topic Re: How to set editing restrictions for the Word document programmatically using SAS? in SAS Programming

How to set editing restrictions for the Word document programmatically using SAS?

Santoshrk — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:38:21 GMT

Hi,

How to set the editing restrictions for the Word document programmatically using SAS?

The aim is to enable the Read-Only mode but set the password to restrict the editing.

I'm using the below code to set the read-only attributes but would like to protect them with a password.

x attrib -r ".\xyz.RTF" ; *Removes Read Only Attribute ;
%report;
x attrib +r ".\xyz.RTF" ; *Adds Read Only Attribute;

Any inputs are much appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,
Santhosh

Re: How to set editing restrictions for the Word document programmatically using SAS?

ChrisNZ — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 23:00:51 GMT

RTF files cannot be password protected afaik.

Re: How to set editing restrictions for the Word document programmatically using SAS?

Santoshrk — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:38:24 GMT

It is possible to Restrict Editing RTF files manually. Please provide some thoughts on doing it programmatically.
Generally, when we develop a report using the tool, it is obvious that we need to add some protection to the output file to restrict editing by others. I'm sure there will be a way to do it, but couldn't able to find anything online.
Thank you!

Re: How to set editing restrictions for the Word document programmatically using SAS?

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:25:25 GMT

That is MS Word internal. As long as you save this as a RTF file, any other software will ignore the (MS-specific) tags and let you happily edit the file.

If you want to protect documents, save them as docx and use VBA to set the protection.

Re: How to set editing restrictions for the Word document programmatically using SAS?

Santoshrk — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:05:21 GMT

Thanks KurtBremser for your inputs on this.