ProtectionType enumeration

ProtectionType enumeration

Protection type for a document.

Members

Name	Description
AllowOnlyComments	User can only modify comments in the document.
AllowOnlyFormFields	User can only enter data in the form fields in the document.
AllowOnlyRevisions	User can only add revision marks to the document.
ReadOnly	No changes are allowed to the document. Available since Microsoft Word 2003.
NoProtection	The document is not protected.

Examples

Shows how to turn off protection for a section.

let doc = new aw.Document();

let builder = new aw.DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.writeln("Section 1. Hello world!");
builder.insertBreak(aw.BreakType.SectionBreakNewPage);

builder.writeln("Section 2. Hello again!");
builder.write("Please enter text here: ");
builder.insertTextInput("TextInput1", aw.Fields.TextFormFieldType.Regular, "", "Placeholder text", 0);

// Apply write protection to every section in the document.
doc.protect(aw.ProtectionType.AllowOnlyFormFields);

// Turn off write protection for the first section.
doc.sections.at(0).protectedForForms = false;

// In this output document, we will be able to edit the first section freely,
// and we will only be able to edit the contents of the form field in the second section.
doc.save(base.artifactsDir + "Section.protect.docx");

See Also

• module Aspose.Words