Issue with PDF which is protected with password

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Scenario: I have pdf file(odf contains password) which i can access it using read pdf activity i can see on output on console panel but if i remove password from read pdf i didn’t got any output(output was empty) which is expected but how to catch this kind of exception, i have also tried with try catch but no luck

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Hi,
Getting empty result is not part of exception(unless its null reference) hence Try/Catches won’t be helpful here.
You can simply use in if condition ( result=null/empty) then proceed according.

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Hey @ddpadil,
Even i tried that too. We cant use result=null//empty , it was showing some error, so i tried with IsDBnull it works. actual problem i want to check whether my file is protected with password or not ?

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Oh got it.
First you need to download Windows.Data.Pdf dll and import to studio.
Windows.Data.Pdf class support following methods:
Then you can check using bool IsPasswordValid or CheckPdfProtection or simply using IsOpenedWithFullPermissions

For the reference:

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importing to studio in the sence , have downloaded and copied that dll in c://users/…uipath/ but couldnt see windows.data.pdf to add to studio. or i need to follow create custom activity ?

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Yep.