See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.lib.itext.general/46498/, the same applies to form filling. It's an iText limitation. If you need that feature you can:
- Use other library - Develop it yourself - Pay someone else for the development What you CANNOT do is change the library in a way that goes against Adobe requirements concearning the PDF format, mainly (from the PDF reference): Once the document has been opened and decrypted successfully, the application has access to the entire contents of the document. There is nothing inherent in PDF encryption that enforces the document permissions specified in the encryption dictionary. It is up to the implementors of PDF consumer applications to respect the intent of the document creator by restricting user access to an encrypted PDF file according to the permissions contained in the file. The intent of the creator may have been to allow form filling but as the library doesn't support it, game over. Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Paulo Soares" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:58 PM Subject: Re: Re: [iText-questions] possible bug in PdfReader for encrypted pfds > But the same form is openable, readable, and fillable using any pdf > viewer/reader. What I am doing is fill up the forms from my program and > presenting to the user to print or save it. So I dont think your concerns > can apply here. > > -- > This message was sent on behalf of [email protected] at > openSubscriber.com > http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/[email protected]/12642617.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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 Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
