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Mr. File/PM is a simple OS/2 file manager for OS/2 2.0+ that provides: Support for the OS/2 2.0 drag/drop protocol Traversal of directories and drives in the OS/2 file system including: file/directory sorting file attribute display file/directory copy, move, delete, and rename operations file/directory attribute modification quick location of files in a directory with 1-2 key strokes mask specification to view matching file names display of drive, directory memory, and Selected file size statistics - can be shown dynamically as directories are traversed quick traversal to directories that you use often display of all files that reside on a logical drive partition (for file searches, or to find largest or latest file, etc...) copying the names of selected files/directories to the PM clipboard displaying all files on a drive or in a particular directory tree Entry of commands that get executed immediately as separate tasks (DOS or OS/2 commands) including the ability to execute commands using selected files from the file display including the ability to read lines from the PM clipboard A Tool Bar that accelerates menu options An optional display that can show the entire directory tree for the current drive Customizing Mr. File/PM pull-down menus to automate user-defined commands against selected files - File/Command associations - Drag/Drop Window Associations Customizing Mr. File/PM to determine commands that automatically get executed against files when opened Customizing Mr. File/PM to determine commands that automatically get executed against files when they are dragged and dropped over windows with certain titles INSATALLATION: 1) Copy MRFILEPM.EXE to a directory in your PATH= statement in CONFIG.SYS 2) Copy MRFILEPM.HLP to a directory in your HELP= path as specified in your CONFIG.SYS file. 3) Start the program with the command: START /F MRFILEPM.EXE 4) All documentation for the program is viewable on-line using the MRFILEPM.INF file with the following command: VIEW MRFILEPM.INF NOTES: When starting the program for the first time, you may note that the toolbar menu requires more than one row to display (it is not scrollable) if you have MrFile/PM sized to a narrow display. You can use the TOOLBAR page in the Preferences notebook (selectable from the options pull-down menu) to select the ICONS you want to appear in the tool-bar, so that its fits comfortably on a a single row. A number of users have experienced intermittent hangs when starting MrFile/PM automatically on system start-up. If you experience this problem, I recommend that you do not start MrFIle/PM automatically. Instead, you can add the program to your system menu so that it is selectable when you press the secondary mouse button while positioned over the desktop background. - With the mouse positioned over the desktop background, press the seconday mouse button and select open -> settings. - from the MENU page in the notebook that opens up, press the button labelled 'create another' - enter the program title as 'MrFilePM' and specify the fully-qualified file name for MRIFLEPM.EXE on your system - close the notebook by double-clicking on the upper left-hand corner of the dialog window. - to start MrFIle/PM, press the secondary mouse button while the mouse is positioned over the desktop background, and select MrFile/PM To view documentation for MrFile/PM use the following command: VIEW MRFILEPM.INF When running MrFIle/PM with the Tree View display, you may note that the fonts used in the Directory tree window differ from those shown in the file display window. For some fonts (e.g. bold fonts) it is not possible to display the same fone in both windows, due to limitations that exist in setting fonts for list boxes. Please experiment with different fonts and font attributes using the Fonts... selection from the Options menu to fins a font that displays the same in both windows. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 5.2 Updates: Corrected timing problems that interact with Presentation Manager bugs to cause intermittttent program hangs on startup. Corrected minor file display scrolling and formatting bugs Fixed a problem in reading from and writing to the OS/2 clipboard ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 5.1 This version primarily corrects problems encountered with version 5.0. Updates: Corrected problems in the detection of local hard disks and removable media drives. This lead to problems in displaying the proper drive ICONs for local drives, AND in MrFile/PM initialization file placement errors when running MrFile/PM. I apologize for this problem especially because it was fustrating for those starting version 5.0 and encountering immediate problems. Corrected problems in the creation and placement of '<<' and '>>' menu selections when in 'Tree' mode. Corrected a problem with intermittent disply of the toolbar when its was turned off (should not be shown) Corrected a problem with Traps when Alt-Up-Arrow and/or Alt-Down-Arrow is entered. Corrected a problem with setting the check-mark for the display SORT order and the file display Length in the pull-down menus at start-up. Corrected a problem with calculated directory sizes when a command is entered (the command used to execute in a directory other than the directory currently displayed) Corrected a problem that caused Traps when minimizing MrFile/PM Corrected a problem in saving the temporary file placement drive specified in the Preferences Notebook between MrFile/PM executions. Reconciled duplicate fast-path keys in pull-down menus. The previous version used the same keys in a number of pull-down menus. Many thanks to all of you who helped in finding and reporting these problems. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 5.0 Updates: Discontinued support for the OS/2 1.x version of the program. The MRFILEPM.EXE program provided in this package is 32-bit and needs OS/1 2.0 or higher for proper execution Placed all documentation for the program on-line. Use the command VIEW MRFILEPM.INF to view all program documentation. Included a new display format that uses a window to display the directory tree for the entire drive. Included a new tool bar that provides short-cuts for common menu selections and is configurable via the preferences notebook. Included a new preferences notebook selectable from the options pull-down menu to customize MrFile/PM behavior and options. Updated the attributes dialog to allow you to change the modification date for a file along with the other attributes. Added horizontal-scrolling capability for wide displays Enhanced display positioning to save relative location after files are deleted or moved, or when parent directories are switched to from children ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 4.4.1 (4.4 fix level 1) Fixes: Resolved a performance problem seen in 4.4 Modified the ALLTREE ON and ALLTREE OFF commands to set the appropriate check next to "Show Sizes of Sub Directories" in the "View" pull-down menu. Resolved a number of problems with the configurable drag/drop execution and performance Resolved a problem is saving and restoring the file mask when you select "Save Current Options" from the "Profile" pull-down menu. Resolved a problem in selecting the default item (highlighted item) when changing drives or directories Resolved an inconsistency in showing the sizes for sub-directories when a mask other than "*" is selected Resolved a loading problem experienced by many users in initial loading of the program ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 4.4 The 16-bit version of this program has not been enhanced from version 4.1. The enhancements below refer to the 32-bit OS/2 2.0 version of the program (MRFILE32.EXE). Requested Enhancements: Updated the transfer logic so that when directories are dragged and dropped onto another copy of MrFile/PM, the directory is transferred to the target and all files in the directory that match the source window mask specifications are transferred. For example, when the mask is set to *.c and the directory C:\SOURCE is dragged over a window showing the directory D:\MYFILES, then the files matching '*.c' in C:\SOURCE will be transferred to D:\MYFILES\SOURCE. Added the internal commands 'ALLTREE ON' and 'ALLTREE OFF' to the existing commands 'MASK {mask}' and 'CD {directory}' to turn on the display for all files in the current subdirectory tree, and turn off this option respectively. This has the same effect as selecting 'Show All Files in Current Tree' from the 'View' pull-down, but allow you to do this from the command line (command dialog). It is now possible to set up a pull-down command to implement a simple file-finder. For example, the following command will change to the root of the current drive, prompt the user for a file search pattern, change the mask to that pattern, and then show all files that match that pattern on the drive: cd \ && mask &filepattern && alltree on Implemented an often-requested function to show the size of sub-directories in the file display list when the long (file attributes) display mode is chosen from the 'View' pull-down. Selecting 'Show Sizes of Sub-Directories' is selected from the 'View' pull-down menu, the file display list will show the sizes for all files in the sub-directories. This will be useful in determining which sub-directories contain the most data on your drives. Modified the destination dialog to use the default directory for a drive as the initial target for copy/move operations when files(s) are dropped on a drive letter and the 'Remember Drive's Current Directory' options is checked in the 'Options' pull-down menu. For example, is the last directory that you viewed on drive D: is D:\MYFILES, and you drag a file from the C:\ directory to the D drive letter, the destination dialog will show the D:\MYFILES directory initially as the default destination. The destination dialog drive and directory list items can be used, of course, to change the target drive and directory specification for the move or copy operation. Corrections: Added code to check for Novel 3.11 remote drive types. Corrected problems with specifying an initial directory and mask when starting MrFile/PM Corrected problems in finding and placing the MRFILEPM.INI file. Corrected a problem related to occasional traps encountered by MrFIle/PM (often results in the MrFile/PM window disappearing when a drive or directory is double-clicked on). Corrected a problem with correctly substituting the '&' character for '&&' when specified in a command. Corrected other miscellaneous problems reported by users Many thanks, once again to those of you who provided feedback and suggestions in MRFILEPM FORUM. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 4.3 The 16-bit version of this program has not been enhanced from version 4.1. The enhancements below refer to the 32-bit OS/2 2.0 version of the program (MRFILE32.EXE). Requested Enhancements: Enhanced the disk drive ICONS to indicate removable media drives, local fixed drives, and network drives. Should errors be encountered in reading drive information they will be written to a file named C:\MRFILEPM.DBG. Please send this file to the author (KACZ at TUCVM3) and the new drive type will be updated in the program as soon as possible. This will not cause MRFILE32 to abend, but will take longer for the program to initialize. Changed the Preferences for Move or Copy processing when the WorkPlace Shell drag/drop is selected. If you choose COPY as the default drag/drop operation, then files will be copied by default when dragged between two running copies of MrFile/PM, or when dragged to drives or sub-directories within the MrFile/PM window. Files may be moved when the Ctrl key is held down during the drag operation. Drag/drop operations to other WorkPlace shell objects will use the default action as defined by the target object. For example, files will be MOVED to folders on the WorkPlace by default, COPIED to the printer by default, and MOVED to the shredder by default. This should make Mrfile/PM more consistent with the current definitions for drag/drop in the WorkPlace shell. MrFile/PM will also support drag/drop to program objects with ICONS in the WorkPlace. Copy, move and delete operations have been enhanced to adhere to the file display mask defined for the display window. For example, if the mask is set to '*.c', then a delete will only erase selected c files (<name>.c) in the current directory and in any sub-directories selected. To move all script files from one directory to another, for example, you can set the file mask to '*.scr', select the source directory in the file display window, and then drag the directory to the target drive. Only files matching the '*.scr' specification in the selected source directory will be moved. The scroll bar may be 'grabbed' with the primary mouse button a slid to a new position with the files in the display window moving in response to the slide operation. Corrections: Corrected a problem with recursion when the right mouse button is double clicked over the parent directory ICON. Corrected a problem in deleting read-only files in subdirectories when the Preferences is set to erase read-only files. Corrected a problem in dragging long file names to the EPM editor, especially when 'Show All files in Current Tree' is selected from the View pull-down menu. Corrected a problem in which DOS programs were not started in the current directory. If you specify DOS as the first word for a typed command, then the command will run in a DOS window in the directory currently shown in the MrFile/PM display window. Corrected a problem with infinite beeping when MrFIle/PM is started under certain situations. Corrected a problem with the cut/paste size for directory objects so that all sizes line up properly when 'List File Attributes' is selected from the View pull-down menu. Corrected a problem with recursive copy when a directory is copied to itself. Corrected a number of other miscellaneous problems reported in the MRFILEPM FORUM. Thank you for your patience. Under development: A file-tree display for traversing drive directory structure and copying/moving files between directories (MrDisk). A number of memory enhancements that should speed processing when more than one copy of the program is started. Special Thanks: To Barry Fruchtman for his ever-present support and guidance. Also for his example code to determine if drives are removable, fixed or networked. To Tony Nadalin for his code to use the WorkPlace shell default when opening a file. To Bob Vining for his expertise in function testing, and his efforts in performing the task. To Larry Weisberg in Israel for his support and help in helping to resolve a memory problem with this release of the program due to a bug in OS/2. To all the participants in MRFILEPM FORUM for their bug reports, enhancement ideas, and patience in supporting the program. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 4.2 The 16-bit version of this program has not been enhanced from version 4.1. The enhancements below refer to the 32-bit OS/2 2.0 version of the program (MRFILE32.EXE). Requested Enhancements: Enhanced the Profile Preferences dialog so that you can specify: if the default drag/drop action should be Move (as with WPS) or Copy (by popular request) to set file replacement defaults for the Move/Copy operations (destination dialog) to set defaults for the manner in which files marked as read-only should be handled to control confirmation when directory trees are selected for deletion. The Change Fonts.. function has also been moved to the Profile pull-down menu. Enhanced the Drag/Drop behavior to be more consistent with the WorkPlace shell. You may now drag a file that is not selected, as you can with the WorkPlace shell. If the mouse pointer is over a selected file when the drag operation is started (you hold down the secondary mouse button), then all selected files participate in the drag operation. If the mouse pointer is over a file that is not selected (highlighted), then that file only participates in the drag operation. All other non-drag/drop operations work only against selected files, as before. Added support for allowing the WorkPlace shell to select the action to be performed against a file when opened. If there are no MrFile/PM File/Command associations that match a file when opened, then the file name is passed to the WorkPlace shell to perform the default open action for the file. When OS/2 2.0 is first installed, the default action for non-executable files is to load them into the system editor. Program-filename associations for the WorkPlace shell are made with the Association tab in the settings book for the appropriate application program icon. Placed a selection in the drives window to move to the parent directory when the contents of a subdirectory are displayed in the file display window. The [ ..\ ] selection may now be double-clicked on to move to the parent directory. Enhanced the Jump To File function to wrap through the file list and also match directory names as well as file names. In addition, when the space bar is depressed, and then an arrow key is pressed, the jump function will remember the search specification that was used for the last search and jump to the next/previous file matching the specification. If the space bar is depressed, and then character keys pressed, a new search will start for the jump to function. Added support for the '..' and '++' command prefixes to cause minimized and maximized commands windows, respectively, to pause after execution. Added support for the Ctrl-I key sequence so that it operates in the same manner as ESC, bringing up the command window. This was done for consistency with the OS/2 Enhanced Editor. Restructured the layout of the Size Dialog. Corrections: Added support for specifying multiple mask and cd commands using the && specification. For example, the command: cd c:\os2 && mask *.exe will change to the c:\os2 directory and display all exe files. This command can be specified from a configurable pull-down or from the command dialog directly. The /p parameter will now resolve to the current path name, excluding the driver letter and colon. This parameter is used in the command dialog, and in profile customization options such as custom menu specifications. Corrected a problem with the '/l' command parameter when directories are selected in the file window. Corrected a problem with pressing the Ctrl-N key sequence when the NumLock key is active. Corrected problems with intermittent traps when changing drives or directories. Completely re-wrote the initialization file search and create logic used when running MrFile/PM the first time to create the MRFILEPM.INI file. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 4.1.1 (fix for 32-bit) Fixed the workplace shell drag-drop to a printer so that files would not be deleted afetr being dropped on the printer and that MrFile/PM would not abend. I apologize to any of you who had problems with this. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 4.1 Requested Enhancements: Enhanced the 32-bit version of the program to support either a top-down or left-to-right sort ordering on the file display window. Files displayed can be sorted either top to bottom by column or left to right by row. Enhanced the copy/move drag/drop dialog windows to allow the user to change between move/copy operations after a drop has been made. This will permit the use of the default workplace shell copy/move keys, or to change the desired action at the last moment. Added support for copying or moving files to a subdirectory shown in the current window, simply by dropping the files on the sub-directory. Added support for Ctrl-/ and Ctrl-\ in selecting all files and de-selecting all files, respectively. Most of the work on this version was involved with correcting deficiencies with the initial 32-bit version 4.0, as documented below: Corrections: Corrected a problem when dragging multiple files to the shredder. All files can now be confirmed for deletion with a single key-stroke. Corrected the 32-bit Workplace Shell drag/drop implementation to correctly print files on the printer on which the files are dropped. Corrected problems with the initial profile placement (MRFILEPM.INI) Increased the size of the mask dialog to allow for a large number of masks to be specified. Enhance the "copy to clipboard" function to copy file attribute values to the clipboard, along with the file names, when file details are shown in the display window. Corrected all file system problems (both local and LAN file systems) by using the 16-bit file system calls from the 32-bit program. Made minor adjustments to the size dialog display in order to reduce its size. Changed the 32-bit executable to use the system font dialog for selecting fonts. Previous users of the program will have to re-select their font when starting version 4.1. Corrected problems with window refresh when the scroll window is clicked on to switch to MrFile/PM from other windows. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 4.0 Requested Enhancements: Mr.File/PM has been ported to an OS/2 2.0 32-bit implementation that supports the Workplace Shell drag/drop protocol (MRFILE32.EXE). The 16-bit version of Mr.File/PM continues to be maintained and is supplied in the package under the name MRFILEPM.EXE, with its companion help file MRFILEPM.HLP The About Mr.File... dialog selected from the Help menu displays "Mr.File/PM (4.0) : 32-Bit" in the 32-bit version, and "Mr.File/PM (4.0)" in the 16-bit version. Enhanced the copy operation between two running copied of Mr.File/PM to support moving files as well as copying them. Also added a dialog box that prompts for replacing files during the transfer or replacing older files only during the transfer. Reduced the size of the "Size Information" dialog so that it can be tucked into a corner of he screen while Mr.File/PM is used to traverse the file tree. Placed a Delete button on the command dialog so that saved commands can be deleted from the dialog, if so desired. Added Cancel buttons to the copy and move progress dialogs as well in pup-up errors to the dialogs so that the transfer process can be cancelled at any time. Corrections: Corrected the profile logic so that MRFILEPM.INI files can be located when correctly specified in the initial start up dialog (appears when an existing MRFILEPM.INI file is not found). Fixed problems with client window update when focus is switched to the Mr.File/PM window. Corrected problems with Mr.File/PM timing out while waiting for a large or remote directory to be scanned. Corrected problems in supporting long file names in the various dialogs. Corrected problems with the ordering of dialog buttons. Corrected problems associated with the MRFILEPM.DBG files that a number of people sent me. Corrected a problem with the destination dialog when all files are being displayed for a particular file tree. Corrected a problem when dragging a directory between two copies of Mr.File/PM. Corrected the dotted line that is shown when a modified file mask is used so that it would be visible using XGA displays. The secondary mouse button no longer acts like the primary mouse button with the Ctrl key pressed down when selecting files. This is due to that fact that the drag/drop support is very sensitive to mouse movements made with the secondary mouse button pressed. Fixed other miscellaneous problems. NOTES ON DRAG/DROP SUPPORT While drag/drop support was added for OS/2 2.0, the older "configurable" drag/drop support was retained for those who wish to use it. If you configure Mr.File/PM to perform certain actions when files are dropped on other windows (using Drag/Drop Window Associations under the Profile Menu), the older protocol must be used. The older drag/drop protocol will be invoked when the ALT key is held down while dragging files. An option may be used to set the default drag drop to the configurable flavor from the Options menu. You may notice that the workplace drag/drop is quite slow in tracking to mouse movements when a large number of files are selected. This is due to the fact that the workplace shell sends messages to the window under the mouse for EACH file selected. The older configurable drag/drop protocol does not do that and so you may want to use this for copying or moving a large number of files. When Mr.File/PM (32-bit) is started, the default drag/drop protocol is the Workplace shell protocol. To use the configurable protocol, hold down the Alt key before starting the drag operation. If you de-select the Default to Workplace Shell Drag/Drop selection under the Options menu, the default drag/drop protocol will be the configurable flavor, and the Workplace shell drag/drop will be invoked if the Alt key is held down before the drag is started. IMPORTANT: DRAG/DROP KEY CHANGES Please note that the way in which drag/drop works has been changed in this release to be consistent with the OS/2 2.0 workplace shell. This change applies to the configurable drag/drop support as well as with the 16-bit version of the program. The Default action to occur when files are dragged, is to MOVE the files. To COPY files, hold down the Ctrl key while the files are dragged. With the workplace shell drag/drop, File Links (shadows) to the desktop or other folders can be created if the Ctrl and Shift keys are held down during the drag. KNOWN PROBLEMS: I am not aware of any problems at this time with the 16-bit Mr.File/PM implementation, MRFILEPM.EXE. The 32-bit implementation (MRFILE32.EXE) has the following known problems. I am working on a solution for these, although they may be caused by bugs in the CSet/2 compiler or toolkit libraries: When traversing the directory tree, particularly on remote FAT file systems, Mr.File/PM (32-bit) will occasionally return from the file scan with an OS/2 error code 113, indicating that the system is out of directory handles. This never happens with the 16-bit version, even though it uses the analogous 16-bit OS/2 calls. I suspect that there is a problem with the 2.0 toolkit in this area and will pursue a solution. When this happens, Mr.File/PM will report that all drives and directories are empty, even when they contain files. Stopping and re-starting the program will correct the problem. There may be some memory leakage by Mr.File/PM when the workplace drag/drop is used. The toolkit documentation says that the source window is responsible for freeing the drag structures created for the drag/drop operation, however, a trap is encountered when I issue the free calls, so they are not issued in this release (in the 32-bit version). Occasionally stopping and re-starting MrFile/PM will prevent the memory leakage (if it exists) from becoming too large. If you are running NFS client to access remote file systems using NFS, please note that MrFile/PM 32-bit program will not allow you to view those remote file systems. This is due to a problem with the NFS client control program. A replacement can be obtained from Raleigh (please see the NFS forum), or from me (send me a note). You WILL find that NFS client performs much better from the 16-bit MrFile/PM version, so you may want to use this version if you use NFS often. When files are dropped on the OS/2 2.0 printer ICON, an OS/2 PRINT command is issued to print the files. If you support more than one printer (or printer-type), then this may not always result in the files being placed in the queue over which you dropped the files. Once I figure out how to print files to a specific queue, I will fix this problem. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 3.4.1 Emergency Fix: Corrected a Problem in Saving Position/Size of the MrFile/PM window ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 3.4 MrFile/PM 3.4 has been tested under OS/2 1.3 and 2.0 Requested Enhancements: Added support for user-defined pull-down menus. Documented two commands that can be used with menu definitions to change the directory mask or change to certain directories. Modified the move/copy logic and destination dialog to create a directory (as specified in the destination dialog) if it does not exist on the target drive. Corrections: Corrected problems in properly translating HPFS filenames to FAT file names during move/copy operations between these two file systems. Corrected a scrolling problem caused by a change in focus when the scroll bar is selected Resolved a problem with deletion of source directories after file tree move operations Modified the program to disallow more than one copy/move or delete operation to be executed at one time. Multiple copy/move or delete operations cn be accomplished by starting more than one copy of MrFile/PM Increased the time-out limit for directory scan logic (some users were experiencing time-outs on large directories) Corrected problems in using the MRFILE_PATH= environment variable to locate the MRFILEPM.INI file. Corrected problems with the size of the MrFile/PM client window on start-up (drive letters did not display correctly). Removed support for the MRFILEPM.PRO file in favor of the MRFILEPM.INI implementation that has been used for a number of releases. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 3.3 MrFile/PM 3.3 has been tested under OS/2 1.3 and 2.0 Requested Enhancements: Added the ability to copy selected file/directory names into the PM clipboard. When Ctrl-Ins is pressed or the "Copy Selected Entries to Clipboard" selection is chosen from the Options pull-down menu, the fully-qualified names for selected files/directories are copied into the PM clipboard. This option is especially useful in specifying filenames in the "Open" list boxes for other application products. You can use Ctrl-Ins to get the file name from MrFile/PM, and then use Shift-Ins to insert the selected name into the "Open" dialog text box. Enhanced the file copy option to show the names of all files being transferred (even if a whole directory is selected), and added an option to replace existing files only if they are older than the files being copied. Implemented file deletion on a separate thread. The deletion of a large number of files will no longer prevent you from using other OS/2 applications, or MrFile/PM concurrently. Added support for multiple file "Masks" , used to select which files are shown in the directory/file window. Multiple wildcard masks may be specified in the Directory Mask dialog, separated by spaces, commas, or semi-colons. The masks are or'ed together - any file matching one or more of the masks specified will be displayed in the directory/file window. For example, a mask specification of '*.c;*.h' will show all c source modules and header files in the current directory. The default mask is '*' to display all files in the current directory. When the mask is set to this default value, the line that separates drive letters from the file display window is solid. A modified mask specification will cause a dotted line to appear between the drives and files, to remind you that you may not be viewing all files in the directory (as specified by the mask). Added support for invoking another copy of MrFile/PM using a selected drive or directory. When you double-click with the secondary mouse button on a drive letter or directory name, another copy of MrFile/PM will be invoked displaying the contents of the root of the drive, or the directory selected. The new MrFile/PM copy will not overlay the currently-running copy, but will be offset on the screen so that both copies can be viewed concurrently. Changed the "Show All Files on Current Drive" to to "Show All Files in Current Tree". The function will show all files in the current directory, and all sub-directories of the current directory when selected. Of course, if the current directory is the root, then this function shows all files on the current drive. Enhanced error detection and messages associated with proper placement of the MRFILEPM.INI file and the help file, MRFILEPM.HLP. Changed the command dialog and invocation mechanism to support HPFS filenames, by quoting the names on the command line when they contain non-FAT filename characters. Altered the Font Selection dialog so that a single mouse-click will select a font (a double click was required in previous versions). Altered the command dialog to allow the specification of '/m' for substituting the current value of the directory mask in user-entered commands. Added an option to the Profile pull-down menu to save the current size and position of the MrFile/PM window (saved in MRFILEPM.INI) Added commas to the numbers displayed in the Size dialog. Altered the About dialog window to show the fully-qualified paths name for the MRFILEPM.INI file that is currently being used. Corrections: Corrected a problem in the Font menu that would not allow you to cancel your current font selection. Corrected timing problems that caused MrFile/PM to TRAP intermittently. Corrected the command dialog to accept /CB and /cb for inserting clipboard contents into a user-specified command. Improved internal parameter and string length checking for robustness Made the "No" button the default focus in the file deletion dialog Corrected other miscellaneous problems and inconsistencies. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 3.2 MrFile/PM 3.2 has been tested under OS/2 1.3 and the 6.304E driver for OS/2 2.0. Requested Enhancements: Added an option for remembering the current directory on each drive (like the OS/2 or DOS command line does). When Remember Drive's Current Directory is selected from the Options pull-down menu, MrFile/PM will switch to the current directory (directory that MrFile was last in) on a drive when the drive letter is selected. If the drive letter selected is the current drive, this display switches to the root of the drive. The state of this option is saved in MRFILEPM.INI when Save Current Options is selected from the Profile pull-down menu. Added a Delete button to the Quick Change dialog so that directories can be deleted from the quick change list. Simply select the directory, and press the Delete button to delete it from the list. Added an option to assist in quickly locating a particular file in a large directory. While holding down the Space Bar, a key press will cause the MrFile/PM selection in the display window to JUMP to the first file whose name begins with the letter pressed (if it exists). More keys may be pressed (while the space bar remains down) to further qualify the search. When the down or right arrow is pressed (while the space bar remains down), the next file matching the search string is selected, the up or left arrow keys move the selection bar to the previous file that matched the search characters. For example, to locate MRFILEPM.EXE, hold down the space bar and press the 'M' key. The selection bar will jump to the first file whose name begins with an 'M' (if any exist in the current directory). With the space bar still down, press the 'R' key to jump to the first file whose name begins with 'MR'. Pressing the right or down arrow key, with the space bar still held down will jump to the NEXT file whose name begins with 'MR'. The up or left arrow keys will jump to the previous file beginning with 'MR'. To start a new search, release the space bar, press the home key (to position the window to the beginning of the display, hold down the space bar and start pressing keys again. Added support for reading the text contents of the PM clipboard in commands with the '/cb' parameter. In this manner, you can mark files on your 3270 Emulator session, copy them to the clipboard, and then download them to the current directory in MrFile/PM by entering the following command: almcopy ha:/cb /p The Size Dialog has been enhanced to display much more information about the current directory and drive (e.g. the size of the current directory, and the disk drive label for the current drive). The dialog may also be moved to the side and left up to view real-time updates to size statistics as directories are traversed or the current drive changed in the MrFile/PM main window. Added support for drag-over with mouse button 1 when selecting files. While holding Mouse button 1 down, any file or directory name that the mouse is moved over will be selected. The MrFile/PM file/directory display is no longer automatically refreshed after a copy is executed, or a user-entered command is executed. A check mark appears next to the current sort order under the View pull-down menu. Corrections: Fixed a problem that prevented files beginning with a period ('.') to be displayed in the file window (HPFS). Corrected a problem with positioning on start-up that gave interesting results when MrFile's size and positions had been saved while minimized. The "Star Trek" frame "beam down" does not appear during start-up. Corrected a problem with positioning of drives, files, and directories in the MrFile/PM window that caused some items to disappear off the right-hand side of the window when MrFile/PM was re-sized. Corrected a problem involving with copying two files between instances of MrFile/PM, when one instance is displaying all files on a drive. Corrected other miscellaneous problems and inconsistencies. ==================================================================== Changes for Mr. File/PM version 3.1 Bug Fixes: Added support for re-locating the MRFILEPM.INI file. The file may be placed in any directory specified in your PATH= in CONFIG.SYS, or in the path specified by MRFILE_PATH= in CONFIG.SYS (if you wish to place the file in a directory that is not in your path). The MRFILE_PATH= parameter, is used, takes precedence over directories in PATH=. Corrected a problem with timing that caused MRFILEPM.EXE to hang on start-up. Fixed a bug that did not pass fully-qualified file names to commands when Mr.File/PM is in the mode that shows all files on a drive. Hidden directories now show up on the destination dialog when Show System & Hidden Files is selected on the Mask dialog. The size and position for Mr.File/PM is only saved when the desktop is saved, not when Save Current Options is selected from the Profile menu (for compatibility with programs like MEGADISK). Fixed other miscellaneous inconsistencies and problems. Changes for Mr. File/PM version 3.0 Added support for interactive configuration of Mr.File/PM. The configuration for the tool is now stored in C:\OS2\MFILEPM.INI, and is referenced each time that Mr.File/PM is started to restore the previously saved configuration. The configuration will now save the window position and size for Mr.File/PM, and the configuration can be interactively changed using the Profile pull-down menu. For users of previous releasese of Mr. File/PM, the MRFILEPM.PRO file will be read on the first execution of Mr.File/PM 3.0 and the "INI" file crreated from the information found in the profile. Added an option to display all files on a logical disk drive partition, giving the user a number of options for displaying and operating on all files that exist on a drive. Exterminated miscellaneous bugs reported by users Changes for Mr. File/PM version 2.2 Added support for using the ALT key during drag/drop to drive letters to move the selected files to the selected drive/directory when the ALT key is held down during the drag/drop operation. Added support to automatically translate long filenames to 8.3 notation when copied from an HPFS file system to a FAT filesystem Added support for using the INS key to add a new sub-directory. Added support for dragging and dropping directories as well as files. The receiving application must be able to handle dropped directories if you choose to use this feature (copy and move do handle this feature). Implemented smooth-scrolling, including the ability to grab the scroll bar with the mouse and positions the file display window. Added support for specifying if existing files should be replaced on the copy/move dialog. When this box is selected, you will not be prompted for replacing existing files in the target location. MrFile/PM now starts correctly in the foreground when selected from a program group. When directory trees are MOVED, the source is deleted after the move completes successfully. The directory refresh procedure is now executed on a separate thread, thus freeing up the desktop so that you can work with other windows while Mr.File/PM is refreshing the display for a large directory. The DOS verify command is set automatically during a move or copy operation to ensure the integrity of the copy operation. Drag/Drop may now be used to copy files between two running Mr.File/PM Windows. Fixed other miscellaneous inconsistencies and problems reported by users. Changes for Mr. File/PM version 2.1 Upgraded the font selection dialog so that it references the correct help information, and may be cancelled to resume using the original font. Added the Del key function to operate in the same manner as Cntl-d, in specifying the the selected files should be deleted. Increased the stack size for Mr.File/PM in an attempt to resolve problems with displaying very large directories. Improved the performance of the sorting algorithm Altered MRFILEPM.PRO to provide for default specification of the following: The FONT that Mr.File/PM will use on start-up The file search MASK to be used to show files in the file display window Whether SYSTEM/HIDDEN files should be displayed in the file display window. Changes for Mr. File/PM version 2.0 The menu pull-down list has changed to conform to a number of suggestions that I received. Implemented the undocumented drag-drop protocol for OS/2 1.2 and 1.3 so that files could be dragged to other application, disk drives or host 3270 Emulator sessions. I would like to express my appreciation to the developers of EPM 5.2 for their assistance in implementing this undocumented protocol. Implemented a dialog to allow for selection of the font that Mr. File/PM will use to display files. Altered the sort routine so that it would work correctly with HPFS files. Made other miscellaneous corrections so that the HPFS could be supported. Added a sort option that sorts in decending order by file size. Corrected a number of reported bugs with the program. ==================================================================== INSTALLING MR.FILE/PM If you are a current user of a previous version of MrFile/PM, please read *** NOTES TO CURRENT USERS OF MRFILE/PM *** below. To install Mr. File/PM, perform the following actions: Copy the following file to a directory that resides in your OS/2 search path (from the PATH= statement in CONFIG.SYS). MRFILEPM.EXE Copy MRFILEPM.HLP to a directory that shows up in your HELP path (from the HELP= statement in CONFIG.SYS). I recommend copying the file to C:\OS2\HELP From and OS/2 session, type the following: start mrfilepm.exe Mr.File/PM will create a configuration file named MRFILEPM.INI to store configuration information for Mr.File/PM. This file can be located in any directory specified in your PATH= parameter in CONFIG.SYS. If you wish to locate the MRFILEPM.INI file in a directory that is not in your PATH specification, you can specify the directory in a special environment variable, MRFILE_PATH= in CONFIG.SYS. If this variable is used, it will take precedence over directories specified in the PATH= (e.g. MRFILE_PATH=C:\MYINIDIR\). The following sequence describes how Mr.File/PM attempts to locate MRFILEPM.INI when starting: Mr.File/PM looks to see if MRFILE_PATH= has been specified. If it has, the program checks to see if MRFILEPM.INI exists in the directory specified. If MRFILEPM.INI exists in the directory, then it is used. Otherwise, the user is prompted for the location of the MRFILEPM.INI file, using the directory specified in MRFILE_PATH as the default. If Mr.File/PM finds that MRFILE_PATH= has not been specified, then the path is searched (list of directories in PATH= in CONFIG.SYS) looking for the MRFILEPM.INI file. If MRFILEPM.INI is found in a directory in the path, then it is used. Otherwise, the user is prompted for the location of the MRFILEPM.INI file, using the directory from which MRIFLEPM.EXE was loaded as the default. Please note that if you specify MRFILE_PATH=, then the PATH= is never used to search for MRFILEPM.INI. The easiest thing to do is to place the MRFILEPM.INI file in a directory in your PATH=, usually in the same directory in which MRFILEPM.EXE is located. *** NOTES TO CURRENT USERS OF MRFILE/PM *** If you are using version 3.1, and have not modified your configuration extensively, I recommend erasing your MRFILEPM.INI file, and allowing version 3.2 to create a new one. Some example profile entries (for configuring file menu, file associations, and drag/drop associations) will be added that better illustrate the use of these configurable features. If you use a previous MRFILEPM.INI file, everything will still work correctly, but upon the first start-up of version 3.2, you may note that the drives portion of the window is not displayed. To correct this anomaly, please re-size the MrFile/PM window, and then use the desktop manager to Save MrFile's size and position (this is done in OS/2 2.0 by closing and re-starting MRFILEPM). After you have done this once, MrFile/PM will start and operate correctly thereafter. For users of previous releases (< 3.1) of Mr.File/PM, your MRFILEPM.PRO file will be used to build the initial version of the MRFILEPM.INI file on the first time that you run Mr.File/PM 3.1. Please ensure that your ".PRO" file is in a directory that is specified in the PATH= parameter of your CONFIG.SYS file. ==================================================================== SUMMARY OF FILES MRFILEPM.EXEBIN - the Mr. File/PM program (32-bit version) MRFILEPM.HLPBIN - Mr. File/PM interactive help (IPF - 32 bit) MRFILEPM.INFBIN - on-line documentation viewable with the command VIEW MRFILEPM.INF MRFILEPM.ANNOUNCE - Announcement File MRFILEPM.AVAIL - this file Please send any questions or concerns to the MRFILEPM FORUM Mike Kaczmarski TUCVM3(KACZ) IBM AdStaR Tucson Nov 17, 1994