Thanks for the suggestions, the self code sounds like a fun project but I suspect my manager will want an off the shelf solution. So it seems like Adobe will be receiving some of our hard earned cash. [suspected it would go there] I agree with your point about organisational problem btw, the problem is that we do not trust our own suppliers.
stuart ps. Apolgies for the off-topic. On 6/14/05, Heinz Sporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Viewing / reading implies that the information has already been > transferred (downloaded and rendered) to a client browser. So I don't > think that you could totally prevent information extraction on the > client side. > > You can make it rather hard though: > > 1. Use evil things like Flash. > 2. Convert the information to a graphic format and use that as > background image. No browser is able to directly download background > images (in the moment). > 3. Invent your own crypted text format and develop a viewer for that. > > *SCNR* the irony. But it seems you want to solve a organisational > problem with a technical approach. That never works IMHO. > > Regards > > spox > > Am Dienstag, den 14.06.2005, 08:23 +0100 schrieb Stuart Howard: > > Hi > > > > I work in the engineering sector where we issue documents that detail > > process methods on how to produce certain items of equipment. Recently > > we have produced some documentation that we need to be able to publish > > [in a form such as pdf] for use by our suppliers BUT we want to ensure > > that this documentation cannot escape out of our control. > > > > What I am wondering is, can a document be published to a website [for > > example] in such a way that it can be viewed and read but it cannot be > > either copied, downloaded, printed or the text extracted from it? > > > > Not in the spirit of open source I admit but in the world of > > manufacturing there is little honour. > > > > Stuart > > > > -- > > "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand > > binary, those who don't" > > > > --Unknown > > > -- > Mit freundlichen Gr��en > > Heinz Sporn > > SPORN it-freelancing > > Mobile: ++43 (0)699 / 127 827 07 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Snail: Steyrer Str. 20 > A-4540 Bad Hall > Austria / Europe > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, those who don't" --Unknown -- [email protected] mailing list
