VI password protection

[sagar7077bishwas]

HI Team,

To prevent VI from being edited the option i found is VI properties option under the File drop-down as shown below.
I would like to know if there is any other better option to protect all my VI's in the project just by setting password once instead of setting password for  individual VI.

Regards,
Sagar

[GerdW]

Hi sagar,

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@sagar7077bishwas wrote:

I would like to know if there is any other better option to protect all my VI's in the project just by setting password once instead of setting password for  individual VI

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Inside the project you should NOT protect any VI, neither locked nor password protected.

It's your source code and you keep your code inside your SCC repository…

When you need to distribute code you can use other options:

• convert your lvlib into a lvlibp, which basically strips any source code
• build a source distribution and lock/password protect that distribution package (here you can set one password for all included VIs)

Keep in mind: this "password protection" is a rather old and simple implementation and can be removed quite easily. It's no "protection" of your IP…

[santo_13]

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@sagar7077bishwas wrote:

HI Team,

To prevent VI from being edited the option i found is VI properties option under the File drop-down as shown below.
I would like to know if there is any other better option to protect all my VI's in the project just by setting password once instead of setting password for  individual VI.

Regards,
Sagar

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What is your intention behind this?