Viewing PDF without Ability to Download

You don’t want the viewer to be able to download the document. If it is what i am getting then here is the solution.
Google doc embedder plugin has option for it whether you want save pdf file option there or not.
For example you can use the following code:

[gview file=”Practical CakePHP Projects.pdf” height=”800px” width=”100%” save=”0″ cache=”0″]

save=”0″ is used for that purpose.

You should try new version of PDF 7.5>>>>>>>>>

Earlier this year, a very competent person at Lunarpages was able to create a website for us that utilized the Google Document Embedder (GDE) plug-in for WP that had “Enhanced” features that would prevent both downloading and printing of a pdf document viewed on their reader/viewer. It worked perfectly until Google revised the GDE plugin. So, you can have pdf documents that are “read only” on your website. Member CMSHelpLive (above) has it correct, the code to prevent downloading is save=”0″ and for printing it is cache=”0″ This is all it prevents, but it works! Or, I should say it did work up until a week ago before Google killed it. This has caused us a great deal of frustration and not endeared us to Google. Does anyone know if Google offers the “enhanced” version commercially? We need this restored as soon as possible.

Thank you! I actually figured out how to disable downloads using the settings, but now I am having the same issue as bvance43. Carmel399, thank you for the suggestion, but I need to be able to upload more than just pdfs. Has anyone found a solution? Or is there another plugin someone could suggest?

I will comment that it seems strange that WP does not have control or some kind of agreement or understanding with vendors who contribute plug-ins to their WP site. When developers delete a feature they can really hurt some users like me. I also don’t understand why the previous version of GDE-EV can’t continue to be used by those of us who depend on it. I don’t see the risk to WP or Google in doing this. No explanation was offered by Google for the deletion of the EV function. No comment was made as to when it might be restored either. So, I too am looking for a reliable alternative. For example, is it possible to disable the print and save icons on the tool bar that appears at the bottom of a document being viewed?

I do not know what Carmel339 is referencing in pdf7.5. Is this a plug-in? Adobe Acrobat (not the reader) can do almost anything you want to a pdf document, but is of no help in preventing download or printing from a website.

It looks like we are not the only ones frustrated about the deletion of EV.
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/trouble-viewing-pdf
On top of the download issue, many files over 2 mb are no longer supported. Half the files on my website won’t even display.

It looks like the Enhanced Viewer add-on to the GDE plug-in may not get revised soon. Has anyone tried this:

https://www.artistscope.com/copysafe_pdf_protection_wordpress_plugin.asp

This has the attraction of being compatible with WP. It has the disadvantage of being fairly expensive. This is why I am asking if anyone has given the trial version a try. I not sophisticated enough in programming or software design to know if this will give us a “read only” webpage that is displaying a pdf document in the Google Document Reader plug-in. It may require a different reader?

Thanks!