It is possible to run two copies of Encrypt-it at the same time, however, you can't start these two copies from the Extras bar.
Do this: run the first copy from the Extras bar. Go to the system screen, and locate the encrypted file that you want to process, and if you press Enter, a second copy of Encrypt-it! is launched with this file.
This way you can Quick Update several files at the same time, while each copies of Encrypt-it! are waiting in the background.
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The encrypted file contains the header of the program itself. So if you are not inside of the program, and locate the file on the system screen, you can quickly decrypt it. Just press enter on the filename or tap two times with the stylus, and the file will launch Encrypt-it! The main dialog will be bypassed, bringing you instantly to the password dialog.
NOTE: The decryption will be performed using the settings of the Preferences file. E.g. if you want to Quick Update every time you use the Quick Decrypt function, open the program from the Extras bar, and click "Quick Update" in the Preferences dialog.
1. Select the file you want to decrypt. It will be a file with a # sign at the end of the filename.
2. Check "Delete original" if you want to delete the decrypted version of the file after the original file is re-created.
3. You don't have to change the "File type" and the "Encryption mode", because they are read from the file header. Their actual state is indifferent.
4. Select the desired "Action when done". If you select "Quick Update", then the file will also be launched after decryption, then encrypted again. Please read under "Quick Update".
5. Click on "Go!" or press Enter.
6. Enter the password (5-16 characters). Make sure that you enter the password that you used to encrypt the file.
7. Press "Enter".
To read encrypted text, e-text and opl files you can now use Jean-Luc Damnet's excellent VReader5 linked with Encrypt-it!
Select "VReader5 document" as the file type upon encrypting. From now on the file header contains this special tag, and you can read the files easily using the Quick Update function. Even better, the files won't be recrypted since these documents are not modified, saving you time.
Note: If an other copy of VReader5 was already running, it will be closed for safety reasons.
VReader5 won't allow you to open a different file when you read the file passed by Encrypt-it. Moreover, it will display the icon of Encrypt-it!, and by clicking it you can easily recrypt the file.
* Thanks to all the nice folks who sent me comments or suggestions, or helped me testing Encrypt-it!, particularly Rick Peters, Mark Ulrich and Jean-Luc Damnet.
* Thanks to Jean-Luc Damnet, the author of the really excellent VReader5 for his cooperation in developing a link with his program. If you didn't try his program yet, do it right now, it is amazing!
* Thanks to Christian Bruss, who translated the whole program into German.
* My biggest thanks to all the people who already registered this program.
* And last but not least thanks to you for trying Encrypt-it! :-)
Peter Csutora
A good encryption is relying very much on you. Please don't use too short passwords, and passwords that are very easy to guess by people who know you. Try to create a password containing special characters (numbers, signs like $#%^@!*<~{, alternating capitals and lower case letters, etc.). The program is prepared to the case if you use the same password on more than one file, but to get the best results use a unique password each time!
Don't forget the password! If you forget it, nobody can help you to recover your file.
Also, before the first real use test the program if it works on your machine perfectly. Do this: create a dummy Word file, then encrypt it. Delete the original file, then decrypt the scrambled version. If you get back the same Word file, then everything is OK. If not, then please contact me immediately.
Registered users of Encrypt-it! are entitled to receive free upgrades via the internet or on floppy disk, as they become available.
For details on how to get latest version see "Palmscape Customer Support". If you do not have access to the internet send a stamped addressed envelope with a PC formatted floppy disk to the address shown.
Please note that the free upgrades offer excludes postage fees & hardware costs.
This help file gives an outline of some of Encrypt-it!'s main features. If you require further help or information on any Palmscape product you can contact support via any of the following:
Internet:
The Palmscape Homepage on the worldwide web is located at http://www.palmscape.com. The latest versions of all Palmscape products are available from here, as well as general information relating to EPOC palmtop computers.
You can also send requests or questions directly to the author via email: peter@palmscape.com
Postal support:
The Palmscape address is:
182 Bromham Road
Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4BP
United Kingdom
Encrypt-it! is Copyright
1998 Palmscape and Peter Csutora.
All rights reserved.
Encrypt-it!, including all related program files may not be altered in any way. Reverse Translation is expressly forbidden without written permission of the author.
Registered users may install the software on an unlimited number of machines so long as they are for their own use exclusively.
Although Encrypt-it! is shareware, you are encouraged to pass the distribution .ZIP file to your friends and colleague, registered copies may not be lent, sold or rented without the express written permission of the author.
Palmscape and the author cannot and does not accept any liability for loss caused by error, defect or failure of the software including any loss of any kind.
No guarantee is either offered or implied by Palmscape or the author. Use of this software is entirely at your own risk.
How to Register
Encrypt-it! is a SHAREWARE program. Shareware means that you have a trial period of 20 days in which you test the program to see if you like it and want to use it. If you do want to keep it, you must register with us. The program is fully working, there are no restrictions, so we can only count on your honesty. Play fair with shareware!
Registration is very simple, and it can be done in two ways:
1. By Post: Send 12 UK pounds (or 20 US dollars) cash / UK cheque / Money Order payable to "Palmscape" to Palmscape, 182 Bronham Rd, Bedford, MK40 4BP, United Kingdom. If you want to receive your personalised password via regular mail, include a self-addressed and stamped envelope as well.
2. Register online: Visit our homepage at http://www.palmscape.com, and select "Register" to register using your credit card.
Soon after registration you will receive a password by E-mail (or snail mail if you send an envelope) for the name you supply. All you have to do then is to type exactly that name and password in the registration dialog.
Registration will remove the registration reminder screens. Also, registered users will receive an E-mail whenever a new version is available for downloading. Of course, you won't have to re-register for any future versions. Furthermore, registered users are entitled to E-mail technical support, and they will have a right to ask for improvements. And of course registration will help me to develop applications for Psion computers (I'm a family man :-)
1. Select the file you want to encrypt.
2. Check "Delete original" if you want to delete the original file after enrypting it. Of course, you can get back the file by decrypting the scrambled version.
3. Select the required file type. This will affect Quick Update. Leave on standard if you are not sure.
4. Select the required encryption mode.
5. Select the desired "Action when done".
6. Click on "Go!" or press Enter.
7. Enter the password (5-16 characters). Re-enter it in the bottom line.
8. Press "Enter".
The original filename will be used for the new file, only a # sign will be added to the filename.
NOTE: The Quick Update function does not do anything at the encryption step even if you selected it, read under "Quick Update" how to use it.
Don't try to encrypt a file that has a # sign at the end of the filename. Encrypt-it! will try to decrypt these files. If you have such a file and want to encrypt it, please rename it first (replace the # with something else).
Low Security: This mode does not offer too much security, but it is much faster than the High Security mode. It is intended for everyday use, to password protect Data and Agenda files, or just to hide away the contents of less sensitive files.
High Security: Although this mode is slower, use this if you really want to protect something. In this mode the program uses a well-known encryption algorithm (RC4) and one-way hash function (MD2). Please contact me for more details.
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Use the preferences dialog to set the defaults you use most. Please note that these settings are also used if you start the program by clicking on a file (see "Quick Decryption").
Initial file folder: Please select the folder name where you want initially to look for files.
Delete original file: Select it if you want the program to delete the original file after encryption, or the encrypted file after decryption. Note: when you do a Quick Update, the decrypted (and only temporarily used) file wil always be deleted.
Encryption mode: See elsewhere in the Help.
Action when done: Select your favourite, but don't forget that this also affects the Quick Decrypt mode.
Beep: The program will beep after encryption or decryption. The volume will be same as the volume at the main control panel of your Psion. Select the beep type you like.
This function means: Decrypt - Open - Recrypt if changed.
Basically, if you store your phonebook or agenda in an encrypted form, this is your function. Select "Quick Update" in the "Action when done" selector box, and pres"Go!". After the file was decrypted, the file will be opened by the application that created it, and you can make the modifications. When you are done, exit the application, and the file will be encrypted automatically using the same password. The decrypted version will always be deleted.
If you did not make any modifications to the file, it won't be recrypted, since you already have that version. This will save you lots of time.
The Quick Update function also works in the "Quick Decryption" mode, where you run Encrypt-it! by clicking on the file at the system screen. But, make sure that you selected "Quick Update" in the Preferences dialog in a previous session.
NOTES: The "standard" file type setting applies to all recognized file types (see under "File types"). To use Html, JPG, MBM or VReader5 files please select one of them as the file type at the encryption step.
If a file has no Psion header, and you try to run Quick Update, a short error message will apear saying "Record is too large", and you will be moved back to the main screen.
Quick Update does not work on not encrypted files, for obvious reasons.
Also note, that Encrypt-it! is waiting for the completion of the application that it has launched. So if you use don't close it, you can't use Encrypt-it! directly to process any other file. Also never open a new file from the application launched by Encrypt-it!, because upon exiting Encrypt-it! can't process the file to be re-encrypted this way.
If you need to know what application is Encrypt-it! waiting for, just switch to Encrypt-it! (task list), and it will tell it to you.
If you use Quick Update, be sure that you don't open any files using File>Open from the application launched by Encrypt-it! If you do so, Encrypt-it! can't get back th control upon exiting the application, re-encryption is not possible, and Encrypt-it! looks frozen.
In this case, you have to "kill" Encrypt-it! To do it switch to it (Extras bar or task list), then press Ctrl+Esc. The program will terminate.
If you have any trouble, please contact me at peter@palmscape.com.
* JPG and MBM support through MBMView.
* The first screen is not displayed any more for registered users, only a quick splash screen appears for a second.
* Other small changes. NoteIt added to the file types recognized by Quick Update.
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Please note that the free upgrades offer excludes postage fees & hardware costs.
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If you upgrade from version 1.3, just replace the files in the \system\apps\encrypt\ folder with the new ones. There was no file format change since version 1.2.
If you upgrade from version 1.2 to 1.22:
1. Copy the files ps.opo and ps.mbm to c:\system\opl\
2. Delete all files in the \system\apps\encrypt\ folder, except of encrypt.reg (if you are a registered user).
3. Copy all the remaining files of the new version into this folder.
If you upgrade from version 1.0 or 1.1 please do the following:
1. Decrypt all your files using the old version.
2. Copy the files ps.opo and ps.mbm to c:\system\opl\
3. Delete all files in the \system\apps\encrypt\ folder, except of encrypt.reg (if you are a registered user).
4. Copy all the remaining files of the new version into this folder.
5. Run Encrypt-it!, and encrypt all your files again.
This procedure is very important, because the file format has been changed, and you probably don't want to lose any old files.
If you had any problem in the upgrading process, just let me know, and I can help you.
This new, exciting mode will hopefully save you a lot of time. Select it from the main dialog, and then the Batch mode file selector dialog will appear. Select a file or folder, and press "add file" or "add folder" to add it to the list. You will see the name of the file(s) that are added to the list. Note: if you add a folder, all files in the folder will be added to the list, but subfolders are not added.
In the dialog you can follow the number of files and their added size. You can select up to 100 files altogether, even encrypted or decrypted files at the same time.
When you added all the files, press "Done" and a second dialog will apear. Enter the password, select if the originals should be deleted, select the encryption mode, and select the "action when done". Quick Update is not selectable, because there is no way updating 100 files at once. :-)
Note: make sure that all the files that you encrypt are of the standard type. You can't individually specify Html or JPG or VReader5 files, al files will be encrypted as "standard".
When ready, press Go! and the list will be processed. If the program finds an open file (opened in Word, etc.), it will give you a note and bypass the file. The progress indicator will show the cumulative progress, not the progress of individual files. The processed filename is also displayed.
This way, you can easily encrypt / decrypt (even mixed) many files at once.
Changes since version 1.3:
* Batch mode: select up to 100 files from any folders, even entire folders, then encrypt/decrypt them using a single push of a button. You can even mix files to be encrypted and files to be decrypted in the list!
* JPG and MBM support through MBMView.
* The first screen is not displayed any more for registered users, only a quick splash screen appears for a second.
* Other small changes. NoteIt added to the file types recognized by Quick Update. 5Time and 5Xpense also added, they will work with the next update of 5Time and 5Xpense.
The following file types are recognized by the Quick Update function:
If you use a file type that is not listed, let me know, and I can include it in a next version.
Html files are supported through HtmlEdit98.
JPG and MBM files are supported through MBMView.
Text and e-text files are supported through VReader5, see under "Vreader5 support".
Note: If you want to use these file types with Quick Update, be sure to select them at the "File type" box when encrypting.
v1.4:
* Batch mode: select up to 100 files from any folders, even entire folders, then encrypt/decrypt them using a single push of a button. You can even mix files to be encrypted and files to be decrypted in the list!
* JPG and MBM support through MBMView.
* The first screen is not displayed any more for registered users, only a quick splash screen appears for a second.
* Other small changes. NoteIt added to the file types recognized by Quick Update. 5Time and 5Xpense also added, they will work with the next update of 5Time and 5Xpense.
v1.3: Html support through HtmlEdit98. Progress indicator window had a major facelift. The program is now marketed by Palmscape. Changes to the task list display.
v1.22: New file types: Easynote, PsiList, S5Task, S5Fuel and S5Notes.
v1.2: The file format has been changed. 500-700% speed increase. Filetype recorded in the header. Smart Quick Update: it only decrypts if the file had been changed. Password size limited to 16 characters. The file is now decrypted into the folder where its encrypted version is located. New file types for Quick Update: Concept!, Timeplan, Plan, MyCar, S5Bank, ABP, PsiBio.
v1.1: Cooperation with Jean-Luc Damnet's excellent VReader5. New file types added: Sketch, Record, Comms, DP5Bank, Statistics and Chess. "Go!" button in the main dialog replaces encrypt/decrypt buttons. The # sign is now added to the filename.
v1.0 final: Quick Update for Data, Word, Sheet, Agenda and Program files. 300% speed increase. Preferences dialog added. Two encryption modes, high and low security type.
v1.0 beta3: Quick Decrypt. Password masking under 16 characters. Password checking (checksum). The file format has been changed.
v1.0 beta: First release: Dec 26, 1997
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On the main dialog these keys can be used if you don't use the pen:
* Enter: "Go!" button: encrypt or decrypt depending on the name of the file.
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