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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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33.09(pre)
4 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
5 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
6 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
7 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
8 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
9 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
10 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
11 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
12 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
13 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
14 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
15 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
16 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
17 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
18 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
19 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
20
213.08
22 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
23 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
24 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
25 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
26 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
27 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
28 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
29 on status line (Gregg)
30 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
31 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
32 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
33 string matching (Gregg)
34 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
35
363.07
37 o Tweak build process (Steven)
38 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
39 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
40 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
41 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
42 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
43 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
44 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
45 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
46 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
47 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
48 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
49 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
50 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
51 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
52 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
53 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
54 read only files. (Gregg)
55 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
56 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
57 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
58 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
59 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
60 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
61 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
62 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
63 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
64 absent with wrapped tex and hex
65 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
66
673.06
68 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
69 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
70 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
71 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
72 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
73 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
74
753.05.09
76 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
77 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
78 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
79 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
80 o Rework selective error logging logic
81 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
82 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
83 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
84 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
85 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
86 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
87 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
88 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
89 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
90 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
91
923.05 beta08
93 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
94 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
95 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
96 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
97 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
98 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
99 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
100 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
101 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
102 o Help file updates (Gregg)
103 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
104 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
105 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
106 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
107 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
108 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
109
1103.05beta07
111 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
112 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
113 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
114 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
115 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
116 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
117 o Update documentation (Gregg)
118 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
119 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
120
1213.05beta06
122 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
123 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
124
1253.05beta05
126 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
127 o NDFS support by Gregg
128 o Default seek and scan to show files
129 o Rework menus
130 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
131 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
132 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
133
1343.05beta04
135 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
136 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
137 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
138 o Avoid spurious error popups
139
1403.05beta03
141 o Help file updated by David
142 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
143 o Toolbars reworked by David
144 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
145 o More great bitmaps from David
146
1473.05beta02
148 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
149 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
150 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
151
1523.05beta01
153 o More great bitmaps from David
154 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
155 o Rework some error messages
156 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
157
1583.04
159 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
160 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
161 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
162 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
163 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
164 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
165 o More new icons (thanks David)
166 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
167
1683.04 pre11:
169 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
170 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
171
1723.04 pre10:
173 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
174 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
175
1763.04 pre9:
177 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
178
1793.04 pre8:
180 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
181 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
182
1833.04 pre7:
184 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
185 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
186 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
187 o Minor makefile corrections
188
1893.04 pre6:
190 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
191
1923.04 pre5:
193 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
194 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
195 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
196 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
197 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
198
1993.04 pre4:
200 o Correct longnames display enable
201 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
202 o Support archiver.tmp install
203
2043.04 pre3:
205 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
206 o Support tarlist.cmd install
207 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
208 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
209
2103.04 pre2:
211 o More icon updates (David's v18)
212 o Avoid user directory edit crash
213 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
214
2153.04 pre1:
216 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
217 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
218 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
219 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
220 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
221 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
222
2233.03:
224 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
225 o Correct directory sizes sort
226 o Correct archive sort again
227
2283.02i:
229 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
230 o Lots of work on large file support
231 o Switch to VAC 3.65
232 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
233 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
234 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
235 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
236 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
237 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
238 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
239 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
240
2413.02h:
242 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
243 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
244 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
245
2463.02g:
247 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
248
2493.02f:
250 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
251 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
252 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
253
2543.02e:
255 o More see all files fixes
256 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
257
2583.02d:
259 o Clean up icon usage
260 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
261 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
262 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
263 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
264 o Correct resource strings
265
2663.02c:
267 o Correct broken assignments
268 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
269
2703.02b:
271 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
272
2733.02a:
274 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
275 o Correct archive name display
276
2773.02:
278 o First open source release.
279
2803.01:
281 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
282
2833.00d:
284 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
285 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
286
2873.00c:
288 o More minor bug fixes.
289
2903.00b:
291 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
292
2933.00:
294 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
295 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
296 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
297 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
298 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
299 correspondingly smaller.
300 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
301 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
302 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
303 some more, thus tempting fate.
304 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
305 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
306 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
307 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
308 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
309 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
310 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
311 width.
312 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
313 this stuff built-in now.
314 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
315 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
316 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
317 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
318 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
319 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
320 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
321 confirmation.
322 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
323 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
324 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
325 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
326
3272.67:
328 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
329 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
330 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
331 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
332 recall.
333
3342.66:
335 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
336 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
337 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
338 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
339 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
340 there's no diskette inserted.)
341 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
342 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
343 o Reworked Databar a bit.
344 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
345 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
346
3472.65:
348 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
349 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
350 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
351 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
352 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
353 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
354 best stuff was turned off by default!
355 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
356 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
357 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
358 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
359 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
360 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
361 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
362
3632.64:
364 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
365 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
366 horizontal) there.
367 o More help file work.
368 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
369 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
370 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
371 "touching" files easier.
372
3732.63:
374 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
375 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
376 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
377 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
378 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
379 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
380 is available.
381 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
382 attractive (IMHO).
383 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
384 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
385 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
386 marks.
387 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
388 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
389 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
390 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
391
3922.62:
393 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
394
3952.61:
396 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
397 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
398 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
399 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
400 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
401 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
402 is bordered in red.
403 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
404 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
405 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
406 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
407 files.
408
4092.60:
410 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
411 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
412 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
413 be refreshed in the archive.
414 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
415 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
416
4172.59:
418 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
419 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
420 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
421
4222.58:
423 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
424 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
425 help to reflect this.
426 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
427 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
428 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
429
4302.57:
431 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
432 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
433 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
434
4352.56:
436 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
437 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
438
4392.55:
440 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
441 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
442
4432.54:
444 o Small tweaks.
445 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
446 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
447
4482.53:
449 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
450 selected files more quickly and easily.
451 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
452 Netscape were choking on it (a).
453 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
454 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
455 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
456 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
457
4582.52:
459 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
460 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
461 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
462 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
463 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
464 standard, then stick to it? Please?
465 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
466 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
467
4682.51:
469 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
470 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
471 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
472 user request.
473 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
474 user request.
475 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
476 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
477 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
478 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
479 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
480 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
481 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
482 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
483 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
484 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
485 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
486 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
487 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
488 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
489 still work correctly with this change.
490 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
491 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
492 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
493 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
494 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
495 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
496 up with all of it.
497
4982.50b:
499 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
500 image viewer window.
501 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
502 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
503
5042.50a:
505 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
506 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
507 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
508 directories listed in environment variables).
509 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
510 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
511 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
512 registration information.
513 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
514 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
515 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
516 popup menu.
517 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
518 object that didn't already have them (duh).
519 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
520 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
521 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
522 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
523
5242.50:
525 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
526 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
527 viewer.
528 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
529 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
530 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
531 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
532 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
533 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
534 results.
535 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
536 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
537 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
538 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
539 added file system type to end of string on user request.
540 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
541 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
542 It could happen.
543 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
544 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
545 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
546 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
547 o Note new internet address.
548 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
549 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
550 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
551 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
552 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
553 one :-).
554 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
555 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
556 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
557 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
558 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
559 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
560 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
561 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
562 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
563 even notice.
564
5652.49:
566 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
567 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
568 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
569 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
570 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
571 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
572 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
573 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
574 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
575 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
576 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
577 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
578 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
579
5802.48a:
581 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
582 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
583 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
584 o More Merlin preparations.
585 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
586 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
587 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
588 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
589 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
590 the Joneses? :-)
591
5922.48:
593 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
594 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
595 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
596 under Merlin.
597 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
598 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
599 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
600 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
601 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
602 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
603 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
604 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
605 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
606 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
607 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
608 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
609 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
610 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
611 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
612 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
613 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
614 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
615 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
616 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
617 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
618 machine.
619 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
620 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
621 o Keys help added per user request.
622
6232.47:
624 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
625 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
626 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
627 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
628 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
629 submenu selected.
630 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
631 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
632 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
633 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
634 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
635 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
636 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
637 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
638 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
639 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
640 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
641 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
642 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
643 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
644 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
645 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
646 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
647 Container to change directories.
648 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
649 questions.
650
6512.46:
652 o Fixed drive button bug.
653 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
654 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
655 the real thing.
656
6572.45:
658 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
659 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
660 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
661 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
662 was closed.
663 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
664 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
665 Scan.
666
6672.44:
668 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
669 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
670 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
671 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
672 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
673 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
674 user-defined bitmap.
675 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
676 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
677 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
678 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
679 for possible later retrieval.
680 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
681 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
682 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
683
6842.43:
685 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
686 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
687 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
688 connection, finally).
689 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
690 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
691 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
692 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
693 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
694 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
695 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
696 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
697 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
698 it finishes.
699 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
700 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
701 under older OS/2 versions.
702 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
703 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
704 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
705 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
706 reminder.
707 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
708 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
709
7102.42:
711 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
712 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
713 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
714 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
715 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
716 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
717 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
718 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
719 flags from the command line as an override.
720 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
721 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
722 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
723 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
724 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
725 Directory Container looks.
726 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
727 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
728 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
729 examples).
730 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
731 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
732 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
733 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
734 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
735 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
736 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
737 instead of the internal).
738 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
739 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
740 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
741 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
742 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
743
7442.41:
745 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
746 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
747 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
748 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
749 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
750 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
751 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
752 attractively.
753 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
754 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
755 but not switch to them.
756 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
757 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
758 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
759 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
760 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
761 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
762 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
763 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
764 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
765 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
766 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
767 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
768 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
769 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
770 Shouldn't be a major problem.
771 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
772 know the blamed thing was there.
773 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
774 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
775 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
776 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
777 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
778 paragraph. Something I use.
779 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
780 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
781 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
782 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
783 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
784 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
785 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
786 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
787 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
788 Containers.
789 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
790 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
791 (some things grow with a life of their own).
792 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
793 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
794 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
795 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
796
7972.40:
798 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
799 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
800 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
801 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
802 viewer.
803 o Added %! metastring.
804 o Added default archiver setting.
805 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
806 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
807 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
808 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
809 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
810 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
811 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
812 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
813 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
814 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
815 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
816 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
817 directories.
818 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
819 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
820 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
821
8222.39:
823 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
824 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
825 at FP10+ levels.
826 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
827 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
828 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
829 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
830 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
831 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
832 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
833 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
834 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
835 changed.
836 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
837
8382.38:
839 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
840 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
841 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
842 etc.).
843 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
844 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
845 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
846 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
847 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
848 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
849 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
850 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
851 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
852 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
853 show everything else.
854 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
855 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
856 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
857 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
858 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
859 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
860 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
861 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
862 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
863 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
864 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
865 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
866 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
867 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
868 foreground.
869
8702.37:
871 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
872 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
873 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
874 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
875 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
876 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
877 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
878 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
879 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
880 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
881 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
882 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
883 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
884 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
885 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
886 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
887 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
888 Directory Container.
889
8902.36:
891 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
892 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
893 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
894 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
895 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
896 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
897 o Tutorial section added to online help.
898 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
899 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
900 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
901 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
902 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
903 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
904 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
905 Settings notebook.
906 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
907 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
908 thousandth).
909 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
910 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
911 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
912
9132.35:
914 o Performance tuning.
915 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
916 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
917 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
918 permanent by Adding them as usual.
919 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
920 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
921 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
922 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
923 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
924 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
925 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
926 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
927 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
928 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
929 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
930 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
931
9322.34:
933 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
934 knee-jerk thing to do).
935 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
936 the container is maximized.
937 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
938 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
939 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
940 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
941 interested).
942 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
943 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
944 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
945 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
946 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
947 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
948 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
949 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
950 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
951 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
952 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
953 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
954 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
955 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
956 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
957
9582.33:
959 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
960 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
961 internal Settings notebook).
962 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
963 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
964 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
965 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
966 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
967 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
968 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
969 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
970 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
971 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
972 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
973 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
974 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
975 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
976 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
977
9782.32:
979 o See all files window fleshed out.
980 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
981 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
982 notebook.
983 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
984 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
985 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
986 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
987 of course).
988 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
989 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
990 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
991 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
992 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
993 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
994 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
995 the list.
996
9972.31:
998 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
999 miniapp.
1000 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1001 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1002 to the above).
1003 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1004 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1005 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1006 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1007 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1008 the archive resides."
1009 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1010 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1011 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1012 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1013 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1014 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1015 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1016 o More user suggestions implemented.
1017
10182.30:
1019 o I forget.
1020
10212.29:
1022 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1023 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1024 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1025 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1026 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1027 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1028 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1029 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1030 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1031 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1032 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1033 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1034 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1035 list).
1036
10372.28:
1038 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1039 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1040 dialog).
1041 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1042 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1043 current object.
1044 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1045 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1046 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1047 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1048 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1049 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1050 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1051 userlist dropdown.
1052 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1053 use a DOS app first...
1054
10552.27:
1056 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1057 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1058 default, BTW).
1059 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1060 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1061 weren't before).
1062 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1063 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1064 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1065 lines.
1066 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1067
10682.26:
1069 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1070 filenames.
1071 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1072 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1073 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1074 now on...
1075 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1076 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1077 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1078 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1079 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1080 client window whitespace.
1081 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1082 Edit menu.
1083 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1084 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1085 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1086 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1087 command.
1088 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1089 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1090 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1091
10922.25:
1093 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1094 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1095
10962.24:
1097 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1098 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1099 lives.
1100 o Undelete enhancements.
1101
11022.23:
1103 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1104 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1105 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1106 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1107 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1108 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1109
11102.22:
1111 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1112 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1113 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1114 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1115 inevitable problem arises.
1116 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1117 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1118
11192.21:
1120 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1121 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1122 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1123 causes default WPS open.
1124 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1125 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1126 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1127 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1128 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1129 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1130 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1131 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1132 o Other stuff I forget.
1133
11342.20:
1135 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1136 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1137 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1138 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1139 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1140 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1141 D&D.
1142 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1143 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1144 Containers.
1145 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1146 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1147 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1148 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1149 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1150 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1151 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1152 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1153 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1154 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1155 it (again).
1156
11572.19:
1158 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1159 alternative to maximizing.
1160 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1161 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1162 windows.
1163 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1164 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1165 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1166 along.
1167 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1168 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1169 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1170 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1171 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1172 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1173 to return to from the maximized state).
1174
11752.18:
1176 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1177 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1178 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1179 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1180 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1181 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1182 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1183
11842.17:
1185 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1186 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1187 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1188 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1189 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1190 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1191
11922.16:
1193 o Added "Update objects" command.
1194 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1195 one (under "Context Menus").
1196 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1197 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1198 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1199 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1200 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1201 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1202 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1203 start working again.
1204
12052.15:
1206 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1207 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1208 o Added "Select List" command.
1209 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1210 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1211 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1212 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1213 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1214 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1215 I'm just the piano player.
1216 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1217 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1218
12192.14:
1220 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1221 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1222 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1223 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1224 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1225 removable media drives.
1226 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1227 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1228 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1229 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1230 update the paths.
1231 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1232 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1233 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1234 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1235 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1236 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1237 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1238 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1239 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1240 to my satisfaction).
1241
12422.13:
1243 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1244 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1245 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1246 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1247 notebook.
1248 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1249 to use HPFS...).
1250 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1251 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1252 maybe a bit more functional.
1253 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1254
12552.12:
1256 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1257 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1258 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1259 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1260 accelerator keys.
1261 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1262
12632.11:
1264 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1265 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1266 give funny default drive.
1267 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1268 data between different INI files.
1269 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1270 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1271 There's a menu item for it.
1272 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1273 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1274 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1275
12762.10:
1277 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1278 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1279 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1280 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1281 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1282 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1283 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1284
12852.09:
1286 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1287 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1288 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1289 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1290 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1291 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1292 to trap.
1293 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1294 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1295 what Ron says...
1296 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1297 o Added optional split status line.
1298
12992.08:
1300 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1301 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1302 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1303 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1304 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1305 you can pick a different drive).
1306 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1307 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1308 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1309 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1310 line argument.
1311
13122.07:
1313 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1314 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1315 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1316 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1317 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1318 other.
1319
13202.06:
1321 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1322 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1323 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1324 root drives from being found.
1325 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1326 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1327 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1328 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1329 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1330 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1331
1332[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1333
13342.00:
1335 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1336 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1337 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1338
1339$Id: HISTORY 905 2008-01-05 03:47:06Z stevenhl $
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