It becomes essential to safeguard data of financial implication like Invoices , Statements or Remittance documents , when transmitting electronically. This article explains how this can be achieved using BI Publisher .
Qns : What are the security Settings that can be set for PDF ?
Ans - > Following table explains some of the Security properties possible through XML /BI Publisher
2) Why and How to set Password for PDF File sent through XML Publisher?
Ans : This feature is particularly useful when you are sending invoices or remittances docs and you would like to safeguard the financial information .
I am explaining here the ways to achieve this using rtf template
There are 2 ways to achieve this , programmatically and through template at design time
Programatically:
It can be done using java code by setting the properties using the code below
Properties prop= new Properties();prop.put("pdf-security", "true"); // PDF security control
prop.put("pdf-permissions-password", "abc"); // permissions assword
prop.put("pdf-open-password","welcome");
prop.put("pdf-encription-level", "0"); //encryption level
Pass the set properties to TemplateHelper Class
TemplateHelper.processTemplate(
appsContext, // AppsContext
applShortName, // Application short name of the template
templateCode, // Template code of the template
langCode, // ISO language code of the template
territoryCode, // ISO territory code of the template
dataInputStream, // XML data for the template
outputType, // Output type of the procesed document
properties, // Properties for the template processing
docOutputStream); // OutputStream where the processed document goes.
}
Design Time
1) Open the .rtf
2) Go to File - > Properties
Create a new custom property
a) Name : xdo-pdf-open-password
Type : text
Value : Either Hard Code the vale / or get the value for xml data
b) Name : xdo-pdf-security
Type : text
Value : true
Please Note : property name should always start with xdo- .
3) Once this is done , opening the PDF will prompt you for a password
Subscribe to this comment's feedwritten by Varun Mittal , May 23, 2008
i.e. for account statment password will be employee number. how can i do this?
Thanks in advance.
written by Mitzi , October 14, 2008
In relation to this article, is it possible to protect the documents by section only like in MSword documents where you can easily set the section break and protect only that section? I hope xml publsiher has this kind of properties
Because this is one of the requirements on most of our letters.
Thanks in advance
written by Vijayakumar , November 10, 2009
written by Lwazi Ntloko , March 11, 2010
Is it possible however, to put restrictions on a template. Where you can only veiw the report in a particular format . eg. .pdf
written by mine , May 13, 2010
Can we protect the csv file as well, as none of the class is defined for it.
Thanks in advance...
Cheers,
Rajeev
written by MBellamin , March 26, 2011
Could you please provide an example of programmatically setting password for pdf file?
Thanks
written by Manjunath Palla , October 19, 2011
Really thanks alot for the nice post, It helps alot. Nice article.
Regards
Manjunath Palla
written by Ramanjula Reddy , November 25, 2011
written by Kishore N , November 25, 2011
Also if possible plesae let me know how and where to call the program
Properties prop= new Properties();
prop.put("pdf-security", "true"); // PDF security control
prop.put("pdf-permissions-password", "abc"); // permissions assword
prop.put("pdf-open-password","welcome");
prop.put("pdf-encription-level", "0"); //encryption level
TemplateHelper.processTemplate(
appsContext, // AppsContext
applShortName, // Application short name of the template
templateCode, // Template code of the template
langCode, // ISO language code of the template
territoryCode, // ISO territory code of the template
dataInputStream, // XML data for the template
outputType, // Output type of the procesed document
properties, // Properties for the template processing
docOutputStream); // OutputStream where the processed document goes.
}
written by Ankit Saraswat , November 29, 2011
Thanks for enlightening us about the password protection feature in BI Publisher. But could you please elaborate a bit on achieving it through java code maybe by giving an example.
Regards,
Ankit Saraswat
Hi Kishor, You can refer to this link " http://www.thebestdata.com/zoo...&auto=2133 " to set the properties in Word 2010. Thanks
written by Varun Kumar , December 07, 2011
We have a requirement of doing an FTP of the report output. But in the bursting control file we are not allowed to hard code the user name and password for FTP delivery method. Is there any way we can avoid the hard coding.
written by Vicky Milza , December 28, 2011
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written by Shrikant , February 08, 2012
2 ways
1. Use Profile options (or lookup) to maintain the FTP credentials --> query the same to get the details in the Data Model --> refer them using ${xml_tag} in Bursting control file.
2. Set the properties in the xdo.cfg file in JRE_TOP and use them in the Template/Bursting
Hope this helps.
Regards
Shri
written by P Patel , February 09, 2012
Is there a way to password protect PDF purchase orders generated by BI Publisher through seeded XSL-FO template in Oracle EBS
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ER Bug 6905411 - R12 CANNOT CREATE A SECURE STANDARD PO PDF OUTPUT
development is currently discussing, however due to the fact this is an ER.. there is no further support action
From XML Publisher Administrator responsibility, navigate to Administration Tab
1 - Enable PDF Security : True.
2 - Encryption level : 0
3 - Disable Context copying , extraction and accessibility : True
4 - Disable Document Modification : True
5. Apply and Save
Navigate to 'Templates' page and query up the template 'Standard Purchase Order Stylesheet', click on 'Edit Configuration' and set the following properties
1 - Enable PDF Security : True.
2 - Encryption level : 0
3 - Disable Context copying , extraction and accessibility : True
4 - Disable Document Modification : True
5. Apply and Save
Now go to SRS screen and submit 'PO Output for Communication' program for a purchase order using the 'Standard Purchase Order Stylesheet' layout.
Open the PDF output file, navigate to 'Document Properties'. Notice that there is no security on the PDF output file.
Excellent Article. Thanks a lot!!