Changing secured document: PlaceHeadersAndFooters vs op.document.addHeaderAndFooter SOLVED

[zarkogajic]

Hi Support,

I have a password protected document where "Changing the Document" is *not* allowed.

Trying to add header/footer using op.document.addHeaderAndFooter would result in exception: "No permissions for this operation." - I guess as expected.

Adding header/footer using PlaceHeadersAndFooters - and the header/footer is placed - no exceptions being raised.

Is this by design? Why is IOperation for header/footer working differently than (the underlying call to) PlaceHeadersAndFooters ?

-žarko

[zarkogajic]

Hi Support,

The same thing with op.document.addWatermarks vs PlaceWatermark.

Also, the same thing when a document is PDFA - and the "*no* changing of document" is implicit (so, not set via standard security / password).

p.s.
To be clear: I like it that PlaceWatermark / PlaceHeadersAndFooters ignores the "no changing of document" flag - I just need to understand why is this working in that way ... ? I would be more happy with "by design" than "a bug"


-žarko

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]

Hello zarkogajic,

Well this shouldn't be like that. But we can leave this for a while if you need it to behave that way. Though someday this can be changed (not in the nearest future but still).

Cheers,
Alex

[zarkogajic]

Hi Alex,

So, not by design on purpose

Ok, please leave it - and if possible don't change it. And if you do in the future, please DO mark this as a change (in builds history) when that happens... as at the moment I'm counting on it that PlaceWatermark / PlaceHeadersAndFooters will do the work even on "protected" documents...

-žarko

[Paul - Tracker Supp]