KeyringEditor 1.2


KeyringEditor will read and write database files in the file format used by the original Keyring for Palm OS application. It lets you securely store secret information. Use it to store passwords, online logins, account numbers or anything you want to store securely.

KeyringEditor is a Java program. You will first need to install the Java Runtime Environment on your machine if it is not already installed. See https://www.java.com/download/. Enter the command "java -version" on the command line to see if Java is already installed.

To install KeyringEditor, unzip KeyringEditor-1-2.zip and move the folder to a sensible place on your machine. On Windows you might add a folder to C:\Program Files or just create one somewhere (I use C:\Utilities). On a Mac the applications folder makes sense.

If you are upgrading from a previous version of KeyringEditor just replace your existing KeyringEditor folder with the new one.

Launch the program by double-clicking on the file KeyringEditor.jar. (You can also launch the program from the command line with: java -jar KeyringEditor.jar.)

If you would like to launch the program from a desktop icon, create one in the normal way. On Windows right-click on the file KeyringEditor.jar, drag it to the desktop, release and select "create shortcut here." The Mac does not support launching a java program from an icon but just type "KeyringEditor" into the finder spotlight and double-click KeyringEditor.jar.

If the Mac will not let you open the app because it is from an "unidentified developer"

  o In the Finder, locate KeyringEditor.jar.
  o Dont use Launchpad to do this. Launchpad doesnt allow you to access the shortcut menu.
  o Click KeyringEditor.jar while pressing the Control key.
  o Choose Open from the shortcut menu.
  o Click Open.

KeyringEditor will be saved as an exception to the security settings on your Mac, and you will be able to open it in the future by double-clicking it, just like any registered app.

In Linux to run KeyringEditor by double clicking on the program icon, you may need to right-click on the icon, select "open with" select "custom" and type in java -jar.

The file keyringeditor.ini contains a few configuration parameters you can change with a text editor:

TitleSeparator: defines a character that can be used in the title field to group entries together,

CsvSeparator defines the character used to separate entries in the output of the Tools/Save to CSV file menu option,

PasswordTimeout allows you to change the amount of idle time, in minutes, before the application locks.

The file keyringeditor.ini must be located in the same folder as KeyringEditor.jar.
