itextsharp follows the PDF reference bits, Acrobat may call them more user friendly names.
Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve poling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:32 PM Subject: [iText-questions] The relationship between iTextSharp permissionsand Acrobat dialogs > Hi all, > > I don't adequately understand the relationship between the permissions > defined by iTextSharp and the related permissions you see when you look > a document's properties' Security. It appears that some permissions > depend upon others, or are overruled by others. To illustrate, open a > PDF file and hit control-D and select the "Security" pane. You'll see a > "Document Restrictions Summary" consisting of 9 items from "Printing" to > "Creation of Template Pages." Moreover, if you click the button "Change > Settings," you'll see another dialog to set open and modify passwords, > and there are additional security settings here. This is what my boss > looks at. > > Meanwhile, I'm running iTextSharp, and I see PdfWriter.AllowAssembly > through PdfWriter.AllowScreenReaders that I OR together for use in > conjunction with the Writer's SetEncryption() method. And when I read > back the PDF file, I get the reader.Permissions, just fine. This is what > I look at. > > Trouble is that I don't adequately understand the relationship between > the bits of the Permissions flag, and those document restrictions I see > summarized by Adobe Acrobat as document properties. I figure I have to > document this relationship for my boss, or point to someplace else where > it is defined. Is this documented in the PDF Reference v1.6? If so, is > there any clearer statement than the table on page 99-100? Am I barking > up the right tree? > > I'm sorry if this is a "how deep is blue" question, > > steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
