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

[Santoshrk]

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

[ChrisNZ]

RTF files cannot be password protected afaik.

[Santoshrk]

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!

[Kurt_Bremser]

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.

[Santoshrk]

Thanks KurtBremser for your inputs on this.