Add Password in PDF File

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  1. naimish

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    This article continues my previous one, to add watermark in PDF files, now we will go ahead and look how to add password in PDF File. Please check Add WaterMark In PDF Files.

    The code



    Code:
    Imports System
    Imports System.IO
    Imports iTextSharp.text
    Imports iTextSharp.text.pdf
    Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    	Private Sub brnOpen_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles brnOpen.Click
    		Dim FldBrow As OpenFileDialog = New OpenFileDialog()
    		FldBrow.Title = "Select PDF File To Add WaterMark"
    		FldBrow.InitialDirectory = "c:\"
    		FldBrow.Filter = "PDF Files (*.pdf)|*.pdf"
    		FldBrow.FilterIndex = 2
    		FldBrow.RestoreDirectory = True
    		If FldBrow.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
    			txtPath.Text = FldBrow.FileName
    		End If
    	End Sub
    	
    	Private Sub breimgopen_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles breimgopen.Click
    		MessageBox.Show(txtpass.Text)
    	End Sub
    
    	Private Sub btnoutput_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnoutput.Click
    		Dim sfd1 As SaveFileDialog = New SaveFileDialog()
    		sfd1.Title = "Save Output File"
    		sfd1.InitialDirectory = "c:\"
    		sfd1.Filter = "PDF files (*.pdf)|*.pdf"
    		sfd1.FilterIndex = 2
    		sfd1.RestoreDirectory = True
    		If sfd1.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
    			txtoutpath.Text = sfd1.FileName
    		End If
    	End Sub
    
    	Private Sub btnexit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnexit.Click
    		End
    	End Sub
    	
    	Private Sub btnAddWaterMark_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAddWaterMark.Click
    		Dim input As String = ""
    		Dim output As String = ""
    		Dim password As String = ""
    		input = txtPath.Text
    		password = txtpass.Text
    		output = txtoutpath.Text
    
    		AddPasswordToPDF(input, output, password)
    	End Sub
    
    	Private Sub AddPasswordToPDF(ByVal sourceFile As String, ByVal outputFile As String, ByVal password As String)
    		Dim pReader As PdfReader = New PdfReader(sourceFile)
    		PdfEncryptor.Encrypt(pReader, New FileStream(outputFile, FileMode.Open), PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS, password, Nothing, PdfWriter.AllowScreenReaders)
    	End Sub
    End Class
    
     
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    What are the Libraries required to implement this?
     
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    Libraries ? The code itself works, refer to my previous post for steps.
     
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    You will need iTextSharp.dll
    Naimish had mentioned this in the other article.
     
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    Thanks for clerifying nimesh :)
     
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    Re: Add Password in PDF File in C#.net

    sir really ... this adding password to pdf works and i wrote in C#.net
    it really works... awesome yaar...

    sir can u tell me if before encryption the pdf is encrypted then wat to do becoz the pdfencrypter gives error...

    sir please , if more u can tell abt all this and more
     
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    Re: Add Password in PDF File in C#.net


    C#.net code as below
    Code:
            private void btnopen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                OpenFileDialog FldBrow = new OpenFileDialog();
                FldBrow.Title = "Select PDF To Add Password";
                FldBrow.InitialDirectory="c:\\";
                FldBrow.Filter = "PDF Files (*.pdf)|*.pdf";
                FldBrow.FilterIndex = 2;
                FldBrow.RestoreDirectory=true;
                if(FldBrow.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
                    textBox1.Text=FldBrow.FileName;
            }
    
            private void Save_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                SaveFileDialog sfd1=new SaveFileDialog();
                sfd1.Title = "Save Output File";
                sfd1.InitialDirectory = "My Documents\\";
                sfd1.Filter = "PDF files (*.pdf)|*.pdf";
                sfd1.FilterIndex = 2;
                sfd1.RestoreDirectory = true;
                if(sfd1.ShowDialog()==System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
                    textBox2.Text=sfd1.FileName;
            }
    
            private void addpwd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                string input = "";
                string output = "";
                string password = "";
                input = textBox1.Text;
                output = textBox2.Text;
                password = txtpass.Text;
    
                Add_pwd_to_pdf(input, output, password);
            }
    
            private void Add_pwd_to_pdf(string input, string output, string password)
            {
                //string ownpwd = "123";
                PdfReader preader = new PdfReader(input);
                PdfEncryptor.Encrypt(preader, new FileStream(output, FileMode.Append), PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS, password,"",PdfWriter.ALLOW_SCREENREADERS);
            }
     
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    ooo...
    thanks:)
     
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    The Pleasure is mine and shabbir too ;)
     
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    Please check out my new article on Add Text WaterMark In PDF Files :D
     
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    Thanks for clerifying nimesh - _ -~!
     
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    Thanks for the article
     
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    Thank you for sharing us the code library to add password in pdf file, although I am not familiar with this way, last time i needed to add password to pdf which is already existed. I know Acrobat may be the right stuff to achieve this. But I don't want to pay for it for this tiny problem.
    Try free or lower price tool to add password to pdf or use the JavaScript method is ideal way for me.
     
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    thanks for good tips for PDF safty
     
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    Hello i follow the example about Add Password in PDF File but i have a problem:

    When i run AddPasswordToPDF(input, output, password) return access denied in c:\pdf

    My S.O. is Windows 7, i tried to set all permitions and i disabled Uac but not function.

    I tried also to change directory and disk but nothing.

    Please help me.

    Tanks
     

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