OS/2 Shareware BBS: 30 fixes_v/30-fixes_v.zip/fst96337.txt

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*                       FileStar/2    Version 2.00.5                     *
*                       CSD Level 1996337                       *
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This diskette contains corrective service for FileStar/2 Version
2.0. To install the corrective service, follow the procedure
described on page 4 of the FileStar/2 Technical Reference manual.

Corrective Service files are cumulative.  The latest CSD file
contains fixes found in all previous CSD files.

If while attempting to apply this CSD you encounter the error
message pop-up with the title which reads "Base Level Invalid",
it means that the version information stored in the INI files
could not be found.  This information was placed there during
the installation of the base product, but is no longer there.
You must reinstall the base product and then apply this CSD.

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*                 Operating System Anomalies                    *
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1.    Warp 3 users without at least FixPak 10 applied will
sometimes experience video corruption after a drag operation,
especially while dragging the toolbar items.  There is no cure
other than applying FixPak 10 or later.  After it occurs, it is
persistent until the application is shutdown and restarted.

2.    Users with FixPak 17 applied will have the shading at the
top of static text windows overwritten by the window.  This will
be most apparent in the windows in the Data Panel at the bottom
of the FileStar/2 display.  FixPak 22 corrects this problem.

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*                        Online Help Update                     *
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The online FILESTAR.HLP file has been updated.  It reflects
changes made through v2.00.5.  Grammatical and spelling errors
have been corrected.

The help file is dated 11-22-96 at 22:00 and has a file size of
762,947 bytes. It will work with any version 2 executable.

Many thanks to a dedicated FileStar/2 user, Bill Usim, for his
review and help.

For those users that have asked for it, check the help index for
two of the new items;

      - 'creating an anti-virus toolbar item'.
      - 'starting external programs' which details how to add
         toolbar launch items.

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*                             V2.00.5                           *
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1.  Fixed the graying of the 'Files' menu item on start up and
after certain file operations.

2.  Improved the logic on file 'Rename' in those cases where the
file name is not changed.

3.  Added a 'Toolbar' submenu item under 'Setup' in the primary
Action Bar menu.  This is the same as the toolbar context menu
except it does not have options that are item specific.

4.  Included bitmaps that may be used for launch items.

5.  Corrected bubble help for 'ExecuteProgram' toolbar items to
say 'Run associated program'.

6.  Finally solved the mystery of no bubble help for toolbar
dropdown items.  The dropdown items will now display the bubble
help.

7.  Fixed a problem where the label on the 'Size' button on the
Data could get stuck on one of the 'on the fly' labels associated
with the Ctrl/Shift/Alt modifier keys.

8.  Fixed the logic for checking the 'No Splitbar' option on
'Details View Options', page 2_4 of the setup notebook.

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*                             V2.00.4                           *
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Overall performance was enhanced, especially when using
computers with lower end hardware and memory.  This will be
primarily noted in startup and drive read times.

The items fixed in Version 2.00.4 are:

1.    Changed the point of file window update during scan to
eliminate an annoying blink with the 1st unsorted file still
highlighted.

2.    File window summary data was not using the new format
after drag & drop operations.

3.    After a directory move of the current directory, the new
selected directory was not set into a copy/move directory dialog
correctly.

4.    File sync select in Directory Compare was improved.

5.    Fixed a potential for a user to select a different
directory than the one selected for deletion before the window
was locked.

6.    Fixed a potential compatibility problem with Warp 4 Voice
Manager.

7.    Added titlebar swap window bitmap symbols that match those
in Warp 4.

8.    Fixed an elusive SYS3175 that occurred very infrequently
after drag moving files.

9.    Made the /a switch (auto close) for the Execute Programs
command lines case insensitive.

10.   Fixed a path error while using the ZipView window to dump
a file into WORKDIR while logged into a subdirectory of WORKDIR
which was created with a previous dump to WORKDIR.

11.   Finally the color palettes are fixed.  This is an change
in FS/2 code, not a fix in Warp. The color samples are slightly
smaller than in the WPS palettes.

12.   Made minor pixel adjustments to accommodate double pixel
shading of certain controls in Warp 4.

13.   Grayed the Files context menu if there are no files in the
active window.

14.   Fixed a probable SYS3175 when accessing a directory that
had been deleted outside FS/2.

15.   The Rescan Dir menu item was set to a conditional cascaded
item to function as intended.

16.   Fixed a problem with moving a directory to a different
drive and using a manual path entry.

17.   Removed hard color coding is some dialogs that made static
text hard to read when a dark dialog background color was set
with the Color Scheme palette.

18.   General code clean up and other minor changes.

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*                           V2.00.3                             *
*     Version 2.00.3d is a FileStar/2 demonstration program.    *
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*                           V2.00.2                             *
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The items fixed in Version 2.00.2 are:

1.    OS/2 version 2.1x would either fail to load or ran very
slowly after start.

2.    Object Desktop would grab the focus on start up and after
completion of most functions.  This was noted in Warp for
Windows only with Object Desktop v1.5 and with all versions of
Warp with Object Desktop v1.0-1.4.

3.    The Object Desktop rollup feature would cause internal
window mis-sizing when unrolled.

4.    The Copy Error dialog 'Skip' pushbutton would not skip the
current file but instead recalled the dialog for the same file
error in drag Copy or Move operations.

5.    If the program was minimized or maximized and then
restored in the custom window style, the recessive File window
would blank on activation.

6.    On startup, the Drive and/or Directory windows would not
match the active File Window in some instances.

7.    The User Defined Associations File Filters required a
semicolon delimiter to work and would crash the program if a
comma was used as a delimiter.  It was easy to mistake the
example on the dialog as commas instead of the required
semicolons.  The program will now accept either semicolons or
commas delimiters and also trailing semicolons.

8.    Detailed shading of the text windows in the Data Panel was
compromised to accommodate a bug in OS/2 FixPak 17 in v2.00.1.
This bug has been fixed in FixPak 22.  The code has been
restored to correctly draw the shaded windows.  If you are using
FP17, you will see the top of each window unshaded, distorting
what was intended.  Apply FP22 to restore correct shading.

9.    The startup code has been revised to decrease the time
required to display the main window and to fix an access
violation when starting as a swap window from the startup folder.

10.   There were some instances where proper internal window
sizing was affected by combinations of windowing controls, such
as minimizing or maximizing from a swap window with an internal
window maximized, or changes in menu fonts or in what mode the
program was started.  The possible combinations are numerous.
All improper moding that has been noted is corrected.

11.   User defined file associations were not being recognized
when double clicked on inside a zip file when viewed with
ZipView.

12.   Grayed the move and delete functions when a CDROM is the
active device.

13.   Fixed am access violation when using File Find and double
clicking to go to a directory in the found list box.

14.   The parent directory pushbuttons were not functioning
correctly when Multiple Trees was in use.

15.   The mini-icon setting was not restored after a directory
compare operation and any action after initialization would
restore normal icons if shutdown was made after setting
miniicons.

16.   Some users were expecting the Drive Used/Free buttons to
toggle the Drive Used/Free and Total Used/Free sums.  Any
operation after the display of the Total Used/Free will revert
the display to Drive Used/Free.  Either button now toggles the
sum data.

17.   Selecting File Compare in the Directory Compare display
did not function.

18.   There was a keystroke conflict on the use of the '*' as a
wildcard character in some entry fields and the Shift '*' used
to Load Subjects.  The latter has been changed to Alt Shift '*'
and the Directories menus have been changed to show the new
required keystrokes to Load Subjects.

19.   The hot keys for resetting the internal window ring were
changed from Shift 'W' to Alt Shift 'W' to eliminate the
possibility of unintentionally resetting the windows while
entering text in entry fields.

20.   The hot keys for activating the Window Options menu were
changed from Shift '?' to Ctrl Shift '?' to allow use of the '?'
character in the multiple file rename entry field.

21.   Selecting a DateTime or Attributes change dialog and then
canceling would crash the program if Rename was subsequently
selected with no other actions performed.

22.   The Print function would not work when configured to run
an external program on the External Programs page of the Setup
notebook.  It will now function with an External Program of your
choice or you may enter 'PRINT.COM' as the external print
program to cause it to bypass the internal print function and
print directly to the configured printer port.  If the 'Print'
External Program entry is left blank, the internal print
interface is used. This is the 'Default' action when selecting
'Print' from the file menus.

Additionally, hot keys and menu options have been assigned to
allow printing directly to the spooler (Ctrl P) through the OS/2
file 'PRINT. COM' or to use the internal Print Option dialogs (
Ctrl Alt P), regardless of the presence of a user defined print
program.

23.   File List printing did not work.

24.   A SYS3175 access violation, when selecting a different
printer form in the Print Setup dialog, was fixed.

25.   An additional command line switch, /a, is available to
cause external sessions started with either the Execute dialog
or the Toolbar Launch Execute Program to autoclose on
completion. Just add this switch to the Execute entry field or
the Execute Program command Parameters field in the toolbar item
setup notebook.

26.   The message window was wiping out some messages before the
set persistence time.  The moding of the window was improved.

27.   Renaming of multiple files was adversely affected by items
18, 19, and 20.

28.   The loading of longname EAs was moded differently to
eliminate the associated performance penalty on FAT drives.
This was very noticeable on floppies and Zip drives.  The change
results in a drive rescan to get the longname EAs if either
drive in a Directory Compare function is a FAT drive and loading
of longname Eas is not enabled.

29.   Some hot key use was not properly resetting the Alt key
such that double clicking on a drive or directory after their
use would result in the Alt Enter (double click) command and
open the WPS drive or folder objects.

30.   Several other cosmetic and lesser operating anomalies were
corrected.  Further fine tuning for improved speed and interface
consistency has been made.

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*                        New Toolbar Items                      *
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Added five additional builtin toolbar items to make it easier to
implement the following capabilities;

1. Directory rescan. 2. Anti-Virus submenu. 3. Anti-Virus drive
scan. 4. Anti-Virus directory scan. 5. Anti-Virus file scan.

To use the anti-virus items, Alt drag and drop the drive,
directory and file AV toolbar items on the AV submenu.  Then
edit each item by right clicking on it and selecting Edit Item
from the context menu.  The Execute Program must be set in the
Function field and the following examples show the command lines
to enter in the Parameters field if using IBMAV.  Consult your
documentation for the command line parameters for other
antivirus products.

Command line parameters for IBMAV;

   AV file scan;     X:\PATH\IBMAVSP.EXE -LOG -SCOMP %F

   AV dir scan;      X:\PATH\IBMAVSP.EXE -LOG %D

   AV drive scan;    X:\PATH\IBMAVSP.EXE -LOG %V

Selection of the appropriate toolbar item will result in an AV
scan on the selected file, directory or drive.

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*                           V2.00.1                             *
*         The baseline version 2 product was 2.00.1.            *
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