>       This solution encrypts the document verbatim. If you are creating
> the document with pdflib why not placing the watermark there?

Thats why I want to use iText: AFAIK, pdflib can't generate watermarks at all, 
only text with rendering parameters...

>       Place the watermark with PdfWriter.getDirectContentUnder(). This
> layer is below all the others.

I tried this too, but then the watermark wasn't transparent, either. Maybe I 
should try it with other images.

Regards,
Ralf

> > > If the objective is to encrypt the whole document it can be done with
> >
> > the
> >
> > > class PdfEncryptor and all the links and fields are kept. Example
> > > usage:
> > >
> > > import com.lowagie.text.*;
> > > import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
> > > import java.io.*;
> > >
> > > public class encrypt_pdf {
> > >
> > >     public static void main (String args[]) {
> > >         System.out.println("PDF document encryptor");
> > >         if (args.length < 2) {
> > >             System.out.println("usage: input_file output_file");
> > >             return;
> > >         }
> > >         try {
> > >             System.out.println("Reading " + args[0]);
> > >             PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(args[0]);
> > >             System.out.println("Writing " + args[1]);
> > >             PdfEncryptor.encrypt(reader, new FileOutputStream(args[1]),
> > > null, null, 0, false);
> > >             System.out.println("Done.");
> > >         }
> > >         catch (Exception e) {
> > >             e.printStackTrace();
> > >         }
> > >     }
> > > }
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Paulo Soares
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:   Bruno [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent:   Monday, September 23, 2002 7:42
> > > > To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Cc:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject:        Re: [iText-questions] Encryption -> links gone
> > > >
> > > > Quoting Ralf Terdic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to encrypt a file generated by pdflib which contains
> > > > > some
> > > >
> > > > links.
> > > >
> > > > > The encryption works well with the Encrypt.java example, but then
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > links
> > > >
> > > > > are gone. How can I avoid this?
> > > >
> > > > You can't: for the moment this is not supported.
> > > > Leonard Rosenthol is working on an iText version that will support
> >
> > this.
> >
> > > > Bruno
> > > >
> > > >
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