Description

Gets or sets a value specifying whether the document is read only. Neither the document's text can be changed nor the document can be formatted. The default setting of this property is true.

Syntax

public bool ReadOnly { get; set; }

Public Property [ReadOnly] As Boolean

Examples

The following example configures document permissions for the current document by using DocumentPermissions.ReadOnly.

DocumentPermissions documentPermissions = textControl.DocumentPermissions;

documentPermissions.ReadOnly = true;
if (documentPermissions.ReadOnly)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Document Permissions: Read Only is enabled.");
}

documentPermissions.ReadOnly = true;
documentPermissions.AllowPrinting = true;

Dim documentPermissions As DocumentPermissions = textControl.DocumentPermissions

documentPermissions.ReadOnly = True
If documentPermissions.ReadOnly Then
    Console.WriteLine("Document Permissions: Read Only is enabled.")
End If

documentPermissions.ReadOnly = True
documentPermissions.AllowPrinting = True