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Last change on this file since 871 was 871, checked in by Steven Levine, 18 years ago

Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss
Detect and report overflows in fixup()

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2
33.09(pre)
4 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss
5
63.08
7 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
8 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
9 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
10 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
11 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
12 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
13 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
14 on status line (Gregg)
15 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
16 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
17 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
18 string matching (Gregg)
19 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
20
213.07
22 o Tweak build process (Steven)
23 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
24 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
25 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
26 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
27 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
28 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
29 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
30 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
31 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
32 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
33 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
34 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
35 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
36 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
37 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
38 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
39 read only files. (Gregg)
40 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
41 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
42 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
43 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
44 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
45 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
46 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
47 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
48 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
49 absent with wrapped tex and hex
50 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
51
523.06
53 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
54 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
55 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
56 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
57 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
58 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
59
603.05.09
61 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
62 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
63 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
64 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
65 o Rework selective error logging logic
66 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
67 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
68 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
69 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
70 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
71 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
72 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
73 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
74 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
75 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
76
773.05 beta08
78 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
79 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
80 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
81 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
82 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
83 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
84 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
85 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
86 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
87 o Help file updates (Gregg)
88 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
89 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
90 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
91 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
92 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
93 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
94
953.05beta07
96 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
97 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
98 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
99 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
100 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
101 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
102 o Update documentation (Gregg)
103 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
104 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
105
1063.05beta06
107 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
108 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
109
1103.05beta05
111 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
112 o NDFS support by Gregg
113 o Default seek and scan to show files
114 o Rework menus
115 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
116 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
117 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
118
1193.05beta04
120 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
121 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
122 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
123 o Avoid spurious error popups
124
1253.05beta03
126 o Help file updated by David
127 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
128 o Toolbars reworked by David
129 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
130 o More great bitmaps from David
131
1323.05beta02
133 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
134 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
135 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
136
1373.05beta01
138 o More great bitmaps from David
139 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
140 o Rework some error messages
141 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
142
1433.04
144 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
145 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
146 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
147 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
148 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
149 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
150 o More new icons (thanks David)
151 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
152
1533.04 pre11:
154 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
155 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
156
1573.04 pre10:
158 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
159 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
160
1613.04 pre9:
162 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
163
1643.04 pre8:
165 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
166 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
167
1683.04 pre7:
169 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
170 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
171 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
172 o Minor makefile corrections
173
1743.04 pre6:
175 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
176
1773.04 pre5:
178 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
179 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
180 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
181 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
182 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
183
1843.04 pre4:
185 o Correct longnames display enable
186 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
187 o Support archiver.tmp install
188
1893.04 pre3:
190 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
191 o Support tarlist.cmd install
192 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
193 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
194
1953.04 pre2:
196 o More icon updates (David's v18)
197 o Avoid user directory edit crash
198 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
199
2003.04 pre1:
201 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
202 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
203 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
204 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
205 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
206 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
207
2083.03:
209 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
210 o Correct directory sizes sort
211 o Correct archive sort again
212
2133.02i:
214 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
215 o Lots of work on large file support
216 o Switch to VAC 3.65
217 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
218 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
219 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
220 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
221 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
222 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
223 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
224 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
225
2263.02h:
227 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
228 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
229 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
230
2313.02g:
232 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
233
2343.02f:
235 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
236 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
237 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
238
2393.02e:
240 o More see all files fixes
241 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
242
2433.02d:
244 o Clean up icon usage
245 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
246 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
247 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
248 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
249 o Correct resource strings
250
2513.02c:
252 o Correct broken assignments
253 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
254
2553.02b:
256 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
257
2583.02a:
259 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
260 o Correct archive name display
261
2623.02:
263 o First open source release.
264
2653.01:
266 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
267
2683.00d:
269 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
270 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
271
2723.00c:
273 o More minor bug fixes.
274
2753.00b:
276 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
277
2783.00:
279 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
280 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
281 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
282 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
283 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
284 correspondingly smaller.
285 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
286 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
287 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
288 some more, thus tempting fate.
289 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
290 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
291 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
292 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
293 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
294 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
295 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
296 width.
297 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
298 this stuff built-in now.
299 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
300 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
301 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
302 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
303 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
304 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
305 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
306 confirmation.
307 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
308 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
309 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
310 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
311
3122.67:
313 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
314 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
315 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
316 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
317 recall.
318
3192.66:
320 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
321 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
322 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
323 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
324 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
325 there's no diskette inserted.)
326 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
327 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
328 o Reworked Databar a bit.
329 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
330 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
331
3322.65:
333 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
334 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
335 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
336 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
337 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
338 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
339 best stuff was turned off by default!
340 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
341 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
342 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
343 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
344 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
345 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
346 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
347
3482.64:
349 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
350 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
351 horizontal) there.
352 o More help file work.
353 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
354 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
355 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
356 "touching" files easier.
357
3582.63:
359 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
360 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
361 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
362 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
363 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
364 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
365 is available.
366 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
367 attractive (IMHO).
368 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
369 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
370 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
371 marks.
372 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
373 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
374 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
375 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
376
3772.62:
378 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
379
3802.61:
381 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
382 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
383 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
384 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
385 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
386 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
387 is bordered in red.
388 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
389 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
390 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
391 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
392 files.
393
3942.60:
395 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
396 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
397 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
398 be refreshed in the archive.
399 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
400 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
401
4022.59:
403 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
404 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
405 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
406
4072.58:
408 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
409 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
410 help to reflect this.
411 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
412 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
413 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
414
4152.57:
416 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
417 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
418 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
419
4202.56:
421 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
422 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
423
4242.55:
425 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
426 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
427
4282.54:
429 o Small tweaks.
430 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
431 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
432
4332.53:
434 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
435 selected files more quickly and easily.
436 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
437 Netscape were choking on it (a).
438 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
439 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
440 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
441 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
442
4432.52:
444 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
445 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
446 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
447 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
448 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
449 standard, then stick to it? Please?
450 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
451 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
452
4532.51:
454 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
455 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
456 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
457 user request.
458 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
459 user request.
460 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
461 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
462 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
463 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
464 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
465 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
466 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
467 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
468 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
469 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
470 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
471 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
472 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
473 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
474 still work correctly with this change.
475 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
476 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
477 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
478 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
479 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
480 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
481 up with all of it.
482
4832.50b:
484 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
485 image viewer window.
486 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
487 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
488
4892.50a:
490 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
491 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
492 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
493 directories listed in environment variables).
494 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
495 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
496 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
497 registration information.
498 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
499 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
500 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
501 popup menu.
502 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
503 object that didn't already have them (duh).
504 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
505 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
506 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
507 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
508
5092.50:
510 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
511 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
512 viewer.
513 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
514 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
515 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
516 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
517 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
518 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
519 results.
520 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
521 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
522 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
523 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
524 added file system type to end of string on user request.
525 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
526 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
527 It could happen.
528 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
529 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
530 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
531 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
532 o Note new internet address.
533 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
534 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
535 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
536 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
537 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
538 one :-).
539 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
540 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
541 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
542 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
543 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
544 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
545 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
546 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
547 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
548 even notice.
549
5502.49:
551 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
552 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
553 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
554 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
555 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
556 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
557 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
558 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
559 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
560 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
561 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
562 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
563 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
564
5652.48a:
566 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
567 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
568 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
569 o More Merlin preparations.
570 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
571 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
572 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
573 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
574 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
575 the Joneses? :-)
576
5772.48:
578 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
579 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
580 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
581 under Merlin.
582 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
583 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
584 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
585 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
586 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
587 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
588 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
589 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
590 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
591 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
592 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
593 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
594 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
595 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
596 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
597 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
598 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
599 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
600 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
601 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
602 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
603 machine.
604 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
605 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
606 o Keys help added per user request.
607
6082.47:
609 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
610 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
611 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
612 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
613 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
614 submenu selected.
615 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
616 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
617 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
618 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
619 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
620 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
621 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
622 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
623 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
624 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
625 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
626 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
627 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
628 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
629 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
630 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
631 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
632 Container to change directories.
633 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
634 questions.
635
6362.46:
637 o Fixed drive button bug.
638 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
639 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
640 the real thing.
641
6422.45:
643 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
644 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
645 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
646 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
647 was closed.
648 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
649 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
650 Scan.
651
6522.44:
653 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
654 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
655 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
656 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
657 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
658 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
659 user-defined bitmap.
660 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
661 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
662 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
663 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
664 for possible later retrieval.
665 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
666 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
667 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
668
6692.43:
670 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
671 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
672 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
673 connection, finally).
674 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
675 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
676 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
677 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
678 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
679 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
680 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
681 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
682 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
683 it finishes.
684 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
685 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
686 under older OS/2 versions.
687 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
688 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
689 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
690 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
691 reminder.
692 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
693 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
694
6952.42:
696 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
697 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
698 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
699 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
700 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
701 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
702 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
703 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
704 flags from the command line as an override.
705 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
706 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
707 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
708 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
709 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
710 Directory Container looks.
711 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
712 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
713 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
714 examples).
715 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
716 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
717 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
718 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
719 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
720 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
721 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
722 instead of the internal).
723 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
724 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
725 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
726 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
727 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
728
7292.41:
730 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
731 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
732 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
733 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
734 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
735 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
736 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
737 attractively.
738 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
739 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
740 but not switch to them.
741 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
742 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
743 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
744 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
745 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
746 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
747 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
748 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
749 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
750 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
751 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
752 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
753 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
754 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
755 Shouldn't be a major problem.
756 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
757 know the blamed thing was there.
758 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
759 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
760 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
761 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
762 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
763 paragraph. Something I use.
764 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
765 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
766 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
767 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
768 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
769 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
770 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
771 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
772 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
773 Containers.
774 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
775 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
776 (some things grow with a life of their own).
777 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
778 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
779 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
780 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
781
7822.40:
783 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
784 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
785 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
786 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
787 viewer.
788 o Added %! metastring.
789 o Added default archiver setting.
790 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
791 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
792 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
793 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
794 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
795 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
796 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
797 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
798 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
799 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
800 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
801 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
802 directories.
803 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
804 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
805 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
806
8072.39:
808 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
809 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
810 at FP10+ levels.
811 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
812 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
813 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
814 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
815 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
816 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
817 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
818 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
819 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
820 changed.
821 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
822
8232.38:
824 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
825 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
826 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
827 etc.).
828 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
829 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
830 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
831 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
832 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
833 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
834 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
835 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
836 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
837 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
838 show everything else.
839 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
840 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
841 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
842 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
843 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
844 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
845 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
846 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
847 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
848 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
849 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
850 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
851 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
852 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
853 foreground.
854
8552.37:
856 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
857 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
858 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
859 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
860 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
861 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
862 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
863 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
864 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
865 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
866 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
867 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
868 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
869 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
870 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
871 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
872 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
873 Directory Container.
874
8752.36:
876 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
877 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
878 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
879 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
880 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
881 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
882 o Tutorial section added to online help.
883 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
884 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
885 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
886 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
887 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
888 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
889 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
890 Settings notebook.
891 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
892 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
893 thousandth).
894 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
895 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
896 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
897
8982.35:
899 o Performance tuning.
900 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
901 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
902 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
903 permanent by Adding them as usual.
904 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
905 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
906 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
907 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
908 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
909 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
910 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
911 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
912 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
913 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
914 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
915 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
916
9172.34:
918 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
919 knee-jerk thing to do).
920 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
921 the container is maximized.
922 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
923 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
924 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
925 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
926 interested).
927 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
928 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
929 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
930 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
931 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
932 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
933 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
934 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
935 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
936 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
937 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
938 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
939 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
940 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
941 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
942
9432.33:
944 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
945 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
946 internal Settings notebook).
947 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
948 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
949 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
950 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
951 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
952 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
953 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
954 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
955 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
956 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
957 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
958 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
959 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
960 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
961 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
962
9632.32:
964 o See all files window fleshed out.
965 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
966 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
967 notebook.
968 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
969 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
970 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
971 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
972 of course).
973 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
974 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
975 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
976 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
977 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
978 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
979 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
980 the list.
981
9822.31:
983 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
984 miniapp.
985 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
986 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
987 to the above).
988 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
989 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
990 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
991 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
992 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
993 the archive resides."
994 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
995 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
996 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
997 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
998 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
999 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1000 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1001 o More user suggestions implemented.
1002
10032.30:
1004 o I forget.
1005
10062.29:
1007 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1008 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1009 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1010 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1011 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1012 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1013 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1014 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1015 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1016 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1017 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1018 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1019 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1020 list).
1021
10222.28:
1023 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1024 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1025 dialog).
1026 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1027 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1028 current object.
1029 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1030 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1031 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1032 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1033 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1034 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1035 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1036 userlist dropdown.
1037 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1038 use a DOS app first...
1039
10402.27:
1041 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1042 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1043 default, BTW).
1044 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1045 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1046 weren't before).
1047 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1048 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1049 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1050 lines.
1051 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1052
10532.26:
1054 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1055 filenames.
1056 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1057 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1058 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1059 now on...
1060 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1061 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1062 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1063 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1064 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1065 client window whitespace.
1066 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1067 Edit menu.
1068 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1069 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1070 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1071 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1072 command.
1073 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1074 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1075 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1076
10772.25:
1078 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1079 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1080
10812.24:
1082 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1083 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1084 lives.
1085 o Undelete enhancements.
1086
10872.23:
1088 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1089 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1090 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1091 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1092 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1093 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1094
10952.22:
1096 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1097 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1098 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1099 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1100 inevitable problem arises.
1101 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1102 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1103
11042.21:
1105 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1106 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1107 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1108 causes default WPS open.
1109 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1110 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1111 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1112 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1113 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1114 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1115 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1116 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1117 o Other stuff I forget.
1118
11192.20:
1120 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1121 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1122 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1123 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1124 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1125 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1126 D&D.
1127 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1128 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1129 Containers.
1130 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1131 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1132 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1133 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1134 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1135 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1136 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1137 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1138 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1139 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1140 it (again).
1141
11422.19:
1143 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1144 alternative to maximizing.
1145 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1146 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1147 windows.
1148 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1149 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1150 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1151 along.
1152 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1153 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1154 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1155 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1156 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1157 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1158 to return to from the maximized state).
1159
11602.18:
1161 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1162 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1163 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1164 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1165 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1166 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1167 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1168
11692.17:
1170 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1171 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1172 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1173 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1174 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1175 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1176
11772.16:
1178 o Added "Update objects" command.
1179 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1180 one (under "Context Menus").
1181 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1182 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1183 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1184 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1185 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1186 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1187 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1188 start working again.
1189
11902.15:
1191 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1192 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1193 o Added "Select List" command.
1194 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1195 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1196 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1197 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1198 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1199 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1200 I'm just the piano player.
1201 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1202 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1203
12042.14:
1205 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1206 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1207 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1208 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1209 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1210 removable media drives.
1211 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1212 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1213 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1214 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1215 update the paths.
1216 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1217 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1218 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1219 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1220 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1221 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1222 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1223 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1224 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1225 to my satisfaction).
1226
12272.13:
1228 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1229 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1230 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1231 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1232 notebook.
1233 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1234 to use HPFS...).
1235 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1236 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1237 maybe a bit more functional.
1238 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1239
12402.12:
1241 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1242 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1243 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1244 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1245 accelerator keys.
1246 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1247
12482.11:
1249 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1250 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1251 give funny default drive.
1252 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1253 data between different INI files.
1254 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1255 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1256 There's a menu item for it.
1257 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1258 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1259 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1260
12612.10:
1262 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1263 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1264 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1265 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1266 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1267 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1268 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1269
12702.09:
1271 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1272 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1273 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1274 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1275 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1276 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1277 to trap.
1278 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1279 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1280 what Ron says...
1281 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1282 o Added optional split status line.
1283
12842.08:
1285 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1286 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1287 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1288 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1289 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1290 you can pick a different drive).
1291 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1292 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1293 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1294 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1295 line argument.
1296
12972.07:
1298 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1299 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1300 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1301 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1302 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1303 other.
1304
13052.06:
1306 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1307 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1308 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1309 root drives from being found.
1310 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1311 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1312 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1313 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1314 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1315 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1316
1317[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1318
13192.00:
1320 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1321 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1322 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1323
1324$Id: HISTORY 871 2007-11-17 01:13:23Z stevenhl $
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