Detect if a PDF document is password protected in C#/VB.NET

A PDF document encrypted with a user password legally cannot be opened without the password. We’d better detect if a document is password protected or not before we try to open it. This article presents how to determine if a PDF document is encrypted with password using Spire.PDF in C#, VB.NET.

Code Snippet:

Step 1: Initialize an instance of PdfDocument class.

PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

Step 2: Load a sample PDF document.

doc.LoadFromFile(@"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Encrypted.pdf");

Step 3: Detect whether the document is encrypted with password or not.

bool isEncrypted = doc.IsEncrypted;
Console.WriteLine(isEncrypted);

Result:

How to detect if a PDF document is password protected in C#, VB.NET

Full Code:

[C#]

using Spire.Pdf;
using System;


namespace Detect
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
            doc.LoadFromFile(@"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Encrypted.pdf");

            bool isEncrypted = doc.IsEncrypted;
            Console.WriteLine(isEncrypted);
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

[VB.NET]

Imports Spire.Pdf

Namespace Detect
	Class Program
		Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
			Dim doc As New PdfDocument()
doc.LoadFromFile("C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Encrypted.pdf")

Dim isEncrypted As Boolean = doc.IsEncrypted
Console.WriteLine(isEncrypted)
Console.Read()
		End Sub
	End Class
End Namespace

Detect if a PDF document is password protected in C#/VB.NET

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