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How to disable save as option in the menu

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:32 pm
by srujanabobba
Hai all,
I am doing a project where I should not allow the user to save or copy or print the webpage he is viewing. Can anybody tell me how to do this.

Or does any body know any file format which can be used to do the above things??


The information can be viewed only.

PLease help me.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:35 pm
by feyd
As long as the page can be displayed on screen it can be saved. There's nothing you can do about it.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:00 pm
by srujanabobba
So, you mean.. there is no way to protect the data from being pirated???

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:02 pm
by feyd
There are only small things you can do, but anyone marginally determined to save it, can, without problems.

For example, PDFs can limit the ability to print, but that doesn't stop someone from taking a screen shot.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:26 pm
by Kieran Huggins
srujanabobba wrote:So, you mean.. there is no way to protect the data from being pirated???
Bigger four letter agencies than you have tried ;-)

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:51 am
by AKA Panama Jack
Even if you did find a way to disable the save option in a browser (never going to do that because they all work differently) you wouldn't stop anyone from copying your page.

Most browsers will cache all page data even if you have a meta expiration date or no-cache set. All a person has to do is copy the files from their browser cache to another location.

If they have their own web site or they are running a LAMP system on their personal computer they can write a simple PHP program that will download your entire site page by page.

There isn't any way you can prevent someone from getting a copy of your web page layout.

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:16 am
by Benjamin
Not to mention wget, etc.

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:39 am
by the_last_tamurai
I know the topic is old but I'm working on something like that right now
you can check FlashPaper
it works for me by disabling the print button in the swf file
but there's another problem try to find a solution for it , right-click+print :(