VBScript Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

PDF Owner Password vs. User Password

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Demonstrates the difference between the two passwords of an encrypted PDF. Either one opens the file. The user password gives the rights the permissions grant. The owner password gives owner rights: no restriction applies, and it is the only one that lets the security be changed or removed. Every Protection operation except getInfo needs owner rights, and Chilkat does not offer a way around that. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  The PDF used in this example is available at encrypted_user_password.pdf

set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
set jsonOut = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

'  Opened with the user password.
set user = CreateObject("Chilkat.Pdf")
user.UserPassword = "secret"
success = user.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/encrypted_user_password.pdf")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(user.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = user.Protection("getInfo",json,jsonOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(user.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("opened with: " & jsonOut.StringOf("loaded.openedWith"))

'  Changing the security needs owner rights, so this is refused.
success = user.Protection("removeEncryption",json,jsonOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("removeEncryption was refused: the PDF was not opened with its owner password.")
End If

'  Opened with the owner password.
set owner = CreateObject("Chilkat.Pdf")
owner.OwnerPassword = "owner-secret"
success = owner.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/encrypted_user_password.pdf")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(owner.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = owner.Protection("getInfo",json,jsonOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(owner.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("opened with: " & jsonOut.StringOf("loaded.openedWith"))

'  Now it is allowed.
success = owner.Protection("removeEncryption",json,jsonOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(owner.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("removeEncryption succeeded; will be saved encrypted: " & jsonOut.BoolOf("pending.encrypted"))

'  Sample output:

'  opened with: user
'  removeEncryption was refused: the PDF was not opened with its owner password.
'  opened with: owner
'  removeEncryption succeeded; will be saved encrypted: False

outFile.Close