PDFSecurityOptions Class

Summary

PDF encryption options

Syntax

C++

[SerializableAttribute()] 
public class PDFSecurityOptions

<SerializableAttribute()> 
Public Class PDFSecurityOptions

[SerializableAttribute()] 
public ref class PDFSecurityOptions

Remarks

The PDFSecurityOptions class is used as the type for the SecurityOptions and used to read and write the security and encryption options to use with PDF files.

When reading PDF documents, PDFDocument.SecurityOptions will always be populated automatically when the PDFDocument object is initialized.

When writing PDF documents, the following methods of the PDFFile class will use the security options set in PDFFile.SecurityOptions when updating or created a PDF file:

If the value of PDFFile.SecurityOptions is null, then the PDFFile will not encrypt the result PDF file.

There are two different ways to protect a PDF file with a password:

By using a user password set in UserPassword. In this mode, external viewers such as Adobe Acrobat will ask the user for the same password when opening the file for viewing. If the correct password is supplied, then all operations and rights are granted.
By using an owner password set in OwnerPassword. In this mode, external viewers such as Adobe Acrobat will ask the user for the same password when opening the file for viewing. If the correct password is supplied, the editor will check the various access rights properties to allow or disallow certain operations on the PDF file such as printing or editing.

You cannot use both UserPassword and OwnerPassword in the same PDF file. If both values are set, then the PDFFile object will use OwnerPassword and ignore UserPassword.

Example

This example will re-encrypt a PDF file with an owner password and restrict printing.

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.Controls; 
using Leadtools.Drawing; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
using Leadtools.Pdf; 
using Leadtools.Svg; 
using Leadtools.WinForms; 
 
public void PDFFileSecurityOptionsExample() 
{ 
   string sourceFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"Leadtools.pdf"); 
   string destinationFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"LEAD_EncryptedNoPrint.pdf"); 
 
   PDFFile pdfFile = new PDFFile(sourceFileName); 
 
   // Set the security options 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions = new PDFSecurityOptions(); 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.UserPassword = "LEAD"; 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.PrintEnabled = false; 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.HighQualityPrintEnabled = false; 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.EncryptionMode = PDFEncryptionMode.RC128Bit; 
 
   // Encrypt the file by saving it to the destination file 
   pdfFile.Convert(1, -1, destinationFileName); 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"; 
}

Imports Leadtools 
Imports Leadtools.Codecs 
Imports Leadtools.Pdf 
Imports Leadtools.WinForms 
Imports Leadtools.Svg 
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing 
 
Public Sub PDFFileSecurityOptionsExample() 
   Dim sourceFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Leadtools.pdf") 
   Dim destinationFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "LEAD_EncryptedNoPrint.pdf") 
 
   Dim pdfFile As PDFFile = New PDFFile(sourceFileName) 
 
   ' Set the security options 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions = New PDFSecurityOptions() 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.UserPassword = "LEAD" 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.PrintEnabled = False 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.HighQualityPrintEnabled = False 
   pdfFile.SecurityOptions.EncryptionMode = PDFEncryptionMode.RC128Bit 
 
   ' Encrypt the file by saving it to the destination file 
   pdfFile.Convert(1, -1, destinationFileName) 
End Sub 
 
Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS 
   Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images" 
End Class

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

PDFSecurityOptions Members

Leadtools.Pdf Namespace

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