How to Password Protect a PDF
Setting password protection and encrypting a PDF can be done in a few lines of code.
When a user password is specified, the PDF viewer will require this password to open the PDF document. If left blank the viewer will not prompt for a password when opening the PDF.
When an owner password is specified, the PDF viewer will require it to modify the PDF.
Below is the list of classes used to set passwords or to encrypt PDF with different secuirty settings.
Steps to Password Protect PDF
- Create a
Document object.
- Create a
Page object and add it to Document.
- Create a
Aes256Security object by setting the owner and user password.
- Set the security to the
Document.
- Output the
Document to the Browser.
Sample code - ASP
Dim MyDocument
Set MyDocument = Server.CreateObject("DynamicPDF.Document")
Dim MyPage
Set MyPage = MyDocument.AddPage()
Dim MySecurity
Set MySecurity = MyDocument.SetAes256Security("owner", "user")
MyDocument.DrawToWeb
How to Add Password to a PDF
The above security classes can be used to add password protection to an existing PDF document as well.
Steps to Add Password to PDF
- Create a
Document object and Load the PDF file.
- Create a
Aes256Security object by setting the owner and user password.
- Set the security to the
Document.
- Output the
Document to the Browser.
Sample code - ASP
Dim MyDocument
Set MyDocument = Server.CreateObject("DynamicPDF.Document")
MyDocument.LoadPdf Server.MapPath("pdf-a.pdf")
Dim MySecurity
Set MySecurity = MyDocument.SetAes256Security("owner", "user")
MyDocument.DrawToWeb
Getting Started
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