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How to convert PDF to black and white excluding some page in VB.NET and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

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MakeUnsearchablePDF.VS2005.vbproj

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <PropertyGroup> <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration> <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform> <ProductVersion>8.0.50727</ProductVersion> <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion> <ProjectGuid>{4A4B93A3-FEF6-4469-B506-1A632EB601FF}</ProjectGuid> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <StartupObject>MakeUnsearchablePDF.Module1</StartupObject> <RootNamespace>MakeUnsearchablePDF</RootNamespace> <AssemblyName>MakeUnsearchablePDF</AssemblyName> <MyType>Console</MyType> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols> <DebugType>full</DebugType> <DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath> <DocumentationFile>MakeUnsearchablePDF.xml</DocumentationFile> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' "> <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType> <DefineDebug>false</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <Optimize>true</Optimize> <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath> <DocumentationFile>MakeUnsearchablePDF.xml</DocumentationFile> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <Reference Include="Bytescout.PDFExtractor, Version=6.10.0.2136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> </Reference> <Reference Include="System" /> <Reference Include="System.Data" /> <Reference Include="System.Deployment" /> <Reference Include="System.Xml" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Import Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic" /> <Import Include="System" /> <Import Include="System.Collections" /> <Import Include="System.Collections.Generic" /> <Import Include="System.Data" /> <Import Include="System.Diagnostics" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Compile Include="Module1.vb" /> <Compile Include="My Project\AssemblyInfo.vb" /> <Compile Include="My Project\Application.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DependentUpon>Application.myapp</DependentUpon> </Compile> <Compile Include="My Project\Resources.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DesignTime>True</DesignTime> <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon> </Compile> <Compile Include="My Project\Settings.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon> <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput> </Compile> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <EmbeddedResource Include="My Project\Resources.resx"> <Generator>VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator> <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> <CustomToolNamespace>My.Resources</CustomToolNamespace> <SubType>Designer</SubType> </EmbeddedResource> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Content Include="..\..\sample1.pdf"> <Link>sample1.pdf</Link> <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory> </Content> <None Include="My Project\Application.myapp"> <Generator>MyApplicationCodeGenerator</Generator> <LastGenOutput>Application.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> </None> <None Include="My Project\Settings.settings"> <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator> <CustomToolNamespace>My</CustomToolNamespace> <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> </None> </ItemGroup> <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" /> <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets. <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> </Target> <Target Name="AfterBuild"> </Target> --> </Project>

MakeUnsearchablePDF.VS2008.vbproj

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5"> <PropertyGroup> <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration> <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform> <ProductVersion>9.0.21022</ProductVersion> <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion> <ProjectGuid>{4A4B93A3-FEF6-4469-B506-1A632EB601FF}</ProjectGuid> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <StartupObject>MakeUnsearchablePDF.Module1</StartupObject> <RootNamespace>MakeUnsearchablePDF</RootNamespace> <AssemblyName>MakeUnsearchablePDF</AssemblyName> <MyType>Console</MyType> <FileUpgradeFlags> </FileUpgradeFlags> <OldToolsVersion>2.0</OldToolsVersion> <UpgradeBackupLocation> </UpgradeBackupLocation> <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl> <Install>true</Install> <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom> <UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled> <UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode> <UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval> <UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits> <UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically> <UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired> <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions> <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision> <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion> <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper> <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust> <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled> <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols> <DebugType>full</DebugType> <DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath> <DocumentationFile>MakeUnsearchablePDF.xml</DocumentationFile> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' "> <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType> <DefineDebug>false</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <Optimize>true</Optimize> <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath> <DocumentationFile>MakeUnsearchablePDF.xml</DocumentationFile> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <Reference Include="Bytescout.PDFExtractor, Version=6.10.0.2136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> <HintPath>C:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\net3.50\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.dll</HintPath> </Reference> <Reference Include="System" /> <Reference Include="System.Core"> <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework> </Reference> <Reference Include="System.Data" /> <Reference Include="System.Deployment" /> <Reference Include="System.Xml" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Import Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic" /> <Import Include="System" /> <Import Include="System.Collections" /> <Import Include="System.Collections.Generic" /> <Import Include="System.Data" /> <Import Include="System.Diagnostics" /> <Import Include="System.Linq" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Compile Include="Module1.vb" /> <Compile Include="My Project\AssemblyInfo.vb" /> <Compile Include="My Project\Application.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DependentUpon>Application.myapp</DependentUpon> </Compile> <Compile Include="My Project\Resources.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DesignTime>True</DesignTime> <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon> </Compile> <Compile Include="My Project\Settings.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon> <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput> </Compile> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <EmbeddedResource Include="My Project\Resources.resx"> <Generator>VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator> <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> <CustomToolNamespace>My.Resources</CustomToolNamespace> <SubType>Designer</SubType> </EmbeddedResource> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Content Include="..\..\sample1.pdf"> <Link>sample1.pdf</Link> <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory> </Content> <None Include="My Project\Application.myapp"> <Generator>MyApplicationCodeGenerator</Generator> <LastGenOutput>Application.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> </None> <None Include="My Project\Settings.settings"> <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator> <CustomToolNamespace>My</CustomToolNamespace> <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> </None> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Client.3.5"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework Client Profile</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 2.0 %28x86%29</ProductName> <Install>true</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.0"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.0 %28x86%29</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> </ItemGroup> <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" /> <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets. <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> </Target> <Target Name="AfterBuild"> </Target> --> </Project>

MakeUnsearchablePDF.VS2010.vbproj

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="4.0"> <PropertyGroup> <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration> <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform> <ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion> <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion> <ProjectGuid>{4A4B93A3-FEF6-4469-B506-1A632EB601FF}</ProjectGuid> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <StartupObject>MakeUnsearchablePDF.Module1</StartupObject> <RootNamespace>MakeUnsearchablePDF</RootNamespace> <AssemblyName>MakeUnsearchablePDF</AssemblyName> <MyType>Console</MyType> <FileUpgradeFlags> </FileUpgradeFlags> <OldToolsVersion>3.5</OldToolsVersion> <UpgradeBackupLocation> </UpgradeBackupLocation> <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper> <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion> <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl> <Install>true</Install> <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom> <UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled> <UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode> <UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval> <UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits> <UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically> <UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired> <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions> <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision> <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion> <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust> <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled> <TargetFrameworkProfile /> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols> <DebugType>full</DebugType> <DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath> <DocumentationFile>MakeUnsearchablePDF.xml</DocumentationFile> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022,42353,42354,42355</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' "> <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType> <DefineDebug>false</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <Optimize>true</Optimize> <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath> <DocumentationFile>MakeUnsearchablePDF.xml</DocumentationFile> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022,42353,42354,42355</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <Reference Include="Bytescout.PDFExtractor, Version=6.10.0.2136, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> <HintPath>C:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\net4.00\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.dll</HintPath> </Reference> <Reference Include="System" /> <Reference Include="System.Data" /> <Reference Include="System.Deployment" /> <Reference Include="System.Xml" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Import Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic" /> <Import Include="System" /> <Import Include="System.Collections" /> <Import Include="System.Collections.Generic" /> <Import Include="System.Data" /> <Import Include="System.Diagnostics" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Compile Include="Module1.vb" /> <Compile Include="My Project\AssemblyInfo.vb" /> <Compile Include="My Project\Application.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DependentUpon>Application.myapp</DependentUpon> </Compile> <Compile Include="My Project\Resources.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DesignTime>True</DesignTime> <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon> </Compile> <Compile Include="My Project\Settings.Designer.vb"> <AutoGen>True</AutoGen> <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon> <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput> </Compile> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <EmbeddedResource Include="My Project\Resources.resx"> <Generator>VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator> <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> <CustomToolNamespace>My.Resources</CustomToolNamespace> <SubType>Designer</SubType> </EmbeddedResource> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Content Include="..\..\sample1.pdf"> <Link>sample1.pdf</Link> <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory> </Content> <None Include="My Project\Application.myapp"> <Generator>MyApplicationCodeGenerator</Generator> <LastGenOutput>Application.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> </None> <None Include="My Project\Settings.settings"> <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator> <CustomToolNamespace>My</CustomToolNamespace> <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput> </None> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Client.3.5"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Client Profile</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 2.0 %28x86%29</ProductName> <Install>true</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.0"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.0 %28x86%29</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1"> <Visible>False</Visible> <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName> <Install>false</Install> </BootstrapperPackage> </ItemGroup> <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" /> <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets. <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> </Target> <Target Name="AfterBuild"> </Target> --> </Project>

Module1.vb

      
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor Module Module1 Sub Main() ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.UnsearchablePDFMaker instance Dim unsearchablePDFMaker = New UnsearchablePDFMaker() unsearchablePDFMaker.RegistrationName = "demo" unsearchablePDFMaker.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' Load sample PDF document unsearchablePDFMaker.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample1.pdf") 'maker.ImageFormat = EmbeddedImageFormat.JPEG; ' use JPEG for smaller PDF file, but be ready to compression artefacts 'maker.JPEGQuality = 75; // JPEG quality (1 - 100) unsearchablePDFMaker.RenderingResolution = 300 ' larger resolution - longer processing And larger PDF file size ' Enable Black And White mode unsearchablePDFMaker.Grayscale = True ' Enable skipping black And white conversation of pages in range unsearchablePDFMaker.KeepSkippedPages = True ' "ranges" param Is comma-separated list of page ranges in form "1-4,5,7,8-15,16-". ' Pages covered by it will be converted to Black And White. ' Page numbers are 1-based. Ending "-" means "to the last page". ' You can also use inverted page numbers adding '!' before the number. E.g. "!1" means "the last page", ' "2-!2" means "from the second to the penultimate page", "!2-" - last two pages unsearchablePDFMaker.MakePDFUnsearchable("result.pdf", ranges:="1") ' Cleanup unsearchablePDFMaker.Dispose() ' Open the result PDF file in default associated application System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("result.pdf") End Sub End Module

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