Welcome to a brand new version of MaxFile/PM!

Most everything that was in version 1.10a is in 1.20. I have restructured the
FILES.BBS Window context menu so it takes up a little less real estate on the
screen when you bring it up and at the same time added a few things to it. See
the file BETA.TXT for what happened during the closed beta portion of the
testing cycle, it covers a few things not in the MAXFMPM.TXT documentation
file.

If you have registered MaxFile/PM and I haven't sent you a new registration key
yet, please contact me via netmail and I'll get your key to you post-haste..

MSGAPI32.DLL is required for this version of MaxFile/PM, if you don't already
have it... It comes as part of the Squish 1.10 package from Scott Dudley. Any
Maximus distribution site should have the Squish package available for
download, or you can file request SQSHP110.LZH from me. I can't legally
distribute the DLL with MaxFile/PM or I would. Please let me apologize in
advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

To get started with MaxFile/PM run the REXX command script INSTALL.CMD and
follow the prompts. It will lead you through the steps of getting MaxFile/PM
installed into its own directory. I *DO* recommend a clean install. However, if
you wish to use your old MAXFMPM.INI from a previous version simply copy it to
the directory you installed this version in. Then you will need to run FIXINI
on it to set the installed flag in the INI so you won't have to reconfigure
MaxFile/PM.

Above all please remember, THIS IS A WIDE *BETA* VERSION. It has passed the
preliminary testing stage and been beat on by my closed beta team. That does
not mean it isn't trouble free, but it is as clean as I can get it without more
input. If you don't report problems, I can't fix (or try to fix) them.

That's about it, PLEASE read BETA.TXT and MAXFMPM.TXT, they *ARE* the
documentation. I'll be working on the online reference over the next couple of
weeks when I have the time and will post a message in OS2BBS when it is ready.

Have fun!

Craig

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What's New (or been fixed)

    I may not always put everything that has changed in this section of
    this file. I get quite wrapped in the code and sometimes can't
    remember every little thing that I have worked on. But for the most
    part this section should be pretty accurate.

07-01-94

    Removed Origin line from File Announcement messages that are
    generated in a FILES.BBS window. REXX announcements are unaffected
    by this. Also bumped the max message size up to 32k since Squish
    1.10 can handle the larger message size now.

    Changed the way DOS archivers are handled, you can now configure
    them just like OS/2 based archivers.

    Added a few more REXX enhancements.

    Removed most of the directory sensitive code so that directory
    changes won't bring MaxFile/PM down in a nasty fashion.

    Cleaned up the install a little bit, it only copies the needed files
    to the destination directory.

    Increased buffer sizes for reading in FILES.BBS files.

    Added support for ZOO as per popular request.

    Fixed bug in recognizing archivers other than ZIP, ARC, ARJ or LZH.
    They ALL work now.. I have tested them all and added some suggested
    switches for all of them to MAXFMPM.TXT.

    Added a few more status reports to the FILES.BBS windows.

    A successful "touch" on a file now flags the File Datebase Utility
    so that it will run on the area(s) that files were touched in.

07-02-94

    If no adoptee extensions are set up, MaxFile/PM will no longer do an
    adopt.

    Rearranged the code that opens windows from the main file area
    window so that the queue wouldn't get blocked as long. All the open
    calls are now initiated by a WinPostMsg() call, this should help out
    with the problems that were occuring under 2.11.

    Squashed a little buglet that occured when opening a window from the
    Search Results dialog box. Before, if you opened a window from that
    dialog you couldn't bring the main window to the front unless you
    closed the window you opened.

    Added another command file to the distribution archive, SHOWINI.CMD.
    Its sole purpose in life is to report the pertinent INI information
    to standard output.