Latest News

26 September 2009

Password Safe 3.19 has been released and may be downloaded from here (U3 version here). This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below, some bug fixes, as well as support for French (NEW!), German (full), Swedish (full), Russian (partial), Chinese (partial), Polish (partial), and Spanish (partial). If you're interested in supporting your language, please let me know. Thanks to Karlo, Bjorn, pm_kan and Francois for their translation efforts and feedback on this release! Many thanks to DK for his work and patience, and thanks to Vasily and gillum for their contributions to this release.

New Features for 3.19

[2832983] The Edit/View dialog now shows the details of the entry being edited/viewed in its title caption (This is updated when saving the entry).
[2832810] A new email field has been added, supporting email headers 'to', 'subject', 'cc', 'bcc' and 'body' (per RFC 2368 - see online help for details). If this field is not empty, it is used instead of the URL field even if that contains an email address.
Note: whereas the URL field had to have the 'mailto:' prefix to denote an email address rather than a URL, the email field must not contain this prefix.
PasswordSafe now handles Vista (and later) logoff, shutdown & restart more gracefully, giving the user now has more time to save a modified database.
Add new AutoType special fields '\wnnn' and '\Wnnn'. Unlike '\d', which sets the delay between sending each subsequent character, '\w' & '\W' introduces a one-time delay where they appear. For '\w', the value 'nnn' is in milli-seconds. For '\W', this specifies seconds. Note: Max. value is 999s (16m 39s), during which time PasswordSafe will be unresponsive while it waits the specified time. Also supported via the Run Command $a command.
Add menu item to copy the Run Command to the clipboard.
Support Run Command and Double-Click Action (and email) fields in Filters.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.19

Changing the Security option to lock Password Safe when the workstation is locked, no longer requires a restart of Password Safe to come into effect.
Due to the French keyboard not supporting the key '-' in an accelerator, the shortcut for "Password Subset" has been changed from "Ctrl + -" to "Ctrl + B". Please do not allocate "Ctrl + -" to any shortcut if you will be using a French keyboard.
If a dialog is open (e.g. Add, Edit, Options etc.) and Password Safe is minimized, the Close and Exit options are no longer in the System Tray context menu. The user must first Restore the application and close the dialog before being able to close the database or exit the program.
If preferences stored in the database are changed, the user will be asked if they want to save them in the database when closing the database or application even if none of the entries have been changed.
The preference to Lock the Database after a certain amount of idle time has changed from being a global parameter affecting all databases opened by the user to be specific to each database.

Bugs fixed in 3.19

[2865116] Status-Bar message now correctly states "Password Copied" when doing a "Run Command"
[2865116] Status-Bar message now updated when using the keyboard arrows to transverse entries in Tree and List views.
[2856750] The Password Policy now correctly displayed in List View, when selected.
[2856051] Changes to database preferences are no longer lost upon minimize.
[2856410] The "Run Command" menu entry is no longer greyed out for Shortcuts to base entries with a Run Command.
[2851848] Mouse double-click interval removed from Virtual Keyboard to allow multiple virtual keys to be entered quickly.
[2850907] Password field no longer cleared after focus change.
[2842700] No longer crashes when using a French keyboard.
[2192490, 2840534] Multiple desktops now handled correctly for Windows XP and later system.
[2836569] Correct password data now copied from Edit dialog using 'Smart Labels'
[2832991] Double-click action display in the Status Bar now shows correct value for entries that have overriden the current default.
[2820260] Fix password expiry interval processing during Edit.
[2818653] Password expiry interval now correctly exported to XML and displayed during Edit, if present.
[2813295] 'Browse + Autotype' system tray menu items fixed - thanks to Vasily for reporting and sending the patches for this.
[2085058] Old (1.x) format databases now closed correctly.
Fixed problem with viewing a shortcut in read-only mode - thanks to gillum for reporting and helping track this down.
Fix crash when using External Editor on Notes field.
Password verification field not set when editing/viewing an alias entry and the password is hidden.
Enter key works again in initial dialog if browse button used to select a database.
AutoType by an alias now has correct password and its own notes data rather than '[Alias]' and its base's notes data, respectively.
Run command no longer truncates the first field if it is within double quotes.
Duplicate entry now duplicates double-click action of original as well.
Double-click on a shortcut entry now executes the action of its base.
Drag & Drop of entries with explicit double-click action values between different databases now works.
Browse to URL from an Alias entry now puts the correct password in the clipboard.
Text import no longer overwrites entry's RunCommand with double-click action value.
Tidy up item order in Edit menu and right-click context menu.

28 June 2009

Password Safe 3.18 has been released and may be downloaded from here (U3 version here). This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below, some bug fixes, as well as support for German (full), Swedish (full), Russian (partial), Chinese (partial), Polish (partial), and Spanish (partial). If you're interested in supporting your language, please let me know. Thanks to Karlo and Björn for their translation efforts on this release! Many thanks to DK for his work and patience, and thanks to the beta testers who've provided great feedback on pre-release versions.

New Features for 3.18

[2793283] Allow entry to override doubleclick setting.
[2793280] Browse+Autotype added to configurable double click actions.
Implement Virtual Keyboards for multilingual passphrase entry.
DragBar now has ToolTips to inform user of its use.
User can close the currently open database via the System Tray menu.
Improved Merge reporting.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.18

New toolbar icon set has been replaced with icons based on famfamfam's silk set.
Reworked Add and Edit dialogs into Property Pages.

Bugs fixed in 3.18

[2795428] Browse+ on Toolbar now inactive if no URL present
[2795427] Duplicate of "Display Subset of Password" removed from Context Menu (right-click on entry).
[2789873] Status bar now updated properly after Browse to URL and other actions that copied data to the clipboard.
[2782413] No longer crashes when loading 0302 formatted headers (from ~v3.08).
[2779705] Reserved shortcuts (Ctrl+Q, Alt+F4 and F1) now work.
Run Command now correctly copied via Drag & Drop.
Allow all fields to be selected for Compare function.
Fixed crash if renaming an entry to one that already exists.

21 April 2009

Password Safe 3.17 has been released and may be downloaded from here (U3 version here). This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below, some bug fixes, as well as support for German (full), Russian (full), Chinese (full), Polish (partial), Spanish (partial) and Swedish (partial). If you're interested in supporting your language, please let me know. Thanks to Karlo, Andrey, Freedoctor and Björn for their translation efforts! Thanks to DK for his work and patience, and thanks to the beta testers who've provided great feedback on pre-release versions.

New Features for 3.17

[1954166] New preference to control word wrap in the Notes field in Add & Edit. This can be overridden for a specific entry by right-clicking in the Notes field.
[1533621, 1722481] There's a new, "Browse+" action that combines browsing to an entry's URL and entering the username, password, etc. in a single operation. Note that this does not work (yet) for all browsers and all sites.
[1405326] Add new field 'Run Command' to allow arbitrary commands, such as terminal emulators, etc. to be executed via Ctrl+R or from the Edit menu.
Implement "Find Up" via clicking Find toolbar button with Shift key down or pressing 'Shift+F3' for repeat find up.
Allow users to set their own shortcut keys for menu items. Select via Manage->Options->Shortcuts.

Bugs fixed in 3.17

[2750090] Using SaveAs now unlocks original database on successful completion of the save.
[2689144] PWS no longer goes into a loop if the main menu has not yet been displayed when accessing the recent entries via the system tray icon.
[2664657] Installer now prompts for elevation to administrator rights on Windows Vista.
[2664703] Load base locale DLL if can't find a specific sub-locale version.
[2657132] View Reports no longer causes application crash.
Correct DragBar bitmaps for a new database.
[2599930] All fields, buttons, checknoxes that could change an entry's data are disabled if the database is in read-only mode.
Lock on Windows Lock works again.
Ctrl+F sets focus to the find string edit box.
No longers asks for confirmation of Cancel during Edit in read only mode as that is the only option available to the user.
Right-click context menu now correct when user hides toolbars.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.17

When doing a Browse to URL, the password of the current entry is copied to the clipboard. This is action is not performed if the Browse is invoked from the Edit dialog box.
Shortcut 'Ctrl+B' (Manage Menu->Backup) has been removed. Shortcut 'Ctrl+R' (Manage Menu->Restore) has been re-assigned to the new "Run Command" function.

7 March 2009

Password Safe 3.16.2Y has been released and may be downloaded from here. This is a "branch" release, with support for the YubiKey authentication token. YubiKey is a USB authentication device that sends a different authentication key each time it's activated. This provides a convenient alternative to constantly typing in a passphrase for heavy users of PasswordSafe. To use, just "associate" your YubiKey with your PasswordSafe database, using the new Manage->YubiKey dialog. For more details, please refer to the online help. Currently, support for this device is implemented in a separate PasswordSafe package. Your feedback will determine if and how this will be merged into the main product.

You can purchase YubiKey devices from here.

12 February 2009 (Darwin's 200^_th birthday)

Password Safe 3.16 has been released and may be downloaded from here (U3 version here). The main new feature of this release is non-English support: Specifically, German is now fully supported, and Polish, Spanish and Swedish are partially supported. If you're interested in supporting your language, please let me know.
In addition, some annoying bugs have been fixed, some minor features have been added or improved upon. Thanks to Karlo Van der Gucht for his work on non-English support, to DK for his work on this release, and to all the folks who reported bugs and tested prelimenary versions of this release.

Bugs fixed in 3.16

[2529736] Validate now corrects all Password History errors
[2509817] Control characters no longer sent via Autotype.
[2481370] Can now create shortcut by right-mouse down dragging.
Can now process filters (within the database or imported) based on 'username' field ("user" in the XML file).
[2423397] Sorting direction database preference is now saved correctly in the database. See "Changes to Existing Features" for more details.

Changes to Existing Features in 3.16

[Open Discussion] Ctrl+F no longer toggles the Find Toolbar but shows it if not currently visible.
[2423397] Changes to preferences stored in the database are no longer silently saved in the database (including any changes to any entries). A new flag in the Status Bar indicates when preferences have been changed and the user can decide to save these, or not, when closing the database, directly or when ending the application.
Support interoperability with tools that access edit control text by setting PWS_PW_MODE environment variable to "NORMAL".

New Features for 3.16

[2509821] Support Group (\g), Title (\i) and Notes (\o, \onnn) fields via Autotype.
Installation program now offers German as well as English installation instructions, as well as installing German language support. The framework is easily extended to other languages. Thanks to Karlo Van der Gucht for his work on this.
[2450841] The user can use the DragBar to drag and drop the group name when a group is selected. Pressing the Ctrl key while dragging the group, when a group or entry is selected, will only copy the immediate parent group. Standard behaviour is to copy all groups up to the root of the database with dots between successive group names.
[2450827] Add a new menu item (on Edit Menu or right-click context menu) to go to the corresponding base entry of an Alias or Shortcut. As part of this change, only relevant items are shown on the Edit menu depending on the current selected item (group or normal, shortcut base, alias base, alias or shortcut entry).
[2425045] During Edit, if the entry has been changed and the user presses the Cancel button, they are asked to confirm losing their changes.
[2415952] The currrent display status of the Find Toolbar is remembered at application close and, if visible, it is will be shown the next time the application is started.

10 January 2009

Die Unterstützung der Deutschen Sprache für PasswordSafe wurde auf den neuesten Stand gebracht für Version 3.15.1. Um dieses anzuwenden, lade die DLL runter, und kopiere sie in dasselbe Verzeichnis wo die ausführbare Datei von PasswordSafe (pwsafe.exe) liegt. Dank an Karlo für die getane Arbeit.
[German support for PasswordSafe has been updated for release 3.15.1. To use it, download this dll and put it in the same subdirectory as the PasswordSafe executable (pwsafe.exe). Thanks to Karlo for his work on this.]