PDF Settings Commands
The following command line arguments to the PDF Chart Creator all control what can be done
with the PDF document. These items notify the PDF viewer what activity has been
allowed by the author, and whether outlines/bookmarks have been enabled.
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-Outline |
Parameters: |
format - must be one of the following:
Filename - this is the name of the image file including the image extension but not including the full filepath.
Name - same as filename but without the image extension.
style - must be one of the following:
Lowercase
Uppercase
Capitalise or Capitalize
None
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Notes: |
This turns on the generation of a bookmark for each image that is converted into the output PDF document.
If the image is a multi-page TIFF or animated GIF, then a bookmark is generated for the first image only.
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-OwnerPassword |
Parameters: |
password - can be up to 32 characters long.
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Notes: |
The owner of a PDF document would enter this password in order to view it and make changes and perform actions that may be restricted to a normal user.
Please note that the owner and user passwords cannot be the same.
If spaces are required in the password then put quotes around the password text.
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-UserPassword |
Parameters: |
password - can be up to 32 characters long.
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Notes: |
In order that only the intended user can view the PDF document, they must type in this password, otherwise the user is not allowed to access the PDF document.
Please note that you cannot have a user password without an owner one - if you do not specify an owner password your license code will be used as the owner password. If you are evaluating this utility then a default owner password of "evaluation" is used instead.
Please note that he owner and user passwords cannot be the same.
If spaces are required in the password then put quotes around the password text.
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Note: the following commands which set the PDF usage rights can be over-ridden with the owner password.
Some PDF viewers may, or may not, obey these restrictions. Additionally, some PDF viewers may only enforce these
restrictions if the User password is specified.
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-Edit |
Parameters: |
None
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Notes: |
Allows editing/changing of the PDF document but NOT adding or changing of text notes and AcroForm fields.
Requires both an owner and user password to be set.
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-EditExtra |
Parameters: |
None
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Notes: |
Allows the adding and changing of text notes and AcroForm fields within a PDF document.
Requires both an owner and user password to be set.
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-Copy |
Parameters: |
None
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Notes: |
Allows the copying of text and graphics from the PDF document.
Requires both an owner and user password to be set.
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-Print |
Parameters: |
None
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Notes: |
Allows printing of the PDF document.
Requires both an owner and user password to be set.
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