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D I R M A N R e v i s i o n H i s t o r y Dirman version 1.60 general shareware release August 31, 1996. DIRMAN 1.55 Added <G>raft Directory Tree command. Copy the contents of the directory the cursor is sitting on and all of the files and directories contained therein to anywhere you specify. All of the files and subdirectories in the directory the cursor is pointing to are copied to the target preserving the original directory integrity and structure. Added <N>uke Directory Tree Command. Delete the contents of the directory the cursor is sitting on and all of the files and directories contained in it. Similar to the DOS DELTREE command, it is the inverse of the <G>raft command. Fixed bug in change dri<V>e command that would redraw the screen incorrectly if an invalid drive letter was specified. Also killed a bug that would terminate the program if an attempt was made to log on to drive Q. DIRMAN 1.54 Changed algorithm for screen writes in Viewman for PGDN, PGUP, LEFT, and RIGHT commands. Prevents slow systems from overflowing the keyboard buffer when keys are repeating. DIRMAN 1.53 Added the <ALT_D> command in Dirman to delete files so that they can not be recovered. This command works by overwriting every byte in the file to be deleted with a junk character (10101010 binary) just before deleting the file. Use this command when you want to delete a file(s) that contains information you don't ever want anyone to ever see again. The DOS undelete command and other similar utilities may still be able to reconstruct the file but the reconstructed file will contain only the junk binary character. Changed Sort by Filename to sort using the Long Filename when running under Win 95. Fixed Bug in Print Directory Listing that would cause Dirman to bail to the <c:\> prompt if a printer could not be found. Added <ALT_A> command ANSI filter to Viewman. Makes viewing files created by Windows applications using the standard Windows ANSI character set easier to read by translating high order ANSI characters to their DOS ASCII equivalent. ANSI characters that do not have DOS ASCII equivalents are translated to spaces. DIRMAN 1.52 Killed a bug that would prevent editing a file with the <ALT_E> command from Viewman when the file was invoked directly from the command line. Added capability for Dirman to distinguish between a filename and a pathname specified on the command line, and start the program either viewing the file or directory contents. Added Code to change the Win 95 title bar text. Users of unregistered versions now get unobtrusive pleasant reminders to register their software. DIRMAN 1.51 Added <CTRL_T> command which shows file Creation, Last Access ,and Last Write times for currently highlighted file. This command works with Win 95 long filenames only. Added long filename display in the Copy, Move, and Delete dialogs. Also now display the long filename in the header lines of DM and VM. Dirman version 1.50 general shareware release January 31, 1996. DIRMAN 1.46 Added Long filename support to print directory and print block routines allowing the default printer to be changed to a Win 95 Long filename. DIRMAN 1.45 Added Long filename support for the following commands: Copy, Rename, Move, and Make new directory. Also redesigned the Confirm File Overwrite dialog box to make it easier to visually compare the two files. DIRMAN 1.44 Crushed a bug in the file copy routine that would not use the original files date and time stamp in the newly created copy when the total file size was 512 bytes or less. DIRMAN 1.43 Added <ALT_T> change the file Time and /or date. Use this command to change the file creation time / date for the currently highlighted file or a group of tagged files. DIRMAN 1.42 Killed a bug that would sort files by the date improperly for files that were created after august 15, 1999. Don't ask! Added <ALT_W> Word Wrap filter. This command wraps long lines at word boundaries at any column the user chooses. The default column is the current screen width. DIRMAN 1.41 Fixed a bug that would make some characters on the screen blink when returning from a shelled program. Dirman/Viewman now turns off the blink bit when returning from any shelled program. Added support for VESA compliant video modes. The ALT_V command now provides a list of screen resolutions that the user can choose from. Dirman/Viewman will only allow you to select from the modes your card supports. Added the <ALT_H> filter used to hide HTML commands embedded in a file. This command makes it much easier to read files saved from you favorite web browser. Dirman version 1.40 general shareware release September 9, 1995. DIRMAN 1.34 Added long filename support for Windows 95. This necessitated a change to the screen layout. Windows 95 users will not see the short command menu on the right hand side of the screen. This area is now used to display the long filenames. New header and footer lines provide relevant information for volume label, current directory, number of files, bytes used, bytes free, number of tagged files, and total bytes in tagged files. Stomped on a bug in Windows for Workgroups V3.11 that would prevent Dirman from copying a group of tagged files to a networked printer. Now you can supply LPT1 (for example) as the target for the tagged files and they will be copied to whatever printer is mapped to LPT1. DIRMAN 1.31 Added Jump to Filename command. Hit the <J>ump key and the first letter of the filename you want to land on and the cursor is placed on the first filename that starts with that letter or the next higher letter. This command is only active when the directory listing is sorted by filename in ascending order. Added option to sort directory listings by their file <A>ttributes. Added Reverse order sorting of directory listings. To sort files in reverse order hit the <S>ort key and the <R>everse key AND then the key for the kind of sorting you want, <F>ilename, <E>xtension, <S>ize, <D>ate, or <A>ttribute. Added visual indication for number of files tagged and the total number of bytes in the tagged files. Added dialog to warn of a pending file overwrite. If during a <C>opy operation the target file already exists, you are given the option to abort the copy and preserve the original file, or to continue the operation and replace the original with the new file, or cancel the operation. When copying a group of tagged files there is also an option to overwrite all of the destination files without additional prompts. Cleaned up a processor intensive section of the main to keep Win 95 and OS/2 from pegging the processor usage needle at 100% while waiting for a key press in registered copies. Increased the maximum number of displayable lines from a fixed value of 64,000 to a variable number depending on the amount of free ram available. The table below gives an approximation of the maximum file size Viewman can handle for various memory configurations. Max DOS Typ DOS Older DOS Shelled Out Min DOS Free Memory Avail 655,360 600,000 500,000 400,000 262,144 Aprox Max Lines 225,000 198,000 148,000 98,000 29,000 Dirman version 1.30 general shareware release June 4, 1995. DIRMAN 1.24 Cleaned up all Error message dialog boxes. Also now allow for the user to change and save the color of the Error dialogs. Added <ALT_F> Fuzzy Search command. DIRMAN 1.23 Dirman now reports the Volume Label if present for the current drive. Directory of [VOL LABEL] DRIVE:\[SUBDIR\][SUBDIR\][...]FILESPEC Where [VOL LABEL] is the Volume label for the current drive, DRIVE is the current drive letter, and FILESPEC is the current filespec pattern (*.*). Fixed a bug in the print block routine which when printing blocks greater than 60Kb could get confused and either print a line twice or forget to print it all together. Added the CTRL_E command EBCDIC filter in Viewman. This filter makes EBCDIC files readable in Viewman. There may still be three people on earth who need this feature, but what the heck now it's in there. Added jump to <B>ookmark, ALT_B set Bookmark, and CTRL_B clear all bookmarks commands. Viewman now remembers up to 10 bookmarks which can be set with the ALT_B set bookmark command or which are set automatically as the result of a successful <F>ind or e<X>act find command. DIRMAN 1.22 Added <ALT_E> Invoke Editor command to both Dirman and Viewman. Added <ALT_I> Change default editor to both Dirman and Viewman. Added <ALT_P> Change default printer to Dirman. Corrected several compatibility problems encountered in a Windows for Workgroups workstation attached to a Windows NT fileserver, including handling of INT 24 (Critical Error) error return codes greater than 20. DIRMAN 1.21 Added <E>xecute command to run a program. Added <ALT_V> command to toggle between 80x25 and 80x50 character mode. This feature has NOT been tested on Hercules, Monochrome, or CGA displays, so results are unpredictable. If you are using one of these displays feel free to test this feature at your own risk. Added ability to abort a Copy/Move/Delete Tagged files command when the operation fails for any reason. Previously one had to hit a key for every file that was tagged but couldn't be Copy/Move/Deleted. This fix allows you to hit the ESC key to abort the rest of the operation. Added code to display the parent directory as ".." on Novel networked volumes. Previous versions required that the NetWare shell SHOWDOTS ON environment variable had to be set by either the user or the network administrator. Added the ability to rename sub directories. Uses the same command as <R>ename files. Added the option to <P>rint a listing of the current directory. Added the <ALT_S> command to provide for customization of color schemes and other default settings. Changed the name of the environment variable that the UNZIP functions look for from "DIRMAN" (which everyone had to create and add to their autoexec.bat) to "TEMP" (which many people have already set up in their autoexec.bat). Don't know what I was thinking when I wrote the original code. Added <J>ump to line number command. Fixed bug in <C>opy to Windows Clipboard command that would confuse some Windows applications (Notepad for one) where an end of line was. Viewman now supplies a CR/LF pair to the clipboard to mark the end of a line. Added <ALT_V> command to toggle between 80x25 and 80x50 character mode. Added <T>urbo option to Auto Scroll up/down <ALT_U>/<ALT_D> feature. Added the <ALT_S> command to provide for customization of color schemes and other default settings. Dirman version 1.20 general shareware release January 22, 1995. DIRMAN 1.13 Squashed bug in <C>opy tagged files when the target was a only drive letter and a colon. Older versions would complain they could not create the new file and caused an undue instances of chest tightening. Now the new file is created in the root directory of the target drive, which is probably what you wanted in the first place. The directory listing now show the file sizes formatted with commas. Most people find it easier to read numbers formatted like 12,078,459 rather than 12078459. Added the filespec pattern to the top line of the screen which now is formatted like: Directory of DRIVE:\[SUBDIR\][SUBDIR\][...]FILESPEC where DRIVE is the current drive letter and FILESPEC is the current filespec pattern (*.*). Crushed a bug in the <R>ename command when the file you want to rename is in the root directory. Hopefully the acid level in YOUR stomach never increased to critical levels. Mangled, stomped, mashed, and finally incinerated a bug in "change dir express" <ALT_C>. It would display "NO FILES FOUND" on rare occasions when changing to a sub directory from the root directory just after doing a dri<V>e change. Sheesh!!! Added a new option, define record <L>ength to make easier to view files with fixed record lengths, but do not contain carriage return or line feed characters as record terminators. Added the <A>ppend binary command. Murdered a bug in <E>nd a block command when last line of the file was above the last line of the screen. Exterminated a bug when viewing a <Z>ip Directory and no amount bashing the decompress and view <Z>ipped file key would produce the desired result. This bug only appeared when there was a Dirman environment variable set. Allow for Scroll Down 1 line to scroll the last line of the file to the top of the display. Now the <S>tart a block command can set the start block marker to any line in the file. Added a commands to display record <N>umbers and to start the record numbering at some arbitrary value <ALT_N>. These commands come in handy when working with data base type files. Fixed a bug in the <P>rint block option when the length of the block was greater than 64Kb. Also changed the way <P>rint block handles line length when the output has been redirected to a file with the <ALT_P> command. Formerly this command truncated the width output to whatever the width of the screen was. This is still the case when printing to a printer. In this version when the output goes to a file the line length is NOT truncated, making this command similar the dump command but filtering IS performed on the output. Tabs are expanded to spaces, unprintable characters are converted to (.) dots, carriage return-line feed pairs are added to each line, etc. Dirman version 1.11 first general shareware release October 16, 1994.