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Anonymous
July 23, 2009
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Disable "Save" functionality when opened trhu web application in IE (.net)

  • July 23, 2009
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HI

I am working on a Web Application developed using .net

Through the application the users will open pdf files available on the server and view it, in Internet explorer.

Now,since this is a sensitive data, we want to restrict the users from "Saving a copy " of the Pdf file.

How can i prevent the user from saving a copy of the pdf file

I observered that there are options to disable copying, selecting, printing of the pdf file. But i dont find an option to disable Save feature

If there are no straight forward approach for this, I would like to know any roundabout ways of achieving this

Thanks in Advance.

Thanks

Babu

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Correct answer lrosenth

You can NOT prevent users from saving ANY TYPE of document from the web - PDF, HTML, JPEG, etc. It's a "feature" of the web.

What you CAN DO is prevent users from being able to use the PDF once it hits their own disk. To do this, you use powerful Digital Rights Management solutions...

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NekoMitsu
New Participant
September 4, 2013

You can prevent saving a type of archive, using windows file screen, security permitions or other server tools. However, this would block saving ANY pdf, not just this one in your application. But this has nothing to do with the adobe's software, though.

lrosenth
Adobe Employee
lrosenthCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
July 23, 2009

You can NOT prevent users from saving ANY TYPE of document from the web - PDF, HTML, JPEG, etc. It's a "feature" of the web.

What you CAN DO is prevent users from being able to use the PDF once it hits their own disk. To do this, you use powerful Digital Rights Management solutions...

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Anonymous
July 24, 2009

HI

I am looking for any indirect approaches which will provide the required output of my scenario.

When displaying a pdf file to my users through the IE Webpage, is there a way i can prohibit them from saving the copy

I have seen some discussions about third party tools providing this feature.

would like to know how is it possible.

Thanks

lrosenth
Adobe Employee
lrosenth
Adobe Employee
July 24, 2009

Was there something unclear about my earlier message that makes you restate the question?

My answer won't change - nor will anyone else's...

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