Help Contents:

Working with databases

List of all your databases is displayed in the left part of the program's window. The icon which shows current state of the database is shown to the left of the database name. In case the icon is gray the database is closed, when it's yellow - opened.

Opening a database:

To open database you have to doubleclick on the needed database and enter the password in the displayed window. Also database can be opened through menu Database -> Open or popup menu which can be invoked by clicking right mouse button.
NOTE: If you open a database that already opened at other computer in write mode then this database will be opened in the read only mode. To allow concurrent write access you need to enable Concurrent write access option in database properties.

Creating new database:

To create new database select menu Database -> Create new.... Then choose database name, password and encryption algorithm(s) in the popup window. You can specify folder where this database will be stored. Also you can specify database users.

Changing settings of your database:

To change settings of your database select menu Database -> Properties.... Then change required settings in the popup window. You can change database's name, password, encryption algorithms. Also you can change folder where this database will be stored.

Saving changes in a database:

After making some changes in your database you must save them. To save changes press Save button on the toolbar or select menu Database -> Save. While closing database or the program itself you'll be automatically prompted to save all recently made changes into your database(s).

Deleting a database:

If you want to delete some database you need to open database and select Edit -> Delete menu item and confirm the operation in the popup window.
To delete an inaccessible database you need to delete its file. To do that select the database and choose Tools -> Go to databases folder menu item. Explorer window will be opened and database file will be selected. The file will be in following format: PMBaseX.dat (where X is some number). Just delete the selected file and the database will be removed from Password Manager XP.

Backup of a database:

If you want to backup some database menu Database -> Backup... and choose name and location of the backup file in the popup window.

Restoring database from backup:

To restore database from backup select menu Database -> Restore.... Then choose backup file to be restored in the popup window and press Open button. If database to be restored is already exists then you will be prompted to overwrite it or to restore as new database.

Exporting a database to file:

To export records of a database to a file select menu Database -> Export to file.... Export options window will appear. Press Browse... button and choose the target file and its type - CSV file or TXT file. The following export options are available:

Additional information:

All data inside the database is firstly compressed with zip compression method and then is sequentially encrypted by selected algorithms. At the same time information about password expiration date is not involved in the encryption process, so that the database can be easily checked for expired passwords without knowing the database's password.