On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Paulo Soares wrote: >> My question is: how can I workaround it and make recent iText process >> protected documents _without_ owner password (I don't know it and I >> have thousands of documents which are password protected and only >> print and view is permitted). >> > > You can't unless you use an older iText version or hack iText. > >> And perhaps one more question to understand it: does it mean that in >> old iText versions passwords were not taken into account? >> > > They were taken into account in the sense that you could open a doc > without an user password. Adobe didn't like it, as it could lead to > abuse, and the change was made. >
Just to be clear on this point, if you read the legal text at the beginning of the PDF Reference from Adobe, you will see a paragraph where we enable the use of all of our PDF-related patents for the creation and processing of PDF by others PROVIDED THAT they respect the digital rights present in the document (aka passwords & permissions). As Paulo noted, in order to be in compliance with that statement, iText had to change to prevent legal action from Adobe. Now that you have publicly posted about your improper use of the technology, I recommend that you correct your workflow IMMEDIATELY. Leonard Rosenthol Adobe Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
