FileStar/2, originally made by GammaTech, the most important and powerful file manager for OS/2 Warp, has been updated once again.

This update is v2.10.03 available at:
http://www.filestar.com/pages/download.html

 This version contains a fix for the recent update (v2.10.02) that would fail on startup if there was no existing INI file plus a coupleof other minor things that turned up in the interim.
FileStar/2 is an easy to use PM file manager with features for real power users that want performance and flexibility.

The items fixed in Version 2.10.03 are:

1. When started without a FILESTAR.INI file, the program would abort. It was possible to start using two paths as Optional Parameters in the desktop program object. Once the FILESTAR.INI file was created, Optional Parameters were not required. The fault was in use of the last used directories stored in the INI file.

2. Changed the background painting of the Data Panel to prohibit use of the dialog background color. In v2.10.02 only, the panel background was painted with the dialog background. This destroyed the look and shadowing of the data windows in the panel if certain colors were used as the dialog background.

3. Corrected an anomoly in the use of a parameter string in toolbar Execute functions if a '/A' was embedded in the string without a space after, i.e /ATTACH. The '/A' is used to auto close VIO windows.

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The items fixed in Version 2.10.02 are:

1. Checking and then unchecking the 'All Fixed Disks' check box in the Find dialog would cause a SYS3175 Access Violation.

2. The year 2000 was shown with a single '0' if Leading Zero was not checked in the Country dialog (Numbers setting). The Date window of FS/2 replicates the Country settings which is also showing a single digit in the System Clock settings. This fix forces it to use two digits in all cases.

3. Fixed some anomalies in the internal Print functions which were causing some combinations of the selected font and font size to stop printing after one page. Some other text formatting problems were also fixed.

4. Added code to save the last used print setup so that the Print Options dialog is restored as last used, even between FileStar/2 sessions.

Photo above shows the CSD being installed

Installing a CSD

To install a Corrective Service file, open an OS/2 window, change to the product directory, and enter:

SHSINST

You must use SHSINST to install either of the new CSDs available above (U5100010 or F2199306). Follow the onscreen commands.

This CSD should be applied in the existing FILESTAR directory (target directory) to preserve your existing setup. If applied over version 2.0, the installation program (InstallStar) refreshes the distribution files and creates new sub-directories named INFOZIP and INSTALL to hold the appropriate files. After copying new files to these directories, InstallStar then deletes the old files of the same name from the FileStar/2 directory. It creates a new WPS Desktop folder named 'FS 2.1'.

You cannot install this CSD if FileStar/2 is running from the target directory. You may install to a different directory if desired and the FILESTAR.INI file may then be copied to that directory to preserve existing settings. You will be prompted to close all FileStar/2 windows if necessary and there may be install errors that stop the installation if there are sharing violations. You can prevent such an interruption by closing all FileStar/2 related windows and dialogs before starting installation.

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Make sure that all of the files in the FileStar/2 target
directory have the RO attribute set OFF. Some of the previous
CSDs set the BPMCC.DLL file to read only (R).

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To install the CSD, perform the following steps (if you are reading this from InstallStar, jump to paragraph 3):

1. Copy the self-extracting CSD installation file F2100027.EXE to a temporary directory or the directory in which you intend to install the program and run it to extract the files.

2. You may start the install program, SHSINST.EXE, with or without the compressed file, F2100027.CSD, as a parameter. This file contains all other installable files and installation definitions.

(a) If you start the installation program with a command of 'SHSINST X:\FILESTAR\F2100027.CSD' you will bypass the Source Directory dialog. Note that the full path to the CSD file is required.

(b) If you start with 'SHSINST' the Source Directory dialog will appear. Press the browse button and find and double click the F2100027.CSD file. This will complete the source path in the dialog.

NOTE:

Some users are failing to add the CSD filename to the source path. There may be more than one CSD located in the source directory and the user is responsible for selecting the CSD file to install.

3. Press the 'License' button (required to enable the Install button) and read the License. When finished with reading the licence, you may read the README.TXT file by pressing the'Readme' button.

4. Press the 'Install' button to start the installation. A Target Directory dialog will appear. The Target Directory dialog entry field should be displaying the current FileStar directory if it is found in the config.sys path statement.

Otherwise it will be displaying the current directory. If the target directory is not set to the FileStar directory, manually change the drive/directory to the FileStar directory or use the Browse button to find and select the target directory. Press Ok to accept the target directory as entered and the extraction of files will begin.

5. When queried about updating the Desktop, select 'Update'.

To insure that the InstallStar program files (SHSINST.EXE, SHSINST.HLP and SHSINST.INF) are saved for future use, these files are copied to the FileStar sub-directory INSTALL during installation. You may delete these files from the installation directory (either the temporary or FileStar directory) after installation is complete. It is also recommended that you keep a copy of the CSD file in the INSTALL sub-directory.

If you receive a BASE LEVEL INVALID error during installation, you must reinstall from the original source file(s) and then apply the CSD. The reason for this is that required data from the original install is missing in the OS2.INI file.

Installation cleanup

Some previous installations by GTINST created a BMP sub-directory and some did not. To create a consistent structure, this installation creates the directory if it does not exist and places the *.bmp files that SHS believes are appropriate for distribution in that directory. If your installation has bitmap (BMP) files in the main FileStar directory, please either delete these files or move them to the BMP directory. The install program will NOT delete these files from the FileStar directory since some may be used in the toolbar, in which case the user will have to modify the toolbar to reflect the directory change.

If the CSD is installed from the FileStar/2 directory, the install program file (SHSINST.EXE) may be deleted from that directory after installation - but first check and make sure that the file is in the INSTALL directory since it may be needed in the future. You should also save a copy of the CSD file in the INSTALL directory.

CONTACT AUTHOR

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1427 Dominion St
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Phone: (214) 946-7640 Fax: (214) 946-7640
Internet: http://www.filestar.com

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