*** empty log message ***

7 files changed, 287 insertions, 145 deletions

diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.cpp b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.cpp
index 014e809..57b4432 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.cpp
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.cpp
@@ -103,89 +103,90 @@ enum {
 enum {
         BUTTON_POPUP_VIEW_FIND = 0,
         BUTTON_POPUP_VIEW_LOCK,
         BUTTON_POPUP_VIEW_DEEPLOCK,
         BUTTON_POPUP_VIEW_UNLOCK
 };
 // Button IDs for "options" popup menu
 enum {
         BUTTON_POPUP_OPTIONS_CONFIG = 0
 };
 // Button IDs for "export" popup menu (in "file" popup menu)
 enum {
         BUTTON_POPUP_EXPORT_TEXT = 0,
         BUTTON_POPUP_EXPORT_GPASMAN
 #ifdef CONFIG_KWALLETIF
         ,BUTTON_POPUP_EXPORT_KWALLET
 #endif
 };
 // Button IDs for "import" popup menu (in "file" popup menu)
 enum {
         BUTTON_POPUP_IMPORT_TEXT = 0,
         BUTTON_POPUP_IMPORT_GPASMAN
 #ifdef CONFIG_KWALLETIF
         ,BUTTON_POPUP_IMPORT_KWALLET
 #endif
 };
 
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
 // Button IDs for "help" popup menu
 enum {
         BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_LICENSE = 0,
         BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_FAQ,
-        BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_ABOUT
+        BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_ABOUT,
+        BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_SYNC
 };
 #endif
 
 // Button IDs for toolbar
 enum {
         BUTTON_TOOL_NEW = 0,
         BUTTON_TOOL_OPEN,
         BUTTON_TOOL_SAVE,
         BUTTON_TOOL_SAVEAS,
         BUTTON_TOOL_PRINT,
         BUTTON_TOOL_ADD,
         BUTTON_TOOL_EDIT,
         BUTTON_TOOL_DEL,
         BUTTON_TOOL_FIND,
         BUTTON_TOOL_LOCK,
         BUTTON_TOOL_DEEPLOCK,
         BUTTON_TOOL_UNLOCK
 };
 
 
 PwM::PwM(PwMInit *_init, PwMDoc *doc,
          bool virginity,
          QWidget *parent, const char *name)
- : KMainWindow(parent, name)
+ : KMainWindow(parent, "HALLO")
  , forceQuit (false)
  , forceMinimizeToTray (false)
 {
         init = _init;
         connect(doc, SIGNAL(docClosed(PwMDoc *)),
                 this, SLOT(docClosed(PwMDoc *)));
         initMenubar();
         initToolbar();
         initMetrics();
         setVirgin(virginity);
         setFocusPolicy(QWidget::WheelFocus);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
         statusBar()->show();
 #endif
         view = makeNewListView(doc);
         setCentralWidget(view);
         updateCaption();
         showStatMsg(i18n("Ready."));
 }
 
 PwM::~PwM()
 {
         disconnect(curDoc(), SIGNAL(docClosed(PwMDoc *)),
                    this, SLOT(docClosed(PwMDoc *)));
         conf()->confWndMainWndSize(size());
         emit closed(this);
         delete view;
 }
 
 void PwM::initMenubar()
 {
   KIconLoader* picons;
@@ -329,64 +330,68 @@ void PwM::initMenubar()
         menuBar()->insertItem(i18n("&View"), viewPopup);
 // "options" popup menu
         optionsPopup->insertItem(QIconSet(picons->loadIcon("configure", KIcon::Small)),
                                  i18n("&Configure..."), this,
                                  SLOT(config_slot()),
                                  BUTTON_POPUP_OPTIONS_CONFIG);
         menuBar()->insertItem(i18n("&Options"), optionsPopup);
 // "help" popup menu
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
         helpPopup = helpMenu(QString::null, false);
 #else
         menuBar()->insertItem(i18n("&Sync"), syncPopup);
 
 
 
 
 
         helpPopup = new KPopupMenu(this);
 
 
         helpPopup->insertItem(i18n("&License"), this,
                                 SLOT(showLicense_slot()), 0,
                                 BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_LICENSE);
 
         helpPopup->insertItem(i18n("&Faq"), this,
                                 SLOT(faq_slot()), 0,
                                 BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_FAQ);
 
         helpPopup->insertItem(i18n("&About PwManager"), this,
                                 SLOT(createAboutData_slot()), 0,
                                 BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_ABOUT);
 
+        helpPopup->insertItem(i18n("&Sync HowTo"), this,
+                                SLOT(syncHowTo_slot()), 0,
+                                BUTTON_POPUP_HELP_SYNC);
+
 #endif
         menuBar()->insertItem(i18n("&Help"), helpPopup);
 
 }
 
 void PwM::initToolbar()
 {
   KIconLoader* picons;
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
         KIconLoader icons;
         picons = &icons;
 #else
         picons = KGlobal::iconLoader();
 #endif
 
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
     if ( QApplication::desktop()->width() > 320 )
 #endif
     {
         toolBar()->insertButton(picons->loadIcon("filenew", KIcon::Toolbar),
                                 BUTTON_TOOL_NEW, SIGNAL(clicked(int)), this,
                                 SLOT(new_slot()), true, i18n("New"));
         toolBar()->insertButton(picons->loadIcon("fileopen", KIcon::Toolbar),
                                 BUTTON_TOOL_OPEN, SIGNAL(clicked(int)), this,
                                 SLOT(open_slot()), true, i18n("Open"));
         toolBar()->insertSeparator();
             }
         toolBar()->insertButton(picons->loadIcon("filesave", KIcon::Toolbar),
                                 BUTTON_TOOL_SAVE, SIGNAL(clicked(int)), this,
                                 SLOT(save_slot()), true, i18n("Save"));
         toolBar()->insertButton(picons->loadIcon("filesaveas", KIcon::Toolbar),
                                 BUTTON_TOOL_SAVEAS, SIGNAL(clicked(int)), this,
@@ -580,82 +585,88 @@ void PwM::addPwd_slot()
 }
 
 void PwM::addPwd_slot(QString *pw, PwMDoc *_doc)
 {
         PwMDoc *doc;
         if (_doc) {
                 doc = _doc;
         } else {
                 doc = curDoc();
         }
         PWM_ASSERT(doc);
         doc->timer()->getLock(DocTimer::id_autoLockTimer);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
         AddEntryWndImpl w;
 #else
         AddEntryWndImpl w(this, "addentrywndimpl");
 #endif
 
         vector<string> catList;
         doc->getCategoryList(&catList);
         unsigned i, size = catList.size();
         for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
                 w.addCategory(catList[i].c_str());
         }
         w.setCurrCategory(view->getCurrentCategory());
         if (pw)
                 w.pwLineEdit->setText(*pw);
 
       tryAgain:
         if (w.exec() == 1) 
           {
                 PwMDataItem d;
+
+                //US BUG: to initialize all values of curEntr with meaningfulldata,
+                // we call clear on it. Reason: Metadata will be uninitialized otherwise.
+                // another option would be to create a constructor for PwMDataItem
+                d.clear(true);
+
                 d.desc = w.getDescription().latin1();
                 d.name = w.getUsername().latin1();
                 d.pw = w.getPassword().latin1();
                 d.comment = w.getComment().latin1();
                 d.url = w.getUrl().latin1();
                 d.launcher = w.getLauncher().latin1();
                 PwMerror ret = doc->addEntry(w.getCategory(), &d);
                 if (ret == e_entryExists) {
                         KMessageBox::error(this,
                                            i18n
-                                           ("An entry with this \"Description\", "
+                                           ("An entry with this \"Description\",\n"
                                             "does already exist.\n"
                                             "Please select another description."),
                                            i18n("entry already exists."));
                         goto tryAgain;
                 } else if (ret == e_maxAllowedEntr) {
-                        KMessageBox::error(this, i18n("The maximum possible number of entries "
-                                                      "has been reached. You can't add more entries."),
+                        KMessageBox::error(this, i18n("The maximum possible number of\nentries"
+                                                      "has been reached.\nYou can't add more entries."),
                                                  i18n("maximum number of entries"));
                         doc->timer()->putLock(DocTimer::id_autoLockTimer);
                         return;
                 }
         }
         setVirgin(false);
         doc->timer()->putLock(DocTimer::id_autoLockTimer);
 }
 
 //US ENH : changed code to run with older MOC
 void PwM::editPwd_slot()
 {
   editPwd_slot(0,0,0);
 }
 
 void PwM::editPwd_slot(const QString *category)
 {
   editPwd_slot(category, 0, 0);
 }
 
 void PwM::editPwd_slot(const QString *category, const int *index,
                        PwMDoc *_doc)
 {
         PwMDoc *doc;
         if (_doc) {
                 doc = _doc;
         } else {
                 doc = curDoc();
         }
         PWM_ASSERT(doc);
         if (doc->isDocEmpty())
                 return;
@@ -1258,108 +1269,96 @@ void PwM::copyToClipboard(const QString &s)
 void PwM::showStatMsg(const QString &msg)
 {
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
         KStatusBar *statBar = statusBar();
         statBar->message(msg, STATUSBAR_MSG_TIMEOUT * 1000);
 #else
         qDebug("Statusbar : %s",msg.latin1());
 #endif
 }
 
 void PwM::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *e)
 {
         if (e->gotFocus()) {
                 emit gotFocus(this);
         } else if (e->lostFocus()) {
                 emit lostFocus(this);
         }
 }
 
 
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
 
 void PwM::showLicense_slot()
 {
     KApplication::showLicence();
 }
 
 void PwM::faq_slot()
 {
   KApplication::showFile( "PWM/Pi FAQ", "kdepim/pwmanager/pwmanagerFAQ.txt" );
 }
 
+void PwM::syncHowTo_slot()
+{
+  qDebug("PwM::syncHowTo_slot");
+    KApplication::showFile( "KDE-Pim/Pi Synchronization HowTo", "kdepim/SyncHowto.txt" );
+}
+
+
 void PwM::createAboutData_slot()
 {
   QString version;
 #include <../version>
     QMessageBox::about( this, "About PwManager/Pi",
                         "PwManager/Platform-independent\n"
                         "(PWM/Pi) " +version + " - " +
 #ifdef DESKTOP_VERSION
                         "Desktop Edition\n"
 #else
                         "PDA-Edition\n"
                         "for: Zaurus 5500 / 7x0 / 8x0\n"
 #endif
 
                         "(c) 2004 Ulf Schenk\n"
                         "(c) 2004 Lutz Rogowski\n"
                         "(c) 1997-2004, The KDE PIM Team\n"
 
         "(c) Michael Buesch - main programming\nand current maintainer\nmbuesch@freenet.de\n"
         "Matt Scifo - mscifo@o1.com\n"
         "Elias Probst - elias.probst@gmx.de\n"
         "George Staikos - staikos@kde.org\n"
         "Matthew Palmer - mjp16@uow.edu.au\n"
         "Olivier Sessink - gpasman@nl.linux.org\n"
         "The libgcrypt developers -\nBlowfish and SHA1 algorithms\nftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgcrypt/\n"
         "Troy Engel - tengel@sonic.net\n"
         "Wickey - wickey@gmx.at\n"
         "Ian MacGregor - original documentation author.\n"
  );
 }
 
 
 //this are the overwritten callbackmethods from the syncinterface
 bool PwM::sync(KSyncManager* manager, QString filename, int mode)
 {
   PWM_ASSERT(curDoc());
 
   bool ret =  curDoc()->sync(manager, filename, mode);
 
+  qDebug("PwM::sync save now: ret=%i", ret);
+ 
   if (ret == true) {
     //US BUG: what can we call here to update the view of the current doc?
     //mViewManager->refreshView();
+
+    //US curDoc()->sync sets the dirtyFlag in case the sync was successfull.
+    save();
   }
 
   return ret;
 }
-
-//called by the syncmanager to indicate that the work has to be marked as dirty.
-void PwM::sync_setModified()
-{
-  PWM_ASSERT(curDoc());
-  curDoc()->sync_setModified();
-}
-
-//called by the syncmanager to ask if the dirty flag is set.
-bool PwM::sync_isModified()
-{
-  PWM_ASSERT(curDoc());
-  return curDoc()->sync_isModified();
-}
-
-//called by the syncmanager to indicate that the work has to be saved.
-void PwM::sync_save()
-{
-  PWM_ASSERT(curDoc());
-  return curDoc()->sync_save();
-}
-
-
-
 #endif
 
 
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
 #include "pwm.moc"
 #endif
diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.h b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.h
index 7c6bf0d..6ed9d34 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.h
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwm.h
@@ -148,64 +148,65 @@ public slots:
         void execLauncher_slot();
         /** open browser with URL entry */
         void goToURL_slot();
         /** manage/changeMasterPwd triggered */
         void changeMasterPwd_slot();
         /** lock current document */
         void lockWnd_slot();
         /** deeplock current document */
         void deepLockWnd_slot();
         /** window/unlock triggered */
         void unlockWnd_slot();
         /** find item */
         void find_slot();
         /** configure clicked */
         void config_slot();
         /** (de)activate the "change master pw" button in the menu-bar */
         void activateMpButton(bool activate = true);
         /** generate a new chipcard */
         void genNewCard_slot();
         /** completely erase the current card */
         void eraseCard_slot();
         /** returns the ID number of the current card */
         void readCardId_slot();
         /** make backup image of the current card */
         void makeCardBackup_slot();
         /** write backup image to current card */
         void replayCardBackup_slot();
 
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
         void showLicense_slot();
         void faq_slot();
         void createAboutData_slot();
+        void syncHowTo_slot();
 #endif
 
 protected:
         /** is this window virgin? */
         bool isVirgin()
                         { return virgin; }
         /** add/remove virginity */
         void setVirgin(bool v);
         /** initialize the menubar */
         void initMenubar();
         /** initialize the toolbar */
         void initToolbar();
         /** initialize the window-metrics */
         void initMetrics();
         /** close-event */
         void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *e);
         /** creates a new PwM-ListView and returns it */
         PwMView * makeNewListView(PwMDoc *doc);
         /** Window hide-event */
         void hideEvent(QHideEvent *);
         /** is this window minimized? */
         bool isMinimized()
                 {
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
                   #if KDE_VERSION >= KDE_MAKE_VERSION(3, 2, 0)
                         return KWin::windowInfo(winId()).isMinimized();
                   #else // KDE_VERSION
                         return KWin::info(winId()).isIconified();
                   #endif // KDE_VERSION
 #else
                         return false;
 #endif
@@ -243,55 +244,48 @@ protected:
         /** "file" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *filePopup;
 
         /** "manage" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *managePopup;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYCARD
         /** "chipcard" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *chipcardPopup;
 #endif // CONFIG_KEYCARD
         /** "view" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *viewPopup;
         /** "options" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *optionsPopup;
         /** "help" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *helpPopup;
         /** "export" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *exportPopup;
         /** "import" popup-menu */
         KPopupMenu *importPopup;
         /** force quit this window? */
         bool forceQuit;
         /** force minimize this window to the tray */
         bool forceMinimizeToTray;
 
 
 
 
  private:
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
     //this 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 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();
-
     // LR *******************************
     // sync stuff!
     QPopupMenu *syncPopup;
     KSyncManager* syncManager;
 #endif
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp
index 0ac5517..2a7b11d 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.cpp
@@ -458,65 +458,66 @@ PwMerror PwMDoc::saveDoc(char compress, const QString *file)
                 f.close();
                 ret = e_weakPw;
                 goto out_moveback;
         } else if (e == e_cryptNotImpl) {
                 printDebug("PwMDoc::saveDoc(): encrypt() failed: e_cryptNotImpl");
                 f.close();
                 ret = e_cryptNotImpl;
                 goto out_moveback;
         } else if (e != e_success) {
                 printDebug("PwMDoc::saveDoc(): encrypt() failed");
                 f.close();
                 ret = e_enc;
                 goto out_moveback;
         }
         unsetDocStatFlag(DOC_STAT_DISK_DIRTY);
         f.close();
         if (chmod(filename.latin1(),
                   conf()->confGlobFilePermissions())) {
                 printWarn(string("chmod failed: ") + strerror(errno));
         }
         openDocList.edit(this, getTitle().latin1());
         if (wasDeepLocked)
                 deepLock(true);
         if (tmpFileMoved != QString::null) {
                 // now remove the moved file.
                 if (!QFile::remove(tmpFileMoved)) {
                         printWarn(string("removing file ")
                                   + tmpFileMoved.latin1()
                                   + " failed!");
                 }
         }
         ret = e_success;
-        printDebug(string("writing file { compress: ")
+        printDebug(string("writing file { name: ")
+                   + filename.latin1() + "   compress: "
                    + tostr(static_cast<int>(compress)) + "   cryptAlgo: "
                    + tostr(static_cast<int>(cryptAlgo)) + "   hashAlgo: "
                    + tostr(static_cast<int>(hashAlgo))
                    + " }");
         goto out;
 out_moveback:
         if (tmpFileMoved != QString::null) {
                 if (copyFile(tmpFileMoved, filename)) {
                         if (!QFile::remove(tmpFileMoved)) {
                                 printWarn(string("removing tmp file ")
                                           + filename.latin1()
                                           + " failed!");
                         }
                 } else {
                         printWarn(string("couldn't copy file ")
                                   + tmpFileMoved.latin1()
                                   + " back to "
                                   + filename.latin1());
                 }
         }
 out:
         return ret;
 }
 
 PwMerror PwMDoc::openDoc(const QString *file, int openLocked)
 {
         PWM_ASSERT(file);
         PWM_ASSERT(openLocked == 0 || openLocked == 1 || openLocked == 2);
         string decrypted, dataHash;
         PwMerror ret;
         char cryptAlgo, dataHashType, compress;
         unsigned int headerLen;
@@ -576,65 +577,67 @@ PwMerror PwMDoc::openDoc(const QString *file, int openLocked)
                 f.close();
                 return e_fileCorrupt;
         }
         ret = checkDataHash(dataHashType, &dataHash, &decrypted);
         if (ret == e_hashNotImpl) {
                 printDebug("PwMDoc::openDoc(): checkDataHash() failed: e_hashNotImpl");
                 f.close();
                 return e_hashNotImpl;
         } else if (ret != e_success) {
                 printDebug("PwMDoc::openDoc(): checkDataHash() failed");
                 f.close();
                 return e_fileCorrupt;
         }
         if (!deSerializeDta(&decrypted, openLocked == 1)) {
                 printDebug("PwMDoc::openDoc(): deSerializeDta() failed");
                 f.close();
                 return e_readFile;
         }
         f.close();
         timer()->start(DocTimer::id_mpwTimer);
         timer()->start(DocTimer::id_autoLockTimer);
 out_success:
         openDocList.edit(this, getTitle().latin1());
         emit docOpened(this);
         return e_success;
 }
 
 PwMerror PwMDoc::writeFileHeader(char keyHash, char dataHash, char crypt, char compress,
                                  QString *pw, QFile *f)
 {
         PWM_ASSERT(pw);
         PWM_ASSERT(f);
-        PWM_ASSERT(listView);
+        //US ENH: or maybe a bug: checking here for listView does not make sense because we do not check anywhere else
+        //Wenn I sync, I open a doc without a view => listView is 0 => Assertion 
+                //USPWM_ASSERT(listView);
         if (f->writeBlock(FILE_ID_HEADER, strlen(FILE_ID_HEADER)) !=
             static_cast<Q_LONG>(strlen(FILE_ID_HEADER))) {
                 return e_writeFile;
         }
         if (f->putch(PWM_FILE_VER) == -1 ||
             f->putch(keyHash) == -1 ||
             f->putch(dataHash) == -1 ||
             f->putch(crypt) == -1 ||
             f->putch(compress) == -1 ||
             f->putch((getDocStatFlag(DOC_STAT_USE_CHIPCARD)) ?
                      (static_cast<char>(0x01)) : (static_cast<char>(0x00))) == -1) {
                 return e_writeFile;
         }
 
         // write bytes of NUL-data. These bytes are reserved for future-use.
         const int bufSize = 64;
         char tmp_buf[bufSize];
         memset(tmp_buf, 0x00, bufSize);
         if (f->writeBlock(tmp_buf, bufSize) != bufSize)
                 return e_writeFile;
 
         switch (keyHash) {
         case PWM_HASH_SHA1: {
                 const int hashlen = SHA1_HASH_LEN_BYTE;
                 Sha1 hash;
                 hash.sha1_write(reinterpret_cast<const byte *>(pw->latin1()), pw->length());
                 string ret = hash.sha1_read();
                 if (f->writeBlock(ret.c_str(), hashlen) != hashlen)
                         return e_writeFile;
                 break;
         } 
         case PWM_HASH_SHA256:
@@ -2775,108 +2778,141 @@ PwMerror PwMDoc::importFromGpasman(const QString *file)
 
         do {
                 ret = gp.load_entry(entry);
                 if(ret != 1)
                         break;
                 tmpData.desc = entry[0];
                 tmpData.name = entry[1];
                 tmpData.pw = entry[2];
                 tmpData.comment = entry[3];
                 tmpData.lockStat = true;
                 tmpData.listViewPos = -1;
                 ret2 = addEntry(DEFAULT_CATEGORY, &tmpData, true);
                 for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
                         free(entry[i]);
                 if (ret2 == e_maxAllowedEntr) {
                         gp.load_finalize();
                         return e_maxAllowedEntr;
                 }
         } while (1);
         gp.load_finalize();
         if (isDocEmpty())
                 return e_wrongPw; // we assume this.
 
         flagDirty();
         return e_success;
 }
 
 void PwMDoc::ensureLvp()
 {
         if (isDocEmpty())
                 return;
 
+        //US ENH BUG: when using syncronizing, this way of sorting
+        //is not sufficient, because there might be empty spaces
+        // at the beginning. But this algorythm only can add elements
+        //to the end.The result are crashes because of listoverflows
+        //we need something to fill all gaps.
         vector< vector<PwMDataItem>::iterator > undefined;
+        vector< vector<PwMDataItem>::iterator > sorted;
         vector< vector<PwMDataItem>::iterator >::iterator undefBegin,
                                                           undefEnd,
                                                           undefI;
+        vector< vector<PwMDataItem>::iterator >::iterator sortedBegin,
+                                                          sortedEnd,
+                                                          sortedI;
         vector<PwMCategoryItem>::iterator catBegin = dti.dta.begin(),
                                           catEnd = dti.dta.end(),
                                           catI = catBegin;
         vector<PwMDataItem>::iterator entrBegin, entrEnd, entrI;
         int lvpTop, tmpLvp;
 
         while (catI != catEnd) {
                 lvpTop = -1;
                 undefined.clear();
 
                 entrBegin = catI->d.begin();
                 entrEnd = catI->d.end();
                 entrI = entrBegin;
 
                 while (entrI != entrEnd) {
                         tmpLvp = entrI->listViewPos;
                         if (tmpLvp == -1)
                                 undefined.push_back(entrI);
-                        else if (tmpLvp > lvpTop)
-                                lvpTop = tmpLvp;
+                        else
+                          sorted[tmpLvp] = entrI;
+                                //US            else if (tmpLvp > lvpTop)
+                        //US lvpTop = tmpLvp;
                         ++entrI;
                 }
+
+                //now we have all undefied in the collection. Now insert the existing
+                sortedBegin = sorted.begin();
+                sortedEnd = sorted.end();
+                sortedI = sortedBegin;
+
+                while (sortedI != sortedEnd) {
+                        tmpLvp = (*sortedI)->listViewPos;
+                        undefined[tmpLvp] = *sortedI;
+                        ++sortedI;
+                }
+
                 undefBegin = undefined.begin();
                 undefEnd = undefined.end();
                 undefI = undefBegin;
                 while (undefI != undefEnd) {
                         (*undefI)->listViewPos = ++lvpTop;
                         ++undefI;
                 }
                 ++catI;
         }
 }
 
 QString PwMDoc::getTitle()
 {
         /* NOTE: We have to ensure, that the returned title
          *       is unique and not reused somewhere else while
          *       this document is valid (open).
          */
         QString title(getFilename());
+
+        //US ENH: The whole filename on PDAs is too long. So use only the last characters
+        if (QApplication::desktop()->width() < 640)
+        {
+          if (title.length() > 30)
+            title = "..." + title.right(30);
+
+        }
+
+
         if (title.isEmpty()) {
                 if (unnamedNum == 0) {
                         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;
@@ -2898,189 +2934,191 @@ PwMerror PwMDoc::syncronize(KSyncManager* manager, PwMDoc* syncLocal , PwMDoc* s
   int changedLocal = 0;
   int changedRemote = 0;
 
   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 Local %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); 
+  qDebug("Last Sync Remote %s ", syncItemRemote->lastSyncDate.toString().latin1());
   //and remove the found entry here. We will reenter it later again.
   //US  syncRemote->delSyncDataEntry(index, true);
 
 
   if ( syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate == mLastSync ) {
     qDebug("FULLDATE 2");
     fullDateRange = true;
   }
   
   if ( ! fullDateRange  ) {
         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());
+          //            qDebug("set fulldate to true %s %s" ,syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate.toString().latin1(), syncItemRemote->lastSyncDate.toString().latin1() ); 
+            //            qDebug("%d %d %d %d ", syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate.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() );
         } 
     }
     // fullDateRange = true; // debug only!
     if ( fullDateRange )
         mLastSync = QDateTime::currentDateTime().addDays( -100*365);
     else
         mLastSync = syncItemLocal->lastSyncDate;
 
 
     qDebug("*************************** ");
-    // qDebug("mLastAddressbookSync %s ",mLastAddressbookSync.toString().latin1() );
+    qDebug("mLastSync %s ",mLastSync.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());
+                    qDebug("take %d %s ", take, inLocal->desc.c_str());
                     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(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 ]; 
+        qDebug("sync uid %s from local file", uid.latin1());
 
         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 );
                         PwMDataItem newEntry;
                         newEntry = *inLocal; 
                         inRemote = &newEntry;
         
                         //USsyncRemote->insertAddressee( inRemote, false );
                         syncRemote->addEntry(localcat->c_str(), inRemote, true, false);
 
                     }
                 }
 
         }
         ++incCounter;
@@ -3103,74 +3141,74 @@ PwMerror PwMDoc::syncronize(KSyncManager* manager, PwMDoc* syncLocal , PwMDoc* s
     //    addresseeLSync.setRole(i18n("!Local from: ") + mCurrentSyncName  );
 
     //US    syncRemote->addSyncDataEntry( syncItemRemote, false );
     //US    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
+    full = true; //debug only
     if ( full ) {
-      bool equ = true;//US ( (*local) == (*remote) );
+      bool equ = ( (*local) == (*remote) );
         if ( equ ) {
-            //qDebug("equal ");
+            qDebug("equal ");
             if ( mode < SYNC_PREF_FORCE_LOCAL )
                 return 0;
               
-        }//else //debug only
-        //qDebug("not equal %s %s ", local->summary().latin1(), remote->summary().latin1());
+        }else //debug only
+        qDebug("not equal %s %s ", local->desc.c_str(), remote->desc.c_str());
     }
     
     int result;
     bool localIsNew;
     //qDebug("%s -- %s mLastCalendarSync %s lastsync %s --- local %s remote %s ",local->summary().latin1(), remote->summary().latin1(),mLastCalendarSync.toString().latin1() ,lastSync.toString().latin1()  ,  local->lastModified().toString().latin1() , remote->lastModified().toString().latin1()  );
 
     if ( full && mode < SYNC_PREF_NEWEST )
         mode = SYNC_PREF_ASK;
 
     switch( mode ) {
     case SYNC_PREF_LOCAL:
         if ( lastSync > remoteMod )
             return 1;
         if ( lastSync > localMod )
             return 2;
         return 1;
         break;
     case SYNC_PREF_REMOTE:
         if ( lastSync > remoteMod )
             return 1;
         if ( lastSync > localMod )
             return 2;
         return 2;
         break;
     case SYNC_PREF_NEWEST:
         if ( localMod > remoteMod )
             return 1;
         else
             return 2;
         break;
     case SYNC_PREF_ASK: 
         //qDebug("lsy %s  ---  lo %s  --- re %s ", lastSync.toString().latin1(), localMod.toString().latin1(), remoteMod.toString().latin1()  );
@@ -3186,133 +3224,116 @@ int PwMDoc::takePwMDataItem( PwMDataItem* local,  PwMDataItem* remote, QDateTime
             return result;
         }
         break;
     case SYNC_PREF_FORCE_LOCAL:
         return 1;
         break;
     case SYNC_PREF_FORCE_REMOTE:
         return 2;
         break;
        
     default:
         // SYNC_PREF_TAKE_BOTH not implemented
         break;
     }
     return 0;
 }
 
 
 
 
 //this are the overwritten callbackmethods from the syncinterface
 bool PwMDoc::sync(KSyncManager* manager, QString filename, int mode)
 {
   QString mCurrentSyncDevice = manager->getCurrentSyncDevice();
 
   //1) unlock local file first if necessary (ask for password)
   if (this->isDeepLocked()) {
     PwMerror ret = this->deepLock(false);
     if (ret != e_success)
       return false;
   }
 
-  //2)  construct and open a new doc on the stack(automatic cleanup) for remote file.
+  //2)  construct and open a new doc on the stack(automatic cleanup of remote file).
   PwMDoc syncTarget(this, "synctarget");
   PwMDoc* pSyncTarget = &syncTarget;
 
 
   PwMerror err = pSyncTarget->openDoc(&filename, 1 /*== open with all entries locked*/);
 
   if (err == e_alreadyOpen) {
     PwMDocList::listItem li;
     if (getOpenDocList()->find(filename.latin1(), &li))
       pSyncTarget = li.doc;
     else {
       qDebug("PwmDoc::sync: sync failed. Error %i while opening file %s",err, filename.latin1());
       return false;
     }
   }
   else if (err != e_success) {
     qDebug("PwmDoc::sync: sync failed. Error %i while opening file %s",err, filename.latin1());
     return false;
   }
 
   qDebug("PWM file loaded %s,sync mode %d",filename.latin1(), mode );
 
 
   //3) unlock remote file first if necessary (ask for password)
   if (pSyncTarget->isDeepLocked()) {
     PwMerror ret = pSyncTarget->deepLock(false);
     if (ret != e_success)
       return false;
   }
 
   
   err = syncronize(manager, this, pSyncTarget, mode );
 
   if (err == e_success) {
             if ( manager->mWriteBackFile ){
       qDebug("Saving remote PWManager file");
       err = pSyncTarget->saveDoc(conf()->confGlobCompression());
       if (err != e_success) {
         qDebug("PwmDoc::sync: Sync failed. Error %i while storing file %s",err, filename.latin1());
         return false;
       }
     }
 
     flagDirty();
     return true;
   }
   else {
     return false;
   }
 }
 
-//called by the syncmanager to indicate that the work has to marked as dirty.
-void PwMDoc::sync_setModified()
-{
-  flagDirty();
-}
-
-//called by the syncmanager to ask if the dirty flag is set.
-bool PwMDoc::sync_isModified()
-{
-  return isDirty();
-}
-
-//called by the syncmanager to indicate that the work has to be saved.
-void PwMDoc::sync_save()
-{
-  saveDoc(conf()->confGlobCompression());
-}
 #endif
 
 
 bool PwMDoc::findSyncData(const QString &syncname, unsigned int *index)
 {
         vector<PwMSyncItem>::iterator i = dti.syncDta.begin(), 
                                       end = dti.syncDta.end();
 
         while (i != end) {
                 if ((*i).syncName == syncname.latin1()) {
                         if (index) {
                                 *index = i - dti.syncDta.begin();
                         }
                         return true;
                 }
                 ++i;
         }
         return false;
 };
 
 /** add new syncdataentry */
 PwMerror PwMDoc::addSyncDataEntry(PwMSyncItem *d, bool dontFlagDirty)
 {
         PWM_ASSERT(d);
 
         if (isDeepLocked()) {
                 PwMerror ret;
                 ret = deepLock(false);
                 if (ret != e_success)
                         return e_lock;
         }
         unsigned int index;
diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h
index 2e9547e..6a1dd30 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmdoc.h
@@ -101,74 +101,64 @@ struct PwMMetaData
          : updateInt (0)
                 { }
         /** creation date of the PwMDataItem to which
           * this meta data belongs.
           */
                 QDateTimecreate;
         /** becomes valid on this date */
                 QDateTimevalid;
         /** expire date */
                 QDateTimeexpire;
         /** update date (last updated at this date) */
                 QDateTimeupdate;
         /** 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  */
         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 */
@@ -188,76 +178,92 @@ struct PwMDataItem
         /** position of this item in main "list-view"
           * If -1, the position is not yet specified and should be appended to the list
           */
                 intlistViewPos;
         /** 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();
         }
-  
+  //US ENH: we need this operator to compare two items if we have no unique ids
+  //available. Generaly this happens before the first sync
+        bool PwMDataItem::operator==( const PwMDataItem &a ) const
+        {
+          qDebug("oper==%s", a.desc.c_str());
+          if ( desc != a.desc ) return false;
+          if ( name != a.name ) return false;
+          if ( pw != a.pw ) return false;
+          if ( comment != a.comment ) return false;
+          if ( url != a.url ) return false;
+          if ( launcher != a.launcher ) return false;
+          //all other field will not be checked.
+          return true;
+        }
+
+  //US ENH:this operator is used to copy an elements data during syncronization
+  //Attention: listViewPos will not be copied. So the position will stay the same.
         PwMDataItem& operator = (const PwMDataItem& x)
         {
-          qDebug("oper=%s", x.desc.c_str());
+                  //  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;
+          //Do not copy listViewPos!!! 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 = "";
         }
@@ -745,62 +751,55 @@ protected:
         void unsetDocStatFlag(unsigned int statFlag)
                         { 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]); }
 
         /** 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/pwmview.cpp b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmview.cpp
index e23ce25..e53124f 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmview.cpp
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmview.cpp
@@ -427,95 +427,175 @@ void PwMView::copyUrlToClip()
         unsigned int curIndex = 0;
         if (!getCurEntryIndex(&curIndex))
                 return;
         PwMDataItem d;
         document()->getEntry(getCurrentCategory(), curIndex, &d);
         PwM::copyToClipboard(d.url.c_str());
 }
 
 void PwMView::copyLauncherToClip()
 {
         if (doc->isDeepLocked())
                 return;
         unsigned int curIndex = 0;
         if (!getCurEntryIndex(&curIndex))
                 return;
         PwMDataItem d;
         document()->getEntry(getCurrentCategory(), curIndex, &d);
         PwM::copyToClipboard(d.launcher.c_str());
 }
 
 void PwMView::copyCommentToClip()
 {
         if (doc->isDeepLocked())
                 return;
         unsigned int curIndex = 0;
         if (!getCurEntryIndex(&curIndex))
                 return;
         PwMDataItem d;
         document()->getEntry(getCurrentCategory(), curIndex, &d);
         PwM::copyToClipboard(d.comment.c_str());
 }
 
+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+
+PwMDataItemView::PwMDataItemView( QWidget *parent, const char *name )
+  : QTextBrowser( parent, name )
+
+
+{
+//US  setWrapPolicy( QTextEdit::AtWordBoundary );
+  setLinkUnderline( false );
+  // setVScrollBarMode( QScrollView::AlwaysOff );
+  //setHScrollBarMode( QScrollView::AlwaysOff );
+
+//US  QStyleSheet *sheet = styleSheet();
+//US  QStyleSheetItem *link = sheet->item( "a" );
+//US  link->setColor( KGlobalSettings::linkColor() );
+
+}
+
+void PwMDataItemView::setPwMDataItem( const PwMDataItem& a )
+
+{
+  mItem = a;
+  // clear view
+  setText( QString::null );
+
+
+  QString dynamicPart;
+  QString format = "<tr><td align=\"right\"><b>%1</b></td>"
+    "<td align=\"left\">%2</td></tr>";
+
+  dynamicPart += format
+          .arg( i18n("Description") )
+          .arg( mItem.desc.c_str() );
 
+  dynamicPart += format
+          .arg( i18n("Name") )
+          .arg( mItem.name.c_str() );
+
+  dynamicPart += format
+          .arg( i18n("Password") )
+          .arg( mItem.pw.c_str() );
+
+  QString comment(mItem.pw.c_str());
+  dynamicPart += format
+          .arg( i18n("Comment") )
+          .arg( comment.replace( QRegExp("\n"), "<br>" ) );
+
+  dynamicPart += format
+          .arg( i18n("URL") )
+          .arg( mItem.url.c_str() );
+
+  dynamicPart += format
+          .arg( i18n("Launcher") )
+          .arg( mItem.launcher.c_str() );
+
+  QString mText = "<table><td colspan=\"2\">&nbsp;</td>";
+
+  mText += dynamicPart;
+  mText += "</table>";
+
+  // at last display it...
+  setText( mText );
+
+}
+
+PwMDataItem PwMDataItemView::pwmdataitem() const
+{
+  return mItem;
+}
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
 
 
-PwMDataItemChooser::PwMDataItemChooser( PwMDataItem loc, PwMDataItem rem, bool takeloc, QWidget *parent, const char *name ) : KDialogBase(parent,name,
-                true ,i18n("Conflict! Please choose Entry!"),Ok|User1|Close,Close, false)
+PwMDataItemChooser::PwMDataItemChooser( PwMDataItem loc, PwMDataItem rem, bool takeloc, QWidget *parent, const char *name ) 
+  : KDialogBase(parent, name, true ,
+                i18n("Conflict! Please choose Entry!"),Ok|User1|Close,Close, false)
 {
     findButton( Close )->setText( i18n("Cancel Sync"));
     findButton( Ok )->setText( i18n("Remote"));
     findButton( User1 )->setText( i18n("Local"));
     QWidget* topframe = new QWidget( this );
     setMainWidget( topframe );
     QBoxLayout* bl;
     if ( QApplication::desktop()->width() < 640 ) {
         bl = new QVBoxLayout( topframe  );
     } else {
         bl = new QHBoxLayout( topframe  );
     }
     QVBox* subframe = new QVBox( topframe );
     bl->addWidget(subframe  );
     QLabel* lab = new QLabel( i18n("Local Entry"), subframe ); 
     if ( takeloc )
         lab->setBackgroundColor(Qt::green.light() );
-    //    AddresseeView * av = new AddresseeView( subframe );
-    //    av->setAddressee( loc );
+    PwMDataItemView * av = new PwMDataItemView( subframe );
+    av->setPwMDataItem( loc );
     subframe = new QVBox( topframe );
     bl->addWidget(subframe  );
     lab = new QLabel( i18n("Remote Entry"), subframe  ); 
     if ( !takeloc )
         lab->setBackgroundColor(Qt::green.light() );
-    //    av = new AddresseeView( subframe );
-    //    av->setAddressee( rem );
+    av = new PwMDataItemView( subframe );
+    av->setPwMDataItem( rem );
     QObject::connect(findButton( Ok ),SIGNAL(clicked()),this, SLOT(slot_remote())); 
     QObject::connect(this,SIGNAL(user1Clicked()),this, SLOT(slot_local())); 
 #ifndef DESKTOP_VERSION
     showMaximized();
 #else
     resize ( 640, 400 );
 #endif
 }
 
 int PwMDataItemChooser::executeD( bool local )
 {
     mSyncResult = 3; 
     if ( local ) 
         findButton( User1 )->setFocus();
     else 
         findButton( Ok )->setFocus();
     exec();
     return mSyncResult;  
 }
 void PwMDataItemChooser::slot_remote()
 {
     mSyncResult = 2;
     accept();
 }
 void PwMDataItemChooser::slot_local()
 {
     mSyncResult = 1;
     accept();
 }
 
 
 
diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmview.h b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmview.h
index 75cce51..e42b17a 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmview.h
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/pwmview.h
@@ -12,64 +12,65 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  * copyright (C) 2004 by Ulf Schenk
  * This file is originaly based on version 1.0.1 of pwmanager
  * and was modified to run on embedded devices that run microkde
  *
  * $Id$
  **************************************************************************/  
 
 #ifndef PWMVIEW_H
 #define PWMVIEW_H
 
 //US ENH: wouldn't it be a good idea if we could use this consts everywhere else.
 //US ENH: for examle in listviewpwm.cpp
 //US ENH: Because of that I transfer them into the headerfile.
         #define COLUMN_DESC     0
         #define COLUMN_NAME     1
         #define COLUMN_PW       2
         #define COLUMN_URL      3
         #define COLUMN_LAUNCHER         4
 
 
 #include "listviewpwm.h"
 #include "pwmdoc.h"
 #include "pwmviewstyle.h"
 
 #include <kconfig.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kdialogbase.h>
 
 #include <qevent.h>
 #include <qfont.h>
 #include <qobject.h>
+#include <qtextbrowser.h>
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 
 using std::string;
 using std::vector;
 
 class PwM;
 class ConfFile;
 class PwMStatusBar;
 
 
 /** View class for PwM */
 class PwMView : public PwMViewStyle
 {
         Q_OBJECT
         friend class PwMViewStyle;
 public:
         /** construtor */
         PwMView(PwM *_mainClass, QWidget* parent, PwMDoc *_doc,
                 const char *name = 0);
         /** destructor */
         ~PwMView();
 
         /** returns pointer to the document */
         PwMDoc* document()
                         { return doc; }
         /** returns the index of the currently selected entry.
           * (index as represented in PwMDoc !)
           */
         bool getCurEntryIndex(unsigned int *index);
         /** returns the position of the given item in the document
@@ -120,53 +121,77 @@ protected:
                 }
         /** The user pressed and released a key. */
         void keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent *e);
 
 protected slots:
         /** changes the comment text-edit, because a new item has been selected */
         void refreshCommentTextEdit(QListViewItem *curItem);
         /** copy pw to clipboard */
         void copyPwToClip();
         /** copy name to clipboard */
         void copyNameToClip();
         /** copy desc to clipboard */
         void copyDescToClip();
         /** copy url to clipboard */
         void copyUrlToClip();
         /** copy launcher to clipboard */
         void copyLauncherToClip();
         /** copy comment to clipboard */
         void copyCommentToClip();
         /** reorganize the "listViewPos" positions in the document
           * (for the current category only!)
           */
         void reorgLp();
 
 private:
         /** document */
         PwMDoc *doc;
         /** pointer to the main class "PwM" */
         PwM *mainClass;
 };
 
 
+//US ENH basic widget to view an password entry. We need it for the sync stuff.
+//But might be oif interest for other functionalities as well.
+class PwMDataItemView : public QTextBrowser
+{
+  public:
+    PwMDataItemView( QWidget *parent = 0, const char *name = 0 );
+
+    /**
+      Sets the PwMDataItem object. It is displayed immediately.
+
+      @param a The PwMDataItem object.
+     */
+    void setPwMDataItem( const PwMDataItem& a );
+
+    /**
+      Returns the current PwMDataItem object.
+     */
+    PwMDataItem pwmdataitem() const;
+
+  private:
+    PwMDataItem mItem;
+};
+
+
 //US ENH we need this chooser when syncing results in a conflict
 class PwMDataItemChooser : public KDialogBase
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
   public:
     PwMDataItemChooser( PwMDataItem loc, PwMDataItem rem, bool takeloc, QWidget *parent = 0, const char *name = 0 );
 
     int executeD( bool local );
 
   private:
     int mSyncResult;
 
   private slots:
     void slot_remote();
     void slot_local();
 
 };
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp b/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp
index 203f82c..5c6568f 100644
--- a/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp
+++ b/pwmanager/pwmanager/serializer.cpp
@@ -1,62 +1,62 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *                                                                         *
  *   copyright (C) 2004 by Michael Buesch                                  *
  *   email: mbuesch@freenet.de                                             *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2        *
  *   as published by the Free Software Foundation.                         *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 
 /***************************************************************************
  * copyright (C) 2004 by Ulf Schenk
  * This file is originaly based on version 2.0 of pwmanager
  * and was modified to run on embedded devices that run microkde
  *
  * $Id$
  **************************************************************************/  
 
 #include "serializer.h"
 #include "pwmexception.h"
 
 #ifdef PWM_EMBEDDED
 #include <kglobal.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
 #endif
 
 /* enable/disable serializer debugging (0/1) */
-        #define SERIALIZER_DEBUG0
+        #define SERIALIZER_DEBUG1
 /* use the old xml tags for writing (0/1) */
         #define USE_OLD_TAGS    0
 /* write a CDATA section (0/1) */
         #define WRITE_CDATA_SEC         0
 
 
         #define META_CREATE_DATE"c"
         #define META_VALID_DATE         "v"
         #define META_EXPIRE_DATE"e"
         #define META_UPDATE_DATE"u"
         #define META_UPDATE_INT         "i"
 //US ENH : uniqueid
 #define META_UNIQUEID "n" 
 #define SYNC_ROOT "s" 
 #define SYNC_TARGET_PREFIX "t" 
 #define SYNC_TARGET_NAME "n" 
 
 
 /* This is compatibility stuff.
  * The names of the entries have changed and here are the
  * new and old ones
  */
         #define ROOT_MAGIC_OLD  "PwM-xml-dat"
         #define VER_STR_OLD     "ver"
         #define COMPAT_VER_OLD  "0x02"
         #define CAT_ROOT_OLD    "categories"
         #define CAT_PREFIX_OLD  "cat_"
         #define CAT_NAME_OLD    "name"
         #define ENTRY_PREFIX_OLD"entry_"
         #define ENTRY_DESC_OLD  "desc"
         #define ENTRY_NAME_OLD  "name"
         #define ENTRY_PW_OLD    "pw"
@@ -275,64 +275,68 @@ bool Serializer::readCategories(const QDomNode &n,
         }
         for (i = 0; i < numCat; ++i) {
                 cur = nl.item(i);
                 if (cur.nodeName().left(1) == CAT_PREFIX_NEW ||
                     cur.nodeName().left(4) == CAT_PREFIX_OLD) {
                         name = cur.toElement().attribute(CAT_NAME_NEW);
                         if (name == QString::null)
                                 name = cur.toElement().attribute(CAT_NAME_OLD);
                         PWM_ASSERT(name != QString::null);
                         PWM_ASSERT(name != "");
                         curCat.clear();
                         curCat.name = name.latin1();
                         if (!readEntries(cur, &curEntr)) {
                                 dta->clear();
                                 return false;
                         }
                         curCat.d = curEntr;
                         dta->push_back(curCat);
                 } else {
                         printDebug("Serializer::readCategories(): uh? not a category?");
                 }
         }
         return true;
 }
 
 bool Serializer::readEntries(const QDomNode &n,
                              vector<PwMDataItem> *dta)
 {
         QDomNodeList nl(n.childNodes());
         QDomNode cur;
         unsigned int numEntr = nl.count(), i;
         PwMDataItem curEntr;
+        //US BUG: to initialize all values of curEntr with meaningfulldata,
+        // we call clear on it. Reason: Information in the file we will read might be incomplete.
+        // e.g. the metadata is missing.
+        curEntr.clear(true);
 
         dta->clear();
         for (i = 0; i < numEntr; ++i) {
                 cur = nl.item(i);
                 if (cur.nodeName().left(1) == ENTRY_PREFIX_NEW ||
                     cur.nodeName().left(6) == ENTRY_PREFIX_OLD) {
                         if (!extractEntry(cur, &curEntr)) {
                                 return false;
                         }
                         dta->push_back(curEntr);
                 } else {
                         printDebug("Serializer::readEntries(): hm? not an entry?");
                 }
         }
         return true;
 }
 
 bool Serializer::extractEntry(const QDomNode &n,
                               PwMDataItem *dta)
 {
         QDomNodeList nl(n.childNodes());
         QDomNode cur, cdata;
         unsigned int cnt = nl.count(), i;
         QString name, text;
 
         if (!cnt) {
                 printDebug("Serializer::extractEntry(): empty");
                 return false;
         }
         dta->clear();
         for (i = 0; i < cnt; ++i) {
                 cur = nl.item(i);
@@ -372,108 +376,109 @@ bool Serializer::extractEntry(const QDomNode &n,
                 } else if (name == ENTRY_BIN_NEW) {
                         // ENTRY_BIN_NEW == ENTRY_BIN_OLD
                         if (text == "0") {
                                 dta->binary = false;
                         } else {
                                 dta->binary = true;
                         }
                 } else if (name == ENTRY_META_NEW) {
                         // ENTRY_META_NEW == ENTRY_META_OLD
                         if (!extractMeta(cur, &dta->meta))
                                 return false;
                 } else {
                         printDebug(string("Serializer::extractEntry(): invalid: ")
                                    + name.latin1());
                 }
         }
         dta->lockStat = defaultLockStat;
         return true;
 }
 
 bool Serializer::extractMeta(const QDomNode &n,
                              PwMMetaData *dta)
 {
         QDomNode cur(n.firstChild());
         QString name, val;
         while (!cur.isNull()) {
                 name = cur.nodeName();
                 val = cur.toElement().text();
                 if (val == "") {
                         cur = cur.nextSibling();
                         continue;
                 }
+
+                //US BUG: The transformation of an empty date into an ISO date and back is different on different systems/compilers. 
+                //because of that it is possible that here some values are not set, which means they are null.
+                //US ENH: at the same moment we need backwardcompatibility. So older versions might have stored invalid dates.
+
+                QDateTime dtval; //dtval should be invalid by definition.
+
+                if ((name == META_CREATE_DATE) ||
+                    (name == META_VALID_DATE) ||
+                    (name == META_EXPIRE_DATE) ||
+                    (name == META_UPDATE_DATE))
+                {
+                  //qDebug("Serializer::extractMeta:: val:%s, empty:%i, length:%i",val.utf8(), val.isEmpty(), val.length());
+
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
-                if (name == META_CREATE_DATE) {
-                        dta->create = QDateTime::fromString(val, Qt::ISODate);
-                } else if (name == META_VALID_DATE) {
-                        dta->valid = QDateTime::fromString(val, Qt::ISODate);
-                } else if (name == META_EXPIRE_DATE) {
-                        dta->expire = QDateTime::fromString(val, Qt::ISODate);
-                } else if (name == META_UPDATE_DATE) {
-                        dta->update = QDateTime::fromString(val, Qt::ISODate);
-                } else if (name == META_UPDATE_INT) {
-                        dta->updateInt = strtoul(val.latin1(), 0, 10);
-                } else if (name == META_UNIQUEID) {
-                        dta->uniqueid = unescapeEntryData(val).latin1();
-                } else {
-                        printDebug(string("extractMeta(): invalid: ")
-                                   + name.latin1());
-                }
+                  dtval = QDateTime::fromString(val, Qt::ISODate);
 #else
+                  bool ok;
+                  dtval = KGlobal::locale()->readDateTime(val, KLocale::ISODate, &ok);
+                    
+                  if (ok == false)
+                    qDebug("Serializer::extractMeta invalid date or time !!!!!!!!!!!!!");
+#endif
 
+                  //if the parsed data is wrong, dtval should be invalid at this time.
 
-                bool ok = true;
+                }
 
                 if (name == META_CREATE_DATE) {
-                        dta->create = KGlobal::locale()->readDateTime(val, KLocale::ISODate, &ok);
+                        dta->create = dtval;
                 } else if (name == META_VALID_DATE) {
-                        dta->valid = KGlobal::locale()->readDateTime(val, KLocale::ISODate, &ok);
+                        dta->valid = dtval;
                 } else if (name == META_EXPIRE_DATE) {
-                  dta->expire = KGlobal::locale()->readDateTime(val, KLocale::ISODate, &ok);
+                        dta->expire = dtval;
                 } else if (name == META_UPDATE_DATE) {
-                  dta->update = KGlobal::locale()->readDateTime(val, KLocale::ISODate, &ok);
+                        dta->update = dtval;
                 } else if (name == META_UPDATE_INT) {
                         dta->updateInt = strtoul(val.latin1(), 0, 10);
                 } else if (name == META_UNIQUEID) {
                         dta->uniqueid = unescapeEntryData(val).latin1();
                 } else {
                         printDebug(string("extractMeta(): invalid: ")
                                    + name.latin1());
                 }
 
-                if (ok == false)
-                  qDebug("Serializer::extractMeta invalid date or time !!!!!!!!!!!!!");
-
-
-#endif
                 cur = cur.nextSibling();
         }
         return true;
 }
 
 bool Serializer::checkValid()
 {
         PWM_ASSERT(domDoc);
         QDomElement root(domDoc->documentElement());
         if (root.nodeName() != ROOT_MAGIC_NEW &&
             root.nodeName() != ROOT_MAGIC_OLD) {
                 printDebug("Serializer: wrong magic");
                 return false;
         }
         if (root.attribute(VER_STR_NEW) != COMPAT_VER_NEW &&
             root.attribute(VER_STR_OLD) != COMPAT_VER_OLD) {
                 printDebug("Serializer: wrong version");
                 return false;
         }
         return true;
 }
 
 QDomElement Serializer::genNewRoot()
 {
         PWM_ASSERT(domDoc);
         QDomElement root(domDoc->createElement(ROOT_MAGIC_WR));
         root.setAttribute(VER_STR_WR, COMPAT_VER_WR);
         domDoc->appendChild(root);
         return root;
 }
 
 bool Serializer::addCategories(QDomElement *e,
@@ -575,182 +580,201 @@ bool Serializer::writeEntry(QDomElement *e,
         curText = new_text(escapeEntryData(dta.launcher.c_str()));
         tag.appendChild(curText);
         e->appendChild(tag);
 
         tag = domDoc->createElement(ENTRY_LVP_WR);
         plainText = domDoc->createTextNode(tostr(dta.listViewPos).c_str());
         tag.appendChild(plainText);
         e->appendChild(tag);
 
         tag = domDoc->createElement(ENTRY_BIN_WR);
         if (dta.binary)
                 plainText = domDoc->createTextNode("1");
         else
                 plainText = domDoc->createTextNode("0");
         tag.appendChild(plainText);
         e->appendChild(tag);
 
         tag = domDoc->createElement(ENTRY_META_WR);
         if (!writeMeta(&tag, dta.meta))
                 return false;
         e->appendChild(tag);
 
 #undef new_text
         return true;
 }
 
 bool Serializer::writeMeta(QDomElement *e,
                            const PwMMetaData &dta)
 {
         QDomText text;
         QDomElement tag;
 
-        tag = domDoc->createElement(META_CREATE_DATE);
+        //US BUG!!!: The transformation of an empty date into an ISO date is different on different systems/compilers.
+        //So do not transform an empty value at all.
+        if (dta.create.isValid())
+        {
+          tag = domDoc->createElement(META_CREATE_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.create.toString(Qt::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.create.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.create,  KLocale::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.create,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
-        tag.appendChild(text);
-        e->appendChild(tag);
+          tag.appendChild(text);
+          e->appendChild(tag);
+        }
 
-        tag = domDoc->createElement(META_VALID_DATE);
+        //US BUG!!!: The transformation of an empty date into an ISO date is different on different systems/compilers. 
+        //So do not transform an empty value at all.
+        if (dta.valid.isValid())
+        {
+          tag = domDoc->createElement(META_VALID_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.valid.toString(Qt::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.valid.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.valid,  KLocale::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.valid,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
-        tag.appendChild(text);
-        e->appendChild(tag);
+          tag.appendChild(text);
+          e->appendChild(tag);
+        }
 
-        tag = domDoc->createElement(META_EXPIRE_DATE);
+        //US BUG!!!: The transformation of an empty date into an ISO date is different on different systems/compilers. 
+        //So do not transform an empty value at all.
+        if (dta.expire.isValid())
+        {
+          tag = domDoc->createElement(META_EXPIRE_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.expire.toString(Qt::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.expire.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.expire,  KLocale::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.expire,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
-        tag.appendChild(text);
-        e->appendChild(tag);
+          tag.appendChild(text);
+          e->appendChild(tag);
+        }
 
-        tag = domDoc->createElement(META_UPDATE_DATE);
+        //US BUG!!!: The transformation of an empty date into an ISO date is different on different systems/compilers. 
+        //So do not transform an empty value at all.
+        if (dta.update.isValid())
+        {
+          tag = domDoc->createElement(META_UPDATE_DATE);
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.update.toString(Qt::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta.update.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
-        text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.update,  KLocale::ISODate));
+          text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta.update,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
-        tag.appendChild(text);
-        e->appendChild(tag);
+          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.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("\\$>--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;
         }
         for (i = 0; i < numSync; ++i) {
                 cur = nl.item(i);
                 if (cur.nodeName().left(1) == SYNC_TARGET_PREFIX) {
                         devicename = cur.toElement().attribute(SYNC_TARGET_NAME);
                         val = cur.toElement().text();
 
                         if ((val == "") || (devicename == QString::null)) {
                           printDebug("Serializer::readSyncData(): empty synctarget name or syncdate");
                           continue;
                         }
 
                         curSync.syncName = devicename;
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
                         curSync.lastSyncDate = QDateTime::fromString(val, Qt::ISODate);
 #else
                         curSync.lastSyncDate = KGlobal::locale()->readDateTime(val, KLocale::ISODate, &ok);
                         if (ok == false)
                           qDebug("Serializer::readSyncData(): could not parse syncdate:%s",val.latin1());
 
 #endif
                         dta->push_back(curSync);
                 }
         }
         return true;
 
 }
 
 
 
 bool Serializer::addSyncData(QDomElement *e,
                                const vector<PwMSyncItem> &dta)
 {
         unsigned int numSync = dta.size(), i;
         QString curId, curDeviceName;
-        QDomElement curSync, curSyncDate;
+        QDomElement curSync;
         QDomText text;
 
         for (i = 0; i < numSync; ++i) {
                 curId = SYNC_TARGET_PREFIX;
                 curId += tostr(i).c_str();
                 curDeviceName = dta[i].syncName.c_str();
                 curSync = domDoc->createElement(curId);
                 curSync.setAttribute(SYNC_TARGET_NAME, curDeviceName);
 
 #ifndef PWM_EMBEDDED
                 text = domDoc->createTextNode(dta[i].lastSyncDate.toString(Qt::ISODate));
 #else
                 text = domDoc->createTextNode(KGlobal::locale()->formatDateTime(dta[i].lastSyncDate,  KLocale::ISODate));
 #endif
-                curSyncDate.appendChild(text);
-                curSync.appendChild(curSyncDate);
+                curSync.appendChild(text);
 
                 e->appendChild(curSync);
 
         }
         return true;
 }