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33.05beta05
4 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
5 o NDFS support by Gregg
6 o Default seek and scan to show files
7 o Rework menus
8 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
9 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
10 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
11
123.05beta04
13 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
14 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
15 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
16 o Avoid spurious error popups
17
183.05beta03
19 o Help file updated by David
20 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
21 o Toolbars reworked by David
22 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
23 o More great bitmaps from David
24
253.05beta02
26 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
27 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
28 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
29
303.05beta01
31 o More great bitmaps from David
32 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
33 o Rework some error messages
34 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
35
363.04
37 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
38 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
39 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
40 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
41 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
42 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
43 o More new icons (thanks David)
44 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
45
463.04 pre11:
47 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
48 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
49
503.04 pre10:
51 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
52 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
53
543.04 pre9:
55 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
56
573.04 pre8:
58 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
59 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
60
613.04 pre7:
62 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
63 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
64 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
65 o Minor makefile corrections
66
673.04 pre6:
68 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
69
703.04 pre5:
71 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
72 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
73 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
74 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
75 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
76
773.04 pre4:
78 o Correct longnames display enable
79 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
80 o Support archiver.tmp install
81
823.04 pre3:
83 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
84 o Support tarlist.cmd install
85 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
86 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
87
883.04 pre2:
89 o More icon updates (David's v18)
90 o Avoid user directory edit crash
91 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
92
933.04 pre1:
94 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
95 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
96 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
97 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
98 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
99 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
100
1013.03:
102 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
103 o Correct directory sizes sort
104 o Correct archive sort again
105
1063.02i:
107 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
108 o Lots of work on large file support
109 o Switch to VAC 3.65
110 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
111 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
112 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
113 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
114 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
115 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
116 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
117 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
118
1193.02h:
120 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
121 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
122 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
123
1243.02g:
125 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
126
1273.02f:
128 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
129 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
130 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
131
1323.02e:
133 o More see all files fixes
134 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
135
1363.02d:
137 o Clean up icon usage
138 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
139 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
140 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
141 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
142 o Correct resource strings
143
1443.02c:
145 o Correct broken assignments
146 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
147
1483.02b:
149 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
150
1513.02a:
152 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
153 o Correct archive name display
154
1553.02:
156 o First open source release.
157
1583.01:
159 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
160
1613.00d:
162 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
163 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
164
1653.00c:
166 o More minor bug fixes.
167
1683.00b:
169 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
170
1713.00:
172 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
173 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
174 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
175 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
176 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
177 correspondingly smaller.
178 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
179 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
180 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
181 some more, thus tempting fate.
182 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
183 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
184 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
185 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
186 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
187 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
188 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
189 width.
190 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
191 this stuff built-in now.
192 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
193 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
194 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
195 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
196 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
197 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
198 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
199 confirmation.
200 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
201 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
202 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
203 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
204
2052.67:
206 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
207 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
208 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
209 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
210 recall.
211
2122.66:
213 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
214 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
215 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
216 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
217 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
218 there's no diskette inserted.)
219 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
220 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
221 o Reworked Databar a bit.
222 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
223 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
224
2252.65:
226 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
227 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
228 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
229 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
230 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
231 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
232 best stuff was turned off by default!
233 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
234 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
235 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
236 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
237 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
238 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
239 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
240
2412.64:
242 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
243 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
244 horizontal) there.
245 o More help file work.
246 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
247 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
248 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
249 "touching" files easier.
250
2512.63:
252 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
253 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
254 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
255 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
256 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
257 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
258 is available.
259 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
260 attractive (IMHO).
261 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
262 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
263 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
264 marks.
265 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
266 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
267 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
268 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
269
2702.62:
271 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
272
2732.61:
274 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
275 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
276 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
277 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
278 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
279 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
280 is bordered in red.
281 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
282 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
283 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
284 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
285 files.
286
2872.60:
288 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
289 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
290 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
291 be refreshed in the archive.
292 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
293 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
294
2952.59:
296 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
297 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
298 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
299
3002.58:
301 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
302 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
303 help to reflect this.
304 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
305 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
306 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
307
3082.57:
309 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
310 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
311 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
312
3132.56:
314 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
315 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
316
3172.55:
318 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
319 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
320
3212.54:
322 o Small tweaks.
323 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
324 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
325
3262.53:
327 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
328 selected files more quickly and easily.
329 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
330 Netscape were choking on it (a).
331 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
332 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
333 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
334 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
335
3362.52:
337 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
338 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
339 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
340 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
341 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
342 standard, then stick to it? Please?
343 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
344 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
345
3462.51:
347 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
348 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
349 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
350 user request.
351 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
352 user request.
353 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
354 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
355 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
356 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
357 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
358 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
359 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
360 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
361 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
362 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
363 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
364 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
365 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
366 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
367 still work correctly with this change.
368 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
369 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
370 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
371 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
372 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
373 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
374 up with all of it.
375
3762.50b:
377 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
378 image viewer window.
379 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
380 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
381
3822.50a:
383 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
384 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
385 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
386 directories listed in environment variables).
387 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
388 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
389 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
390 registration information.
391 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
392 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
393 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
394 popup menu.
395 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
396 object that didn't already have them (duh).
397 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
398 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
399 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
400 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
401
4022.50:
403 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
404 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
405 viewer.
406 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
407 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
408 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
409 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
410 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
411 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
412 results.
413 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
414 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
415 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
416 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
417 added file system type to end of string on user request.
418 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
419 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
420 It could happen.
421 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
422 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
423 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
424 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
425 o Note new internet address.
426 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
427 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
428 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
429 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
430 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
431 one :-).
432 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
433 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
434 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
435 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
436 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
437 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
438 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
439 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
440 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
441 even notice.
442
4432.49:
444 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
445 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
446 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
447 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
448 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
449 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
450 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
451 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
452 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
453 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
454 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
455 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
456 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
457
4582.48a:
459 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
460 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
461 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
462 o More Merlin preparations.
463 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
464 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
465 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
466 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
467 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
468 the Joneses? :-)
469
4702.48:
471 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
472 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
473 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
474 under Merlin.
475 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
476 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
477 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
478 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
479 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
480 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
481 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
482 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
483 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
484 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
485 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
486 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
487 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
488 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
489 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
490 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
491 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
492 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
493 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
494 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
495 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
496 machine.
497 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
498 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
499 o Keys help added per user request.
500
5012.47:
502 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
503 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
504 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
505 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
506 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
507 submenu selected.
508 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
509 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
510 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
511 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
512 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
513 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
514 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
515 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
516 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
517 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
518 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
519 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
520 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
521 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
522 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
523 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
524 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
525 Container to change directories.
526 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
527 questions.
528
5292.46:
530 o Fixed drive button bug.
531 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
532 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
533 the real thing.
534
5352.45:
536 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
537 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
538 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
539 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
540 was closed.
541 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
542 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
543 Scan.
544
5452.44:
546 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
547 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
548 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
549 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
550 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
551 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
552 user-defined bitmap.
553 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
554 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
555 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
556 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
557 for possible later retrieval.
558 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
559 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
560 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
561
5622.43:
563 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
564 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
565 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
566 connection, finally).
567 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
568 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
569 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
570 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
571 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
572 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
573 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
574 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
575 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
576 it finishes.
577 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
578 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
579 under older OS/2 versions.
580 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
581 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
582 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
583 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
584 reminder.
585 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
586 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
587
5882.42:
589 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
590 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
591 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
592 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
593 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
594 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
595 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
596 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
597 flags from the command line as an override.
598 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
599 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
600 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
601 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
602 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
603 Directory Container looks.
604 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
605 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
606 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
607 examples).
608 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
609 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
610 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
611 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
612 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
613 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
614 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
615 instead of the internal).
616 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
617 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
618 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
619 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
620 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
621
6222.41:
623 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
624 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
625 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
626 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
627 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
628 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
629 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
630 attractively.
631 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
632 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
633 but not switch to them.
634 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
635 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
636 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
637 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
638 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
639 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
640 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
641 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
642 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
643 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
644 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
645 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
646 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
647 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
648 Shouldn't be a major problem.
649 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
650 know the blamed thing was there.
651 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
652 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
653 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
654 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
655 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
656 paragraph. Something I use.
657 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
658 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
659 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
660 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
661 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
662 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
663 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
664 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
665 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
666 Containers.
667 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
668 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
669 (some things grow with a life of their own).
670 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
671 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
672 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
673 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
674
6752.40:
676 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
677 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
678 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
679 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
680 viewer.
681 o Added %! metastring.
682 o Added default archiver setting.
683 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
684 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
685 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
686 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
687 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
688 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
689 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
690 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
691 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
692 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
693 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
694 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
695 directories.
696 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
697 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
698 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
699
7002.39:
701 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
702 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
703 at FP10+ levels.
704 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
705 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
706 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
707 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
708 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
709 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
710 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
711 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
712 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
713 changed.
714 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
715
7162.38:
717 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
718 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
719 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
720 etc.).
721 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
722 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
723 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
724 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
725 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
726 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
727 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
728 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
729 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
730 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
731 show everything else.
732 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
733 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
734 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
735 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
736 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
737 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
738 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
739 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
740 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
741 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
742 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
743 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
744 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
745 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
746 foreground.
747
7482.37:
749 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
750 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
751 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
752 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
753 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
754 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
755 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
756 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
757 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
758 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
759 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
760 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
761 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
762 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
763 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
764 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
765 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
766 Directory Container.
767
7682.36:
769 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
770 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
771 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
772 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
773 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
774 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
775 o Tutorial section added to online help.
776 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
777 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
778 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
779 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
780 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
781 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
782 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
783 Settings notebook.
784 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
785 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
786 thousandth).
787 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
788 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
789 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
790
7912.35:
792 o Performance tuning.
793 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
794 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
795 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
796 permanent by Adding them as usual.
797 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
798 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
799 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
800 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
801 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
802 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
803 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
804 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
805 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
806 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
807 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
808 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
809
8102.34:
811 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
812 knee-jerk thing to do).
813 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
814 the container is maximized.
815 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
816 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
817 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
818 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
819 interested).
820 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
821 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
822 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
823 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
824 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
825 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
826 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
827 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
828 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
829 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
830 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
831 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
832 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
833 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
834 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
835
8362.33:
837 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
838 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
839 internal Settings notebook).
840 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
841 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
842 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
843 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
844 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
845 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
846 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
847 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
848 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
849 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
850 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
851 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
852 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
853 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
854 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
855
8562.32:
857 o See all files window fleshed out.
858 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
859 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
860 notebook.
861 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
862 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
863 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
864 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
865 of course).
866 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
867 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
868 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
869 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
870 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
871 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
872 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
873 the list.
874
8752.31:
876 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
877 miniapp.
878 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
879 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
880 to the above).
881 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
882 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
883 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
884 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
885 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
886 the archive resides."
887 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
888 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
889 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
890 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
891 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
892 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
893 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
894 o More user suggestions implemented.
895
8962.30:
897 o I forget.
898
8992.29:
900 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
901 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
902 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
903 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
904 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
905 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
906 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
907 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
908 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
909 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
910 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
911 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
912 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
913 list).
914
9152.28:
916 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
917 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
918 dialog).
919 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
920 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
921 current object.
922 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
923 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
924 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
925 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
926 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
927 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
928 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
929 userlist dropdown.
930 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
931 use a DOS app first...
932
9332.27:
934 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
935 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
936 default, BTW).
937 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
938 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
939 weren't before).
940 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
941 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
942 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
943 lines.
944 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
945
9462.26:
947 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
948 filenames.
949 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
950 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
951 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
952 now on...
953 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
954 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
955 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
956 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
957 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
958 client window whitespace.
959 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
960 Edit menu.
961 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
962 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
963 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
964 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
965 command.
966 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
967 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
968 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
969
9702.25:
971 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
972 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
973
9742.24:
975 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
976 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
977 lives.
978 o Undelete enhancements.
979
9802.23:
981 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
982 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
983 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
984 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
985 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
986 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
987
9882.22:
989 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
990 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
991 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
992 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
993 inevitable problem arises.
994 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
995 with same name and/or size and filedate.
996
9972.21:
998 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
999 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1000 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1001 causes default WPS open.
1002 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1003 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1004 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1005 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1006 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1007 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1008 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1009 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1010 o Other stuff I forget.
1011
10122.20:
1013 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1014 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1015 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1016 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1017 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1018 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1019 D&D.
1020 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1021 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1022 Containers.
1023 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1024 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1025 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1026 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1027 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1028 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1029 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1030 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1031 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1032 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1033 it (again).
1034
10352.19:
1036 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1037 alternative to maximizing.
1038 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1039 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1040 windows.
1041 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1042 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1043 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1044 along.
1045 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1046 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1047 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1048 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1049 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1050 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1051 to return to from the maximized state).
1052
10532.18:
1054 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1055 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1056 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1057 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1058 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1059 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1060 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1061
10622.17:
1063 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1064 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1065 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1066 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1067 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1068 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1069
10702.16:
1071 o Added "Update objects" command.
1072 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1073 one (under "Context Menus").
1074 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1075 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1076 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1077 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1078 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1079 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1080 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1081 start working again.
1082
10832.15:
1084 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1085 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1086 o Added "Select List" command.
1087 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1088 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1089 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1090 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1091 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1092 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1093 I'm just the piano player.
1094 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1095 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1096
10972.14:
1098 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1099 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1100 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1101 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1102 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1103 removable media drives.
1104 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1105 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1106 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1107 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1108 update the paths.
1109 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1110 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1111 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1112 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1113 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1114 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1115 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1116 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1117 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1118 to my satisfaction).
1119
11202.13:
1121 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1122 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1123 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1124 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1125 notebook.
1126 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1127 to use HPFS...).
1128 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1129 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1130 maybe a bit more functional.
1131 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1132
11332.12:
1134 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1135 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1136 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1137 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1138 accelerator keys.
1139 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1140
11412.11:
1142 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1143 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1144 give funny default drive.
1145 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1146 data between different INI files.
1147 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1148 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1149 There's a menu item for it.
1150 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1151 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1152 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1153
11542.10:
1155 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1156 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1157 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1158 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1159 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1160 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1161 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1162
11632.09:
1164 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1165 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1166 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1167 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1168 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1169 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1170 to trap.
1171 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1172 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1173 what Ron says...
1174 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1175 o Added optional split status line.
1176
11772.08:
1178 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1179 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1180 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1181 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1182 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1183 you can pick a different drive).
1184 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1185 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1186 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1187 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1188 line argument.
1189
11902.07:
1191 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1192 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1193 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1194 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1195 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1196 other.
1197
11982.06:
1199 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1200 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1201 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1202 root drives from being found.
1203 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1204 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1205 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1206 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1207 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1208 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1209
1210[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1211
12122.00:
1213 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1214 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1215 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1216
1217$Id: HISTORY 541 2006-11-04 21:18:45Z root $
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