Broken glove compartment latch

I did finally get the damn thing off. I was able to get the bottom free, but the top part would not open - the latch was engaged with the metal bar that keeps the compartment closed, and if I tried yanking on the top I would have destroyed the whole glove box area.

What I did was break off the plastic latch cover, exposing a slot leading to the mechanics of the latch. When I inserted a little screwdriver into the slot and pulled down on the screrwdriver the latch disengaged from behind the bar, and the box popped open. Then I simply unscrewed the old, now broken, latch and put in a new one.