Protecting Procedures
When creating procedures to be used by others, you may want to protect these procedures from being viewed and edited.
To protect a procedure, do the following:
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From the main menu, select Tools/Options/Commands and enter a numeric protection (encryption) key that is greater than 1000 and less than 32000. |
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From the main menu, select Tools/Protect. |
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In the Protect dialog: |
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Highlight the procedure to be protected |
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Name the protected procedure |
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Specify the numeric protection (encryption) key. In virtually all cases, you would use the displayed key that was entered in step 1. |
Once a procedure is protected, it cannot be un-protected. The original un-protected procedure should be saved for future reference.
A list should be maintained at all times detailing all of the protected procedures and the specific protection key used for each procedure.
Note: A best practice is to use one protection key for a set of procedures for a specific client or user.
If a protected procedure is given to another user, they must also enter the protection key in Tools/Options/Commands in order to run the procedure.