Public Property Protected As Boolean

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Dim instance As PdfDocumentOptions Dim value As Boolean   instance.Protected = value   value = instance.Protected

public bool Protected {get; set;}

public:
property bool Protected {
   bool get();
   void set (bool value);
}

Return Value

This is used when creating encrypted PDF documents. PDF documents can be encrypted by two levels low (40-bit RC4) and high (128-bit RC4). To change the encryption level, use the EncryptionMode property.

PDF documents can be protected (secured) using two methods:

• Protected against viewing. PDF viewers will request a password from the user when the document is opened for viewing. This password is called the user password and you can protect the created PDF document by setting the Protected property to true and the UserPassword property to the password value.

• Protected against editing. PDF editor will request a password from the user when the document is opened for editing. This password is called the owner password and you can protect the created PDF document by setting the Protected property to true and the OwnerPassword property to the password value.

When a PDF document is protected against editing (through the use of an owner password, an encryption level and owner access rights can be granted or denied in the resulting document. The following table lists the PDF access rights supported by the LEADTOOLS Document Writers:

Note that if you set the Protected property to true, then a valid password must be set to either UserPassword or OwnerPassword or both.

Note that Protected is not supported when DocumentType is PdfDocumentType.PdfA.

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family

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