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Ascendo DataVault - BlackBerry Password Manager, Version 4, User Guide
Chapter
7.0 - Other Features
7.1 Category and Type
Management
You can Add, Edit or Delete Categories and
Types. On your BlackBerry, choose "View/Manage Categories" or "View/Manage Types"
from the screen menu. On your Desktop you can use the top row buttons or
right-click on a branch and choose from the context menu.
When you delete a Category or Type in DataVault
Desktop, you will have two options, see Figure 29.
Figure
29
The default option, "Delete all
items" will delete the items contained in the Category or Type permanently.
You can also choose to Move the items to the Unfiled Category/Type.
You can use drag & drop to move a Type from
one Category to another.
When you start DataVault for the first time,
you will see sample Categories and Types including "Unfiled".
Categories and Types default to Unfiled when adding an Item. The Unfiled
Category and Type cannot be deleted.
7.2
Filtering Items
You can filter the Items displayed on the List
View screen. On both your BlackBerry and your Desktop you will see drop down
lists for Category and Type. If you select a choice from these lists the Items
that are displayed will be reduced.
To select a Category or Type on your
BlackBerry, use the track wheel/ball to move to the current value for the field
to highlight it. Click on the space bar to cycle through the choices or click on
the track wheel/ball again and select "Change Option".
To select a Category or Type on your Desktop,
click on the down arrow next to the field value. A drop down list will appear
from which you can make a selection.
7.3 Managing Templates
DataVault contains 20 pre-defined Templates, see
Figure 30. You can add, edit or delete Templates on you BlackBerry and your
Desktop. Any modifications can be synchronized between your BlackBerry and your
Desktop.
Figure
30
To manage Templates on your BlackBerry, select
"View/Manage Templates" from the List View or Tree View screen menu.
To manage Templates on your Desktop, click on
the Templates from the row of buttons at the top of the screen.
7.4 Password Generator
If you select the Password Generator option
from the BlackBerry Edit Screen menu, DataVault will automatically generate a random password
based on your presets, see Figure 31.
Figure
31
If you choose Copy & Close, the password
will be copied to the clipboard and you will return to the Item Edit Screen.
Click on the track wheel again and select Paste to enter the password into the
current field.
By default, the Password Generator will create
passwords containing 8 letters. You can click on the check boxes to modify the
length of the password or to include numbers and punctuation marks.
Click on the Regenerate menu option to create a
new password.
The DataVault Desktop tool bar includes a button to Generate
Passwords. When you click on the button a dialog window will appear with a
randomly generated password and several options, see Figure 32.
Figure
32
You can choose the length of passwords and whether
to include Numbers or Punctuation marks. If you change an option, click on the
Regenerate button to create a new password. If you click on the Copy & Close
button, the password will be copied to the Windows clipboard and is available to
paste into any Windows application.
7.5 Importing Items
Ascendo DataVault Desktop can import data CSV (comma
separated values) format. If you use Microsoft Excel to store you data, you can
use the "Save As…" to create a CSV file.
Ascendo DataVault can import data from the
following password managers; Splash ID, CryptMagic, MiniSafe, EWallet,
CodeWallet Pro, Flex Wallet, Handy Safe, TurboPasswords, Roboform and several other 3rd
pary password managers.
To import, click on the Tools option from the
menu and select Import. Browse to the file you want to import and open the file.
A window will appear with fields used in Ascendo DataVault, see Figure 33. Click on the drop-down list to choose which value in the file should
be placed in each DataVault. For example, if you open the import file with a
text editor and is looks something example below.
Citi Bank Visa,
Personal, Credit Card, Number, 1111 2222 3333 4444, ...
Wells
Fargo MasterCard,
Business, Credit Card, Number, 5555 6666 7777 8888, ...
Then you should make the
following selections from the drop down lists in Figure 33.
- Category: <Set from CSV field #2>
- Type: <Set from CSV field #3>
- Item Name: <Set from CSV field #1>
- Field1 Name: <Set from CSV field #4>
- Field1 Value: <Set from CSV field #5>
- ...
Figure
33
To import from
RoboForm, save your RoboForm items in an .HTM file using the
"Print" menu and then import the file into DataVault using Tools
> Import > RoboForm menu.
Ascendo DataVault for BlackBerry
can import items from BlackBerry Notes and from BlackBerry Contacts.
To import an item from a
BlackBerry Note, select Import BlackBerry Memo from the List/Tree View screen
menu. You will be prompted to select the Category and Type in which to store the
item. DataVault will display the first BlackBerry note and give you options to
Import & Delete, Skip or Exit back to DataVault.
To import a BlackBerry contact,
open the BlackBerry Address Book, lookup a contact and select View from the
screen menu. Then click on the track ball/wheel to display the screen menu and
select Copy to DataVault.
7.6 Exporting Items
The DataVault Desktop can export
items in Comma Separated Values files (*.CSV) or in DataVault Exchange files (*.DVX).
CSV files are is a standard format used to exchange files between productivity
applications like Excel. DataVault Exchange files are password protected,
encrypted files that can be used to share items with other DataVault users.
When you choose Export from the
DataVault Tools menu, a window dialogue box will appear asking if you want to
export All Items, Current Item or Selected Items. Selecting All Items will
export the entire DataVault database. Selecting Current Item will export the
highlighted row in List View. To export Selected Items, you must first choose a
subset of items by holding down the Control Key (CTRL) and clicking on several
items.
DataVault for BlackBerry only
allows exporting items via email in DataVault Exchange Format. You can only send
one item at a time.
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