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23.05 beta 8
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 o Fixed hang when viewing a file from an archive caused by a viewer as child + archiver activity visible settings. (Steven)
16
173.05beta07
18 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
19 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
20 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
21 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
22 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
23 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
24 o Update documentation (Gregg)
25 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
26 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
27
283.05beta06
29 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
30 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
31
323.05beta05
33 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
34 o NDFS support by Gregg
35 o Default seek and scan to show files
36 o Rework menus
37 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
38 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
39 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
40
413.05beta04
42 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
43 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
44 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
45 o Avoid spurious error popups
46
473.05beta03
48 o Help file updated by David
49 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
50 o Toolbars reworked by David
51 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
52 o More great bitmaps from David
53
543.05beta02
55 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
56 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
57 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
58
593.05beta01
60 o More great bitmaps from David
61 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
62 o Rework some error messages
63 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
64
653.04
66 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
67 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
68 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
69 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
70 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
71 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
72 o More new icons (thanks David)
73 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
74
753.04 pre11:
76 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
77 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
78
793.04 pre10:
80 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
81 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
82
833.04 pre9:
84 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
85
863.04 pre8:
87 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
88 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
89
903.04 pre7:
91 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
92 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
93 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
94 o Minor makefile corrections
95
963.04 pre6:
97 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
98
993.04 pre5:
100 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
101 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
102 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
103 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
104 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
105
1063.04 pre4:
107 o Correct longnames display enable
108 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
109 o Support archiver.tmp install
110
1113.04 pre3:
112 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
113 o Support tarlist.cmd install
114 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
115 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
116
1173.04 pre2:
118 o More icon updates (David's v18)
119 o Avoid user directory edit crash
120 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
121
1223.04 pre1:
123 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
124 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
125 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
126 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
127 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
128 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
129
1303.03:
131 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
132 o Correct directory sizes sort
133 o Correct archive sort again
134
1353.02i:
136 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
137 o Lots of work on large file support
138 o Switch to VAC 3.65
139 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
140 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
141 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
142 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
143 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
144 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
145 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
146 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
147
1483.02h:
149 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
150 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
151 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
152
1533.02g:
154 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
155
1563.02f:
157 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
158 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
159 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
160
1613.02e:
162 o More see all files fixes
163 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
164
1653.02d:
166 o Clean up icon usage
167 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
168 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
169 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
170 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
171 o Correct resource strings
172
1733.02c:
174 o Correct broken assignments
175 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
176
1773.02b:
178 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
179
1803.02a:
181 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
182 o Correct archive name display
183
1843.02:
185 o First open source release.
186
1873.01:
188 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
189
1903.00d:
191 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
192 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
193
1943.00c:
195 o More minor bug fixes.
196
1973.00b:
198 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
199
2003.00:
201 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
202 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
203 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
204 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
205 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
206 correspondingly smaller.
207 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
208 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
209 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
210 some more, thus tempting fate.
211 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
212 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
213 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
214 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
215 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
216 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
217 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
218 width.
219 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
220 this stuff built-in now.
221 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
222 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
223 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
224 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
225 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
226 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
227 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
228 confirmation.
229 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
230 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
231 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
232 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
233
2342.67:
235 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
236 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
237 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
238 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
239 recall.
240
2412.66:
242 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
243 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
244 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
245 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
246 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
247 there's no diskette inserted.)
248 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
249 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
250 o Reworked Databar a bit.
251 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
252 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
253
2542.65:
255 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
256 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
257 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
258 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
259 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
260 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
261 best stuff was turned off by default!
262 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
263 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
264 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
265 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
266 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
267 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
268 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
269
2702.64:
271 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
272 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
273 horizontal) there.
274 o More help file work.
275 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
276 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
277 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
278 "touching" files easier.
279
2802.63:
281 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
282 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
283 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
284 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
285 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
286 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
287 is available.
288 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
289 attractive (IMHO).
290 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
291 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
292 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
293 marks.
294 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
295 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
296 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
297 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
298
2992.62:
300 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
301
3022.61:
303 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
304 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
305 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
306 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
307 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
308 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
309 is bordered in red.
310 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
311 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
312 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
313 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
314 files.
315
3162.60:
317 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
318 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
319 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
320 be refreshed in the archive.
321 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
322 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
323
3242.59:
325 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
326 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
327 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
328
3292.58:
330 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
331 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
332 help to reflect this.
333 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
334 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
335 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
336
3372.57:
338 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
339 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
340 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
341
3422.56:
343 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
344 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
345
3462.55:
347 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
348 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
349
3502.54:
351 o Small tweaks.
352 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
353 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
354
3552.53:
356 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
357 selected files more quickly and easily.
358 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
359 Netscape were choking on it (a).
360 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
361 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
362 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
363 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
364
3652.52:
366 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
367 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
368 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
369 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
370 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
371 standard, then stick to it? Please?
372 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
373 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
374
3752.51:
376 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
377 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
378 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
379 user request.
380 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
381 user request.
382 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
383 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
384 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
385 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
386 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
387 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
388 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
389 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
390 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
391 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
392 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
393 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
394 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
395 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
396 still work correctly with this change.
397 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
398 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
399 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
400 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
401 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
402 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
403 up with all of it.
404
4052.50b:
406 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
407 image viewer window.
408 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
409 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
410
4112.50a:
412 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
413 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
414 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
415 directories listed in environment variables).
416 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
417 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
418 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
419 registration information.
420 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
421 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
422 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
423 popup menu.
424 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
425 object that didn't already have them (duh).
426 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
427 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
428 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
429 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
430
4312.50:
432 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
433 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
434 viewer.
435 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
436 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
437 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
438 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
439 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
440 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
441 results.
442 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
443 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
444 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
445 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
446 added file system type to end of string on user request.
447 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
448 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
449 It could happen.
450 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
451 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
452 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
453 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
454 o Note new internet address.
455 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
456 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
457 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
458 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
459 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
460 one :-).
461 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
462 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
463 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
464 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
465 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
466 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
467 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
468 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
469 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
470 even notice.
471
4722.49:
473 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
474 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
475 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
476 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
477 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
478 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
479 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
480 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
481 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
482 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
483 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
484 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
485 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
486
4872.48a:
488 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
489 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
490 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
491 o More Merlin preparations.
492 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
493 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
494 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
495 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
496 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
497 the Joneses? :-)
498
4992.48:
500 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
501 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
502 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
503 under Merlin.
504 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
505 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
506 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
507 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
508 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
509 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
510 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
511 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
512 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
513 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
514 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
515 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
516 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
517 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
518 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
519 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
520 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
521 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
522 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
523 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
524 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
525 machine.
526 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
527 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
528 o Keys help added per user request.
529
5302.47:
531 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
532 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
533 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
534 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
535 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
536 submenu selected.
537 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
538 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
539 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
540 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
541 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
542 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
543 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
544 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
545 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
546 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
547 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
548 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
549 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
550 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
551 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
552 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
553 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
554 Container to change directories.
555 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
556 questions.
557
5582.46:
559 o Fixed drive button bug.
560 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
561 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
562 the real thing.
563
5642.45:
565 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
566 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
567 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
568 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
569 was closed.
570 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
571 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
572 Scan.
573
5742.44:
575 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
576 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
577 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
578 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
579 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
580 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
581 user-defined bitmap.
582 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
583 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
584 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
585 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
586 for possible later retrieval.
587 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
588 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
589 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
590
5912.43:
592 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
593 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
594 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
595 connection, finally).
596 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
597 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
598 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
599 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
600 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
601 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
602 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
603 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
604 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
605 it finishes.
606 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
607 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
608 under older OS/2 versions.
609 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
610 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
611 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
612 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
613 reminder.
614 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
615 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
616
6172.42:
618 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
619 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
620 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
621 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
622 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
623 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
624 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
625 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
626 flags from the command line as an override.
627 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
628 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
629 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
630 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
631 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
632 Directory Container looks.
633 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
634 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
635 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
636 examples).
637 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
638 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
639 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
640 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
641 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
642 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
643 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
644 instead of the internal).
645 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
646 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
647 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
648 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
649 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
650
6512.41:
652 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
653 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
654 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
655 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
656 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
657 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
658 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
659 attractively.
660 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
661 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
662 but not switch to them.
663 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
664 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
665 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
666 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
667 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
668 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
669 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
670 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
671 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
672 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
673 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
674 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
675 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
676 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
677 Shouldn't be a major problem.
678 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
679 know the blamed thing was there.
680 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
681 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
682 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
683 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
684 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
685 paragraph. Something I use.
686 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
687 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
688 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
689 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
690 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
691 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
692 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
693 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
694 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
695 Containers.
696 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
697 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
698 (some things grow with a life of their own).
699 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
700 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
701 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
702 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
703
7042.40:
705 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
706 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
707 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
708 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
709 viewer.
710 o Added %! metastring.
711 o Added default archiver setting.
712 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
713 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
714 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
715 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
716 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
717 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
718 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
719 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
720 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
721 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
722 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
723 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
724 directories.
725 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
726 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
727 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
728
7292.39:
730 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
731 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
732 at FP10+ levels.
733 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
734 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
735 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
736 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
737 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
738 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
739 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
740 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
741 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
742 changed.
743 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
744
7452.38:
746 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
747 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
748 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
749 etc.).
750 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
751 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
752 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
753 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
754 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
755 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
756 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
757 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
758 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
759 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
760 show everything else.
761 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
762 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
763 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
764 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
765 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
766 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
767 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
768 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
769 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
770 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
771 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
772 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
773 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
774 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
775 foreground.
776
7772.37:
778 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
779 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
780 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
781 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
782 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
783 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
784 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
785 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
786 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
787 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
788 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
789 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
790 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
791 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
792 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
793 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
794 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
795 Directory Container.
796
7972.36:
798 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
799 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
800 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
801 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
802 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
803 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
804 o Tutorial section added to online help.
805 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
806 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
807 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
808 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
809 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
810 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
811 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
812 Settings notebook.
813 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
814 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
815 thousandth).
816 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
817 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
818 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
819
8202.35:
821 o Performance tuning.
822 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
823 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
824 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
825 permanent by Adding them as usual.
826 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
827 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
828 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
829 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
830 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
831 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
832 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
833 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
834 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
835 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
836 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
837 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
838
8392.34:
840 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
841 knee-jerk thing to do).
842 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
843 the container is maximized.
844 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
845 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
846 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
847 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
848 interested).
849 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
850 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
851 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
852 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
853 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
854 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
855 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
856 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
857 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
858 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
859 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
860 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
861 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
862 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
863 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
864
8652.33:
866 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
867 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
868 internal Settings notebook).
869 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
870 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
871 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
872 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
873 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
874 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
875 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
876 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
877 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
878 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
879 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
880 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
881 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
882 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
883 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
884
8852.32:
886 o See all files window fleshed out.
887 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
888 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
889 notebook.
890 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
891 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
892 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
893 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
894 of course).
895 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
896 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
897 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
898 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
899 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
900 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
901 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
902 the list.
903
9042.31:
905 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
906 miniapp.
907 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
908 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
909 to the above).
910 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
911 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
912 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
913 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
914 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
915 the archive resides."
916 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
917 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
918 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
919 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
920 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
921 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
922 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
923 o More user suggestions implemented.
924
9252.30:
926 o I forget.
927
9282.29:
929 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
930 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
931 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
932 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
933 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
934 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
935 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
936 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
937 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
938 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
939 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
940 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
941 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
942 list).
943
9442.28:
945 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
946 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
947 dialog).
948 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
949 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
950 current object.
951 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
952 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
953 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
954 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
955 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
956 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
957 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
958 userlist dropdown.
959 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
960 use a DOS app first...
961
9622.27:
963 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
964 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
965 default, BTW).
966 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
967 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
968 weren't before).
969 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
970 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
971 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
972 lines.
973 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
974
9752.26:
976 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
977 filenames.
978 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
979 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
980 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
981 now on...
982 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
983 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
984 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
985 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
986 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
987 client window whitespace.
988 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
989 Edit menu.
990 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
991 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
992 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
993 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
994 command.
995 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
996 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
997 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
998
9992.25:
1000 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1001 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1002
10032.24:
1004 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1005 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1006 lives.
1007 o Undelete enhancements.
1008
10092.23:
1010 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1011 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1012 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1013 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1014 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1015 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1016
10172.22:
1018 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1019 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1020 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1021 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1022 inevitable problem arises.
1023 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1024 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1025
10262.21:
1027 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1028 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1029 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1030 causes default WPS open.
1031 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1032 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1033 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1034 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1035 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1036 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1037 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1038 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1039 o Other stuff I forget.
1040
10412.20:
1042 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1043 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1044 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1045 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1046 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1047 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1048 D&D.
1049 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1050 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1051 Containers.
1052 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1053 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1054 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1055 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1056 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1057 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1058 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1059 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1060 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1061 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1062 it (again).
1063
10642.19:
1065 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1066 alternative to maximizing.
1067 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1068 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1069 windows.
1070 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1071 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1072 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1073 along.
1074 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1075 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1076 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1077 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1078 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1079 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1080 to return to from the maximized state).
1081
10822.18:
1083 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1084 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1085 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1086 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1087 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1088 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1089 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1090
10912.17:
1092 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1093 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1094 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1095 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1096 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1097 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1098
10992.16:
1100 o Added "Update objects" command.
1101 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1102 one (under "Context Menus").
1103 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1104 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1105 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1106 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1107 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1108 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1109 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1110 start working again.
1111
11122.15:
1113 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1114 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1115 o Added "Select List" command.
1116 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1117 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1118 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1119 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1120 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1121 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1122 I'm just the piano player.
1123 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1124 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1125
11262.14:
1127 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1128 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1129 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1130 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1131 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1132 removable media drives.
1133 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1134 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1135 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1136 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1137 update the paths.
1138 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1139 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1140 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1141 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1142 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1143 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1144 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1145 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1146 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1147 to my satisfaction).
1148
11492.13:
1150 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1151 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1152 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1153 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1154 notebook.
1155 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1156 to use HPFS...).
1157 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1158 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1159 maybe a bit more functional.
1160 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1161
11622.12:
1163 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1164 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1165 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1166 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1167 accelerator keys.
1168 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1169
11702.11:
1171 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1172 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1173 give funny default drive.
1174 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1175 data between different INI files.
1176 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1177 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1178 There's a menu item for it.
1179 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1180 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1181 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1182
11832.10:
1184 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1185 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1186 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1187 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1188 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1189 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1190 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1191
11922.09:
1193 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1194 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1195 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1196 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1197 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1198 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1199 to trap.
1200 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1201 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1202 what Ron says...
1203 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1204 o Added optional split status line.
1205
12062.08:
1207 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1208 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1209 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1210 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1211 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1212 you can pick a different drive).
1213 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1214 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1215 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1216 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1217 line argument.
1218
12192.07:
1220 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1221 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1222 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1223 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1224 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1225 other.
1226
12272.06:
1228 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1229 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1230 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1231 root drives from being found.
1232 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1233 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1234 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1235 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1236 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1237 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1238
1239[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1240
12412.00:
1242 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1243 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1244 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1245
1246$Id: HISTORY 562 2007-03-15 00:13:12Z gyoung $
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