FindAndRedact.cs
C# VB
//// This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF .NET demos.// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.//using System.IO;using System.Drawing;using System.Text.RegularExpressions;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Annotations;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.TextMap;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.AcroForms;
namespace DsPdfWeb.Demos{ // This sample shows how to use the text map to find specific content // in a PDF and mark it for redaction. // Check out the ApplyRedact sample to see how the redact annotations // added by this sample can be applied to actually erase the data. // Also check out the samples in DsPdfViewer section to see how // redact annotations (added programmatically as in this sample, // or via the viewer's UI) can be applied selectively or all together. // The PDF used in this sample was created by TimeSheet. public class FindAndRedact { public int CreatePDF(Stream stream) { var doc = new GcPdfDocument(); using var fs = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "TimeSheet.pdf")); doc.Load(fs);
// Note: Acrobat does not allow applying redactions in a digitally signed // document, so first we find and remove any existing signatures: removeSignatureFields(doc.AcroForm.Fields);
// Loop through pages, removing anything that looks like a short date: foreach (var page in doc.Pages) { var tmap = page.GetTextMap(); foreach (ITextLine tline in tmap) { if (Regex.Match(tline.Text.Trim(), @"\d+[/-]\w+[/-]\d").Success) { var redact = new RedactAnnotation() { Rect = tline.GetCoords().ToRect(), MarkBorderColor = Color.Red, MarkFillColor = Color.Yellow, Page = page }; // If we hadn't already set redact.Page = page, we could do this: // page.Annotations.Add(redact); } } } // Done: doc.Save(stream); return doc.Pages.Count;
// This code is from the RemoveSignatureFields sample: static void removeSignatureFields(FieldCollection fields) { for (int i = fields.Count - 1; i >= 0; --i) { removeSignatureFields(fields[i].Children); if (fields[i] is SignatureField) fields.RemoveAt(i); } } }
// Viewer options for SupportApiDemo: public static GcPdfViewerSupportApiDemo.Models.PdfViewerOptions PdfViewerOptions { get => new GcPdfViewerSupportApiDemo.Models.PdfViewerOptions( GcPdfViewerSupportApiDemo.Models.PdfViewerOptions.Options.AnnotationEditorPanel | GcPdfViewerSupportApiDemo.Models.PdfViewerOptions.Options.ActivateAnnotationEditor, viewerTools: new string[] { "save", "edit-redact-apply", "$split", "text-selection", "pan", "$zoom", "$fullscreen", "print", "rotate", "download", "doc-properties", "about" }, annotationEditorTools: new string[] { "save", "edit-redact", "edit-redact-apply" }); } }}