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

Simple tutorial on how to do data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they use. Data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in VB.NET can be applied with ByteScout Premium Suite. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

VB.NET code snippet like this for ByteScout Premium Suite works best when you need to quickly implement data masking in pdf with pdf extractor sdk in your VB.NET application. Just copy and paste this VB.NET sample code to your VB.NET application’s code editor, add a reference to ByteScout Premium Suite (if you haven’t added yet) and you are ready to go! VB.NET application implementation mostly involves various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please check it with your data and the production environment.

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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