NoPassGetMetadata.vb
C# VB
'''' This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF .NET demos.'' Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.''Imports System.IOImports System.DrawingImports GrapeCity.Documents.PdfImports GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.SecurityImports GrapeCity.Documents.Text
'' This example shows how to load a password protected PDF and try to read its metadata.'' Keep in mind that in some cases metadata in a PDF may also be encrypted, in which case'' reading it without the password is impossible.'' For reference, the loaded PDF is protected with the owner password 'owner' and user password 'user'.Public Class NoPassGetMetadata Public Function CreatePDF(ByVal stream As Stream) As Integer Using fs = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "Wetlands-password-user.pdf")) '' Set up DecryptionOptions to allow loading password protected PDFs without password: Dim dopt = New DecryptionOptions() With {.ThrowExceptionIfInvalidPassword = False} Dim docSrc = New GcPdfDocument() docSrc.Load(fs, dopt)
'' The PDF to hold the results: Dim doc = New GcPdfDocument() Dim page = doc.NewPage() ' Set up a TextLayout to format the results: Dim tl = page.Graphics.CreateTextLayout() tl.DefaultFormat.Font = StandardFonts.Courier tl.DefaultFormat.FontSize = 14 tl.MaxWidth = doc.PageSize.Width tl.MaxHeight = doc.PageSize.Height tl.MarginAll = tl.Resolution Dim captionFmt = New TextFormat(tl.DefaultFormat) With {.Font = StandardFonts.CourierBold, .FontSize = tl.DefaultFormat.FontSize + 2}
'' All security handlers before StandardSecurityHandlerRev4 always encrypted metadata, ' the StandardSecurityHandlerRev4 has EncryptMetadata property which we need to check: Dim metadataIsEncrypted As Boolean = True If TypeOf docSrc.Security.EncryptHandler Is StandardSecurityHandlerRev4 Then Dim ssh = DirectCast(docSrc.Security.EncryptHandler, StandardSecurityHandlerRev4) metadataIsEncrypted = ssh.EncryptMetadata End If
If Not metadataIsEncrypted Then Dim m As Metadata = docSrc.Metadata tl.AppendLine("The PDF has unencrypted metadata:", captionFmt) tl.AppendLine($" Copyright: {m.Copyright}") tl.AppendLine($" CreatorTool: {m.CreatorTool}") If m.CreateDate.HasValue Then tl.AppendLine($" CreateDate: {m.CreateDate.Value.ToUniversalTime():R}") End If tl.AppendLine($" Description: {m.Description}") If m.ModifyDate.HasValue Then tl.AppendLine($" ModifyDate: {m.ModifyDate.Value.ToUniversalTime():R}") End If tl.AppendLine($" Producer: {m.Producer}") tl.AppendLine($" Title: {m.Title}") Else tl.AppendLine("Cannot read metadata because the PDF metadata is encrypted.", captionFmt) End If
'' Render the results: tl.PerformLayout(True) While True Dim rest As TextLayout = Nothing Dim splitResult = tl.Split(Nothing, rest) page.Graphics.DrawTextLayout(tl, PointF.Empty) If splitResult <> SplitResult.Split Then Exit While End If tl = rest tl.MarginTop = tl.Resolution page = doc.Pages.Add() End While
'' Done: doc.Save(stream) Return doc.Pages.Count End Using End FunctionEnd Class