Re: [Passwordsafe-users] Open existing database button

[Beth F. <bj...@wa...>]

In our previous episode at 09:43 PM 4/30/02, Jim Russell wrote:
>On or about Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:20:16PM +0100, Nigel Pentland wrote:
>
> > Maybe I'm missing something but I was expecting this button
> > to work in much the same way as the old Switch database
> > button?
>
>A reasonable assumption, Nigel.  It is, in fact, designed to
>work just that way.  And it *does* work that way on my system.
>If I start the program, and click "Open existing database...",
>I get the standard Windows File Open dialog.

I have the same problem.

>Okay, first questions for you (Nigel P.)

Can I play too?

>1.  Are you running the v1.90 binary distribution that I posted
>over the weekend, or did you build from source?

Binary distribution.

>2.  What's your OS (Win95, NT, 2000, XP?)

Win 98 (the missing one in the list)

>3.  If you are comfortable with RegEdit, look in:
>
>    HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Counterpane Systems/Password Safe
>
>and let me know what's there.

(Default)       (value not set)
currentbackup   "c:\my documents\backup.bak"
currentfile     "d:\program files\password safe\temp\beth.dat"
defusername     "Beth Friedman"
deletequestion  0x00000000 (0)
dontaskquestion 0x00000001 (1)
queryaddname    0x00000001 (1)
querysetdef     0x00000000 (1)
usedefuser      0x00000000 (1)

Did you want all that?

>Next, questions for others who may be lurking...
>
>1.  Anybody else try out the beta?  (Yes, I know -- I didn't
>announce it yet.  It's there.  I'll formally announce it
>sometime this week, I promise.)

Just now, once I saw from Nigel's comments that it was available.

>2.  Does the "Open existing database..." button work for
>you?

Only if by "work" you mean "doesn't crash the computer".  It closes the 
program.  And if I give the safe combination for my current database, the 
File | Open command does nothing.  Oh, and the "Save As" command doesn't do 
anything, either.  In these cases, literally nothing -- the program stays open.



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Beth Friedman / bj...@wa...
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