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data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to make data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk with this simple How-To tutorial

Writing of the code to data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET can be done by developers of any level using ByteScout PDF Suite. Data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET can be applied with ByteScout PDF Suite. ByteScout PDF Suite is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript.

If you want to quickly learn then these fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF Suite for VB.NET plus the guideline and the VB.NET code below will help you quickly learn data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk. To use data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET project or application just copy & paste the code and then run your app! Check these VB.NET sample code examples to see if they acknowledge to your needs and requirements for the project.

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Program.vb

      Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        Try

            ' Generate CSVExtractor instance
            Using extractor As New CSVExtractor("demo", "demo")

                ' Load PDF document
                extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample.pdf")

                ' Get all data
                Dim allData = extractor.GetCSV()

                ' Regular expressions and replacements
                Dim ssnRegex = "\d{3}[-]?\d{2}[-]?\d{4}"
                Dim ssnReplace = "***-**-****"

                Dim phoneRegex = "\d{3}[-]?\d{3}[-]?\d{4}"
                Dim phoneReplace = "***-***-****"

                ' Find and mask SSN and phone numbers
                allData = Regex.Replace(allData, ssnRegex, ssnReplace)
                allData = Regex.Replace(allData, phoneRegex, phoneReplace)

                ' Write as CSV
                File.WriteAllText("output.csv", allData)

                ' Open file
                Process.Start("output.csv")

            End Using

        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        End Try

        Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to exit...")
        Console.ReadLine()

    End Sub

End Module