On 07/22/2016 08:43 PM, Peter Le wrote:
Does XMLMind have the capability to output a PDF that is protected from
copying/editing/etc?
I have seen that the Apache FOP (latest version) has this capability.
https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/pdfencryption.html
My answer assumes that you are using a recent version of XMLmind XSL
Utility because only XMLmind XSL Utility (and XMLmind XSL Server) can
generate PDF.
First of all, FOP 0.95 is completely obsolete. Latest version of XMLmind
XSL Utility includes latest version of FOP which is 2.1. So please refer to:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/2.1/configuration.html
The answer to your question is: no, there is no easy way to make XMLmind
XSL Utility generate protected PDF files. You must use a FOP
configuration file for that.
Fortunately, XMLmind XSL Utility can automatically create the FOP
configuration file for you and then automatically use this FOP
configuration file.
First steps:
1) Start XMLmind XSL Utility and click "Preferences".
2) Select the "Addon|FOP" section.
3) Declare at least one font as explained in
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.guiutil.PreferencesEditorDialog.html#fop_preferences
The simplest is to click "Use Windows standard fonts".
4) Quit XMLmind XSL Utility.
The above steps have caused XMLmind XSL Utility to create FOP
configuration file <XFC_user_preferences_dir>/fop/fop.conf
where <XFC_user_preferences_dir> is:
* $HOME/.xfc/ on Linux.
* $HOME/Library/Application Support/XMLmind/FOConverter/ on the Mac.
* %APPDATA%\XMLmind\FOConverter\ on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10.
Example: C:\Documents and Settings\john\Application
Data\XMLmind\FOConverter\ on Windows XP.
C:\Users\john\AppData\Roaming\XMLmind\FOConverter\ on Windows Vista, 7,
8 and 10.
Final step, please edit fop.conf using a text or XML editor and add, for
example:
---
<encryption-params>
<noprint/>
<nocopy/>
<noedit/>
</encryption-params>
---
as the first child of the <renderer mime="application/pdf"> element.
After doing that, fop.conf looks like this:
---
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<fop>
<renderers>
<renderer mime="application/pdf">
<encryption-params>
<noprint/>
<nocopy/>
<noedit/>
</encryption-params>
<fonts>
<font embed-url="file:/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf"
kerning="yes">
<font-triplet name="Arial" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
<font-triplet name="sans-serif" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
</font>
...
---
Now restart XMLmind XSL Utility. From now, all the PDF you'll generate
using XMLmind XSL Utility will be "protected".
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