DocumentBase.ProtectionType Property

Gets the protection type for the document.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property ProtectionType As WdProtectionType
    Get

public WdProtectionType ProtectionType { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdProtectionType
The returned protection type can be one of the following WdProtectionType constants: wdAllowOnlyComments, wdAllowOnlyFormFields, wdAllowOnlyReading, wdAllowOnlyRevisions, or wdNoProtection.

Examples

The following code example checks whether protection has been set for the document. If not, the code sets protection to allow only comments. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub DocumentProtectionType()
    If Me.ProtectionType = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdProtectionType.wdNoProtection Then
        Me.Protect(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdProtectionType.wdAllowOnlyComments)
    End If
End Sub 

private void DocumentProtectionType()
{
    if (this.ProtectionType == Microsoft.Office.Interop.
        Word.WdProtectionType.wdNoProtection)
    {
        this.Protect(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.
            WdProtectionType.wdAllowOnlyComments, 
            ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
            ref missing);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DocumentBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace