OwnerPassword Property (PdfSecurity)

The owner password to be entered in the reader that permits full access to the document regardless of the specified user permissions. If this value is left null or empty, the user is not granted full permissions to the pdf file security settings.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property OwnerPassword As String

public string OwnerPassword {get; set;}

Property Value

String.

Example

Private void btnExport_Click(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    rptDataDynamics rpt = new rptDataDynamics();
    DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.PdfExport p = new DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.PdfExport();
    p.Security.Encrypt = true;
    p.Security.OwnerPassword = "Mortimer";
    p.Security.UserPassword = "monkey";
    p.Security.Permissions = DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.PdfPermissions.AllowPrint;
    p.Security.Use128Bit = true;
    rpt.Run();
    this.arv.Document = rpt.Document;
    p.Export(rpt.Document, Application.StartupPath + "\\p.pdf");
}

Visual Basic

Private Sub btnExport_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
    Dim rpt As New rptDD
    Dim p As New DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.PdfExport
    p.Security.Encrypt = True
    p.Security.OwnerPassword = "Mortimer"
    p.Security.UserPassword = "monkey"
    p.Security.Permissions = DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.PdfPermissions.AllowPrint
    p.Security.Use128Bit = True
    rpt.Run()
    Me.Viewer1.Document = rpt.Document
    p.Export(rpt.Document, Application.StartupPath & "\p.pdf")
End Sub

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

PdfSecurity Class
PdfSecurity Members