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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 o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
43 o The list of excluded drives in the parameters of the FM/2 object
44 are no longer overwritten during the FM/2 install (John)
45 o The FM/2 Utilities package will no longer be selected automatically
46 during the install if it has already been installed. (John)
47 o Add a "debugging support" package to the Warpin WPI file (John)
48 o The build process has been changed so that script is updated with the new
49 version number the first time the WPI file for that version is built (John)
50 o Changed the build process to skip LXLITE processing on debug builds (John)
51
52
533.09
54 o Check program strings entered in assoc, commands & settings for quoting,
55 file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
56 o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
57 o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
58 o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
59 o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
60 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
61 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
62 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
63 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
64 o Allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
65 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
66 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
67 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
68 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
69 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
70 o Update includes to allow standalone usage (Steven)
71 o Switch to wrc.exe default; support USE_RC from environment (Steven)
72 o Avoid out of memory traps in Compare Directories (Steven)
73 o Correct INI editor copy failures (Steven)
74 o Use CloseProfile to avoid spurious system INI closes (Steven)
75
763.08
77 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
78 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
79 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
80 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
81 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
82 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
83 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
84 on status line (Gregg)
85 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
86 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
87 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
88 string matching (Gregg)
89 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
90
913.07
92 o Tweak build process (Steven)
93 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
94 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
95 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
96 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
97 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
98 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
99 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
100 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
101 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
102 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
103 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
104 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
105 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
106 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
107 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
108 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
109 read only files. (Gregg)
110 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
111 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
112 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
113 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
114 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
115 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
116 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
117 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
118 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
119 absent with wrapped tex and hex
120 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
121
1223.06
123 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
124 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
125 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
126 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
127 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
128 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
129
1303.05.09
131 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
132 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
133 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
134 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
135 o Rework selective error logging logic
136 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
137 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
138 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
139 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
140 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
141 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
142 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
143 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
144 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
145 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
146
1473.05 beta08
148 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
149 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
150 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
151 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
152 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
153 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
154 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
155 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
156 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
157 o Help file updates (Gregg)
158 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
159 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
160 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
161 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
162 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
163 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
164
1653.05beta07
166 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
167 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
168 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
169 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
170 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
171 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
172 o Update documentation (Gregg)
173 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
174 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
175
1763.05beta06
177 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
178 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
179
1803.05beta05
181 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
182 o NDFS support by Gregg
183 o Default seek and scan to show files
184 o Rework menus
185 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
186 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
187 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
188
1893.05beta04
190 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
191 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
192 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
193 o Avoid spurious error popups
194
1953.05beta03
196 o Help file updated by David
197 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
198 o Toolbars reworked by David
199 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
200 o More great bitmaps from David
201
2023.05beta02
203 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
204 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
205 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
206
2073.05beta01
208 o More great bitmaps from David
209 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
210 o Rework some error messages
211 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
212
2133.04
214 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
215 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
216 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
217 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
218 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
219 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
220 o More new icons (thanks David)
221 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
222
2233.04 pre11:
224 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
225 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
226
2273.04 pre10:
228 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
229 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
230
2313.04 pre9:
232 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
233
2343.04 pre8:
235 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
236 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
237
2383.04 pre7:
239 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
240 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
241 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
242 o Minor makefile corrections
243
2443.04 pre6:
245 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
246
2473.04 pre5:
248 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
249 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
250 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
251 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
252 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
253
2543.04 pre4:
255 o Correct longnames display enable
256 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
257 o Support archiver.tmp install
258
2593.04 pre3:
260 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
261 o Support tarlist.cmd install
262 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
263 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
264
2653.04 pre2:
266 o More icon updates (David's v18)
267 o Avoid user directory edit crash
268 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
269
2703.04 pre1:
271 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
272 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
273 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
274 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
275 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
276 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
277
2783.03:
279 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
280 o Correct directory sizes sort
281 o Correct archive sort again
282
2833.02i:
284 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
285 o Lots of work on large file support
286 o Switch to VAC 3.65
287 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
288 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
289 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
290 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
291 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
292 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
293 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
294 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
295
2963.02h:
297 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
298 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
299 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
300
3013.02g:
302 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
303
3043.02f:
305 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
306 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
307 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
308
3093.02e:
310 o More see all files fixes
311 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
312
3133.02d:
314 o Clean up icon usage
315 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
316 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
317 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
318 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
319 o Correct resource strings
320
3213.02c:
322 o Correct broken assignments
323 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
324
3253.02b:
326 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
327
3283.02a:
329 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
330 o Correct archive name display
331
3323.02:
333 o First open source release.
334
3353.01:
336 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
337
3383.00d:
339 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
340 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
341
3423.00c:
343 o More minor bug fixes.
344
3453.00b:
346 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
347
3483.00:
349 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
350 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
351 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
352 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
353 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
354 correspondingly smaller.
355 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
356 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
357 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
358 some more, thus tempting fate.
359 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
360 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
361 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
362 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
363 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
364 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
365 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
366 width.
367 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
368 this stuff built-in now.
369 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
370 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
371 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
372 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
373 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
374 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
375 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
376 confirmation.
377 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
378 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
379 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
380 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
381
3822.67:
383 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
384 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
385 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
386 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
387 recall.
388
3892.66:
390 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
391 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
392 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
393 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
394 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
395 there's no diskette inserted.)
396 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
397 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
398 o Reworked Databar a bit.
399 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
400 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
401
4022.65:
403 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
404 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
405 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
406 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
407 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
408 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
409 best stuff was turned off by default!
410 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
411 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
412 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
413 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
414 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
415 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
416 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
417
4182.64:
419 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
420 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
421 horizontal) there.
422 o More help file work.
423 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
424 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
425 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
426 "touching" files easier.
427
4282.63:
429 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
430 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
431 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
432 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
433 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
434 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
435 is available.
436 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
437 attractive (IMHO).
438 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
439 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
440 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
441 marks.
442 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
443 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
444 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
445 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
446
4472.62:
448 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
449
4502.61:
451 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
452 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
453 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
454 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
455 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
456 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
457 is bordered in red.
458 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
459 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
460 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
461 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
462 files.
463
4642.60:
465 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
466 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
467 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
468 be refreshed in the archive.
469 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
470 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
471
4722.59:
473 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
474 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
475 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
476
4772.58:
478 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
479 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
480 help to reflect this.
481 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
482 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
483 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
484
4852.57:
486 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
487 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
488 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
489
4902.56:
491 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
492 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
493
4942.55:
495 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
496 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
497
4982.54:
499 o Small tweaks.
500 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
501 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
502
5032.53:
504 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
505 selected files more quickly and easily.
506 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
507 Netscape were choking on it (a).
508 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
509 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
510 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
511 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
512
5132.52:
514 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
515 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
516 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
517 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
518 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
519 standard, then stick to it? Please?
520 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
521 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
522
5232.51:
524 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
525 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
526 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
527 user request.
528 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
529 user request.
530 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
531 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
532 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
533 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
534 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
535 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
536 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
537 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
538 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
539 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
540 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
541 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
542 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
543 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
544 still work correctly with this change.
545 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
546 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
547 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
548 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
549 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
550 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
551 up with all of it.
552
5532.50b:
554 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
555 image viewer window.
556 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
557 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
558
5592.50a:
560 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
561 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
562 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
563 directories listed in environment variables).
564 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
565 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
566 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
567 registration information.
568 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
569 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
570 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
571 popup menu.
572 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
573 object that didn't already have them (duh).
574 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
575 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
576 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
577 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
578
5792.50:
580 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
581 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
582 viewer.
583 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
584 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
585 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
586 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
587 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
588 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
589 results.
590 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
591 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
592 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
593 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
594 added file system type to end of string on user request.
595 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
596 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
597 It could happen.
598 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
599 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
600 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
601 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
602 o Note new internet address.
603 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
604 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
605 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
606 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
607 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
608 one :-).
609 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
610 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
611 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
612 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
613 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
614 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
615 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
616 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
617 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
618 even notice.
619
6202.49:
621 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
622 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
623 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
624 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
625 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
626 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
627 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
628 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
629 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
630 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
631 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
632 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
633 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
634
6352.48a:
636 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
637 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
638 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
639 o More Merlin preparations.
640 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
641 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
642 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
643 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
644 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
645 the Joneses? :-)
646
6472.48:
648 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
649 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
650 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
651 under Merlin.
652 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
653 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
654 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
655 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
656 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
657 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
658 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
659 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
660 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
661 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
662 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
663 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
664 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
665 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
666 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
667 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
668 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
669 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
670 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
671 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
672 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
673 machine.
674 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
675 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
676 o Keys help added per user request.
677
6782.47:
679 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
680 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
681 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
682 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
683 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
684 submenu selected.
685 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
686 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
687 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
688 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
689 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
690 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
691 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
692 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
693 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
694 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
695 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
696 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
697 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
698 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
699 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
700 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
701 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
702 Container to change directories.
703 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
704 questions.
705
7062.46:
707 o Fixed drive button bug.
708 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
709 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
710 the real thing.
711
7122.45:
713 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
714 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
715 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
716 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
717 was closed.
718 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
719 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
720 Scan.
721
7222.44:
723 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
724 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
725 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
726 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
727 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
728 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
729 user-defined bitmap.
730 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
731 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
732 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
733 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
734 for possible later retrieval.
735 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
736 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
737 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
738
7392.43:
740 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
741 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
742 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
743 connection, finally).
744 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
745 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
746 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
747 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
748 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
749 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
750 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
751 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
752 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
753 it finishes.
754 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
755 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
756 under older OS/2 versions.
757 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
758 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
759 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
760 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
761 reminder.
762 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
763 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
764
7652.42:
766 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
767 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
768 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
769 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
770 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
771 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
772 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
773 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
774 flags from the command line as an override.
775 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
776 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
777 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
778 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
779 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
780 Directory Container looks.
781 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
782 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
783 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
784 examples).
785 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
786 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
787 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
788 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
789 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
790 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
791 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
792 instead of the internal).
793 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
794 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
795 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
796 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
797 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
798
7992.41:
800 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
801 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
802 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
803 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
804 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
805 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
806 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
807 attractively.
808 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
809 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
810 but not switch to them.
811 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
812 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
813 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
814 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
815 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
816 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
817 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
818 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
819 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
820 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
821 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
822 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
823 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
824 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
825 Shouldn't be a major problem.
826 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
827 know the blamed thing was there.
828 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
829 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
830 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
831 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
832 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
833 paragraph. Something I use.
834 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
835 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
836 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
837 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
838 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
839 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
840 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
841 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
842 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
843 Containers.
844 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
845 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
846 (some things grow with a life of their own).
847 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
848 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
849 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
850 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
851
8522.40:
853 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
854 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
855 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
856 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
857 viewer.
858 o Added %! metastring.
859 o Added default archiver setting.
860 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
861 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
862 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
863 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
864 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
865 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
866 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
867 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
868 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
869 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
870 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
871 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
872 directories.
873 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
874 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
875 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
876
8772.39:
878 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
879 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
880 at FP10+ levels.
881 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
882 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
883 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
884 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
885 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
886 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
887 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
888 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
889 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
890 changed.
891 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
892
8932.38:
894 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
895 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
896 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
897 etc.).
898 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
899 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
900 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
901 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
902 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
903 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
904 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
905 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
906 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
907 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
908 show everything else.
909 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
910 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
911 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
912 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
913 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
914 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
915 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
916 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
917 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
918 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
919 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
920 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
921 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
922 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
923 foreground.
924
9252.37:
926 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
927 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
928 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
929 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
930 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
931 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
932 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
933 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
934 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
935 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
936 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
937 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
938 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
939 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
940 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
941 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
942 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
943 Directory Container.
944
9452.36:
946 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
947 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
948 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
949 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
950 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
951 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
952 o Tutorial section added to online help.
953 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
954 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
955 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
956 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
957 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
958 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
959 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
960 Settings notebook.
961 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
962 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
963 thousandth).
964 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
965 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
966 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
967
9682.35:
969 o Performance tuning.
970 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
971 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
972 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
973 permanent by Adding them as usual.
974 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
975 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
976 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
977 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
978 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
979 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
980 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
981 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
982 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
983 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
984 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
985 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
986
9872.34:
988 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
989 knee-jerk thing to do).
990 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
991 the container is maximized.
992 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
993 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
994 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
995 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
996 interested).
997 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
998 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
999 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
1000 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
1001 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
1002 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
1003 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
1004 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
1005 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
1006 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
1007 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
1008 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
1009 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
1010 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
1011 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
1012
10132.33:
1014 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
1015 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
1016 internal Settings notebook).
1017 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
1018 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
1019 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
1020 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
1021 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
1022 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
1023 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
1024 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
1025 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
1026 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
1027 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
1028 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
1029 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
1030 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
1031 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
1032
10332.32:
1034 o See all files window fleshed out.
1035 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
1036 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
1037 notebook.
1038 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
1039 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
1040 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
1041 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
1042 of course).
1043 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
1044 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
1045 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
1046 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
1047 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
1048 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
1049 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
1050 the list.
1051
10522.31:
1053 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
1054 miniapp.
1055 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
1056 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
1057 to the above).
1058 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
1059 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
1060 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
1061 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1062 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1063 the archive resides."
1064 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1065 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1066 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1067 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1068 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1069 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1070 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1071 o More user suggestions implemented.
1072
10732.30:
1074 o I forget.
1075
10762.29:
1077 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1078 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1079 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1080 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1081 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1082 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1083 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1084 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1085 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1086 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1087 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1088 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1089 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1090 list).
1091
10922.28:
1093 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1094 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1095 dialog).
1096 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1097 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1098 current object.
1099 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1100 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1101 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1102 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1103 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1104 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1105 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1106 userlist dropdown.
1107 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1108 use a DOS app first...
1109
11102.27:
1111 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1112 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1113 default, BTW).
1114 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1115 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1116 weren't before).
1117 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1118 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1119 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1120 lines.
1121 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1122
11232.26:
1124 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1125 filenames.
1126 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1127 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1128 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1129 now on...
1130 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1131 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1132 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1133 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1134 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1135 client window whitespace.
1136 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1137 Edit menu.
1138 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1139 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1140 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1141 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1142 command.
1143 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1144 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1145 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1146
11472.25:
1148 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1149 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1150
11512.24:
1152 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1153 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1154 lives.
1155 o Undelete enhancements.
1156
11572.23:
1158 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1159 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1160 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1161 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1162 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1163 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1164
11652.22:
1166 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1167 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1168 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1169 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1170 inevitable problem arises.
1171 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1172 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1173
11742.21:
1175 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1176 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1177 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1178 causes default WPS open.
1179 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1180 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1181 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1182 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1183 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1184 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1185 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1186 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1187 o Other stuff I forget.
1188
11892.20:
1190 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1191 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1192 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1193 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1194 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1195 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1196 D&D.
1197 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1198 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1199 Containers.
1200 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1201 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1202 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1203 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1204 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1205 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1206 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1207 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1208 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1209 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1210 it (again).
1211
12122.19:
1213 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1214 alternative to maximizing.
1215 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1216 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1217 windows.
1218 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1219 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1220 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1221 along.
1222 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1223 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1224 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1225 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1226 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1227 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1228 to return to from the maximized state).
1229
12302.18:
1231 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1232 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1233 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1234 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1235 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1236 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1237 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1238
12392.17:
1240 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1241 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1242 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1243 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1244 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1245 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1246
12472.16:
1248 o Added "Update objects" command.
1249 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1250 one (under "Context Menus").
1251 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1252 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1253 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1254 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1255 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1256 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1257 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1258 start working again.
1259
12602.15:
1261 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1262 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1263 o Added "Select List" command.
1264 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1265 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1266 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1267 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1268 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1269 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1270 I'm just the piano player.
1271 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1272 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1273
12742.14:
1275 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1276 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1277 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1278 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1279 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1280 removable media drives.
1281 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1282 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1283 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1284 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1285 update the paths.
1286 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1287 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1288 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1289 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1290 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1291 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1292 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1293 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1294 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1295 to my satisfaction).
1296
12972.13:
1298 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1299 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1300 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1301 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1302 notebook.
1303 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1304 to use HPFS...).
1305 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1306 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1307 maybe a bit more functional.
1308 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1309
13102.12:
1311 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1312 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1313 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1314 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1315 accelerator keys.
1316 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1317
13182.11:
1319 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1320 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1321 give funny default drive.
1322 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1323 data between different INI files.
1324 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1325 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1326 There's a menu item for it.
1327 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1328 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1329 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1330
13312.10:
1332 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1333 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1334 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1335 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1336 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1337 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1338 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1339
13402.09:
1341 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1342 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1343 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1344 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1345 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1346 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1347 to trap.
1348 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1349 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1350 what Ron says...
1351 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1352 o Added optional split status line.
1353
13542.08:
1355 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1356 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1357 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1358 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1359 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1360 you can pick a different drive).
1361 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1362 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1363 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1364 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1365 line argument.
1366
13672.07:
1368 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1369 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1370 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1371 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1372 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1373 other.
1374
13752.06:
1376 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1377 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1378 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1379 root drives from being found.
1380 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1381 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1382 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1383 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1384 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1385 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1386
1387[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1388
13892.00:
1390 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1391 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1392 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1393
1394$Id: HISTORY 986 2008-03-01 06:03:47Z jbs $
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