The Safe Help

Overview
Start the program and exit
Create a new object
Modify an existing object
Remove an existing object
Working with the clipboard
Working with titles of fields
Working with categories
Working with encryption
Exporting the objects
Importing of objects
Troubleshooting
Registering

Overview

With The Safe you can keep track such things as serial numbers of software and devices, number, expiration date and PIN of credit cards, access codes and passwords of online services and other data. To help you find your objects quickly, you can categorize them. The categories of The Safe are independent of the categories for the builtin applications. You can edit the categories of course.

There are three areas on the screen:

• At the top you will find the menu bar on which you can select the several commands.
• Direct below on it you can see the detail view for the selected object. If you don't have entered an object at the moment, this area is empty.
• At the bottom you will see the list of objects. In this list the names of all object entered til now are displayed.

Start the program and exit

If you have used the default installation, you can start the program using Start-Programs-The Safe. If you have installed the program just now then the encryption is not activated yet and the program will startup immediately.

Tip: If you have used our program Serial Numbers, your data will be imported automatically into The Safe.

Later, if you have activated the encryption, you will be asked for the password on program start.

Enter the password you've choosen and tap on OK. The data will be decrypted while you see a progress screen.

To leave the program, please choose the command Exit from the File menu.

The data will be encrypted if you have activated the encryption.

Enter a new object

1. Choose the command 'New Object' from the File menu.

2. As category the one from the list view is selected for the moment.
3. Please select the desired category first. This will set the field titles to their defaults for that category also.
4. Enter the appropriate data into the fields.
5. If the default titles for this object are incorrect then you can change the title of a field by tapping the title or the little triangle beside it.

6. Tap on the 'Ok' button for saving the data.

Tip: Choose the appropriate category from the menu bar before entering several object for the same category. So you must not choose this category for each new object again and again.

Modify an existing object

1. Choose the command 'Modify object' from the Edit menu. You can double tap the list or single tap the detail view too.

2. Enter the appropriate data into the fields.
3. If you change the category then the field titles will be reset to their defaults for that category.
4. Independent from that you can change the title of a field by tapping the title or the little triangle beside it.
5. Tap on the 'Ok' button for saving the data.

Remove an existing object

1. Choose the command 'Remove' from the Edit menu.
2. Confirm by tapping on the 'Yes' button. You can stop the remove by tapping 'No'.

Working with the clipboard

Copy an object into the clipboard
Paste an object from the clipboard
Cut an object and move it into the clipboard
Duplicate an object

Copy an existing object into the clipboard

1. For using the data of an object in another application choose the command 'Copy' from the Edit menu.
2. Switch to the other application and choose the command 'Paste' there.
3. The first three fields of an object are inserted on separate lines. Each line will conatain the field name and the field content, separated by a tabulator. On an additional fourth line the categorie will be inserted.

Paste an existing object from the clipboard

1. In the other application there must are three lines with field name and field content, separated by a tabulator and an additional line with the categorie.
2. Switch to the other application, hilite the appropriate text and choose the command 'Copy' in that application.
3. Switch back to The Safe and choose the command 'Paste' from the Edit menu.

Tip: Don't worry about separately entering the category or the field titles. If these data are not yet present in the database then The Safe will add them automatically.

Cut an existing object and move it into the clipboard

This is similar to the Copy function but it removes the original object from The Safe after copying into the clipboard.

1. Choose the command 'Cut' from the Edit menu.
2. Switch to the other application and choose the command 'Paste' there.
3. The first three fields of an object are inserted on separate lines. Each line will conatain the field name and the field content, separated by a tabulator. On an additional fourth line the categorie will be inserted.

Duplicate an object

1. Select the desired object by a single tap into the list.
2. Choose the command 'Duplicate' from the Edit menu.
3. The object will be duplicated and the copy will be opened for modifying.

Tip: After duplicating the object will remain in the clipboard also.

Working with titles

Change the title of a field for an object
Edit the list of titles for a field
Set the default titles for a category

Change the title of a field for an object

1. To change the title of a field for an object, start to modify the appropriate object.
2. In the Modify window tap the title of the appropriate field or the little trianlge beside it and choose the new title for the field.

Tip 1: To change the titles of an object to their defaults simply re-select the category for that object.

Tip 2: If you need a field title which is not present in the list yet, you don't have to leave the input mask. Simply choose 'New...' from the combo box of the appropriate field title and enter the new title. Afterwards you can choose this title from the combo as usual.

Edit the list of titles for a field

• You can edit the list of titles for a field by choosing 'List of Titles' from the Edit menu.

• To create a new title, enter the title in the edit box beneath 'New Title' and tap the 'Add' button.
• If you want to remove a title, select it from the list and tap on 'Remove'.

Tip: Don't worry about removing a title which is used by an object. If you do so then The Safe will recover this title at next opportunity.

Set the default titles for a category

For each category you can set default titles for the fields. To do so please choose List of Categories... from the 'Edit' menu.

Working with categories

Change the category of an object
Show objects for a specified category
Edit the list of categories

Change the category of an object

1. To change the category of an object, start to modify the appropriate object.
2. In the Modify window select the desired category from the combo box at the bottom.

Show objects for a specified category

• To show the objects for a specified category select the category from the combo box in the menu bar.

• To see all objects irregardless of its category choose '- All -'.
• For a list of all objects without any category choose '- Empty -'.

Edit the list of categories

• You can edit the list of categories by choosing 'List of Categories...' from the Edit menu.

• To add a new category enter the appropriate text in the edit box next to 'New Category' and tap the 'Add' button.
• Remove a category by selecting it from the list and tapping the 'Remove' button.
• For each category you can choose which titles the fields will become by default. Simply choose Title 1 - 3 from the combo boxes after you have selected the desired category from the list.

Tip 1: If you by mistaken have removed a category which is used by an object then The Safe will recover that category at next opportunity. It is possible that you have to close and re-open The Safe for doing that.

Tip 2: If you like to create a category where the field titles are similar to an existing one, first tap the old category in the list before entering the name of the new category. This will "copy" the default titles of the old category into the new one.

Tip 3: If you need a field title which is not in the list yet, you don't have to leave the input mask. Simply choose 'New...' from the combo box of the appropriate field and enter the new title. After that you can choose this title from the combo box as usual.

Working with encryption

You can decide to encrypt the data of the objects. So no other can look into them. The encryption scheme used is Triple DES. This strong algorithm was nominated as a successor for the DES to be used in the future AES. It is very probably not to be cracked in the foreseeable time.
If you have activated the encrpytion, all the objects are encrypted on closing The Safe. On starting The Safe you will be asked for a password and the objects will be decrypted then.

The advantage of encrypting the whole data over the usual pratice of simply protecting the program by a password is that spying the data is not possible even with tools like a database explorer. We mean this makes the disadvantage of the time consuming encryption/decryption process acceptable.

Activate/Deactivate encryption
Entering the password

Activate/Deactivate encryption

• Choose 'Settings', 'Preferences' from the File menu.

• Checkmark 'Use Encryption' to achieve the encryption of the objects according to Triple DES.

• Uncheck 'Use Encryption' if you wish to save the objects in clear text on closing The Safe.

Entering the password

For maximum security please note the following:

1. Remember the password! There is no help if you lose it!
2. The more characters the password have the more secure is your data.
3. Avoid the use of normal words for passwords. Use combinations of letters, numbers and other characters instead.
4. Change the password regularly. To do so, please choose Settings/Password from the File menu.

Exporting the objects

You can export the objects into a text file by choosing the 'Export' command from the File menu. Each object will be stored in a line. A line contains in this order:

1. Title of field 1
2. Contents of field 1
3. Title of field 2
4. Contents of field 2
5. Title of field 3
6. Contents of field 3
7. Contents of the field categorie

The elements are separated by tabulators.

Importing of objects

You can import objects from a text file by choosing the 'Import' command from the File menu. Each object has to be stored on a separate line in such a file. The line must contain in this order:

1. Title of field 1
2. Contents of field 1
3. Title of field 2
4. Contents of field 2
5. Title of field 3
6. Contents of field 3
7. Contents of the field categorie

The elements has to be separated by tabulators.

Tip: Don't worry about entering the categories and titles which are in the file to import but not in the database. The Safe will complete the database with the appropriate values. Even the default titles for such new categories are created automatically.

Troubleshooting

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Registering

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