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Last change on this file since 882 was 882, checked in by Gregg Young, 18 years ago

Update CopyPresParams to include all types of Pres Params

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33.09(pre)
4 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
5 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
6 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
7 allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
8 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
9 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
10 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
11 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
12
133.08
14 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
15 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
16 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
17 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
18 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
19 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
20 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
21 on status line (Gregg)
22 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
23 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
24 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
25 string matching (Gregg)
26 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
27
283.07
29 o Tweak build process (Steven)
30 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
31 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
32 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
33 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
34 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
35 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
36 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
37 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
38 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
39 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
40 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
41 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
42 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
43 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
44 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
45 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
46 read only files. (Gregg)
47 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
48 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
49 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
50 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
51 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
52 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
53 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
54 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
55 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
56 absent with wrapped tex and hex
57 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
58
593.06
60 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
61 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
62 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
63 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
64 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
65 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
66
673.05.09
68 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
69 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
70 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
71 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
72 o Rework selective error logging logic
73 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
74 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
75 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
76 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
77 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
78 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
79 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
80 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
81 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
82 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
83
843.05 beta08
85 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
86 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
87 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
88 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
89 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
90 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
91 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
92 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
93 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
94 o Help file updates (Gregg)
95 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
96 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
97 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
98 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
99 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
100 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
101
1023.05beta07
103 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
104 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
105 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
106 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
107 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
108 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
109 o Update documentation (Gregg)
110 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
111 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
112
1133.05beta06
114 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
115 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
116
1173.05beta05
118 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
119 o NDFS support by Gregg
120 o Default seek and scan to show files
121 o Rework menus
122 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
123 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
124 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
125
1263.05beta04
127 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
128 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
129 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
130 o Avoid spurious error popups
131
1323.05beta03
133 o Help file updated by David
134 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
135 o Toolbars reworked by David
136 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
137 o More great bitmaps from David
138
1393.05beta02
140 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
141 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
142 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
143
1443.05beta01
145 o More great bitmaps from David
146 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
147 o Rework some error messages
148 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
149
1503.04
151 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
152 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
153 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
154 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
155 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
156 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
157 o More new icons (thanks David)
158 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
159
1603.04 pre11:
161 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
162 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
163
1643.04 pre10:
165 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
166 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
167
1683.04 pre9:
169 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
170
1713.04 pre8:
172 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
173 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
174
1753.04 pre7:
176 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
177 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
178 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
179 o Minor makefile corrections
180
1813.04 pre6:
182 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
183
1843.04 pre5:
185 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
186 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
187 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
188 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
189 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
190
1913.04 pre4:
192 o Correct longnames display enable
193 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
194 o Support archiver.tmp install
195
1963.04 pre3:
197 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
198 o Support tarlist.cmd install
199 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
200 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
201
2023.04 pre2:
203 o More icon updates (David's v18)
204 o Avoid user directory edit crash
205 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
206
2073.04 pre1:
208 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
209 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
210 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
211 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
212 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
213 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
214
2153.03:
216 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
217 o Correct directory sizes sort
218 o Correct archive sort again
219
2203.02i:
221 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
222 o Lots of work on large file support
223 o Switch to VAC 3.65
224 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
225 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
226 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
227 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
228 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
229 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
230 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
231 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
232
2333.02h:
234 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
235 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
236 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
237
2383.02g:
239 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
240
2413.02f:
242 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
243 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
244 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
245
2463.02e:
247 o More see all files fixes
248 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
249
2503.02d:
251 o Clean up icon usage
252 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
253 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
254 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
255 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
256 o Correct resource strings
257
2583.02c:
259 o Correct broken assignments
260 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
261
2623.02b:
263 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
264
2653.02a:
266 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
267 o Correct archive name display
268
2693.02:
270 o First open source release.
271
2723.01:
273 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
274
2753.00d:
276 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
277 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
278
2793.00c:
280 o More minor bug fixes.
281
2823.00b:
283 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
284
2853.00:
286 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
287 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
288 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
289 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
290 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
291 correspondingly smaller.
292 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
293 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
294 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
295 some more, thus tempting fate.
296 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
297 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
298 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
299 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
300 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
301 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
302 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
303 width.
304 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
305 this stuff built-in now.
306 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
307 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
308 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
309 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
310 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
311 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
312 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
313 confirmation.
314 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
315 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
316 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
317 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
318
3192.67:
320 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
321 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
322 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
323 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
324 recall.
325
3262.66:
327 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
328 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
329 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
330 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
331 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
332 there's no diskette inserted.)
333 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
334 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
335 o Reworked Databar a bit.
336 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
337 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
338
3392.65:
340 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
341 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
342 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
343 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
344 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
345 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
346 best stuff was turned off by default!
347 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
348 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
349 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
350 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
351 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
352 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
353 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
354
3552.64:
356 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
357 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
358 horizontal) there.
359 o More help file work.
360 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
361 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
362 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
363 "touching" files easier.
364
3652.63:
366 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
367 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
368 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
369 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
370 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
371 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
372 is available.
373 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
374 attractive (IMHO).
375 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
376 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
377 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
378 marks.
379 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
380 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
381 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
382 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
383
3842.62:
385 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
386
3872.61:
388 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
389 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
390 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
391 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
392 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
393 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
394 is bordered in red.
395 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
396 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
397 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
398 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
399 files.
400
4012.60:
402 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
403 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
404 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
405 be refreshed in the archive.
406 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
407 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
408
4092.59:
410 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
411 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
412 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
413
4142.58:
415 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
416 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
417 help to reflect this.
418 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
419 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
420 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
421
4222.57:
423 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
424 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
425 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
426
4272.56:
428 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
429 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
430
4312.55:
432 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
433 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
434
4352.54:
436 o Small tweaks.
437 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
438 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
439
4402.53:
441 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
442 selected files more quickly and easily.
443 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
444 Netscape were choking on it (a).
445 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
446 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
447 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
448 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
449
4502.52:
451 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
452 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
453 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
454 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
455 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
456 standard, then stick to it? Please?
457 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
458 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
459
4602.51:
461 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
462 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
463 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
464 user request.
465 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
466 user request.
467 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
468 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
469 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
470 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
471 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
472 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
473 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
474 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
475 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
476 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
477 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
478 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
479 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
480 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
481 still work correctly with this change.
482 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
483 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
484 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
485 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
486 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
487 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
488 up with all of it.
489
4902.50b:
491 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
492 image viewer window.
493 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
494 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
495
4962.50a:
497 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
498 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
499 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
500 directories listed in environment variables).
501 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
502 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
503 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
504 registration information.
505 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
506 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
507 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
508 popup menu.
509 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
510 object that didn't already have them (duh).
511 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
512 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
513 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
514 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
515
5162.50:
517 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
518 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
519 viewer.
520 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
521 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
522 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
523 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
524 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
525 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
526 results.
527 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
528 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
529 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
530 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
531 added file system type to end of string on user request.
532 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
533 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
534 It could happen.
535 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
536 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
537 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
538 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
539 o Note new internet address.
540 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
541 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
542 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
543 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
544 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
545 one :-).
546 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
547 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
548 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
549 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
550 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
551 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
552 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
553 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
554 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
555 even notice.
556
5572.49:
558 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
559 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
560 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
561 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
562 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
563 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
564 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
565 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
566 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
567 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
568 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
569 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
570 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
571
5722.48a:
573 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
574 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
575 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
576 o More Merlin preparations.
577 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
578 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
579 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
580 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
581 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
582 the Joneses? :-)
583
5842.48:
585 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
586 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
587 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
588 under Merlin.
589 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
590 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
591 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
592 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
593 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
594 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
595 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
596 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
597 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
598 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
599 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
600 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
601 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
602 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
603 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
604 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
605 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
606 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
607 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
608 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
609 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
610 machine.
611 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
612 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
613 o Keys help added per user request.
614
6152.47:
616 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
617 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
618 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
619 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
620 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
621 submenu selected.
622 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
623 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
624 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
625 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
626 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
627 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
628 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
629 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
630 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
631 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
632 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
633 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
634 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
635 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
636 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
637 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
638 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
639 Container to change directories.
640 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
641 questions.
642
6432.46:
644 o Fixed drive button bug.
645 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
646 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
647 the real thing.
648
6492.45:
650 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
651 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
652 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
653 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
654 was closed.
655 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
656 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
657 Scan.
658
6592.44:
660 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
661 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
662 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
663 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
664 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
665 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
666 user-defined bitmap.
667 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
668 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
669 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
670 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
671 for possible later retrieval.
672 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
673 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
674 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
675
6762.43:
677 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
678 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
679 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
680 connection, finally).
681 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
682 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
683 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
684 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
685 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
686 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
687 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
688 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
689 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
690 it finishes.
691 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
692 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
693 under older OS/2 versions.
694 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
695 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
696 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
697 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
698 reminder.
699 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
700 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
701
7022.42:
703 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
704 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
705 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
706 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
707 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
708 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
709 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
710 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
711 flags from the command line as an override.
712 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
713 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
714 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
715 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
716 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
717 Directory Container looks.
718 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
719 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
720 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
721 examples).
722 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
723 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
724 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
725 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
726 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
727 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
728 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
729 instead of the internal).
730 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
731 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
732 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
733 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
734 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
735
7362.41:
737 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
738 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
739 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
740 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
741 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
742 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
743 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
744 attractively.
745 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
746 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
747 but not switch to them.
748 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
749 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
750 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
751 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
752 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
753 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
754 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
755 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
756 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
757 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
758 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
759 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
760 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
761 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
762 Shouldn't be a major problem.
763 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
764 know the blamed thing was there.
765 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
766 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
767 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
768 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
769 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
770 paragraph. Something I use.
771 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
772 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
773 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
774 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
775 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
776 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
777 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
778 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
779 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
780 Containers.
781 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
782 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
783 (some things grow with a life of their own).
784 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
785 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
786 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
787 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
788
7892.40:
790 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
791 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
792 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
793 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
794 viewer.
795 o Added %! metastring.
796 o Added default archiver setting.
797 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
798 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
799 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
800 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
801 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
802 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
803 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
804 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
805 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
806 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
807 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
808 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
809 directories.
810 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
811 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
812 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
813
8142.39:
815 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
816 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
817 at FP10+ levels.
818 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
819 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
820 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
821 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
822 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
823 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
824 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
825 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
826 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
827 changed.
828 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
829
8302.38:
831 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
832 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
833 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
834 etc.).
835 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
836 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
837 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
838 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
839 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
840 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
841 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
842 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
843 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
844 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
845 show everything else.
846 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
847 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
848 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
849 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
850 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
851 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
852 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
853 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
854 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
855 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
856 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
857 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
858 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
859 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
860 foreground.
861
8622.37:
863 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
864 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
865 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
866 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
867 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
868 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
869 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
870 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
871 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
872 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
873 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
874 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
875 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
876 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
877 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
878 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
879 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
880 Directory Container.
881
8822.36:
883 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
884 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
885 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
886 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
887 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
888 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
889 o Tutorial section added to online help.
890 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
891 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
892 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
893 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
894 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
895 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
896 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
897 Settings notebook.
898 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
899 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
900 thousandth).
901 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
902 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
903 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
904
9052.35:
906 o Performance tuning.
907 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
908 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
909 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
910 permanent by Adding them as usual.
911 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
912 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
913 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
914 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
915 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
916 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
917 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
918 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
919 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
920 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
921 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
922 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
923
9242.34:
925 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
926 knee-jerk thing to do).
927 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
928 the container is maximized.
929 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
930 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
931 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
932 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
933 interested).
934 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
935 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
936 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
937 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
938 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
939 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
940 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
941 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
942 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
943 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
944 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
945 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
946 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
947 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
948 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
949
9502.33:
951 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
952 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
953 internal Settings notebook).
954 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
955 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
956 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
957 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
958 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
959 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
960 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
961 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
962 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
963 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
964 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
965 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
966 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
967 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
968 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
969
9702.32:
971 o See all files window fleshed out.
972 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
973 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
974 notebook.
975 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
976 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
977 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
978 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
979 of course).
980 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
981 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
982 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
983 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
984 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
985 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
986 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
987 the list.
988
9892.31:
990 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
991 miniapp.
992 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
993 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
994 to the above).
995 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
996 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
997 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
998 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
999 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1000 the archive resides."
1001 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1002 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1003 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1004 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1005 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1006 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1007 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1008 o More user suggestions implemented.
1009
10102.30:
1011 o I forget.
1012
10132.29:
1014 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1015 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1016 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1017 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1018 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1019 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1020 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1021 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1022 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1023 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1024 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1025 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1026 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1027 list).
1028
10292.28:
1030 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1031 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1032 dialog).
1033 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1034 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1035 current object.
1036 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1037 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1038 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1039 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1040 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1041 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1042 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1043 userlist dropdown.
1044 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1045 use a DOS app first...
1046
10472.27:
1048 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1049 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1050 default, BTW).
1051 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1052 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1053 weren't before).
1054 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1055 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1056 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1057 lines.
1058 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1059
10602.26:
1061 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1062 filenames.
1063 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1064 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1065 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1066 now on...
1067 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1068 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1069 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1070 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1071 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1072 client window whitespace.
1073 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1074 Edit menu.
1075 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1076 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1077 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1078 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1079 command.
1080 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1081 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1082 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1083
10842.25:
1085 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1086 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1087
10882.24:
1089 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1090 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1091 lives.
1092 o Undelete enhancements.
1093
10942.23:
1095 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1096 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1097 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1098 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1099 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1100 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1101
11022.22:
1103 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1104 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1105 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1106 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1107 inevitable problem arises.
1108 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1109 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1110
11112.21:
1112 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1113 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1114 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1115 causes default WPS open.
1116 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1117 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1118 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1119 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1120 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1121 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1122 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1123 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1124 o Other stuff I forget.
1125
11262.20:
1127 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1128 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1129 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1130 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1131 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1132 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1133 D&D.
1134 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1135 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1136 Containers.
1137 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1138 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1139 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1140 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1141 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1142 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1143 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1144 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1145 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1146 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1147 it (again).
1148
11492.19:
1150 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1151 alternative to maximizing.
1152 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1153 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1154 windows.
1155 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1156 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1157 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1158 along.
1159 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1160 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1161 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1162 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1163 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1164 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1165 to return to from the maximized state).
1166
11672.18:
1168 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1169 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1170 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1171 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1172 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1173 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1174 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1175
11762.17:
1177 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1178 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1179 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1180 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1181 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1182 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1183
11842.16:
1185 o Added "Update objects" command.
1186 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1187 one (under "Context Menus").
1188 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1189 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1190 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1191 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1192 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1193 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1194 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1195 start working again.
1196
11972.15:
1198 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1199 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1200 o Added "Select List" command.
1201 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1202 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1203 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1204 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1205 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1206 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1207 I'm just the piano player.
1208 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1209 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1210
12112.14:
1212 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1213 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1214 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1215 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1216 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1217 removable media drives.
1218 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1219 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1220 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1221 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1222 update the paths.
1223 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1224 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1225 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1226 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1227 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1228 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1229 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1230 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1231 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1232 to my satisfaction).
1233
12342.13:
1235 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1236 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1237 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1238 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1239 notebook.
1240 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1241 to use HPFS...).
1242 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1243 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1244 maybe a bit more functional.
1245 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1246
12472.12:
1248 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1249 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1250 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1251 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1252 accelerator keys.
1253 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1254
12552.11:
1256 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1257 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1258 give funny default drive.
1259 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1260 data between different INI files.
1261 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1262 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1263 There's a menu item for it.
1264 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1265 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1266 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1267
12682.10:
1269 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1270 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1271 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1272 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1273 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1274 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1275 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1276
12772.09:
1278 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1279 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1280 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1281 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1282 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1283 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1284 to trap.
1285 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1286 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1287 what Ron says...
1288 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1289 o Added optional split status line.
1290
12912.08:
1292 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1293 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1294 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1295 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1296 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1297 you can pick a different drive).
1298 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1299 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1300 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1301 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1302 line argument.
1303
13042.07:
1305 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1306 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1307 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1308 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1309 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1310 other.
1311
13122.06:
1313 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1314 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1315 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1316 root drives from being found.
1317 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1318 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1319 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1320 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1321 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1322 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1323
1324[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1325
13262.00:
1327 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1328 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1329 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1330
1331$Id: HISTORY 882 2007-12-11 00:11:58Z gyoung $
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