Password Corral - v4.0.6.158 - 01/04/2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New in v4.0.6.158 - 01/04/2015: * The auto-export feature now exports using the same file name as the user account that is logged in, instead of the last used auto-export file name. File names are no longer stored as part of the auto-export path. * The Search Text field is now cleared in the Find dialog box when switching between user accounts. * The New Password and Modify Password dialog boxes are now wider and taller. * The password expiration fields now allow for 4 digit numbers instead of 3 digit numbers. New in v4.0.5.157 - 09/21/2014: * Custom build. New in v4.0.4.154 - 01/31/2010: * A New plain text CSV export option has been added. Note that you CANNOT import a CSV file back into Password Corral. You must still use one of the encrypted export options if you plan on importing the data back into Password Corral. New in v4.0.3.152 - 06/24/2009: * Custom build. New in v4.0.3.149 - 03/12/2007: * When importing and selecting the option to replace your entire password list with the import file data, Password Corral would reject the master password used to create the import file as incorrect, but accept the current master password for the import. This would result in corruption of all data being imported unless the current master password was the same as the master password used to create the import file. This bug has been fixed. New in v4.0.2.146 - 07/20/2005: * The Find dialog box now remembers its last position on the screen. * Added a toolbar button to bring up the Find dialog box. * Hint text now appears on the buttons in the import and export dialog boxes that allow you to choose a filename and location. * The copy username/password items in the right-click popup menu for passwords have been moved to the top of the menu for quicker access. * If the password database had become inaccessible for some reason when the program was terminating (e.g. the database was stored on a network drive and the network connection was lost), Password Corral would display an error and not terminate, forcing you to kill the program from the Task Manager. Additional error handling has been added that should allow the program to close gracefully under this condition. * The export dialog box that allowed you to choose a filename and location for export incorrectly read 'Import Passwords'. This bug has been fixed. * Pressing the Home, End, Page Up and Page Down keys while focus was on the password group list would not refresh the list of passwords in the newly selected group. This bug has been fixed. * If you attempted to migrate data from a Password Corral 3.x account that contained no password data, an error would be generated and Password Corral would hang. This bug has been fixed. New in v4.0.1.143 - 03/15/2005: * Double-clicking in an empty area of the password list will now bring up the New Password dialog box. * If you had the "Stay on Top" feature enabled while the "Password protect while in Taskbar Tray" feature was also enabled, the program would not ask for the master password when restoring from the tray (if the "Stay on Top" feature was disabled, it would ask for the master password normally). This bug has been fixed. * If you entered an incorrect auto-export path in the options dialog box, switched to another tab, then clicked the "OK" button, an error would be displayed as expected and the tab control would switch to the 'Export' tab, but the contents of the 'Export' tab would not display properly. This bug has been fixed. * Minor update to the on-line help file. New in v4.0.0.142 - 02/23/2005: * Ground-up recode - this major release was started from scratch. * Data storage moved to the file system instead of the Windows registry. All program options and user preferences are now stored in an INI file in the program directory. The registry is no longer used by Password Corral. * Passwords are now stored in custom groups you create. Groups can have any name and may be nested within one another. * Blowfish encryption is now available in addition to Diamond2. * A Find feature is now available to let you search your password list for text that you specify. * Password Corral now includes a random password generator. * Passwords now include a URL and e-mail field, both of which can be launched from the toolbar. * A new Lock Account feature has been added that replaces the old 3.0 option to require master password entry before changing options. * Printing has been enhanced to allow you to print just the selected passwords, all passwords in the selected group, or your entire password list. * The password expiration warning box has been enhanced to allow you to change the passwords immediately instead of from the main interface window. New in v3.4.6.100 - 05/11/2004: * Changed donation address in the program and help files. New in v3.4.6.99 - 11/05/2002: * An auto-export of your password list will now only commence if there has been a change to the password data. * If the auto-export path for password exports was invalid, you would receive a message indicating the problem and that a default path would be used. However, the default path was never applied and you would receive an error on exiting the program, if the auto-export feature was enabled, and Password Corral would hang. This bug has been fixed. * Several dialog boxes appeared centered and split between two monitors in a multi-monitor computer setup. This bug has been fixed. New in v3.4.5.97 - 10/04/2001: * A new "Switch User" menu item has been added to the File menu. * You can now switch to a different user account while Password Corral is running instead of having to quit the program and then restart. * The auto-export feature now allows you to append a date/time stamp to the filename when it performs the export. * Added an Edit icon to the toolbar. * Corrected tab key order for most of the items in the Options dialog box. * The 'About' window has been updated with a link to the PayPal on-line service to make it easier for those wishing to make a donation for Password Corral to do so. * The New and Edit Password dialogs have been enlarged slightly. * The plain login dialog box would still load all usernames into the drop-down list even when the "Remember last used username when logging on" option was unchecked. This bug had been fixed. * Small update to the README.TXT file. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v3.4.4.91 - 4/30/2001: * Under certain special circumstances, after creating a new password and then editing it, the comments field during the edit process would appear blank and subsequently saving the password would erroneously erase the "unseen" existing comment. This bug has been fixed. * Small update to the README.TXT file. New in v3.4.3.90 - 4/11/2001: ********************************************************************** *** As of v3.4.3, Password Corral no longer supports password *** *** export files from versions of Password Corral earlier than *** *** v3.0.0. Note that upgrading from versions prior to v3.0.0 is *** *** still supported (be sure to create a new password export file).*** ********************************************************************** * There are now new import options to allow you to discard, overwrite or ignore duplicate passwords being imported (passwords are considered duplicates if their description fields are identical). * You can now set Password Corral to import a password export file automatically on startup by passing the "import" parameter, import type and a path to an export file from the command line or a shortcut. See "Importing Passwords" in the on-line help for more information. * You can now create a duplicate of a password entry by selecting 'Duplicate Password' from the 'Edit' menu. * Code has been added to prevent multiple instances of Password Corral from running. * Passwords can now be sorted in reverse order by clicking a second time on the column header you wish to sort by. * Most dialog boxes can now be canceled/dismissed by pressing the escape [ESC] key. * The hyperlink color dialog box, when selected from the 'Options' dialog, now displays the currently selected hyperlink color instead of defaulting to black. * A number of edit fields on several dialog boxes have been ever so slightly heightened. * Password Corral would not restore your previous password sorting options on startup. This bug has been fixed. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v3.4.2.77 - 11/13/2000: * When the option "Remember last used username when logging on" is unchecked, the dropdown list of usernames on the logon screen is no longer populated with a list of existing usernames (in addition to not displaying the last used username). * A button to reset the hyperlink color in the Notes field to the default color has been added to the Options dialog. * The "hand" cursor is now displayed over the URL color box in the Options dialog to better identify it as a "clickable" object. * All links in the program, as well as on-line help and documentation have been updated to reflect our new web and e-mail address. * Updated on-line and What's This help. * Minor update to the README.TXT file. New in v3.4.1.76 - 8/3/2000: * Changing the color of hyperlinks in the notes field from the Options dialog had no effect. This bug has been fixed. New in v3.4.1.75 - 8/3/2000: * You can now set Password Corral to time out to the system tray after a given period of time. With the tray password protection feature enabled, this will give you added protection if you should forget that Password Corral is running and walk away from your PC. * Gridlines in the main password window are now turned on by default for new user accounts. * Note fields on both the New Password and Edit Password dialogs have been expanded slightly to display a full five lines of text. * The new feature introduced in v3.4.0.56 to check the Internet for a more recent version of Password Corral had a bug which would prevent Windows 2000 (and possibly Win9x) from shutting down if Password Corral was running. This is a bug in a component in the compiler, and unfortunately it can't be solved by us. The feature was removed and we hope to bring it back in the near future when it can be made to work properly. * There were some serious display problems with new code introduced in v3.4.0.56 to underline and activate FILE:// hyperlinks in the Notes field that used long filenames. As a result this code has been removed. The problem is being looked at, but in the meantime FILE:// links with long filenames are no longer supported at this time. When it rains, it pours! Sorry for the inconvenience. * If the "Remember last used username when logging on" feature was disabled, the cursor would appear in the password text box at logon instead of the username text box. This bug has been fixed. * The bug mentioned in the README.TXT file that, under certain circumstances, could prevent Password Corral from being minimized, has been fixed. * Updated on-line and What's This help. * Minor update to the README.TXT file. New in v3.4.0.56 - 6/22/2000: * New menu item added to the Help menu to check for a newer version of Password Corral on the Internet. Status bar is now split to show messages relating to the connection process. * The Username field on the logon dialog box is now a drop-down list. It displays all Password Corral usernames and allows for easier selection. * You can now select a custom color for hyperlinks that appear in the Notes field. * "FILE//" hyperlinks in the Notes field now support long filenames when the path is wrapped in quotes (for example: FILE://"c:\program files\password corral") * A date and timestamp is now displayed on printed password lists. * It was possible for the Copy and Delete toolbar buttons to remain enabled when the focus/cursor was in the Notes field, even when no text was selected. This bug has been fixed. * Updated on-line and What's This help. * Minor update to the README.TXT file. New in v3.3.2.48 - 3/20/2000: * Password Corral can now be set to be displayed on top of other windows so it cannot be hidden. * "FILE://" links in the Notes field are now hyperlinks and will launch the specified file or open the specified folder. * "HTTPS:" hyperlinks in the Notes field are now clickable. * The username you are currently logged in under is now displayed in the program's titlebar. * Updated on-line and What's This help. * Minor update to the README.TXT file. New in v3.3.1.44 - 1/19/2000: * You can now export your password list unencrypted. Note that we discourage the frequent use of this feature as it directly compromises the security of your password data. If you do use the feature, you should also use a wiping utility to remove the export file securely from your hard disk when you've finished using it. This feature has been added (by multiple requests from users) so that passwords can be manually exported to other platforms (Palm, WinCE, etc.). The export file is not designed to import directly to other platforms; only for you to cut and paste data from it as you see fit. *** Unencrypted export files CANNOT be imported back into *** *** Password Corral. *** * If the first word in the Notes panel for the selected password was a hyperlink, it would not be underlined or colored. This bug has been fixed. * Password Corral would sometimes minimize to the system tray even though the program was not set to do so from the Options dialog. This bug has been fixed. * Minor update to the README.TXT file. * Minor update to the BUGS.TXT file. New in v3.3.0.41 - 1/5/2000: * Password Corral can now be minimized to the system tray. New options have been provided to require entry of your master password before the program can be "restored" for normal use. * Hyperlinks in the Notes field are now "clickable", and will start the default browser on your system. Works for any text that starts with "http", "www" or "ftp". You can also right-click on any word and choose to launch it in the Web browser - great for links that don't start with the more common prefixes. * You can now paste text on the Windows clipboard as a new password into Password Corral. A new paste menu item and toolbar button have been added. * There is a new menu item in the Edit menu to immediately clear the Windows clipboard. * The selected password now remains highlighted even after clicking in the Notes field. * If AutoExport was enabled, and there were no passwords in the password list, Password Corral would display the progress bar and freeze when exiting. This bug has been fixed. * The cowboy is back on the logon screen! * Updated README.TXT file. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v3.2.4.33 - 12/7/99: * Printing has been enhanced. The "Notes" field is now printed in addition to the description, username and password fields. Printed entries are now separated by a short, dashed line. Note that we still discourage the practice of printing your password list, and the print feature in Password Corral is still *not* a thing of beauty. * All instances to the Cygnus Productions web page and e-mail addresses have been changed to reflect our new ISP. This includes changes to the 'About' box, on-line help file and text files. New in v3.2.3.28 - 10/12/99: * The QuickView window could be displayed, even when the password protect feature was enabled, by selecting the 'QuickView' menu item from the 'View' menu. Security for displaying the QuickView window by pressing the SPACEBAR was unaffected. This bug has been fixed. It's highly recommended that those using the password protect feature of Password Corral upgrade to this new version. * Minor update to the README.TXT file. * Minor update to the FAQ.TXT file. New in v3.2.2.27 - 9/22/99: * Pressing the SpaceBar with a password in your list highlighted will now display a popup window with all the password information decrypted. The window will disappear when the SPACEBAR is released. * A "Display gridlines" option has been added to the 'General' tab of the Options dialog box. * You can now display gridlines in the main password list by checking the new option in the 'General' tab of the Options dialog box. * Comment fields in both the New and Edit Password dialogs are now slightly taller. * Made another fix to try and correct the problem with the on-line help's text appearing too small on some user's PCs. Please contact us if you are still experiencing this problem. * Minor modification to the 'Logon' screen image. * Minor modification to the 'About' screen. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v3.2.1.22 - 8/25/99: * When the option to automatically export your password list was enabled, and the destination directory no longer existed, Password Corral would generate an error and loop endlessly on the export progress bar. This bug has been fixed. * It was sometimes possible to enter an invalid directory for the auto-export feature's output path. This bug has been fixed. * Updated the on-line help file to attempt to fix the problem with the font appearing too small for some users. Let us know if you're still experiencing this problem. New in v3.2.0.21 - 7/9/99: * You can now select between viewing the password list in the standard "Details" view which displays all information about each password, or a new view called "List" which only displays the description (double-click to see the information). * Added a "Fonts" tab to the Options dialog box. * You can now select a custom font for both the password list and the comments box. * You can now set Password Corral to remember the last used username when logging on. The option is selectable from the "Security" tab in the Options dialog. * The "Delete All" button has been removed from the toolbar. It can still be accessed from the Edit menu. * When selecting "Delete All" from the Edit menu, the warning dialog box now has the "No" button selected by default. * A "New User" button has been added to the plain logon dialog box. * Right-clicking on a different password from a previously selected one in the password list would fail to update the "Comments" field. This bug has been fixed. * The TAB order was out of sequence for the 'Security' tab in the Options dialog box. This bug has been fixed. * Corrected the misspelled "entered" in the warning dialog that is displayed when an attempt is made to create a new user and the username already exists. * Updated copy in the About dialog. * Updated README.TXT file. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v3.1.1.17 - 5/20/99: * The currently selected password will now scroll into view automatically whenever the password list needs to be updated. * Corrected the misspelled "Export Passwords" in the File menu. * The About box has been "toned down". New in v3.1.0.14 - 3/16/99: * The password protection feature has been upgraded to fully protect all features of Password Corral. It is now impossible to perform any action, including display of the Options dialog or editing passwords, while the password protect feature is enabled *and* the 'Show Passwords' option is toggled off. See the on-line help file for more information. * There is now an option to display the logon dialog box using a standard window and controls as opposed to the fancy dialog. * Corrected the misspelled "Username" on both the New Password and Edit Password dialog boxes. * The Export toolbar button would remain enabled even when the password list was empty. This bug has been fixed. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v3.0.0.12 - 3/10/99: ********************************************************************** *** As of v3.0.0, Password Corral no longer supports password *** *** export files from versions of Password Corral earlier than *** *** v2.0.3. Note that upgrading from versions prior to v2.0.3 is *** *** still supported (be sure to create a new password export file).*** ********************************************************************** * Description and Comments information is now encrypted along with your username and password data. Upon starting this new version, Password Corral will update your existing password info by encrypting the two fields. This only happens the first time you run the new version. Note that export files generated by this new version of Password Corral cannot be imported properly by older versions. * You can now copy username information to the clipboard. * Right-clicking on a password in the password list now allows you to copy password or username information to the clipboard. * New 'Security' tab added to the Options dialog box. * You can now password-protect displaying your password list in plain text when toggling the 'Show Passwords' option. This will allow you to keep Password Corral running when you're away from your computer, and still maintain security of your information. * Options in the 'Security' tab allow you to view description and comment information in plain text, even when the 'Show Passwords' option is toggled off. * Imports are now dramatically faster. * When changing your master password, the speed of re-encryption of your password list has been increased dramatically. * Scrollbars added to the comment fields in the New and Edit password dialog boxes. * Account usernames can now be longer than 20 characters. * A new Copy item has been added to the right-click popup menu for the Comments field. * 'Clear clipboard contents' option has been moved to the new 'Security' option tab. * The 'Copy Username' menu item has been moved above the 'Copy' item in the main menu. * The Auto-Export Path now defaults to "PASSWORDS.TXT" instead of "PASSWORD.TXT". * Minor changes to the logon screen. * When the PC running Password Corral was set to use large system fonts, the Options dialog would resize itself incorrectly when displayed, covering up the 'Done' and 'Cancel' buttons, as well as the path-browse button for the Auto Export feature. This bug has been fixed. See BUGS.TXT for more information. * Clicking or right-clicking on open space in the password list, after first having clicked on a password in the list, would leave the cut, copy and delete toolbar buttons enabled. If they were then used without a password being selected an error would occur. This bug has been fixed. * When focus was on the Comments field on the main password window, whether text in the Comments box was selected or not, the Cut and Delete toolbar buttons would remain enabled. This bug has been fixed. * Changes to the README.TXT file. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v2.3.1.24 - 2/4/99: * Pressing a lower case "p" in the username field of the logon form would bring up the on-line help and not register in the field. This bug has been fixed. New in v2.3.0.23 - 2/2/99: * New hot key added (ESC key) to minimize the main window. Good for quickly hiding your open password list from "shoulder surfers". * More new hot keys added including CTRL+N to bring up the "Add New Password" dialog. * Notes panel on the main window now allows you to scroll and select text. * Notes panel on the main window now adheres to your standard Windows color scheme instead of the light-yellow color. * The password edit box is no longer masked out in the New and Edit password dialog boxes. As a result, you no longer have to verify the password in either of these dialogs. * Key menu entries now have their respective icons next to them. * New logon screen. * Changes to the README.TXT file. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v2.2.0.16 - 1/18/99: * The password list can now be sorted by description, username or password. Set from the Options dialog or by clicking on the password list's column headers. * Status bar added to show total passwords in list. * Refresh of the password list is now faster. * Resizing the password list by using the splitter bar now occurs in real-time. * New hot key added to open the Options dialog (F2). * Resizing the password list with the splitter bar to it's minimum size would cause the list to disappear entirely and no longer be visible upon restarts of the program. This bug had been fixed. See BUGS.TXT for more information. * The Add New and Edit Password dialogs would allow you to enter negative values for the password expiration interval and days till expiration values. This bug has been fixed. * The browse button in the Options dialog remained enabled even when the auto-export feature was disabled. This bug has been fixed. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v2.1.0.14 - 1/13/99: * New 'Export' tab added to the Options dialog. * You can now set Password Corral to perform an automatic export of your password list when you exit the program. * Updated on-line and What's This help. New in v2.0.5.13 - 12/15/98: * Password Corral is now Year 2000 ready. Note to users with non-US date formats: The method which Password Corral uses to handle dates internally has changed. If you're using a date format other than the standard US format, the first time you start Password Corral it will not warn you about expired passwords and will not update days till expiration for existing passwords. This will only occur the first time you start the new version. If you have any other problems with password expiration warnings or Y2K please contact us immediately. New in v2.0.4.12 - 12/9/98: * Password expiration dates would sometimes fail to update and expiration messages may not appear. This bug has been fixed. New in v2.0.3.10 - 12/1/98: * Password export files would fail to import properly if any of the passwords had a carriage return on the "Notes" field. This bug has been fixed. Re-export your passwords using this new version to create a valid export file. This new version of Password Corral will read old export files, but will still generate errors if the old export file contains carriage returns. See the BUGS.TXT file for more information on importing "corrupted" older export files. * Password Corral would corrupt usernames that were imported if the current master password was different from the password that created the export file. This bug has been fixed. * Password Corral would still generate some unneeded registry entries. This bug has been fixed. * Added a BUGS.TXT file to the install. This file contains information on known bugs in Password Corral as well as information on fixed bugs and workarounds. * Minor changes to the README.TXT file. New in v2.0.2.9 - 10/23/98: * Changing your logon password could potentially add unneeded entries in the registry. This bug has been fixed. * Minor changes to the README.TXT file. New in v2.0.1.8 - 9/23/98: * Password Corral would generate an error and prevent the password list from appearing if PC was using a local date format different from the standard US date format. This bug has been fixed. New in v2.0.0.7 - 9/10/98: * System/Username field has now been split into two separate fields called Description and Username. Now you can keep the username that goes along with a password separate from the description or notes section. The new username field is encrypted as well. * Passwords can now have expiration dates. A visual warning will be given each time Password Corral is started for passwords that have expired or are past expiration. * You can now print your password list. * The notes panel can now be resized. * Pressing the Return key when a password item is selected will now bring up the Edit Password window. * Password Corral v2.0 can import v1.5.x password export files. * Password Corral no longer creates blank entries in the registry for fields that have no data in them (e.g. comments, etc.). * When editing a password, the selected entry is now updated in the password list instead of a full list refresh being performed. * Uninstalling Password Corral will now remove all existing user accounts and password lists from the registry. * Selecting "Change Logon Password" when there were no passwords in the password list would allow you to select a new password, but then generate a program error. The new password was saved to the registry but Password Corral became hung in a dialog box. This bug has been fixed. * Selecting the File menu when there were no passwords in the password list left the "Import Passwords" item grayed out and unselectable (though the toolbar button still functioned). This bug has been fixed. * After selecting "Show Passwords", the hourglass would still be displayed when the pointer was moved over certain areas of the main window. This bug has been fixed. * Updated on-line and What's This help New in v1.5.2.62 - 7/14/98: * It was possible to create a new user account with the same name as an existing account. Though there was no breach of security (you'd still have to know the other user's password), it would render the existing password list unreadable. This bug has been fixed. * When changing your logon password, Password Corral appeared to freeze, when in actuality it was re-encrypting your passwords in the background. The hourglass and a progress meter are now displayed. * Reduced the size of the logon screen. * Logon screen graphic now resizes to the window size (for non-standard system font sizes). * Added hi-color program icon. New in v1.5.1.60 - 5/20/98: * Passwords are now sorted in the main window by system name. * The currently selected password now remains selected when the "Show Passwords" menu item is toggled. * Minimizing the main window would cause it to appear on the desktop as opposed to the taskbar. This bug has been fixed. * The import progress bar would sometimes reset itself while importing passwords. This bug has been fixed. * Navigating through the password list with the arrow keys would not update the comments field on the main window. This bug has been fixed. New in v1.5.0.56 - 4/29/98: * Pressing the 'Exit' button on the login form would cause the main Password Corral window to quickly appear and then disappear before the application terminated. This bug has been fixed. * After completing an import, the hourglass would still be displayed when the pointer was moved over certain areas of the main window. This bug has been fixed. New in v1.5.0.55 RC - 4/2/98: * Ground-up recode in new programming language * Much smaller disk footprint than previous version - Doesn't require any external DLL's to run! * Replaced DES encryption with Diamond2 encryption - up to 128-bit keys and much more secure than DES -= Old password export files won't work with this new version...sorry =- * Export now uses standard Win95 common dialog box * Import now works without changing your current password * New toolbar appearance * Faster screen redraws * Updated on-line and What's This help New in v1.0.0 - 6/6/97: * Added 'Option' button to the toolbar * Added hyperlink to Cygnus Productions web page to the 'About' screen * Added full on-line and What's This help New in v0.92.0 - 5/14/97: * New Import/Export routines. Fixes bug that prevented some passwords from being imported. -= You MUST export your current passwords and import them back in before doing anything else in this new version =- * New comments field added for passwords * Added toolbar * New 'Delete All' menu added to the 'Edit' menu * PC now remembers it's window size, position and column widths between sessions New in v0.91.0 - 5/6/97: * Added 'Edit' menu with new options * You can now Cut or Copy passwords to the Windows clipboard via the 'Edit' menu or standard Windows key strokes (CTRL+X and CTRL+C) * You can now delete a password via the 'Edit' menu or by pressing the delete (DEL) key * New 'Options' menu added to the 'View' menu * You can now turn the delete warning for passwords on and off via the 'Options' menu * You can now have PC clear the contents of the clipboard on exit by checking the box via the 'Options' menu New in v0.90.1 - 4/25/97: * Changed name of application from 'Password Keeper' to 'Password Corral' after discovering an application on the Internet that already has the name Password Keeper New in v0.90.0 - 4/23/97: * Initial public beta release. See the README.TXT file for information on the features of Password Keeper