[reportlab-users] Locking a pdf

[Jim Steil]

Andy Robinson wrote:

> On 07/06/07, Jim Steil <jim at qlf.com> wrote:

>> Hi:

>>

>> I'm using ReportLab to generate price lists that we are going to email

>> to our customers.  Using Adobe Acrobat, I can go into my generated price

>> lists and make changes to them.  Is there a way in ReportLab to prevent

>> this from happening?  Can I 'lock' my pdf's so no one can change them?

>

> This needs our PdfEncrypt product, which gives you an additional

> Python API to do that.  You should be aware that this 'locking' is

> fundamentally weak protection and there are utilities out there to

> "crack" these PDF files easily,  but it's probably enough to stop

> casual tampering by non-programmers.

>

> For people using this in less-than-industrial volumes we would

> normally grant a license in return for joining our Developer Network

> programme (about $2000), which would enable a lot more features too.

> I realise this is a lot for the functionality but we're not really

> geared up to support a lot of small customers.

>

> You will almost certainly be able to find non-Python utilities to do

> this a lot cheaper or perhaps even free.

>

> Best Regards,

>

>

> Andy Robinson

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Andy:  Thanks for the very candid response.  Yes, that price is probably 
a bit steep for what we're hoping to gain from it.  I will check out 
some of these other utilities and see what I can find.  Thanks again.

    -Jim