Encrypted Files

You can read and show an encrypted file with PdfViewer by using a password. This topic provides basic information about passwords for a PDF file as well as how to read the encrypted PDF files with C1PdfViewer.

PDF File passwords

The PDF file can read encrypted files with the User password in C1PDFViewer. Whereas in C1PDF the PDF file can read and write encrypted files with the User and Owner passwords.

The owner password is used to prevent people from doing the following: printing, copying, or modifying text, adding or deleting pages in your PDF file. Once the owner password has been applied you will not be allowed to do the following: printing, content copying, and page extraction.

The user password is used to prevent people from opening or viewing your PDF. using an owner and user password by using the LoadDocument(pdfStream, password) method to render encrypted pdf.

Creating a Password Protected File

To create a password protected file, use the following code:

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Private Sub _btnCreate_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Dim dlg = New SaveFileDialog() dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (.pdf)\|.pdf" If dlg.ShowDialog().Value Then Using stream = dlg.OpenFile() Dim pdf = New C1.Silverlight.Pdf.C1PdfDocument() pdf.Security.UserPassword = "thePassword" pdf.DrawElement(_contentGrid, pdf.PageRectangle, C1.Silverlight.Pdf.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter, Stretch.Uniform) pdf.Save(stream) MessageBox.Show("Protected pdf saved. Password is 'thePassword'.") End Using End If End Sub

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  Private Sub _btnCreate_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
 Dim dlg = New SaveFileDialog()
 dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (*.pdf)|*.pdf"
 If dlg.ShowDialog().Value Then
  Using stream = dlg.OpenFile()
   Dim pdf = New C1.Silverlight.Pdf.C1PdfDocument()
   pdf.Security.UserPassword = "thePassword"
   pdf.DrawElement(_contentGrid, pdf.PageRectangle, C1.Silverlight.Pdf.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter, Stretch.Uniform)
   pdf.Save(stream)
   MessageBox.Show("Protected pdf saved. Password is 'thePassword'.")
  End Using
 End If
End Sub

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void _btnCreate_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { var dlg = new SaveFileDialog(); dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (.pdf)\|.pdf"; if (dlg.ShowDialog().Value) { using (var stream = dlg.OpenFile()) { var pdf = new C1.Silverlight.Pdf.C1PdfDocument(); pdf.Security.UserPassword = "thePassword"; pdf.DrawElement(_contentGrid, pdf.PageRectangle, C1.Silverlight.Pdf.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter, Stretch.Uniform); pdf.Save(stream); MessageBox.Show("Protected pdf saved. Password is 'thePassword'."); } } }

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  void _btnCreate_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var dlg = new SaveFileDialog();
            dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (*.pdf)|*.pdf";
            if (dlg.ShowDialog().Value)
            {
                using (var stream = dlg.OpenFile())
                {
                    var pdf = new C1.Silverlight.Pdf.C1PdfDocument();
                    pdf.Security.UserPassword = "thePassword";
                    pdf.DrawElement(_contentGrid, pdf.PageRectangle, C1.Silverlight.Pdf.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter, Stretch.Uniform);
                    pdf.Save(stream);
                    MessageBox.Show("Protected pdf saved. Password is 'thePassword'.");
                }
            }
        }

Opening an Existing PDF File

To open an existing PDF file, complete the following:

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' open an existing PDF file Private Sub _btnOpen_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Dim dlg = New OpenFileDialog() dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (.pdf)\|.pdf" If dlg.ShowDialog().Value Then Dim ms = New System.IO.MemoryStream() Using stream = dlg.File.OpenRead() stream.CopyTo(ms) End Using LoadProtectedDocument(ms, Nothing) End If End Sub

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 ' open an existing PDF file
Private Sub _btnOpen_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
 Dim dlg = New OpenFileDialog()
 dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (*.pdf)|*.pdf"
 If dlg.ShowDialog().Value Then
  Dim ms = New System.IO.MemoryStream()
  Using stream = dlg.File.OpenRead()
   stream.CopyTo(ms)
  End Using
  LoadProtectedDocument(ms, Nothing)
 End If
End Sub

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// open an existing PDF file void _btnOpen_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { var dlg = new OpenFileDialog(); dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (.pdf)\|.pdf"; if (dlg.ShowDialog().Value) { var ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream(); using (var stream = dlg.File.OpenRead()) { stream.CopyTo(ms); } LoadProtectedDocument(ms, null); } }

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  // open an existing PDF file
        void _btnOpen_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var dlg = new OpenFileDialog();
            dlg.Filter = "Pdf files (*.pdf)|*.pdf";
            if (dlg.ShowDialog().Value)
            {
                var ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
                using (var stream = dlg.File.OpenRead())
                {
                    stream.CopyTo(ms);
                }
                LoadProtectedDocument(ms, null);
            }
        }

Loading Password Protected PDF Documents

To load password protected PDF documents use the LoadDocument and LoadProtectedDocument methods like the following:

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' loads password-protected Pdf documents. ' calling this method with null for a password will open unprotected pdf files. ' if the pdf file is password-protected, an exeption will be thrown and caught, ' the user will be prompted for the actual password, and the method will call ' itself recursively. Private Sub LoadProtectedDocument(stream As System.IO.MemoryStream, password As String) Try stream.Position = 0 _viewer.LoadDocument(stream, password) Catch x As Exception 'if (x.Message.IndexOf("password") > -1) '{ Dim msg = "This file seems to be password-protected." & vbCr & vbLf & "Please provide the password and try again." C1.Silverlight.C1PromptBox.Show(msg, "Enter Password", Function(text, result) If result = MessageBoxResult.OK Then ' try again using the password provided by the user LoadProtectedDocument(stream, text) End If '} 'else '{ ' throw; '} End Function) End Try End Sub

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  ' loads password-protected Pdf documents.
' calling this method with null for a password will open unprotected pdf files.
' if the pdf file is password-protected, an exeption will be thrown and caught,
' the user will be prompted for the actual password, and the method will call
' itself recursively.
Private Sub LoadProtectedDocument(stream As System.IO.MemoryStream, password As String)
 Try
  stream.Position = 0
  _viewer.LoadDocument(stream, password)
 Catch x As Exception
  'if (x.Message.IndexOf("password") > -1)
  '{
  Dim msg = "This file seems to be password-protected." & vbCr & vbLf & "Please provide the password and try again."
  C1.Silverlight.C1PromptBox.Show(msg, "Enter Password", Function(text, result)
  If result = MessageBoxResult.OK Then
   ' try again using the password provided by the user
   LoadProtectedDocument(stream, text)
  End If
   '}
   'else
   '{
   '    throw;
   '}
End Function)
 End Try
End Sub

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// loads password-protected Pdf documents. // calling this method with null for a password will open unprotected pdf files. // if the pdf file is password-protected, an exeption will be thrown and caught, // the user will be prompted for the actual password, and the method will call // itself recursively. void LoadProtectedDocument(System.IO.MemoryStream stream, string password) { try { stream.Position = 0; _viewer.LoadDocument(stream, password); } catch (Exception x) { //if (x.Message.IndexOf("password") > -1) //{ var msg = "This file seems to be password-protected.\r\nPlease provide the password and try again."; C1.Silverlight.C1PromptBox.Show(msg, "Enter Password", (text, result) => { if (result == MessageBoxResult.OK) { // try again using the password provided by the user LoadProtectedDocument(stream, text); } }); //} //else //{ // throw; //} } }

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  // loads password-protected Pdf documents.
        // calling this method with null for a password will open unprotected pdf files.
        // if the pdf file is password-protected, an exeption will be thrown and caught,
        // the user will be prompted for the actual password, and the method will call
        // itself recursively.
        void LoadProtectedDocument(System.IO.MemoryStream stream, string password)
        {
            try
            {
                stream.Position = 0;
                _viewer.LoadDocument(stream, password);
            }
            catch (Exception x)
            {
                //if (x.Message.IndexOf("password") > -1)
                //{
                    var msg = "This file seems to be password-protected.\r\nPlease provide the password and try again.";
                    C1.Silverlight.C1PromptBox.Show(msg, "Enter Password", (text, result) =>
                        {
                            if (result == MessageBoxResult.OK)
                            {
                                // try again using the password provided by the user
                                LoadProtectedDocument(stream, text);
                            }
                        });
                //}
                //else
                //{
                //    throw;
                //}
            }
        }