XlEncryptionOptions.Type Property

Specifies the applied encryption mechanism.

Assembly : DevExpress.Printing.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

csharp

[DefaultValue(XlEncryptionType.Strong)]
public XlEncryptionType Type { get; set; }

<DefaultValue(XlEncryptionType.Strong)>
Public Property Type As XlEncryptionType

Type	Default	Description
XlEncryptionType	Strong

An XlEncryptionType enumeration value, specifying the encryption mechanism.

Available values:

Name	Description
Compatible

Applies the Standard Encryption mechanism that is compatible with Excel 2007.

| | Strong |

Applies the Agile Encryption mechanism.

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to Type
Cross-Platform Class Library	XlExportOptionsBase

The encryption types listed in the XlEncryptionType enumeration are only applicable to XLSX files.

XLS files support only RC4 encryption (except for RC4CryptoAPI ) and the Type property is ignored for such files.

To apply encryption, the XlEncryptionOptions.Password property must be specified (the default empty string cannot be used for file encryption).