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Just released is a beta version of Password Corral v3.4.3. The
primary new feature is more import options. You can now merge
your existing password list with an import in three different
ways. Because the import code had to have a significant number
of changes, I felt it was prudent to release a beta first
instead of releasing it directly as a final version.
The most important thing to remember about the new import
options is how they determine when a password being imported
is the same as an existing one. The current version of Password
Corral, including this beta, does not create a unique identifier
for each password entry - that makes it difficult to know when
two passwords are really the same. Password Corral 4.0 will
rectify this by creating unique IDs for each password so that
they can imported and identified accurately. Until then, the
compromise is to key the import comparison off of the
Description field. When importing, Password Corral will compare
the Description field of each password being imported with the
descriptions of all your existing passwords (the comparison is
case insensitive). If any of the descriptions match, the passwords
are considered the same and the import option you selected will
then come into play (duplicate, discard or overwrite).
The last big thing is that as of this beta version, support for
password export files from versions of Password Corral prior
to v3.0.0 are no longer supported. v3.0.0 has been out for over
two years now, and the tradeoff in extended development time
to support the older file format for the new import features
was something I wanted to avoid. If this turns into a real
problem, support can be added, but I'd rather people upgrade
than continue to support the old format.
What I really need is for those interested to download the beta
version, test the new import features and send bug reports if
any are found. This may be the
last release of Password Corral until 4.0 arrives, so it needs
to be solid, especially these new import features. Before you
run the beta and do any kind of testing, make sure you have a
current export file of your password data tucked safely away
in case something goes horrible wrong. There is no installer for
the beta; you can overwrite your existing Password Corral files
with these, or run it along side of your existing install.
E-mail any bugs you find to the support e-mail address (check
the Contacts page).
Thanks for your continued support!
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