I would like to Password Protect some of my drawings. I have tried several times with no success. When trying to set Password, I don't get a Password Confirmation Screen.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (@ home) Windows 7 Pro (@ work)
AutoCAD 2013
Also have the same issue with 2012, and 2008.
I have a drawing for our current project. I wish to share this drawing to other disciplines but shouldn't be modified by others. We can password protect that file, but it will ask password while opening it. I need to protect this file like Excel that "anyone can open it but they can't modified istead of typing password". I need to open and attach as xref it in autocad not in autocad reader (DWS).
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...
Dim securityPar As New SecurityParameters(Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)
doc.Database.SaveAs("C:TempTest.DWG", False, DwgVersion.Current, securityPar)
doc.CloseAndSave("C:TempTest.DWG")
...
In AutoCAD Architecture 2009 (Win XP) it works fine.
In AutoCAD Architecture 2011 (Win 7) the drawing is still password protected.
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(pragma '((protect-assign MyFunction)))
I want to do it programmatically using ObjectARX. I have written below code but I am getting error "some other error".
struct resbuf *cmdlist;
resbuf *rb_out = NULL;
cmdlist = acutBuildList(RTSTR, _T("pragma"),RTSTR, _T("protect-assign"),RTSTR,_T("MyFunction"), 0);
int resval = acedInvoke(cmdlist,&rb_out);
if (RTNORM != resval)
{
acedAlert(_T("Error"));
}
acutRelRb(cmdlist);
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Error :
The program acad.exe version 25.0.55.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
Process ID: 1134
Start Time: 01cd761edf2b2d93
Termination Time: 15
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Specs :
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- 8 GB of memory
- SSD ( Vertex 3 )
- Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Bit
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See attached example.
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