## Using Protected Mode to Protect Part Programs from Edits

Enabling Protected Mode

To protect a part program from unwanted edits, you can select the Edit | Protected Mode menu item to enable Protected Mode. This menu item appears in the Edit menu on the main PC-DMIS screen once all part programs are closed. When you select this menu item, a small password dialog box appears with two fields allowing you to define a password needed to disable Protected Mode:

Define the password by typing the same string of characters into the two fields, and click OK. A check mark appears next to the Protected Mode item when this mode is enabled:

The Effects of Protected Mode

In Protected Mode, PC-DMIS protects your part program by disabling all functionality to modify existing commands or add new commands. You can still view the Edit window and Report window, load and view different report templates, change the marking state of commands, and execute the part program; however, you cannot modify the part program or reporting templates in any way.

The main visual indicators that PC-DMIS is in Protected Mode are these:

- Only a few menus exist and menu items on those menus are stripped of all editing functionality:

- Only the Edit Window Toolbar
  , Probe Mode Toolbar
  , and Graphic View Toolbar
  are available:

- The Edit window in Command or DMIS mode has a uniform color to indicate static text:

Disabling Protected Mode

To disable Protected Mode, do the following:

1. Close all open part programs.

2. Select the Edit | Protected Mode menu item.

3. Type the password that was initially defined.

4. Click OK.

All the above editing restrictions will then be removed.