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namespace Sample_UI_Application
{
partial class Form1
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(Form1));
this.pdfViewerControl1 = new Bytescout.PDFViewer.PDFViewerControl();
this.toolStrip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip();
this.tsbOpen = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton();
this.btnProceed = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.tbSearchExpression = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.btnFind = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
this.cbRegex = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.cbMaskRemovedText = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
this.cbMakeUnsearchable = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
this.toolTip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip(this.components);
this.toolStrip1.SuspendLayout();
this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// pdfViewerControl1
//
this.pdfViewerControl1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom)
| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
this.pdfViewerControl1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ButtonShadow;
this.pdfViewerControl1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
this.pdfViewerControl1.CacheVisitedPages = true;
this.pdfViewerControl1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(275, 28);
this.pdfViewerControl1.MouseMode = Bytescout.PDFViewer.MouseMode.Selection;
this.pdfViewerControl1.Name = "pdfViewerControl1";
this.pdfViewerControl1.RegistrationKey = null;
this.pdfViewerControl1.RegistrationName = null;
this.pdfViewerControl1.ShowToolbarFind = false;
this.pdfViewerControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(866, 662);
this.pdfViewerControl1.TabIndex = 0;
this.pdfViewerControl1.PreProcessKey += new Bytescout.PDFViewer.PreProcessKeyEventHandler(this.PdfViewerControl1_PreProcessKey);
this.pdfViewerControl1.CurrentPageIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.PdfViewerControl1_CurrentPageIndexChanged);
this.pdfViewerControl1.SelectionChanged += new Bytescout.PDFViewer.SelectionChangedEventHandler(this.PdfViewerControl1_SelectionChanged);
this.pdfViewerControl1.ValidateContextMenu += new Bytescout.PDFViewer.ValidateContextMenuEventHandler(this.PdfViewerControl1_ValidateContextMenu);
//
// toolStrip1
//
this.toolStrip1.ImageScalingSize = new System.Drawing.Size(20, 20);
this.toolStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
this.tsbOpen});
this.toolStrip1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
this.toolStrip1.Name = "toolStrip1";
this.toolStrip1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1153, 25);
this.toolStrip1.TabIndex = 1;
this.toolStrip1.Text = "toolStrip1";
//
// tsbOpen
//
this.tsbOpen.ImageTransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Magenta;
this.tsbOpen.Name = "tsbOpen";
this.tsbOpen.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(64, 22);
this.tsbOpen.Text = "&Open PDF";
this.tsbOpen.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.tsbOpen_Click);
//
// btnProceed
//
this.btnProceed.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(140, 207);
this.btnProceed.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2);
this.btnProceed.Name = "btnProceed";
this.btnProceed.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(129, 23);
this.btnProceed.TabIndex = 4;
this.btnProceed.Text = "Perform Removal";
this.btnProceed.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.btnProceed.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.BtnProceed_Click);
//
// tbSearchExpression
//
this.tbSearchExpression.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
| System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
this.tbSearchExpression.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(68, 19);
this.tbSearchExpression.Name = "tbSearchExpression";
this.tbSearchExpression.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(183, 20);
this.tbSearchExpression.TabIndex = 0;
//
// btnFind
//
this.btnFind.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
this.btnFind.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(176, 69);
this.btnFind.Name = "btnFind";
this.btnFind.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.btnFind.TabIndex = 2;
this.btnFind.Text = "Find All";
this.btnFind.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.btnFind.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.BtnFindAll_Click);
//
// groupBox1
//
this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.cbRegex);
this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.label1);
this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.tbSearchExpression);
this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.btnFind);
this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 28);
this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(257, 98);
this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 1;
this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
this.groupBox1.Text = "Find";
//
// cbRegex
//
this.cbRegex.AutoSize = true;
this.cbRegex.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(9, 45);
this.cbRegex.Name = "cbRegex";
this.cbRegex.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(144, 17);
this.cbRegex.TabIndex = 1;
this.cbRegex.Text = "Use Regular Expressions";
this.cbRegex.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
//
// label1
//
this.label1.AutoSize = true;
this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(6, 22);
this.label1.Name = "label1";
this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(56, 13);
this.label1.TabIndex = 6;
this.label1.Text = "Find what:";
//
// cbMaskRemovedText
//
this.cbMaskRemovedText.AutoSize = true;
this.cbMaskRemovedText.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 151);
this.cbMaskRemovedText.Name = "cbMaskRemovedText";
this.cbMaskRemovedText.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(238, 17);
this.cbMaskRemovedText.TabIndex = 2;
this.cbMaskRemovedText.Text = "Draw black rectangles over the removed text";
this.toolTip1.SetToolTip(this.cbMaskRemovedText, "Mask removed text fragments with black rectangles to make the output document loo" +
"k like \"censored\".");
this.cbMaskRemovedText.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
//
// cbMakeUnsearchable
//
this.cbMakeUnsearchable.AutoSize = true;
this.cbMakeUnsearchable.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 174);
this.cbMakeUnsearchable.Name = "cbMakeUnsearchable";
this.cbMakeUnsearchable.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(221, 17);
this.cbMakeUnsearchable.TabIndex = 3;
this.cbMakeUnsearchable.Text = "Make the output document unsearchable";
this.toolTip1.SetToolTip(this.cbMakeUnsearchable, "Make the output document unsearchable. If checked, all PDF pages will be replaced" +
" with rendered images.");
this.cbMakeUnsearchable.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(1153, 702);
this.Controls.Add(this.cbMakeUnsearchable);
this.Controls.Add(this.cbMaskRemovedText);
this.Controls.Add(this.groupBox1);
this.Controls.Add(this.btnProceed);
this.Controls.Add(this.pdfViewerControl1);
this.Controls.Add(this.toolStrip1);
this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "PDF Data Remover Tool";
this.toolStrip1.ResumeLayout(false);
this.toolStrip1.PerformLayout();
this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
this.groupBox1.PerformLayout();
this.ResumeLayout(false);
this.PerformLayout();
}
#endregion
private Bytescout.PDFViewer.PDFViewerControl pdfViewerControl1;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip toolStrip1;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton tsbOpen;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnProceed;
private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox tbSearchExpression;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnFind;
private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox cbRegex;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox cbMaskRemovedText;
private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox cbMakeUnsearchable;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip toolTip1;
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using Bytescout.PDFViewer;
namespace Sample_UI_Application
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
// Keep selected rectangles for all document pages
Dictionary<int, RectangleF[]> _foundTextRectangles = new Dictionary<int, RectangleF[]>();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
// Tune PDF Viewer control
pdfViewerControl1.MouseMode = MouseMode.Selection;
pdfViewerControl1.MultiSelectMode = true;
pdfViewerControl1.AllowResizeSelectionRectangles = true;
pdfViewerControl1.ShowResizeHandlesForActiveSelectionOnly = true;
pdfViewerControl1.ClearSelectionOnClick = false;
// Load document into PDF viewer
pdfViewerControl1.InputFile = "sample.pdf";
}
private void tsbOpen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using (OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog())
{
openFileDialog.Title = @"Open PDF Document";
openFileDialog.Filter = @"PDF Files (*.pdf)|*.pdf|All Files|*.*";
if (openFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
this.Text = openFileDialog.FileName;
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
try
{
// Open file in PDF Viewer control
pdfViewerControl1.InputFile = openFileDialog.FileName;
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
}
finally
{
Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}
}
}
}
private void PdfViewerControl1_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChange selectionChange, int selectionIndex)
{
// Store selection changes
if (selectionChange != SelectionChange.Cleared)
{
_foundTextRectangles[pdfViewerControl1.CurrentPageIndex] = pdfViewerControl1.SelectionInPoints;
}
}
private void PdfViewerControl1_CurrentPageIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Show stored selection on page switching
if (_foundTextRectangles.ContainsKey(pdfViewerControl1.CurrentPageIndex))
{
pdfViewerControl1.SelectionInPoints = _foundTextRectangles[pdfViewerControl1.CurrentPageIndex];
}
}
private void PdfViewerControl1_ValidateContextMenu(object source, ContextMenuStrip menu)
{
// Add context menu item to delete active selection
menu.Items.Insert(0, new ToolStripMenuItem("Delete active selection", null, (sender, args) =>
{
int activeSelectionIndex = pdfViewerControl1.ActiveSelectionIndex;
if (activeSelectionIndex != -1)
pdfViewerControl1.RemoveSelectionAt(activeSelectionIndex);
}) { Enabled = pdfViewerControl1.ActiveSelectionIndex != -1 });
menu.Items.Insert(1, new ToolStripSeparator());
}
private void PdfViewerControl1_PreProcessKey(object source, Keys keyData, ref bool handled)
{
// `Delete` key will delete active selection
if (keyData == Keys.Delete)
{
int activeSelectionIndex = pdfViewerControl1.ActiveSelectionIndex;
if (activeSelectionIndex != -1)
{
pdfViewerControl1.RemoveSelectionAt(activeSelectionIndex);
handled = true;
}
}
}
private void BtnFindAll_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (tbSearchExpression.Text.Length > 1)
{
// Prepare TextExtractor
using (TextExtractor textExtractor = new TextExtractor("demo", "demo"))
{
// Load document into TextExtractor
textExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(pdfViewerControl1.InputFile);
// Set options from UI
textExtractor.RegexSearch = cbRegex.Checked;
textExtractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.None;
// Search for text in all pages and store rectangles of found pieces
for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < textExtractor.GetPageCount(); pageIndex++)
{
ISearchResult[] searchResults = textExtractor.FindAll(pageIndex, tbSearchExpression.Text, caseSensitive: true);
if (searchResults.Length > 0)
{
_foundTextRectangles[pageIndex] = searchResults.Select(searchResult => searchResult.Bounds).ToArray();
}
}
}
// Select fount rectangles in PDF Viewer
if (_foundTextRectangles.ContainsKey(pdfViewerControl1.CurrentPageIndex))
pdfViewerControl1.SelectionInPoints = _foundTextRectangles[pdfViewerControl1.CurrentPageIndex];
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show(@"Try larger search string");
}
}
private void BtnProceed_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var outputFile = "output.pdf";
MemoryStream tempStream = new MemoryStream();
// Create `Bytescout.PDFExtractor.Remover2` instance
using (Remover2 remover = new Remover2("demo", "demo"))
{
// Load document into remover
remover.LoadDocumentFromFile(pdfViewerControl1.InputFile);
// Set options from UI
remover.MaskRemovedText = cbMaskRemovedText.Checked;
remover.MakePDFUnsearchable = cbMakeUnsearchable.Checked;
// Add fragments to remove
foreach (KeyValuePair<int, RectangleF[]> keyValuePair in _foundTextRectangles)
remover.AddTextToRemove(keyValuePair.Key, keyValuePair.Value);
// Perform removal and save result document to file
remover.PerformRemoval(outputFile);
}
// Open output PDF file in default associated application
Process.Start(outputFile);
}
}
}
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<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{0DB74CC3-1DD8-4A58-94FC-CA9A60E2F8A2}</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
<RootNamespace>PdfDataRemoverTool</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>PdfDataRemoverTool</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="Bytescout.PDF, Version=1.9.4.317, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
<HintPath>..\..\..\Program Files\Bytescout PDF SDK\net4.5\Bytescout.PDF.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
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<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Deployment" />
<Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
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<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="Form1.resx">
<DependentUpon>Form1.cs</DependentUpon>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="Form1.cs">
<SubType>Form</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Form1.Designer.cs">
<DependentUpon>Form1.cs</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Program.cs" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="sample.pdf">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
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Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target>
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Sample_UI_Application
{
static class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
}
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