Cool. It works and also solved my problem thanks a lot Daniel. Sushil
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Noll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:06 AM To: POI Users List Subject: Re: protected word doc Sushil Khekare wrote: > How to find out a document is encrypted using java. While using POI > error is thrown at constructor level only so no way to use any method > on the object of wordDocument or hwpfdocument. Here's one way: POIFSFileSystem fileSystem = // ... Entry summaryEntry = fileSystem.getRoot().getEntry( SummaryInformation.DEFAULT_STREAM_NAME); if (summaryEntry instanceof DocumentEntry) { PropertySet ps = PropertySetFactory.create( new DocumentInputStream((DocumentEntry) summaryEntry)); SummaryInformation summary = new SummaryInformation(ps); if ((summary.getSecurity() & PASSWORD_PROTECTED_MASK) != 0) { // Is encrypted } } This is trusting the summary properties, and the summary properties might be lying, but it works for us. Daniel -- Daniel Noll Nuix Pty Ltd Suite 79, 89 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia Ph: +61 2 9280 0699 Web: http://www.nuix.com.au/ Fax: +61 2 9212 6902 This message is intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or attachment is strictly prohibited. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/
