Okay were getting somewhere. It is still asking me for the password. In the cfheader you have < value="inline; filename=foo.pdf" >. Where is foo.pdf physically located at thispoint and can we strip the password using cfpdf just before the cfcontent?
-----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:29 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: view protected pdf <cfpdf action="read" source="install.pdf" name="install"> <cfcontent type="application/pdf" variable="#toBinary(install)#">" The only tricky part is the toBinary to convert the PDF 'object' into pure binary data. You probably also want to include a file name for the download. Here is a better example: <cfpdf action="read" source="install.pdf" name="install"> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="inline; filename=foo.pdf"> <cfcontent type="application/pdf" variable="#toBinary(install)#">" On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Kenny J. Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I output the pdf variable to the client? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:12 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: view protected pdf > >> Maybe unrealistic for <cfpdf>, but unrealistic for ColdFusion itself. >> To protect something with no discernable way back. You can't disagree >> with this. I realize that we have cfcontent and others that display >> output. I find it a miscue to not notice this one way only for pdfs. >> They tought cfpdf in cf8, but I find it somewhat lacking, so I am > trying >> to find a way around it without compromising the files security and > yes >> I am aware of what the client can do with it once they have it and I >> cannot control much of that. With all these other tools, there has to >> be a way. I have that much faith in this language and I am hoping > that >> I am not wrong. > > Well, I can certainly disagree with that. In fact, I disagree with > every statement you've just made. > > First, you can use CFPDF to read from a password-protected PDF into a > PDF variable, which you could write to output or to file. Second, I'm > not sure what your desired outcome is, in any case. You want it > secured? not secured? > > You might find it useful to describe, as a use case, exactly how you > want users to interact with PDFs using your application. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318361 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
