Character to use when replacing redacted text.
public char ReplaceCharacter {get; set;}
public:
property Char ReplaceCharacter
{
Char get()
void set(Char value)
}
ReplaceCharacter # get and set (AnnotationsRedactionOptions)
The value to use when replacing each character in the redacted text. The default value is *
.
To remove redacted text from the document altogether, use a value of 0. For more information, refer to Document View and Convert Redaction.
using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.Document.Writer;
using Leadtools.Document;
using Leadtools.Caching;
using Leadtools.Annotations.Engine;
using Leadtools.Ocr;
using Leadtools.Barcode;
using Leadtools.Document.Converter;
public void DocumentRedactionExample()
{
// AnnotationsRedactionOptions redactionOptions = new AnnotationsRedactionOptions();
var cache = new FileCache();
cache.CacheDirectory = @"c:\cache-dir";
using (var documentConverter = new DocumentConverter())
{
// Load a PDF filed
var loadDocumentOptions = new LoadDocumentOptions();
loadDocumentOptions.Cache = cache;
using (LEADDocument document = DocumentFactory.LoadFromUri(new Uri("http://demo.leadtools.com/images/pdf/leadtools.pdf"), loadDocumentOptions))
{
// Convert to PDF using default options
string outFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "no-redaction.pdf");
DocumentRedactConvert(documentConverter, document, DocumentFormat.Pdf, outFileName);
// Open the converted document no-redaction.pdf, notice that it resembles the original document
// We will use DocumentPageText to dynamically find the location of all words containing "leadtools"
document.IsReadOnly = false;
const string toRedact = "leadtools";
DocumentPage documentPage = document.Pages[0];
DocumentPageText pageText = documentPage.GetText();
pageText.BuildWords();
AnnContainer container = documentPage.GetAnnotations(true);
foreach (DocumentWord word in pageText.Words)
{
// Find if the word is ours
if (word.Value.Contains(toRedact))
{
// Yes, redact it
var annRedactionObject = new AnnRedactionObject();
annRedactionObject.Rect = word.Bounds;
container.Children.Add(annRedactionObject);
}
}
// Set the container into the page
documentPage.SetAnnotations(container);
// Set the redaction options
// AnnotationRedactionOptions & ConvertRedactionOptions reference
document.Annotations.RedactionOptions = new DocumentRedactionOptions();
// ViewRedactionOptions & AnnotationsRedactionOptions reference
document.Annotations.RedactionOptions.ViewOptions.Mode = DocumentRedactionMode.Apply;
document.Annotations.RedactionOptions.ViewOptions.ReplaceCharacter = '*';
document.Annotations.RedactionOptions.ConvertOptions.Mode = DocumentRedactionMode.Apply;
document.Annotations.RedactionOptions.ConvertOptions.ReplaceCharacter = '*';
document.IsReadOnly = true;
// Convert again, the result should have all instance of "leadtools" in the first page and replaced with *
outFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "redacted.pdf");
DocumentRedactConvert(documentConverter, document, DocumentFormat.Pdf, outFileName);
}
}
}
private static void DocumentRedactConvert(DocumentConverter documentConverter, LEADDocument document, DocumentFormat documentFormat, string outFileName)
{
var jobData = new DocumentConverterJobData();
jobData.Document = document;
jobData.DocumentFormat = documentFormat;
jobData.RasterImageFormat = RasterImageFormat.Unknown;
jobData.OutputDocumentFileName = outFileName;
DocumentConverterJob job = documentConverter.Jobs.CreateJob(jobData);
documentConverter.Jobs.RunJob(job);
}
static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS22\Resources\Images";
}
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