That helps, thanks. The password is no good for fear of fraud, but I will take your client's approach.
On 20 May 2011, at 10:06 AM, 1T3XT BVBA <i...@1t3xt.info> wrote: > Op 20/05/2011 8:48, Taariq Levack schreef: >> I've tried a few things and failed, is this possible with iText? > > You could flatten all fields but the date field, and make that field > Read-Only. > Downside: people with Acrobat could change the field property, > you'd have to encrypt the document with an owner password to avoid this. > > The way it's done at one of our customers: > They save the PDF without the data field. > They add the date/time field EACH TIME the PDF is requested. > This way the content of the PDF is always identical, except for the date > and time: that's always the exact time the PDF was requested. > > Hope this helps. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! > Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its > next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran > developers boost performance applications - including clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a > reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: > http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php