window whitespace.
925 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
926 Edit menu.
927 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
928 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
929 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
930 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
931 command.
932 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
933 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
934 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
935
9362.25:
937 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
938 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
939
9402.24:
941 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
942 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
943 lives.
944 o Undelete enhancements.
945
9462.23:
947 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
948 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
949 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
950 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
951 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
952 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
953
9542.22:
955 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
956 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
957 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
958 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
959 inevitable problem arises.
960 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
961 with same name and/or size and filedate.
962
9632.21:
964 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
965 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
966 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
967 causes default WPS open.
968 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
969 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
970 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
971 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
972 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
973 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
974 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
975 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
976 o Other stuff I forget.
977
9782.20:
979 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
980 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
981 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
982 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
983 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
984 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
985 D&D.
986 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
987 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
988 Containers.
989 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
990 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
991 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
992 Containers. Powerful stuff.
993 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
994 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
995 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
996 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
997 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
998 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
999 it (again).
1000
10012.19:
1002 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1003 alternative to maximizing.
1004 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1005 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1006 windows.
1007 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1008 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1009 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1010 along.
1011 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1012 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1013 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1014 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1015 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1016 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1017 to return to from the maximized state).
1018
10192.18:
1020 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1021 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1022 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1023 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1024 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1025 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1026 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1027
10282.17:
1029 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1030 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1031 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1032 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1033 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1034 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1035
10362.16:
1037 o Added "Update objects" command.
1038 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1039 one (under "Context Menus").
1040 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1041 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1042 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1043 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1044 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1045 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1046 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1047 start working again.
1048
10492.15:
1050 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1051 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1052 o Added "Select List" command.
1053 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1054 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1055 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1056 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1057 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1058 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1059 I'm just the piano player.
1060 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1061 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1062
10632.14:
1064 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1065 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1066 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1067 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1068 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1069 removable media drives.
1070 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1071 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1072 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1073 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1074 update the paths.
1075 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1076 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1077 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1078 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1079 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1080 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1081 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1082 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1083 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1084 to my satisfaction).
1085
10862.13:
1087 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1088 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1089 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1090 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1091 notebook.
1092 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1093 to use HPFS...).
1094 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1095 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1096 maybe a bit more functional.
1097 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1098
10992.12:
1100 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1101 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1102 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1103 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1104 accelerator keys.
1105 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1106
11072.11:
1108 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1109 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1110 give funny default drive.
1111 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1112 data between different INI files.
1113 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1114 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1115 There's a menu item for it.
1116 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1117 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1118 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1119
11202.10:
1121 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1122 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1123 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1124 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1125 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1126 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1127 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1128
11292.09:
1130 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1131 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1132 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1133 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1134 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1135 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1136 to trap.
1137 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1138 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1139 what Ron says...
1140 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1141 o Added optional split status line.
1142
11432.08:
1144 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1145 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1146 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1147 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1148 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1149 you can pick a different drive).
1150 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1151 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1152 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1153 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1154 line argument.
1155
11562.07:
1157 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1158 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1159 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1160 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1161 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1162 other.
1163
11642.06:
1165 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1166 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1167 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1168 root drives from being found.
1169 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1170 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1171 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1172 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1173 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1174 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1175
1176[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1177
11782.00:
1179 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1180 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1181 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1182
1183$Id: HISTORY 431 2006-08-14 04:20:47Z root $
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