SelectPdf for .NET - Pdf Security Settings with Html To Pdf Converter - C# / ASP.NET MVC Sample

This sample shows how to convert from html to pdf using SelectPdf, how to set a password to be able to view or modify the document and also specify user permissions for the pdf document (if the user can print, copy content, fill forms, modify, etc).

Url:

User Password:


Owner Password:


Allow Assemble Document
Allow Copy Content
Allow Edit Annotations
Allow Edit Content
Fill Form Fields
Allow Print


Sample Code C#



using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace SelectPdf.Samples.Controllers
{
    public class PdfConverterSecurityController : Controller
    {
        // GET: PdfConverterSecurity
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult SubmitAction(FormCollection collection)
        {
            // read parameters from the webpage
            string url = collection["TxtUrl"];

            string userPassword = collection["TxtUserPassword"];
            string ownerPassword = collection["TxtOwnerPassword"];

            bool canAssembleDocument = collection["ChkCanAssembleDocument"] == "on";
            bool canCopyContent = collection["ChkCanCopyContent"] == "on";
            bool canEditAnnotations = collection["ChkCanEditAnnotations"] == "on";
            bool canEditContent = collection["ChkCanEditContent"] == "on";
            bool canFillFormFields = collection["ChkCanFillFormFields"] == "on";
            bool canPrint = collection["ChkCanPrint"] == "on";

            // instantiate a html to pdf converter object
            HtmlToPdf converter = new HtmlToPdf();

            // set document passwords
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(userPassword))
            {
                converter.Options.SecurityOptions.UserPassword = userPassword;
            }
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ownerPassword))
            {
                converter.Options.SecurityOptions.OwnerPassword = ownerPassword;
            }

            //set document permissions
            converter.Options.SecurityOptions.CanAssembleDocument = canAssembleDocument;
            converter.Options.SecurityOptions.CanCopyContent = canCopyContent;
            converter.Options.SecurityOptions.CanEditAnnotations = canEditAnnotations;
            converter.Options.SecurityOptions.CanEditContent = canEditContent;
            converter.Options.SecurityOptions.CanFillFormFields = canFillFormFields;
            converter.Options.SecurityOptions.CanPrint = canPrint;

            // create a new pdf document converting an url
            PdfDocument doc = converter.ConvertUrl(url);

            // save pdf document
            byte[] pdf = doc.Save();

            // close pdf document
            doc.Close();

            // return resulted pdf document
            FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(pdf, "application/pdf");
            fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Document.pdf";
            return fileResult;
        }
    }
}