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[Brendan]

Hello Satman,

This is odd. Are you talking about the 4 digit pin code? Or the encryption key? The pin code is stored in the secure keychain on the iPhone. When you delete an app, it deletes the keychain entries. So it’s odd that it’s asking you for your pin code. If it’s the encryption key that you’re being asked for and you’ve enabled full-database encryption, then there’s nothing that can be done to recover the data without entering the correct encryption key. But you would have had to have typed in the correct encryption key when you encrypted the database in the first place.

So, is it the 4 digit pin code or the encryption key that’s not working?

Thanks,

Brendan

[Anonymous]

I’m having trouble with this… I’ve hidden and then unhidden a form and now I can’t seem to find the filled in records that it’s telling me exist. I tap on a previously hidden form and there’s no records. Then I create a new record and it disappears. Not sure how to recover these forms – I can’t even manage to export them. Suggestions?

[jeff.poste]

I just bought Tap Forms after looking at many different, but similar applications. My compliments on a very creative, well designed, and artfully implemented application.

I would like to store password and other confidential / sensitive information in Tap Forms, but the one thing that is making me hold off on that is that if perchance I lost my phone, there is no way to make sure that the data is does not fall into the wrong hands.

I would ideally like to see 2 data security features added to Tap Forms which, I think, would make it virtually perfect.

1. An access pass code that is an alphanumeric password (much like the encryption key)instead of a 4 number PIN code – for obvious security reasons.

2. An extra option on your lockout time list such that if you entered the password wrong more than ‘X’ times, the program would self destruct / erase / shred all data without any notice – until after it was done. I would personally set it to erase on the second bad try. If you erased it yourself by mistake, you could always recover using a restore from your PC or MAC.

An extra security option for (2) would be to set the phone to erase your data if you did not successfully sign onto Tap Forms at least once every ‘X’ days. Any successful sign on would reset the counter. Of course, you would want to alert the user with a warning of some sort (email, window on the screen, etc) if they were getting close to the security time window. With this option, you could be sure that your security would hold off a thief at least until the phone automatically erased all of your sensitive data within ‘X’ days. I haven’t seen any other applications with a security option like this. I believe that it would give you some serious competitive advantage in the marketplace.

These additional features would virtually eliminate the risk of a thief getting any of your sensitive information, especially if you had a good password and a low ‘try’ threshold.

Any chance of seeing something to increase data security in the event of a lost iPhone in the near future?

Jeff

[Nastanir]

1. I have tested again with a different computer (Windows 7) and different network (D-link wi-fi router) and backup worked. Although I am yet to figure out correct setting for the first network (Airport Express) and computer (Vista) where everything else works and firewall is set to allow SyncDoc connection.

Note1: As I was able to make a back up I have secured the contents by password protecting the folder using 7Zip (open source) thus avoiding exposing the picture and audio files.

Note2: I have also recovered the lost audio and pictures files which were there in the backup folder. So while deleting a field delete the data, it does not delete the photo and audio files. Back up is a way to recover those.

2. I understood.

3. I have tried to open the sqLite file and you are right. I won’t mess that file. What I did not knew before is that all the databases in Tapforma are infact part of one sqlite database. The forms are not individual databases.

Thank you for your prompt reply. Everything is working nicely. Hopefully 1.8.2 will make things even better.

[Nastanir]

Version 1.8

Problem 1: Backup

I had downloaded SyncDoc and backed up successfully first time. It was a test so in order to change the backup location I deleted the first back up and tried again in the same computer as well as in a different laptop. Although Tap forms can see the SyncDoc surver running, it wont backup. Selecting the server give a notice “Invalid Server The server selected was not a valid SyncDocs server”. Is there a solution to this problem?

Problem 2: Changes made in form

I wanted to make a new database based on the format of a existing one. I thought the forms behave as templates (it does but only when you make a copy) so I modified a existing frame by deleted some of the field and adding a few. The result is that I lost several fields in my previous database. I could not find or recover those data. Question–> Are those data are still in there or they gets deleted and cleared up automatically?

A separate question:

Is there a way to get the whole database (not export)intact copied in my PC? If yes then is it possible to use a program like SQLite Expert (I am guessing that Tap Form database is based on SQLite)to edit and modify the database?

A Note: Despite my extensive search I could not find a easy to use database program like Tap Forms, Bento, Clarisworks for Windows PC. I have tried MS Access and others.