Password Safe 3.49 Password Manager for PC Windows

Bugs fixed in 3.15
==================
[2407346] "Open Another" and "Create New" actions in "Incorrect
Passkey" dialog box working again.
[2407325] Prevent creation of a group name with '.', which confuses
PasswordSafe.
[2407072] Can now tab to read-only checkbox in password entry form via
File->Open or recently used list.
[2269930] Track write permission of file in opening dialog: If the
user chooses a file with different permission than the original, then
the r-o status is updated accordingly.
[2142691] Better support for Japanese text.
[2113261] No longer crashes when opening write-protected database.
[2102624] Can now change a normal entry into an alias or an alias'
base entry into an alias of another entry taking its aliases with it.
[2101656] Incorrect Notes field behaviour when using scroll bars
corrected.
[2100916] Correct colouring of the Dragbar icons after changing
selected entry.
[2100429] Handle invalid time field in database gracefully. Thanks to
David B. Martin for his help in tracking this down.
[] Correct display of tree items on restore from minimize when 'X'
button used to minimize.
[] Ensure XML Import correctly processes normal entries with a
password field that is in alias or shortcut form.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.15
====================================
None.

New Features for 3.15
=====================
[] Implement the CF_CLIPBOARD_VIEWER_IGNORE feature supported by some
Clipboard Viewers.
[] Add feature to display a subset of the password. This is useful
for websites that need different particular characters from a password at
each login. To access this, select an item, right-click and choose
Display Subset of Password.
[2203438] Remove "[alt]", "[ssh]" and "{alt}" special keywords from URL
when copying to the clipboard.
[2144489] Click on the text next to edit fields to copy the field to
the clipboard. Ctrl+Click on the URL will launch the browser. Text will
flash to show what it has done (green - copy, pink - launch).

Password Safe 3.14 Release Notes - August 2008
==============================================

This note describe the new features, fixed bugs and known problems
with the latest versions of Password Safe. For a short description of
Password Safe, please see the accompanying README.txt file. For more
information on the product and the project, please visit
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net. Details about changes to older
releases may be found in the file ChangeLog.txt.

Bugs fixed in 3.14
==================
[2071489] off-by-one bug in range for generated passwords fixed.
[1978486] The R/W status of a database is unchanged if it is already
open and the user cancels an open file action.
[1978475] Clear clipboard options are no longer interchanged.
[1970652] No longer crashes when user exits search for non-existant
database.
[1966718] Text in 'Notes" now has horizontal scroll bar during Add.
[1959193] PWS now honors the read-only command line parameter (-r)
for first file open. Afterwards, the behavior is determined by the R/O
open preference or user selecting read-only at open time.
[1954268] Aliases and shortcuts now processed correctly during merge.
[1933174, 2015132] Reports from Import (Text or XML), Compare, Merge
and Find are no longer written to disk by default.
[] Expired icon now correct after password change.
[] Current tree state is now updated correctly upon exit (Thanks to
Norman)
[] Correct display of tree items on restore from minimize.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.14
====================================
[1958303] TreeView buttons (+/-) now larger without significantly
increasing the visible bitmap image. Also, now transparent.
[] Drop down list of databases at start-up now retains order of usage
rather than sorted alphabetically.
[] A new Double-click action has been added: Copy password to
clipboard and then minimize. Thanks to Garrett for his work on this.

New Features for 3.14
=====================
[2004500] CTRL-A now selects all of the Notes field in Add & Edit.
[1817880, 2018365] Option to allow restricting only a single instance per user.
If set and another copy of PasswordSafe started, focus is given to the
existing instance.
[] The entries displayed can now be filtered based on rules on every
field in the database.
[] Add Dragbar and also allow D&D from Tree onto a text field to drop the
entry's password value.
[] During initial open, tooltips in the drop down list box will display
the full database names and paths.

Notes:
Password Safe 3.13 Release Notes - May 2008
===========================================

This note describe the new features, fixed bugs and known problems
with the latest versions of Password Safe. For a short description of
Password Safe, please see the accompanying README.txt file. For more
information on the product and the project, please visit
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net. Details about changes to older
releases may be found in the file ChangeLog.txt.

Bugs fixed in 3.13
==================
[1941360] Rename with F2 now enables Save button.
[1940311] Password Policy now ignores length requirements if not applicable.
[1938057] Non-Latin text now correctly exported to plain text file.
[1926678, 1937293,1939294] Reduce GDI object leaks that cause display problems
during hibernation, screen locking and remote access.
[1914433] It is now possible to view the password policy set for an
individual entry, by shift-clicking on the checked Override Policy
checkbox. A tooltip explaining this is shown when relevant.
[1904391] Many functions, e.g., cancelling a rename of an entry,
inter-instance Drag & Drop, no longer collapse the entire tree.
[1904254] Non-text fields (e.g., time) are not shown in Advanced
Search, as they are not searched.
[1900655] Compare advanced subset now applies to current and comparison
databases.
[1899876] Fixed title/user problem when opening v1.7 databases.
[1598836] Correct treeview now displayed after restore from timeout lock.
[1478022] Correct description of this fix in the Release Notes to avoid
user confusion thinking it does something different.
[] Ensure first entry is selected when opening an existing database.
[] XML export of password history fixed for when number to be saved > 99.
[] Fix incorrect lock file handling during SaveAs.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.13
====================================
[] Improved compare database reporting.
[] Copying an empty field to the clipboard now emptied the clipboard
(previously, no action was performed).

New Features for 3.13
=====================
[1914644] Password expiry can now be set as an (optionally repeating)
interval. This is indicated in the List view by an asterisk after the
expiry date.
[1904254] Find now searches all text fields by default.
[1901380] Find result highlighted and selected.
[1901380] If the Esc key is not being used to minimize PasswordSafe, then
it will close the Find Toolbar.
[1901380] F3 (Repeat Find) works even if the Find Toolbar has been closed.
[1887159] PasswordSafe may be configured to open databases 'Read-only' by
default. This can still be overriden during open if the file itself
is not read-only.
[1664535] Interpret "Remember 0 last databases" on the System Options as
"do not store any opened database".
[1399569, 912188] Separate the clear clipboard options on minimize and exit.
[1207606] Notes may optionally be shown as tooltips.
[988806] The Status Bar now provides Feedback on double click actions.
[] Alt+F4, in addition to Ctrl+Q, now closes the application.
[] Allow user to Hide/Show main toolbar.
[] Ability to create/view a report of the previous Find request.

Bugs fixed in 3.12
==================
[1855658, 1436850] Implement font for password display correctly.
[1850271] Save after Compare no longer corrupts database.
[1849881, 700973] Pressing a character in the List view will now jump to the
next entry with text beginning with that character in the second column. This
is a change from previous behaviour, which only looked in the first column,
now occupied by the icon.
[1849830] Help now works properly for Manage->Option, displaying the
relevant topic.
[1849818] Browse-to no longer falsely reports "failed to browse to
URL".
[1843631] "Browse to Icon" now correctly shown using new Toolbar.
[1841525] Increasing the number of passwords saved no longer deletes the
existing Password History.
[1833609, 1535341, 1502036] Fully support multiple monitors.
[1749268] Mouse clicks on tree view plus/minus boxes now works correctly.
[1670193] Better Vista support (Allow use of Windows Common Controls
V6 with Vista).
[1478022] User no longer needs to save a restored database before it
can be exported.
[1440693] Fix standard keyboard access to context menu (Shift+F10).
[] Allow Expand/Collapse for read-only databases via toolbar.
[] Set focus to new view on switching between Tree <-> List views.
[] Update toolbar when view changes (List <-> Tree).
[] Set title bar text when opening a database at startup.
[] Allow List view to process all characters e.g. Page Up/Down, Home, End,
Arrows etc.
[] Fix program crash on clicking CompareResults dialog header.
[] Toolbar Save button correctly enabled after drag & drop operations.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.12
====================================
[1885710, 1852862] When re-showing the Find toolbar, any existing search
argument is selected to allow easier deletion and modification.
[1865009] Give user advanced option to ignore whitespace-only
differences during compare.
[1846688, 1224373] When generating a new password, it is no longer displayed
in a separate window for approval. If you want to generate another
password, just click on Generate again. If you want to revert to the
existing password when editing an entry, just click on Cancel.
[1841221] During drag & drop, a 1.5 scond delay was introduced before
expanding a group that the cursor "hovers" upon.
[] New disabled buttons for New Toolbar.

New Features for 3.12
=====================
[1842449, 1000639] Implement standard F3 for repeat Find shortcut.
[1838738] Implement minimum lengths of types of characters in the
password policy i.e. 3 uppercase + 2 lowercase + 1 digit etc. Feature
is incompatible with 'pronounceable' or 'easy-to-read' passwords.
[] Implement individual password policy for entries that will override
the current database policy. User can still override the individual
policy or the database policy.
[] An entry may have multiple references, or "shortcuts" to it,
similar to Windows' shortcuts. These may be thought of as "synonyms"
of the entry. To create a shortcut, drag an entry with the right mouse
button pressed.
[] Graphics added to menus.
[] New password generation option: Pronounceable passwords. Thanks to
Tom Van Vleck, Morrie Gasser, and Dan Edwards.
[1676241, 1511829, 1436850, 1426250, 1078998, 996240, 771845] Allow
user to select a font for Passwords, so that similar characters can be
distinguished e.g. 0 & O, 1, I & l.

Bugs fixed in 3.11.1
====================
[] No longer crashes when pulling down Edit menu in List view with no
entry selected.
[1837534] Autotype handles tab correctly when typing to Internet
Explorer.
[] Copy Username and Copy Password new toolbar icons swapped back.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.11.1
======================================
[] You can now check for newer version via Help->About
[] List view displays an icon in each row showing the type of entry

New Features for 3.11
=====================
[1765240] Add "Clear clipboard" item to tray icon context menu.
[1727768] Copy URL to clipboard added to menus (Ctrl+Alt+L).
[1526169] Add more shortcut keys to add/edit dialog.
[] Give user access to Reports from View menu (only in the same directory
as current open database), since more information is being written there.
[] Give user access to the Compare report from the Compare results dialog.
[] New email action allowed in URL field. To be treated as email, the
data must be prefixed by the characters "mailto:". The data following
this corresponds to the '[mailto:]' standard RFC2368.
For example: "info@example.com?subject=PasswordSafe".
[] Main toolbar can be customized via MS's standard dialog via right
click on this toolbar.
[] Several entries may be "aliased" to a single entry, sharing its
password. See online help for details.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.11
====================================
[1815192] The Find function has been re-implemented as a toolbar at
bottom of application.
Button shortcuts: Ctrl+Alt+A = Advanced find,
Ctrl+Alt+S = toggle case Sensitivity, Ctrl+Alt+C = Clear find text
[1790342] Replaced additional key shortcuts for ExpandAll and CollapseAll
[introduced in rev. 1678] by toolbar buttons. Now there is only one set
(the original) of key shortcuts + toolbar buttons.
[1756385] The color of the application's system tray icon (when the
application is started and when there's no open database) is now user
configurable, fixing a visibility problem under Vista.
[] Saved string preferences within the database header will not be delimited by
a doublequote if this character is part of the string variable. An arbitrary
symbol type character will be used in this case. If one cannot be found, the
string preference will not be saved in the database.

Bugs fixed in 3.11
==================
[1806201] Non-unique uuids in database now handled correctly.
[1799523] Fix PWS taking a long time saving after XML Import into new DB by
using an extremely large number of hash iterations. Users who have imported
XML into a new database should export again and re-import after deleting the
... entry from the XML file.
[1798588] Users can now change an entry's password with passwords hidden.
[1793224] Copy for expired passwords no longer causes PWS crashes.
[1791482] All preferences stored within the database are now exported/imported
via XML.
[1790286] All String preferences stored within the database are now
correctly read during database open.
[1789983] List View now correct after Group removed.
[1726181] Save of a new database is no longer required to export entries.
[1664219] Autotype now works correctly with '@' in German keyboards,
and non-English keyboards in general.
[1313440] Can new add/edit entries with long group names.
[] Prevent mixed Unicode/ASCII report files and ensure Unicode reports
have BOM as some text editors insist!
[] Disable Rename menu item in List View (only appropriate in Tree View).
[] Disable Tray Minimize/Restore menu items if already Minimized/Visible.
[] Ignore mouse right click not in Tree/List view area.
[] Use the Confirm Delete message even when there is only one child.

[1757110] Toolbar now correctly disables images according to type of entry
selected and if URL is populated
[1758025, 1759364] '-s' option now works correctly
[] Window's position and size now updated correctly
[1768822] Manage->Options->Password History 'apply' works again.
[] Lock timeout after manual lock no longer saves empty database.
[1754566] State of tree view is now persistent across minimize, lock &
save.
[1771357] Timeout timer now reset in all dialog boxes - PasswordSafe
will no longer minimize in the middle of work with an open dialog box.
[1754054, 1754611, 1740704] Items are now fully sorted when "put groups first
in display tree" selected.
[1757298, 1774428, 1609474] Merge no longer loses data
[] Ensure group/title/user combination is unique during text import.
[] During Add/Edit, fields containing only whitespace characters (space,
horzontal tab, vertical tab, carriage return, new line and form feed) are
considered empty fields.
[1751465] Fields containing only whitespace or whitespace between double quotes
are now treated as empty during plain text import.
[1783905] Read-only status maintained after unlocking a database.
[1782407] Export to text file now includes "title", if selected.
[1734220] XML Export line of Notes fields containing CRLF now works correctly.
The default delimeter has been made the same as for Export to a Text file
[1632634] Compare no longer changes database settings when the databases are
identical.

New Features for 3.10
=====================
[1752896] Add ability to edit an entry's notes field using user's default
text editor via right click on Notes field.
[1750010] Drag&Drop between databases now supported.
[1517048] PasswordSafe can now be installed as an msi package (Windows
installer). This allows site administrators to 'push' PasswordSafe to
client machines with group policy. Thanks to xenophonf.
[1751484] Errors detected while merging or importing a text file are
now described in detail in a log file.

Bugs fixed in 3.09
==================
[1748665] Number of passwords to remember (password history) can now
be set to more than 99 by typing rather than only by spinbox.
[] A note on possible problems with the autotype functionality and
some 3rd party popup-blockers. Thanks to mrttoo for the heads-up.
[] Protect user from losing entries in case of non-unique uuids in
read database.
[] Compare fixed so that 'X' indicating differences are
in the correct columns and data copied to clipboard ends in CRLF not just LF
[1739364] Window location issue fixed
[1620423, 1754189] Focus on search text in Find Dialog - thank to zcecil for
the fix for this one.
[1738477, 1630400] A version for Windows98 is now installed by the
installer on machines running Windows98. This version is NOT part of
the binaries in the zip file.
[] The installer will detect and notify the user if attempts to
install on an unsupported version of Windows (95 & ME).
[1735290] Configuration file works with non-ASCII user and host
names.
[1733911] File mode encryption/decryption (-d/-e) works again
[1743706] Fix random showing of user and passwords if started in
silent mode.
[] Fix Edit and View in main menu not being reset after open after close
[1727871] Found items remain highlighted if another entry selected -
note that found items now ddisplayed in bold font rather than
highlighted.
[1728612] Column sort arrows, in Flattened List mode, correctly removed
[1728945] Importing a subset of text data now fixed
[1728945, 1741787] Version 2.x databases now read correctly
[1733740] '-s' option no longer causes sporadic display of passwords
in tree view.
[1752318] Fixed duplicate/mislabeled columns problem in list view

New Features for 3.09
=====================
[1739979] Add URL column to flattened list
[1732198] It's now possible to override the username and hostname used
to load and store preferences, as well as specify an alternate
preferences file, via new command line options.
[] Implement "Advanced" option for Find
[1751451] Add extra warning when deleting entire group, including the
number of entries that will be deleted.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.09
====================================
[1732163] Date/time displayed throughout in the users "Short Date" format.

Bugs fixed in 3.08
==================
[1709992, 1692662, 1678711, 1651392, 1626671, 1604806] Non-English
text in databases fully supported.
[1691048] Import text file with blank lines or missing fields will no
longer crash application.
[1688994] Although rename is not possible in read-only mode, this change
prevents F2 giving the user the feel that they can.
[1693395] Now Minimize takes precedence over "Always on Top" during Autotype
[1695991] File type Compare now has .bak & .ibak suffixes
[Open Discussion] Fix issue if PWS is maximized/minimized/then restored
[1701508] Entry times no longer written out if not set
[1702623] Compare now shows correct filenames
[] Fix problem with remembering Tree state on restore after minimize
[1678527] Line delimiter now works during import of plain text
[1708099] Default saved username, now shows in new entry
[1709418] Cancel after Lock Safe from system tray now does Right Thing
[] More stringent checking during tree "edit in-place" to prevent DB corruption
[1721031] Notes field with lots of text now stays in position when focus lost
[Open Discussion] Allow Notes field to be Imported from text file even if
it is not enclosed in double quotes
[1721009] Can now Import into a new database after closing previous database
[1723936] Expiry date format is now in the user's Short Date format

New Features for 3.08
=====================
[1695446] It's possible to specify command line parameters for
Alternate Browser; e.g. "-new-tab" for Firefox. This allows fine
control of whether or not to open a new browser or not.
[] Implement "Advanced" option for Exporting in XML format (as per
Export in Text format) and for when comparing databases.
[1695968] "Advanced" option now available to improve Merge operation
[1711524] "Show username in display tree" display option
[] Maintain unknown fields in the database header and records when
saving database, for compatability with future versions as well as clones.

Bugs fixed in 3.07
- [1684827, 1668493] No longer crashes after you specify to remember 0 databases
- [1675716] to close application now works
- [1673028] Merge operation now fixed
- [1673028] Similar problem in Compare operation fixed
- [1660721] Autotype menu & shortcut no longer disabled if field is
- empty.
- [1679461, 1612567] Text in Password field no longer truncated with large
- texts.
- [1682516] Menu display no longer trashed if accelerator pressed with
- an open menu.
- [1683060] Autotype now works again for all entries
- [1678707] CapsLock temporarily turned off in Autotype
- [1681366] Now stays on top during autotype
- [1672770] Right-click->unlock on system tray icon now same as
- double-clicking on locked system tray icon

New Features for 3.07
- [] - Password expiration notice can now be given a few days prior to
- actual expiration
- [] - Exported/imported text format is now documented in online help
- [1623802] Default Autotype string can be specified per database
- [1686819] - PWS may configured not to minimize during
- Autotype (Manage->Options->Misc). 'Always on Top' takes precedence.
- [] If the PWS_PREFSDIR environment variable is defined, that's where
- the pwsafe.cfg file will be read from, instead of the same directory
- as the executable

Changes to Existing Features in 3.07
- [] List view columns now selectable, entries sortable by any column,
- settings are persistent.
- [] List view may be configured to show Grid lines.
- [] Tree view may be configured to show all groups first, instead of
- strict alphabetic order.
-

- Opening dialog now shows recently opened databases in dropdown list.
- File opened in initial dialog now added to recent files list.
- Password expiration date can now be specified relatively, e.g., "45 days from now".
- All dates and times are now displayed in the local format. Bugs fixed in 3.06
- No longer crashes when invoking help after using Hot-Key.
- No longer crashes upon Find with an empty group.
- Configuration handled correctly with non-English user or host names.
- No longer crashes when password history policy changes records.
- Non-English data issues resolved.

Changes
- File opened in initial dialog now added to recent files list.

Bugs fixed
- [1606265, 1609291] No longer terminates after edit when username and/or hostname starts with a digit.
- [1609759] "Show Password in display list & tree" setting now persistent across application exit.
- [1608191] Tree view's state is now preserved across timed lock andwhen starting with '-s' flag.
[1612881, 1577505] Notes now appear consistently.