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c#crystal-reportsitext
Mangesh Kulkarni
Mangesh Kulkarni

Reputation: 237

Encrypt PDF during Crystal Report Exporting using itextSharp

I have crystal report. I want to export it to PDF. At the same time I want to Encrypt it using iTextSharp.

This is my code:

SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog1 = new SaveFileDialog();
saveFileDialog1.Filter = "PDF File|*.pdf";

if (saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
    string filepath = saveFileDialog1.FileName;
    crd.ExportToDisk(CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, filepath);
    var doc = new Document(PageSize.A4);
    PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(filepath);
    PdfEncryptor.Encrypt(reader, new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Open), PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS, "pass", "pass", PdfWriter.AllowScreenReaders);
}

I am getting following

Error: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"

What is the problem? Is there any other way to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2063

Answers (1)

reckface
reckface

Reputation: 5878

Try exporting to stream, then encrypting the memory stream, rather than working with the exported file. I use PdfSharp and here's my workflow.

// create memory stream
var ms = report.ExportToStream(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat)
// Then open stream
PdfDocument doc = PdfReader.Open(ms);
// add password
var security = doc.SecuritySettings;
security.UserPassword = password;
ms = new MemoryStream();
doc.Save(ms, false);

EDIT

// I don't know anything about ITextSharp
// I've modified your code to not create the file until after encryption
if (saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
    string filepath = saveFileDialog1.FileName; // Store the file name
    // Export to Stream
    var ms = crd.ExportToStream(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat);
    var doc = new Document(PageSize.A4);
    ms.Position = 0; // 0 the stream
    // Create a new file stream
    using (var fs = new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
    {
        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(ms); // Load pdf stream created earlier
        // Encrypt pdf to file stream
        PdfEncryptor.Encrypt(reader, fs, PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS, "pass", "pass", PdfWriter.AllowScreenReaders);
        // job done?
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

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