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VENDOR: Merlin Enhancement Kit Available! (Object Desktop 1.5 & Pro) LONG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wardell@ibm.net)
Fri Oct 11 19:07:31 1996
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Date: 11 Oct 1996 22:49:11 GMT
From: wardell@ibm.net
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Fixkit #2 for Object Desktop 1.5 and Fixkit #1 for Object Desktop Professional
are now available via Stardock's web page (http://www.stardock.com). Known
generally as the "Merlin Enhancement Kit", the fixkits will provide value to
non-OS/2 Warp 4 users as well.
Specific enhancements for Merlin users include:
* Updating the Object Desktop environment look to fit in with OS/2 Warp 4's
new look.
* Ability to have folders come up in gridded mode by default
* Gridded view for Object Navigator available
* Performance improvement system wide for Control Center thanks to new CPU
monitoring hooks in Merlin
* Notebook controls updated
And more.
A special Prep kit is available on the web site for those who run into problems
updating their Object Desktop system. Users will need to check to see if they
are running 1.5.1 of the base code before updating (you can do this by right
clicking on the desktop, choosing "Help" and then "About"). Object Desktop
1.5.0 users will need to apply Fixkit #1 first.
A complete list of changes is below:
Object Desktop and Object Destkop Professional, Version 1.5, Fix Kit #2
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Enhancement/Defects Addressed With This Release:
Archive Manager:
1. Objects with long length in archive or 100% compression ratios are
not openable in an archive:
Archive: d:/Desktop/Empty.Zip
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name
------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ------ ----
28853308 Defl:N 215384 99% 06-12-96 18:41 ef207767 p3.junk
7869084 Defl:N 58696 99% 06-12-96 17:56 0dd36b7a p1.JUNK
14426654 Defl:N 107572 99% 06-12-96 18:41 67cd27f0 p2.junk
------ ------ --- -------
51149046 381652 99% 3
2. Long archive operations on .ZIP files which are renamed cause trap
in arcmgr.cpp and objwin.cpp b/c the object is freed by WPS.
3. Problem extracting more than 100 files when archive is opened and
all objects are selected and dragged out.
4. Incompatability with UNZIP version 5.2.
5. Large archives took unnecessarily long to display contents.
6. Internal data "chunker" sometimes caused add/remove/extract
operations to stop after approx 20 files processed.
7. Progress not displayed for add/remove/extract of multiple objects
in archive subdir.
8. Diagnose output on large archives could cause an internal trap.
9. Use LH - character instead of / character for options
10. Name of folder for auto-extract conflicts with many program
executables when run from folder with embedded blank (eg.
Extracted: azip.zip). Auto-extract title is now archive name
minus file extension.
11. Corrupt LHA files can cause an internal thread hang reading
archive contents.
12. Fixed backup button for browse mode to be borderless under OS/2
Warp 4 (Merlin).
13. Adding or updating files to LHA archives doesn't parse title
properly for long file names.
14. Hangs adding to LH/2 archive with more than a "page" of files in
output listing. Added -o parameter.
15. Update no longer updates details data for new archive size.
16. Adding a large number of objects didn't list all in open view.
17. Adding an object to an LH/2 archive that already exists doesn't
update current; it adds another.
18. Remove a folder, then add another object. The Folder removed
re-appears.
Tab LaunchPad/Control Center:
19. Incompatible with FileStar/2 when menus are activated and
activation edge is on bottom of screen.
20. Tab LaunchPad in "Warp LaunchPad Mode" causes PMSHELL.EXE trap for
UniMaint when ACSWPS is started. Note: resolved by SofTouch CSD.
Control Center:
21. Focus problems with UniMaint switching desktops causes subsequent
switch to desktop that UniMaint is running in. Note: resolved by
SofTouch CSD.
22. Drives object shadowed on the Control Center could lock system
after repeated query of A: drive.
23. Restoring a Control Center from an Object Package file that has
browse objects in the "not visible" section list will no longer
reset the display and order of all sections.
24. Use new performance monitoring capabilities to improve system
performance in CPU monitor display when running under OS/2 Warp 4
(Merlin).
Tab LaunchPad:
25. When querying setup strings for package storage, shadows of
objects w/o ids do not have object ids applied, which causes a
subsequent restore to not restore some objects when the complete
desktop is wiped/restored.
Task Manager:
26. Window List filters don't always filter.
Rollup:
27. Status bar visible during rollup of FaxWorks.
28. Web Explorer rollup causes title bar and controls overpainting.
29. Exceed 3.0 X Windows do not repaint after unrolling.
30. ZOC cannot be rolled up.
31. PC AS/400 cannot be rolled up.
32. VIO windows can be sized horizontally when rolled up.
33. On OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), rollup a VIO window, activate a context
menu on the desktop, then right click the resizeable bottom edge
of VIO window. Window disappears.
Object Package:
34. Removing objects and saving can sometimes cause duplicate object
at same position.
35. Folder setting for SELFCLOSE= does not work.
36. Package files could save/restore palette object data properly.
37. OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) grid option would not restore for folders.
38. OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) folder shadow colors would not restore for
folders.
39. Black folder background color would not save.
40. Under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), folder background values could not be
extracted, and hence would not be restored.
41. Under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), WarpCenter could not be
saved/restored. If after a desktop backup restore the WarpCenter
does not have all objects in the trays, this may because it was
restored before objects that are to be shadowed on the trays have
been created. Simply restore the WarpCenter manually from the
package after the restore is done.
42. Restoring an object under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) can sometimes get
confused and display the object exists collision dialog even when
it doesn't exist on the system.
43. Bitmap data not being saved with folder storage. New option in
store page.
44. When restoring or updating objects, some objects will overwrite
data passed into setup route (wpSetup) causing an occasional
internal trap.
45. Choosing close on operation status window, and then "no" to
confirmation prompt caused status window to hide, but not close.
Should do nothing.
46. Previously setting the "store Object IDs" setting would call the
setup method on printer object templates, which causes a bad
printer queue and definition to be created.
Enhanced Folder:
47. Fixed backup button for browse mode to be borderless under OS/2
Warp 4 (Merlin).
48. OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) has to have "Set as default" icon button in
icon page offset differently.
49. Alt+V accelerator did not work under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin).
50. For OS/2 Warp V4 (Merlin), the folder code can force the icon view
grid setting for *all* folders by specifying SET
OBJD_FLDRGRIDVIEW=1 in CONFIG.SYS. The setting has no effect on
folders viewed in icon mode with flowed or non-flowed settings.
Note: this setting will most likely cause the gridded view to be
saved as the default icon view setting even after the setting is
removed from CONFIG.SYS; you may have to manually change folder
settings back to the original state. This is useful for those
users who really love the gridded view as the folder default.
51. Support for new WPUrl class in OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) for internet
shell enhancements.
52. When icon text is in raised mode under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) and
the icon drawn is a shadow object, and the folder being drawn has
default settings for shadow text color, the icon text is drawn
black.
53. On OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) when a folder is set in browse mode and
has the gridded, snap to grid setting, browsing a sub folder or
back to parent folder can cause shell hang.
Object Navigator:
54. Object Navigator does not display extended characters in container
folder display or fast path.
55. Select All with the .. object removes all menu choices.
56. Open specified drive doesn't open top-level view when create new
behavior is on.
57. Dragging from navigator changes focus to navigator. n/a Bug in
Container Control. OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) fixes this problem.
58. Does not handle minimized state between reboots or restarts.
59. OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) problems drawing tree view properly. Tree +/-
signs were not drawing in many cases.
60. Recurring internal trap (at line 1758/extdrv.cpp) as window is
resized and icons are uncovered in tree view fixed.
61. Fix for OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) where grid view is set in View page
for icon view, and icon view would not show in grid.
62. When in single click to expand under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin),
collapsing a tree node would cause the node to re-expand.
63. Folder name in tree view under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) sometimes
disappears.
64. Container view in the Navigation page under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin)
had a menu bar when it shouldn't.
65. Under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), adding objects to Object Navigator
container when in grid mode can cause trap in PMCTLS.DLL.
Enhanced Data File:
66. Cannot print through a network Printer with Enhanced Data File but
you can print by using the popdown menu from the Icon in the
UpperLeft corner.
67. Incompatability fixed with DragText. Note: requires update to
DragText product.
68. OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) has to have "Set as default" icon button in
icon page offset differently.
69. Object Desktop Professional default category icons (type specific)
would sometimes disappear.
70. Setting default font would not previously affect opened views
unless the "Save default window position" was chosen at least
once, and the "Save window position on close" was turned off.
Desktop Backup Advisor:
71. Fixed problem with backup advisor not working with non-classic
REXX interpreters, such as Quercus Personal REXX and IBM Object
REXX.
72. Tab LaunchPad not restoring properly due to objects stored on the
Tab LaunchPad that do not have Object IDs. Note: to keep this
problem from happening, store the Tab LaunchPad in an Object
Package one time, and thereafter this problem will no longer
occur. The one-time storage is necessary to generate object ids
for objects stored on the Tab LaunchPad.
73. On OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), desktop would not always close on a
desktop restoration or creation (when message is displayed "The
Workplace Shell will now be restarted").
74. On OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), creation of new desktop would not include
INI.RC entries for default fonts of settings notebooks.
Object Backup:
75. Fix for sporadic traps at location BCBBPDIO.DLL 0001:000005cc when
doing a selective restore from a full system backup.
Object Security:
76. Master password could get truncated when changed to a different
length string.
77. Fixed problem using the Rexx interface to Unlock/Lock objects
(LOCK=YES/LOCK=NO keywords).
78. Sound events weren't working and the icon was getting messed up
when run from Rexx.
79. Now removes Menu items Create Another, Copy, Move, Create shadow,
Delete, when the "protect contents" option is selected,
regardless if the folder object is locked or unlocked.
80. Under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), now removes the "Logoff Network Now"
menu item when the Desktop is locked.
81. Under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) now removes the "Lock in place" menu
item when program objects are locked.
Miscellaneous:
82. Updated PKGDESK.CMD to support the store bitmaps Object Package
option.
83. Updated SETUPTLP.CMD to support changing Tab LaunchPad to
WarpCenter mode under OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin).
84. Improved initialization time for icon cache for initial load of
Folder with HyperDrive, Object Navigator with HyperDrive, or
Object Archives.
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