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3 files changed, 56 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp
index 76a45f4..ab3238a 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp
@@ -2754,284 +2754,296 @@ QString PwMDoc::getTitle()
 			unnamedNum = PwMDocList::getNewUnnamedNumber();
 			PWM_ASSERT(unnamedNum != 0);
 		}
 		title = DEFAULT_TITLE;
 		title += " ";
 		title += tostr(unnamedNum).c_str();
 	}
 	return title;
 }
 
 bool PwMDoc::tryDelete()
 {
 	if (deleted)
 		return true;
 	int ret;
 	if (isDirty()) {
 		ret = dirtyAskSave(getTitle());
 		if (ret == 0) { // save to disk
 			if (!saveDocUi(this))
 				goto out_ignore;
 		} else if (ret == 1) { // don't save and delete
 			goto out_accept;
 		} else { // cancel operation
 			goto out_ignore;
 		}
 	}
 out_accept:
 	deleted = true;
 	delete this;
 	return true;
 out_ignore:
 	return false;
 }
 
 
 
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
 //US ENH: this is the magic function that syncronizes the this doc with the remote doc
 //US it could have been defined as static, but I did not want to. 
 PwMerror PwMDoc::syncronize(KSyncManager* manager, PwMDoc* syncLocal , PwMDoc* syncRemote, int mode )
 {
   int addedPasswordsLocal = 0;
   int addedPasswordsRemote = 0;
   int deletedPasswordsRemote = 0;
   int deletedPasswordsLocal = 0;
   int changedLocal = 0;
   int changedRemote = 0;
 
-  PwMSyncItem* syncItemLocal;
-  PwMSyncItem* syncItemRemote;
+  PwMSyncItem syncItemLocal;
+  PwMSyncItem syncItemRemote;
 
   QString mCurrentSyncName = manager->getCurrentSyncName();
   QString mCurrentSyncDevice = manager->getCurrentSyncDevice();
 
   bool fullDateRange = false;
   int take;
   //    local->resetTempSyncStat();
   QDateTime mLastSync = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
   QDateTime modifiedSync = mLastSync;
 
   unsigned int index;
   //Step 1. Find syncinfo in Local file and create if not existent.
   bool found = syncLocal->findSyncData(mCurrentSyncDevice, &index);
   if (found == false)
     {
       PwMSyncItem newSyncItemLocal;
       newSyncItemLocal.syncName = mCurrentSyncDevice;
       newSyncItemLocal.lastSyncDate = mLastSync;
       syncLocal->addSyncDataEntry(&newSyncItemLocal, true);
       found = syncLocal->findSyncData(mCurrentSyncDevice, &index);
       if (found == false) {
 	qDebug("PwMDoc::syncronize : newly created local sync data could not be found");
 	return e_syncError;
       }
     }	
 
   syncItemLocal = syncLocal->getSyncDataEntry(index); 
-  qDebug("Last Sync %s ", syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate.toString().latin1());
+  qDebug("Last Sync %s ", syncItemLocal.lastSyncDate.toString().latin1());
 
   //Step 2. Find syncinfo in remote file and create if not existent.
   found = syncRemote->findSyncData(mCurrentSyncName, &index);
   if (found == false)
     {
       qDebug("FULLDATE 1");
       fullDateRange = true;
       PwMSyncItem newSyncItemRemote;
       newSyncItemRemote.syncName = mCurrentSyncName;
       newSyncItemRemote.lastSyncDate = mLastSync;
       syncRemote->addSyncDataEntry(&newSyncItemRemote, true);
       found = syncRemote->findSyncData(mCurrentSyncName, &index);
       if (found == false) {
 	qDebug("PwMDoc::syncronize : newly created remote sync data could not be found");
 	return e_syncError;
       }
     }
   
   syncItemRemote = syncRemote->getSyncDataEntry(index); 
   //and remove the found entry here. We will reenter it later again.
   syncRemote->delSyncDataEntry(index, true);
 
 
-  if ( syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate == mLastSync ) {
+  if ( syncItemLocal.lastSyncDate == mLastSync ) {
     qDebug("FULLDATE 2");
     fullDateRange = true;
   }
   
   if ( ! fullDateRange  ) {
-        if ( syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate != syncItemRemote->lastSyncDate ) {
+        if ( syncItemLocal.lastSyncDate != syncItemRemote->lastSyncDate ) {
             
             // qDebug("set fulldate to true %s %s" ,addresseeLSync->dtStart().toString().latin1(), addresseeRSync->dtStart().toString().latin1() ); 
             //qDebug("%d %d %d %d ", addresseeLSync->dtStart().time().second(), addresseeLSync->dtStart().time().msec() , addresseeRSync->dtStart().time().second(), addresseeRSync->dtStart().time().msec());
             fullDateRange = true;
-            qDebug("FULLDATE 3 %s %s", syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate.toString().latin1() , syncItemRemote->lastSyncDate.toString().latin1() );
+            qDebug("FULLDATE 3 %s %s", syncItemLocal.lastSyncDate.toString().latin1() , syncItemRemote.lastSyncDate.toString().latin1() );
         } 
     }
     // fullDateRange = true; // debug only!
     if ( fullDateRange )
         mLastSync = QDateTime::currentDateTime().addDays( -100*365);
     else
         mLastSync = syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate;
 
 
     qDebug("*************************** ");
     // qDebug("mLastAddressbookSync %s ",mLastAddressbookSync.toString().latin1() );
     QStringList er = syncRemote->getIDEntryList(); 
     PwMDataItem* inRemote ;//= er.first();
     PwMDataItem* inLocal;
     unsigned int catLocal, indexLocal;
     unsigned int catRemote, indexRemote;
 
     QString uid;
     manager->showProgressBar(0, i18n("Syncing - close to abort!"), er.count());
 
     int modulo = (er.count()/10)+1;
     unsigned int incCounter = 0;
     while ( incCounter < er.count()) {
 	if (manager->isProgressBarCanceled())
             return e_syncError;
         if ( incCounter % modulo == 0 )
 	  manager->showProgressBar(incCounter);
 
         uid = er[ incCounter ]; 
 	qDebug("sync uid %s from remote file", uid.latin1());
 
         qApp->processEvents();
 
             inLocal = syncLocal->findEntryByID( uid, &catLocal, &indexLocal );
             inRemote = syncRemote->findEntryByID( uid, &catRemote, &indexRemote );
 	    PWM_ASSERT(inRemote);
             if ( inLocal != 0 ) { // maybe conflict - same uid in both files
                 if ( (take = takePwMDataItem( inLocal, inRemote, mLastSync, mode, fullDateRange) ) ) {
                     //qDebug("take %d %s ", take, inL.summary().latin1());
                     if ( take == 3 )
                         return e_syncError;
                     if ( take == 1  ) {// take local
 		        //US                        syncRemote->removeAddressee( inRemote );
                         (*inRemote) = (*inLocal);
 			//US                        syncRemote->insertAddressee(  inRemote , false);
                         ++changedRemote;
                     } else { // take == 2  take remote
 		      //US                        syncLocal->removeAddressee( inLocal );
                         (*inLocal) = (*inRemote);
 			//US                        syncLocal->insertAddressee(  inLocal , false );
                         ++changedLocal;
                     }
                 }
             } else { //  no conflict
                     if ( inRemote->meta.update > mLastSync || mode == 5 ) {
                         inRemote->meta.update = modifiedSync;
+
+			//first check if we have a matching category in the local file
+			const string* remotecat = syncRemote->getCategory(catRemote);
 			//US                        syncRemote->insertAddressee( inRemote, false );
 			//US                        syncLocal->insertAddressee( inRemote, false );
-			syncLocal->addEntry("newcategory", inRemote, true, false);
+			syncLocal->addEntry(remotecat->c_str(), inRemote, true, false);
 
                         ++addedPasswordsLocal;
                     } else {
                         // pending checkExternSyncAddressee(addresseeRSyncSharp, inR);
 		        syncRemote->delEntry(catRemote, indexRemote, true);
                         //USsyncRemote->removeAddressee( inRemote );
                         ++deletedPasswordsRemote; 
                     }
             }
 
         ++incCounter;
     }
 
 
     er.clear();
     QStringList el = syncLocal->getIDEntryList(); 
     modulo = (el.count()/10)+1;
 
     manager->showProgressBar(0, i18n("Add / remove addressees"), el.count());
     incCounter = 0;
     while ( incCounter < el.count()) {
         qApp->processEvents();
 	if (manager->isProgressBarCanceled())
             return e_syncError;
         if ( incCounter % modulo == 0 )
 	  manager->showProgressBar(incCounter);
         uid = el[ incCounter ]; 
 
         inLocal = syncLocal->findEntryByID( uid, &catLocal, &indexLocal );
         inRemote = syncRemote->findEntryByID( uid, &catRemote, &indexRemote );
+	PWM_ASSERT(inLocal);
+
         if ( inRemote == 0 ) { 
                 if ( inLocal->meta.update < mLastSync && mode != 4 ) {
                     // pending checkExternSyncAddressee(addresseeLSyncSharp, inL);
 		    syncLocal->delEntry(catLocal, indexLocal, true);
 			//USsyncLocal->removeAddressee( inLocal );
                     ++deletedPasswordsLocal; 
                 } else {
                     if ( ! manager->mWriteBackExistingOnly ) {
                         ++addedPasswordsRemote; 
                         inLocal->meta.update = modifiedSync;
+
+			//first check if we have a matching category in the remote file
+			const string* localcat = syncLocal->getCategory(catLocal);
+
                         //USsyncLocal->insertAddressee( inLocal, false );
-                        (*inRemote) = (*inLocal);
+                        PwMDataItem newEntry;
+			newEntry = *inLocal; 
+			inRemote = &newEntry;
+	
                         //USsyncRemote->insertAddressee( inRemote, false );
-			syncRemote->addEntry("newcategory", inRemote, true, false);
+			syncRemote->addEntry(localcat->c_str(), inRemote, true, false);
 
                     }
                 }
 
         }
         ++incCounter;
     }
     el.clear();
     manager->hideProgressBar();
 
     // Now write the info back into the sync data space of the files
 
     mLastSync = QDateTime::currentDateTime().addSecs( 1 );
     // get rid of micro seconds
     QTime t =  mLastSync.time();
     mLastSync.setTime( QTime (t.hour (), t.minute (), t.second () )  );
 
    
-    syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate = mLastSync;
-    syncItemRemote->lastSyncDate = mLastSync;
+    syncItemLocal.lastSyncDate = mLastSync;
+    syncItemRemote.lastSyncDate = mLastSync;
 
     //    addresseeRSync.setRole( i18n("!Remote from: ")+mCurrentSyncName ) ;
     //    addresseeLSync.setRole(i18n("!Local from: ") + mCurrentSyncName  );
 
     syncRemote->addSyncDataEntry( syncItemRemote, false );
     syncLocal->addSyncDataEntry( syncItemLocal, false );
     QString mes;
     mes .sprintf(  i18n("Synchronization summary:\n\n %d items added to local\n %d items added to remote\n %d items updated on local\n %d items updated on remote\n %d items deleted on local\n %d items deleted on remote\n"),addedPasswordsLocal, addedPasswordsRemote, changedLocal, changedRemote, deletedPasswordsLocal, deletedPasswordsRemote ); 
     if ( manager->mShowSyncSummary ) {
         KMessageBox::information(0, mes, i18n("PWM/Pi Synchronization") );
     }
     qDebug( mes );
   return e_success;
 }
 
 
 int PwMDoc::takePwMDataItem( PwMDataItem* local,  PwMDataItem* remote, QDateTime lastSync, int mode , bool full )
 {
     // 0 equal
     // 1 take local
     // 2 take remote
     // 3 cancel 
     QDateTime localMod = local->meta.update;
     QDateTime remoteMod = remote->meta.update;
 
     //US    QString mCurrentSyncDevice = syncManager->getCurrentSyncDevice();
 
      if ( localMod == remoteMod )
        return 0;
         
     qDebug(" %d %d conflict on %s %s ", mode, full, local->desc.c_str(), remote->desc.c_str() );
 
     //qDebug("%s %d  %s %d", local->lastModified().toString().latin1() , localMod, remote->lastModified().toString().latin1(), remoteMod);  
     //qDebug("%d %d %d %d ", local->lastModified().time().second(), local->lastModified().time().msec(),  remote->lastModified().time().second(), remote->lastModified().time().msec() );
     //full = true; //debug only
     if ( full ) {
       bool equ = true;//US ( (*local) == (*remote) );
         if ( equ ) {
             //qDebug("equal ");
             if ( mode < SYNC_PREF_FORCE_LOCAL )
                 return 0;
               
         }//else //debug only
         //qDebug("not equal %s %s ", local->summary().latin1(), remote->summary().latin1());
     }
     
     int result;
     bool localIsNew;
@@ -3237,64 +3249,64 @@ bool PwMDoc::delSyncDataEntry(unsigned int index, bool dontFlagDirty)
 	if (!dontFlagDirty)
 		flagDirty();
 	return true;
 }
 
 
 PwMDataItem* PwMDoc::findEntryByID(const QString &uid, unsigned int *category, unsigned int *index)
 {
   vector<PwMCategoryItem>::iterator catcounter = dti.dta.begin(),
 				  catend = dti.dta.end();
 
   vector<PwMDataItem>::iterator entrBegin, entrEnd, entrI;
 
   while (catcounter != catend) {
     entrBegin = catcounter->d.begin();
     entrEnd = catcounter->d.end();
     entrI = entrBegin;
     while (entrI != entrEnd) {
       if ((*entrI).meta.uniqueid == uid.latin1()) {
 	if (category)
 	  *category = catcounter - dti.dta.begin();
 	if (index)
 	  *index = entrI - entrBegin;
 
 	return &(*entrI);
       }
       ++entrI;
     }
     ++catcounter;
   }
 
   return 0;
 }
 
 QStringList PwMDoc::getIDEntryList()
 {
   QStringList results;
 
   vector<PwMCategoryItem>::iterator catcounter = dti.dta.begin(),
 				  catend = dti.dta.end();
 
   vector<PwMDataItem>::iterator entrBegin, entrEnd, entrI;
 
   while (catcounter != catend) {
     entrBegin = catcounter->d.begin();
     entrEnd = catcounter->d.end();
     entrI = entrBegin;
     while (entrI != entrEnd) {
-      results.append( (*entrI).meta.uniqueid );
+      results.append( (*entrI).meta.uniqueid.c_str() );
       ++entrI;
     }
     ++catcounter;
   }
 
   return results;
 }
 
 
 
 
 
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 #include "pwmdoc.moc"
 #endif
diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h
index 91277f6..ddab7f3 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h
@@ -73,185 +73,213 @@ using std::pair;
 /* used in findEntry() function */
 #define SEARCH_IN_DESC		(1)
 #define SEARCH_IN_NAME		(1 << 1)
 #define SEARCH_IN_PW		(1 << 2)
 #define SEARCH_IN_COMMENT	(1 << 3)
 #define SEARCH_IN_URL		(1 << 4)
 #define SEARCH_IN_LAUNCHER	(1 << 5)
 #define SEARCH_IN_ALL		(SEARCH_IN_DESC	| SEARCH_IN_NAME	|  \
 				 SEARCH_IN_PW	| SEARCH_IN_COMMENT	|  \
 				 SEARCH_IN_URL	| SEARCH_IN_LAUNCHER)
 
 /** document deeplocked. Data is out for lunch to disk */
 #define DOC_STAT_DEEPLOCKED		(1)
 /** encrypted document on disk is dirty. data has to go to disk. */
 #define DOC_STAT_DISK_DIRTY		(1 << 1)
 /** we are using a chipcard to encrypt the data */
 #define DOC_STAT_USE_CHIPCARD		(1 << 2)
 /** use "currentPw" to unlock. (This flag is set/unset by a timer) */
 #define DOC_STAT_UNLOCK_WITHOUT_PW	(1 << 3)
 
 class PwMDoc;
 class PwMView;
 class QFile;
 
 /* meta data for a PwMDataItem */
 struct PwMMetaData
 {
 	PwMMetaData()
 	 : updateInt (0)
 		{ }
 	/** creation date of the PwMDataItem to which
 	  * this meta data belongs.
 	  */
 	QDateTime	create;
 	/** becomes valid on this date */
 	QDateTime	valid;
 	/** expire date */
 	QDateTime	expire;
 	/** update date (last updated at this date) */
 	QDateTime	update;
 	/** update interval (in minutes). Time since the
 	  * last update to remind the user to update the item.
 	  * 0 disables.
 	  */
 	unsigned long updateInt;
  
   //US ENH: enhancements of the filestructure
   /* each entry gets a unique id assigned  */
-  QString  uniqueid;
+	string  uniqueid;
 
 
 	void clear()
 		{
 			create = QDateTime();
 			expire = QDateTime();
 			update = QDateTime();
 			updateInt = 0;
 			uniqueid = KApplication::randomString(8);
 		}
+
+	PwMMetaData& operator = (const PwMMetaData& x)
+	{
+	  create = x.create;
+	  expire = x.expire;
+	  update = x.update;
+	  updateInt = x.updateInt;
+	  uniqueid = x.uniqueid;
+	  return *this;
+	}
+
 	inline bool isValid() const
 		{
 			if (valid.isNull())
 				return true;
 			return (valid < QDateTime::currentDateTime());
 		}
 	inline bool isExpired() const
 		{
 			if (expire.isNull())
 				return false;
 			return (expire < QDateTime::currentDateTime());
 		}
 	inline bool isUpdateIntOver() const
 		{
 			if (updateInt == 0 ||
 			    update.isNull())
 				return false;
 			QDateTime d(update);
 			return (d.addSecs(updateInt * 60) < QDateTime::currentDateTime());
 		}
 };
 
 struct PwMDataItem
 {
 	PwMDataItem()
 	 : lockStat (true)
 	 , listViewPos (-1)
 	 , binary (false)
 	 , rev (0)
 		{ }
 
 	/** password description */
 	string	desc;
 	/** user-name */
 	string	name;
 	/** the password itself */
 	string	pw;
 	/** some comment */
 	string	comment;
 	/** an URL string */
 	string	url;
 	/** launcher. Can be executed as a system() command */
 	string	launcher;
 	/** locking status. If locked (true), pw is not emitted through getEntry() */
 	bool	lockStat;
 	/** position of this item in main "list-view"
 	  * If -1, the position is not yet specified and should be appended to the list
 	  */
 	int	listViewPos;
 	/** does this entry contain binary data? */
 	bool binary;
 	/** meta data for this data item. */
 	PwMMetaData meta;
 	/** data revision counter. This counter can be used
 	  * to easily, efficiently determine if this data item
 	  * has changed since some time.
 	  * This counter is incremented on every update.
 	  */
 	unsigned int rev;
 
 	void clear(bool clearMeta = true)
 	{
 		/* NOTE: Don't use .clear() here to be
 		 *       backward compatible with gcc-2 (Debian Woody)
 		 */
 		desc = "";
 		name = "";
 		pw = "";
 		comment = "";
 		url = "";
 		launcher = "";
 		lockStat = true;
 		listViewPos = -1;
 		binary = false;
 		if (clearMeta)
 			meta.clear();
 	}
 
+	PwMDataItem& operator = (const PwMDataItem& x)
+	{
+	  qDebug("oper=%s", x.desc.c_str());
+	  desc = x.desc;
+	  name = x.name;
+	  pw = x.pw;
+	  comment = x.comment;
+	  url = x.url;
+	  launcher = x.launcher;
+	  lockStat = x.lockStat;
+	  listViewPos = x.listViewPos;
+	  binary = x.binary;
+	  meta = x.meta;
+	  rev = x.rev;
+	  return *this;
+	}
+
 };
 
 struct PwMCategoryItem
 {
 	/** all PwMDataItems (all passwords) within this category */
 	vector<PwMDataItem>	d;
 	/** category name/description */
 	string			name;
 
 	void clear()
 	{
 		d.clear();
 		name = "";
 	}
 };
 
 struct PwMSyncItem
 {
   string syncName;
   QDateTime lastSyncDate;
   
   void clear()
 	{
 		lastSyncDate = QDateTime();
 		syncName = "";
 	}
 };
 
 struct PwMItem
 {
   vector<PwMCategoryItem> dta;
   vector<PwMSyncItem> syncDta;
 
   void clear()
 	{
 		dta.clear();
 		syncDta.clear(); 
 	}
 };
 
 
 /** "Function Object" for sort()ing PwMDataItem::listViewPos */
 class dta_lvp_greater
 {
 public:
 	bool operator() (const pair<unsigned int, unsigned int> &d1,
 			 const pair<unsigned int, unsigned int> &d2)
 	{
@@ -718,61 +746,61 @@ protected:
 			{ curDocStat &= ~statFlag; }
 	/** get a document status flag */
 	bool getDocStatFlag(unsigned int statFlag) const
 			{ return (curDocStat & statFlag); }
 	/** set the "currentPassword" */
 	void setCurrentPw(const QString &pw)
 		{
 			currentPw = pw;
 			setDocStatFlag(DOC_STAT_DISK_DIRTY);
 		}
 	/** make a backup-copy of the given file */
 	bool backupFile(const QString &filePath);
 	/** copy a file from src to dst */
 	bool copyFile(const QString &src, const QString &dst);
 
 
  public:
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
 	//US ENH: this is the magic function that syncronizes the local doc with the remote doc.
 	PwMerror syncronize(KSyncManager* manager, PwMDoc* syncLocal, PwMDoc* syncRemote, int mode );
 
 	//takePwMDataItem returns the following values
 	// 0 equal
 	// 1 take local
 	// 2 take remote
 	// 3 cancel 
 	int takePwMDataItem( PwMDataItem* local,  PwMDataItem* remote, QDateTime lastSync, int mode , bool full );
 
 	//the following methods are the overwritten callbackmethods from the syncinterface
 	virtual bool sync(KSyncManager* manager, QString filename, int mode);
 
 	//called by the syncmanager to indicate that the work has to be marked as dirty.
 	virtual void sync_setModified();
 	//called by the syncmanager to ask if the dirty flag is set.
 	virtual bool sync_isModified();
 	//called by the syncmanager to indicate that the work has to be saved.
 	virtual void sync_save();
 
 #endif
  private:
 	//US ENH: helpermethods to access the sync data for a certain syncname.
 	// It returns the syncdatas index
 	bool findSyncData(const QString &syncname, unsigned int *index);
 
 	/** add new syncdataentry */
 	PwMerror addSyncDataEntry(PwMSyncItem *d, bool dontFlagDirty = false);
 
 	/** returns a pointer to the syncdata */
-	PwMSyncItem* getSyncDataEntry(unsigned int index)
-			{ return &(dti.syncDta[index]); }
+	PwMSyncItem getSyncDataEntry(unsigned int index)
+			{ return *(dti.syncDta[index]); }
 
 	/** delete entry */
 	bool delSyncDataEntry(unsigned int index, bool dontFlagDirty = false);
 
 	PwMDataItem* findEntryByID(const QString &uid, unsigned int *category, unsigned int *index);
 
 	QStringList getIDEntryList(); 
 
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp b/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp
index f615082..74b3354 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp
@@ -601,97 +601,97 @@ bool Serializer::writeEntry(QDomElement *e,
 bool Serializer::writeMeta(QDomElement *e,
 			   const PwMMetaData &dta)
 {
 	QDomText text;
 	QDomElement tag;
 
 	tag = domDoc->createElement(META_CREATE_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.create.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.create,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
 	tag.appendChild(text);
 	e->appendChild(tag);
 
 	tag = domDoc->createElement(META_VALID_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.valid.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.valid,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
 	tag.appendChild(text);
 	e->appendChild(tag);
 
 	tag = domDoc->createElement(META_EXPIRE_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.expire.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.expire,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
 	tag.appendChild(text);
 	e->appendChild(tag);
 
 	tag = domDoc->createElement(META_UPDATE_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.update.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.update,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
 	tag.appendChild(text);
 	e->appendChild(tag);
 
 	tag = domDoc->createElement(META_UPDATE_INT);
 	text = domDoc->createTextNode(tostr(dta.updateInt).c_str());
 	tag.appendChild(text);
 	e->appendChild(tag);
 
 	tag = domDoc->createElement(META_UNIQUEID);
-	text = domDoc->createTextNode(escapeEntryData(dta.uniqueid));
+	text = domDoc->createTextNode(escapeEntryData(dta.uniqueid.c_str()));
 	tag.appendChild(text);
 	e->appendChild(tag);
 
 #undef new_text
 	return true;
 }
 
 QString Serializer::escapeEntryData(QString dta)
 {
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 	dta.replace('\n', "$>--endl--<$");
 	dta.replace("]]>", "||>");
 #else
 	dta.replace(QRegExp("\n"), "$>--endl--<$");
 	dta.replace(QRegExp("]]>"), "||>");
 #endif
 	return dta;
 }
 
 QString Serializer::unescapeEntryData(QString dta)
 {
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 	dta.replace("$>--endl--<$", "\n");
 	dta.replace("||>", "]]>");
 #else
 	dta.replace(QRegExp("$>--endl--<$"), "\n");
 	dta.replace(QRegExp("||>"), "]]>");
 #endif
 	return dta;
 }
 
 
 //US ENH: the following methods are getting used to write/read sync entries
 /** read the syncentries in the node "n" */
 bool Serializer::readSyncData(const QDomNode &n, vector<PwMSyncItem> *dta)
 {
 	QDomNodeList nl(n.childNodes());
 	QDomNode cur;
 	
 	QString devicename, val;
 	unsigned int numSync  = nl.count(), i;
 	PwMSyncItem curSync;
 	bool ok = true;
 
 	if (!numSync) {
 	  //no sync entries is a possible result 
 		printDebug("Serializer::readSyncData(): empty");
 		return true;