Auto Type provides a means for users to
easily and quickly
enter user name and password information. With a single click, the user
name and password are entered and the data is submitted to the host for
approval. By default, the formula followed by the automated keystrokes
is as follows: the user
name, followed by a tab key, followed by the
password, another tab, and then the enter key (usernameTABpasswordTAB ENTER).
This works fine for most web sites that require username/password
authentication.
For web sites or applications that require different data, it
is possible to
tailor the autotype behaviour as described in the Customizing Auto Type
section below. Note that you can also customize the defaultautotype
text via the Misc. tab in
the Options dialog box. This can be useful if, for example, the
autotype is too fast for your machine.
Using Auto Type
Place cursor in the form's user name field
Maximize or open Password Safe
Select a password entry
Ctrl -T or right-click and select Perform
Auto Type to or click on the Toolbar button to initiate.
Customizing
Auto Type
For web sites or applications that do not have the username
field followed by
the
password field followed by the login button, you can modify the
behaviour by filling in the "Autotype" field with
text that
specifies the desired behavior as follows:
\u
is replaced by the username associated with the entry.
\p
is replaced by the password associated with the entry.
\g
is replaced by the group associated with the entry.
\i
is replaced by the title associated with the entry.
\o
is replaced by the contents of the (possibly multilined) Notes field.
Any end of line characters
‘\n’, ‘\r’ or
‘\r\n’ are converted to ‘\r’
(carriage return).
No substitution is made to escape sequences within the
Notes field (e.g. ‘\u’, ‘\p’
etc.) except for the ‘\t’ sequence which is
replaced by the tab character.
\oNNN
is replaced by the contents of the nth line of
the Notes field
NNN can
be one to three digits (e.g., \o5 for the 5th
line, \o45 for the 45th, etc.
End of line characters are not included.
if NNN is
larger than the number of lines in the notes field, then this has no
effect.
Note that this is a convenient way to support
autotyping for applications that require a second password or other
arbitrary text as part of the authentication process.
\b
is replaced by the backspace key.
\t
is replaced by the Tab key, in effect skipping a field.
\n
is replaced by the enter key, in effect pressing a button.
\\
is replaced by the backslash (\) key.
\dNNN
sets the delay between characters to NNN milliseconds,
instead of 10 (the default). Note that you can
string together a number of
\d commands. For example, \d999\d999\d999\d010 gives you 3 seconds
delay (3.007, to be exact). The \d command both sets the
inter-character delay and also causes an immediate delay.
All other text is typed as-is.
Example:
The following can be used where the bank account number (12345) must be
entered before the user and password: