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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
2
33.06 (pending)
4 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit
5 o Mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently
6
73.05.09
8 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
9 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
10 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
11 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
12 o Rework selective error logging logic
13 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
14 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
15 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
16 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
17 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
18 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
19 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
20 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
21 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
22 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
23
243.05 beta08
25 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
26 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
27 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
28 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
29 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
30 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
31 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
32 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
33 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
34 o Help file updates (Gregg)
35 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
36 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
37 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
38 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
39 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
40 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
41
423.05beta07
43 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
44 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
45 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
46 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
47 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
48 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
49 o Update documentation (Gregg)
50 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
51 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
52
533.05beta06
54 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
55 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
56
573.05beta05
58 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
59 o NDFS support by Gregg
60 o Default seek and scan to show files
61 o Rework menus
62 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
63 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
64 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
65
663.05beta04
67 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
68 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
69 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
70 o Avoid spurious error popups
71
723.05beta03
73 o Help file updated by David
74 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
75 o Toolbars reworked by David
76 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
77 o More great bitmaps from David
78
793.05beta02
80 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
81 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
82 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
83
843.05beta01
85 o More great bitmaps from David
86 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
87 o Rework some error messages
88 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
89
903.04
91 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
92 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
93 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
94 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
95 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
96 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
97 o More new icons (thanks David)
98 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
99
1003.04 pre11:
101 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
102 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
103
1043.04 pre10:
105 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
106 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
107
1083.04 pre9:
109 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
110
1113.04 pre8:
112 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
113 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
114
1153.04 pre7:
116 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
117 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
118 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
119 o Minor makefile corrections
120
1213.04 pre6:
122 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
123
1243.04 pre5:
125 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
126 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
127 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
128 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
129 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
130
1313.04 pre4:
132 o Correct longnames display enable
133 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
134 o Support archiver.tmp install
135
1363.04 pre3:
137 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
138 o Support tarlist.cmd install
139 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
140 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
141
1423.04 pre2:
143 o More icon updates (David's v18)
144 o Avoid user directory edit crash
145 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
146
1473.04 pre1:
148 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
149 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
150 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
151 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
152 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
153 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
154
1553.03:
156 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
157 o Correct directory sizes sort
158 o Correct archive sort again
159
1603.02i:
161 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
162 o Lots of work on large file support
163 o Switch to VAC 3.65
164 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
165 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
166 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
167 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
168 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
169 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
170 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
171 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
172
1733.02h:
174 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
175 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
176 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
177
1783.02g:
179 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
180
1813.02f:
182 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
183 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
184 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
185
1863.02e:
187 o More see all files fixes
188 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
189
1903.02d:
191 o Clean up icon usage
192 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
193 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
194 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
195 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
196 o Correct resource strings
197
1983.02c:
199 o Correct broken assignments
200 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
201
2023.02b:
203 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
204
2053.02a:
206 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
207 o Correct archive name display
208
2093.02:
210 o First open source release.
211
2123.01:
213 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
214
2153.00d:
216 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
217 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
218
2193.00c:
220 o More minor bug fixes.
221
2223.00b:
223 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
224
2253.00:
226 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
227 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
228 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
229 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
230 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
231 correspondingly smaller.
232 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
233 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
234 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
235 some more, thus tempting fate.
236 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
237 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
238 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
239 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
240 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
241 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
242 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
243 width.
244 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
245 this stuff built-in now.
246 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
247 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
248 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
249 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
250 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
251 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
252 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
253 confirmation.
254 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
255 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
256 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
257 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
258
2592.67:
260 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
261 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
262 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
263 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
264 recall.
265
2662.66:
267 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
268 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
269 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
270 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
271 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
272 there's no diskette inserted.)
273 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
274 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
275 o Reworked Databar a bit.
276 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
277 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
278
2792.65:
280 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
281 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
282 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
283 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
284 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
285 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
286 best stuff was turned off by default!
287 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
288 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
289 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
290 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
291 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
292 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
293 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
294
2952.64:
296 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
297 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
298 horizontal) there.
299 o More help file work.
300 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
301 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
302 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
303 "touching" files easier.
304
3052.63:
306 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
307 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
308 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
309 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
310 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
311 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
312 is available.
313 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
314 attractive (IMHO).
315 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
316 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
317 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
318 marks.
319 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
320 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
321 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
322 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
323
3242.62:
325 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
326
3272.61:
328 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
329 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
330 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
331 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
332 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
333 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
334 is bordered in red.
335 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
336 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
337 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
338 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
339 files.
340
3412.60:
342 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
343 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
344 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
345 be refreshed in the archive.
346 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
347 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
348
3492.59:
350 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
351 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
352 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
353
3542.58:
355 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
356 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
357 help to reflect this.
358 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
359 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
360 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
361
3622.57:
363 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
364 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
365 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
366
3672.56:
368 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
369 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
370
3712.55:
372 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
373 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
374
3752.54:
376 o Small tweaks.
377 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
378 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
379
3802.53:
381 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
382 selected files more quickly and easily.
383 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
384 Netscape were choking on it (a).
385 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
386 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
387 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
388 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
389
3902.52:
391 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
392 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
393 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
394 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
395 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
396 standard, then stick to it? Please?
397 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
398 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
399
4002.51:
401 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
402 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
403 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
404 user request.
405 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
406 user request.
407 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
408 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
409 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
410 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
411 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
412 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
413 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
414 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
415 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
416 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
417 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
418 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
419 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
420 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
421 still work correctly with this change.
422 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
423 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
424 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
425 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
426 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
427 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
428 up with all of it.
429
4302.50b:
431 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
432 image viewer window.
433 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
434 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
435
4362.50a:
437 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
438 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
439 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
440 directories listed in environment variables).
441 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
442 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
443 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
444 registration information.
445 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
446 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
447 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
448 popup menu.
449 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
450 object that didn't already have them (duh).
451 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
452 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
453 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
454 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
455
4562.50:
457 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
458 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
459 viewer.
460 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
461 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
462 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
463 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
464 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
465 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
466 results.
467 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
468 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
469 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
470 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
471 added file system type to end of string on user request.
472 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
473 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
474 It could happen.
475 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
476 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
477 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
478 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
479 o Note new internet address.
480 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
481 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
482 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
483 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
484 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
485 one :-).
486 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
487 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
488 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
489 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
490 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
491 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
492 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
493 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
494 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
495 even notice.
496
4972.49:
498 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
499 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
500 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
501 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
502 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
503 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
504 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
505 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
506 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
507 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
508 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
509 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
510 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
511
5122.48a:
513 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
514 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
515 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
516 o More Merlin preparations.
517 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
518 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
519 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
520 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
521 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
522 the Joneses? :-)
523
5242.48:
525 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
526 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
527 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
528 under Merlin.
529 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
530 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
531 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
532 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
533 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
534 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
535 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
536 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
537 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
538 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
539 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
540 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
541 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
542 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
543 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
544 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
545 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
546 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
547 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
548 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
549 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
550 machine.
551 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
552 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
553 o Keys help added per user request.
554
5552.47:
556 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
557 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
558 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
559 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
560 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
561 submenu selected.
562 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
563 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
564 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
565 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
566 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
567 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
568 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
569 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
570 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
571 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
572 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
573 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
574 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
575 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
576 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
577 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
578 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
579 Container to change directories.
580 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
581 questions.
582
5832.46:
584 o Fixed drive button bug.
585 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
586 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
587 the real thing.
588
5892.45:
590 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
591 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
592 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
593 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
594 was closed.
595 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
596 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
597 Scan.
598
5992.44:
600 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
601 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
602 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
603 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
604 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
605 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
606 user-defined bitmap.
607 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
608 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
609 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
610 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
611 for possible later retrieval.
612 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
613 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
614 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
615
6162.43:
617 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
618 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
619 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
620 connection, finally).
621 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
622 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
623 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
624 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
625 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
626 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
627 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
628 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
629 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
630 it finishes.
631 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
632 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
633 under older OS/2 versions.
634 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
635 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
636 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
637 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
638 reminder.
639 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
640 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
641
6422.42:
643 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
644 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
645 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
646 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
647 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
648 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
649 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
650 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
651 flags from the command line as an override.
652 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
653 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
654 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
655 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
656 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
657 Directory Container looks.
658 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
659 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
660 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
661 examples).
662 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
663 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
664 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
665 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
666 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
667 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
668 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
669 instead of the internal).
670 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
671 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
672 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
673 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
674 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
675
6762.41:
677 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
678 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
679 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
680 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
681 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
682 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
683 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
684 attractively.
685 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
686 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
687 but not switch to them.
688 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
689 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
690 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
691 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
692 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
693 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
694 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
695 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
696 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
697 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
698 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
699 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
700 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
701 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
702 Shouldn't be a major problem.
703 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
704 know the blamed thing was there.
705 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
706 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
707 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
708 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
709 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
710 paragraph. Something I use.
711 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
712 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
713 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
714 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
715 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
716 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
717 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
718 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
719 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
720 Containers.
721 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
722 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
723 (some things grow with a life of their own).
724 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
725 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
726 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
727 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
728
7292.40:
730 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
731 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
732 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
733 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
734 viewer.
735 o Added %! metastring.
736 o Added default archiver setting.
737 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
738 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
739 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
740 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
741 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
742 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
743 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
744 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
745 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
746 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
747 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
748 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
749 directories.
750 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
751 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
752 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
753
7542.39:
755 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
756 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
757 at FP10+ levels.
758 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
759 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
760 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
761 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
762 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
763 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
764 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
765 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
766 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
767 changed.
768 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
769
7702.38:
771 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
772 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
773 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
774 etc.).
775 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
776 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
777 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
778 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
779 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
780 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
781 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
782 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
783 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
784 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
785 show everything else.
786 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
787 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
788 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
789 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
790 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
791 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
792 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
793 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
794 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
795 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
796 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
797 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
798 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
799 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
800 foreground.
801
8022.37:
803 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
804 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
805 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
806 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
807 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
808 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
809 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
810 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
811 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
812 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
813 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
814 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
815 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
816 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
817 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
818 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
819 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
820 Directory Container.
821
8222.36:
823 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
824 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
825 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
826 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
827 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
828 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
829 o Tutorial section added to online help.
830 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
831 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
832 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
833 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
834 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
835 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
836 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
837 Settings notebook.
838 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
839 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
840 thousandth).
841 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
842 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
843 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
844
8452.35:
846 o Performance tuning.
847 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
848 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
849 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
850 permanent by Adding them as usual.
851 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
852 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
853 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
854 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
855 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
856 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
857 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
858 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
859 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
860 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
861 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
862 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
863
8642.34:
865 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
866 knee-jerk thing to do).
867 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
868 the container is maximized.
869 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
870 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
871 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
872 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
873 interested).
874 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
875 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
876 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
877 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
878 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
879 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
880 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
881 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
882 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
883 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
884 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
885 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
886 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
887 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
888 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
889
8902.33:
891 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
892 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
893 internal Settings notebook).
894 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
895 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
896 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
897 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
898 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
899 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
900 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
901 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
902 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
903 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
904 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
905 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
906 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
907 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
908 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
909
9102.32:
911 o See all files window fleshed out.
912 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
913 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
914 notebook.
915 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
916 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
917 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
918 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
919 of course).
920 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
921 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
922 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
923 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
924 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
925 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
926 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
927 the list.
928
9292.31:
930 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
931 miniapp.
932 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
933 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
934 to the above).
935 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
936 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
937 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
938 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
939 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
940 the archive resides."
941 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
942 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
943 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
944 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
945 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
946 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
947 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
948 o More user suggestions implemented.
949
9502.30:
951 o I forget.
952
9532.29:
954 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
955 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
956 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
957 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
958 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
959 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
960 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
961 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
962 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
963 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
964 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
965 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
966 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
967 list).
968
9692.28:
970 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
971 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
972 dialog).
973 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
974 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
975 current object.
976 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
977 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
978 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
979 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
980 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
981 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
982 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
983 userlist dropdown.
984 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
985 use a DOS app first...
986
9872.27:
988 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
989 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
990 default, BTW).
991 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
992 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
993 weren't before).
994 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
995 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
996 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
997 lines.
998 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
999
10002.26:
1001 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1002 filenames.
1003 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1004 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1005 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1006 now on...
1007 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1008 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1009 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1010 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1011 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1012 client window whitespace.
1013 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1014 Edit menu.
1015 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1016 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1017 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1018 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1019 command.
1020 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1021 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1022 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1023
10242.25:
1025 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1026 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1027
10282.24:
1029 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1030 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1031 lives.
1032 o Undelete enhancements.
1033
10342.23:
1035 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1036 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1037 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1038 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1039 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1040 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1041
10422.22:
1043 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1044 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1045 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1046 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1047 inevitable problem arises.
1048 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1049 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1050
10512.21:
1052 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1053 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1054 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1055 causes default WPS open.
1056 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1057 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1058 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1059 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1060 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1061 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1062 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1063 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1064 o Other stuff I forget.
1065
10662.20:
1067 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1068 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1069 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1070 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1071 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1072 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1073 D&D.
1074 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1075 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1076 Containers.
1077 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1078 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1079 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1080 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1081 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1082 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1083 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1084 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1085 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1086 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1087 it (again).
1088
10892.19:
1090 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1091 alternative to maximizing.
1092 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1093 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1094 windows.
1095 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1096 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1097 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1098 along.
1099 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1100 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1101 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1102 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1103 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1104 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1105 to return to from the maximized state).
1106
11072.18:
1108 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1109 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1110 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1111 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1112 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1113 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1114 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1115
11162.17:
1117 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1118 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1119 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1120 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1121 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1122 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1123
11242.16:
1125 o Added "Update objects" command.
1126 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1127 one (under "Context Menus").
1128 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1129 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1130 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1131 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1132 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1133 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1134 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1135 start working again.
1136
11372.15:
1138 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1139 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1140 o Added "Select List" command.
1141 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1142 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1143 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1144 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1145 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1146 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1147 I'm just the piano player.
1148 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1149 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1150
11512.14:
1152 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1153 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1154 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1155 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1156 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1157 removable media drives.
1158 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1159 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1160 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1161 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1162 update the paths.
1163 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1164 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1165 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1166 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1167 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1168 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1169 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1170 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1171 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1172 to my satisfaction).
1173
11742.13:
1175 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1176 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1177 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1178 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1179 notebook.
1180 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1181 to use HPFS...).
1182 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1183 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1184 maybe a bit more functional.
1185 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1186
11872.12:
1188 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1189 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1190 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1191 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1192 accelerator keys.
1193 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1194
11952.11:
1196 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1197 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1198 give funny default drive.
1199 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1200 data between different INI files.
1201 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1202 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1203 There's a menu item for it.
1204 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1205 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1206 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1207
12082.10:
1209 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1210 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1211 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1212 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1213 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1214 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1215 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1216
12172.09:
1218 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1219 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1220 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1221 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1222 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1223 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1224 to trap.
1225 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1226 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1227 what Ron says...
1228 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1229 o Added optional split status line.
1230
12312.08:
1232 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1233 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1234 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1235 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1236 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1237 you can pick a different drive).
1238 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1239 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1240 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1241 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1242 line argument.
1243
12442.07:
1245 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1246 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1247 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1248 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1249 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1250 other.
1251
12522.06:
1253 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1254 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1255 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1256 root drives from being found.
1257 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1258 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1259 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1260 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1261 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1262 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1263
1264[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1265
12662.00:
1267 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1268 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1269 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1270
1271$Id: HISTORY 688 2007-06-10 22:06:03Z gyoung $
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