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Last change on this file since 687 was 687, checked in by Gregg Young, 18 years ago

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33.05.09
4 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
5 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
6 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
7 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
8 o Rework selective error logging logic
9 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
10 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
11 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
12 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
13 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
14 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
15 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
16 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
17 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
18 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
19
203.05 beta08
21 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
22 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
23 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
24 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
25 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
26 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
27 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
28 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
29 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
30 o Help file updates (Gregg)
31 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
32 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
33 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
34 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
35 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
36 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
37
383.05beta07
39 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
40 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
41 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
42 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
43 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
44 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
45 o Update documentation (Gregg)
46 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
47 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
48
493.05beta06
50 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
51 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
52
533.05beta05
54 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
55 o NDFS support by Gregg
56 o Default seek and scan to show files
57 o Rework menus
58 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
59 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
60 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
61
623.05beta04
63 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
64 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
65 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
66 o Avoid spurious error popups
67
683.05beta03
69 o Help file updated by David
70 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
71 o Toolbars reworked by David
72 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
73 o More great bitmaps from David
74
753.05beta02
76 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
77 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
78 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
79
803.05beta01
81 o More great bitmaps from David
82 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
83 o Rework some error messages
84 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
85
863.04
87 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
88 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
89 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
90 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
91 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
92 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
93 o More new icons (thanks David)
94 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
95
963.04 pre11:
97 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
98 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
99
1003.04 pre10:
101 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
102 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
103
1043.04 pre9:
105 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
106
1073.04 pre8:
108 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
109 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
110
1113.04 pre7:
112 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
113 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
114 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
115 o Minor makefile corrections
116
1173.04 pre6:
118 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
119
1203.04 pre5:
121 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
122 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
123 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
124 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
125 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
126
1273.04 pre4:
128 o Correct longnames display enable
129 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
130 o Support archiver.tmp install
131
1323.04 pre3:
133 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
134 o Support tarlist.cmd install
135 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
136 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
137
1383.04 pre2:
139 o More icon updates (David's v18)
140 o Avoid user directory edit crash
141 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
142
1433.04 pre1:
144 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
145 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
146 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
147 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
148 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
149 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
150
1513.03:
152 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
153 o Correct directory sizes sort
154 o Correct archive sort again
155
1563.02i:
157 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
158 o Lots of work on large file support
159 o Switch to VAC 3.65
160 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
161 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
162 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
163 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
164 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
165 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
166 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
167 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
168
1693.02h:
170 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
171 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
172 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
173
1743.02g:
175 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
176
1773.02f:
178 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
179 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
180 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
181
1823.02e:
183 o More see all files fixes
184 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
185
1863.02d:
187 o Clean up icon usage
188 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
189 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
190 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
191 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
192 o Correct resource strings
193
1943.02c:
195 o Correct broken assignments
196 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
197
1983.02b:
199 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
200
2013.02a:
202 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
203 o Correct archive name display
204
2053.02:
206 o First open source release.
207
2083.01:
209 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
210
2113.00d:
212 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
213 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
214
2153.00c:
216 o More minor bug fixes.
217
2183.00b:
219 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
220
2213.00:
222 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
223 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
224 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
225 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
226 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
227 correspondingly smaller.
228 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
229 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
230 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
231 some more, thus tempting fate.
232 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
233 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
234 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
235 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
236 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
237 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
238 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
239 width.
240 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
241 this stuff built-in now.
242 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
243 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
244 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
245 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
246 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
247 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
248 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
249 confirmation.
250 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
251 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
252 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
253 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
254
2552.67:
256 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
257 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
258 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
259 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
260 recall.
261
2622.66:
263 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
264 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
265 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
266 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
267 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
268 there's no diskette inserted.)
269 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
270 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
271 o Reworked Databar a bit.
272 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
273 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
274
2752.65:
276 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
277 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
278 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
279 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
280 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
281 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
282 best stuff was turned off by default!
283 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
284 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
285 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
286 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
287 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
288 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
289 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
290
2912.64:
292 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
293 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
294 horizontal) there.
295 o More help file work.
296 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
297 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
298 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
299 "touching" files easier.
300
3012.63:
302 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
303 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
304 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
305 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
306 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
307 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
308 is available.
309 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
310 attractive (IMHO).
311 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
312 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
313 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
314 marks.
315 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
316 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
317 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
318 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
319
3202.62:
321 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
322
3232.61:
324 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
325 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
326 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
327 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
328 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
329 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
330 is bordered in red.
331 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
332 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
333 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
334 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
335 files.
336
3372.60:
338 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
339 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
340 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
341 be refreshed in the archive.
342 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
343 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
344
3452.59:
346 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
347 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
348 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
349
3502.58:
351 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
352 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
353 help to reflect this.
354 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
355 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
356 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
357
3582.57:
359 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
360 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
361 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
362
3632.56:
364 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
365 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
366
3672.55:
368 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
369 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
370
3712.54:
372 o Small tweaks.
373 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
374 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
375
3762.53:
377 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
378 selected files more quickly and easily.
379 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
380 Netscape were choking on it (a).
381 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
382 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
383 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
384 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
385
3862.52:
387 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
388 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
389 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
390 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
391 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
392 standard, then stick to it? Please?
393 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
394 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
395
3962.51:
397 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
398 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
399 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
400 user request.
401 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
402 user request.
403 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
404 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
405 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
406 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
407 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
408 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
409 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
410 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
411 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
412 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
413 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
414 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
415 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
416 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
417 still work correctly with this change.
418 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
419 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
420 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
421 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
422 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
423 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
424 up with all of it.
425
4262.50b:
427 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
428 image viewer window.
429 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
430 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
431
4322.50a:
433 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
434 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
435 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
436 directories listed in environment variables).
437 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
438 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
439 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
440 registration information.
441 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
442 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
443 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
444 popup menu.
445 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
446 object that didn't already have them (duh).
447 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
448 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
449 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
450 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
451
4522.50:
453 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
454 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
455 viewer.
456 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
457 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
458 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
459 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
460 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
461 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
462 results.
463 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
464 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
465 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
466 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
467 added file system type to end of string on user request.
468 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
469 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
470 It could happen.
471 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
472 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
473 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
474 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
475 o Note new internet address.
476 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
477 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
478 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
479 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
480 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
481 one :-).
482 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
483 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
484 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
485 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
486 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
487 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
488 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
489 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
490 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
491 even notice.
492
4932.49:
494 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
495 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
496 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
497 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
498 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
499 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
500 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
501 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
502 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
503 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
504 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
505 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
506 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
507
5082.48a:
509 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
510 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
511 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
512 o More Merlin preparations.
513 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
514 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
515 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
516 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
517 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
518 the Joneses? :-)
519
5202.48:
521 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
522 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
523 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
524 under Merlin.
525 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
526 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
527 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
528 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
529 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
530 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
531 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
532 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
533 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
534 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
535 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
536 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
537 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
538 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
539 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
540 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
541 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
542 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
543 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
544 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
545 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
546 machine.
547 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
548 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
549 o Keys help added per user request.
550
5512.47:
552 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
553 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
554 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
555 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
556 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
557 submenu selected.
558 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
559 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
560 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
561 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
562 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
563 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
564 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
565 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
566 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
567 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
568 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
569 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
570 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
571 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
572 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
573 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
574 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
575 Container to change directories.
576 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
577 questions.
578
5792.46:
580 o Fixed drive button bug.
581 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
582 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
583 the real thing.
584
5852.45:
586 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
587 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
588 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
589 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
590 was closed.
591 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
592 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
593 Scan.
594
5952.44:
596 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
597 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
598 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
599 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
600 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
601 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
602 user-defined bitmap.
603 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
604 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
605 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
606 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
607 for possible later retrieval.
608 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
609 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
610 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
611
6122.43:
613 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
614 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
615 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
616 connection, finally).
617 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
618 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
619 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
620 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
621 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
622 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
623 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
624 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
625 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
626 it finishes.
627 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
628 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
629 under older OS/2 versions.
630 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
631 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
632 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
633 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
634 reminder.
635 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
636 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
637
6382.42:
639 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
640 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
641 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
642 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
643 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
644 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
645 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
646 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
647 flags from the command line as an override.
648 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
649 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
650 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
651 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
652 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
653 Directory Container looks.
654 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
655 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
656 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
657 examples).
658 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
659 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
660 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
661 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
662 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
663 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
664 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
665 instead of the internal).
666 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
667 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
668 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
669 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
670 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
671
6722.41:
673 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
674 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
675 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
676 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
677 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
678 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
679 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
680 attractively.
681 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
682 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
683 but not switch to them.
684 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
685 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
686 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
687 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
688 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
689 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
690 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
691 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
692 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
693 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
694 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
695 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
696 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
697 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
698 Shouldn't be a major problem.
699 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
700 know the blamed thing was there.
701 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
702 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
703 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
704 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
705 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
706 paragraph. Something I use.
707 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
708 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
709 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
710 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
711 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
712 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
713 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
714 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
715 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
716 Containers.
717 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
718 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
719 (some things grow with a life of their own).
720 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
721 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
722 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
723 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
724
7252.40:
726 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
727 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
728 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
729 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
730 viewer.
731 o Added %! metastring.
732 o Added default archiver setting.
733 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
734 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
735 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
736 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
737 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
738 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
739 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
740 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
741 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
742 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
743 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
744 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
745 directories.
746 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
747 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
748 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
749
7502.39:
751 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
752 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
753 at FP10+ levels.
754 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
755 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
756 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
757 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
758 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
759 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
760 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
761 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
762 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
763 changed.
764 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
765
7662.38:
767 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
768 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
769 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
770 etc.).
771 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
772 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
773 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
774 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
775 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
776 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
777 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
778 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
779 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
780 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
781 show everything else.
782 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
783 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
784 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
785 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
786 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
787 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
788 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
789 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
790 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
791 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
792 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
793 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
794 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
795 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
796 foreground.
797
7982.37:
799 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
800 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
801 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
802 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
803 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
804 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
805 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
806 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
807 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
808 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
809 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
810 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
811 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
812 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
813 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
814 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
815 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
816 Directory Container.
817
8182.36:
819 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
820 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
821 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
822 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
823 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
824 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
825 o Tutorial section added to online help.
826 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
827 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
828 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
829 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
830 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
831 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
832 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
833 Settings notebook.
834 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
835 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
836 thousandth).
837 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
838 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
839 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
840
8412.35:
842 o Performance tuning.
843 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
844 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
845 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
846 permanent by Adding them as usual.
847 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
848 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
849 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
850 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
851 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
852 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
853 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
854 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
855 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
856 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
857 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
858 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
859
8602.34:
861 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
862 knee-jerk thing to do).
863 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
864 the container is maximized.
865 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
866 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
867 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
868 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
869 interested).
870 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
871 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
872 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
873 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
874 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
875 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
876 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
877 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
878 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
879 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
880 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
881 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
882 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
883 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
884 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
885
8862.33:
887 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
888 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
889 internal Settings notebook).
890 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
891 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
892 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
893 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
894 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
895 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
896 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
897 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
898 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
899 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
900 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
901 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
902 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
903 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
904 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
905
9062.32:
907 o See all files window fleshed out.
908 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
909 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
910 notebook.
911 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
912 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
913 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
914 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
915 of course).
916 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
917 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
918 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
919 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
920 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
921 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
922 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
923 the list.
924
9252.31:
926 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
927 miniapp.
928 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
929 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
930 to the above).
931 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
932 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
933 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
934 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
935 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
936 the archive resides."
937 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
938 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
939 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
940 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
941 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
942 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
943 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
944 o More user suggestions implemented.
945
9462.30:
947 o I forget.
948
9492.29:
950 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
951 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
952 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
953 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
954 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
955 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
956 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
957 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
958 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
959 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
960 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
961 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
962 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
963 list).
964
9652.28:
966 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
967 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
968 dialog).
969 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
970 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
971 current object.
972 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
973 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
974 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
975 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
976 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
977 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
978 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
979 userlist dropdown.
980 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
981 use a DOS app first...
982
9832.27:
984 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
985 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
986 default, BTW).
987 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
988 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
989 weren't before).
990 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
991 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
992 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
993 lines.
994 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
995
9962.26:
997 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
998 filenames.
999 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1000 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1001 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1002 now on...
1003 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1004 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1005 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1006 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1007 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1008 client window whitespace.
1009 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1010 Edit menu.
1011 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1012 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1013 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1014 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1015 command.
1016 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1017 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1018 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1019
10202.25:
1021 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1022 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1023
10242.24:
1025 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1026 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1027 lives.
1028 o Undelete enhancements.
1029
10302.23:
1031 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1032 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1033 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1034 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1035 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1036 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1037
10382.22:
1039 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1040 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1041 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1042 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1043 inevitable problem arises.
1044 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1045 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1046
10472.21:
1048 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1049 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1050 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1051 causes default WPS open.
1052 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1053 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1054 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1055 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1056 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1057 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1058 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1059 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1060 o Other stuff I forget.
1061
10622.20:
1063 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1064 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1065 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1066 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1067 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1068 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1069 D&D.
1070 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1071 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1072 Containers.
1073 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1074 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1075 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1076 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1077 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1078 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1079 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1080 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1081 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1082 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1083 it (again).
1084
10852.19:
1086 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1087 alternative to maximizing.
1088 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1089 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1090 windows.
1091 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1092 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1093 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1094 along.
1095 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1096 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1097 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1098 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1099 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1100 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1101 to return to from the maximized state).
1102
11032.18:
1104 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1105 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1106 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1107 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1108 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1109 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1110 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1111
11122.17:
1113 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1114 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1115 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1116 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1117 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1118 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1119
11202.16:
1121 o Added "Update objects" command.
1122 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1123 one (under "Context Menus").
1124 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1125 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1126 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1127 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1128 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1129 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1130 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1131 start working again.
1132
11332.15:
1134 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1135 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1136 o Added "Select List" command.
1137 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1138 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1139 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1140 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1141 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1142 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1143 I'm just the piano player.
1144 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1145 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1146
11472.14:
1148 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1149 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1150 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1151 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1152 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1153 removable media drives.
1154 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1155 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1156 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1157 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1158 update the paths.
1159 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1160 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1161 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1162 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1163 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1164 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1165 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1166 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1167 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1168 to my satisfaction).
1169
11702.13:
1171 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1172 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1173 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1174 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1175 notebook.
1176 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1177 to use HPFS...).
1178 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1179 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1180 maybe a bit more functional.
1181 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1182
11832.12:
1184 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1185 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1186 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1187 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1188 accelerator keys.
1189 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1190
11912.11:
1192 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1193 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1194 give funny default drive.
1195 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1196 data between different INI files.
1197 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1198 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1199 There's a menu item for it.
1200 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1201 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1202 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1203
12042.10:
1205 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1206 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1207 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1208 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1209 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1210 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1211 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1212
12132.09:
1214 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1215 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1216 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1217 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1218 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1219 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1220 to trap.
1221 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1222 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1223 what Ron says...
1224 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1225 o Added optional split status line.
1226
12272.08:
1228 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1229 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1230 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1231 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1232 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1233 you can pick a different drive).
1234 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1235 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1236 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1237 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1238 line argument.
1239
12402.07:
1241 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1242 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1243 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1244 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1245 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1246 other.
1247
12482.06:
1249 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1250 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1251 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1252 root drives from being found.
1253 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1254 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1255 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1256 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1257 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1258 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1259
1260[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1261
12622.00:
1263 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1264 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1265 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1266
1267$Id: HISTORY 687 2007-06-10 20:41:52Z gyoung $
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