PDF and SNP files

[Guest]

I have a dilemma. I have an Access report that I can easily save as a .snp
file then attach to an email. It's great because the file is "secure", i.e.
uneditable. Ideally, I would like to be able to attach a Word .doc to the
email as well; preferably as a .snp file also (and even better if I could
combine the 2 .snp files into one!). I can't embed or link the Word .doc
into the Access report because it is longer than one page, and only the first
page is displayed/saved/printed. I can't find any way to convert a Word .doc
into .snp. I can convert the Word .doc into .pdf, but the user doesn't want
one attachment as .snp and one as .pdf. I can save the Access report as a
..pdf, but then it is not "secure". The reason being is because there is an
image in the report (and thus the resulting .pdf) that is a signature, and
someone can easily click on this signature image in the .pdf and copy/paste
it elsewhere. As an alternative to saving the Word .doc as a .snp, so that
both attachments are .snp files, I am willing to save the Access report as a
..pdf if I can access .pdf file attributes while it's being generated so that
I can set the Security settings of the .pdf.

Does anyone know if either of these two options is possible, and if so, how?
Basically:
1) Save a Word .doc as a .snp file from withing Access code
2) Access/modify the security settings of the currently-being-created .pdf
file from the Access report so that I can secure the .pdf file.

Thanks in advance,
April

 

[Stephen Lebans]

You cannot save a Word doc to Snapshot format unless it is a single page
contained within an OLE Frame control on an Access report.

Forget about Snapshot. Purchase a PDF printer driver that allows you to set
the Security properties to not allow editing. Don't forget though, the users
can always view the document and simply use Print Screen to capture the
image.
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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
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[Guest]

Stephen,

Thanks for the quick reply. I have been looking into this for a week and
had already told my client that I didn't believe the Snap file for Word was
an option (and, as I mentioned, already knew about the 1-page restriciton of
embedded docs). As for the PDF, I was using yours for the report before I
had a need to do the Word doc too; and PDFCreator seems to have issues with
MS Access and code execution timing that makes it unreliable for my current
purposes of combining the Access rpt with the Word doc(s) into one PDF. At
this point, I think I will have to settle for the reports in Snap and the
Word docs in PDF (the Word docs don't have the need for the higher security).

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks..
April