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PDFKit.isEncrypted

Returns a Boolean value specifying whether the document is encrypted.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server FileMaker iOS SDK
PDFKit 2.9 Yes No No Yes, macOS only Yes
MBS( "PDFKit.isEncrypted"; PDF )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
PDF A container value with the PDF content from a media field. Or a text with an URL. Or a PDF reference from PDFKit.Open.

Result

Returns 1 if encrypted.

Description

Returns a Boolean value specifying whether the document is encrypted.
If encrypted, reading the document requires a password.
Encrypted documents whose password is the empty string are unlocked automatically upon opening, because PDF Kit tries the empty string as a password if none is supplied.

Examples

Shows some properties:

# Load PDF from container
Set Variable [ $pdf ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.OpenContainer"; Popup Menu::logo ) ]
# Check some properties
Set Variable [ $allowsCopying ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.allowsCopying"; $PDF ) ]
Set Variable [ $allowsPrinting ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.allowsPrinting"; $PDF ) ]
Set Variable [ $isEncrypted ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.isEncrypted"; $PDF ) ]
Set Variable [ $isLocked ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.isLocked"; $PDF ) ]
# show in dialog
Show Custom Dialog [ "PDF Details" ; "allows copying: " & If($allowsCopying; "yes"; "no") & ¶ &
"allows printing: " & If($allowsPrinting; "yes"; "no") & ¶ &
"is encrypted: " & If($isEncrypted; "yes"; "no") & ¶ &
"is locked: " & If($isLocked; "yes"; "no")]
# release PDF
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("PDFKit.Release"; $pdf) ]

See also

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 25th November 2019


PDFKit.allowsPrinting   -   PDFKit.isLocked

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