source: trunk/HISTORY@ 921

Last change on this file since 921 was 921, checked in by Steven Levine, 18 years ago

Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle.
Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top.

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33.10 (pre)
4 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
5 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
6 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
7 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
8 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
9 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
10 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
11
123.09
13 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
14 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
15 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
16 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
17 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
18 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
19 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
20 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
21 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
22 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
23 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
24 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
25 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
26 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
27 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
28 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
29 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
30 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
31 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
32 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
33 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
34
353.08
36 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
37 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
38 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
39 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
40 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
41 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
42 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
43 on status line (Gregg)
44 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
45 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
46 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
47 string matching (Gregg)
48 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
49
503.07
51 o Tweak build process (Steven)
52 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
53 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
54 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
55 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
56 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
57 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
58 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
59 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
60 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
61 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
62 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
63 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
64 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
65 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
66 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
67 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
68 read only files. (Gregg)
69 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
70 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
71 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
72 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
73 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
74 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
75 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
76 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
77 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
78 absent with wrapped tex and hex
79 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
80
813.06
82 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
83 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
84 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
85 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
86 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
87 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
88
893.05.09
90 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
91 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
92 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
93 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
94 o Rework selective error logging logic
95 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
96 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
97 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
98 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
99 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
100 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
101 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
102 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
103 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
104 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
105
1063.05 beta08
107 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
108 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
109 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
110 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
111 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
112 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
113 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
114 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
115 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
116 o Help file updates (Gregg)
117 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
118 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
119 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
120 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
121 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
122 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
123
1243.05beta07
125 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
126 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
127 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
128 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
129 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
130 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
131 o Update documentation (Gregg)
132 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
133 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
134
1353.05beta06
136 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
137 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
138
1393.05beta05
140 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
141 o NDFS support by Gregg
142 o Default seek and scan to show files
143 o Rework menus
144 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
145 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
146 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
147
1483.05beta04
149 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
150 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
151 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
152 o Avoid spurious error popups
153
1543.05beta03
155 o Help file updated by David
156 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
157 o Toolbars reworked by David
158 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
159 o More great bitmaps from David
160
1613.05beta02
162 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
163 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
164 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
165
1663.05beta01
167 o More great bitmaps from David
168 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
169 o Rework some error messages
170 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
171
1723.04
173 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
174 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
175 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
176 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
177 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
178 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
179 o More new icons (thanks David)
180 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
181
1823.04 pre11:
183 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
184 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
185
1863.04 pre10:
187 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
188 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
189
1903.04 pre9:
191 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
192
1933.04 pre8:
194 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
195 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
196
1973.04 pre7:
198 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
199 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
200 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
201 o Minor makefile corrections
202
2033.04 pre6:
204 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
205
2063.04 pre5:
207 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
208 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
209 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
210 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
211 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
212
2133.04 pre4:
214 o Correct longnames display enable
215 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
216 o Support archiver.tmp install
217
2183.04 pre3:
219 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
220 o Support tarlist.cmd install
221 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
222 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
223
2243.04 pre2:
225 o More icon updates (David's v18)
226 o Avoid user directory edit crash
227 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
228
2293.04 pre1:
230 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
231 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
232 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
233 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
234 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
235 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
236
2373.03:
238 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
239 o Correct directory sizes sort
240 o Correct archive sort again
241
2423.02i:
243 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
244 o Lots of work on large file support
245 o Switch to VAC 3.65
246 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
247 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
248 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
249 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
250 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
251 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
252 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
253 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
254
2553.02h:
256 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
257 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
258 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
259
2603.02g:
261 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
262
2633.02f:
264 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
265 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
266 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
267
2683.02e:
269 o More see all files fixes
270 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
271
2723.02d:
273 o Clean up icon usage
274 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
275 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
276 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
277 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
278 o Correct resource strings
279
2803.02c:
281 o Correct broken assignments
282 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
283
2843.02b:
285 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
286
2873.02a:
288 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
289 o Correct archive name display
290
2913.02:
292 o First open source release.
293
2943.01:
295 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
296
2973.00d:
298 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
299 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
300
3013.00c:
302 o More minor bug fixes.
303
3043.00b:
305 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
306
3073.00:
308 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
309 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
310 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
311 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
312 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
313 correspondingly smaller.
314 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
315 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
316 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
317 some more, thus tempting fate.
318 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
319 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
320 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
321 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
322 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
323 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
324 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
325 width.
326 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
327 this stuff built-in now.
328 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
329 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
330 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
331 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
332 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
333 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
334 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
335 confirmation.
336 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
337 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
338 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
339 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
340
3412.67:
342 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
343 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
344 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
345 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
346 recall.
347
3482.66:
349 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
350 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
351 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
352 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
353 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
354 there's no diskette inserted.)
355 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
356 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
357 o Reworked Databar a bit.
358 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
359 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
360
3612.65:
362 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
363 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
364 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
365 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
366 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
367 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
368 best stuff was turned off by default!
369 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
370 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
371 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
372 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
373 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
374 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
375 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
376
3772.64:
378 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
379 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
380 horizontal) there.
381 o More help file work.
382 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
383 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
384 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
385 "touching" files easier.
386
3872.63:
388 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
389 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
390 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
391 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
392 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
393 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
394 is available.
395 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
396 attractive (IMHO).
397 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
398 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
399 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
400 marks.
401 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
402 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
403 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
404 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
405
4062.62:
407 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
408
4092.61:
410 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
411 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
412 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
413 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
414 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
415 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
416 is bordered in red.
417 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
418 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
419 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
420 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
421 files.
422
4232.60:
424 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
425 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
426 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
427 be refreshed in the archive.
428 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
429 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
430
4312.59:
432 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
433 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
434 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
435
4362.58:
437 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
438 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
439 help to reflect this.
440 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
441 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
442 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
443
4442.57:
445 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
446 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
447 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
448
4492.56:
450 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
451 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
452
4532.55:
454 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
455 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
456
4572.54:
458 o Small tweaks.
459 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
460 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
461
4622.53:
463 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
464 selected files more quickly and easily.
465 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
466 Netscape were choking on it (a).
467 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
468 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
469 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
470 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
471
4722.52:
473 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
474 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
475 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
476 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
477 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
478 standard, then stick to it? Please?
479 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
480 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
481
4822.51:
483 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
484 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
485 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
486 user request.
487 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
488 user request.
489 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
490 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
491 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
492 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
493 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
494 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
495 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
496 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
497 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
498 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
499 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
500 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
501 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
502 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
503 still work correctly with this change.
504 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
505 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
506 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
507 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
508 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
509 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
510 up with all of it.
511
5122.50b:
513 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
514 image viewer window.
515 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
516 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
517
5182.50a:
519 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
520 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
521 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
522 directories listed in environment variables).
523 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
524 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
525 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
526 registration information.
527 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
528 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
529 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
530 popup menu.
531 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
532 object that didn't already have them (duh).
533 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
534 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
535 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
536 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
537
5382.50:
539 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
540 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
541 viewer.
542 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
543 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
544 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
545 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
546 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
547 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
548 results.
549 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
550 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
551 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
552 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
553 added file system type to end of string on user request.
554 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
555 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
556 It could happen.
557 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
558 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
559 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
560 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
561 o Note new internet address.
562 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
563 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
564 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
565 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
566 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
567 one :-).
568 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
569 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
570 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
571 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
572 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
573 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
574 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
575 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
576 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
577 even notice.
578
5792.49:
580 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
581 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
582 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
583 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
584 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
585 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
586 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
587 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
588 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
589 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
590 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
591 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
592 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
593
5942.48a:
595 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
596 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
597 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
598 o More Merlin preparations.
599 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
600 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
601 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
602 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
603 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
604 the Joneses? :-)
605
6062.48:
607 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
608 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
609 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
610 under Merlin.
611 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
612 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
613 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
614 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
615 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
616 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
617 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
618 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
619 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
620 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
621 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
622 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
623 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
624 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
625 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
626 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
627 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
628 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
629 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
630 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
631 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
632 machine.
633 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
634 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
635 o Keys help added per user request.
636
6372.47:
638 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
639 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
640 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
641 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
642 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
643 submenu selected.
644 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
645 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
646 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
647 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
648 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
649 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
650 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
651 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
652 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
653 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
654 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
655 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
656 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
657 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
658 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
659 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
660 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
661 Container to change directories.
662 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
663 questions.
664
6652.46:
666 o Fixed drive button bug.
667 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
668 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
669 the real thing.
670
6712.45:
672 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
673 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
674 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
675 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
676 was closed.
677 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
678 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
679 Scan.
680
6812.44:
682 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
683 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
684 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
685 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
686 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
687 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
688 user-defined bitmap.
689 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
690 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
691 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
692 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
693 for possible later retrieval.
694 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
695 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
696 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
697
6982.43:
699 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
700 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
701 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
702 connection, finally).
703 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
704 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
705 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
706 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
707 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
708 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
709 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
710 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
711 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
712 it finishes.
713 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
714 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
715 under older OS/2 versions.
716 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
717 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
718 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
719 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
720 reminder.
721 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
722 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
723
7242.42:
725 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
726 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
727 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
728 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
729 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
730 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
731 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
732 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
733 flags from the command line as an override.
734 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
735 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
736 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
737 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
738 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
739 Directory Container looks.
740 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
741 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
742 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
743 examples).
744 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
745 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
746 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
747 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
748 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
749 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
750 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
751 instead of the internal).
752 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
753 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
754 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
755 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
756 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
757
7582.41:
759 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
760 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
761 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
762 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
763 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
764 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
765 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
766 attractively.
767 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
768 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
769 but not switch to them.
770 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
771 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
772 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
773 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
774 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
775 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
776 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
777 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
778 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
779 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
780 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
781 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
782 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
783 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
784 Shouldn't be a major problem.
785 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
786 know the blamed thing was there.
787 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
788 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
789 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
790 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
791 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
792 paragraph. Something I use.
793 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
794 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
795 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
796 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
797 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
798 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
799 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
800 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
801 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
802 Containers.
803 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
804 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
805 (some things grow with a life of their own).
806 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
807 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
808 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
809 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
810
8112.40:
812 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
813 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
814 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
815 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
816 viewer.
817 o Added %! metastring.
818 o Added default archiver setting.
819 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
820 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
821 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
822 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
823 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
824 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
825 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
826 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
827 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
828 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
829 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
830 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
831 directories.
832 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
833 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
834 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
835
8362.39:
837 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
838 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
839 at FP10+ levels.
840 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
841 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
842 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
843 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
844 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
845 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
846 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
847 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
848 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
849 changed.
850 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
851
8522.38:
853 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
854 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
855 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
856 etc.).
857 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
858 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
859 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
860 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
861 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
862 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
863 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
864 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
865 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
866 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
867 show everything else.
868 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
869 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
870 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
871 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
872 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
873 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
874 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
875 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
876 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
877 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
878 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
879 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
880 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
881 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
882 foreground.
883
8842.37:
885 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
886 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
887 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
888 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
889 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
890 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
891 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
892 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
893 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
894 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
895 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
896 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
897 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
898 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
899 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
900 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
901 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
902 Directory Container.
903
9042.36:
905 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
906 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
907 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
908 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
909 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
910 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
911 o Tutorial section added to online help.
912 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
913 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
914 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
915 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
916 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
917 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
918 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
919 Settings notebook.
920 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
921 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
922 thousandth).
923 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
924 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
925 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
926
9272.35:
928 o Performance tuning.
929 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
930 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
931 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
932 permanent by Adding them as usual.
933 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
934 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
935 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
936 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
937 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
938 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
939 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
940 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
941 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
942 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
943 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
944 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
945
9462.34:
947 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
948 knee-jerk thing to do).
949 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
950 the container is maximized.
951 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
952 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
953 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
954 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
955 interested).
956 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
957 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
958 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
959 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
960 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
961 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
962 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
963 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
964 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
965 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
966 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
967 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
968 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
969 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
970 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
971
9722.33:
973 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
974 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
975 internal Settings notebook).
976 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
977 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
978 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
979 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
980 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
981 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
982 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
983 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
984 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
985 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
986 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
987 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
988 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
989 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
990 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
991
9922.32:
993 o See all files window fleshed out.
994 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
995 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
996 notebook.
997 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
998 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
999 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1000 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1001 of course).
1002 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1003 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1004 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1005 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1006 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1007 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1008 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1009 the list.
1010
10112.31:
1012 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1013 miniapp.
1014 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1015 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1016 to the above).
1017 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1018 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1019 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1020 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1021 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1022 the archive resides."
1023 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1024 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1025 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1026 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1027 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1028 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1029 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1030 o More user suggestions implemented.
1031
10322.30:
1033 o I forget.
1034
10352.29:
1036 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1037 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1038 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1039 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1040 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1041 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1042 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1043 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1044 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1045 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1046 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1047 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1048 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1049 list).
1050
10512.28:
1052 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1053 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1054 dialog).
1055 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1056 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1057 current object.
1058 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1059 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1060 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1061 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1062 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1063 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1064 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1065 userlist dropdown.
1066 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1067 use a DOS app first...
1068
10692.27:
1070 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1071 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1072 default, BTW).
1073 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1074 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1075 weren't before).
1076 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1077 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1078 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1079 lines.
1080 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1081
10822.26:
1083 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1084 filenames.
1085 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1086 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1087 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1088 now on...
1089 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1090 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1091 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1092 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1093 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1094 client window whitespace.
1095 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1096 Edit menu.
1097 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1098 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1099 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1100 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1101 command.
1102 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1103 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1104 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1105
11062.25:
1107 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1108 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1109
11102.24:
1111 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1112 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1113 lives.
1114 o Undelete enhancements.
1115
11162.23:
1117 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1118 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1119 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1120 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1121 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1122 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1123
11242.22:
1125 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1126 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1127 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1128 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1129 inevitable problem arises.
1130 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1131 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1132
11332.21:
1134 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1135 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1136 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1137 causes default WPS open.
1138 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1139 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1140 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1141 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1142 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1143 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1144 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1145 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1146 o Other stuff I forget.
1147
11482.20:
1149 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1150 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1151 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1152 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1153 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1154 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1155 D&D.
1156 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1157 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1158 Containers.
1159 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1160 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1161 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1162 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1163 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1164 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1165 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1166 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1167 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1168 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1169 it (again).
1170
11712.19:
1172 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1173 alternative to maximizing.
1174 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1175 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1176 windows.
1177 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1178 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1179 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1180 along.
1181 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1182 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1183 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1184 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1185 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1186 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1187 to return to from the maximized state).
1188
11892.18:
1190 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1191 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1192 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1193 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1194 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1195 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1196 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1197
11982.17:
1199 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1200 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1201 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1202 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1203 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1204 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1205
12062.16:
1207 o Added "Update objects" command.
1208 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1209 one (under "Context Menus").
1210 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1211 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1212 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1213 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1214 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1215 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1216 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1217 start working again.
1218
12192.15:
1220 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1221 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1222 o Added "Select List" command.
1223 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1224 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1225 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1226 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1227 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1228 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1229 I'm just the piano player.
1230 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1231 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1232
12332.14:
1234 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1235 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1236 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1237 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1238 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1239 removable media drives.
1240 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1241 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1242 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1243 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1244 update the paths.
1245 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1246 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1247 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1248 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1249 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1250 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1251 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1252 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1253 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1254 to my satisfaction).
1255
12562.13:
1257 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1258 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1259 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1260 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1261 notebook.
1262 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1263 to use HPFS...).
1264 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1265 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1266 maybe a bit more functional.
1267 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1268
12692.12:
1270 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1271 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1272 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1273 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1274 accelerator keys.
1275 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1276
12772.11:
1278 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1279 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1280 give funny default drive.
1281 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1282 data between different INI files.
1283 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1284 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1285 There's a menu item for it.
1286 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1287 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1288 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1289
12902.10:
1291 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1292 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1293 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1294 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1295 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1296 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1297 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1298
12992.09:
1300 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1301 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1302 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1303 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1304 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1305 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1306 to trap.
1307 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1308 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1309 what Ron says...
1310 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1311 o Added optional split status line.
1312
13132.08:
1314 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1315 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1316 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1317 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1318 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1319 you can pick a different drive).
1320 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1321 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1322 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1323 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1324 line argument.
1325
13262.07:
1327 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1328 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1329 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1330 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1331 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1332 other.
1333
13342.06:
1335 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1336 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1337 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1338 root drives from being found.
1339 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1340 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1341 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1342 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1343 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1344 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1345
1346[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1347
13482.00:
1349 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1350 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1351 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1352
1353$Id: HISTORY 921 2008-01-13 01:21:00Z stevenhl $
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