PGP Tool

What is new in this release:

Version 0.5.9:

• New feature #206: Add menu item to copy public key to clipboard
• UX Improvement #173: Show progress bar when preparing for "Encrypt back all operation"
• UX Improvement #170: if user is trying to delete decrypted file while encrypted file is no longer present - give extra emphasize in confirmation window
• UX Improvement #175: When pressing Esc key in History Quick Search window, it should close
• UX Improvement #194: Input fields on a key creation dialog should be disabled during key generation process
• UX Improvement #197: Pre-generate key pair in a background as soon as user opens Create Key dialog to improve user experience
• UX Improvement #201: Be more precise when explaining failure of importing key from clipboard
• UX Improvement #185: As soon as text is pasted into Decrypt text window, list of recipients should be populated
• UI Improvement #207: Multi-monitor setups: show new windows on same screen as parent window
• UI Improvement #176: Quick Search window hint shouldn't wrap if there is enough horizontal space
• Improvement #192: Increased security level of generated keys
• Improvement #215: Reduce amount of text logged
• Improvement #186: Logs will contain application usage info to enable faster troubleshooting if needed
• Improvement #212: Update launch4j dependency and make it look in JAVA_HOME for JRE
• Improvement #198: Create hint for buy me a coffee
• Fix #168: If file was deleted, it shouldn't be displayed in unfiltered quick search results
• Fix #180: "Encrypt back all" must not fail if parent folder of source (encrypted) file is missing
• Fix #187: Encrypt back all: if key of one of the recipients is missing, and file wasn't changed, meaningless warning will be displayed
• Fix #181: Minor typo fix
• Maintenance #214: decrease application package size by removing dependencies
• Maintenance #210: Migrate to summerb 4.0.2

What is new in version 0.5.1:

Version 0.5.1:

• Improvement #117: Give user an option to encrypt back only changed (and also check for concurrent changes)
• Feature #111: Add guidance to help new users get started
• Improvement #132: remember windows sizes and table columns sizes
• Improvement #131: when encrypting back - don't overwrite existing file until encryption 100% completed
• Improvement #8: Mitigate risk of inability to decrypt file after encryption if "self" recipient wasn't selected
• Fix #137: History of decrypted files should be updated as soon as another file is decrypted
• UX Improvement #61: Encryption Dialog recipients list should be the Check List Box control, so that user wouldn't accidentally loose selection if forgot to hold Ctrl key
• UI Improvement #125: Make quick search window resizable
• UX Improvement #61: Added recipients check list feature to Text Encryption dialog
• Fix #136: Application must remember if "Same folder" was used during last decryption and pre-select this option for next decryption
• UX Improvement #116: "Enter" key in the "monitored decrypted" table must be equal to double-click on selected row
• UX Improvement #130: Remember state of checkboxes on "Encrypt back all" window
• Improvement #128: Remove MapDB dependency (this removed 10mb from artifact size!)
• Fix #114: modify package to work with Java 9+
• Fix #138: history quick search window positioning logic must not place it outside the screen
• Fix #122: Make application code compatible with Java 9 and 10
• UI improvement #124: Use word-by-word wrapping in the "Check for new versions" window, release notes text area
• Improvement #126: Allow user to save error message to file
• Improvement #120: Show app and java version on the title of the error message box
• Minor fix #118: Check for updates window will not say "come back later" if there are no updates available
• Fix #47: Too small font in multi-line text areas
• Improvement #140: remove custom font scaling on JRE 9+

What is new in version 0.4.3:

Version 0.4.3:

• New feature #65: Auto-detect new versions of application
• New feature #95: Give user opportunity to leave a feedback
• Improvement #19: Perform encryption async, provide UI feedback on progress and allow user to interrupt
• Improvement #93: Perform decryption async, provide UI feedback on progress and allow user to interrupt
• Improvement #85: Use stronger defaults when generating keys
• Improvement #91: Decrease time needed for the file to disappear from the list when file deletion is detected
• Improvement #84: Add an option to open existing file when decrypting file that already exists in temporary folder
• Improvement #102: Support the case when old path to temp decryption folder is no longer available
• Improvement #98: Add context menu with regular Cut/Copy/Paste commands to text areas (text encrypt/decrypt)
• Improvement #99: Use word wrap in decrypted text areas (text encrypt/decrypt)
• Improvement #103: When error message is displayed it must fit into the message box in full (avoid trimming message)

What is new in version 0.4.0:

Version 0.4.0.0:

• Fix: File mustn't disappear from the list of decrypted files when saved using MS Word (because word re-creates file rather than modify it)
• Fix: Key file shouldn't be blocked after export
• Improve: in case encrypted file contains target file name use it instead of file name based on encrypted file name
• Fix: Single instance logic will not work correctly if any modal dialog is open - then both primary and secondary instances will process same args
• Improve UX: When asking user to provide a password for a key -- clarify what is the purpose?
• Improve UX: Application should remember target folder when encrypting, and suggest same folder when user wants to encrypt again
• Fix: when multiple files opened for decryption at once not all decryption dialogs will appear
• Fix: Dialog type for notification about inability to delete file fixed
• Fix: When exporting all public keys do not overwrite different keys which has same user name
• Fix: NPE when exporting public key from previously re-imported private key
• New feature: Encrypt plain text
• New feature: Decrypt any given text from clipboard

What is new in version 0.3.1:

Version 0.3.1:

• New feature: import multiple keys at a time
• New feature: encypt back multiple files at a time
• New feature: export all public keys
• Instead of showing full user identity info (including OU items) display just name and email
• Filter files by bpg and asc extensions when importing keys
• When exporting keys suggest file name based on user name
• Sort keys by name when listing in key ring of encrypt dialog
• Improve UX: open target folder after exporting a key
• When importing private key over a public key application will not show an error, it will merge these keys
• Fixed: triggering "Encrypt to PGP" will now handle all input files (some files were missed before this fix)
• Fixed regression: do not create 2 lines in "decrypted monitoring" for the same input file
• Fixed: no error is shown if application failed to delete a file that is locked by other application
• Installer is improved - it will not uninstall any previous version that is currently installed in the system

Requirements:

Java Runtime Environment 8 or up