source: trunk/HISTORY@ 985

Last change on this file since 985 was 985, checked in by Gregg Young, 18 years ago

Update sizes dialog (ticket 44); Make max command line length user settable (ticket 199); use xfree for free in most cases (ticket 212); initial code to check for valid ini file (ticket 102); Some additional refactoring and structure rework; Some documentation updates;

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1New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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33.10 (pre)
4 o Removed the close buttton and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
5 o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
6 o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
7 o Reopen settings notebook to last selected page unless overridden, ticket #188 (Steven)
8 o Correct Compare Directories select count regression (Steven)
9 o Correct Compare Directories file sizes regression (Steven)
10 o Speed up Compare Directories filter redraw (Steven)
11 o Rework Config menu. Move some to submenu. Add drag&drop dialog toggle. (Steven)
12 o Rework Walk dialog. Put entry field at the top. (Steven)
13 o Subjectwidth/left now works in the collector. (Gregg)
14 o Change Config->Edit and Config->Palette menus to have no default (Steven)
15 o Avoid spurious error reports for R/O directories on FAT volumes. Ticket #116. (Steven)
16 o Add immediate updates toggle to config menu. Ticket #132. (Steven)
17 o Fix toolbar to change background colors with color drag drop ticket #161 (Gregg)
18 o More Compare Directories rework. Filters now honored by actions. Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
19 o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
20 o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remeber size and position. (Gregg)
21 o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
22 o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
23 and restored (Gregg)
24 o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
25 o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
26 This reverts to orginal behavior for named states
27 o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
28 o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
29 o Add conditional cascade to main menu settings menu item (Steven)
30 o Rework ResizeChildren to resize drive tree correctly (Steven)
31 o Avoid trap in TreeCnrWndProc WM_SAVEAPPLICATION (Steven)
32 o Fix _fsopen failure when creating a new list file (Gregg)
33 o Stop collector from trying to remove container items that were never inserted (Gregg)
34 o Recollect of hidden items now updates the items and unhides them (Gregg)
35 o Put hide/remove etc menu options on collector "view" menu (Gregg)
36 o Fix trap in seeall cause by pathname(s) that exceed maxpath (Gregg)
37 o Restore SaveDirCnrState internal state save logic - accidentally removed
38 o Move save shutdown state name to strings (IDS_SHUTDOWNSTATE, ShutdownState)
39 o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
40 o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
41 o Add presparams & update appearence of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
42
433.09
44 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
45 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
46 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
47 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
48 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
49 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
50 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
51 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
52 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
53 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
54 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
55 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
56 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
57 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
58 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
59 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
60 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
61 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
62 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
63 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
64 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
65
663.08
67 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
68 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
69 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
70 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
71 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
72 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
73 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
74 on status line (Gregg)
75 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
76 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
77 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
78 string matching (Gregg)
79 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
80
813.07
82 o Tweak build process (Steven)
83 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
84 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
85 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
86 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
87 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
88 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
89 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
90 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
91 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
92 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
93 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
94 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
95 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
96 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
97 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
98 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
99 read only files. (Gregg)
100 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
101 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
102 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
103 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
104 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
105 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
106 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
107 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
108 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
109 absent with wrapped tex and hex
110 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
111
1123.06
113 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
114 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
115 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
116 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
117 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
118 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
119
1203.05.09
121 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
122 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
123 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
124 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
125 o Rework selective error logging logic
126 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
127 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
128 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
129 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
130 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
131 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
132 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
133 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
134 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
135 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
136
1373.05 beta08
138 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
139 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
140 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
141 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
142 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
143 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
144 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
145 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
146 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
147 o Help file updates (Gregg)
148 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
149 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
150 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
151 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
152 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
153 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
154
1553.05beta07
156 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
157 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
158 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
159 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
160 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
161 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
162 o Update documentation (Gregg)
163 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
164 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
165
1663.05beta06
167 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
168 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
169
1703.05beta05
171 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
172 o NDFS support by Gregg
173 o Default seek and scan to show files
174 o Rework menus
175 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
176 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
177 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
178
1793.05beta04
180 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
181 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
182 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
183 o Avoid spurious error popups
184
1853.05beta03
186 o Help file updated by David
187 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
188 o Toolbars reworked by David
189 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
190 o More great bitmaps from David
191
1923.05beta02
193 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
194 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
195 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
196
1973.05beta01
198 o More great bitmaps from David
199 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
200 o Rework some error messages
201 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
202
2033.04
204 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
205 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
206 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
207 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
208 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
209 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
210 o More new icons (thanks David)
211 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
212
2133.04 pre11:
214 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
215 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
216
2173.04 pre10:
218 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
219 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
220
2213.04 pre9:
222 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
223
2243.04 pre8:
225 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
226 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
227
2283.04 pre7:
229 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
230 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
231 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
232 o Minor makefile corrections
233
2343.04 pre6:
235 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
236
2373.04 pre5:
238 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
239 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
240 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
241 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
242 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
243
2443.04 pre4:
245 o Correct longnames display enable
246 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
247 o Support archiver.tmp install
248
2493.04 pre3:
250 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
251 o Support tarlist.cmd install
252 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
253 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
254
2553.04 pre2:
256 o More icon updates (David's v18)
257 o Avoid user directory edit crash
258 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
259
2603.04 pre1:
261 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
262 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
263 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
264 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
265 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
266 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
267
2683.03:
269 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
270 o Correct directory sizes sort
271 o Correct archive sort again
272
2733.02i:
274 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
275 o Lots of work on large file support
276 o Switch to VAC 3.65
277 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
278 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
279 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
280 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
281 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
282 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
283 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
284 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
285
2863.02h:
287 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
288 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
289 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
290
2913.02g:
292 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
293
2943.02f:
295 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
296 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
297 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
298
2993.02e:
300 o More see all files fixes
301 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
302
3033.02d:
304 o Clean up icon usage
305 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
306 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
307 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
308 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
309 o Correct resource strings
310
3113.02c:
312 o Correct broken assignments
313 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
314
3153.02b:
316 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
317
3183.02a:
319 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
320 o Correct archive name display
321
3223.02:
323 o First open source release.
324
3253.01:
326 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
327
3283.00d:
329 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
330 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
331
3323.00c:
333 o More minor bug fixes.
334
3353.00b:
336 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
337
3383.00:
339 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
340 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
341 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
342 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
343 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
344 correspondingly smaller.
345 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
346 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
347 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
348 some more, thus tempting fate.
349 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
350 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
351 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
352 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
353 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
354 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
355 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
356 width.
357 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
358 this stuff built-in now.
359 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
360 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
361 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
362 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
363 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
364 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
365 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
366 confirmation.
367 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
368 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
369 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
370 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
371
3722.67:
373 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
374 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
375 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
376 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
377 recall.
378
3792.66:
380 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
381 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
382 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
383 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
384 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
385 there's no diskette inserted.)
386 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
387 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
388 o Reworked Databar a bit.
389 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
390 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
391
3922.65:
393 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
394 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
395 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
396 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
397 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
398 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
399 best stuff was turned off by default!
400 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
401 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
402 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
403 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
404 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
405 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
406 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
407
4082.64:
409 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
410 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
411 horizontal) there.
412 o More help file work.
413 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
414 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
415 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
416 "touching" files easier.
417
4182.63:
419 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
420 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
421 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
422 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
423 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
424 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
425 is available.
426 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
427 attractive (IMHO).
428 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
429 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
430 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
431 marks.
432 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
433 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
434 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
435 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
436
4372.62:
438 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
439
4402.61:
441 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
442 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
443 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
444 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
445 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
446 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
447 is bordered in red.
448 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
449 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
450 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
451 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
452 files.
453
4542.60:
455 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
456 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
457 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
458 be refreshed in the archive.
459 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
460 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
461
4622.59:
463 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
464 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
465 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
466
4672.58:
468 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
469 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
470 help to reflect this.
471 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
472 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
473 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
474
4752.57:
476 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
477 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
478 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
479
4802.56:
481 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
482 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
483
4842.55:
485 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
486 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
487
4882.54:
489 o Small tweaks.
490 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
491 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
492
4932.53:
494 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
495 selected files more quickly and easily.
496 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
497 Netscape were choking on it (a).
498 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
499 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
500 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
501 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
502
5032.52:
504 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
505 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
506 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
507 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
508 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
509 standard, then stick to it? Please?
510 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
511 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
512
5132.51:
514 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
515 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
516 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
517 user request.
518 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
519 user request.
520 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
521 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
522 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
523 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
524 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
525 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
526 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
527 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
528 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
529 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
530 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
531 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
532 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
533 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
534 still work correctly with this change.
535 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
536 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
537 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
538 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
539 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
540 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
541 up with all of it.
542
5432.50b:
544 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
545 image viewer window.
546 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
547 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
548
5492.50a:
550 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
551 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
552 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
553 directories listed in environment variables).
554 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
555 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
556 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
557 registration information.
558 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
559 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
560 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
561 popup menu.
562 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
563 object that didn't already have them (duh).
564 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
565 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
566 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
567 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
568
5692.50:
570 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
571 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
572 viewer.
573 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
574 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
575 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
576 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
577 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
578 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
579 results.
580 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
581 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
582 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
583 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
584 added file system type to end of string on user request.
585 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
586 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
587 It could happen.
588 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
589 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
590 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
591 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
592 o Note new internet address.
593 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
594 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
595 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
596 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
597 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
598 one :-).
599 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
600 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
601 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
602 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
603 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
604 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
605 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
606 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
607 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
608 even notice.
609
6102.49:
611 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
612 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
613 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
614 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
615 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
616 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
617 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
618 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
619 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
620 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
621 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
622 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
623 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
624
6252.48a:
626 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
627 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
628 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
629 o More Merlin preparations.
630 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
631 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
632 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
633 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
634 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
635 the Joneses? :-)
636
6372.48:
638 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
639 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
640 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
641 under Merlin.
642 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
643 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
644 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
645 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
646 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
647 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
648 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
649 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
650 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
651 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
652 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
653 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
654 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
655 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
656 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
657 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
658 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
659 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
660 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
661 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
662 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
663 machine.
664 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
665 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
666 o Keys help added per user request.
667
6682.47:
669 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
670 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
671 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
672 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
673 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
674 submenu selected.
675 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
676 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
677 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
678 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
679 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
680 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
681 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
682 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
683 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
684 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
685 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
686 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
687 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
688 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
689 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
690 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
691 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
692 Container to change directories.
693 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
694 questions.
695
6962.46:
697 o Fixed drive button bug.
698 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
699 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
700 the real thing.
701
7022.45:
703 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
704 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
705 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
706 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
707 was closed.
708 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
709 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
710 Scan.
711
7122.44:
713 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
714 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
715 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
716 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
717 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
718 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
719 user-defined bitmap.
720 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
721 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
722 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
723 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
724 for possible later retrieval.
725 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
726 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
727 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
728
7292.43:
730 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
731 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
732 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
733 connection, finally).
734 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
735 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
736 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
737 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
738 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
739 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
740 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
741 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
742 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
743 it finishes.
744 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
745 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
746 under older OS/2 versions.
747 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
748 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
749 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
750 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
751 reminder.
752 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
753 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
754
7552.42:
756 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
757 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
758 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
759 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
760 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
761 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
762 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
763 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
764 flags from the command line as an override.
765 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
766 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
767 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
768 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
769 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
770 Directory Container looks.
771 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
772 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
773 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
774 examples).
775 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
776 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
777 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
778 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
779 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
780 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
781 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
782 instead of the internal).
783 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
784 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
785 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
786 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
787 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
788
7892.41:
790 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
791 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
792 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
793 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
794 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
795 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
796 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
797 attractively.
798 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
799 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
800 but not switch to them.
801 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
802 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
803 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
804 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
805 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
806 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
807 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
808 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
809 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
810 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
811 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
812 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
813 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
814 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
815 Shouldn't be a major problem.
816 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
817 know the blamed thing was there.
818 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
819 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
820 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
821 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
822 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
823 paragraph. Something I use.
824 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
825 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
826 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
827 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
828 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
829 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
830 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
831 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
832 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
833 Containers.
834 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
835 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
836 (some things grow with a life of their own).
837 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
838 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
839 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
840 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
841
8422.40:
843 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
844 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
845 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
846 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
847 viewer.
848 o Added %! metastring.
849 o Added default archiver setting.
850 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
851 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
852 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
853 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
854 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
855 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
856 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
857 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
858 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
859 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
860 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
861 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
862 directories.
863 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
864 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
865 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
866
8672.39:
868 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
869 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
870 at FP10+ levels.
871 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
872 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
873 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
874 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
875 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
876 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
877 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
878 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
879 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
880 changed.
881 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
882
8832.38:
884 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
885 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
886 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
887 etc.).
888 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
889 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
890 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
891 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
892 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
893 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
894 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
895 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
896 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
897 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
898 show everything else.
899 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
900 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
901 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
902 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
903 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
904 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
905 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
906 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
907 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
908 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
909 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
910 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
911 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
912 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
913 foreground.
914
9152.37:
916 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
917 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
918 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
919 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
920 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
921 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
922 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
923 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
924 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
925 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
926 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
927 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
928 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
929 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
930 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
931 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
932 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
933 Directory Container.
934
9352.36:
936 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
937 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
938 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
939 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
940 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
941 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
942 o Tutorial section added to online help.
943 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
944 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
945 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
946 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
947 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
948 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
949 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
950 Settings notebook.
951 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
952 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
953 thousandth).
954 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
955 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
956 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
957
9582.35:
959 o Performance tuning.
960 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
961 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
962 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
963 permanent by Adding them as usual.
964 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
965 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
966 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
967 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
968 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
969 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
970 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
971 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
972 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
973 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
974 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
975 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
976
9772.34:
978 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
979 knee-jerk thing to do).
980 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
981 the container is maximized.
982 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
983 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
984 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
985 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
986 interested).
987 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
988 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
989 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
990 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
991 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
992 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
993 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
994 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
995 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
996 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
997 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
998 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
999 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1000 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1001 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1002
10032.33:
1004 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1005 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1006 internal Settings notebook).
1007 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1008 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1009 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1010 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1011 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1012 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1013 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1014 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1015 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1016 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1017 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1018 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1019 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1020 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1021 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1022
10232.32:
1024 o See all files window fleshed out.
1025 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1026 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1027 notebook.
1028 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1029 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1030 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1031 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1032 of course).
1033 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1034 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1035 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1036 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1037 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1038 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1039 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1040 the list.
1041
10422.31:
1043 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1044 miniapp.
1045 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1046 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1047 to the above).
1048 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1049 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1050 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1051 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1052 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1053 the archive resides."
1054 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1055 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1056 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1057 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1058 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1059 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1060 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1061 o More user suggestions implemented.
1062
10632.30:
1064 o I forget.
1065
10662.29:
1067 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1068 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1069 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1070 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1071 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1072 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1073 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1074 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1075 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1076 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1077 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1078 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1079 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1080 list).
1081
10822.28:
1083 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1084 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1085 dialog).
1086 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1087 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1088 current object.
1089 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1090 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1091 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1092 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1093 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1094 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1095 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1096 userlist dropdown.
1097 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1098 use a DOS app first...
1099
11002.27:
1101 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1102 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1103 default, BTW).
1104 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1105 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1106 weren't before).
1107 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1108 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1109 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1110 lines.
1111 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1112
11132.26:
1114 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1115 filenames.
1116 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1117 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1118 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1119 now on...
1120 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1121 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1122 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1123 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1124 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1125 client window whitespace.
1126 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1127 Edit menu.
1128 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1129 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1130 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1131 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1132 command.
1133 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1134 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1135 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1136
11372.25:
1138 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1139 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1140
11412.24:
1142 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1143 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1144 lives.
1145 o Undelete enhancements.
1146
11472.23:
1148 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1149 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1150 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1151 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1152 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1153 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1154
11552.22:
1156 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1157 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1158 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1159 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1160 inevitable problem arises.
1161 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1162 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1163
11642.21:
1165 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1166 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1167 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1168 causes default WPS open.
1169 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1170 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1171 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1172 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1173 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1174 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1175 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1176 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1177 o Other stuff I forget.
1178
11792.20:
1180 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1181 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1182 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1183 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1184 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1185 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1186 D&D.
1187 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1188 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1189 Containers.
1190 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1191 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1192 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1193 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1194 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1195 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1196 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1197 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1198 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1199 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1200 it (again).
1201
12022.19:
1203 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1204 alternative to maximizing.
1205 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1206 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1207 windows.
1208 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1209 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1210 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1211 along.
1212 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1213 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1214 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1215 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1216 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1217 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1218 to return to from the maximized state).
1219
12202.18:
1221 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1222 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1223 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1224 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1225 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1226 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1227 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1228
12292.17:
1230 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1231 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1232 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1233 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1234 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1235 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1236
12372.16:
1238 o Added "Update objects" command.
1239 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1240 one (under "Context Menus").
1241 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1242 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1243 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1244 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1245 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1246 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1247 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1248 start working again.
1249
12502.15:
1251 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1252 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1253 o Added "Select List" command.
1254 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1255 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1256 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1257 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1258 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1259 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1260 I'm just the piano player.
1261 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1262 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1263
12642.14:
1265 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1266 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1267 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1268 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1269 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1270 removable media drives.
1271 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1272 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1273 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1274 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1275 update the paths.
1276 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1277 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1278 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1279 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1280 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1281 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1282 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1283 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1284 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1285 to my satisfaction).
1286
12872.13:
1288 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1289 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1290 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1291 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1292 notebook.
1293 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1294 to use HPFS...).
1295 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1296 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1297 maybe a bit more functional.
1298 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1299
13002.12:
1301 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1302 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1303 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1304 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1305 accelerator keys.
1306 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1307
13082.11:
1309 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1310 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1311 give funny default drive.
1312 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1313 data between different INI files.
1314 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1315 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1316 There's a menu item for it.
1317 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1318 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1319 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1320
13212.10:
1322 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1323 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1324 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1325 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1326 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1327 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1328 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1329
13302.09:
1331 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1332 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1333 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1334 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1335 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1336 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1337 to trap.
1338 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1339 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1340 what Ron says...
1341 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1342 o Added optional split status line.
1343
13442.08:
1345 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1346 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1347 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1348 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1349 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1350 you can pick a different drive).
1351 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1352 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1353 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1354 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1355 line argument.
1356
13572.07:
1358 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1359 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1360 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1361 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1362 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1363 other.
1364
13652.06:
1366 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1367 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1368 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1369 root drives from being found.
1370 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1371 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1372 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1373 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1374 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1375 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1376
1377[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1378
13792.00:
1380 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1381 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1382 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1383
1384$Id: HISTORY 985 2008-03-01 01:37:14Z gyoung $
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