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The BarTender Document Password dialog, accessible via the File menu, allows you to set up a password to protect various aspects of the active BarTender document. When the user attempts to perform any of the protected actions, they will be prompted to enter the password. By default, no password is defined.

Once you enable password protection on one or more Protected Actions, and if you have enabled Remember Document Password Until Close, you can continue to work in BarTender as normal until you exit and reopen the application. When you reopen BarTender, the password protection you configured will prevent you from completing the actions until the password is provided.

Additionally, the password is now also required to access to the BarTender Document Password dialog.

Set/Change Password

• New Password: Enter your chosen password.

• Confirm Password: Confirm your password by reentering it.

• Password Hint (Optional): Provide an optional password hint as a memory aid. The user will be able to access this hint when entering the password.

Protected Actions

The Protected Actions section allows you to select which actions on the document you wish to protect. Any actions that are protected will prompt the user for the document password. If the correct password is not entered, the user will be prevented from performing the action. The following actions may be protected:

• Open Document: Restricts the ability to open the document. When protected, users can still view the preview of the document outside of BarTender.

• Save Document: Restricts the ability to save the document. If the user needs to modify the document in any way, they will need this permission to save their changes.

• Save Copy of Document: Restricts the ability to save a copy of the document using the Save As command in the File menu.

• Print: Restricts the ability to print the document.

• Modify Template Design: Restricts the ability to change the appearance or position of objects on the template. When protected, a padlock is shown on the template to indicate the document is locked, and the user will not be able to modify any objects without first entering the password.

• Modify Protected VB Script(s): Restricts the ability to modify any protected VBScripts in the document. Note that this option must be enabled before you can protect a VBScript.

To protect a VBScript

1. Enable Modify Protected VB Script(s) in the BarTender Document Password dialog, and click OK.

2. Open the VBScript you wish to protect in the Script Editor

3. At the bottom of the Editor pane, enable Protected by Document Password. The next time a user tries to open this VBScript, they will have to enter the document password.

• Modify Print Dialog Options: Restricts the ability to change options in the Print dialog. When protected, users can still open the Print dialog.

• Modify Page Setup: Restricts the ability to modify settings in the Page Setup dialog.

• Modify Database Setup: Restricts the ability to modify settings in the Database Setup dialog.

• Modify Layers: Restricts the ability to modify settings in the Layer Properties dialog. Also restricts the ability to change the previously set locked/unlocked status of individual layers. When protected, users can still modify or delete existing objects on unlocked layers and can add new objects to unlocked layers. They cannot, however, add new layers to the document.

Remember Document Password Until Close

If this option is selected, then the user will only be asked to enter the password once. Once the correct password is entered, the document will stay unlocked for as long as it is open, and the user will be able to perform all of the protected actions without having to reenter the password.

If this option is unchecked, then the user will be prompted to enter the password every time they perform any of the protected actions. The action "Modify Template Design" is an exception to this; once the correct password is entered, a user will be able to modify the template for as long as the document is open.