Set of metadata properties (creator) of PDF report

Marek Kocar

<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>I have problem with metadata of created PDF.</div>
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<div>In properties of this PDF file are metadata like Title, Author, .. these properties I can change.</div>
<ol><li>via report itself, or</li>
<li>by code:</li>
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/* ('design' is instance of org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.IReportRunnable) */
design.getDesignHandle().setProperty("title", "myTitle");
design.getDesignHandle().setProperty("author", "myAuthor");</pre>
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<div>Problematic part "Creator":</div>
<div>But in case of metadata "Creator", this property is providing information which can break security (showing absolute path of BIRT runtime jar).</div>
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<div>How can I avoid showing the path?</div>
<div>I would like to define something just like "BIRT".</div>
<div>Is there any way how can i change this "Creator" property (for example how it is described in mine 2nd option)?</div>
<div>I went through BIRT code and I think its somehow hardcoded and not configurable, but maybe im wrong.</div>
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<div>Thanks</div>

Zorawar

<p>When the PDF is generated the Creator is set to text, <span style="font-family:'courier new', courier, monospace;">BIRT Report Engine <version></span>.</p>
<p>Where <span style="font-family:'courier new', courier, monospace;">version</span> is replaced by the version of BIRT or when using the BIRT runtime jar it is the location of the jar file.</p>
<p>Even though there is a property to indicate the creator, it does not have any effect as it does not seem to be considered for PDF output.</p>
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design.getDesignHandle().setProperty("createdBy", "Acme Inc.");</pre>
<p>A possible solution would be to change(or erase) the Creator value after BIRT is done generating the PDF using a library like iText.</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developers.itextpdf.com/examples/miscellaneous/adding-metadata'>http://developers.itextpdf.com/examples/miscellaneous/adding-metadata</a></p&gt;
<p>Changing Metadata - <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developers.itextpdf.com/examples/miscellaneous/adding-metadata#1719-changemetadata.java'>http://developers.itextpdf.com/examples/miscellaneous/adding-metadata#1719-changemetadata.java</a></p&gt;