NoPassSetMetadata.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 change its metadata.'' Keep in mind that in some cases metadata in a PDF may also be encrypted, in which case'' accessing it without the password is impossible.'' For reference, the loaded PDF is protected with the owner password 'owner' and user password 'user'.Public Class NoPassSetMetadata 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)
'' 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 ' In the PDF used by this demo the metadata is not encrypted: If metadataIsEncrypted Then Throw New Exception("Set PDF Metadata demo: Unexpected error.") End If
'' Save original metadata so we can compare the results: Dim m As Metadata = docSrc.Metadata Dim origTitle = m.Title Dim origCreatorTool = m.CreatorTool Dim origModifyDate = m.ModifyDate ' Change some metadata: m.Title = "Set PDF Metadata Demo" m.CreatorTool = "DsPdf Demo Browser" m.ModifyDate = Util.TimeNow()
'' We save the modified password protected document to a temp file, ' load it again (also without password), read the (modified) metadata ' and display it in the resulting PDF: Dim fn = Path.GetTempFileName() docSrc.Save(fn)
Using fsTemp = File.OpenRead(fn) Dim docTemp = New GcPdfDocument() docTemp.Load(fsTemp, 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}
If TypeOf docTemp.Security.EncryptHandler Is StandardSecurityHandlerRev4 Then Dim sshTemp = DirectCast(docTemp.Security.EncryptHandler, StandardSecurityHandlerRev4) metadataIsEncrypted = sshTemp.EncryptMetadata End If If metadataIsEncrypted Then Throw New Exception("Set PDF Metadata demo: Unexpected error.") End If
'' Render the results: Dim mTemp As Metadata = docTemp.Metadata tl.AppendLine("Modified metadata in a password protected PDF:", captionFmt) tl.AppendLine($"{vbLf}Title", captionFmt) tl.AppendLine($"Was '{origTitle}', now '{mTemp.Title}'") tl.AppendLine($"{vbLf}CreatorTool", captionFmt) tl.AppendLine($"Was '{origCreatorTool}', now '{mTemp.CreatorTool}'") tl.AppendLine($"{vbLf}ModifyDate", captionFmt) Dim origModifyDateStr = If(origModifyDate.HasValue, origModifyDate.Value.ToUniversalTime().ToString("R"), String.Empty) Dim newModifyDateStr = If(mTemp.ModifyDate.HasValue, mTemp.ModifyDate.Value.ToUniversalTime().ToString("R"), String.Empty) tl.AppendLine($"Was '{origModifyDateStr}', now '{newModifyDateStr}'") tl.PerformLayout(True) page.Graphics.DrawTextLayout(tl, PointF.Empty) doc.Save(stream) End Using File.Delete(fn)
'' Done: Return 1 End Using End FunctionEnd Class