Version history for Password Safe (Portable)

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Changes for v3.47.1 - v3.47.2

• Reverted clipboard timed clearing function introduced in 3.47.0, as this broke the clipboard functionality on some systems.

Changes for v3.47.0 - v3.47.1

• Minor release adjusting the clipboard clearing delay. Previous release cleared the clipboard 3 seconds after it was accessed by third party programs. This has been changed to 30 seconds (not 10 as erroneously stated in the release notes)

Changes for v3.42 - v3.42.1

• Regression: In read-only mode, Entry popup menu's View Entry item restored (was mistakenly disabled).
• Regression: Toolbar elements display correctly on high-resolution monitors under Windows 8.1 and later now supported in 64-bit builds.

Changes for v3.35.1 - v3.41.0

• # Bugs fixed:
• - Fix crash if Find active when applying a filter, e.g., show entries with expiry dates.
• - Ensure shortcut is updated in GUI after editing.
• - Text in the Find toolbar search edit control is now vertically centered to reduce character truncation.
• - Clicking on a field's name copies the value to the clipboard when adding a new entry (and not only when editing).
• - Update password history when Apply is clicked, not only when Edit window's closed.
• - No longer show empty groups when the user filters for entries with expired passwords.
• - Fix application crash if Add/Edit entry dialog is open when the database is locked e.g. via idle timer, workstation lock etc.
• - An invalid or non-existent backup directory path can no longer be saved when exiting Options.
• - The virtual keyboard no longer becomes unusable after clicking on the Randomize button.
• - The Status bar now shows the correct number of entries when a database is unlocked.
• - Fixed regression in command line arguments -h and -u support.
• - Copying the unexpanded autotype string on Edit entry screen using Ctrl+click on Autotype label now works.
• - Ctrl+F now switches focus back to Find toolbar if it is already open.
• - Unnecessary tree view refreshes fixed.
• - Empty groups no longer disappear when moving nested groups into them and do not leave duplicated empty groups in the database.
• - Saved changes no longer prevent logoff or system shutdown.
• # Changes to Existing Features:
• - You can no longer change an alias's base entry's password from the alias entry. Instead, you should edit the base entry directly by selecting the alias entry and using the Edit or right-click context menu to select its base.
• - The "Show Find Toolbar" has been removed from the View menu as it appears in the Edit menu. Ctrl+F still works as before to show the Find toolbar or transfer focus to it if already visible.
• - The font used in the Find toolbar is now set to the user specified Add/Edit font instead of the Tree/List view font.
• # New Features:
• - New AutoType field '\#' toggles the use of the older mechanism to send keyboard input to other applications e.g. browsers.
• - Add more Help to the Add/Edit Basic and Additional tabs.
• - Empty groups added but not yet saved are now included when the user filters on unsaved changes.
• - Empty groups, whose names satisfy a filter that include tests on group name values, are now included in the display when the filter is active.
• - The database backup location now supports environmental variables e.g. %homedrive% and %homepath%. If used, the resulting path is shown.
• - Clearing the recent database list now requires confirmation.
• - When exporting a group to a new database, there is now an option to also export all filters stored in the database to the new database.
• - Autotype has been extended to support the previous password, if present in the entry's password history, via the Autotype field '\q'. In addition, for Windows, a number of keyboard keys are supported by specifying the key between '\{' and '}'.

Changes for v3.35 - v3.35.1

• Caps Lock indicator added to passphrase entry dialogs.

Changes for v3.34 - v3.35

• Support newer YubiKeys in all modes.
• In the Flattened List view, keep the icon column, if present, as leftmost, to ensure proper display.
• The Read-Only checkbox no longer clears itself after returning from the file selection dialog. Also, the read-only checkbox in XP file selection dialog is handled correctly.
• CurrentFile preference is updated sooner rather than later, so last database is set as default for next invocation.

Changes for v3.33 - v3.34

• New Features for 3.34:
• A Password Safe database can be opened by drag & drop to the Password Safe application window.
• Clicking or double-clicking on a previous password in an entry's Password History selects it.
• Password Policy "Special Symbol Set" simplified.
• Changes to Existing Features in 3.34:
• Clarified use of -g and PWS_PREFSDIR.
• Bugs fixed in 3.34:
• Tweak Yubikey interface to make it easier to use when creating or opening a Password Safe database.
• Edit->Find now enabled when a group is selected.
• Compare, Merge, Sync: Enable action button when password's entered via virtual keyboard.
• Tweak definition of what's considered a 'weak' password.
• "Open as read-only" check-box now correctly reflects the file's state.
• Dragging dropbar icon doesn't copy text to clipboard unless Control key's pressed when icon's clicked upon.

Changes for v3.31 - v3.32

• New Features for 3.32
• =====================
• [] Support Yubico's YubiKey authentication token. Previouly this product was supported in a separate branch.
• [705] User can choose not to let PasswordSafe record which virtual keyboard was used.
• [703] Changing a database opened in read-only mode to read/write will revert when the database is locked.
• [695] Allow a keyboard shortcut to be associated with selecting an entry. Please see Help entry for more details.
• Changes to Existing Features in 3.32
• ====================================
• [] Add validation of entry field XML characters to ensure resulting file can be imported. Note: any field containing an invalid character will not be exported and a comment added to the export file and the report.
• [718] Run command can now accept $e or $email andd will expand this to the entry's e-mail.
• Bugs fixed in 3.32
• ==================
• [1124] Copying the username of a shortcut entry now works correctly.
• [1122] -d dialog no longer needs password verification.
• [1121] Help now displays correctly for Import XML settings.
• [1113] Filters now handle empty fields correctly.
• [1108] Manage Password Policy lists and Edit Entry's Notes fonts are set to same as for main list/tree, user-configurable.
• [1101] Autotype email and url now works with shortcut.
• [] Prevent Alt+Enter or Ctrl+Enter when setting the Application Hotkey in PasswordSafe options dialog closing the dialog and saving an invalid Hotkey.
• [] Support wrap scrolling in the ListView using up and down arrow keys.
• New Features for 3.31
• =====================
• Turkish translation added, thanks to Yusuf.

Changes for v3.30 - v3.31

• New Features for 3.31
• Turkish translation added, thanks to Yusuf.
• Changes to Existing Features in 3.31
• [698] Autotype now supports URL and email fields with \l and \m, respectively.
• [673] Improved selection of subset of password: characters can be specified from the end of the password as well as from the beginning (thanks to DK).
• Bugs fixed in 3.31
• [1097, 1098] Fixed typos in format description text and in English online help (thanks to PeterHB)
• [1096] Correct suffix appended to proposed filename when exporting to XML.
• [1095] Ampersand (&) is handled correctly in Password Policy (thanks to Andrey)
• [1092] Compare DB results context menu items now enabled correctly in Read Only (thanks to DK).
• [1085] Preferences that are stored in the database are colored blue again (thanks to DK).
• [1086] Unknown database preferences are preserved (thanks to DK).
• [1081] Minor issues related to password policy options.
• [1079] Password history date is now displayed in locale's format in entry's Additional tab.
• [1078] Expand entry's autotype value in Run Command's $a parsing.
• [1077] Don't report URL as copied to clipboard when it isn't.
• [1068] Opening a protected entry no longer causes a sound in Windows.

Changes for v3.29Y - v3.30

• [3556730] In Add/Edit dialog, clicking Apply no longer disables the OK
• button. An asterisk (*) is displayed in the title bar when the entry's
• modified and Apply's not clicked upon. Thanks to shivak7 for the fix.
• [3539347] An empty diamond icon is now updated to a full one when an
• entry is dragged into it. Thanks to nsaipraveen for the fix.
• [3537861] An off-by-one issue with expiration dates has been fixed by
• suthakar123.
• [1066] Default changed: 'Browse to URL' does not copy password to
• clipboard by default. Although convenient, this is a security issue if
• the user isn't expecting it. Also show correct screen in Security
• Options help.
• [1065] Don't hide notes in Add/Edit dialog box when changing field
• focus if user chose not to.
• [1063] Intermediate backups also work correctly when relative path to
• database is specified on command line. Thanks to Matt for tracking
• this down.
• [353] Easy-to-read option now respected in Generate Password screen.

Changes for v3.29 - v3.29Y

• New Features for 3.29Y
• [3519484] Empty Groups are now persistent (previously a group with no entries would 'disappear' if the database was locked or closed).
• [3510481] The Last Modified and Password Modified date/times are initially set to show the entry's creation time, instead of being blank.
• [] When comparing databases, you can now display of the details of the entries' differences in the results dialog by right-click -> compare selected entries.
• [] You can now cancel a long running Compare, Merge or Synchronize database operation. Note: You should check the operation's report file to see if the operation was indeed cancelled. If not, you can undo it as all operations).
• [] Portuguese (Brazil) installation instructions added, thanks to Andreas.
• Changes to Existing Features in 3.29Y
• None
• Bugs fixed in 3.29Y
• [3525995] Find now only highlights/select the found entry.
• [3523117] Password Expiration Date now correctly set when using intervals.
• [3521158] Paste into the Notes field (Add or Edit entry) is now always in plain text.
• [3518734] When generating passwords (Ctrl-P), the user is no longer prompted to save changes when pressing Esc if they have selected a Named Password Policy but not generated a password.
• [3518732] Custom special symbol set now handled correctly in Generate Password dialog box.
• [3518389] All date/time fields in the List view are now displayed using the user's "short date" format as specified via the Windows Control Panel "Region and Language" tab.
• [3515692] Fixed crash with Generate Password switching to default policy with > 1 named policy.
• [3514819] Add Group now works again.
• [3510590] Password History is now correctly repaired during the automatic Validate on database open.
• [3508891] Editing an entry's Notes using an external editor no longer adds blank lines and fully supports non-Latin characters.
• [3498625] Test selected password policy now reflects any edits done to the policy.
• [3495473] Notes Word Wrap during edit now works again.

Changes for v3.28 - v3.29

• New Features for 3.29
• [3519484] Empty Groups are now persistent (previously a group with no entries would 'disappear' if the database was locked or closed).
• [3510481] The Last Modified and Password Modified date/times are initially set to show the entry's creation time, instead of being blank.
• [] When comparing databases, you can now display of the details of the entries' differences in the results dialog by right-click -> compare selected entries.
• [] You can now cancel a long running Compare, Merge or Synchronize database operation. Note: You should check the operation's report file to see if the operation was indeed cancelled. If not, you can undo it as all operations).
• [] Portuguese (Brazil) installation instructions added, thanks to Andreas.
• Changes to Existing Features in 3.29
• None
• Bugs fixed in 3.29
• [3525995] Find now only highlights/select the found entry.
• [3523117] Password Expiration Date now correctly set when using intervals.
• [3521158] Paste into the Notes field (Add or Edit entry) is now always in plain text.
• [3518734] When generating passwords (Ctrl-P), the user is no longer prompted to save changes when pressing Esc if they have selected a Named Password Policy but not generated a password.
• [3518732] Custom special symbol set now handled correctly in Generate Password dialog box.
• [3518389] All date/time fields in the List view are now displayed using the user's "short date" format as specified via the Windows Control Panel "Region and Language" tab.
• [3515692] Fixed crash with Generate Password switching to default policy with > 1 named policy.
• [3514819] Add Group now works again.
• [3510590] Password History is now correctly repaired during the automatic Validate on database open.
• [3508891] Editing an entry's Notes using an external editor no longer adds blank lines and fully supports non-Latin characters.
• [3498625] Test selected password policy now reflects any edits done to the policy.
• [3495473] Notes Word Wrap during edit now works again.

Changes for v3.27 - v3.28

• Password Safe 3.28 Release Notes - February 2012
• 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.
• New Features for 3.28
• [3468289] The passwords in the Password History and in the List view now displayed with the specified Password Font. In addition, you can now zoom in and out of the Notes field, for easy reading of texts.
• [3455436] The password history can now be deleted for all existing entries in a database at once (optionally including Protected Entries).
• [3421963] Multiple Password Policies can now be defined, managed and selected in entries to generate passwords.
• [] Partial support for Czech has been added, thanks to butchtik.
• Changes to Existing Features in 3.28
• [3445820] The Edit menu item and entry right-click context menu item "Copy Run Command to Clipboard" will now substitute any variables within the command. This can be disabled by holding down the Ctrl key when selecting these menu items. (Note that the standard menu shortcut can't be used to disable, as the Ctrl key may be used to select a different menu item/command.)
• [] As mentioned in the V3.26 release, the XML representation of date/time fields, are now in the W3C dateTime standard format instead of PasswordSafe's. This release no longer supports import of XML files with date time fields in the old PasswordSafe's format. See the online Help (the XML section of "Import Password Entries") if you need to manually convert old XML files.
• [] After closing the current database, on opening another, PasswordSafe will first attempt to access the directory of the last opened database in order to allow the user to start browsing for their intended database. If this directory is not available, PasswordSafe will open the default "My Safes" directory as it did prior to this change.
• [] Databases are now always validated when opened. The Manage->Validate menu item has therefore been removed.
• [] The default backup policy has been changed to save the last three versions of the database, instead of one.
• [] The graphic symbols for entries, groups, etc. have been redone, as most displays now support more than 256 colors.
• Bugs fixed in 3.28
• [3486960] Rename of a group is now complete even if a filter is active.
• [3486959] PasswordSafe no longer crashes when returning to edit after lock.
• [3468853] The number of saved passwords can be changed and after the user presses Apply they will no longer be warned that the entry has been changed when pressing Cancel.
• [3462520] A password entry's expiry time in days now correctly reflects the
• expiration date for non-recurring expiration.
• [3440318] Filters can now be cleared by double-clicking on the filter indicator in the status bar. Also, Filter Menu correctly changed when a filter is active.
• [3435869] '-g config_file' option now accepts a non-existing file, creating it after notfying the user.
• [3430196] Buttons in the Options property pages now retain the user's Windows theme.
• [] Fix inability to copy entries to the original database in the Compare database results dialog.
• [] Thanks to Jon F. for proofreading the online help.

Changes for v3.26 - v3.27

• [3367590] User can now add a database name and description via the Properties diaolg.
• [3349458] Allow filters to match on rules based on the password's length.
• [3316779] Shift + "left mouse button 'Double-Click'" now configurable for user. Default is copy the username to the clipboard.
• [] Preferences stored in the database are shown in blue in the Options dialogs.

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