</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">PDF for WPF and Silverlight</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Applying Security and Permissions</div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel">Collapse All</label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> </span> </div> <div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="PDF for WPF and Silverlight Overview.html">PDF for WPF and Silverlight Overview</a> > <a href="C1Pdf Features.html">Features: PDF for WPF and Silverlight </a> > Applying Security and Permissions</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <p class="AutoBodyText">By default, anyone can open, copy, print, and edit PDF files. If your PDF documents contain sensitive information, however, you can encrypt them so that only authorized users can access it.</p> <p class="AutoBodyText">There is a separate password for the owner of the document and for all other users. The user's access can be selectively restricted to allow only certain operations, such as viewing, printing, or editing the document.</p> <p class="AutoBodyText"><b>PDF for WPF</b> provides a Security property that returns a <b>PdfSecurity</b> object. This object has properties that allow you to specify the <b>owner password</b> (required to change passwords and permissions for the document) and the <b>user password</b> (required to open the document). Additionally, the <b>PdfSecurity</b> object allows you to specify what permissions a regular user should have. For example you may allow users to see the document but not to print or edit it.</p> <p class="AutoBodyText">To use the <b>PDF for WPF</b> security features, simply set the passwords before you save the document. For example:</p> <p class="hs-toggler">To write the code in Visual Basic:</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><span style="COLOR: green">' Create the document as usual.</span></p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">CreateDoc()</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"> </p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><span style="COLOR: green">' Set passwords.</span></p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.OwnerPassword = "2mds%dffgd"</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.UserPassword = "anyone"</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.AllowEditAnnotations = False</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.AllowEditContent = False</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.AllowPrint = False</p> </div> <p class="hs-toggler">To write the code in C#:</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><span style="COLOR: green">// Create the document as usual.</span></p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">CreateDoc();</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"> </p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><span style="COLOR: green">// Set passwords.</span></p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.OwnerPassword = "2mds%dffgd";</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.UserPassword = "anyone";</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.AllowEditAnnotations = false;</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.AllowEditContent = false;</p> <p class="Sample" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">_c1pdf.Security.AllowPrint = false;</p> </div> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <p> </p><p> </p><hr style="height: 1px"><p>Copyright © <script type="" text/javascript""=""> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. All rights reserved. <script>$(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.self !== window.top)) { // Not running in a frameset // Get the page name var pageName = location.href.substring(location.href.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); if (pageName.indexOf("#") != -1) { pageName = pageName.substring(0, pageName.indexOf("#")); } // Append to webframe.html var framePage = "webframe.html#" + pageName; location.href = framePage; } });</script> </p> <a target="_blank" href="http://our.componentone.com/groups/">Product Support Forum</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://feedback.componentone.com/forums/272000-wpf-and-silverlight-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a> </div> </body> </html>