SAS System Options

PDFSECURITY= System Option

Specifies the printing permissions for PDF documents.

Requirements:	Adobe Acrobat Reader or Professional 3.0 and later versions, unless otherwise noted.
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Restriction:	The PDFSECURITY option is valid for UNIX, Windows, and z/OS operating systems, but only in countries where importing encryption software is legal.
Category:	Log and procedure output control: PDF
	System administration: Security
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	PDF
	SECURITY

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Syntax

PDFSECURITY= HIGH | LOW | NONE

Syntax Description

HIGH

specifies that SAS encrypts PDF documents using a 128-bit encryption algorithm.

Requirements:	When PDFSECURITY=HIGH, you must use Acrobat 5.0 or later version.
Interaction:	At least one password must be set using the PDFPASSWORD= system option when PDFSECURITY=HIGH or LOW.

LOW

specifies that SAS encrypts PDF documents using a 40-bit encryption algorithm.

Interaction:

At least one password must be set using the PDFPASSWORD= system option when PDFSECURITY=HIGH or LOW.

NONE

specifies that no encryption is performed on PDF documents. This is the default.

Details

The following table shows the PDF options that SAS sets when the PDFSECURITY option is set to HIGH, LOW, or NONE. When the PDFSECURITY option is set to NONE, there are no restrictions on PDF documents, and the PDF options are not functional.

How SAS Sets PDF Options Values for the PDFSECURITY Settings
	PDFSECURITY Settings
Option	HIGH	LOW	NONE
PDFACCESS	PDFACCESS	Not functional	Not functional
PDFASSEMBLY	PDFASSEMBLY	Not functional	Not functional
PDFCOMMENT	PDFCOMMENT	PDFCOMMENT	Not functional
PDFCONTENT	PDFCONTENT	PDFCONTENT	Not functional
PDFCOPY	PDFCOPY	PDFCOPY	Not functional
PDFFILLIN	PDFFILLIN	Not functional	Not functional
PDFPRINT	PRFPRINT=HRES	PDFPRINT=HRES	Not functional