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How to extract File info, Metadata and Security Options from an existing PDF file

The following code shows how to retrieve PDF info objects.

C# sample:

PDFOperation operation = new PDFOperation("sample.pdf", "");

PDFDocInfo info = operation.DocumentInfo;

XmlDocument xml = operation.Metadata;

PDFCryptoOptions crypto = operation.ProtectionOptions;

operation.Close();

Console.WriteLine("Author: " + info.Author);

Console.WriteLine("Creation date: " + info.CreationDate);

Console.WriteLine("Keywords: " + info.Keywords);

Console.WriteLine("Subject: " + info.Subject);

Console.WriteLine("Title: " + info.Title);

Console.WriteLine("Protection options: " + crypto.ToString());

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