3 files changed, 58 insertions, 18 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
@@ -71,186 +71,214 @@ using std::string;
 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.
           */
                 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  */
-  QString  uniqueid;
+        //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 */
                 stringdesc;
         /** user-name */
                 stringname;
         /** the password itself */
                 stringpw;
         /** some comment */
                 stringcomment;
         /** an URL string */
                 stringurl;
         /** launcher. Can be executed as a system() command */
                 stringlauncher;
         /** locking status. If locked (true), pw is not emitted through getEntry() */
                 boollockStat;
         /** 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();
         }
+  
+        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;