Password Retriever Help

# Import services from a text file

Password Retriever can import a variety of data formats from flat text files. This includes, but is not limited to, tab-delimited, CSV and Koingo Software Contact Keeper 4.x database files.

Importing from a regular flat text file

1. Open or create a database for the results of the import to be placed.
2. Choose Import... from the Service menu.
3. Locate the text file to work with and click Open.
4. Choose both the field and record delimiters, or specify custom values.
5. If importing from a CSV file, you may need to check the Strip Quotes box.
6. Click the first row in the list of fields.
7. Type in the field name you want this data inserted to, or choose one of the pre-existing values from the popup-menu.
8. Choose the type of field that will hold this data.
9. Click Assign.
10. Repeat steps 6 through 9 for each row.
11. Use the arrow buttons to navigate through the records in the file, ensuring the fields have been properly "mapped."
12. Click Import.

Importing from a Contact Keeper 4.x database file

1. Open or create a database for the results of the import to be placed.
2. Choose Import... from the Service menu.
3. Locate the .con Contact Keeper database file to work with and click Open. By default, it used to be stored in your Home/Documents folder.
4. If you need to preserve Contact-specific field names, check "Disregard field mapping (below) and use Contact Keeper settings." Otherwise, follow steps 6 through 11 in the above list and continue.
5. Click Import.

If you use the name "Category" as the field name, the category for the service will be set to the contents of that field. If the category does not already exist in your database, the service will be tossed into the Unfiled category until the category it references is created by you. Unmapped fields will be ignored.

Fields which are not assigned will not be imported (unless importing a Contact Keeper database and "Disregard field mapping (below) and use Contact Keeper settings" is checked). However, empty fields will be imported if they have an assignment. To clear an assignment, click the row and press the delete key.