PDFCONTENT System Option

Specifies whether the contents of a PDF document can be changed.
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 3.0 and later versions
Note: This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.
Syntax
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Syntax

PDFCONTENT | NOPDFCONTENT

Syntax Description

PDFCONTENT
specifies that the contents of a PDF document can be changed.
NOPDFCONTENT
specifies that the contents of a PDF document cannot be changed. This is the default.

Details

The PDFCONTENT option can affect the Changing the Document 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.
The following table shows how the Changing the Document document property is set when you specify the PDFCONTENT option and set the PDFSECURITY= option to LOW or HIGH:
PDFCONTENT
NOPDFCONTENT
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
Changing the Document
Not applicable1
Allowed
Not applicable1
Not Allowed
1The Changing the Document property is not set when PDFSECURITY=LOW. The option value changes as specified, but 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
System Options:
PDFSECURITY= System Option
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