RedactLinks.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.Collections.Generic;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Annotations;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.Actions;using System.Linq;
namespace DsPdfWeb.Demos{ // This sample shows how to find and remove all links to a certain URL from a PDF. // The code first finds all link annotations with ActionURI pointing to the URL // that needs to be removed, then uses redact to erase all content within the found link areas. // Red overlay is used by the redacts to visualize the erased areas. // // The PDF used by this sample, but with links intact, can be seen in the FindAndHighlight sample. public class RedactLinks { public int CreatePDF(Stream stream) { // Load the PDF with links that need to be remove: var doc = new GcPdfDocument(); using var fs = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "fendo-13-1005722.pdf")); doc.Load(fs);
// Remove all links containing this string: const string targetUrl = "frontiersin.org";
// Find all relevant link annotations: var linkAnnotations = new HashSet<LinkAnnotation>(); foreach (var page in doc.Pages) { foreach (var a in page.Annotations) { if (a is LinkAnnotation la && la.Action is ActionURI actUri) { if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(actUri.URI) && actUri.URI.Contains(targetUrl)) { linkAnnotations.Add(la); } } } } // Loop through the found links, add redact annotations for each: foreach (var la in linkAnnotations) { foreach (var page in la.Pages) { // We must make a copy of page.Annotations to be able to add redact annotations in a foreach loop: var annots = page.Annotations.Where(a_ => a_ == la).ToList(); foreach (var a in annots) { page.Annotations.Add(new RedactAnnotation() { Rect = la.Rect, OverlayFillColor = Color.Red }); } } } // Apply the redacts: doc.Redact();
// Done: doc.Save(stream); return doc.Pages.Count; } }}