Maybe unrealistic for <cfpdf>, but unrealistic for ColdFusion itself. To protect something with no discernable way back. You can't disagree with this. I realize that we have cfcontent and others that display output. I find it a miscue to not notice this one way only for pdfs. They tought cfpdf in cf8, but I find it somewhat lacking, so I am trying to find a way around it without compromising the files security and yes I am aware of what the client can do with it once they have it and I cannot control much of that. With all these other tools, there has to be a way. I have that much faith in this language and I am hoping that I am not wrong.
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:37 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: view protected pdf > This seems to be a very short sided tag <cfpdf>. Why allow to > discreetly protect files and then have no way to display them. Very > frustrating. What about the read action of cfpdf? Why couldn't I read > the file then dump it (for lack of a better word) to the client? If > this is possible, I would like to know how. I have looked at the read > function and all it gives me is a wrapper and when I dump it it gives me > the file info, which is supposed to be another function of cfpdf (action > = info). The information I am dealing with is extremely sensitive and > should not, cannot be copied or unprotected - at least from my side to > the client. Sorry for the rant, just need to solve this as soon as > possible. PDFs are not displayed by the server, but by a PDF client application. Password security is handled by said PDF client. If you "dump" it to the client without a password, the client could redistribute that content however they like. Of course, they could redistribute it even with a password, but they would also have to redistribute the password. So, I think your expectations for the CFPDF tag are a bit unrealistic. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318346 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
