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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
23.05 beta 8 (pending)
3 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
4 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
5 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
6 o Prevent FM2 from saving a directory from a no prescan drive on close (Steven)
7 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
8 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
9 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
10 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
11 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
12 o Help file updates (Gregg)
13 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
14 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
15
163.05beta07
17 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
18 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
19 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
20 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
21 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
22 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
23 o Update documentation (Gregg)
24 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
25 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
26
273.05beta06
28 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
29 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
30
313.05beta05
32 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
33 o NDFS support by Gregg
34 o Default seek and scan to show files
35 o Rework menus
36 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
37 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
38 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
39
403.05beta04
41 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
42 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
43 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
44 o Avoid spurious error popups
45
463.05beta03
47 o Help file updated by David
48 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
49 o Toolbars reworked by David
50 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
51 o More great bitmaps from David
52
533.05beta02
54 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
55 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
56 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
57
583.05beta01
59 o More great bitmaps from David
60 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
61 o Rework some error messages
62 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
63
643.04
65 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
66 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
67 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
68 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
69 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
70 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
71 o More new icons (thanks David)
72 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
73
743.04 pre11:
75 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
76 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
77
783.04 pre10:
79 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
80 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
81
823.04 pre9:
83 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
84
853.04 pre8:
86 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
87 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
88
893.04 pre7:
90 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
91 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
92 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
93 o Minor makefile corrections
94
953.04 pre6:
96 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
97
983.04 pre5:
99 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
100 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
101 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
102 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
103 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
104
1053.04 pre4:
106 o Correct longnames display enable
107 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
108 o Support archiver.tmp install
109
1103.04 pre3:
111 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
112 o Support tarlist.cmd install
113 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
114 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
115
1163.04 pre2:
117 o More icon updates (David's v18)
118 o Avoid user directory edit crash
119 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
120
1213.04 pre1:
122 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
123 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
124 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
125 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
126 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
127 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
128
1293.03:
130 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
131 o Correct directory sizes sort
132 o Correct archive sort again
133
1343.02i:
135 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
136 o Lots of work on large file support
137 o Switch to VAC 3.65
138 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
139 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
140 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
141 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
142 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
143 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
144 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
145 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
146
1473.02h:
148 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
149 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
150 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
151
1523.02g:
153 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
154
1553.02f:
156 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
157 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
158 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
159
1603.02e:
161 o More see all files fixes
162 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
163
1643.02d:
165 o Clean up icon usage
166 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
167 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
168 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
169 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
170 o Correct resource strings
171
1723.02c:
173 o Correct broken assignments
174 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
175
1763.02b:
177 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
178
1793.02a:
180 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
181 o Correct archive name display
182
1833.02:
184 o First open source release.
185
1863.01:
187 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
188
1893.00d:
190 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
191 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
192
1933.00c:
194 o More minor bug fixes.
195
1963.00b:
197 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
198
1993.00:
200 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
201 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
202 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
203 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
204 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
205 correspondingly smaller.
206 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
207 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
208 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
209 some more, thus tempting fate.
210 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
211 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
212 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
213 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
214 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
215 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
216 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
217 width.
218 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
219 this stuff built-in now.
220 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
221 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
222 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
223 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
224 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
225 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
226 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
227 confirmation.
228 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
229 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
230 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
231 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
232
2332.67:
234 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
235 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
236 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
237 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
238 recall.
239
2402.66:
241 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
242 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
243 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
244 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
245 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
246 there's no diskette inserted.)
247 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
248 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
249 o Reworked Databar a bit.
250 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
251 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
252
2532.65:
254 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
255 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
256 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
257 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
258 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
259 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
260 best stuff was turned off by default!
261 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
262 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
263 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
264 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
265 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
266 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
267 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
268
2692.64:
270 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
271 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
272 horizontal) there.
273 o More help file work.
274 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
275 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
276 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
277 "touching" files easier.
278
2792.63:
280 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
281 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
282 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
283 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
284 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
285 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
286 is available.
287 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
288 attractive (IMHO).
289 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
290 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
291 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
292 marks.
293 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
294 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
295 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
296 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
297
2982.62:
299 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
300
3012.61:
302 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
303 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
304 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
305 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
306 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
307 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
308 is bordered in red.
309 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
310 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
311 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
312 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
313 files.
314
3152.60:
316 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
317 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
318 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
319 be refreshed in the archive.
320 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
321 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
322
3232.59:
324 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
325 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
326 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
327
3282.58:
329 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
330 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
331 help to reflect this.
332 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
333 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
334 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
335
3362.57:
337 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
338 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
339 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
340
3412.56:
342 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
343 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
344
3452.55:
346 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
347 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
348
3492.54:
350 o Small tweaks.
351 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
352 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
353
3542.53:
355 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
356 selected files more quickly and easily.
357 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
358 Netscape were choking on it (a).
359 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
360 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
361 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
362 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
363
3642.52:
365 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
366 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
367 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
368 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
369 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
370 standard, then stick to it? Please?
371 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
372 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
373
3742.51:
375 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
376 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
377 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
378 user request.
379 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
380 user request.
381 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
382 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
383 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
384 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
385 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
386 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
387 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
388 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
389 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
390 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
391 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
392 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
393 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
394 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
395 still work correctly with this change.
396 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
397 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
398 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
399 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
400 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
401 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
402 up with all of it.
403
4042.50b:
405 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
406 image viewer window.
407 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
408 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
409
4102.50a:
411 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
412 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
413 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
414 directories listed in environment variables).
415 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
416 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
417 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
418 registration information.
419 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
420 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
421 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
422 popup menu.
423 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
424 object that didn't already have them (duh).
425 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
426 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
427 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
428 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
429
4302.50:
431 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
432 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
433 viewer.
434 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
435 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
436 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
437 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
438 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
439 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
440 results.
441 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
442 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
443 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
444 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
445 added file system type to end of string on user request.
446 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
447 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
448 It could happen.
449 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
450 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
451 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
452 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
453 o Note new internet address.
454 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
455 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
456 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
457 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
458 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
459 one :-).
460 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
461 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
462 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
463 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
464 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
465 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
466 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
467 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
468 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
469 even notice.
470
4712.49:
472 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
473 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
474 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
475 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
476 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
477 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
478 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
479 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
480 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
481 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
482 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
483 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
484 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
485
4862.48a:
487 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
488 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
489 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
490 o More Merlin preparations.
491 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
492 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
493 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
494 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
495 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
496 the Joneses? :-)
497
4982.48:
499 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
500 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
501 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
502 under Merlin.
503 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
504 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
505 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
506 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
507 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
508 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
509 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
510 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
511 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
512 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
513 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
514 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
515 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
516 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
517 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
518 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
519 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
520 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
521 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
522 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
523 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
524 machine.
525 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
526 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
527 o Keys help added per user request.
528
5292.47:
530 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
531 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
532 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
533 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
534 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
535 submenu selected.
536 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
537 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
538 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
539 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
540 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
541 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
542 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
543 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
544 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
545 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
546 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
547 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
548 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
549 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
550 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
551 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
552 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
553 Container to change directories.
554 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
555 questions.
556
5572.46:
558 o Fixed drive button bug.
559 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
560 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
561 the real thing.
562
5632.45:
564 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
565 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
566 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
567 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
568 was closed.
569 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
570 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
571 Scan.
572
5732.44:
574 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
575 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
576 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
577 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
578 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
579 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
580 user-defined bitmap.
581 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
582 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
583 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
584 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
585 for possible later retrieval.
586 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
587 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
588 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
589
5902.43:
591 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
592 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
593 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
594 connection, finally).
595 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
596 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
597 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
598 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
599 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
600 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
601 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
602 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
603 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
604 it finishes.
605 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
606 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
607 under older OS/2 versions.
608 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
609 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
610 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
611 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
612 reminder.
613 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
614 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
615
6162.42:
617 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
618 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
619 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
620 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
621 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
622 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
623 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
624 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
625 flags from the command line as an override.
626 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
627 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
628 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
629 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
630 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
631 Directory Container looks.
632 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
633 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
634 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
635 examples).
636 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
637 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
638 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
639 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
640 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
641 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
642 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
643 instead of the internal).
644 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
645 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
646 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
647 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
648 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
649
6502.41:
651 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
652 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
653 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
654 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
655 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
656 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
657 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
658 attractively.
659 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
660 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
661 but not switch to them.
662 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
663 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
664 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
665 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
666 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
667 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
668 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
669 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
670 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
671 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
672 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
673 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
674 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
675 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
676 Shouldn't be a major problem.
677 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
678 know the blamed thing was there.
679 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
680 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
681 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
682 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
683 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
684 paragraph. Something I use.
685 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
686 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
687 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
688 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
689 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
690 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
691 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
692 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
693 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
694 Containers.
695 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
696 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
697 (some things grow with a life of their own).
698 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
699 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
700 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
701 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
702
7032.40:
704 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
705 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
706 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
707 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
708 viewer.
709 o Added %! metastring.
710 o Added default archiver setting.
711 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
712 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
713 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
714 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
715 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
716 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
717 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
718 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
719 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
720 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
721 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
722 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
723 directories.
724 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
725 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
726 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
727
7282.39:
729 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
730 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
731 at FP10+ levels.
732 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
733 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
734 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
735 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
736 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
737 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
738 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
739 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
740 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
741 changed.
742 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
743
7442.38:
745 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
746 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
747 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
748 etc.).
749 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
750 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
751 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
752 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
753 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
754 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
755 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
756 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
757 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
758 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
759 show everything else.
760 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
761 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
762 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
763 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
764 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
765 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
766 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
767 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
768 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
769 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
770 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
771 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
772 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
773 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
774 foreground.
775
7762.37:
777 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
778 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
779 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
780 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
781 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
782 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
783 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
784 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
785 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
786 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
787 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
788 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
789 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
790 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
791 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
792 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
793 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
794 Directory Container.
795
7962.36:
797 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
798 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
799 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
800 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
801 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
802 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
803 o Tutorial section added to online help.
804 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
805 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
806 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
807 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
808 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
809 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
810 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
811 Settings notebook.
812 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
813 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
814 thousandth).
815 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
816 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
817 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
818
8192.35:
820 o Performance tuning.
821 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
822 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
823 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
824 permanent by Adding them as usual.
825 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
826 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
827 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
828 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
829 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
830 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
831 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
832 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
833 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
834 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
835 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
836 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
837
8382.34:
839 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
840 knee-jerk thing to do).
841 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
842 the container is maximized.
843 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
844 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
845 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
846 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
847 interested).
848 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
849 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
850 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
851 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
852 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
853 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
854 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
855 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
856 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
857 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
858 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
859 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
860 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
861 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
862 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
863
8642.33:
865 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
866 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
867 internal Settings notebook).
868 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
869 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
870 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
871 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
872 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
873 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
874 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
875 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
876 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
877 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
878 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
879 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
880 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
881 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
882 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
883
8842.32:
885 o See all files window fleshed out.
886 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
887 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
888 notebook.
889 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
890 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
891 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
892 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
893 of course).
894 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
895 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
896 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
897 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
898 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
899 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
900 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
901 the list.
902
9032.31:
904 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
905 miniapp.
906 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
907 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
908 to the above).
909 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
910 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
911 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
912 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
913 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
914 the archive resides."
915 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
916 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
917 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
918 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
919 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
920 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
921 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
922 o More user suggestions implemented.
923
9242.30:
925 o I forget.
926
9272.29:
928 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
929 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
930 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
931 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
932 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
933 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
934 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
935 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
936 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
937 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
938 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
939 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
940 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
941 list).
942
9432.28:
944 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
945 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
946 dialog).
947 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
948 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
949 current object.
950 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
951 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
952 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
953 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
954 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
955 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
956 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
957 userlist dropdown.
958 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
959 use a DOS app first...
960
9612.27:
962 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
963 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
964 default, BTW).
965 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
966 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
967 weren't before).
968 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
969 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
970 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
971 lines.
972 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
973
9742.26:
975 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
976 filenames.
977 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
978 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
979 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
980 now on...
981 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
982 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
983 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
984 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
985 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
986 client window whitespace.
987 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
988 Edit menu.
989 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
990 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
991 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
992 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
993 command.
994 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
995 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
996 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
997
9982.25:
999 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1000 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1001
10022.24:
1003 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1004 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1005 lives.
1006 o Undelete enhancements.
1007
10082.23:
1009 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1010 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1011 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1012 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1013 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1014 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1015
10162.22:
1017 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1018 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1019 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1020 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1021 inevitable problem arises.
1022 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1023 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1024
10252.21:
1026 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1027 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1028 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1029 causes default WPS open.
1030 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1031 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1032 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1033 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1034 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1035 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1036 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1037 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1038 o Other stuff I forget.
1039
10402.20:
1041 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1042 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1043 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1044 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1045 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1046 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1047 D&D.
1048 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1049 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1050 Containers.
1051 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1052 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1053 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1054 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1055 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1056 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1057 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1058 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1059 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1060 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1061 it (again).
1062
10632.19:
1064 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1065 alternative to maximizing.
1066 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1067 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1068 windows.
1069 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1070 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1071 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1072 along.
1073 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1074 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1075 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1076 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1077 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1078 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1079 to return to from the maximized state).
1080
10812.18:
1082 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1083 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1084 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1085 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1086 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1087 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1088 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1089
10902.17:
1091 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1092 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1093 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1094 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1095 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1096 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1097
10982.16:
1099 o Added "Update objects" command.
1100 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1101 one (under "Context Menus").
1102 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1103 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1104 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1105 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1106 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1107 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1108 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1109 start working again.
1110
11112.15:
1112 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1113 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1114 o Added "Select List" command.
1115 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1116 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1117 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1118 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1119 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1120 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1121 I'm just the piano player.
1122 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1123 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1124
11252.14:
1126 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1127 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1128 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1129 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1130 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1131 removable media drives.
1132 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1133 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1134 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1135 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1136 update the paths.
1137 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1138 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1139 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1140 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1141 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1142 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1143 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1144 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1145 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1146 to my satisfaction).
1147
11482.13:
1149 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1150 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1151 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1152 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1153 notebook.
1154 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1155 to use HPFS...).
1156 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1157 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1158 maybe a bit more functional.
1159 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1160
11612.12:
1162 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1163 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1164 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1165 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1166 accelerator keys.
1167 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1168
11692.11:
1170 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1171 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1172 give funny default drive.
1173 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1174 data between different INI files.
1175 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1176 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1177 There's a menu item for it.
1178 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1179 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1180 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1181
11822.10:
1183 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1184 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1185 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1186 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1187 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1188 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1189 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1190
11912.09:
1192 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1193 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1194 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1195 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1196 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1197 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1198 to trap.
1199 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1200 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1201 what Ron says...
1202 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1203 o Added optional split status line.
1204
12052.08:
1206 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1207 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1208 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1209 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1210 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1211 you can pick a different drive).
1212 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1213 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1214 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1215 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1216 line argument.
1217
12182.07:
1219 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1220 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1221 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1222 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1223 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1224 other.
1225
12262.06:
1227 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1228 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1229 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1230 root drives from being found.
1231 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1232 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1233 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1234 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1235 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1236 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1237
1238[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1239
12402.00:
1241 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1242 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1243 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1244
1245$Id: HISTORY 556 2007-03-09 18:35:08Z gyoung $
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