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33.07 (pending)
4 o Tweak build process (Steven)
5 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
6 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
7 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
8 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switch (Steven)
9 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
10 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
11
123.06
13 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
14 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
15 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
16 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
17 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
18 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
19
203.05.09
21 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
22 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
23 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
24 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
25 o Rework selective error logging logic
26 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
27 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
28 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
29 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
30 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
31 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
32 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
33 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
34 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
35 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
36
373.05 beta08
38 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
39 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
40 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
41 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
42 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
43 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
44 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
45 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
46 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
47 o Help file updates (Gregg)
48 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
49 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
50 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
51 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
52 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
53 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
54
553.05beta07
56 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
57 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
58 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
59 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
60 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
61 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
62 o Update documentation (Gregg)
63 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
64 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
65
663.05beta06
67 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
68 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
69
703.05beta05
71 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
72 o NDFS support by Gregg
73 o Default seek and scan to show files
74 o Rework menus
75 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
76 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
77 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
78
793.05beta04
80 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
81 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
82 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
83 o Avoid spurious error popups
84
853.05beta03
86 o Help file updated by David
87 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
88 o Toolbars reworked by David
89 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
90 o More great bitmaps from David
91
923.05beta02
93 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
94 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
95 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
96
973.05beta01
98 o More great bitmaps from David
99 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
100 o Rework some error messages
101 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
102
1033.04
104 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
105 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
106 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
107 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
108 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
109 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
110 o More new icons (thanks David)
111 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
112
1133.04 pre11:
114 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
115 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
116
1173.04 pre10:
118 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
119 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
120
1213.04 pre9:
122 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
123
1243.04 pre8:
125 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
126 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
127
1283.04 pre7:
129 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
130 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
131 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
132 o Minor makefile corrections
133
1343.04 pre6:
135 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
136
1373.04 pre5:
138 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
139 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
140 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
141 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
142 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
143
1443.04 pre4:
145 o Correct longnames display enable
146 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
147 o Support archiver.tmp install
148
1493.04 pre3:
150 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
151 o Support tarlist.cmd install
152 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
153 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
154
1553.04 pre2:
156 o More icon updates (David's v18)
157 o Avoid user directory edit crash
158 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
159
1603.04 pre1:
161 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
162 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
163 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
164 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
165 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
166 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
167
1683.03:
169 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
170 o Correct directory sizes sort
171 o Correct archive sort again
172
1733.02i:
174 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
175 o Lots of work on large file support
176 o Switch to VAC 3.65
177 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
178 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
179 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
180 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
181 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
182 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
183 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
184 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
185
1863.02h:
187 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
188 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
189 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
190
1913.02g:
192 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
193
1943.02f:
195 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
196 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
197 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
198
1993.02e:
200 o More see all files fixes
201 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
202
2033.02d:
204 o Clean up icon usage
205 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
206 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
207 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
208 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
209 o Correct resource strings
210
2113.02c:
212 o Correct broken assignments
213 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
214
2153.02b:
216 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
217
2183.02a:
219 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
220 o Correct archive name display
221
2223.02:
223 o First open source release.
224
2253.01:
226 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
227
2283.00d:
229 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
230 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
231
2323.00c:
233 o More minor bug fixes.
234
2353.00b:
236 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
237
2383.00:
239 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
240 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
241 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
242 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
243 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
244 correspondingly smaller.
245 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
246 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
247 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
248 some more, thus tempting fate.
249 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
250 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
251 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
252 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
253 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
254 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
255 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
256 width.
257 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
258 this stuff built-in now.
259 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
260 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
261 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
262 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
263 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
264 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
265 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
266 confirmation.
267 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
268 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
269 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
270 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
271
2722.67:
273 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
274 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
275 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
276 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
277 recall.
278
2792.66:
280 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
281 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
282 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
283 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
284 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
285 there's no diskette inserted.)
286 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
287 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
288 o Reworked Databar a bit.
289 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
290 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
291
2922.65:
293 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
294 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
295 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
296 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
297 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
298 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
299 best stuff was turned off by default!
300 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
301 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
302 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
303 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
304 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
305 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
306 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
307
3082.64:
309 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
310 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
311 horizontal) there.
312 o More help file work.
313 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
314 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
315 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
316 "touching" files easier.
317
3182.63:
319 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
320 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
321 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
322 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
323 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
324 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
325 is available.
326 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
327 attractive (IMHO).
328 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
329 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
330 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
331 marks.
332 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
333 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
334 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
335 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
336
3372.62:
338 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
339
3402.61:
341 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
342 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
343 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
344 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
345 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
346 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
347 is bordered in red.
348 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
349 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
350 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
351 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
352 files.
353
3542.60:
355 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
356 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
357 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
358 be refreshed in the archive.
359 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
360 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
361
3622.59:
363 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
364 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
365 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
366
3672.58:
368 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
369 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
370 help to reflect this.
371 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
372 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
373 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
374
3752.57:
376 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
377 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
378 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
379
3802.56:
381 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
382 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
383
3842.55:
385 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
386 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
387
3882.54:
389 o Small tweaks.
390 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
391 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
392
3932.53:
394 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
395 selected files more quickly and easily.
396 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
397 Netscape were choking on it (a).
398 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
399 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
400 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
401 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
402
4032.52:
404 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
405 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
406 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
407 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
408 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
409 standard, then stick to it? Please?
410 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
411 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
412
4132.51:
414 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
415 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
416 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
417 user request.
418 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
419 user request.
420 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
421 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
422 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
423 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
424 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
425 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
426 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
427 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
428 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
429 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
430 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
431 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
432 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
433 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
434 still work correctly with this change.
435 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
436 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
437 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
438 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
439 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
440 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
441 up with all of it.
442
4432.50b:
444 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
445 image viewer window.
446 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
447 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
448
4492.50a:
450 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
451 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
452 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
453 directories listed in environment variables).
454 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
455 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
456 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
457 registration information.
458 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
459 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
460 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
461 popup menu.
462 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
463 object that didn't already have them (duh).
464 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
465 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
466 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
467 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
468
4692.50:
470 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
471 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
472 viewer.
473 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
474 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
475 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
476 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
477 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
478 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
479 results.
480 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
481 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
482 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
483 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
484 added file system type to end of string on user request.
485 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
486 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
487 It could happen.
488 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
489 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
490 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
491 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
492 o Note new internet address.
493 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
494 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
495 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
496 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
497 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
498 one :-).
499 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
500 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
501 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
502 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
503 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
504 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
505 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
506 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
507 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
508 even notice.
509
5102.49:
511 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
512 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
513 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
514 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
515 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
516 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
517 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
518 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
519 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
520 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
521 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
522 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
523 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
524
5252.48a:
526 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
527 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
528 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
529 o More Merlin preparations.
530 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
531 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
532 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
533 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
534 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
535 the Joneses? :-)
536
5372.48:
538 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
539 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
540 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
541 under Merlin.
542 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
543 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
544 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
545 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
546 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
547 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
548 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
549 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
550 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
551 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
552 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
553 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
554 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
555 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
556 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
557 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
558 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
559 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
560 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
561 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
562 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
563 machine.
564 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
565 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
566 o Keys help added per user request.
567
5682.47:
569 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
570 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
571 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
572 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
573 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
574 submenu selected.
575 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
576 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
577 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
578 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
579 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
580 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
581 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
582 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
583 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
584 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
585 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
586 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
587 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
588 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
589 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
590 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
591 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
592 Container to change directories.
593 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
594 questions.
595
5962.46:
597 o Fixed drive button bug.
598 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
599 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
600 the real thing.
601
6022.45:
603 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
604 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
605 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
606 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
607 was closed.
608 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
609 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
610 Scan.
611
6122.44:
613 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
614 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
615 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
616 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
617 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
618 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
619 user-defined bitmap.
620 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
621 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
622 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
623 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
624 for possible later retrieval.
625 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
626 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
627 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
628
6292.43:
630 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
631 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
632 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
633 connection, finally).
634 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
635 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
636 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
637 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
638 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
639 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
640 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
641 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
642 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
643 it finishes.
644 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
645 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
646 under older OS/2 versions.
647 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
648 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
649 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
650 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
651 reminder.
652 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
653 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
654
6552.42:
656 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
657 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
658 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
659 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
660 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
661 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
662 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
663 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
664 flags from the command line as an override.
665 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
666 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
667 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
668 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
669 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
670 Directory Container looks.
671 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
672 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
673 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
674 examples).
675 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
676 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
677 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
678 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
679 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
680 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
681 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
682 instead of the internal).
683 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
684 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
685 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
686 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
687 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
688
6892.41:
690 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
691 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
692 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
693 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
694 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
695 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
696 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
697 attractively.
698 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
699 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
700 but not switch to them.
701 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
702 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
703 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
704 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
705 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
706 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
707 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
708 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
709 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
710 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
711 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
712 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
713 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
714 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
715 Shouldn't be a major problem.
716 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
717 know the blamed thing was there.
718 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
719 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
720 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
721 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
722 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
723 paragraph. Something I use.
724 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
725 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
726 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
727 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
728 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
729 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
730 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
731 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
732 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
733 Containers.
734 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
735 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
736 (some things grow with a life of their own).
737 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
738 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
739 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
740 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
741
7422.40:
743 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
744 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
745 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
746 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
747 viewer.
748 o Added %! metastring.
749 o Added default archiver setting.
750 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
751 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
752 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
753 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
754 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
755 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
756 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
757 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
758 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
759 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
760 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
761 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
762 directories.
763 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
764 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
765 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
766
7672.39:
768 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
769 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
770 at FP10+ levels.
771 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
772 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
773 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
774 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
775 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
776 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
777 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
778 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
779 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
780 changed.
781 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
782
7832.38:
784 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
785 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
786 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
787 etc.).
788 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
789 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
790 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
791 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
792 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
793 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
794 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
795 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
796 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
797 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
798 show everything else.
799 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
800 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
801 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
802 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
803 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
804 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
805 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
806 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
807 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
808 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
809 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
810 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
811 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
812 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
813 foreground.
814
8152.37:
816 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
817 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
818 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
819 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
820 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
821 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
822 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
823 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
824 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
825 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
826 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
827 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
828 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
829 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
830 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
831 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
832 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
833 Directory Container.
834
8352.36:
836 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
837 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
838 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
839 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
840 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
841 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
842 o Tutorial section added to online help.
843 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
844 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
845 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
846 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
847 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
848 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
849 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
850 Settings notebook.
851 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
852 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
853 thousandth).
854 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
855 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
856 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
857
8582.35:
859 o Performance tuning.
860 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
861 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
862 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
863 permanent by Adding them as usual.
864 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
865 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
866 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
867 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
868 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
869 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
870 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
871 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
872 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
873 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
874 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
875 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
876
8772.34:
878 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
879 knee-jerk thing to do).
880 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
881 the container is maximized.
882 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
883 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
884 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
885 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
886 interested).
887 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
888 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
889 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
890 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
891 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
892 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
893 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
894 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
895 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
896 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
897 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
898 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
899 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
900 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
901 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
902
9032.33:
904 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
905 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
906 internal Settings notebook).
907 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
908 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
909 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
910 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
911 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
912 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
913 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
914 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
915 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
916 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
917 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
918 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
919 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
920 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
921 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
922
9232.32:
924 o See all files window fleshed out.
925 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
926 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
927 notebook.
928 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
929 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
930 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
931 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
932 of course).
933 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
934 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
935 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
936 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
937 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
938 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
939 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
940 the list.
941
9422.31:
943 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
944 miniapp.
945 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
946 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
947 to the above).
948 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
949 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
950 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
951 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
952 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
953 the archive resides."
954 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
955 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
956 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
957 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
958 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
959 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
960 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
961 o More user suggestions implemented.
962
9632.30:
964 o I forget.
965
9662.29:
967 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
968 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
969 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
970 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
971 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
972 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
973 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
974 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
975 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
976 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
977 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
978 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
979 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
980 list).
981
9822.28:
983 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
984 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
985 dialog).
986 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
987 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
988 current object.
989 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
990 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
991 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
992 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
993 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
994 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
995 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
996 userlist dropdown.
997 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
998 use a DOS app first...
999
10002.27:
1001 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1002 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1003 default, BTW).
1004 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1005 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1006 weren't before).
1007 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1008 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1009 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1010 lines.
1011 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1012
10132.26:
1014 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1015 filenames.
1016 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1017 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1018 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1019 now on...
1020 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1021 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1022 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1023 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1024 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1025 client window whitespace.
1026 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1027 Edit menu.
1028 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1029 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1030 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1031 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1032 command.
1033 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1034 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1035 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1036
10372.25:
1038 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1039 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1040
10412.24:
1042 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1043 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1044 lives.
1045 o Undelete enhancements.
1046
10472.23:
1048 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1049 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1050 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1051 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1052 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1053 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1054
10552.22:
1056 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1057 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1058 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1059 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1060 inevitable problem arises.
1061 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1062 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1063
10642.21:
1065 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1066 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1067 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1068 causes default WPS open.
1069 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1070 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1071 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1072 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1073 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1074 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1075 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1076 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1077 o Other stuff I forget.
1078
10792.20:
1080 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1081 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1082 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1083 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1084 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1085 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1086 D&D.
1087 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1088 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1089 Containers.
1090 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1091 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1092 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1093 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1094 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1095 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1096 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1097 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1098 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1099 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1100 it (again).
1101
11022.19:
1103 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1104 alternative to maximizing.
1105 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1106 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1107 windows.
1108 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1109 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1110 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1111 along.
1112 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1113 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1114 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1115 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1116 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1117 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1118 to return to from the maximized state).
1119
11202.18:
1121 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1122 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1123 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1124 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1125 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1126 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1127 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1128
11292.17:
1130 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1131 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1132 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1133 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1134 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1135 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1136
11372.16:
1138 o Added "Update objects" command.
1139 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1140 one (under "Context Menus").
1141 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1142 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1143 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1144 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1145 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1146 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1147 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1148 start working again.
1149
11502.15:
1151 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1152 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1153 o Added "Select List" command.
1154 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1155 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1156 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1157 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1158 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1159 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1160 I'm just the piano player.
1161 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1162 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1163
11642.14:
1165 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1166 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1167 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1168 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1169 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1170 removable media drives.
1171 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1172 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1173 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1174 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1175 update the paths.
1176 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1177 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1178 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1179 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1180 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1181 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1182 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1183 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1184 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1185 to my satisfaction).
1186
11872.13:
1188 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1189 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1190 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1191 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1192 notebook.
1193 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1194 to use HPFS...).
1195 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1196 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1197 maybe a bit more functional.
1198 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1199
12002.12:
1201 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1202 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1203 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1204 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1205 accelerator keys.
1206 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1207
12082.11:
1209 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1210 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1211 give funny default drive.
1212 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1213 data between different INI files.
1214 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1215 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1216 There's a menu item for it.
1217 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1218 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1219 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1220
12212.10:
1222 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1223 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1224 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1225 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1226 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1227 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1228 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1229
12302.09:
1231 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1232 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1233 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1234 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1235 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1236 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1237 to trap.
1238 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1239 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1240 what Ron says...
1241 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1242 o Added optional split status line.
1243
12442.08:
1245 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1246 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1247 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1248 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1249 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1250 you can pick a different drive).
1251 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1252 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1253 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1254 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1255 line argument.
1256
12572.07:
1258 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1259 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1260 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1261 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1262 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1263 other.
1264
12652.06:
1266 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1267 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1268 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1269 root drives from being found.
1270 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1271 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1272 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1273 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1274 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1275 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1276
1277[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1278
12792.00:
1280 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1281 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1282 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1283
1284$Id: HISTORY 786 2007-08-19 01:48:21Z stevenhl $
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