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Dissallow Save

mdboyce
Hi -
I've gotten the setEncryption to work to not allow printing, modifying and copying - but is there a way to stop users from saving a copy of the PDF file that is generated? We only want them to be able to see it in the browser?

Thanks for your help!

Mark
mikeday
Not as far as I know; if people can download something to see it, then they can download something to save it.
mdboyce
Thanks Mike. A further thought - is it possible to programatically specify the "user" password when opening a PDF file or are you always prompted? We might be able to get around the problem if they simply couldn't open it if they saved it.
mikeday
The only way to do that would be using a PDF open parameter, but that doesn't seem to support specifying passwords. Anyway, the password would be visible in plaintext in the URL, so there would be no real security.