FileFormatInfo class

FileFormatInfo class

Contains data returned by FileFormatUtil document format detection methods. To learn more, visit the Detect File Format and Check Format Compatibility documentation article.

Remarks

You do not create instances of this class directly. Objects of this class are returned by FileFormatUtil.detect_file_format() methods.

Properties

NameDescription
encodingGets the detected encoding if applicable to the current document format. At the moment detects encoding only for HTML documents.
has_digital_signatureReturns True if this document contains a digital signature. This property merely informs that a digital signature is present on a document, but it does not specify whether the signature is valid or not.
has_macrosReturns True if this document contains a VBA macros.
is_encryptedReturns True if the document is encrypted and requires a password to open.
load_formatGets the detected document format.

Examples

Shows how to use the FileFormatUtil class to detect the document format and encryption.

doc = aw.Document()
# Configure a SaveOptions object to encrypt the document
# with a password when we save it, and then save the document.
save_options = aw.saving.OdtSaveOptions(save_format=aw.SaveFormat.ODT)
save_options.password = 'MyPassword'
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'File.DetectDocumentEncryption.odt', save_options=save_options)
# Verify the file type of our document, and its encryption status.
info = aw.FileFormatUtil.detect_file_format(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'File.DetectDocumentEncryption.odt')
self.assertEqual('.odt', aw.FileFormatUtil.load_format_to_extension(info.load_format))
self.assertTrue(info.is_encrypted)

Shows how to use the aw.FileFormatUtil class to detect the document format and presence of digital signatures.

# Use a FileFormatInfo instance to verify that a document is not digitally signed.
info = aw.FileFormatUtil.detect_file_format(MY_DIR + 'Document.docx')
self.assertEqual('.docx', aw.FileFormatUtil.load_format_to_extension(info.load_format))
self.assertFalse(info.has_digital_signature)
sign_options = aw.digitalsignatures.SignOptions()
sign_options.sign_time = datetime.datetime.now()
certificate_holder = aw.digitalsignatures.CertificateHolder.create(MY_DIR + 'morzal.pfx', 'aw', None)
aw.digitalsignatures.DigitalSignatureUtil.sign(MY_DIR + 'Document.docx', ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'File.detect_digital_signatures.docx', certificate_holder, sign_options)
# Use a new FileFormatInstance to confirm that it is signed.
info = aw.FileFormatUtil.detect_file_format(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'File.detect_digital_signatures.docx')
self.assertTrue(info.has_digital_signature)
# We can load and access the signatures of a signed document in a collection like this.
self.assertEqual(1, aw.digitalsignatures.DigitalSignatureUtil.load_signatures(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'File.detect_digital_signatures.docx').count)

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