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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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33.09
4 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
5 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
6 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
7 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
8 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
9 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
10 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
11 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
12 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
13 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
14 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
15 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
16 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
17 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
18 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
19 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
20 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
21 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
22 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
23 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
24 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
25
263.08
27 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
28 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
29 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
30 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
31 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
32 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
33 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
34 on status line (Gregg)
35 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
36 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
37 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
38 string matching (Gregg)
39 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
40
413.07
42 o Tweak build process (Steven)
43 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
44 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
45 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
46 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
47 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
48 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
49 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
50 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
51 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
52 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
53 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
54 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
55 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
56 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
57 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
58 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
59 read only files. (Gregg)
60 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
61 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
62 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
63 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
64 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
65 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
66 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
67 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
68 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
69 absent with wrapped tex and hex
70 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
71
723.06
73 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
74 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
75 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
76 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
77 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
78 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
79
803.05.09
81 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
82 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
83 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
84 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
85 o Rework selective error logging logic
86 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
87 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
88 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
89 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
90 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
91 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
92 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
93 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
94 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
95 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
96
973.05 beta08
98 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
99 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
100 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
101 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
102 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
103 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
104 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
105 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
106 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
107 o Help file updates (Gregg)
108 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
109 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
110 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
111 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
112 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
113 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
114
1153.05beta07
116 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
117 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
118 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
119 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
120 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
121 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
122 o Update documentation (Gregg)
123 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
124 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
125
1263.05beta06
127 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
128 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
129
1303.05beta05
131 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
132 o NDFS support by Gregg
133 o Default seek and scan to show files
134 o Rework menus
135 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
136 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
137 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
138
1393.05beta04
140 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
141 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
142 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
143 o Avoid spurious error popups
144
1453.05beta03
146 o Help file updated by David
147 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
148 o Toolbars reworked by David
149 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
150 o More great bitmaps from David
151
1523.05beta02
153 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
154 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
155 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
156
1573.05beta01
158 o More great bitmaps from David
159 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
160 o Rework some error messages
161 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
162
1633.04
164 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
165 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
166 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
167 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
168 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
169 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
170 o More new icons (thanks David)
171 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
172
1733.04 pre11:
174 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
175 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
176
1773.04 pre10:
178 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
179 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
180
1813.04 pre9:
182 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
183
1843.04 pre8:
185 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
186 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
187
1883.04 pre7:
189 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
190 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
191 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
192 o Minor makefile corrections
193
1943.04 pre6:
195 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
196
1973.04 pre5:
198 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
199 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
200 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
201 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
202 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
203
2043.04 pre4:
205 o Correct longnames display enable
206 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
207 o Support archiver.tmp install
208
2093.04 pre3:
210 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
211 o Support tarlist.cmd install
212 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
213 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
214
2153.04 pre2:
216 o More icon updates (David's v18)
217 o Avoid user directory edit crash
218 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
219
2203.04 pre1:
221 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
222 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
223 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
224 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
225 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
226 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
227
2283.03:
229 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
230 o Correct directory sizes sort
231 o Correct archive sort again
232
2333.02i:
234 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
235 o Lots of work on large file support
236 o Switch to VAC 3.65
237 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
238 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
239 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
240 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
241 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
242 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
243 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
244 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
245
2463.02h:
247 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
248 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
249 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
250
2513.02g:
252 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
253
2543.02f:
255 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
256 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
257 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
258
2593.02e:
260 o More see all files fixes
261 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
262
2633.02d:
264 o Clean up icon usage
265 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
266 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
267 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
268 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
269 o Correct resource strings
270
2713.02c:
272 o Correct broken assignments
273 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
274
2753.02b:
276 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
277
2783.02a:
279 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
280 o Correct archive name display
281
2823.02:
283 o First open source release.
284
2853.01:
286 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
287
2883.00d:
289 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
290 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
291
2923.00c:
293 o More minor bug fixes.
294
2953.00b:
296 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
297
2983.00:
299 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
300 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
301 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
302 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
303 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
304 correspondingly smaller.
305 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
306 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
307 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
308 some more, thus tempting fate.
309 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
310 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
311 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
312 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
313 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
314 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
315 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
316 width.
317 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
318 this stuff built-in now.
319 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
320 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
321 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
322 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
323 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
324 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
325 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
326 confirmation.
327 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
328 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
329 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
330 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
331
3322.67:
333 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
334 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
335 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
336 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
337 recall.
338
3392.66:
340 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
341 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
342 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
343 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
344 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
345 there's no diskette inserted.)
346 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
347 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
348 o Reworked Databar a bit.
349 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
350 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
351
3522.65:
353 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
354 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
355 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
356 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
357 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
358 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
359 best stuff was turned off by default!
360 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
361 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
362 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
363 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
364 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
365 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
366 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
367
3682.64:
369 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
370 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
371 horizontal) there.
372 o More help file work.
373 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
374 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
375 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
376 "touching" files easier.
377
3782.63:
379 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
380 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
381 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
382 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
383 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
384 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
385 is available.
386 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
387 attractive (IMHO).
388 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
389 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
390 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
391 marks.
392 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
393 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
394 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
395 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
396
3972.62:
398 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
399
4002.61:
401 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
402 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
403 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
404 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
405 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
406 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
407 is bordered in red.
408 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
409 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
410 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
411 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
412 files.
413
4142.60:
415 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
416 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
417 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
418 be refreshed in the archive.
419 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
420 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
421
4222.59:
423 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
424 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
425 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
426
4272.58:
428 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
429 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
430 help to reflect this.
431 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
432 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
433 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
434
4352.57:
436 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
437 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
438 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
439
4402.56:
441 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
442 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
443
4442.55:
445 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
446 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
447
4482.54:
449 o Small tweaks.
450 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
451 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
452
4532.53:
454 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
455 selected files more quickly and easily.
456 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
457 Netscape were choking on it (a).
458 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
459 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
460 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
461 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
462
4632.52:
464 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
465 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
466 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
467 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
468 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
469 standard, then stick to it? Please?
470 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
471 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
472
4732.51:
474 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
475 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
476 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
477 user request.
478 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
479 user request.
480 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
481 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
482 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
483 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
484 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
485 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
486 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
487 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
488 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
489 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
490 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
491 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
492 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
493 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
494 still work correctly with this change.
495 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
496 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
497 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
498 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
499 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
500 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
501 up with all of it.
502
5032.50b:
504 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
505 image viewer window.
506 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
507 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
508
5092.50a:
510 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
511 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
512 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
513 directories listed in environment variables).
514 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
515 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
516 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
517 registration information.
518 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
519 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
520 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
521 popup menu.
522 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
523 object that didn't already have them (duh).
524 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
525 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
526 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
527 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
528
5292.50:
530 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
531 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
532 viewer.
533 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
534 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
535 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
536 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
537 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
538 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
539 results.
540 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
541 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
542 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
543 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
544 added file system type to end of string on user request.
545 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
546 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
547 It could happen.
548 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
549 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
550 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
551 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
552 o Note new internet address.
553 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
554 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
555 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
556 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
557 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
558 one :-).
559 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
560 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
561 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
562 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
563 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
564 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
565 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
566 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
567 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
568 even notice.
569
5702.49:
571 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
572 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
573 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
574 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
575 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
576 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
577 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
578 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
579 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
580 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
581 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
582 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
583 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
584
5852.48a:
586 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
587 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
588 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
589 o More Merlin preparations.
590 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
591 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
592 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
593 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
594 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
595 the Joneses? :-)
596
5972.48:
598 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
599 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
600 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
601 under Merlin.
602 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
603 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
604 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
605 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
606 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
607 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
608 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
609 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
610 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
611 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
612 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
613 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
614 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
615 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
616 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
617 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
618 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
619 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
620 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
621 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
622 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
623 machine.
624 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
625 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
626 o Keys help added per user request.
627
6282.47:
629 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
630 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
631 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
632 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
633 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
634 submenu selected.
635 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
636 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
637 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
638 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
639 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
640 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
641 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
642 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
643 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
644 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
645 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
646 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
647 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
648 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
649 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
650 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
651 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
652 Container to change directories.
653 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
654 questions.
655
6562.46:
657 o Fixed drive button bug.
658 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
659 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
660 the real thing.
661
6622.45:
663 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
664 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
665 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
666 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
667 was closed.
668 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
669 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
670 Scan.
671
6722.44:
673 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
674 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
675 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
676 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
677 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
678 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
679 user-defined bitmap.
680 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
681 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
682 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
683 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
684 for possible later retrieval.
685 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
686 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
687 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
688
6892.43:
690 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
691 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
692 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
693 connection, finally).
694 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
695 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
696 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
697 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
698 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
699 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
700 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
701 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
702 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
703 it finishes.
704 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
705 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
706 under older OS/2 versions.
707 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
708 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
709 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
710 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
711 reminder.
712 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
713 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
714
7152.42:
716 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
717 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
718 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
719 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
720 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
721 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
722 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
723 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
724 flags from the command line as an override.
725 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
726 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
727 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
728 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
729 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
730 Directory Container looks.
731 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
732 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
733 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
734 examples).
735 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
736 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
737 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
738 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
739 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
740 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
741 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
742 instead of the internal).
743 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
744 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
745 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
746 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
747 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
748
7492.41:
750 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
751 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
752 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
753 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
754 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
755 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
756 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
757 attractively.
758 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
759 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
760 but not switch to them.
761 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
762 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
763 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
764 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
765 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
766 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
767 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
768 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
769 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
770 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
771 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
772 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
773 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
774 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
775 Shouldn't be a major problem.
776 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
777 know the blamed thing was there.
778 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
779 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
780 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
781 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
782 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
783 paragraph. Something I use.
784 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
785 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
786 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
787 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
788 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
789 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
790 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
791 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
792 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
793 Containers.
794 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
795 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
796 (some things grow with a life of their own).
797 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
798 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
799 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
800 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
801
8022.40:
803 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
804 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
805 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
806 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
807 viewer.
808 o Added %! metastring.
809 o Added default archiver setting.
810 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
811 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
812 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
813 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
814 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
815 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
816 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
817 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
818 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
819 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
820 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
821 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
822 directories.
823 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
824 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
825 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
826
8272.39:
828 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
829 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
830 at FP10+ levels.
831 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
832 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
833 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
834 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
835 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
836 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
837 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
838 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
839 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
840 changed.
841 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
842
8432.38:
844 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
845 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
846 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
847 etc.).
848 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
849 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
850 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
851 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
852 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
853 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
854 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
855 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
856 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
857 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
858 show everything else.
859 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
860 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
861 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
862 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
863 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
864 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
865 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
866 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
867 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
868 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
869 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
870 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
871 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
872 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
873 foreground.
874
8752.37:
876 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
877 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
878 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
879 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
880 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
881 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
882 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
883 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
884 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
885 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
886 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
887 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
888 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
889 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
890 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
891 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
892 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
893 Directory Container.
894
8952.36:
896 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
897 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
898 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
899 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
900 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
901 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
902 o Tutorial section added to online help.
903 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
904 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
905 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
906 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
907 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
908 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
909 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
910 Settings notebook.
911 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
912 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
913 thousandth).
914 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
915 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
916 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
917
9182.35:
919 o Performance tuning.
920 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
921 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
922 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
923 permanent by Adding them as usual.
924 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
925 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
926 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
927 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
928 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
929 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
930 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
931 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
932 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
933 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
934 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
935 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
936
9372.34:
938 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
939 knee-jerk thing to do).
940 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
941 the container is maximized.
942 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
943 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
944 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
945 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
946 interested).
947 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
948 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
949 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
950 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
951 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
952 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
953 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
954 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
955 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
956 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
957 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
958 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
959 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
960 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
961 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
962
9632.33:
964 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
965 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
966 internal Settings notebook).
967 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
968 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
969 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
970 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
971 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
972 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
973 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
974 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
975 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
976 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
977 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
978 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
979 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
980 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
981 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
982
9832.32:
984 o See all files window fleshed out.
985 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
986 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
987 notebook.
988 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
989 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
990 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
991 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
992 of course).
993 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
994 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
995 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
996 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
997 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
998 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
999 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1000 the list.
1001
10022.31:
1003 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1004 miniapp.
1005 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1006 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1007 to the above).
1008 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1009 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1010 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1011 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1012 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1013 the archive resides."
1014 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1015 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1016 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1017 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1018 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1019 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1020 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1021 o More user suggestions implemented.
1022
10232.30:
1024 o I forget.
1025
10262.29:
1027 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1028 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1029 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1030 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1031 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1032 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1033 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1034 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1035 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1036 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1037 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1038 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1039 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1040 list).
1041
10422.28:
1043 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1044 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1045 dialog).
1046 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1047 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1048 current object.
1049 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1050 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1051 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1052 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1053 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1054 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1055 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1056 userlist dropdown.
1057 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1058 use a DOS app first...
1059
10602.27:
1061 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1062 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1063 default, BTW).
1064 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1065 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1066 weren't before).
1067 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1068 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1069 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1070 lines.
1071 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1072
10732.26:
1074 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1075 filenames.
1076 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1077 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1078 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1079 now on...
1080 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1081 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1082 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1083 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1084 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1085 client window whitespace.
1086 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1087 Edit menu.
1088 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1089 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1090 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1091 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1092 command.
1093 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1094 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1095 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1096
10972.25:
1098 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1099 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1100
11012.24:
1102 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1103 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1104 lives.
1105 o Undelete enhancements.
1106
11072.23:
1108 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1109 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1110 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1111 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1112 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1113 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1114
11152.22:
1116 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1117 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1118 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1119 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1120 inevitable problem arises.
1121 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1122 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1123
11242.21:
1125 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1126 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1127 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1128 causes default WPS open.
1129 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1130 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1131 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1132 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1133 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1134 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1135 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1136 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1137 o Other stuff I forget.
1138
11392.20:
1140 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1141 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1142 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1143 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1144 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1145 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1146 D&D.
1147 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1148 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1149 Containers.
1150 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1151 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1152 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1153 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1154 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1155 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1156 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1157 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1158 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1159 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1160 it (again).
1161
11622.19:
1163 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1164 alternative to maximizing.
1165 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1166 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1167 windows.
1168 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1169 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1170 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1171 along.
1172 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1173 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1174 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1175 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1176 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1177 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1178 to return to from the maximized state).
1179
11802.18:
1181 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1182 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1183 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1184 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1185 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1186 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1187 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1188
11892.17:
1190 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1191 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1192 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1193 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1194 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1195 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1196
11972.16:
1198 o Added "Update objects" command.
1199 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1200 one (under "Context Menus").
1201 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1202 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1203 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1204 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1205 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1206 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1207 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1208 start working again.
1209
12102.15:
1211 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1212 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1213 o Added "Select List" command.
1214 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1215 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1216 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1217 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1218 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1219 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1220 I'm just the piano player.
1221 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1222 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1223
12242.14:
1225 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1226 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1227 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1228 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1229 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1230 removable media drives.
1231 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1232 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1233 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1234 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1235 update the paths.
1236 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1237 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1238 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1239 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1240 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1241 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1242 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1243 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1244 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1245 to my satisfaction).
1246
12472.13:
1248 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1249 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1250 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1251 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1252 notebook.
1253 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1254 to use HPFS...).
1255 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1256 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1257 maybe a bit more functional.
1258 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1259
12602.12:
1261 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1262 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1263 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1264 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1265 accelerator keys.
1266 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1267
12682.11:
1269 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1270 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1271 give funny default drive.
1272 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1273 data between different INI files.
1274 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1275 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1276 There's a menu item for it.
1277 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1278 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1279 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1280
12812.10:
1282 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1283 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1284 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1285 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1286 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1287 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1288 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1289
12902.09:
1291 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1292 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1293 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1294 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1295 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1296 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1297 to trap.
1298 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1299 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1300 what Ron says...
1301 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1302 o Added optional split status line.
1303
13042.08:
1305 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1306 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1307 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1308 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1309 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1310 you can pick a different drive).
1311 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1312 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1313 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1314 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1315 line argument.
1316
13172.07:
1318 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1319 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1320 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1321 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1322 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1323 other.
1324
13252.06:
1326 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1327 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1328 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1329 root drives from being found.
1330 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1331 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1332 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1333 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1334 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1335 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1336
1337[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1338
13392.00:
1340 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1341 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1342 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1343
1344$Id: HISTORY 915 2008-01-10 03:44:44Z gyoung $
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