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FileBar -- An OS/2 Application Launch Facility and Shell Replacement
Written By Eric A. Wolf - Copyright (C) 1995 - All Rights Reserved
Revision History
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Versions 1.0 through 1.91
- not documented here
Version 2.00
- complete rewrite of the previous FileBar. While it retains the same
functionality*, it also has a number of new features.
- complete rewrite - uses improved memory handling for increased
stability while remaining a small application.
- possibility of 9 virtual desktops (switch via hotkey or click)
- print spooler
- much improved startup list handling
- system lockup option (and lockup on start option)
- support for sub-menus
- ability to set background color when FileBar is shell
- vastly improved handling of DOS settings - no more messing with
ASCII SETTINGS.INI files. Everything is automated through a
familiar DOS settings dialog.
- improved stability in configuration file handling (no more
configuration file corruptions)
- revised FileBar menu (to decrease clutter)
- ability to specify the configuration file to use on start
Great for network environments! Use either on command line
or on RUNWORKPLACE= line of config.sys.
- ability to open and save different configuration files
without closing and relaunching FileBar
- support for separate and common seamless WIN-OS/2 sessions
- ability to edit menu items by right-clicking them off menu
- misc. memory, stability and performance gains
*The calendar/scheduler is no longer in FileBar
Version 2.01
- Desktop correctly resize when FileBar exits or when FileBar is moved
from top to bottom of screen
- launching items from popup menu sometimes caused that item to be
edited rather than launched, this has been fixed
- added option for whether or not to remove FileBar from task list when
it is the shell
- added accelerators to FileBar menu
- revised way menus are drawn on menubar to address an incompatability
with OS/2 2.11
- When editing items, specifying a working directory as "X:\" (where X
is a valid drive letter) now works correctly.
- spooler is disabled when FileBar is not the replacement shell
- DOS settings loading and saving revised to avoid system errors
- old FileBar 2.00 DOS settings files SHOULD NOT BE used with 2.01
Version 2.02
- Windows in virtual work areas (2-9) are now moved back to work area
#1 when FileBar closes if option is set. Option is under the work
area option menu. This way, windows aren't "abandoned" after
FileBar closes
- Launching apps via the keyboard sometimes brought up editing item
dialog by mistake. That is now fixed.
- items closed from the task list are first sent a WM_CLOSE, then a
WM_QUIT, and if that fails, it is killed forcefully.
- once again addressed weird problems with DOS settings. Stability
looks very good now - all settings are now being written out and
DOS_DEVICEs and DOS_AUTOEXEC work ok.
- missing Windows DOS settings are now in the settings dialog box
- unlocking system no longer shows previously hidden windows
- FileBar will now attempt to launch WPS items even if it knows it
is the replacement shell - this way, users can launch WPS Shell as
a FileBar item and WPS items still work via FileBar.
- nag window pops up less often (every hour instead of every 1/2 hour)
- added more complete installation instructions for installing
FileBar both as a replacement shell and as a normal application
- virtual work area control box now has 3 different arragement types
(3 x 3 grid, horizontal row and vertical row)
- virtual work area control box resizing now has no default minimum size
- only c/r stripped from task list menu instead of any char < ' ' (ASCII 32)
- toggling Windows standard or enhanced mode in DOS settings will now
pass on that change to the edit menu item dialog
- "WPS Shell" has now been added as a default item under the OS/2 in both
the FILEBAR2.INI and SAMPLE1.INI included files so users can easily
launch the WPS from within FileBar
- FileBar not being removed from tasklist when shell (even when requested)
is now fixed
- FileBar no longer dies if an '=' is placed in an item's argument list
- nag screens no longer pop up every 1/2 hour. Now, every 10 FileBar
functions you engage, the nag will appear.
- added (CTRL+SPACE) hot key to bring up FileBar in any application
- fixed problem with Spooler not starting under OS/2 2.1
- fixed SYS 3175 errors when editing menu items using FileBar|Edit Menu