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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 switching speed (Steven)
9 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
10 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
11 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
12
133.06
14 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
15 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
16 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
17 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
18 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
19 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
20
213.05.09
22 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
23 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
24 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
25 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
26 o Rework selective error logging logic
27 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
28 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
29 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
30 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
31 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
32 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
33 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
34 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
35 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
36 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
37
383.05 beta08
39 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
40 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
41 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
42 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
43 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
44 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
45 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
46 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
47 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
48 o Help file updates (Gregg)
49 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
50 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
51 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
52 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
53 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
54 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
55
563.05beta07
57 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
58 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
59 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
60 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
61 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
62 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
63 o Update documentation (Gregg)
64 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
65 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
66
673.05beta06
68 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
69 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
70
713.05beta05
72 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
73 o NDFS support by Gregg
74 o Default seek and scan to show files
75 o Rework menus
76 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
77 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
78 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
79
803.05beta04
81 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
82 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
83 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
84 o Avoid spurious error popups
85
863.05beta03
87 o Help file updated by David
88 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
89 o Toolbars reworked by David
90 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
91 o More great bitmaps from David
92
933.05beta02
94 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
95 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
96 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
97
983.05beta01
99 o More great bitmaps from David
100 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
101 o Rework some error messages
102 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
103
1043.04
105 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
106 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
107 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
108 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
109 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
110 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
111 o More new icons (thanks David)
112 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
113
1143.04 pre11:
115 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
116 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
117
1183.04 pre10:
119 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
120 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
121
1223.04 pre9:
123 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
124
1253.04 pre8:
126 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
127 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
128
1293.04 pre7:
130 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
131 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
132 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
133 o Minor makefile corrections
134
1353.04 pre6:
136 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
137
1383.04 pre5:
139 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
140 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
141 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
142 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
143 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
144
1453.04 pre4:
146 o Correct longnames display enable
147 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
148 o Support archiver.tmp install
149
1503.04 pre3:
151 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
152 o Support tarlist.cmd install
153 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
154 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
155
1563.04 pre2:
157 o More icon updates (David's v18)
158 o Avoid user directory edit crash
159 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
160
1613.04 pre1:
162 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
163 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
164 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
165 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
166 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
167 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
168
1693.03:
170 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
171 o Correct directory sizes sort
172 o Correct archive sort again
173
1743.02i:
175 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
176 o Lots of work on large file support
177 o Switch to VAC 3.65
178 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
179 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
180 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
181 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
182 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
183 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
184 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
185 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
186
1873.02h:
188 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
189 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
190 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
191
1923.02g:
193 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
194
1953.02f:
196 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
197 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
198 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
199
2003.02e:
201 o More see all files fixes
202 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
203
2043.02d:
205 o Clean up icon usage
206 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
207 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
208 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
209 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
210 o Correct resource strings
211
2123.02c:
213 o Correct broken assignments
214 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
215
2163.02b:
217 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
218
2193.02a:
220 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
221 o Correct archive name display
222
2233.02:
224 o First open source release.
225
2263.01:
227 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
228
2293.00d:
230 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
231 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
232
2333.00c:
234 o More minor bug fixes.
235
2363.00b:
237 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
238
2393.00:
240 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
241 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
242 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
243 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
244 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
245 correspondingly smaller.
246 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
247 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
248 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
249 some more, thus tempting fate.
250 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
251 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
252 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
253 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
254 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
255 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
256 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
257 width.
258 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
259 this stuff built-in now.
260 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
261 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
262 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
263 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
264 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
265 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
266 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
267 confirmation.
268 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
269 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
270 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
271 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
272
2732.67:
274 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
275 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
276 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
277 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
278 recall.
279
2802.66:
281 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
282 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
283 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
284 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
285 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
286 there's no diskette inserted.)
287 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
288 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
289 o Reworked Databar a bit.
290 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
291 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
292
2932.65:
294 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
295 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
296 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
297 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
298 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
299 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
300 best stuff was turned off by default!
301 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
302 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
303 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
304 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
305 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
306 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
307 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
308
3092.64:
310 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
311 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
312 horizontal) there.
313 o More help file work.
314 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
315 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
316 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
317 "touching" files easier.
318
3192.63:
320 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
321 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
322 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
323 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
324 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
325 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
326 is available.
327 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
328 attractive (IMHO).
329 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
330 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
331 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
332 marks.
333 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
334 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
335 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
336 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
337
3382.62:
339 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
340
3412.61:
342 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
343 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
344 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
345 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
346 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
347 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
348 is bordered in red.
349 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
350 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
351 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
352 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
353 files.
354
3552.60:
356 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
357 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
358 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
359 be refreshed in the archive.
360 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
361 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
362
3632.59:
364 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
365 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
366 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
367
3682.58:
369 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
370 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
371 help to reflect this.
372 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
373 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
374 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
375
3762.57:
377 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
378 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
379 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
380
3812.56:
382 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
383 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
384
3852.55:
386 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
387 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
388
3892.54:
390 o Small tweaks.
391 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
392 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
393
3942.53:
395 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
396 selected files more quickly and easily.
397 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
398 Netscape were choking on it (a).
399 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
400 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
401 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
402 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
403
4042.52:
405 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
406 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
407 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
408 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
409 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
410 standard, then stick to it? Please?
411 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
412 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
413
4142.51:
415 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
416 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
417 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
418 user request.
419 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
420 user request.
421 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
422 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
423 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
424 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
425 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
426 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
427 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
428 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
429 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
430 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
431 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
432 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
433 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
434 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
435 still work correctly with this change.
436 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
437 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
438 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
439 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
440 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
441 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
442 up with all of it.
443
4442.50b:
445 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
446 image viewer window.
447 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
448 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
449
4502.50a:
451 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
452 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
453 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
454 directories listed in environment variables).
455 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
456 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
457 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
458 registration information.
459 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
460 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
461 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
462 popup menu.
463 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
464 object that didn't already have them (duh).
465 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
466 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
467 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
468 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
469
4702.50:
471 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
472 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
473 viewer.
474 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
475 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
476 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
477 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
478 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
479 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
480 results.
481 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
482 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
483 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
484 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
485 added file system type to end of string on user request.
486 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
487 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
488 It could happen.
489 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
490 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
491 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
492 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
493 o Note new internet address.
494 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
495 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
496 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
497 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
498 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
499 one :-).
500 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
501 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
502 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
503 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
504 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
505 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
506 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
507 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
508 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
509 even notice.
510
5112.49:
512 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
513 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
514 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
515 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
516 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
517 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
518 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
519 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
520 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
521 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
522 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
523 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
524 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
525
5262.48a:
527 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
528 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
529 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
530 o More Merlin preparations.
531 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
532 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
533 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
534 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
535 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
536 the Joneses? :-)
537
5382.48:
539 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
540 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
541 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
542 under Merlin.
543 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
544 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
545 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
546 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
547 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
548 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
549 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
550 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
551 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
552 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
553 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
554 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
555 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
556 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
557 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
558 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
559 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
560 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
561 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
562 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
563 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
564 machine.
565 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
566 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
567 o Keys help added per user request.
568
5692.47:
570 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
571 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
572 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
573 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
574 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
575 submenu selected.
576 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
577 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
578 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
579 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
580 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
581 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
582 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
583 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
584 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
585 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
586 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
587 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
588 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
589 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
590 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
591 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
592 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
593 Container to change directories.
594 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
595 questions.
596
5972.46:
598 o Fixed drive button bug.
599 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
600 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
601 the real thing.
602
6032.45:
604 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
605 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
606 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
607 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
608 was closed.
609 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
610 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
611 Scan.
612
6132.44:
614 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
615 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
616 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
617 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
618 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
619 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
620 user-defined bitmap.
621 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
622 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
623 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
624 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
625 for possible later retrieval.
626 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
627 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
628 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
629
6302.43:
631 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
632 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
633 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
634 connection, finally).
635 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
636 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
637 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
638 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
639 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
640 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
641 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
642 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
643 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
644 it finishes.
645 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
646 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
647 under older OS/2 versions.
648 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
649 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
650 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
651 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
652 reminder.
653 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
654 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
655
6562.42:
657 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
658 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
659 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
660 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
661 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
662 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
663 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
664 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
665 flags from the command line as an override.
666 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
667 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
668 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
669 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
670 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
671 Directory Container looks.
672 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
673 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
674 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
675 examples).
676 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
677 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
678 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
679 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
680 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
681 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
682 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
683 instead of the internal).
684 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
685 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
686 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
687 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
688 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
689
6902.41:
691 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
692 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
693 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
694 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
695 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
696 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
697 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
698 attractively.
699 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
700 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
701 but not switch to them.
702 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
703 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
704 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
705 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
706 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
707 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
708 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
709 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
710 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
711 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
712 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
713 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
714 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
715 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
716 Shouldn't be a major problem.
717 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
718 know the blamed thing was there.
719 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
720 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
721 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
722 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
723 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
724 paragraph. Something I use.
725 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
726 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
727 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
728 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
729 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
730 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
731 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
732 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
733 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
734 Containers.
735 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
736 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
737 (some things grow with a life of their own).
738 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
739 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
740 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
741 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
742
7432.40:
744 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
745 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
746 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
747 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
748 viewer.
749 o Added %! metastring.
750 o Added default archiver setting.
751 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
752 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
753 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
754 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
755 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
756 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
757 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
758 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
759 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
760 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
761 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
762 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
763 directories.
764 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
765 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
766 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
767
7682.39:
769 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
770 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
771 at FP10+ levels.
772 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
773 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
774 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
775 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
776 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
777 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
778 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
779 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
780 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
781 changed.
782 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
783
7842.38:
785 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
786 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
787 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
788 etc.).
789 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
790 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
791 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
792 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
793 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
794 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
795 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
796 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
797 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
798 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
799 show everything else.
800 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
801 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
802 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
803 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
804 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
805 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
806 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
807 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
808 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
809 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
810 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
811 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
812 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
813 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
814 foreground.
815
8162.37:
817 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
818 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
819 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
820 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
821 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
822 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
823 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
824 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
825 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
826 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
827 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
828 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
829 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
830 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
831 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
832 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
833 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
834 Directory Container.
835
8362.36:
837 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
838 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
839 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
840 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
841 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
842 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
843 o Tutorial section added to online help.
844 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
845 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
846 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
847 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
848 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
849 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
850 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
851 Settings notebook.
852 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
853 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
854 thousandth).
855 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
856 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
857 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
858
8592.35:
860 o Performance tuning.
861 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
862 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
863 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
864 permanent by Adding them as usual.
865 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
866 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
867 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
868 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
869 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
870 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
871 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
872 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
873 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
874 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
875 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
876 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
877
8782.34:
879 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
880 knee-jerk thing to do).
881 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
882 the container is maximized.
883 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
884 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
885 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
886 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
887 interested).
888 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
889 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
890 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
891 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
892 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
893 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
894 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
895 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
896 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
897 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
898 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
899 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
900 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
901 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
902 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
903
9042.33:
905 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
906 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
907 internal Settings notebook).
908 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
909 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
910 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
911 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
912 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
913 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
914 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
915 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
916 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
917 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
918 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
919 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
920 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
921 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
922 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
923
9242.32:
925 o See all files window fleshed out.
926 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
927 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
928 notebook.
929 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
930 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
931 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
932 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
933 of course).
934 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
935 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
936 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
937 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
938 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
939 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
940 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
941 the list.
942
9432.31:
944 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
945 miniapp.
946 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
947 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
948 to the above).
949 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
950 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
951 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
952 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
953 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
954 the archive resides."
955 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
956 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
957 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
958 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
959 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
960 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
961 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
962 o More user suggestions implemented.
963
9642.30:
965 o I forget.
966
9672.29:
968 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
969 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
970 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
971 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
972 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
973 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
974 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
975 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
976 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
977 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
978 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
979 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
980 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
981 list).
982
9832.28:
984 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
985 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
986 dialog).
987 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
988 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
989 current object.
990 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
991 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
992 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
993 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
994 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
995 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
996 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
997 userlist dropdown.
998 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
999 use a DOS app first...
1000
10012.27:
1002 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1003 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1004 default, BTW).
1005 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1006 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1007 weren't before).
1008 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1009 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1010 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1011 lines.
1012 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1013
10142.26:
1015 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1016 filenames.
1017 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1018 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1019 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1020 now on...
1021 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1022 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1023 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1024 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1025 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1026 client window whitespace.
1027 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1028 Edit menu.
1029 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1030 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1031 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1032 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1033 command.
1034 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1035 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1036 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1037
10382.25:
1039 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1040 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1041
10422.24:
1043 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1044 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1045 lives.
1046 o Undelete enhancements.
1047
10482.23:
1049 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1050 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1051 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1052 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1053 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1054 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1055
10562.22:
1057 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1058 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1059 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1060 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1061 inevitable problem arises.
1062 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1063 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1064
10652.21:
1066 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1067 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1068 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1069 causes default WPS open.
1070 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1071 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1072 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1073 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1074 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1075 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1076 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1077 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1078 o Other stuff I forget.
1079
10802.20:
1081 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1082 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1083 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1084 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1085 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1086 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1087 D&D.
1088 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1089 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1090 Containers.
1091 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1092 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1093 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1094 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1095 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1096 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1097 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1098 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1099 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1100 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1101 it (again).
1102
11032.19:
1104 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1105 alternative to maximizing.
1106 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1107 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1108 windows.
1109 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1110 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1111 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1112 along.
1113 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1114 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1115 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1116 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1117 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1118 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1119 to return to from the maximized state).
1120
11212.18:
1122 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1123 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1124 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1125 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1126 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1127 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1128 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1129
11302.17:
1131 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1132 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1133 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1134 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1135 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1136 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1137
11382.16:
1139 o Added "Update objects" command.
1140 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1141 one (under "Context Menus").
1142 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1143 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1144 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1145 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1146 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1147 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1148 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1149 start working again.
1150
11512.15:
1152 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1153 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1154 o Added "Select List" command.
1155 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1156 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1157 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1158 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1159 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1160 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1161 I'm just the piano player.
1162 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1163 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1164
11652.14:
1166 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1167 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1168 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1169 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1170 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1171 removable media drives.
1172 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1173 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1174 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1175 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1176 update the paths.
1177 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1178 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1179 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1180 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1181 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1182 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1183 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1184 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1185 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1186 to my satisfaction).
1187
11882.13:
1189 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1190 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1191 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1192 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1193 notebook.
1194 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1195 to use HPFS...).
1196 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1197 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1198 maybe a bit more functional.
1199 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1200
12012.12:
1202 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1203 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1204 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1205 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1206 accelerator keys.
1207 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1208
12092.11:
1210 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1211 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1212 give funny default drive.
1213 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1214 data between different INI files.
1215 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1216 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1217 There's a menu item for it.
1218 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1219 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1220 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1221
12222.10:
1223 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1224 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1225 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1226 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1227 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1228 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1229 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1230
12312.09:
1232 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1233 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1234 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1235 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1236 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1237 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1238 to trap.
1239 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1240 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1241 what Ron says...
1242 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1243 o Added optional split status line.
1244
12452.08:
1246 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1247 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1248 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1249 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1250 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1251 you can pick a different drive).
1252 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1253 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1254 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1255 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1256 line argument.
1257
12582.07:
1259 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1260 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1261 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1262 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1263 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1264 other.
1265
12662.06:
1267 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1268 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1269 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1270 root drives from being found.
1271 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1272 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1273 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1274 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1275 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1276 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1277
1278[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1279
12802.00:
1281 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1282 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1283 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1284
1285$Id: HISTORY 788 2007-08-19 21:23:05Z stevenhl $
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