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Last change on this file since 837 was 837, checked in by Gregg Young, 18 years ago

Fix for #144 crash when file names exceed max path; Initial xDosFindFirst/Next wrapper for performacne testing

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33.08 (pending)
4 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for string matching (Gregg)
5 o Fix trap on search where file name length exceeds maxpath (Gregg)
6
73.07
8 o Tweak build process (Steven)
9 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
10 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
11 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
12 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
13 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
14 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
15 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
16 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
17 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
18 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
19 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
20 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
21 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
22 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
23 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
24 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
25 read only files. (Gregg)
26 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
27 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
28 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
29 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
30 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
31 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
32 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
33 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
34 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
35 absent with wrapped tex and hex
36 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
37
383.06
39 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
40 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
41 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
42 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
43 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
44 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
45
463.05.09
47 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
48 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
49 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
50 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
51 o Rework selective error logging logic
52 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
53 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
54 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
55 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
56 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
57 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
58 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
59 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
60 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
61 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
62
633.05 beta08
64 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
65 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
66 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
67 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
68 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
69 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
70 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
71 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
72 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
73 o Help file updates (Gregg)
74 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
75 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
76 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
77 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
78 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
79 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
80
813.05beta07
82 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
83 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
84 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
85 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
86 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
87 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
88 o Update documentation (Gregg)
89 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
90 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
91
923.05beta06
93 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
94 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
95
963.05beta05
97 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
98 o NDFS support by Gregg
99 o Default seek and scan to show files
100 o Rework menus
101 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
102 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
103 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
104
1053.05beta04
106 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
107 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
108 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
109 o Avoid spurious error popups
110
1113.05beta03
112 o Help file updated by David
113 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
114 o Toolbars reworked by David
115 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
116 o More great bitmaps from David
117
1183.05beta02
119 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
120 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
121 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
122
1233.05beta01
124 o More great bitmaps from David
125 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
126 o Rework some error messages
127 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
128
1293.04
130 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
131 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
132 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
133 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
134 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
135 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
136 o More new icons (thanks David)
137 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
138
1393.04 pre11:
140 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
141 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
142
1433.04 pre10:
144 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
145 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
146
1473.04 pre9:
148 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
149
1503.04 pre8:
151 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
152 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
153
1543.04 pre7:
155 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
156 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
157 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
158 o Minor makefile corrections
159
1603.04 pre6:
161 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
162
1633.04 pre5:
164 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
165 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
166 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
167 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
168 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
169
1703.04 pre4:
171 o Correct longnames display enable
172 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
173 o Support archiver.tmp install
174
1753.04 pre3:
176 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
177 o Support tarlist.cmd install
178 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
179 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
180
1813.04 pre2:
182 o More icon updates (David's v18)
183 o Avoid user directory edit crash
184 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
185
1863.04 pre1:
187 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
188 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
189 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
190 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
191 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
192 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
193
1943.03:
195 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
196 o Correct directory sizes sort
197 o Correct archive sort again
198
1993.02i:
200 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
201 o Lots of work on large file support
202 o Switch to VAC 3.65
203 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
204 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
205 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
206 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
207 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
208 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
209 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
210 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
211
2123.02h:
213 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
214 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
215 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
216
2173.02g:
218 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
219
2203.02f:
221 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
222 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
223 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
224
2253.02e:
226 o More see all files fixes
227 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
228
2293.02d:
230 o Clean up icon usage
231 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
232 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
233 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
234 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
235 o Correct resource strings
236
2373.02c:
238 o Correct broken assignments
239 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
240
2413.02b:
242 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
243
2443.02a:
245 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
246 o Correct archive name display
247
2483.02:
249 o First open source release.
250
2513.01:
252 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
253
2543.00d:
255 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
256 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
257
2583.00c:
259 o More minor bug fixes.
260
2613.00b:
262 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
263
2643.00:
265 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
266 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
267 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
268 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
269 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
270 correspondingly smaller.
271 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
272 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
273 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
274 some more, thus tempting fate.
275 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
276 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
277 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
278 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
279 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
280 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
281 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
282 width.
283 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
284 this stuff built-in now.
285 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
286 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
287 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
288 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
289 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
290 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
291 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
292 confirmation.
293 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
294 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
295 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
296 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
297
2982.67:
299 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
300 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
301 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
302 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
303 recall.
304
3052.66:
306 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
307 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
308 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
309 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
310 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
311 there's no diskette inserted.)
312 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
313 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
314 o Reworked Databar a bit.
315 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
316 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
317
3182.65:
319 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
320 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
321 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
322 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
323 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
324 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
325 best stuff was turned off by default!
326 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
327 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
328 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
329 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
330 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
331 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
332 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
333
3342.64:
335 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
336 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
337 horizontal) there.
338 o More help file work.
339 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
340 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
341 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
342 "touching" files easier.
343
3442.63:
345 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
346 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
347 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
348 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
349 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
350 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
351 is available.
352 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
353 attractive (IMHO).
354 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
355 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
356 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
357 marks.
358 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
359 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
360 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
361 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
362
3632.62:
364 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
365
3662.61:
367 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
368 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
369 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
370 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
371 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
372 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
373 is bordered in red.
374 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
375 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
376 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
377 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
378 files.
379
3802.60:
381 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
382 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
383 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
384 be refreshed in the archive.
385 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
386 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
387
3882.59:
389 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
390 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
391 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
392
3932.58:
394 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
395 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
396 help to reflect this.
397 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
398 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
399 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
400
4012.57:
402 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
403 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
404 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
405
4062.56:
407 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
408 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
409
4102.55:
411 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
412 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
413
4142.54:
415 o Small tweaks.
416 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
417 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
418
4192.53:
420 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
421 selected files more quickly and easily.
422 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
423 Netscape were choking on it (a).
424 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
425 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
426 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
427 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
428
4292.52:
430 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
431 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
432 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
433 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
434 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
435 standard, then stick to it? Please?
436 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
437 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
438
4392.51:
440 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
441 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
442 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
443 user request.
444 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
445 user request.
446 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
447 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
448 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
449 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
450 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
451 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
452 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
453 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
454 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
455 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
456 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
457 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
458 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
459 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
460 still work correctly with this change.
461 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
462 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
463 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
464 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
465 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
466 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
467 up with all of it.
468
4692.50b:
470 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
471 image viewer window.
472 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
473 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
474
4752.50a:
476 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
477 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
478 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
479 directories listed in environment variables).
480 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
481 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
482 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
483 registration information.
484 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
485 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
486 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
487 popup menu.
488 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
489 object that didn't already have them (duh).
490 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
491 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
492 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
493 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
494
4952.50:
496 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
497 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
498 viewer.
499 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
500 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
501 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
502 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
503 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
504 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
505 results.
506 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
507 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
508 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
509 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
510 added file system type to end of string on user request.
511 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
512 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
513 It could happen.
514 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
515 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
516 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
517 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
518 o Note new internet address.
519 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
520 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
521 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
522 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
523 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
524 one :-).
525 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
526 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
527 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
528 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
529 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
530 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
531 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
532 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
533 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
534 even notice.
535
5362.49:
537 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
538 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
539 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
540 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
541 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
542 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
543 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
544 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
545 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
546 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
547 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
548 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
549 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
550
5512.48a:
552 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
553 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
554 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
555 o More Merlin preparations.
556 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
557 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
558 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
559 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
560 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
561 the Joneses? :-)
562
5632.48:
564 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
565 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
566 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
567 under Merlin.
568 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
569 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
570 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
571 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
572 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
573 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
574 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
575 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
576 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
577 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
578 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
579 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
580 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
581 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
582 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
583 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
584 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
585 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
586 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
587 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
588 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
589 machine.
590 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
591 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
592 o Keys help added per user request.
593
5942.47:
595 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
596 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
597 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
598 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
599 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
600 submenu selected.
601 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
602 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
603 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
604 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
605 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
606 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
607 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
608 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
609 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
610 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
611 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
612 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
613 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
614 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
615 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
616 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
617 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
618 Container to change directories.
619 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
620 questions.
621
6222.46:
623 o Fixed drive button bug.
624 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
625 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
626 the real thing.
627
6282.45:
629 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
630 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
631 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
632 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
633 was closed.
634 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
635 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
636 Scan.
637
6382.44:
639 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
640 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
641 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
642 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
643 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
644 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
645 user-defined bitmap.
646 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
647 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
648 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
649 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
650 for possible later retrieval.
651 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
652 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
653 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
654
6552.43:
656 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
657 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
658 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
659 connection, finally).
660 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
661 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
662 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
663 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
664 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
665 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
666 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
667 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
668 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
669 it finishes.
670 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
671 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
672 under older OS/2 versions.
673 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
674 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
675 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
676 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
677 reminder.
678 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
679 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
680
6812.42:
682 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
683 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
684 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
685 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
686 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
687 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
688 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
689 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
690 flags from the command line as an override.
691 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
692 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
693 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
694 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
695 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
696 Directory Container looks.
697 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
698 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
699 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
700 examples).
701 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
702 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
703 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
704 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
705 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
706 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
707 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
708 instead of the internal).
709 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
710 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
711 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
712 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
713 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
714
7152.41:
716 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
717 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
718 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
719 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
720 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
721 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
722 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
723 attractively.
724 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
725 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
726 but not switch to them.
727 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
728 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
729 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
730 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
731 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
732 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
733 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
734 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
735 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
736 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
737 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
738 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
739 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
740 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
741 Shouldn't be a major problem.
742 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
743 know the blamed thing was there.
744 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
745 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
746 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
747 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
748 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
749 paragraph. Something I use.
750 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
751 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
752 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
753 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
754 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
755 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
756 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
757 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
758 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
759 Containers.
760 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
761 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
762 (some things grow with a life of their own).
763 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
764 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
765 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
766 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
767
7682.40:
769 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
770 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
771 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
772 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
773 viewer.
774 o Added %! metastring.
775 o Added default archiver setting.
776 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
777 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
778 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
779 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
780 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
781 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
782 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
783 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
784 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
785 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
786 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
787 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
788 directories.
789 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
790 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
791 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
792
7932.39:
794 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
795 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
796 at FP10+ levels.
797 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
798 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
799 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
800 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
801 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
802 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
803 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
804 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
805 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
806 changed.
807 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
808
8092.38:
810 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
811 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
812 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
813 etc.).
814 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
815 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
816 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
817 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
818 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
819 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
820 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
821 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
822 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
823 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
824 show everything else.
825 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
826 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
827 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
828 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
829 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
830 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
831 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
832 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
833 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
834 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
835 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
836 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
837 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
838 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
839 foreground.
840
8412.37:
842 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
843 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
844 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
845 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
846 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
847 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
848 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
849 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
850 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
851 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
852 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
853 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
854 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
855 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
856 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
857 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
858 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
859 Directory Container.
860
8612.36:
862 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
863 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
864 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
865 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
866 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
867 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
868 o Tutorial section added to online help.
869 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
870 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
871 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
872 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
873 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
874 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
875 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
876 Settings notebook.
877 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
878 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
879 thousandth).
880 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
881 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
882 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
883
8842.35:
885 o Performance tuning.
886 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
887 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
888 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
889 permanent by Adding them as usual.
890 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
891 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
892 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
893 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
894 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
895 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
896 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
897 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
898 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
899 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
900 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
901 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
902
9032.34:
904 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
905 knee-jerk thing to do).
906 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
907 the container is maximized.
908 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
909 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
910 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
911 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
912 interested).
913 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
914 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
915 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
916 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
917 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
918 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
919 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
920 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
921 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
922 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
923 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
924 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
925 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
926 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
927 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
928
9292.33:
930 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
931 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
932 internal Settings notebook).
933 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
934 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
935 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
936 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
937 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
938 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
939 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
940 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
941 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
942 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
943 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
944 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
945 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
946 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
947 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
948
9492.32:
950 o See all files window fleshed out.
951 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
952 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
953 notebook.
954 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
955 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
956 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
957 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
958 of course).
959 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
960 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
961 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
962 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
963 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
964 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
965 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
966 the list.
967
9682.31:
969 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
970 miniapp.
971 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
972 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
973 to the above).
974 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
975 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
976 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
977 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
978 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
979 the archive resides."
980 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
981 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
982 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
983 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
984 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
985 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
986 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
987 o More user suggestions implemented.
988
9892.30:
990 o I forget.
991
9922.29:
993 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
994 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
995 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
996 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
997 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
998 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
999 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1000 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1001 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1002 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1003 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1004 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1005 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1006 list).
1007
10082.28:
1009 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1010 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1011 dialog).
1012 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1013 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1014 current object.
1015 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1016 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1017 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1018 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1019 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1020 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1021 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1022 userlist dropdown.
1023 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1024 use a DOS app first...
1025
10262.27:
1027 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1028 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1029 default, BTW).
1030 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1031 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1032 weren't before).
1033 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1034 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1035 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1036 lines.
1037 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1038
10392.26:
1040 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1041 filenames.
1042 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1043 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1044 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1045 now on...
1046 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1047 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1048 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1049 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1050 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1051 client window whitespace.
1052 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1053 Edit menu.
1054 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1055 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1056 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1057 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1058 command.
1059 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1060 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1061 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1062
10632.25:
1064 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1065 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1066
10672.24:
1068 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1069 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1070 lives.
1071 o Undelete enhancements.
1072
10732.23:
1074 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1075 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1076 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1077 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1078 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1079 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1080
10812.22:
1082 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1083 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1084 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1085 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1086 inevitable problem arises.
1087 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1088 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1089
10902.21:
1091 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1092 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1093 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1094 causes default WPS open.
1095 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1096 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1097 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1098 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1099 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1100 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1101 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1102 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1103 o Other stuff I forget.
1104
11052.20:
1106 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1107 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1108 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1109 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1110 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1111 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1112 D&D.
1113 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1114 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1115 Containers.
1116 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1117 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1118 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1119 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1120 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1121 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1122 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1123 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1124 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1125 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1126 it (again).
1127
11282.19:
1129 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1130 alternative to maximizing.
1131 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1132 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1133 windows.
1134 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1135 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1136 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1137 along.
1138 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1139 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1140 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1141 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1142 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1143 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1144 to return to from the maximized state).
1145
11462.18:
1147 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1148 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1149 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1150 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1151 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1152 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1153 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1154
11552.17:
1156 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1157 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1158 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1159 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1160 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1161 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1162
11632.16:
1164 o Added "Update objects" command.
1165 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1166 one (under "Context Menus").
1167 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1168 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1169 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1170 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1171 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1172 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1173 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1174 start working again.
1175
11762.15:
1177 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1178 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1179 o Added "Select List" command.
1180 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1181 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1182 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1183 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1184 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1185 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1186 I'm just the piano player.
1187 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1188 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1189
11902.14:
1191 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1192 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1193 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1194 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1195 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1196 removable media drives.
1197 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1198 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1199 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1200 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1201 update the paths.
1202 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1203 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1204 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1205 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1206 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1207 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1208 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1209 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1210 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1211 to my satisfaction).
1212
12132.13:
1214 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1215 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1216 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1217 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1218 notebook.
1219 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1220 to use HPFS...).
1221 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1222 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1223 maybe a bit more functional.
1224 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1225
12262.12:
1227 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1228 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1229 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1230 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1231 accelerator keys.
1232 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1233
12342.11:
1235 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1236 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1237 give funny default drive.
1238 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1239 data between different INI files.
1240 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1241 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1242 There's a menu item for it.
1243 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1244 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1245 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1246
12472.10:
1248 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1249 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1250 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1251 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1252 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1253 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1254 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1255
12562.09:
1257 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1258 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1259 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1260 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1261 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1262 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1263 to trap.
1264 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1265 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1266 what Ron says...
1267 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1268 o Added optional split status line.
1269
12702.08:
1271 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1272 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1273 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1274 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1275 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1276 you can pick a different drive).
1277 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1278 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1279 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1280 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1281 line argument.
1282
12832.07:
1284 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1285 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1286 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1287 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1288 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1289 other.
1290
12912.06:
1292 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1293 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1294 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1295 root drives from being found.
1296 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1297 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1298 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1299 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1300 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1301 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1302
1303[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1304
13052.00:
1306 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1307 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1308 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1309
1310$Id: HISTORY 837 2007-09-21 19:17:59Z gyoung $
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