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How to remove text with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

This code in VB.NET shows how to remove text with pdf extractor sdk with this how to tutorial

The sample source codes on this page shows how to remove text with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can remove text with pdf extractor sdk. It can be applied from VB.NET. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is the bundle that includes three SDK tools for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK.

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Module1.vb

      Imports System.Drawing
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Class Program

    Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.Remover instance
        Dim remover As New Remover("demo", "demo")

        ' Load sample PDF document
        remover.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample1.pdf")

        ' Remove text "LOREM IPSUM" and save edited document as "result1.pdf".
        ' NOTE: The removed text might be larger than the search string. Currently the Remover deletes 
        ' the whole PDF text object containing the search string.
        remover.RemoveText(0, "LOREM IPSUM", True, "result1.pdf")

        ' Remove text objects contained in the specified rectangle or intersecting with it.
        ' NOTE: The removed text might be larger than the specified rectangle. Currently the Remover is unable 
        ' to split PDF text objects.
        remover.RemoveText(0, New RectangleF(74.0F, 550.0F, 489.0F, 67.0F), "result2.pdf")

        ' Remove text object contained in the specified point.
        ' NOTE: The removed text might be larger than a word in the specified point. Currently the Remover is able 
        ' to remove only the whole PDF text object containing the word.
        remover.RemoveText(0, New PointF(121.0F, 230.0F), "result3.pdf")

        ' Clean up.
        remover.Dispose()

        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue and open result PDF files in default PDF viewer...")
        Console.ReadKey()

        Process.Start("result1.pdf")
        Process.Start("result2.pdf")
        Process.Start("result3.pdf")

    End Sub

End Class