PDFFILLIN System Option

Specifies whether PDF forms can be filled in.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Log and procedure output control: PDF
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= PDF
Requirement: Adobe Acrobat Reader or Professional 5.0 and later versions
Note: This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.

Syntax

Syntax Description

PDFFILLIN
specifies that PDF forms can be filled in. This is the default.
NOPDFFILLIN
specifies that PDF forms cannot be filled in.

Details

The PDFFILLIN option can affect the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document property.
The document property values for PDF security are not changed when you set PDFSECURITY=NONE. The results are the same as not specifying the option at all.
When PDFSECURITY=LOW, the settings of the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document property is dependent on the PDFCOMMENT option. A change in the PDFCOMMENT option changes the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document property to be the same setting as the Commenting document property. For example, if PDFSECURITY=LOW and PDFCOMMENT is specified, the Commenting and the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document properties are both set to Allowed. If NOPDFCOMMENT is specified, both document properties are set to Not Allowed. The Commenting document property is not affected by the PDFFILLIN option. The value of the PDFCOMMENT option does not affect the value of the PDFFILLIN option.
The Form Field Fill-in or Signing document property is set by the PDFFILLIN option only when PDFSECURITY=HIGH. When PDFSECURITY=HIGH, PDFCOMMENT and PDFFILLIN can be set independently.
The following table shows how the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document property is set when you specify the PDFFILLIN option and set the PDFSECURITY= option to LOW or HIGH:
PDFFILLIN
NOPDFFILLIN
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
Form Field Fill-in or Signing
Not applicable 1
Allowed
Not applicable1
Not Allowed
1The Field From Fill-in or Signing property is not set when PDFSECURITY=LOW. The property value remains as the value that was last set.

See Also

Securing ODS Generated PDF Files in SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide