Thanks Randy: FYI, just for future knowledge, we found that even if you change the attributes to "Read Only" on the server copy, it gets changed to "Normal" once downloaded. One doesn't even have to touch the attributes to get it back to normal. Seems a little silly to even have that option if it doesn't work, or is extremely easy to alter when not dealing with server/client relationships.
Ray Adkins, Randy wrote: > Once a client downloads the file, they can easily change the attributes > of the file >>From read-only to Normal and modify them anyway. > > Just can not do that on the files on the server. > > But to answer your question, sorry I do not know a way other than making > them all > PDF files however there are ways to convert a PDF file to another type > and then be > Able to make changes. > > > -----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:4:238330 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
