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How to remove protection from pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout PDF Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to remove protection from pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET

We made thousands of pre-made source code pieces for easy implementation in your own programming projects. ByteScout PDF Suite is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript and you can use it to remove protection from pdf with pdf sdk with VB.NET.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do remove protection from pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. Check VB.NET sample code samples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        Try
            'Files
            Dim fileName As String = "ProtectedPDFFile.pdf"
            Dim fileName_UnProtected As String = "UnProtectedPDFFile.pdf"

            'Protected file password
            Dim filePassword As String = "admin@123"
            'Process file to remove password

            Dim document As Document = New Document()
            document.RegistrationName = "demo"
            document.RegistrationKey = "demo"
            document.Load(fileName, filePassword)

            ' Remove password protection and encryption
            document.Security.OwnerPassword = String.Empty
            document.Security.UserPassword = String.Empty
            document.Security.EncryptionAlgorithm = EncryptionAlgorithm.None

            ' Remove restrictions
            document.Security.AllowAccessibilitySupport = True
            document.Security.AllowAssemlyDocument = True
            document.Security.AllowContentExtraction = True
            document.Security.AllowFillForms = True
            document.Security.AllowModifyAnnotations = True
            document.Security.AllowModifyDocument = True
            document.Security.AllowPrintDocument = True
            document.Security.PrintQuality = PrintQuality.HightResolution

            'Save Unprotected file
            document.Save(fileName_UnProtected)
            Console.WriteLine("PDF restrictions removed successfully!")

            Process.Start(fileName_UnProtected)

        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        End Try

        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...")
        Console.ReadLine()


    End Sub

End Module