PDFPASSWORD= System Option

Specifies the password to use to open a PDF document and the password used by a PDF document owner.

Valid in:	Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement
Categories:	Log and procedure output control: PDF System administration: Security
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	PDF SECURITY
Alias:	PDFPW
Requirement:	Adobe Acrobat Reader or Professional 3.0 and later versions
Note:	This option cannot be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.

Syntax

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Syntax

PDFPASSWORD=(OPEN=password | OPEN="password"

< OWNER=password | OWNER="password">)

PDFPASSWORD=(OWNER=password | OWNER="password"

<OPEN=password | OPEN="password">)

PDFPASSWORD=(OPEN=password | OPEN="password")

PDFPASSWORD=(OWNER=password | OWNER="password")

Syntax Description

OPEN="password"

specifies the password to open a PDF document. Enclosing the password in single or double quotation marks is optional.

password: specifies a set of characters, up to 32 characters, that are used to validate that a user has permission to open a PDF document.

Restrictions:The OPEN password must be different from the OWNER password.

Password values cannot be set to a null value ("") or a blank character.

OWNER="password"

specifies the password for the PDF document owner. Enclosing the password in quotation marks is optional.

password: specifies a set of characters, up to 32 characters, that are used to validate the owner of a PDF document.

Restrictions:The OWNER password must be different from the OPEN password.

Password values cannot be set to a null value ("") or a blank character.

Details

You can set the PDFPASSWORD option at any time, but it is ignored until the PDFSECURITY system option is set to either LOW or HIGH. When the PDFSECURITY option is set to NONE, passwords for a PDF document are not needed.

PDFPASSWORD= System Option

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