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How to disable "Save" and "Save As"

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by jayakanthan250

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i want to disable the "save" and "save as" option in the browser and as well as in the PDF editor

What i exactly want is, when a people try to download a PDF file from my site i dont want them to save it in to their system.The objective is i dontwant the users to take away my knowledge. when ever they want they can come back and visit in my site.so tell me how to protect my data.Tell me what tool we can use to protect or is there any special software for that.

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by kdrungilas

On my web pages I use a javascript from a code share site on the internet that disables the right mouse click for users with IE/Netscape. Still looking for a script that works on a Mac...Don't know about your PDF files...sorry.

Code is as follows--just place it below tag.

by thechas

I find that many websites and article that I have found of interest disappear over time.

I save web pages and PDF files for my future and off-line reference use.

I may share some files with friends who do not have Internet access. (Yes, there are still a lot of people who are not on-line.)

As to PDF files, I have not seen any way to allow a PDF to be viewed and not saved.
You can use the security and content settings in Acrobat to disable the ability for your PDF to be opened in Acrobat. That way, you can at least make it difficult to copy your work product.

I have seen web pages where links pop-up in a reduced function Window.
Since I am not a programmer, I cannot give you any code examples.

Keep in mind, that even if yourestrict access to saving your data, users could still use a screen capture program and a text converter to capture your work product.

Chas

by thamer

You said ... "The objective is i dont want the users to take away my knowledge." ...

If I may ask, what is the objective of uploading your "Knowledge" into the I-net if you don't wish to share what you know with others?

by dbgirl

I agree with Thamer. What is to keep anyone from taking the data from your file if you put it on the internet to begin with? They can print the document if they want (unless you disabled that feature when you created the file).

Another point:
You said ... "The objective is i dont want the users to take away my knowledge." ...

That gives me a mental picture involving the removal of knowledge from your head every time anyone saves your PDF file. My point being that nobody can take awayyour knowledge. I would think if you are sharing the information on the internet, the goal would be the enrichment of others. In that case, why not allow the file to be saved? Unless you are charging for the information?

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