Certificate Encryption Option Spec

A complex data type that represents the PDF encryption options for specifying the earliest version of Acrobat compatibility and the PDF document resources to encrypt. Certificate Encryption Option Spec values can be used as input properties for the Certificate Encrypt PDF operation operation that the Encryption service provides.

For information about data that can be accessed using Xpath Expressions, see Data items.

    Data items

    The data items that Certificate Encryption Option Spec variables contain.

    compat

    A Certificate Encryption Compatibility value that specifies the earliest version of Acrobat that is compatible with the encryption used. This option also provides finer grained control over which functionality are permitted with the PDF document These string values are valid:

    ACRO_6:
    Compatible with Acrobat 6 and later versions that encrypts PDF documents using a 128-bit RC4 algorithm.

    ACRO_7:
    Compatible with Acrobat 7 or later versions that encrypts PDF documents using 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

    ACRO_9:
    Compatible with Acrobat 9 or later versions that encrypts PDF documents using 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

    option

    A Certificate Encryption Option value that specifies the PDF document resources to encrypt. These string values are valid:

    ALL:
    The entire PDF document is encrypted.

    ALL_EXCEPT_METADATA:
    The entire PDF document except for the metadata is encrypted.

    ATTACHMENTS_ONLY:
    Only the PDF document attachments are encrypted.