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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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33.06
4 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
5 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
6 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
7 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
8 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
9 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
10
113.05.09
12 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
13 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
14 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
15 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
16 o Rework selective error logging logic
17 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
18 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
19 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
20 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
21 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
22 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
23 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
24 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
25 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
26 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
27
283.05 beta08
29 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
30 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
31 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
32 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
33 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
34 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
35 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
36 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
37 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
38 o Help file updates (Gregg)
39 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
40 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
41 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
42 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
43 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
44 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
45
463.05beta07
47 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
48 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
49 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
50 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
51 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
52 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
53 o Update documentation (Gregg)
54 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
55 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
56
573.05beta06
58 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
59 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
60
613.05beta05
62 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
63 o NDFS support by Gregg
64 o Default seek and scan to show files
65 o Rework menus
66 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
67 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
68 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
69
703.05beta04
71 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
72 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
73 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
74 o Avoid spurious error popups
75
763.05beta03
77 o Help file updated by David
78 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
79 o Toolbars reworked by David
80 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
81 o More great bitmaps from David
82
833.05beta02
84 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
85 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
86 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
87
883.05beta01
89 o More great bitmaps from David
90 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
91 o Rework some error messages
92 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
93
943.04
95 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
96 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
97 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
98 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
99 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
100 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
101 o More new icons (thanks David)
102 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
103
1043.04 pre11:
105 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
106 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
107
1083.04 pre10:
109 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
110 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
111
1123.04 pre9:
113 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
114
1153.04 pre8:
116 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
117 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
118
1193.04 pre7:
120 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
121 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
122 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
123 o Minor makefile corrections
124
1253.04 pre6:
126 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
127
1283.04 pre5:
129 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
130 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
131 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
132 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
133 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
134
1353.04 pre4:
136 o Correct longnames display enable
137 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
138 o Support archiver.tmp install
139
1403.04 pre3:
141 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
142 o Support tarlist.cmd install
143 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
144 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
145
1463.04 pre2:
147 o More icon updates (David's v18)
148 o Avoid user directory edit crash
149 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
150
1513.04 pre1:
152 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
153 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
154 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
155 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
156 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
157 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
158
1593.03:
160 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
161 o Correct directory sizes sort
162 o Correct archive sort again
163
1643.02i:
165 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
166 o Lots of work on large file support
167 o Switch to VAC 3.65
168 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
169 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
170 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
171 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
172 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
173 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
174 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
175 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
176
1773.02h:
178 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
179 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
180 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
181
1823.02g:
183 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
184
1853.02f:
186 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
187 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
188 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
189
1903.02e:
191 o More see all files fixes
192 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
193
1943.02d:
195 o Clean up icon usage
196 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
197 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
198 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
199 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
200 o Correct resource strings
201
2023.02c:
203 o Correct broken assignments
204 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
205
2063.02b:
207 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
208
2093.02a:
210 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
211 o Correct archive name display
212
2133.02:
214 o First open source release.
215
2163.01:
217 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
218
2193.00d:
220 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
221 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
222
2233.00c:
224 o More minor bug fixes.
225
2263.00b:
227 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
228
2293.00:
230 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
231 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
232 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
233 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
234 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
235 correspondingly smaller.
236 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
237 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
238 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
239 some more, thus tempting fate.
240 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
241 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
242 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
243 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
244 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
245 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
246 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
247 width.
248 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
249 this stuff built-in now.
250 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
251 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
252 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
253 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
254 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
255 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
256 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
257 confirmation.
258 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
259 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
260 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
261 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
262
2632.67:
264 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
265 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
266 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
267 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
268 recall.
269
2702.66:
271 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
272 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
273 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
274 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
275 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
276 there's no diskette inserted.)
277 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
278 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
279 o Reworked Databar a bit.
280 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
281 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
282
2832.65:
284 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
285 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
286 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
287 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
288 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
289 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
290 best stuff was turned off by default!
291 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
292 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
293 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
294 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
295 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
296 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
297 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
298
2992.64:
300 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
301 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
302 horizontal) there.
303 o More help file work.
304 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
305 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
306 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
307 "touching" files easier.
308
3092.63:
310 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
311 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
312 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
313 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
314 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
315 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
316 is available.
317 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
318 attractive (IMHO).
319 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
320 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
321 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
322 marks.
323 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
324 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
325 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
326 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
327
3282.62:
329 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
330
3312.61:
332 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
333 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
334 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
335 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
336 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
337 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
338 is bordered in red.
339 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
340 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
341 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
342 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
343 files.
344
3452.60:
346 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
347 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
348 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
349 be refreshed in the archive.
350 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
351 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
352
3532.59:
354 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
355 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
356 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
357
3582.58:
359 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
360 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
361 help to reflect this.
362 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
363 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
364 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
365
3662.57:
367 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
368 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
369 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
370
3712.56:
372 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
373 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
374
3752.55:
376 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
377 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
378
3792.54:
380 o Small tweaks.
381 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
382 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
383
3842.53:
385 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
386 selected files more quickly and easily.
387 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
388 Netscape were choking on it (a).
389 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
390 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
391 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
392 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
393
3942.52:
395 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
396 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
397 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
398 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
399 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
400 standard, then stick to it? Please?
401 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
402 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
403
4042.51:
405 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
406 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
407 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
408 user request.
409 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
410 user request.
411 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
412 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
413 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
414 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
415 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
416 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
417 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
418 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
419 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
420 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
421 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
422 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
423 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
424 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
425 still work correctly with this change.
426 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
427 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
428 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
429 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
430 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
431 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
432 up with all of it.
433
4342.50b:
435 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
436 image viewer window.
437 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
438 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
439
4402.50a:
441 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
442 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
443 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
444 directories listed in environment variables).
445 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
446 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
447 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
448 registration information.
449 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
450 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
451 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
452 popup menu.
453 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
454 object that didn't already have them (duh).
455 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
456 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
457 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
458 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
459
4602.50:
461 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
462 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
463 viewer.
464 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
465 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
466 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
467 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
468 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
469 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
470 results.
471 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
472 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
473 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
474 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
475 added file system type to end of string on user request.
476 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
477 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
478 It could happen.
479 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
480 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
481 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
482 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
483 o Note new internet address.
484 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
485 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
486 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
487 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
488 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
489 one :-).
490 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
491 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
492 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
493 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
494 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
495 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
496 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
497 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
498 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
499 even notice.
500
5012.49:
502 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
503 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
504 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
505 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
506 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
507 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
508 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
509 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
510 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
511 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
512 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
513 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
514 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
515
5162.48a:
517 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
518 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
519 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
520 o More Merlin preparations.
521 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
522 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
523 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
524 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
525 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
526 the Joneses? :-)
527
5282.48:
529 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
530 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
531 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
532 under Merlin.
533 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
534 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
535 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
536 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
537 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
538 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
539 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
540 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
541 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
542 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
543 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
544 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
545 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
546 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
547 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
548 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
549 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
550 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
551 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
552 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
553 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
554 machine.
555 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
556 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
557 o Keys help added per user request.
558
5592.47:
560 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
561 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
562 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
563 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
564 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
565 submenu selected.
566 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
567 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
568 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
569 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
570 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
571 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
572 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
573 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
574 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
575 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
576 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
577 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
578 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
579 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
580 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
581 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
582 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
583 Container to change directories.
584 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
585 questions.
586
5872.46:
588 o Fixed drive button bug.
589 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
590 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
591 the real thing.
592
5932.45:
594 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
595 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
596 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
597 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
598 was closed.
599 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
600 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
601 Scan.
602
6032.44:
604 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
605 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
606 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
607 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
608 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
609 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
610 user-defined bitmap.
611 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
612 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
613 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
614 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
615 for possible later retrieval.
616 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
617 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
618 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
619
6202.43:
621 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
622 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
623 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
624 connection, finally).
625 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
626 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
627 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
628 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
629 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
630 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
631 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
632 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
633 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
634 it finishes.
635 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
636 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
637 under older OS/2 versions.
638 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
639 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
640 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
641 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
642 reminder.
643 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
644 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
645
6462.42:
647 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
648 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
649 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
650 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
651 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
652 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
653 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
654 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
655 flags from the command line as an override.
656 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
657 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
658 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
659 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
660 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
661 Directory Container looks.
662 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
663 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
664 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
665 examples).
666 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
667 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
668 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
669 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
670 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
671 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
672 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
673 instead of the internal).
674 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
675 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
676 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
677 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
678 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
679
6802.41:
681 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
682 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
683 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
684 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
685 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
686 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
687 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
688 attractively.
689 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
690 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
691 but not switch to them.
692 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
693 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
694 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
695 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
696 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
697 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
698 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
699 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
700 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
701 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
702 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
703 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
704 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
705 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
706 Shouldn't be a major problem.
707 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
708 know the blamed thing was there.
709 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
710 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
711 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
712 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
713 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
714 paragraph. Something I use.
715 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
716 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
717 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
718 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
719 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
720 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
721 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
722 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
723 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
724 Containers.
725 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
726 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
727 (some things grow with a life of their own).
728 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
729 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
730 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
731 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
732
7332.40:
734 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
735 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
736 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
737 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
738 viewer.
739 o Added %! metastring.
740 o Added default archiver setting.
741 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
742 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
743 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
744 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
745 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
746 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
747 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
748 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
749 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
750 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
751 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
752 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
753 directories.
754 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
755 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
756 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
757
7582.39:
759 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
760 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
761 at FP10+ levels.
762 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
763 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
764 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
765 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
766 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
767 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
768 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
769 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
770 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
771 changed.
772 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
773
7742.38:
775 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
776 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
777 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
778 etc.).
779 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
780 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
781 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
782 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
783 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
784 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
785 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
786 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
787 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
788 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
789 show everything else.
790 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
791 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
792 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
793 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
794 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
795 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
796 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
797 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
798 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
799 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
800 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
801 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
802 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
803 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
804 foreground.
805
8062.37:
807 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
808 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
809 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
810 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
811 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
812 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
813 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
814 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
815 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
816 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
817 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
818 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
819 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
820 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
821 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
822 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
823 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
824 Directory Container.
825
8262.36:
827 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
828 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
829 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
830 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
831 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
832 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
833 o Tutorial section added to online help.
834 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
835 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
836 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
837 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
838 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
839 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
840 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
841 Settings notebook.
842 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
843 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
844 thousandth).
845 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
846 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
847 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
848
8492.35:
850 o Performance tuning.
851 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
852 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
853 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
854 permanent by Adding them as usual.
855 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
856 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
857 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
858 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
859 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
860 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
861 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
862 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
863 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
864 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
865 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
866 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
867
8682.34:
869 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
870 knee-jerk thing to do).
871 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
872 the container is maximized.
873 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
874 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
875 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
876 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
877 interested).
878 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
879 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
880 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
881 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
882 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
883 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
884 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
885 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
886 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
887 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
888 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
889 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
890 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
891 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
892 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
893
8942.33:
895 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
896 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
897 internal Settings notebook).
898 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
899 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
900 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
901 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
902 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
903 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
904 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
905 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
906 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
907 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
908 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
909 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
910 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
911 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
912 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
913
9142.32:
915 o See all files window fleshed out.
916 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
917 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
918 notebook.
919 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
920 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
921 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
922 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
923 of course).
924 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
925 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
926 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
927 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
928 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
929 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
930 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
931 the list.
932
9332.31:
934 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
935 miniapp.
936 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
937 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
938 to the above).
939 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
940 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
941 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
942 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
943 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
944 the archive resides."
945 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
946 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
947 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
948 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
949 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
950 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
951 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
952 o More user suggestions implemented.
953
9542.30:
955 o I forget.
956
9572.29:
958 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
959 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
960 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
961 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
962 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
963 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
964 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
965 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
966 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
967 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
968 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
969 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
970 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
971 list).
972
9732.28:
974 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
975 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
976 dialog).
977 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
978 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
979 current object.
980 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
981 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
982 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
983 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
984 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
985 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
986 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
987 userlist dropdown.
988 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
989 use a DOS app first...
990
9912.27:
992 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
993 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
994 default, BTW).
995 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
996 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
997 weren't before).
998 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
999 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1000 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1001 lines.
1002 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1003
10042.26:
1005 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1006 filenames.
1007 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1008 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1009 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1010 now on...
1011 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1012 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1013 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1014 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1015 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1016 client window whitespace.
1017 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1018 Edit menu.
1019 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1020 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1021 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1022 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1023 command.
1024 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1025 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1026 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1027
10282.25:
1029 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1030 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1031
10322.24:
1033 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1034 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1035 lives.
1036 o Undelete enhancements.
1037
10382.23:
1039 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1040 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1041 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1042 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1043 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1044 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1045
10462.22:
1047 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1048 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1049 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1050 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1051 inevitable problem arises.
1052 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1053 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1054
10552.21:
1056 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1057 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1058 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1059 causes default WPS open.
1060 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1061 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1062 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1063 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1064 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1065 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1066 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1067 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1068 o Other stuff I forget.
1069
10702.20:
1071 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1072 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1073 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1074 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1075 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1076 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1077 D&D.
1078 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1079 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1080 Containers.
1081 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1082 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1083 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1084 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1085 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1086 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1087 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1088 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1089 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1090 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1091 it (again).
1092
10932.19:
1094 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1095 alternative to maximizing.
1096 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1097 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1098 windows.
1099 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1100 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1101 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1102 along.
1103 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1104 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1105 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1106 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1107 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1108 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1109 to return to from the maximized state).
1110
11112.18:
1112 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1113 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1114 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1115 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1116 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1117 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1118 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1119
11202.17:
1121 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1122 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1123 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1124 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1125 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1126 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1127
11282.16:
1129 o Added "Update objects" command.
1130 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1131 one (under "Context Menus").
1132 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1133 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1134 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1135 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1136 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1137 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1138 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1139 start working again.
1140
11412.15:
1142 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1143 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1144 o Added "Select List" command.
1145 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1146 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1147 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1148 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1149 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1150 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1151 I'm just the piano player.
1152 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1153 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1154
11552.14:
1156 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1157 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1158 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1159 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1160 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1161 removable media drives.
1162 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1163 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1164 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1165 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1166 update the paths.
1167 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1168 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1169 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1170 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1171 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1172 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1173 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1174 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1175 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1176 to my satisfaction).
1177
11782.13:
1179 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1180 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1181 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1182 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1183 notebook.
1184 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1185 to use HPFS...).
1186 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1187 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1188 maybe a bit more functional.
1189 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1190
11912.12:
1192 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1193 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1194 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1195 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1196 accelerator keys.
1197 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1198
11992.11:
1200 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1201 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1202 give funny default drive.
1203 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1204 data between different INI files.
1205 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1206 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1207 There's a menu item for it.
1208 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1209 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1210 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1211
12122.10:
1213 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1214 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1215 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1216 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1217 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1218 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1219 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1220
12212.09:
1222 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1223 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1224 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1225 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1226 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1227 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1228 to trap.
1229 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1230 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1231 what Ron says...
1232 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1233 o Added optional split status line.
1234
12352.08:
1236 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1237 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1238 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1239 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1240 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1241 you can pick a different drive).
1242 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1243 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1244 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1245 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1246 line argument.
1247
12482.07:
1249 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1250 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1251 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1252 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1253 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1254 other.
1255
12562.06:
1257 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1258 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1259 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1260 root drives from being found.
1261 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1262 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1263 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1264 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1265 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1266 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1267
1268[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1269
12702.00:
1271 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1272 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1273 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1274
1275$Id: HISTORY 715 2007-06-28 03:36:49Z stevenhl $
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