Hi All,
>
> i wrote a small piece of code, nothing complicated. But it does not seem to
> work. The code simply prints the message whether the PDF is secured against
> extraction or not. I tried it with both secure and non-secure PDFs but it
> always returns a true for
> ex = ap.canExtractContent() and thus always prints "You have permission to
> extract text".
>
> Can anybody tell me what am I doing wrong? The file mypdf.pdf has all
> settings except printing as 'Not Allowed'.
>
> **********
>
> boolean force = false;
> String pdfFile = "mypdf.pdf";
>
> try {
> document = PDDocument.load(pdfFile, force);
> } catch (IOException e) {
> System.out.println(e.getMessage());
> }
>
> AccessPermission ap = document.getCurrentAccessPermission();
>
> boolean ex = ap.canExtractContent();
>
> if( !ex ){
> System.out.println( "You do not have permission to extract
> text" );
> }
> else{
> System.out.println( "You have permission to extract text" );
> }
>
> *************
>
> Faisal
>
