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- What's New in Version 1.1 - Released August 16, 1996
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -Registered User's Name (in the Program Information screen) had extraneous
- characters following it.
- -Intermittent problem with the Zip routine not releasing "stdin".
- -Details View always came up checked regardless of what other view was also
- checked.
- -The Byte counts in the directories Window titlebar and the upper Status bar
- sometimes had an extra character appended to the count.
- -The 'Bytes Free' count in the directories Window titlebar was not updated
- when contents were moved to or from other directories on the same drive.
- -User-Defined programs were not able to run Rexx CMD files as stated in
- documentation.
-
- Improvements
-
- -Replaced listbox in Viewer's setup window with a drop-down combination-box
- for a more intuitive look.
- -For Info-Zip's Zip and Unzip support, the user has a choice of either
- entering a fully qualified Path/Name or adding the program's directory to
- the path statement in the Config.Sys file.
- -Added a Destination 'Bytes Free' count to the lower status bar.
- -Added a 'Refresh Display' option to update directories if other running
- programs have changed directory contents.
- -Added ability to User-Defined programs to take selected filename as a
- parameter
- -Added a built-in Zip Viewer for peering inside of zip files. It allows all
- other viewers (graphics viewers, wav players) configured in File Freedom to
- be used inside a zip file. It also allows the user to look inside a zip file
- within a zip file, and again, all configured viewers can be used to
- examine files in this second layer.
- -General improvements to online Help to make it more comprehensive and
- comprehensible.
-
- What's New in Version 1.2 - Released September 15, 1996
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -a double display in the files window could occur if F8 (swap Source and
- Destination) was pressed twice or more times rapidly.
-
- Improvements
-
- -Added a Pushbutton and permanent Hot-Key for PMSeek. This is an OS/2
- utility which allows searchs for text or duplicate files.
- -Added capability to create destination directories 'on the fly' for copy
- and move operations.
- -Added a Pushbutton for 'Refresh Display'.
- -Added support for more User-defined programs (now four) which can be run
- from within File Freedom. Also improved support for these programs ie.
- a working directory can now be specified. Also Windows and Dos programs
- will start in a windowed session.
- -Some minor improvements to the Settings Notebook within File Freedom.
- -More improvements to online Help.
- -The main reason for this update is to announce Ordering and Registration
- now available through BMT Micro and to include BMT Micro order form.
-
- What's New in Version 1.3 - Released October 19, 1996
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -User-Defined programs were unable to accept filenames passed to them as
- parameters due to added support for OS/2 filenames with embedded spaces.
- -Same problem with User-Defined Editor. Both Dos and Windows programs
- will now accept valid filenames as parameters.
- -When displaying empty directories, status bar information did not give
- a valid '0' byte count and other minor aesthetic status bar errors.
- -When the the start-up default source drive was given in the form of
- "X:\" it would not display the root drive but would give a blank display.
- -When moving files and creating a destination directory on-the-fly, the
- first file moved would not be deleted from the source directory.
-
- Improvements
-
- -Added support for deleting complete sub-directory structures including
- those containing files and/or other directories.
- -Added support for zipping complete sub-directory structures or complete
- drives.
- -Improved color and font handling on titlebars and areas behind pushbuttons
- (for Drag and Drop colors and fonts).
- -Added separate Help reference for Settings Notebook and other Help
- improvements.
- -Changed "Quit" hot-key combination to "ALT-F4" in keeping with CUA
- guidelines.
- -Added ability to hide the ToolBar.
- -Added compatibility for 4OS2 and other alternative shells.
- -Added ability for User-Defined programs to continue running after
- File Freedom has been terminated.
-
- What's New in Version 1.4 - Released November 24, 1996
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -Fixed bug in support for OS/2 System Menu keys - all system menu
- keys now function properly (Alt-Spacebar, Alt-F4 etc.)
- -Fixed bug in Install program which prevented installation from root
- directories.
-
- Improvements
-
- -In the "Rename" dialogue, the old file name now appears in the Entry
- field so that it can be edited.
- -The configured Editor will now continue to run if File Freedom is
- closed.
- -You can now create a Desktop Object from a program file by simply
- pressing Control-F7.
- -There is a new Unzipping option (Shift-F3) which will create a new
- directory on-the-fly (in the default destination) with the same name
- as the zip file and unzip the files into the new directory.
- -The cursor will now remember it's position in the file display during
- screen updates for most operations (Sorting, renaming, unmarking,
- copying etc.).
-
- What's New in Version 1.4a - Released December 1, 1996
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -Release 1.4 had inadvertently substituted a source file for the
- install program. This was corrected.
-
- What's New in Version 1.5 - Released January 23, 1997
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -A bug in the internal zip viewer prevented files that had names
- with embedded spaces, from being extracted singly or viewed.
-
- Improvements
-
- -Drag and Drop file management has been added. It is available
- without setup and co-exists with the original file management
- method.
- -A 'Delete File' option has been added to the internal Zip Viewer.
- -Files with an 'exe' extension can now be started from the Files
- Window with a double-click or by pressing the Enter key when
- the cursor is over top.
-
- What's New in Version 1.5a - Released February 9, 1997
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -A bug that caused the current drive setting to be lost after
- certain drag & drop operations.
- -A bug that prevented running programs from within a zip file.
-
- What's New in Version 1.6 - Released April 18, 1997
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- -The Settings Notebook page would disappear when Escape was pressed
- but the notebook would remain with an empty page.
- -problems in internal Zip Viewer that prevented file extraction and
- deletion of files with embedded spaces in their file names.
- -Renaming a sub-directory in a folder that was displayed as open in
- the tree view window would cause a program abort.
-
- Improvements
-
- -Added a File list to the Zip Files window. Now the user can choose
- a previously created zip to add files to without retyping the name.
- -External viewers no longer have to be in a directory in the Path=
- statement only. They can now be located in the File Freedom home
- directory as well.
- -EPM (the Enhanced Editor) may now be used in Browse (read only)
- mode when specifying it as a viewer, by entering "<epm>" as the
- viewer name. See help for more info. This is now the default
- viewer.
- -The Desktop would become blocked when copying or moving files to
- slow peripherals (floppy drives etc.). This is now done in a
- separate thread that uses semaphores to block other procedures that
- may be dependant on these operations being complete. This has the
- effect of allowing multitasking while waiting on slow operations.
- -Many 'Fit and Finish' items that should improve all around ease of
- use, mainly concerned with the way file names are returned to and
- screens updated after operations that can change a directory's
- content.
-
- What's New in Version 1.6a - Released April 27, 1997
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- - Error codes were suppressed during Copy and Move operations
- - Unzip would cause File Freedom to abort after unzipping
-
- What's New in Version 1.7 - Released August 1, 1997
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-
- Bugs Corrected
-
- - Program would not operate after being closed from a minimized icon
- and system was rebooted.
-
- Improvements
-
- - Copying of complete directory trees now as simple as copying files.
- - Calculate the size of all files within selected directory tree
- structures (in bytes) with Control-S.
- - File attributes are now displayed beside the file names when
- changing file attributes.
- - In the Files window, sub-directory names are now coloured blue to
- distinguish them from file names.
- - Sort options are now saved session to session.
- - Auto-Scrolling in Files window while marking files with mouse.
- - Execute .bat and .cmd (as well as .exe) files by double-clicking
- on them or pressing the Enter key.