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33.05beta01
4 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
5 o More great bitmaps from David
6 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
7 o Rework some error messages
8 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
9
103.04
11 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
12 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
13 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
14 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
15 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
16 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
17 o More new icons (thanks David)
18 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
19
203.04 pre11:
21 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
22 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
23
243.04 pre10:
25 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
26 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
27
283.04 pre9:
29 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
30
313.04 pre8:
32 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
33 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
34
353.04 pre7:
36 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
37 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
38 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
39 o Minor makefile corrections
40
413.04 pre6:
42 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
43
443.04 pre5:
45 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
46 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
47 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
48 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
49 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
50
513.04 pre4:
52 o Correct longnames display enable
53 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
54 o Support archiver.tmp install
55
563.04 pre3:
57 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
58 o Support tarlist.cmd install
59 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
60 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
61
623.04 pre2:
63 o More icon updates (David's v18)
64 o Avoid user directory edit crash
65 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
66
673.04 pre1:
68 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
69 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
70 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
71 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
72 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
73 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
74
753.03:
76 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
77 o Correct directory sizes sort
78 o Correct archive sort again
79
803.02i:
81 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
82 o Lots of work on large file support
83 o Switch to VAC 3.65
84 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
85 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
86 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
87 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
88 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
89 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
90 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
91 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
92
933.02h:
94 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
95 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
96 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
97
983.02g:
99 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
100
1013.02f:
102 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
103 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
104 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
105
1063.02e:
107 o More see all files fixes
108 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
109
1103.02d:
111 o Clean up icon usage
112 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
113 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
114 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
115 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
116 o Correct resource strings
117
1183.02c:
119 o Correct broken assignments
120 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
121
1223.02b:
123 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
124
1253.02a:
126 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
127 o Correct archive name display
128
1293.02:
130 o First open source release.
131
1323.01:
133 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
134
1353.00d:
136 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
137 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
138
1393.00c:
140 o More minor bug fixes.
141
1423.00b:
143 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
144
1453.00:
146 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
147 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
148 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
149 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
150 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
151 correspondingly smaller.
152 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
153 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
154 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
155 some more, thus tempting fate.
156 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
157 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
158 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
159 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
160 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
161 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
162 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
163 width.
164 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
165 this stuff built-in now.
166 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
167 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
168 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
169 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
170 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
171 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
172 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
173 confirmation.
174 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
175 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
176 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
177 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
178
1792.67:
180 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
181 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
182 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
183 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
184 recall.
185
1862.66:
187 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
188 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
189 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
190 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
191 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
192 there's no diskette inserted.)
193 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
194 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
195 o Reworked Databar a bit.
196 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
197 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
198
1992.65:
200 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
201 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
202 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
203 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
204 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
205 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
206 best stuff was turned off by default!
207 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
208 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
209 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
210 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
211 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
212 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
213 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
214
2152.64:
216 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
217 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
218 horizontal) there.
219 o More help file work.
220 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
221 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
222 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
223 "touching" files easier.
224
2252.63:
226 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
227 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
228 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
229 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
230 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
231 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
232 is available.
233 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
234 attractive (IMHO).
235 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
236 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
237 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
238 marks.
239 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
240 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
241 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
242 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
243
2442.62:
245 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
246
2472.61:
248 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
249 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
250 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
251 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
252 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
253 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
254 is bordered in red.
255 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
256 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
257 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
258 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
259 files.
260
2612.60:
262 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
263 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
264 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
265 be refreshed in the archive.
266 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
267 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
268
2692.59:
270 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
271 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
272 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
273
2742.58:
275 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
276 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
277 help to reflect this.
278 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
279 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
280 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
281
2822.57:
283 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
284 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
285 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
286
2872.56:
288 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
289 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
290
2912.55:
292 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
293 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
294
2952.54:
296 o Small tweaks.
297 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
298 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
299
3002.53:
301 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
302 selected files more quickly and easily.
303 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
304 Netscape were choking on it (a).
305 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
306 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
307 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
308 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
309
3102.52:
311 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
312 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
313 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
314 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
315 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
316 standard, then stick to it? Please?
317 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
318 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
319
3202.51:
321 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
322 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
323 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
324 user request.
325 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
326 user request.
327 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
328 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
329 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
330 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
331 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
332 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
333 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
334 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
335 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
336 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
337 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
338 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
339 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
340 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
341 still work correctly with this change.
342 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
343 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
344 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
345 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
346 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
347 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
348 up with all of it.
349
3502.50b:
351 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
352 image viewer window.
353 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
354 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
355
3562.50a:
357 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
358 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
359 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
360 directories listed in environment variables).
361 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
362 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
363 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
364 registration information.
365 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
366 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
367 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
368 popup menu.
369 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
370 object that didn't already have them (duh).
371 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
372 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
373 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
374 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
375
3762.50:
377 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
378 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
379 viewer.
380 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
381 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
382 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
383 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
384 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
385 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
386 results.
387 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
388 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
389 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
390 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
391 added file system type to end of string on user request.
392 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
393 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
394 It could happen.
395 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
396 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
397 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
398 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
399 o Note new internet address.
400 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
401 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
402 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
403 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
404 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
405 one :-).
406 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
407 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
408 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
409 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
410 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
411 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
412 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
413 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
414 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
415 even notice.
416
4172.49:
418 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
419 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
420 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
421 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
422 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
423 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
424 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
425 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
426 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
427 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
428 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
429 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
430 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
431
4322.48a:
433 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
434 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
435 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
436 o More Merlin preparations.
437 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
438 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
439 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
440 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
441 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
442 the Joneses? :-)
443
4442.48:
445 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
446 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
447 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
448 under Merlin.
449 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
450 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
451 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
452 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
453 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
454 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
455 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
456 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
457 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
458 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
459 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
460 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
461 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
462 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
463 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
464 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
465 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
466 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
467 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
468 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
469 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
470 machine.
471 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
472 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
473 o Keys help added per user request.
474
4752.47:
476 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
477 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
478 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
479 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
480 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
481 submenu selected.
482 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
483 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
484 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
485 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
486 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
487 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
488 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
489 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
490 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
491 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
492 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
493 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
494 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
495 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
496 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
497 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
498 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
499 Container to change directories.
500 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
501 questions.
502
5032.46:
504 o Fixed drive button bug.
505 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
506 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
507 the real thing.
508
5092.45:
510 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
511 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
512 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
513 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
514 was closed.
515 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
516 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
517 Scan.
518
5192.44:
520 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
521 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
522 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
523 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
524 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
525 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
526 user-defined bitmap.
527 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
528 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
529 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
530 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
531 for possible later retrieval.
532 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
533 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
534 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
535
5362.43:
537 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
538 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
539 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
540 connection, finally).
541 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
542 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
543 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
544 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
545 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
546 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
547 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
548 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
549 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
550 it finishes.
551 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
552 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
553 under older OS/2 versions.
554 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
555 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
556 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
557 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
558 reminder.
559 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
560 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
561
5622.42:
563 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
564 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
565 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
566 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
567 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
568 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
569 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
570 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
571 flags from the command line as an override.
572 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
573 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
574 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
575 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
576 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
577 Directory Container looks.
578 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
579 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
580 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
581 examples).
582 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
583 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
584 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
585 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
586 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
587 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
588 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
589 instead of the internal).
590 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
591 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
592 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
593 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
594 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
595
5962.41:
597 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
598 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
599 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
600 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
601 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
602 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
603 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
604 attractively.
605 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
606 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
607 but not switch to them.
608 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
609 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
610 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
611 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
612 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
613 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
614 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
615 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
616 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
617 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
618 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
619 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
620 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
621 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
622 Shouldn't be a major problem.
623 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
624 know the blamed thing was there.
625 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
626 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
627 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
628 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
629 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
630 paragraph. Something I use.
631 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
632 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
633 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
634 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
635 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
636 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
637 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
638 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
639 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
640 Containers.
641 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
642 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
643 (some things grow with a life of their own).
644 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
645 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
646 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
647 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
648
6492.40:
650 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
651 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
652 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
653 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
654 viewer.
655 o Added %! metastring.
656 o Added default archiver setting.
657 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
658 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
659 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
660 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
661 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
662 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
663 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
664 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
665 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
666 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
667 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
668 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
669 directories.
670 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
671 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
672 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
673
6742.39:
675 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
676 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
677 at FP10+ levels.
678 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
679 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
680 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
681 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
682 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
683 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
684 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
685 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
686 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
687 changed.
688 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
689
6902.38:
691 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
692 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
693 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
694 etc.).
695 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
696 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
697 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
698 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
699 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
700 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
701 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
702 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
703 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
704 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
705 show everything else.
706 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
707 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
708 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
709 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
710 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
711 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
712 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
713 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
714 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
715 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
716 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
717 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
718 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
719 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
720 foreground.
721
7222.37:
723 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
724 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
725 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
726 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
727 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
728 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
729 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
730 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
731 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
732 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
733 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
734 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
735 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
736 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
737 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
738 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
739 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
740 Directory Container.
741
7422.36:
743 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
744 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
745 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
746 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
747 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
748 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
749 o Tutorial section added to online help.
750 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
751 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
752 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
753 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
754 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
755 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
756 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
757 Settings notebook.
758 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
759 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
760 thousandth).
761 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
762 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
763 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
764
7652.35:
766 o Performance tuning.
767 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
768 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
769 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
770 permanent by Adding them as usual.
771 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
772 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
773 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
774 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
775 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
776 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
777 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
778 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
779 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
780 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
781 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
782 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
783
7842.34:
785 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
786 knee-jerk thing to do).
787 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
788 the container is maximized.
789 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
790 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
791 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
792 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
793 interested).
794 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
795 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
796 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
797 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
798 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
799 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
800 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
801 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
802 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
803 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
804 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
805 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
806 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
807 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
808 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
809
8102.33:
811 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
812 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
813 internal Settings notebook).
814 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
815 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
816 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
817 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
818 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
819 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
820 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
821 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
822 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
823 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
824 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
825 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
826 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
827 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
828 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
829
8302.32:
831 o See all files window fleshed out.
832 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
833 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
834 notebook.
835 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
836 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
837 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
838 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
839 of course).
840 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
841 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
842 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
843 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
844 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
845 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
846 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
847 the list.
848
8492.31:
850 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
851 miniapp.
852 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
853 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
854 to the above).
855 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
856 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
857 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
858 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
859 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
860 the archive resides."
861 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
862 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
863 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
864 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
865 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
866 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
867 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
868 o More user suggestions implemented.
869
8702.30:
871 o I forget.
872
8732.29:
874 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
875 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
876 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
877 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
878 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
879 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
880 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
881 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
882 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
883 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
884 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
885 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
886 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
887 list).
888
8892.28:
890 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
891 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
892 dialog).
893 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
894 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
895 current object.
896 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
897 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
898 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
899 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
900 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
901 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
902 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
903 userlist dropdown.
904 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
905 use a DOS app first...
906
9072.27:
908 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
909 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
910 default, BTW).
911 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
912 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
913 weren't before).
914 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
915 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
916 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
917 lines.
918 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
919
9202.26:
921 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
922 filenames.
923 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
924 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
925 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
926 now on...
927 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
928 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
929 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
930 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
931 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
932 client window whitespace.
933 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
934 Edit menu.
935 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
936 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
937 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
938 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
939 command.
940 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
941 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
942 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
943
9442.25:
945 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
946 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
947
9482.24:
949 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
950 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
951 lives.
952 o Undelete enhancements.
953
9542.23:
955 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
956 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
957 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
958 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
959 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
960 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
961
9622.22:
963 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
964 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
965 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
966 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
967 inevitable problem arises.
968 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
969 with same name and/or size and filedate.
970
9712.21:
972 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
973 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
974 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
975 causes default WPS open.
976 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
977 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
978 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
979 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
980 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
981 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
982 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
983 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
984 o Other stuff I forget.
985
9862.20:
987 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
988 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
989 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
990 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
991 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
992 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
993 D&D.
994 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
995 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
996 Containers.
997 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
998 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
999 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1000 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1001 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1002 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1003 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1004 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1005 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1006 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1007 it (again).
1008
10092.19:
1010 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1011 alternative to maximizing.
1012 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1013 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1014 windows.
1015 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1016 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1017 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1018 along.
1019 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1020 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1021 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1022 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1023 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1024 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1025 to return to from the maximized state).
1026
10272.18:
1028 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1029 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1030 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1031 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1032 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1033 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1034 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1035
10362.17:
1037 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1038 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1039 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1040 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1041 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1042 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1043
10442.16:
1045 o Added "Update objects" command.
1046 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1047 one (under "Context Menus").
1048 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1049 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1050 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1051 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1052 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1053 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1054 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1055 start working again.
1056
10572.15:
1058 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1059 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1060 o Added "Select List" command.
1061 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1062 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1063 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1064 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1065 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1066 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1067 I'm just the piano player.
1068 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1069 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1070
10712.14:
1072 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1073 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1074 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1075 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1076 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1077 removable media drives.
1078 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1079 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1080 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1081 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1082 update the paths.
1083 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1084 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1085 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1086 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1087 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1088 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1089 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1090 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1091 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1092 to my satisfaction).
1093
10942.13:
1095 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1096 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1097 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1098 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1099 notebook.
1100 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1101 to use HPFS...).
1102 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1103 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1104 maybe a bit more functional.
1105 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1106
11072.12:
1108 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1109 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1110 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1111 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1112 accelerator keys.
1113 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1114
11152.11:
1116 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1117 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1118 give funny default drive.
1119 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1120 data between different INI files.
1121 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1122 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1123 There's a menu item for it.
1124 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1125 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1126 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1127
11282.10:
1129 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1130 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1131 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1132 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1133 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1134 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1135 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1136
11372.09:
1138 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1139 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1140 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1141 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1142 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1143 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1144 to trap.
1145 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1146 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1147 what Ron says...
1148 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1149 o Added optional split status line.
1150
11512.08:
1152 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1153 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1154 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1155 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1156 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1157 you can pick a different drive).
1158 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1159 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1160 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1161 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1162 line argument.
1163
11642.07:
1165 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1166 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1167 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1168 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1169 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1170 other.
1171
11722.06:
1173 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1174 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1175 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1176 root drives from being found.
1177 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1178 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1179 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1180 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1181 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1182 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1183
1184[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1185
11862.00:
1187 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1188 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1189 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1190
1191$Id: HISTORY 461 2006-08-24 05:15:20Z root $
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