XlEncryptionOptions.Type Property

Specifies the applied encryption mechanism.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(XlEncryptionType.Strong)]
public XlEncryptionType Type { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(XlEncryptionType.Strong)>
Public Property Type As XlEncryptionType

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
XlEncryptionType	Strong	An XlEncryptionType enumeration value, specifying the encryption mechanism.

Available values:

Name	Description
Compatible	Applies the Standard Encryption mechanism that is compatible with Excel 2007.
Strong	Applies the Agile Encryption mechanism.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to Type
Cross-Platform Class Library	XlExportOptionsBase	.EncryptionOptions .Type
Blazor	GridXlExportOptions	.EncryptionOptions .Type

Remarks

The encryption types listed in the XlEncryptionType enumeration are only applicable to XLSX files.

XLS files support only RC4 encryption (except for RC4CryptoAPI) and the Type property is ignored for such files.

To apply encryption, the XlEncryptionOptions.Password property must be specified (the default empty string cannot be used for file encryption).