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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 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
13 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
14
153.06
16 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
17 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
18 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
19 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
20 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
21 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
22
233.05.09
24 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
25 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
26 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
27 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
28 o Rework selective error logging logic
29 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
30 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
31 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
32 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
33 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
34 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
35 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
36 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
37 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
38 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
39
403.05 beta08
41 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
42 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
43 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
44 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
45 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
46 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
47 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
48 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
49 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
50 o Help file updates (Gregg)
51 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
52 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
53 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
54 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
55 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
56 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
57
583.05beta07
59 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
60 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
61 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
62 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
63 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
64 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
65 o Update documentation (Gregg)
66 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
67 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
68
693.05beta06
70 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
71 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
72
733.05beta05
74 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
75 o NDFS support by Gregg
76 o Default seek and scan to show files
77 o Rework menus
78 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
79 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
80 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
81
823.05beta04
83 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
84 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
85 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
86 o Avoid spurious error popups
87
883.05beta03
89 o Help file updated by David
90 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
91 o Toolbars reworked by David
92 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
93 o More great bitmaps from David
94
953.05beta02
96 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
97 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
98 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
99
1003.05beta01
101 o More great bitmaps from David
102 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
103 o Rework some error messages
104 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
105
1063.04
107 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
108 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
109 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
110 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
111 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
112 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
113 o More new icons (thanks David)
114 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
115
1163.04 pre11:
117 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
118 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
119
1203.04 pre10:
121 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
122 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
123
1243.04 pre9:
125 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
126
1273.04 pre8:
128 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
129 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
130
1313.04 pre7:
132 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
133 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
134 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
135 o Minor makefile corrections
136
1373.04 pre6:
138 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
139
1403.04 pre5:
141 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
142 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
143 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
144 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
145 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
146
1473.04 pre4:
148 o Correct longnames display enable
149 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
150 o Support archiver.tmp install
151
1523.04 pre3:
153 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
154 o Support tarlist.cmd install
155 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
156 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
157
1583.04 pre2:
159 o More icon updates (David's v18)
160 o Avoid user directory edit crash
161 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
162
1633.04 pre1:
164 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
165 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
166 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
167 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
168 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
169 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
170
1713.03:
172 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
173 o Correct directory sizes sort
174 o Correct archive sort again
175
1763.02i:
177 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
178 o Lots of work on large file support
179 o Switch to VAC 3.65
180 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
181 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
182 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
183 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
184 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
185 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
186 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
187 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
188
1893.02h:
190 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
191 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
192 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
193
1943.02g:
195 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
196
1973.02f:
198 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
199 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
200 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
201
2023.02e:
203 o More see all files fixes
204 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
205
2063.02d:
207 o Clean up icon usage
208 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
209 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
210 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
211 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
212 o Correct resource strings
213
2143.02c:
215 o Correct broken assignments
216 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
217
2183.02b:
219 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
220
2213.02a:
222 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
223 o Correct archive name display
224
2253.02:
226 o First open source release.
227
2283.01:
229 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
230
2313.00d:
232 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
233 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
234
2353.00c:
236 o More minor bug fixes.
237
2383.00b:
239 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
240
2413.00:
242 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
243 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
244 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
245 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
246 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
247 correspondingly smaller.
248 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
249 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
250 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
251 some more, thus tempting fate.
252 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
253 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
254 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
255 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
256 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
257 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
258 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
259 width.
260 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
261 this stuff built-in now.
262 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
263 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
264 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
265 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
266 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
267 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
268 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
269 confirmation.
270 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
271 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
272 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
273 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
274
2752.67:
276 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
277 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
278 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
279 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
280 recall.
281
2822.66:
283 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
284 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
285 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
286 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
287 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
288 there's no diskette inserted.)
289 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
290 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
291 o Reworked Databar a bit.
292 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
293 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
294
2952.65:
296 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
297 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
298 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
299 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
300 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
301 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
302 best stuff was turned off by default!
303 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
304 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
305 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
306 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
307 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
308 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
309 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
310
3112.64:
312 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
313 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
314 horizontal) there.
315 o More help file work.
316 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
317 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
318 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
319 "touching" files easier.
320
3212.63:
322 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
323 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
324 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
325 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
326 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
327 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
328 is available.
329 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
330 attractive (IMHO).
331 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
332 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
333 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
334 marks.
335 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
336 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
337 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
338 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
339
3402.62:
341 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
342
3432.61:
344 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
345 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
346 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
347 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
348 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
349 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
350 is bordered in red.
351 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
352 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
353 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
354 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
355 files.
356
3572.60:
358 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
359 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
360 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
361 be refreshed in the archive.
362 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
363 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
364
3652.59:
366 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
367 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
368 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
369
3702.58:
371 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
372 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
373 help to reflect this.
374 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
375 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
376 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
377
3782.57:
379 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
380 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
381 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
382
3832.56:
384 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
385 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
386
3872.55:
388 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
389 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
390
3912.54:
392 o Small tweaks.
393 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
394 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
395
3962.53:
397 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
398 selected files more quickly and easily.
399 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
400 Netscape were choking on it (a).
401 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
402 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
403 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
404 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
405
4062.52:
407 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
408 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
409 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
410 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
411 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
412 standard, then stick to it? Please?
413 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
414 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
415
4162.51:
417 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
418 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
419 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
420 user request.
421 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
422 user request.
423 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
424 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
425 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
426 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
427 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
428 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
429 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
430 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
431 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
432 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
433 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
434 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
435 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
436 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
437 still work correctly with this change.
438 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
439 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
440 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
441 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
442 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
443 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
444 up with all of it.
445
4462.50b:
447 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
448 image viewer window.
449 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
450 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
451
4522.50a:
453 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
454 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
455 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
456 directories listed in environment variables).
457 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
458 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
459 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
460 registration information.
461 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
462 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
463 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
464 popup menu.
465 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
466 object that didn't already have them (duh).
467 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
468 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
469 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
470 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
471
4722.50:
473 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
474 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
475 viewer.
476 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
477 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
478 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
479 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
480 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
481 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
482 results.
483 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
484 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
485 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
486 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
487 added file system type to end of string on user request.
488 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
489 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
490 It could happen.
491 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
492 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
493 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
494 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
495 o Note new internet address.
496 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
497 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
498 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
499 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
500 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
501 one :-).
502 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
503 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
504 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
505 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
506 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
507 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
508 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
509 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
510 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
511 even notice.
512
5132.49:
514 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
515 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
516 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
517 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
518 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
519 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
520 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
521 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
522 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
523 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
524 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
525 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
526 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
527
5282.48a:
529 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
530 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
531 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
532 o More Merlin preparations.
533 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
534 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
535 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
536 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
537 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
538 the Joneses? :-)
539
5402.48:
541 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
542 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
543 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
544 under Merlin.
545 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
546 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
547 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
548 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
549 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
550 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
551 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
552 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
553 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
554 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
555 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
556 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
557 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
558 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
559 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
560 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
561 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
562 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
563 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
564 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
565 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
566 machine.
567 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
568 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
569 o Keys help added per user request.
570
5712.47:
572 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
573 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
574 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
575 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
576 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
577 submenu selected.
578 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
579 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
580 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
581 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
582 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
583 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
584 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
585 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
586 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
587 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
588 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
589 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
590 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
591 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
592 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
593 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
594 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
595 Container to change directories.
596 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
597 questions.
598
5992.46:
600 o Fixed drive button bug.
601 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
602 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
603 the real thing.
604
6052.45:
606 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
607 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
608 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
609 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
610 was closed.
611 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
612 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
613 Scan.
614
6152.44:
616 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
617 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
618 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
619 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
620 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
621 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
622 user-defined bitmap.
623 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
624 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
625 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
626 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
627 for possible later retrieval.
628 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
629 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
630 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
631
6322.43:
633 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
634 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
635 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
636 connection, finally).
637 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
638 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
639 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
640 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
641 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
642 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
643 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
644 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
645 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
646 it finishes.
647 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
648 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
649 under older OS/2 versions.
650 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
651 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
652 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
653 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
654 reminder.
655 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
656 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
657
6582.42:
659 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
660 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
661 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
662 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
663 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
664 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
665 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
666 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
667 flags from the command line as an override.
668 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
669 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
670 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
671 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
672 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
673 Directory Container looks.
674 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
675 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
676 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
677 examples).
678 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
679 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
680 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
681 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
682 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
683 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
684 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
685 instead of the internal).
686 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
687 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
688 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
689 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
690 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
691
6922.41:
693 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
694 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
695 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
696 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
697 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
698 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
699 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
700 attractively.
701 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
702 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
703 but not switch to them.
704 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
705 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
706 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
707 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
708 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
709 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
710 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
711 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
712 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
713 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
714 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
715 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
716 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
717 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
718 Shouldn't be a major problem.
719 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
720 know the blamed thing was there.
721 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
722 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
723 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
724 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
725 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
726 paragraph. Something I use.
727 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
728 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
729 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
730 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
731 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
732 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
733 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
734 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
735 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
736 Containers.
737 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
738 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
739 (some things grow with a life of their own).
740 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
741 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
742 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
743 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
744
7452.40:
746 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
747 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
748 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
749 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
750 viewer.
751 o Added %! metastring.
752 o Added default archiver setting.
753 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
754 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
755 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
756 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
757 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
758 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
759 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
760 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
761 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
762 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
763 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
764 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
765 directories.
766 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
767 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
768 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
769
7702.39:
771 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
772 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
773 at FP10+ levels.
774 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
775 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
776 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
777 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
778 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
779 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
780 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
781 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
782 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
783 changed.
784 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
785
7862.38:
787 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
788 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
789 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
790 etc.).
791 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
792 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
793 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
794 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
795 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
796 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
797 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
798 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
799 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
800 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
801 show everything else.
802 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
803 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
804 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
805 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
806 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
807 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
808 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
809 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
810 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
811 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
812 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
813 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
814 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
815 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
816 foreground.
817
8182.37:
819 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
820 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
821 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
822 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
823 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
824 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
825 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
826 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
827 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
828 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
829 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
830 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
831 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
832 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
833 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
834 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
835 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
836 Directory Container.
837
8382.36:
839 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
840 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
841 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
842 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
843 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
844 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
845 o Tutorial section added to online help.
846 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
847 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
848 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
849 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
850 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
851 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
852 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
853 Settings notebook.
854 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
855 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
856 thousandth).
857 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
858 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
859 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
860
8612.35:
862 o Performance tuning.
863 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
864 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
865 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
866 permanent by Adding them as usual.
867 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
868 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
869 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
870 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
871 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
872 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
873 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
874 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
875 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
876 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
877 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
878 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
879
8802.34:
881 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
882 knee-jerk thing to do).
883 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
884 the container is maximized.
885 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
886 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
887 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
888 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
889 interested).
890 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
891 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
892 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
893 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
894 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
895 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
896 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
897 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
898 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
899 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
900 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
901 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
902 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
903 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
904 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
905
9062.33:
907 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
908 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
909 internal Settings notebook).
910 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
911 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
912 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
913 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
914 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
915 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
916 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
917 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
918 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
919 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
920 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
921 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
922 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
923 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
924 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
925
9262.32:
927 o See all files window fleshed out.
928 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
929 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
930 notebook.
931 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
932 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
933 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
934 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
935 of course).
936 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
937 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
938 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
939 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
940 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
941 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
942 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
943 the list.
944
9452.31:
946 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
947 miniapp.
948 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
949 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
950 to the above).
951 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
952 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
953 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
954 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
955 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
956 the archive resides."
957 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
958 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
959 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
960 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
961 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
962 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
963 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
964 o More user suggestions implemented.
965
9662.30:
967 o I forget.
968
9692.29:
970 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
971 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
972 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
973 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
974 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
975 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
976 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
977 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
978 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
979 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
980 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
981 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
982 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
983 list).
984
9852.28:
986 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
987 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
988 dialog).
989 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
990 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
991 current object.
992 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
993 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
994 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
995 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
996 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
997 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
998 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
999 userlist dropdown.
1000 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1001 use a DOS app first...
1002
10032.27:
1004 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1005 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1006 default, BTW).
1007 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1008 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1009 weren't before).
1010 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1011 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1012 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1013 lines.
1014 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1015
10162.26:
1017 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1018 filenames.
1019 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1020 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1021 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1022 now on...
1023 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1024 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1025 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1026 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1027 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1028 client window whitespace.
1029 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1030 Edit menu.
1031 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1032 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1033 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1034 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1035 command.
1036 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1037 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1038 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1039
10402.25:
1041 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1042 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1043
10442.24:
1045 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1046 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1047 lives.
1048 o Undelete enhancements.
1049
10502.23:
1051 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1052 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1053 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1054 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1055 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1056 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1057
10582.22:
1059 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1060 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1061 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1062 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1063 inevitable problem arises.
1064 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1065 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1066
10672.21:
1068 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1069 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1070 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1071 causes default WPS open.
1072 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1073 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1074 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1075 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1076 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1077 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1078 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1079 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1080 o Other stuff I forget.
1081
10822.20:
1083 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1084 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1085 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1086 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1087 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1088 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1089 D&D.
1090 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1091 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1092 Containers.
1093 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1094 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1095 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1096 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1097 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1098 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1099 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1100 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1101 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1102 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1103 it (again).
1104
11052.19:
1106 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1107 alternative to maximizing.
1108 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1109 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1110 windows.
1111 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1112 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1113 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1114 along.
1115 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1116 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1117 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1118 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1119 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1120 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1121 to return to from the maximized state).
1122
11232.18:
1124 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1125 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1126 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1127 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1128 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1129 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1130 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1131
11322.17:
1133 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1134 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1135 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1136 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1137 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1138 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1139
11402.16:
1141 o Added "Update objects" command.
1142 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1143 one (under "Context Menus").
1144 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1145 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1146 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1147 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1148 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1149 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1150 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1151 start working again.
1152
11532.15:
1154 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1155 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1156 o Added "Select List" command.
1157 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1158 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1159 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1160 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1161 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1162 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1163 I'm just the piano player.
1164 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1165 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1166
11672.14:
1168 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1169 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1170 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1171 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1172 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1173 removable media drives.
1174 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1175 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1176 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1177 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1178 update the paths.
1179 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1180 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1181 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1182 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1183 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1184 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1185 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1186 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1187 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1188 to my satisfaction).
1189
11902.13:
1191 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1192 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1193 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1194 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1195 notebook.
1196 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1197 to use HPFS...).
1198 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1199 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1200 maybe a bit more functional.
1201 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1202
12032.12:
1204 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1205 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1206 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1207 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1208 accelerator keys.
1209 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1210
12112.11:
1212 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1213 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1214 give funny default drive.
1215 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1216 data between different INI files.
1217 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1218 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1219 There's a menu item for it.
1220 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1221 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1222 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1223
12242.10:
1225 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1226 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1227 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1228 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1229 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1230 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1231 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1232
12332.09:
1234 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1235 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1236 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1237 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1238 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1239 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1240 to trap.
1241 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1242 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1243 what Ron says...
1244 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1245 o Added optional split status line.
1246
12472.08:
1248 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1249 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1250 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1251 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1252 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1253 you can pick a different drive).
1254 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1255 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1256 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1257 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1258 line argument.
1259
12602.07:
1261 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1262 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1263 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1264 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1265 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1266 other.
1267
12682.06:
1269 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1270 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1271 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1272 root drives from being found.
1273 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1274 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1275 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1276 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1277 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1278 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1279
1280[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1281
12822.00:
1283 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1284 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1285 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1286
1287$Id: HISTORY 791 2007-08-20 20:05:51Z jbs $
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