How to Change your Age with RoboForm

Birthdays. Everybody gets 'em. And most people over a certain age dread 'em. But for sweepers, they can really be a hassle. Not only do you have to remember that new age (which can be a little tricky for those whose "rememberers" don't work so well anymore) -- but you have to update it in your form filler. Another reason to dread birthdays!

Having just had my birthday, I figured now -- while I still remember -- would be a good time to write up the yearly steps to take to keep RoboForm updated. After all, nobody wants to be DQ'd cuz they forgot to update their age!

Update RoboForm

Since RoboForm stores "age" and "birthday" separately, you have to manually update the "age" field every year.

1. From the RoboForm dropdown, click Identities, then Edit.
2. Select the Identity you want to modify, then find the Person tab.
3. Change the value in the "Age" field to match your new age.

Update Your Passcards

This corrects your age for all forms you fill going forward. But but it's not as simple as that if you use RoboForm's Passcards. In that case, you'll need to fix any forms you saved that have your "old" age.

1. From the Roboform drop-down, click Logins, then Edit.
2. From the top menu, select Edit, then Search Files. (You could also use the F3 shortcut key.)
3. In the "Search For" field, put your old age (i.e., 30). Checkmark the boxes for "Match whole words only" and "In content." Click "Search."
4. Double-click each search result to bring it up in the Passcard Editor window. Change the age to your new age.

This still won't catch 'em all, unfortunately. Some forms use an age range (i.e., 18-35), which makes it a little tricker. My suggestion on those? From the RoboForm drop-down, click Logins, then Edit, to get to the Passcard Editor. Select the top listing on the left-hand side, then use your arrow to scroll down, one-by-one through the listings. On each listing, glance through the data stored on the right-hand side and look for anything that looks like an age range. This process actually goes fairly quickly -- it only took about 15-20 minutes for me to look through about 125 passcards.

Course, if all that sounds like a lot of trouble, you could just pay extra special attention the next time you enter sweeps. Check each form, then change & re-save any changed forms as you go along.

Birthdays can be a hassle... but hopefully if you follow these tips, you'll age easily (if not always gracefully). Here's wishing you all lots of luck -- on your birthday & every other day!