====== Add Password Protection To Folder ======

The Add_Password_Protection_To_Folder command allows users to encrypt folders in the [[visual3d:documentation:visual3d_signal_types:data_tree|data tree]] with password protection.

**NOTE 1**: We strongly recommend that users DO NOT store data in their workspace that requires encryption, but some organizational policies require certain [[Visual3D:Documentation:Visual3D_Signal_Types:TEXT_Data_Type|TEXT_DATA]] fields to be encrypted.

**NOTE 2**: There is no mechanism for recovering forgotten passwords. If the password used to encrypt a folder is lost then that data will no longer be readable.

===== Pipeline Command =====

The Add_Password_Protection_To_Folder command can be found in the pipeline workshop's Folder Encryption folder.

<code>
Add_Password_Protection_To_Folder
/SIGNAL_TYPES=
/SIGNAL_FOLDER=ORIGINAL
/Password=
;
</code>

===== Command Parameters =====

^ Parameter ^ Description ^
| Signal Types | The [[visual3d:documentation:pipeline:general_information:signal_types|type of signal]] whose folder will be encrypted. |
| Signal Folder | The [[visual3d:documentation:pipeline:general_information:signal_folder|signal folder]] to be encrypted. |
| Password | The password to be used. **NOTE**: Lost passwords cannot be recovered. |

===== Notes =====

**NOTE 1**: We strongly recommend that users DO NOT store data in their workspace that requires encryption.

**NOTE 2**: There is no mechanism for recovering forgotten passwords. If the password used to encrypt a folder is lost then that data will no longer be readable.

===== See Also =====

Related pipeline commands include:
  * [[visual3d:documentation:pipeline:other_commands:remove_password_protection_from_folder|Remove_Password_Protection_From_Folder]]
  * [[visual3d:documentation:pipeline:file_commands:enter_password_to_view_folder_data|Enter_Password_To_View_Folder]]