Re: Re: protecting web page

I agree. Once the screen, text, or picture is on the clients machine ....they have a copy of it. >>Petr U. wrote: >>> On Sat, 08 May 2004 21:00:43 -0500 >>> Anguz <clavaque@prodigy.net.mx> wrote: >>> >>> > > Do you know any solution that can help me. I've find an application >>> > > named >>> > > HTML guard but it only work for static html pages. I need more a class or >>> > > function to prevent for printing. >>> >>> There is _no way_ to really hide/protect html page on client side.. If someone >>> (some knowing) would like to show your source and it's important for him, then >>> he spend some time to break this ugly protection. >> >>Just to strengthen/clarify this statement, look at it this way. The user has >>downloaded the data to his machine. You don't have any control over the data >>after that point. Heck, the user can just print the screen they are looking >>at. How you gonna stop that? >> >>If you're just looking to discourage casual copying, then carry on. :-) If >>it's really important, you might be able to generate non-printable PDF files, >>or generate images containing the desired text, or stuff like that. Just to >>make copying/printing harder.