This manual provides a functional description of all PasswordWallet's features, and where possible, examples. If you're having problems, please try our PasswordWallet Frequently Asked (and Answered) Questions page.

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• How to use PasswordWallet
• Menus
• Requirements
• Installing On Palm

How to use PasswordWallet

• The PasswordWallet Main Screen

  The main screen always starts with an empty list and the lock icon in the upper left. The lock in the "locked" position notifies the user that PasswordWallet is locked.

  

  The Main Screen

• Tap the lock (or anywhere, really) to begin.

  If you have never used your PasswordWallet before, you are asked to assign a password for future access. You are asked to enter the password twice, for safety. To bring up the Palm keyboard, simply tap the small semi-circular "abc" at the bottom of the screen.

  If you have used your PasswordWallet  before, you will only have to enter your password once.

  

  Entering a password for the first time.

• The Password List displays all of the wallet entries available. If the list is larger than the screen, you can scroll up and down using the up and down hard-keys at the bottom of your Palm, or the up and down arrows which will appear on screen if necessary. Tap an item in the list to see the details on it.

  The Password List

• Find - Enter text to find in the field at the bottom of the screen, and tap the "Find" button. The "Find" is case insenstive and finds records beginning with the query you enter. To find the "Next" entry, tap the "Find" button again. If you have many records, the "Find" operation may be slow. This is because PasswordWallet must decrypt each record it searches through. PasswordWallet entries always remain encrypted until the moment they are accessed, and then only one record is decrypted at a time.
• New Tap "New" to create a new Palm entry.
• Entry Details displays the details for a single entry. This screen displays all of the fields of the single entry. Tap the "diamond" in the upper right corner to automatically insert a randomly generated password into the "Password" field.

  Entry Details

  After you have made changes, you must tap the "Done" button for them to be saved.

• Delete - Tap the "Delete" button to delete the current entry. This button is only available existing entries. The "Delete" button is absent for "New" entries.

Menus

To reveal menus, tap the "Menu" picture on the keypad at the bottom or your Palm screen.

Options Menu

• About Password Wallet - Display a box about PasswordWallet and how to find this web site.
• Help - Show a live help screen.
• Change Access Password - Once you have gained access to your passwords, use this entry to change your password. You will be asked to confirm your original password and you will be asked to type your new password twice.
• Register - This is where you enter your username and registration number after your purchase a registration number from this web site. The keypad is there to help you enter the numbers and characters necessary to complete the registration process.

Wallet Menu

• by Title - Sometimes, after synchronization, your PasswordWallet will not be sorted. Select this menu item to sort your PasswordWallet entries. This menu is only available from the Main screen.
• Reoptimize Categories - After creating many categories, some may not be assigned to any records. Select this menu item to rebuild the category menu so it contains only those categories that are in use. This menu item purges unused categories.
• Wallet Options -

  - FASTER SEARCHING AND SORTING:

  Palm PasswordWallet keeps your records encrypted at all times except the instant they are displayed. This is very secure, but sometimes slow. To help speed things up, PasswordWallet has the option to keep the first two characters of your title unencrypted. This is slightly less secure, but speeds up sorting and searching.

  If you Sync with a Macintosh, you should be sure this option is turned on on the Mac side. Otherwise the index of title prefixes will have to be rebuilt after each sync, and this can be slow.

  - BACKUP BITS:

  All data on the Palm has a backup flag. If this flag is set, and there is no conduit for the data on the PC, the data will be backed up by the Palm Desktop Backup conduit. All data with this flag set is also susceptable to remote or wireless sync hacks that can steal your data.

  If you are syncing with a Macintosh and using the PasswordWallet conduit, we recommend turning this bit off. If not, you should turn this bit on if you want your data to be backed up.

  Either way, users should consider a third party tool to back up all of the data on their Palm.

Requirements

PasswordWallet will run on any Palm Compatible PDA running PalmOS 4 or better. PasswordWallet itself with no records occupies about 80K on your Palm. The number of records is limited only by the amount of available memory you have on your PDA.

We recommend a minimum of 2MB of RAM to use PasswordWallet effectively. If you're running out of RAM it may be beacuse your notes are too large. Keeping your notes below 255 characters will considerably reduce PasswordWallet's memory requirements.

Installing On Palm

Installation on Macintosh and Windows are different.

Macintosh:

1. To unstuff the archive you will need StuffitExpander. It can be downloaded from AladdinSys.com.
2. Contained within the archive are two files: ReadMe, and PasswordWallet.prc.
3. Select "Install Handheld Files..." from the Palm Instant Menu:HotSync(R) Menu and drag the PasswordWallet.prc to the Install Files window. (If you are running Mac OS X, you can select this menu item from the "HotSync(R)" menu after double clicking the program "HotSync(R) Manager" on your hard drive.)
4. Add the file "PasswordWallet.prc" to this window.
5. The next time you synchronize, PasswordWallet will be installed on your Palm.
6. Tap "Passwords" on your Palm to execute PasswordWallet.

Windows:

1. To unzip the archive you will need WinZip. It can be downloaded from WinZip.com.
2. Contained within the archive are two files: Readme.txt, and PasswordWallet.prc.
3. Double click the Conduit Manager, and drag the PasswordWallet.prc to the Install Files screen.
4. The next time you synchronize, PasswordWallet will be installed on your Palm.
5. Tap "Passwords" on your Palm to execute PasswordWallet.