I don't think you can unless you use the embedded features to protect the documents. However, as with all items, anytime there's security there's usually some way around it. Setting the file "Read only" attribute would not really do much if someone knew how to turn it off, or they could just save it as a different filename. For things like Powerpoint, you could save it as a .pps file which is just the show without editing capabilities. However, I'd imagine there's some sort of utility to make it editable again. Same thing with PDFs. You can set a password on it but there's probably a way around it.
John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: protect downloaded files? Anyone know if there is a surefire way to make all downloaded files read-only? We have a client that wants to have files available to download, but the original author doesn't want to have them be able to be edited. We're talking PowerPoint, Word, PDF files here, BTW. Any advice on how to make this happen would be appreciated. We've found that even using the "Read Only" attribute in the file properties doesn't persist once a copy has been downloaded to the client. TIA Ray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238327 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
