UserPassword

PdfEncryptionDetails.UserPassword property

Gets or sets the User password.

public string UserPassword { get; set; }

Remarks

Opening the document with the correct user password (or opening a document that does not have a user password) allows additional operations to be performed according to the user access permissions specified in the document’s encryption dictionary.

Examples

Shows how to use specify PDF encryption details while saving a project as PDF file.

var project = new Project(DataDir + "CreateProject2.mpp");

// lets specify encryption details  
var encryptionDetails = new PdfEncryptionDetails(
    // specify user password
    "userPassword", 
    // specify owner password
    "ownerPassword", 
    // specify encryption algorithm
    PdfEncryptionAlgorithm.RC4_128);

// specify permissions
encryptionDetails.Permissions = PdfPermissions.ModifyContents | PdfPermissions.ModifyAnnotations;

// show user and owner passwords
Console.WriteLine("User Password: " + encryptionDetails.UserPassword);
Console.WriteLine("Owner Password: " + encryptionDetails.OwnerPassword);
// show encryption mode: RC4_40 or RC4_128
Console.WriteLine("Encryption Algorithm: " + encryptionDetails.EncryptionAlgorithm);
Console.WriteLine("Permissions: " + encryptionDetails.Permissions);

var options = new PdfSaveOptions
{
    EncryptionDetails = encryptionDetails
};

// save the project with specified encryption details
project.Save(OutDir + "WorkWithPdfEncryptionDetails_out.pdf", options);

See Also

Permissions