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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.