Property - Override URL on Groups

[David Meier]

Is there any way to set the property 'Override URL' on the group level?
Or - at least - to assing this property for all entries in a group using some kind of 'mass update'?

If not yet possible, any plans to add this property on group level?

regards
david

[Paul]

Not for a group.
You could create a global over-ride, then use that prefix in the URL of entries in the group.
Tools > Options > Integration > URL Overrides.

cheers, Paul

[David Meier]

Thanks for your answert. That's not what i would need, since i still would have to modify all entries in the group to use this override.
i'm looking for a solution where i could do this with only one modifictation. That's why i ask for something on the group level.
regards
david

[wellread1]

You can use XML Replace to update all URL Overrides in a group. Selece Tools>Database Tools>XML Replace... from the KeePass menu.

IMPORTANT Backup your database before making major changes.

The following XML Replace example (offered without warranty) will replace the URL override with cmd://{INTERNETEXPLORER} "{URL}" in every entry contained in all groups named test:

Select nodes:	//Group[Name='test']/Entry/OverrideURL
Action:	Replace Data
Data:	Inner text
Find what:	^.*$
Replace with:	cmd://{INTERNETEXPLORER} "{URL}"
Regular Expressions:	Activated

[Luigi Kang]

Hi, since a group can have subgroups, I'm curious about what to do with selecting groups.
Continuing from the above example, if the group structure is like this:
parent1
--test
--someOtherTestGroup1
parent2
--test
--someOtherTestGroup2

Will the above code replace nodes under test of both parent1 and parent2?

How can one select nodes to replace all groups under parent1?

[Paul]

As long as the group name only matches "parent1" then it will only change parent1 and sub groups.
The group selection is off the root, hence the double backslash. If you want to be more specific you can add sub group identifiers: //Group[Name='test']/Group[Name='sub-test']/Entry/OverrideURL

cheers, Paul

[Luigi Kang]

Hi, thank you for pointing out how to change nodes under specific subgroups. For nodes under root\test\sub-test //Group[Name='test']/Group[Name='sub-test']/Entry/... does change the nodes, however, as I just tested out, //Group[Name='test']/Entry/... does not (the latter only changes nodes under root\test).

[Paul]

Probably need to use a wildcard for the sub-group, but this won't work at multiple levels.
//Group[Name='test']/Group[Name='.*']/Entry/OverrideURL
I suspect KPScript does the same, but you could test it anyway.

cheers, Paul

[Luigi Kang]

After some testing, given a structure of
root
-parent1
--test
--someOtherTestGroup1
---level3
-parent2
--test
--someOtherTestGroup

Using, XML Replace, to match entries under children of 'parent1', aka 'test' and 'someOtherTestGroup1', and not grandchildren, aka 'level3':
//Group[Name='parent1']/*/Entry/...

To match entries under children of 'parent1', and their descendents, including 'level3':
//Group[Name='parent1']//*/Entry/...

To match entries under children of 'parent1', and their descendents, including 'level3', including entries under 'parent1':
//Group[Name='parent1']/descendant-or-self::Entry/...

[Paul]

Thanks for working that out.

cheers, Paul