I have gone to this separate document for the version hisory because I ran out of space in the main Read Me file. So...
Version 2.0 4 January 1994
File Buddy 2.0 is released. Happy New Year.
Version 2.0.1 7 January 1994
Fixed a bug that can result in running out of memory. Added code to check for invalid references to items selected in the items windows. References will become invalid if you move or rename an item after it is added to the list.
Version 2.0.2 8 January 1994
Seems that in checking for something in 2.0 that most people would not notice, I introduced a bug in 2.0.1 almost anyone would notice. To those few that got 2.0.1, I apologize. Fixed another small bug that can cause the label menu in the Find window to lose it's items. Tweaked the transition from More Options to Fewer Options in the Find window.
Version 2.0.3 13 January 1994
A bug that could cause a crash when leaving the Get Info on some machines is fixed. A bug has been fixed in the new code I use to make number strings format properly in non-English systems, so now you get numbers, not junk if you aren't using English. And no, you don't have to look far to find the humor in that. A Clear Find Settings item has been added to the Find menu. Minor bugs fixed.
Version 2.0.4 20 January 1994
The rare crash that for some when doing a find is gone. Same for the crashes afflicting users of a Plus or SE. Fixed bug that kept most of the buttons in the optional dialog that can appear when File Buddy is double-clicked from working. If there is insufficient memory to complete a Find, there is now an option to display the items found up to that point. Minor tweaks. Minor bugs fixed.
Version 2.0.5 27 January 1994
Numbers now work again for everyone. It seems there is a bug in System 7.1 that allows users to select separators in the Numbers control panel that prevents Apple's fancy number formatting calls from working. I have abandoned the fancy stuff and do my own number formatting.
When copying folders, items in subfolders were not being copied. Now they are. (Don't know when that stopped working.) A bug has been fixed so that disk errors encountered during a file copy are now reported.
Version 2.0.6 17 February 1994
Kanji users should now be able to use dates in file finding.
The nasty crashes that afflicted users of 68000 Macintoshes are now gone. Thanks to my associate Rob Terrell for the loan of his PB 100 so I could track them down.
Version 2.0.7 3 April 1994
Directory content strings have been fixed for folders containing 1 folder or 1 file. A couple of other minor bugs fixed.
A Find based on creator or file type should now work for users of AutoDoubler and SpaceSaver.
When a Find uses size, previous versions of File Buddy included folders at random. Starting with 2.0.7, when you set a file size criteria, the item below it is set to exclude folders. If you set this to include folders, their sizes will be used as well, but things will slow down.
The registration form now has spaces for NiftyServe and AppleLink addresses.
•• Version 2.1 21 April 1994
Drag&drops will now change names, and they are slightly smaller.
Desktop rebuilding is now automatic when you select Rebuild Desktop File…, and you can select the drives whose desktops you wish to rebuild.
File copying has been tweaked to provide better progress reporting and improved response to canceling, especially when copying across a network, and the watch cursor now spins while files are copying. The progress bar works better now. Some minor bugs fixed.
Finding lots of files handles tight memory situations better. Some minor bugs in the Find window are fixed. The date menus have been expanded some.
A bug in Get Info that could cause a random crash on some machines is fixed.
You can now adjust heading widths in the file list window. The Views popup is now called Headings, and the first item has been changed to Use Defaults. It puts all headings into the list using default sizes and positions.
A bug that would cause the top part of the file list window to be erased under certain circumstances is fixed.
Minor tweaks to the code. Some things are faster. Believe it or not, it's a tiny bit smaller.
•• Version 2.1r 24 April 1994
Fixes a bug that kept 2.1 from accepting a valid 2.x registration code.
•• Version 2.1.1 25 April 1994
Fixes the Find Empties bug for users of CP TrashBack™. Dialog zoom rects may be a little friendlier to some video setups.
•• Version 2.2 2 May 1994
File finding now offers the much-clamored-for option to search for text inside files. Searches can be case-sensitive. Some file types are not searched. Read the Read Me for more details. I have no idea how well it works for users of 2-bytes scripts such as Kanji, probably not at all. Hopefully that will change in the future.
Version strings can now be modified for documents. This lets you use them like comments, except that they survive desktop rebuilds. It was a design decision to prevent modifying them for applications, controls panels, and such. This was to keep users from changing information that could be needed by developers and tech support people. The interface on this is not obvious, so read the Read Me or use Balloon Help.
Fixed a bug that prevented deleting a creator from the Creator popup in the Get Info dialog using the command key.
Fixed a bug in the alias target Get File that reversed the Open/Select button titles.
