But, if you know the password, how can we modify that pdf. I have a pdf
document which is protected, but I know the password. Could you please
explain how to do that?
On 2/10/09, Leonard Rosenthol <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> You need to contact the original author of the PDF and ask them for the
> password.
>
>
>
> They put the password there to prevent unauthorized use of the document –
> such as what you are trying to do. I am sure that if you tell them what you
> are doing, and why, they will be glad to work with you…
>
>
>
> Leonard
>
>
>
> *From:* Subhrajyoti Moitra [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:47 AM
> *To:* Post all your questions about iText here
> *Subject:* Re: [iText-questions] Unlocking PDF files.
>
>
>
> Hi,
> Let me tell you why i am doing this.
>
> I want to append/prepend pages to the document. The final pdf need not be
> the same doc (the source doc which is protected).
> So what i want to do is:
>
> Construct a new pdf file that adds(copies) a prepend.pdf, then copies the
> source pdf and then another append pdf.
> The final doc is combination of all the 3.
>
> The issue is that i cant seem to accomplish this using PdfCopyFields. My
> code is something like this
>
> PdfCopyFields pcf=new PdfCopyFields(tempFileOutputStream);
> pcf.addDocument(tempPrependReader);
> pcf.addDocument(sourcePdfFileReader);//copy source pdf as is.
> pcf.close();
>
> While adding the sourcePdfFileReader i get the below exception. I wanted to
> avoid this, is there a way to do this?
>
> Thanks a lot for your time.
>
> Subhro.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:55 PM, 1T3XT info <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Subhrajyoti Moitra wrote:
> > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: PdfReader
> > not opened with owner password
> >
> > I read in this link, this is possible:
> http://www.ensode.net/pdf_unlock.html
>
> That link contains information about an action that is illegal.
> You are not allowed to use iText to crack a PDF file.
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