Lock Print Date Field in Word Document and Convert to PDF File using C# Code of Aspose.Words for .NET

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I am converting some word document to pdf using Aspose for Word.

In the word document there are some system field defined, such as PrintDate and SaveDate.
When i convert the doc to PDF the PrintDate is changed to today’s date instead of maintaining original date in the document.ReferenceDoclet_withSingleCell.zip (22 Bytes)

Is there any way to prevent that from happening when converting?

Thanks a lot,
Kevin

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130138923.zip (92.2 KB)
this document has the PrintDate in the first page.

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@kshengivari,

You can lock PRINTDATE fields in Word document and then convert to PDF by using the following C# code of Aspose.Words for .NET:

Document doc = new Document(@"C:\Temp\130138923\130138923.doc");
foreach (Field field in doc.Range.Fields)
    if (field.Type.Equals(FieldType.FieldPrintDate))
        field.IsLocked = true;
doc.Save(@"C:\Temp\130138923\20.11-IsLocked.pdf");
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Thank you @awais.hafeez, do you have Java version of the code?

thanks,
Kevin

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@kshengivari,

Java equivalent of above code is as follows:

Document doc = new Document("C:\\Temp\\130138923\\130138923.doc");
for (Field field : doc.getRange().getFields())
    if (field.getType() == FieldType.FIELD_PRINT_DATE)
        field.isLocked(true);
doc.save("C:\\Temp\\130138923\\awjava-20.11-IsLocked.pdf");
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thank you very much. It works.