KeeFox 0.7 Beta released
Monday, 21 December 2009 20:22
KeeFox version 0.7 Beta has been released. Please see http://keefox.org for more information and opportunities to keep up to date with KeeFox news from now on.
I am very keen to get feedback from a wide range of users on a variety of Windows systems so please take a look if you can spare the time. There are still some known bugs and some missing features (and probably many unknown issues) so please check the issue tracker to see if any issues you encounter have already been reported and then let me know what you think. There are more details and a link to the issue tracker at http://keefox.org where you can also subscribe to the RSS news feed for future updates.
I'll post here when the 1.0 final version is ready but the main source for KeeFox news from now on will be the new official website at http://keefox.org
I am very keen to get feedback from a wide range of users on a variety of Windows systems so please take a look if you can spare the time. There are still some known bugs and some missing features (and probably many unknown issues) so please check the issue tracker to see if any issues you encounter have already been reported and then let me know what you think. There are more details and a link to the issue tracker at http://keefox.org where you can also subscribe to the RSS news feed for future updates.
I'll post here when the 1.0 final version is ready but the main source for KeeFox news from now on will be the new official website at http://keefox.org
KeePass PLGX build automation
Sunday, 20 September 2009 13:27
One of KeePass Password Safe's strengths is the ability to install plugins. This keeps the main application simple and hence (potentially) more secure. Developing plugins for KeePass and installing them has always been pretty straight forward but starting with KeePass 2.09 there is a new plugin format which now means that your plugins will not need to be re-compiled every time a new version of KeePass is released. If enough plugin authors migrate their plugins to this new format then this should gradually remove some of the barriers that discourage users from promptly upgrading to the latest version of KeePass.
This article outlines how I moved my KeeICE plugin to the new format and shows how the PLGX build can be integrated with Visual Studio. (KeeICE is the KeePass plugin that the KeeFox firefox add-on communicates with - a beta release is (still) not far away).
This article outlines how I moved my KeeICE plugin to the new format and shows how the PLGX build can be integrated with Visual Studio. (KeeICE is the KeePass plugin that the KeeFox firefox add-on communicates with - a beta release is (still) not far away).
KeeFox 0.6 released
Sunday, 08 March 2009 22:15
KeeFox 0.6 is ready. I'd still consider it alpha quality but would be interested to hear any success (or failure) stories so that a relatively stable and complete beta version can be released (in maybe a few months). The install process should be quick enough for you to have a quick play with it but (of course) make sure you have a backup of your KeePass database before you begin.
If you have installed previous versions of the KeeFox XPI or the KeeICE KeePass plugin please remove them first and make sure you are running KeePass 2.07 (although if you do not have KeePass installed yet, KeeFox will do that for you).
If you have installed previous versions of the KeeFox XPI or the KeeICE KeePass plugin please remove them first and make sure you are running KeePass 2.07 (although if you do not have KeePass installed yet, KeeFox will do that for you).
KeeFox 0.5 released
Sunday, 08 March 2009 22:15
KeeFox 0.5 is ready. It is still not a finished product but in some cases you will be able to install the Firefox add-on and successfully step through the setup process. If you do that, you should see the basic functionality working fairly well (saving and loading passwords via Firefox).
I would not (and indeed do not) yet trust this software with my important passwords. I know of no way that data could be lost or exposed but it is simply not mature enough for me to guarantee that there will be no problems. So keep backups of everything and don't let anything too sensitive near it just in case.
Go to the KeeFox website to find a link to the firefox addon and the full details of this release.
I would not (and indeed do not) yet trust this software with my important passwords. I know of no way that data could be lost or exposed but it is simply not mature enough for me to guarantee that there will be no problems. So keep backups of everything and don't let anything too sensitive near it just in case.
Go to the KeeFox website to find a link to the firefox addon and the full details of this release.
Visual Studio 2008 installer project tips
Thursday, 29 January 2009 22:35
No doubt there are entire teams of people dedicated to understanding the Microsoft Windows installer system (.msi files) but for me it is just a means to an end. I didn't find it a particularly accessible technology so from the point of view of someone interested in deploying the output from a Visual Studio 2008 project onto end user systems, here are a couple of the gotchas I came across.
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