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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 Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
10 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
11 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
12 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
13 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
14 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
15 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
16 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
17 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
18 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
19 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
20 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
21 read only files. (Gregg)
22 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
23 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
24 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
25 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
26 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
27 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
28 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
29 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
30 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
31 absent with wrapped tex and hex
32
333.06
34 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
35 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
36 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
37 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
38 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
39 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
40
413.05.09
42 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
43 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
44 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
45 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
46 o Rework selective error logging logic
47 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
48 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
49 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
50 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
51 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
52 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
53 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
54 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
55 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
56 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
57
583.05 beta08
59 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
60 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
61 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
62 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
63 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
64 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
65 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
66 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
67 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
68 o Help file updates (Gregg)
69 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
70 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
71 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
72 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
73 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
74 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
75
763.05beta07
77 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
78 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
79 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
80 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
81 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
82 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
83 o Update documentation (Gregg)
84 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
85 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
86
873.05beta06
88 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
89 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
90
913.05beta05
92 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
93 o NDFS support by Gregg
94 o Default seek and scan to show files
95 o Rework menus
96 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
97 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
98 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
99
1003.05beta04
101 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
102 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
103 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
104 o Avoid spurious error popups
105
1063.05beta03
107 o Help file updated by David
108 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
109 o Toolbars reworked by David
110 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
111 o More great bitmaps from David
112
1133.05beta02
114 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
115 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
116 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
117
1183.05beta01
119 o More great bitmaps from David
120 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
121 o Rework some error messages
122 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
123
1243.04
125 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
126 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
127 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
128 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
129 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
130 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
131 o More new icons (thanks David)
132 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
133
1343.04 pre11:
135 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
136 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
137
1383.04 pre10:
139 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
140 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
141
1423.04 pre9:
143 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
144
1453.04 pre8:
146 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
147 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
148
1493.04 pre7:
150 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
151 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
152 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
153 o Minor makefile corrections
154
1553.04 pre6:
156 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
157
1583.04 pre5:
159 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
160 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
161 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
162 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
163 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
164
1653.04 pre4:
166 o Correct longnames display enable
167 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
168 o Support archiver.tmp install
169
1703.04 pre3:
171 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
172 o Support tarlist.cmd install
173 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
174 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
175
1763.04 pre2:
177 o More icon updates (David's v18)
178 o Avoid user directory edit crash
179 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
180
1813.04 pre1:
182 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
183 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
184 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
185 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
186 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
187 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
188
1893.03:
190 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
191 o Correct directory sizes sort
192 o Correct archive sort again
193
1943.02i:
195 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
196 o Lots of work on large file support
197 o Switch to VAC 3.65
198 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
199 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
200 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
201 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
202 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
203 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
204 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
205 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
206
2073.02h:
208 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
209 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
210 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
211
2123.02g:
213 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
214
2153.02f:
216 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
217 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
218 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
219
2203.02e:
221 o More see all files fixes
222 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
223
2243.02d:
225 o Clean up icon usage
226 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
227 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
228 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
229 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
230 o Correct resource strings
231
2323.02c:
233 o Correct broken assignments
234 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
235
2363.02b:
237 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
238
2393.02a:
240 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
241 o Correct archive name display
242
2433.02:
244 o First open source release.
245
2463.01:
247 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
248
2493.00d:
250 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
251 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
252
2533.00c:
254 o More minor bug fixes.
255
2563.00b:
257 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
258
2593.00:
260 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
261 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
262 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
263 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
264 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
265 correspondingly smaller.
266 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
267 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
268 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
269 some more, thus tempting fate.
270 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
271 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
272 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
273 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
274 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
275 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
276 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
277 width.
278 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
279 this stuff built-in now.
280 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
281 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
282 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
283 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
284 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
285 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
286 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
287 confirmation.
288 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
289 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
290 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
291 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
292
2932.67:
294 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
295 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
296 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
297 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
298 recall.
299
3002.66:
301 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
302 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
303 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
304 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
305 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
306 there's no diskette inserted.)
307 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
308 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
309 o Reworked Databar a bit.
310 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
311 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
312
3132.65:
314 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
315 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
316 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
317 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
318 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
319 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
320 best stuff was turned off by default!
321 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
322 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
323 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
324 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
325 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
326 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
327 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
328
3292.64:
330 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
331 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
332 horizontal) there.
333 o More help file work.
334 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
335 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
336 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
337 "touching" files easier.
338
3392.63:
340 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
341 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
342 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
343 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
344 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
345 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
346 is available.
347 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
348 attractive (IMHO).
349 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
350 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
351 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
352 marks.
353 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
354 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
355 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
356 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
357
3582.62:
359 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
360
3612.61:
362 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
363 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
364 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
365 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
366 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
367 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
368 is bordered in red.
369 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
370 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
371 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
372 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
373 files.
374
3752.60:
376 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
377 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
378 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
379 be refreshed in the archive.
380 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
381 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
382
3832.59:
384 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
385 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
386 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
387
3882.58:
389 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
390 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
391 help to reflect this.
392 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
393 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
394 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
395
3962.57:
397 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
398 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
399 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
400
4012.56:
402 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
403 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
404
4052.55:
406 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
407 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
408
4092.54:
410 o Small tweaks.
411 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
412 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
413
4142.53:
415 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
416 selected files more quickly and easily.
417 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
418 Netscape were choking on it (a).
419 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
420 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
421 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
422 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
423
4242.52:
425 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
426 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
427 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
428 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
429 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
430 standard, then stick to it? Please?
431 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
432 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
433
4342.51:
435 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
436 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
437 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
438 user request.
439 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
440 user request.
441 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
442 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
443 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
444 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
445 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
446 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
447 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
448 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
449 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
450 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
451 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
452 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
453 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
454 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
455 still work correctly with this change.
456 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
457 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
458 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
459 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
460 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
461 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
462 up with all of it.
463
4642.50b:
465 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
466 image viewer window.
467 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
468 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
469
4702.50a:
471 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
472 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
473 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
474 directories listed in environment variables).
475 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
476 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
477 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
478 registration information.
479 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
480 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
481 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
482 popup menu.
483 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
484 object that didn't already have them (duh).
485 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
486 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
487 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
488 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
489
4902.50:
491 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
492 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
493 viewer.
494 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
495 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
496 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
497 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
498 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
499 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
500 results.
501 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
502 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
503 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
504 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
505 added file system type to end of string on user request.
506 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
507 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
508 It could happen.
509 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
510 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
511 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
512 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
513 o Note new internet address.
514 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
515 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
516 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
517 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
518 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
519 one :-).
520 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
521 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
522 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
523 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
524 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
525 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
526 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
527 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
528 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
529 even notice.
530
5312.49:
532 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
533 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
534 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
535 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
536 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
537 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
538 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
539 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
540 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
541 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
542 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
543 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
544 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
545
5462.48a:
547 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
548 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
549 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
550 o More Merlin preparations.
551 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
552 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
553 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
554 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
555 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
556 the Joneses? :-)
557
5582.48:
559 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
560 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
561 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
562 under Merlin.
563 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
564 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
565 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
566 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
567 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
568 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
569 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
570 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
571 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
572 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
573 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
574 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
575 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
576 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
577 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
578 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
579 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
580 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
581 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
582 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
583 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
584 machine.
585 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
586 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
587 o Keys help added per user request.
588
5892.47:
590 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
591 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
592 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
593 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
594 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
595 submenu selected.
596 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
597 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
598 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
599 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
600 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
601 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
602 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
603 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
604 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
605 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
606 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
607 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
608 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
609 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
610 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
611 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
612 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
613 Container to change directories.
614 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
615 questions.
616
6172.46:
618 o Fixed drive button bug.
619 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
620 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
621 the real thing.
622
6232.45:
624 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
625 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
626 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
627 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
628 was closed.
629 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
630 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
631 Scan.
632
6332.44:
634 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
635 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
636 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
637 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
638 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
639 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
640 user-defined bitmap.
641 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
642 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
643 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
644 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
645 for possible later retrieval.
646 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
647 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
648 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
649
6502.43:
651 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
652 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
653 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
654 connection, finally).
655 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
656 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
657 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
658 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
659 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
660 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
661 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
662 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
663 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
664 it finishes.
665 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
666 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
667 under older OS/2 versions.
668 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
669 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
670 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
671 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
672 reminder.
673 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
674 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
675
6762.42:
677 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
678 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
679 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
680 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
681 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
682 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
683 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
684 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
685 flags from the command line as an override.
686 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
687 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
688 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
689 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
690 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
691 Directory Container looks.
692 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
693 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
694 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
695 examples).
696 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
697 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
698 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
699 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
700 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
701 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
702 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
703 instead of the internal).
704 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
705 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
706 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
707 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
708 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
709
7102.41:
711 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
712 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
713 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
714 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
715 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
716 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
717 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
718 attractively.
719 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
720 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
721 but not switch to them.
722 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
723 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
724 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
725 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
726 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
727 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
728 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
729 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
730 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
731 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
732 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
733 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
734 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
735 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
736 Shouldn't be a major problem.
737 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
738 know the blamed thing was there.
739 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
740 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
741 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
742 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
743 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
744 paragraph. Something I use.
745 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
746 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
747 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
748 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
749 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
750 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
751 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
752 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
753 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
754 Containers.
755 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
756 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
757 (some things grow with a life of their own).
758 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
759 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
760 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
761 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
762
7632.40:
764 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
765 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
766 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
767 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
768 viewer.
769 o Added %! metastring.
770 o Added default archiver setting.
771 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
772 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
773 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
774 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
775 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
776 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
777 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
778 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
779 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
780 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
781 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
782 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
783 directories.
784 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
785 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
786 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
787
7882.39:
789 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
790 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
791 at FP10+ levels.
792 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
793 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
794 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
795 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
796 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
797 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
798 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
799 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
800 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
801 changed.
802 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
803
8042.38:
805 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
806 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
807 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
808 etc.).
809 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
810 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
811 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
812 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
813 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
814 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
815 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
816 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
817 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
818 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
819 show everything else.
820 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
821 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
822 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
823 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
824 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
825 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
826 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
827 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
828 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
829 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
830 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
831 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
832 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
833 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
834 foreground.
835
8362.37:
837 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
838 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
839 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
840 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
841 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
842 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
843 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
844 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
845 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
846 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
847 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
848 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
849 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
850 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
851 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
852 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
853 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
854 Directory Container.
855
8562.36:
857 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
858 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
859 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
860 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
861 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
862 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
863 o Tutorial section added to online help.
864 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
865 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
866 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
867 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
868 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
869 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
870 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
871 Settings notebook.
872 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
873 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
874 thousandth).
875 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
876 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
877 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
878
8792.35:
880 o Performance tuning.
881 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
882 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
883 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
884 permanent by Adding them as usual.
885 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
886 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
887 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
888 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
889 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
890 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
891 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
892 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
893 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
894 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
895 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
896 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
897
8982.34:
899 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
900 knee-jerk thing to do).
901 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
902 the container is maximized.
903 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
904 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
905 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
906 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
907 interested).
908 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
909 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
910 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
911 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
912 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
913 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
914 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
915 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
916 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
917 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
918 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
919 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
920 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
921 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
922 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
923
9242.33:
925 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
926 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
927 internal Settings notebook).
928 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
929 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
930 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
931 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
932 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
933 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
934 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
935 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
936 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
937 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
938 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
939 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
940 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
941 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
942 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
943
9442.32:
945 o See all files window fleshed out.
946 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
947 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
948 notebook.
949 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
950 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
951 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
952 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
953 of course).
954 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
955 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
956 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
957 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
958 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
959 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
960 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
961 the list.
962
9632.31:
964 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
965 miniapp.
966 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
967 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
968 to the above).
969 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
970 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
971 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
972 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
973 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
974 the archive resides."
975 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
976 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
977 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
978 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
979 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
980 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
981 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
982 o More user suggestions implemented.
983
9842.30:
985 o I forget.
986
9872.29:
988 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
989 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
990 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
991 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
992 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
993 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
994 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
995 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
996 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
997 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
998 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
999 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1000 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1001 list).
1002
10032.28:
1004 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1005 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1006 dialog).
1007 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1008 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1009 current object.
1010 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1011 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1012 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1013 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1014 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1015 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1016 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1017 userlist dropdown.
1018 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1019 use a DOS app first...
1020
10212.27:
1022 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1023 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1024 default, BTW).
1025 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1026 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1027 weren't before).
1028 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1029 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1030 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1031 lines.
1032 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1033
10342.26:
1035 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1036 filenames.
1037 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1038 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1039 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1040 now on...
1041 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1042 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1043 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1044 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1045 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1046 client window whitespace.
1047 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1048 Edit menu.
1049 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1050 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1051 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1052 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1053 command.
1054 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1055 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1056 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1057
10582.25:
1059 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1060 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1061
10622.24:
1063 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1064 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1065 lives.
1066 o Undelete enhancements.
1067
10682.23:
1069 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1070 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1071 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1072 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1073 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1074 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1075
10762.22:
1077 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1078 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1079 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1080 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1081 inevitable problem arises.
1082 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1083 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1084
10852.21:
1086 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1087 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1088 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1089 causes default WPS open.
1090 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1091 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1092 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1093 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1094 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1095 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1096 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1097 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1098 o Other stuff I forget.
1099
11002.20:
1101 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1102 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1103 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1104 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1105 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1106 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1107 D&D.
1108 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1109 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1110 Containers.
1111 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1112 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1113 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1114 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1115 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1116 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1117 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1118 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1119 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1120 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1121 it (again).
1122
11232.19:
1124 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1125 alternative to maximizing.
1126 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1127 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1128 windows.
1129 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1130 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1131 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1132 along.
1133 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1134 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1135 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1136 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1137 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1138 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1139 to return to from the maximized state).
1140
11412.18:
1142 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1143 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1144 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1145 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1146 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1147 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1148 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1149
11502.17:
1151 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1152 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1153 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1154 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1155 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1156 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1157
11582.16:
1159 o Added "Update objects" command.
1160 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1161 one (under "Context Menus").
1162 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1163 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1164 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1165 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1166 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1167 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1168 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1169 start working again.
1170
11712.15:
1172 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1173 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1174 o Added "Select List" command.
1175 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1176 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1177 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1178 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1179 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1180 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1181 I'm just the piano player.
1182 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1183 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1184
11852.14:
1186 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1187 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1188 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1189 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1190 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1191 removable media drives.
1192 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1193 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1194 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1195 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1196 update the paths.
1197 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1198 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1199 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1200 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1201 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1202 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1203 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1204 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1205 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1206 to my satisfaction).
1207
12082.13:
1209 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1210 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1211 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1212 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1213 notebook.
1214 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1215 to use HPFS...).
1216 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1217 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1218 maybe a bit more functional.
1219 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1220
12212.12:
1222 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1223 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1224 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1225 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1226 accelerator keys.
1227 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1228
12292.11:
1230 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1231 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1232 give funny default drive.
1233 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1234 data between different INI files.
1235 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1236 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1237 There's a menu item for it.
1238 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1239 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1240 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1241
12422.10:
1243 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1244 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1245 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1246 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1247 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1248 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1249 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1250
12512.09:
1252 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1253 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1254 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1255 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1256 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1257 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1258 to trap.
1259 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1260 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1261 what Ron says...
1262 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1263 o Added optional split status line.
1264
12652.08:
1266 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1267 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1268 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1269 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1270 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1271 you can pick a different drive).
1272 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1273 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1274 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1275 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1276 line argument.
1277
12782.07:
1279 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1280 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1281 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1282 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1283 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1284 other.
1285
12862.06:
1287 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1288 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1289 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1290 root drives from being found.
1291 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1292 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1293 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1294 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1295 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1296 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1297
1298[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1299
13002.00:
1301 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1302 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1303 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1304
1305$Id: HISTORY 819 2007-08-29 23:10:10Z gyoung $
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