Reading a PFILE protected PDF

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Hello,

We've heard a request for a simple code example for reading a PFILE protected PDF file so, here's a code snippet (below) that accomplishes the basic option. In order to preserve and enforce the protected document’s rights the app will need to get the license key then check the rights of the current user before decryption the file. 

NOTE: Only use the RMS_AWARE flag only if you are going to properly enforce the rights.  

 

 

       // get the license and key

       PCWSTR wszInputFilePath = …;      // input file path

       PIPC_BUFFER pvLicense = NULL;

       IPC_KEY_HANDLE hKey = NULL;

       hr = IpcfGetSerializedLicenseFromFile(wszInputFilePath, &pvLicense);

       hr = IpcGetKey(pvLicense, 0, NULL, NULL, &hKey);

 

       // check access rights and proceed if the user has sufficient rigths

       BOOL fCanPrint = FALSE, fCanComment = FALSE;

       hr = IpcAccessCheck(hKey, IPC_GENERIC_PRINT, &fCanPrint);

       hr = IpcAccessCheck(hKey, IPC_GENERIC_COMMENT, &fCanComment);

 

       // decrypt the protected file if the user has the sufficient rights

       // if (fCanPrint & fCanComment)

 

         PCWSTR wszOutputDirectory = …;    // directory to output the decrypted file (e.g. temp directory)

         PCWSTR wszOutputFilePath = NULL;  // output parameter to return the path of the decrypted file

         hr = IpcfDecryptFile(wszInputFilePath, IPCF_DF_FLAG_OPEN_AS_RMS_AWARE, NULL, wszOutputDirectory, &wszOutputFilePath);

      

       // clean up

       IpcFreeMemory(const_cast<PWSTR>(wszOutputFilePath));

       IpcFreeMemory(pvLicense);

       IpcCloseHandle(reinterpret_cast<IPC_HANDLE>(hKey));

 

Bruce Perler on behalf of Dan Plastina