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Detecting PDF is corrupt or password protected by Blue Prism

Is there any VBO or method in Blue Prism to detect if a PDF is corrupt (meaning can't be opened) or password protected. So that can be stored as a boolean value in a decision variable?

Solution

  • This was solved by using the SRI Infotech PDF Utility asset from Blue Prism DX portal. It has a itextsharp.dll and a VBO for PDF functionalities. Custom coding in C# was required to solve the problem statement. The custom C# code used was 

    pdfErrorMessage="";
validPdf=false;
try{
PdfReader r = new PdfReader(pdfFilePath);
if (r.IsOpenedWithFullPermissions)
{
   validPdf=true;
}
}
catch(Exception e) {
 pdfErrorMessage = e.ToString();
 validPdf=false;
}