PdfViewerControl.GetDocumentPassword Event

Occurs when requesting a security password to open a protected PDF file.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public event GetDocumentPasswordEventHandler GetDocumentPassword

VB.NET

Public Event GetDocumentPassword As GetDocumentPasswordEventHandler

Event Data

The GetDocumentPassword event's data class is GetDocumentPasswordEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Handled	Gets or sets a value that indicates the present state of the event handling for a routed event as it travels the route. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
OriginalSource	Gets the original reporting source as determined by pure hit testing, before any possible Source adjustment by a parent class. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
Password	Specifies the security password to open a PDF file.
Path	Returns the path to a PDF file that is requested to be opened in the PDF Viewer.
RoutedEvent	Gets or sets the RoutedEvent associated with this RoutedEventArgs instance. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
Source	Gets or sets a reference to the object that raised the event. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method	Description
InvokeEventHandler(Delegate, Object)	When overridden in a derived class, provides a way to invoke event handlers in a type-specific way, which can increase efficiency over the base implementation. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
OnSetSource(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, provides a notification callback entry point whenever the value of the Source property of an instance changes. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.

Remarks

The code snippet below illustrates how to use this event.

C#

private void PdfViewer_GetDocumentPassword(DependencyObject d, DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer.GetDocumentPasswordEventArgs e)  {

     System.Security.SecureString testString = new System.Security.SecureString();
     testString.AppendChar('1');
     testString.AppendChar('2');
     testString.AppendChar('3');
     testString.AppendChar('4');
     testString.AppendChar('5');
     testString.AppendChar('6');

     e.Password = testString;
     e.Handled = true;
}

VB.NET

Private Sub PdfViewer_GetDocumentPassword(d As DependencyObject, e As DevExpress.Xpf.PdfViewer.GetDocumentPasswordEventArgs)

    Dim testString As New System.Security.SecureString()
    testString.AppendChar("1"C)
    testString.AppendChar("2"C)
    testString.AppendChar("3"C)
    testString.AppendChar("4"C)
    testString.AppendChar("5"C)
    testString.AppendChar("6"C)

    e.Password = testString
    e.Handled = True
End Sub