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33.05.09 (pending)
4 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
5 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash (Steven)
6 o Convert to WarpIN installer (David, John)
7 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM Bug 50 (Gregg)
8 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
9 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
10 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
11 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
12
133.05 beta08
14 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
15 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
16 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
17 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
18 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
19 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
20 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
21 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
22 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
23 o Help file updates (Gregg)
24 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
25 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
26 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
27 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
28 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
29 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
30
313.05beta07
32 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
33 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
34 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
35 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
36 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
37 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
38 o Update documentation (Gregg)
39 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
40 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
41
423.05beta06
43 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
44 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
45
463.05beta05
47 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
48 o NDFS support by Gregg
49 o Default seek and scan to show files
50 o Rework menus
51 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
52 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
53 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
54
553.05beta04
56 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
57 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
58 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
59 o Avoid spurious error popups
60
613.05beta03
62 o Help file updated by David
63 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
64 o Toolbars reworked by David
65 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
66 o More great bitmaps from David
67
683.05beta02
69 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
70 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
71 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
72
733.05beta01
74 o More great bitmaps from David
75 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
76 o Rework some error messages
77 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
78
793.04
80 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
81 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
82 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
83 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
84 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
85 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
86 o More new icons (thanks David)
87 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
88
893.04 pre11:
90 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
91 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
92
933.04 pre10:
94 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
95 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
96
973.04 pre9:
98 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
99
1003.04 pre8:
101 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
102 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
103
1043.04 pre7:
105 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
106 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
107 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
108 o Minor makefile corrections
109
1103.04 pre6:
111 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
112
1133.04 pre5:
114 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
115 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
116 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
117 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
118 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
119
1203.04 pre4:
121 o Correct longnames display enable
122 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
123 o Support archiver.tmp install
124
1253.04 pre3:
126 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
127 o Support tarlist.cmd install
128 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
129 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
130
1313.04 pre2:
132 o More icon updates (David's v18)
133 o Avoid user directory edit crash
134 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
135
1363.04 pre1:
137 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
138 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
139 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
140 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
141 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
142 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
143
1443.03:
145 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
146 o Correct directory sizes sort
147 o Correct archive sort again
148
1493.02i:
150 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
151 o Lots of work on large file support
152 o Switch to VAC 3.65
153 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
154 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
155 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
156 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
157 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
158 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
159 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
160 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
161
1623.02h:
163 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
164 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
165 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
166
1673.02g:
168 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
169
1703.02f:
171 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
172 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
173 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
174
1753.02e:
176 o More see all files fixes
177 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
178
1793.02d:
180 o Clean up icon usage
181 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
182 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
183 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
184 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
185 o Correct resource strings
186
1873.02c:
188 o Correct broken assignments
189 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
190
1913.02b:
192 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
193
1943.02a:
195 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
196 o Correct archive name display
197
1983.02:
199 o First open source release.
200
2013.01:
202 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
203
2043.00d:
205 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
206 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
207
2083.00c:
209 o More minor bug fixes.
210
2113.00b:
212 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
213
2143.00:
215 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
216 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
217 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
218 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
219 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
220 correspondingly smaller.
221 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
222 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
223 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
224 some more, thus tempting fate.
225 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
226 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
227 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
228 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
229 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
230 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
231 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
232 width.
233 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
234 this stuff built-in now.
235 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
236 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
237 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
238 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
239 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
240 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
241 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
242 confirmation.
243 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
244 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
245 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
246 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
247
2482.67:
249 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
250 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
251 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
252 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
253 recall.
254
2552.66:
256 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
257 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
258 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
259 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
260 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
261 there's no diskette inserted.)
262 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
263 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
264 o Reworked Databar a bit.
265 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
266 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
267
2682.65:
269 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
270 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
271 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
272 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
273 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
274 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
275 best stuff was turned off by default!
276 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
277 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
278 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
279 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
280 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
281 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
282 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
283
2842.64:
285 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
286 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
287 horizontal) there.
288 o More help file work.
289 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
290 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
291 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
292 "touching" files easier.
293
2942.63:
295 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
296 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
297 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
298 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
299 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
300 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
301 is available.
302 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
303 attractive (IMHO).
304 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
305 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
306 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
307 marks.
308 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
309 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
310 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
311 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
312
3132.62:
314 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
315
3162.61:
317 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
318 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
319 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
320 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
321 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
322 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
323 is bordered in red.
324 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
325 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
326 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
327 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
328 files.
329
3302.60:
331 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
332 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
333 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
334 be refreshed in the archive.
335 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
336 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
337
3382.59:
339 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
340 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
341 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
342
3432.58:
344 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
345 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
346 help to reflect this.
347 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
348 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
349 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
350
3512.57:
352 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
353 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
354 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
355
3562.56:
357 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
358 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
359
3602.55:
361 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
362 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
363
3642.54:
365 o Small tweaks.
366 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
367 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
368
3692.53:
370 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
371 selected files more quickly and easily.
372 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
373 Netscape were choking on it (a).
374 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
375 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
376 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
377 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
378
3792.52:
380 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
381 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
382 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
383 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
384 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
385 standard, then stick to it? Please?
386 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
387 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
388
3892.51:
390 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
391 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
392 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
393 user request.
394 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
395 user request.
396 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
397 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
398 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
399 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
400 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
401 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
402 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
403 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
404 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
405 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
406 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
407 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
408 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
409 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
410 still work correctly with this change.
411 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
412 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
413 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
414 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
415 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
416 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
417 up with all of it.
418
4192.50b:
420 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
421 image viewer window.
422 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
423 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
424
4252.50a:
426 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
427 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
428 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
429 directories listed in environment variables).
430 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
431 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
432 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
433 registration information.
434 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
435 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
436 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
437 popup menu.
438 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
439 object that didn't already have them (duh).
440 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
441 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
442 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
443 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
444
4452.50:
446 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
447 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
448 viewer.
449 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
450 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
451 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
452 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
453 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
454 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
455 results.
456 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
457 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
458 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
459 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
460 added file system type to end of string on user request.
461 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
462 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
463 It could happen.
464 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
465 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
466 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
467 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
468 o Note new internet address.
469 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
470 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
471 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
472 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
473 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
474 one :-).
475 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
476 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
477 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
478 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
479 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
480 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
481 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
482 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
483 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
484 even notice.
485
4862.49:
487 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
488 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
489 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
490 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
491 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
492 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
493 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
494 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
495 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
496 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
497 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
498 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
499 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
500
5012.48a:
502 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
503 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
504 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
505 o More Merlin preparations.
506 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
507 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
508 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
509 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
510 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
511 the Joneses? :-)
512
5132.48:
514 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
515 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
516 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
517 under Merlin.
518 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
519 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
520 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
521 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
522 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
523 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
524 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
525 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
526 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
527 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
528 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
529 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
530 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
531 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
532 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
533 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
534 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
535 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
536 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
537 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
538 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
539 machine.
540 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
541 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
542 o Keys help added per user request.
543
5442.47:
545 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
546 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
547 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
548 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
549 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
550 submenu selected.
551 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
552 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
553 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
554 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
555 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
556 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
557 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
558 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
559 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
560 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
561 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
562 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
563 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
564 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
565 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
566 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
567 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
568 Container to change directories.
569 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
570 questions.
571
5722.46:
573 o Fixed drive button bug.
574 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
575 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
576 the real thing.
577
5782.45:
579 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
580 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
581 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
582 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
583 was closed.
584 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
585 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
586 Scan.
587
5882.44:
589 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
590 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
591 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
592 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
593 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
594 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
595 user-defined bitmap.
596 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
597 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
598 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
599 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
600 for possible later retrieval.
601 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
602 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
603 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
604
6052.43:
606 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
607 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
608 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
609 connection, finally).
610 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
611 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
612 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
613 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
614 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
615 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
616 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
617 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
618 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
619 it finishes.
620 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
621 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
622 under older OS/2 versions.
623 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
624 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
625 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
626 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
627 reminder.
628 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
629 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
630
6312.42:
632 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
633 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
634 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
635 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
636 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
637 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
638 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
639 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
640 flags from the command line as an override.
641 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
642 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
643 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
644 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
645 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
646 Directory Container looks.
647 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
648 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
649 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
650 examples).
651 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
652 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
653 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
654 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
655 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
656 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
657 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
658 instead of the internal).
659 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
660 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
661 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
662 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
663 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
664
6652.41:
666 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
667 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
668 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
669 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
670 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
671 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
672 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
673 attractively.
674 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
675 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
676 but not switch to them.
677 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
678 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
679 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
680 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
681 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
682 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
683 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
684 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
685 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
686 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
687 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
688 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
689 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
690 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
691 Shouldn't be a major problem.
692 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
693 know the blamed thing was there.
694 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
695 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
696 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
697 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
698 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
699 paragraph. Something I use.
700 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
701 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
702 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
703 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
704 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
705 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
706 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
707 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
708 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
709 Containers.
710 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
711 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
712 (some things grow with a life of their own).
713 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
714 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
715 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
716 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
717
7182.40:
719 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
720 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
721 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
722 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
723 viewer.
724 o Added %! metastring.
725 o Added default archiver setting.
726 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
727 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
728 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
729 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
730 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
731 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
732 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
733 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
734 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
735 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
736 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
737 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
738 directories.
739 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
740 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
741 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
742
7432.39:
744 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
745 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
746 at FP10+ levels.
747 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
748 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
749 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
750 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
751 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
752 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
753 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
754 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
755 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
756 changed.
757 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
758
7592.38:
760 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
761 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
762 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
763 etc.).
764 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
765 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
766 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
767 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
768 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
769 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
770 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
771 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
772 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
773 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
774 show everything else.
775 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
776 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
777 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
778 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
779 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
780 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
781 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
782 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
783 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
784 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
785 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
786 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
787 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
788 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
789 foreground.
790
7912.37:
792 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
793 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
794 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
795 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
796 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
797 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
798 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
799 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
800 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
801 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
802 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
803 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
804 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
805 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
806 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
807 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
808 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
809 Directory Container.
810
8112.36:
812 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
813 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
814 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
815 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
816 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
817 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
818 o Tutorial section added to online help.
819 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
820 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
821 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
822 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
823 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
824 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
825 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
826 Settings notebook.
827 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
828 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
829 thousandth).
830 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
831 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
832 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
833
8342.35:
835 o Performance tuning.
836 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
837 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
838 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
839 permanent by Adding them as usual.
840 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
841 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
842 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
843 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
844 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
845 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
846 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
847 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
848 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
849 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
850 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
851 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
852
8532.34:
854 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
855 knee-jerk thing to do).
856 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
857 the container is maximized.
858 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
859 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
860 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
861 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
862 interested).
863 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
864 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
865 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
866 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
867 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
868 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
869 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
870 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
871 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
872 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
873 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
874 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
875 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
876 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
877 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
878
8792.33:
880 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
881 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
882 internal Settings notebook).
883 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
884 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
885 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
886 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
887 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
888 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
889 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
890 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
891 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
892 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
893 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
894 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
895 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
896 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
897 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
898
8992.32:
900 o See all files window fleshed out.
901 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
902 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
903 notebook.
904 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
905 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
906 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
907 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
908 of course).
909 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
910 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
911 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
912 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
913 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
914 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
915 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
916 the list.
917
9182.31:
919 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
920 miniapp.
921 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
922 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
923 to the above).
924 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
925 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
926 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
927 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
928 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
929 the archive resides."
930 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
931 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
932 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
933 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
934 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
935 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
936 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
937 o More user suggestions implemented.
938
9392.30:
940 o I forget.
941
9422.29:
943 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
944 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
945 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
946 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
947 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
948 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
949 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
950 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
951 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
952 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
953 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
954 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
955 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
956 list).
957
9582.28:
959 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
960 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
961 dialog).
962 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
963 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
964 current object.
965 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
966 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
967 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
968 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
969 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
970 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
971 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
972 userlist dropdown.
973 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
974 use a DOS app first...
975
9762.27:
977 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
978 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
979 default, BTW).
980 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
981 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
982 weren't before).
983 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
984 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
985 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
986 lines.
987 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
988
9892.26:
990 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
991 filenames.
992 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
993 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
994 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
995 now on...
996 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
997 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
998 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
999 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1000 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1001 client window whitespace.
1002 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1003 Edit menu.
1004 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1005 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1006 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1007 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1008 command.
1009 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1010 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1011 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1012
10132.25:
1014 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1015 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1016
10172.24:
1018 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1019 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1020 lives.
1021 o Undelete enhancements.
1022
10232.23:
1024 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1025 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1026 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1027 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1028 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1029 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1030
10312.22:
1032 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1033 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1034 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1035 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1036 inevitable problem arises.
1037 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1038 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1039
10402.21:
1041 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1042 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1043 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1044 causes default WPS open.
1045 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1046 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1047 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1048 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1049 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1050 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1051 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1052 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1053 o Other stuff I forget.
1054
10552.20:
1056 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1057 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1058 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1059 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1060 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1061 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1062 D&D.
1063 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1064 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1065 Containers.
1066 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1067 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1068 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1069 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1070 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1071 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1072 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1073 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1074 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1075 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1076 it (again).
1077
10782.19:
1079 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1080 alternative to maximizing.
1081 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1082 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1083 windows.
1084 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1085 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1086 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1087 along.
1088 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1089 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1090 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1091 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1092 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1093 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1094 to return to from the maximized state).
1095
10962.18:
1097 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1098 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1099 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1100 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1101 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1102 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1103 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1104
11052.17:
1106 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1107 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1108 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1109 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1110 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1111 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1112
11132.16:
1114 o Added "Update objects" command.
1115 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1116 one (under "Context Menus").
1117 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1118 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1119 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1120 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1121 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1122 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1123 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1124 start working again.
1125
11262.15:
1127 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1128 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1129 o Added "Select List" command.
1130 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1131 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1132 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1133 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1134 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1135 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1136 I'm just the piano player.
1137 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1138 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1139
11402.14:
1141 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1142 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1143 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1144 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1145 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1146 removable media drives.
1147 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1148 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1149 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1150 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1151 update the paths.
1152 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1153 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1154 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1155 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1156 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1157 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1158 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1159 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1160 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1161 to my satisfaction).
1162
11632.13:
1164 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1165 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1166 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1167 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1168 notebook.
1169 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1170 to use HPFS...).
1171 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1172 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1173 maybe a bit more functional.
1174 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1175
11762.12:
1177 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1178 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1179 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1180 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1181 accelerator keys.
1182 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1183
11842.11:
1185 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1186 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1187 give funny default drive.
1188 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1189 data between different INI files.
1190 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1191 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1192 There's a menu item for it.
1193 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1194 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1195 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1196
11972.10:
1198 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1199 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1200 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1201 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1202 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1203 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1204 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1205
12062.09:
1207 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1208 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1209 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1210 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1211 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1212 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1213 to trap.
1214 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1215 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1216 what Ron says...
1217 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1218 o Added optional split status line.
1219
12202.08:
1221 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1222 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1223 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1224 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1225 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1226 you can pick a different drive).
1227 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1228 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1229 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1230 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1231 line argument.
1232
12332.07:
1234 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1235 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1236 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1237 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1238 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1239 other.
1240
12412.06:
1242 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1243 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1244 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1245 root drives from being found.
1246 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1247 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1248 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1249 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1250 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1251 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1252
1253[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1254
12552.00:
1256 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1257 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1258 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1259
1260$Id: HISTORY 604 2007-04-06 22:31:38Z gyoung $
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