PDFCOMMENT System Option

Specifies whether PDF document comments can be modified.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Log and procedure output control: PDF
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= PDF
Requirement: Adobe Acrobat Reader or Professional 5.0 and later versions
Note: This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.

Syntax

Syntax Description

PDFCOMMENT
specifies that PDF document comments can be modified.
NOPDFCOMMENT
specifies that PDF document comments cannot be modified. This is the default.

Details

The PDFCOMMENT option can affect the Commenting document property.
The document property values for PDF security are not changed when you set PDFSECURITY=NONE. The results are the same as not specifying the option at all.
When PDFSECURITY=LOW, the setting of the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document property is dependent on the PDFCOMMENT option. A change in the PDFCOMMENT option changes the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document property to be the same setting as the Commenting document property. For example, if PDFSECURITY=LOW and PDFCOMMENT is specified, the Commenting and the Form Field Fill-in or Signing document properties are both set to Allowed. If NOPDFCOMMENT is specified, both document properties are set to Not Allowed. The Commenting document property is not affected by the PDFFILLIN option. The value of the PDFCOMMENT option does not affect the value of the PDFFILLIN option.
When PDFSECURITY=HIGH, PDFCOMMENT and PDFFILLIN can be set independently.
The following table shows how the Commenting and Form Field Fill-in or Signing document properties are set when you specify the PDFCOMMENT option and set the PDFSECURITY= option to LOW or HIGH:
PDFCOMMENT
NOPDFCOMMENT
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
Commenting
Allowed
Allowed
Not Allowed
Not Allowed
Form Field Fill-in or Signing
Allowed
Allowed
Not Allowed
Not Allowed

See Also

Securing ODS Generated PDF Files in SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide