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Updated history for 3.07 beta 1

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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
2
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 Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
13 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
14 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
15 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
16 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
17 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
18 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
19 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
20 read only files. (Gregg)
21 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
22 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
23 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
24 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
25 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
26
273.06
28 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
29 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
30 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
31 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
32 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
33 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
34
353.05.09
36 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
37 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
38 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
39 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
40 o Rework selective error logging logic
41 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
42 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
43 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
44 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
45 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
46 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
47 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
48 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
49 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
50 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
51
523.05 beta08
53 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
54 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
55 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
56 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
57 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
58 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
59 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
60 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
61 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
62 o Help file updates (Gregg)
63 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
64 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
65 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
66 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
67 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
68 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
69
703.05beta07
71 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
72 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
73 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
74 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
75 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
76 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
77 o Update documentation (Gregg)
78 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
79 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
80
813.05beta06
82 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
83 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
84
853.05beta05
86 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
87 o NDFS support by Gregg
88 o Default seek and scan to show files
89 o Rework menus
90 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
91 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
92 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
93
943.05beta04
95 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
96 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
97 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
98 o Avoid spurious error popups
99
1003.05beta03
101 o Help file updated by David
102 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
103 o Toolbars reworked by David
104 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
105 o More great bitmaps from David
106
1073.05beta02
108 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
109 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
110 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
111
1123.05beta01
113 o More great bitmaps from David
114 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
115 o Rework some error messages
116 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
117
1183.04
119 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
120 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
121 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
122 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
123 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
124 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
125 o More new icons (thanks David)
126 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
127
1283.04 pre11:
129 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
130 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
131
1323.04 pre10:
133 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
134 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
135
1363.04 pre9:
137 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
138
1393.04 pre8:
140 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
141 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
142
1433.04 pre7:
144 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
145 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
146 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
147 o Minor makefile corrections
148
1493.04 pre6:
150 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
151
1523.04 pre5:
153 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
154 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
155 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
156 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
157 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
158
1593.04 pre4:
160 o Correct longnames display enable
161 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
162 o Support archiver.tmp install
163
1643.04 pre3:
165 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
166 o Support tarlist.cmd install
167 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
168 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
169
1703.04 pre2:
171 o More icon updates (David's v18)
172 o Avoid user directory edit crash
173 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
174
1753.04 pre1:
176 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
177 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
178 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
179 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
180 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
181 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
182
1833.03:
184 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
185 o Correct directory sizes sort
186 o Correct archive sort again
187
1883.02i:
189 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
190 o Lots of work on large file support
191 o Switch to VAC 3.65
192 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
193 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
194 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
195 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
196 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
197 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
198 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
199 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
200
2013.02h:
202 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
203 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
204 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
205
2063.02g:
207 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
208
2093.02f:
210 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
211 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
212 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
213
2143.02e:
215 o More see all files fixes
216 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
217
2183.02d:
219 o Clean up icon usage
220 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
221 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
222 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
223 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
224 o Correct resource strings
225
2263.02c:
227 o Correct broken assignments
228 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
229
2303.02b:
231 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
232
2333.02a:
234 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
235 o Correct archive name display
236
2373.02:
238 o First open source release.
239
2403.01:
241 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
242
2433.00d:
244 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
245 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
246
2473.00c:
248 o More minor bug fixes.
249
2503.00b:
251 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
252
2533.00:
254 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
255 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
256 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
257 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
258 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
259 correspondingly smaller.
260 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
261 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
262 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
263 some more, thus tempting fate.
264 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
265 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
266 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
267 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
268 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
269 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
270 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
271 width.
272 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
273 this stuff built-in now.
274 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
275 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
276 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
277 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
278 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
279 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
280 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
281 confirmation.
282 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
283 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
284 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
285 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
286
2872.67:
288 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
289 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
290 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
291 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
292 recall.
293
2942.66:
295 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
296 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
297 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
298 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
299 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
300 there's no diskette inserted.)
301 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
302 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
303 o Reworked Databar a bit.
304 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
305 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
306
3072.65:
308 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
309 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
310 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
311 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
312 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
313 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
314 best stuff was turned off by default!
315 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
316 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
317 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
318 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
319 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
320 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
321 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
322
3232.64:
324 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
325 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
326 horizontal) there.
327 o More help file work.
328 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
329 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
330 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
331 "touching" files easier.
332
3332.63:
334 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
335 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
336 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
337 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
338 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
339 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
340 is available.
341 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
342 attractive (IMHO).
343 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
344 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
345 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
346 marks.
347 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
348 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
349 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
350 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
351
3522.62:
353 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
354
3552.61:
356 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
357 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
358 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
359 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
360 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
361 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
362 is bordered in red.
363 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
364 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
365 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
366 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
367 files.
368
3692.60:
370 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
371 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
372 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
373 be refreshed in the archive.
374 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
375 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
376
3772.59:
378 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
379 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
380 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
381
3822.58:
383 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
384 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
385 help to reflect this.
386 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
387 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
388 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
389
3902.57:
391 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
392 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
393 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
394
3952.56:
396 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
397 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
398
3992.55:
400 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
401 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
402
4032.54:
404 o Small tweaks.
405 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
406 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
407
4082.53:
409 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
410 selected files more quickly and easily.
411 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
412 Netscape were choking on it (a).
413 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
414 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
415 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
416 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
417
4182.52:
419 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
420 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
421 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
422 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
423 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
424 standard, then stick to it? Please?
425 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
426 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
427
4282.51:
429 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
430 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
431 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
432 user request.
433 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
434 user request.
435 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
436 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
437 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
438 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
439 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
440 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
441 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
442 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
443 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
444 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
445 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
446 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
447 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
448 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
449 still work correctly with this change.
450 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
451 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
452 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
453 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
454 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
455 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
456 up with all of it.
457
4582.50b:
459 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
460 image viewer window.
461 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
462 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
463
4642.50a:
465 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
466 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
467 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
468 directories listed in environment variables).
469 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
470 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
471 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
472 registration information.
473 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
474 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
475 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
476 popup menu.
477 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
478 object that didn't already have them (duh).
479 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
480 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
481 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
482 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
483
4842.50:
485 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
486 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
487 viewer.
488 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
489 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
490 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
491 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
492 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
493 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
494 results.
495 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
496 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
497 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
498 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
499 added file system type to end of string on user request.
500 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
501 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
502 It could happen.
503 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
504 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
505 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
506 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
507 o Note new internet address.
508 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
509 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
510 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
511 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
512 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
513 one :-).
514 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
515 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
516 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
517 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
518 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
519 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
520 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
521 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
522 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
523 even notice.
524
5252.49:
526 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
527 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
528 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
529 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
530 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
531 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
532 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
533 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
534 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
535 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
536 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
537 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
538 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
539
5402.48a:
541 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
542 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
543 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
544 o More Merlin preparations.
545 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
546 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
547 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
548 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
549 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
550 the Joneses? :-)
551
5522.48:
553 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
554 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
555 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
556 under Merlin.
557 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
558 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
559 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
560 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
561 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
562 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
563 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
564 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
565 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
566 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
567 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
568 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
569 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
570 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
571 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
572 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
573 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
574 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
575 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
576 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
577 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
578 machine.
579 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
580 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
581 o Keys help added per user request.
582
5832.47:
584 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
585 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
586 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
587 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
588 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
589 submenu selected.
590 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
591 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
592 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
593 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
594 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
595 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
596 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
597 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
598 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
599 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
600 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
601 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
602 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
603 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
604 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
605 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
606 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
607 Container to change directories.
608 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
609 questions.
610
6112.46:
612 o Fixed drive button bug.
613 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
614 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
615 the real thing.
616
6172.45:
618 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
619 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
620 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
621 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
622 was closed.
623 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
624 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
625 Scan.
626
6272.44:
628 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
629 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
630 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
631 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
632 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
633 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
634 user-defined bitmap.
635 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
636 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
637 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
638 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
639 for possible later retrieval.
640 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
641 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
642 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
643
6442.43:
645 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
646 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
647 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
648 connection, finally).
649 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
650 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
651 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
652 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
653 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
654 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
655 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
656 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
657 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
658 it finishes.
659 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
660 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
661 under older OS/2 versions.
662 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
663 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
664 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
665 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
666 reminder.
667 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
668 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
669
6702.42:
671 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
672 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
673 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
674 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
675 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
676 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
677 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
678 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
679 flags from the command line as an override.
680 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
681 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
682 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
683 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
684 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
685 Directory Container looks.
686 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
687 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
688 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
689 examples).
690 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
691 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
692 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
693 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
694 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
695 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
696 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
697 instead of the internal).
698 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
699 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
700 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
701 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
702 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
703
7042.41:
705 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
706 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
707 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
708 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
709 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
710 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
711 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
712 attractively.
713 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
714 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
715 but not switch to them.
716 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
717 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
718 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
719 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
720 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
721 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
722 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
723 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
724 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
725 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
726 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
727 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
728 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
729 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
730 Shouldn't be a major problem.
731 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
732 know the blamed thing was there.
733 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
734 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
735 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
736 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
737 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
738 paragraph. Something I use.
739 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
740 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
741 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
742 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
743 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
744 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
745 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
746 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
747 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
748 Containers.
749 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
750 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
751 (some things grow with a life of their own).
752 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
753 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
754 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
755 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
756
7572.40:
758 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
759 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
760 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
761 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
762 viewer.
763 o Added %! metastring.
764 o Added default archiver setting.
765 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
766 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
767 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
768 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
769 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
770 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
771 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
772 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
773 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
774 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
775 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
776 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
777 directories.
778 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
779 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
780 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
781
7822.39:
783 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
784 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
785 at FP10+ levels.
786 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
787 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
788 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
789 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
790 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
791 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
792 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
793 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
794 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
795 changed.
796 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
797
7982.38:
799 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
800 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
801 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
802 etc.).
803 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
804 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
805 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
806 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
807 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
808 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
809 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
810 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
811 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
812 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
813 show everything else.
814 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
815 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
816 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
817 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
818 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
819 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
820 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
821 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
822 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
823 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
824 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
825 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
826 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
827 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
828 foreground.
829
8302.37:
831 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
832 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
833 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
834 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
835 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
836 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
837 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
838 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
839 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
840 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
841 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
842 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
843 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
844 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
845 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
846 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
847 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
848 Directory Container.
849
8502.36:
851 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
852 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
853 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
854 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
855 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
856 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
857 o Tutorial section added to online help.
858 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
859 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
860 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
861 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
862 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
863 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
864 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
865 Settings notebook.
866 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
867 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
868 thousandth).
869 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
870 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
871 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
872
8732.35:
874 o Performance tuning.
875 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
876 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
877 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
878 permanent by Adding them as usual.
879 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
880 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
881 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
882 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
883 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
884 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
885 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
886 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
887 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
888 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
889 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
890 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
891
8922.34:
893 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
894 knee-jerk thing to do).
895 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
896 the container is maximized.
897 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
898 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
899 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
900 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
901 interested).
902 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
903 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
904 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
905 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
906 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
907 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
908 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
909 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
910 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
911 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
912 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
913 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
914 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
915 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
916 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
917
9182.33:
919 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
920 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
921 internal Settings notebook).
922 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
923 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
924 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
925 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
926 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
927 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
928 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
929 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
930 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
931 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
932 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
933 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
934 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
935 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
936 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
937
9382.32:
939 o See all files window fleshed out.
940 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
941 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
942 notebook.
943 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
944 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
945 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
946 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
947 of course).
948 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
949 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
950 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
951 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
952 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
953 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
954 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
955 the list.
956
9572.31:
958 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
959 miniapp.
960 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
961 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
962 to the above).
963 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
964 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
965 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
966 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
967 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
968 the archive resides."
969 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
970 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
971 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
972 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
973 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
974 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
975 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
976 o More user suggestions implemented.
977
9782.30:
979 o I forget.
980
9812.29:
982 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
983 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
984 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
985 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
986 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
987 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
988 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
989 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
990 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
991 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
992 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
993 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
994 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
995 list).
996
9972.28:
998 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
999 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1000 dialog).
1001 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1002 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1003 current object.
1004 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1005 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1006 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1007 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1008 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1009 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1010 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1011 userlist dropdown.
1012 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1013 use a DOS app first...
1014
10152.27:
1016 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1017 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1018 default, BTW).
1019 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1020 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1021 weren't before).
1022 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1023 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1024 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1025 lines.
1026 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1027
10282.26:
1029 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1030 filenames.
1031 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1032 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1033 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1034 now on...
1035 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1036 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1037 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1038 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1039 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1040 client window whitespace.
1041 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1042 Edit menu.
1043 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1044 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1045 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1046 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1047 command.
1048 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1049 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1050 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1051
10522.25:
1053 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1054 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1055
10562.24:
1057 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1058 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1059 lives.
1060 o Undelete enhancements.
1061
10622.23:
1063 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1064 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1065 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1066 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1067 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1068 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1069
10702.22:
1071 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1072 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1073 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1074 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1075 inevitable problem arises.
1076 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1077 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1078
10792.21:
1080 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1081 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1082 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1083 causes default WPS open.
1084 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1085 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1086 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1087 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1088 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1089 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1090 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1091 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1092 o Other stuff I forget.
1093
10942.20:
1095 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1096 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1097 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1098 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1099 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1100 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1101 D&D.
1102 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1103 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1104 Containers.
1105 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1106 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1107 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1108 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1109 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1110 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1111 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1112 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1113 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1114 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1115 it (again).
1116
11172.19:
1118 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1119 alternative to maximizing.
1120 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1121 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1122 windows.
1123 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1124 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1125 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1126 along.
1127 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1128 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1129 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1130 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1131 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1132 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1133 to return to from the maximized state).
1134
11352.18:
1136 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1137 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1138 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1139 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1140 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1141 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1142 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1143
11442.17:
1145 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1146 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1147 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1148 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1149 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1150 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1151
11522.16:
1153 o Added "Update objects" command.
1154 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1155 one (under "Context Menus").
1156 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1157 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1158 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1159 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1160 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1161 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1162 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1163 start working again.
1164
11652.15:
1166 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1167 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1168 o Added "Select List" command.
1169 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1170 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1171 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1172 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1173 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1174 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1175 I'm just the piano player.
1176 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1177 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1178
11792.14:
1180 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1181 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1182 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1183 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1184 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1185 removable media drives.
1186 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1187 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1188 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1189 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1190 update the paths.
1191 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1192 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1193 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1194 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1195 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1196 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1197 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1198 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1199 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1200 to my satisfaction).
1201
12022.13:
1203 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1204 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1205 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1206 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1207 notebook.
1208 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1209 to use HPFS...).
1210 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1211 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1212 maybe a bit more functional.
1213 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1214
12152.12:
1216 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1217 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1218 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1219 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1220 accelerator keys.
1221 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1222
12232.11:
1224 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1225 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1226 give funny default drive.
1227 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1228 data between different INI files.
1229 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1230 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1231 There's a menu item for it.
1232 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1233 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1234 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1235
12362.10:
1237 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1238 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1239 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1240 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1241 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1242 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1243 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1244
12452.09:
1246 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1247 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1248 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1249 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1250 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1251 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1252 to trap.
1253 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1254 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1255 what Ron says...
1256 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1257 o Added optional split status line.
1258
12592.08:
1260 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1261 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1262 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1263 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1264 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1265 you can pick a different drive).
1266 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1267 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1268 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1269 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1270 line argument.
1271
12722.07:
1273 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1274 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1275 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1276 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1277 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1278 other.
1279
12802.06:
1281 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1282 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1283 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1284 root drives from being found.
1285 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1286 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1287 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1288 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1289 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1290 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1291
1292[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1293
12942.00:
1295 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1296 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1297 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1298
1299$Id: HISTORY 799 2007-08-22 00:05:47Z gyoung $
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