On Sep 7, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Jeff Bailey wrote:
> Appligent appears to be just what I need. Thanks for the lead.
> Are there
> any open source tools that can handle this sort of simple redaction
> of fixed
> areas on the page?
>
No, there are not.
But there is nothing that p
Appligent appears to be just what I need. Thanks for the lead. Are there
any open source tools that can handle this sort of simple redaction of fixed
areas on the page?
Thanks again!
Jeff
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On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Chad Loder wrote:
> Is there any way using iText to develop a heuristic which detects PDFs
> which have been improperly redacted in the below fashion? Ever if it
> is not 100% reliable.
>
Yes...
HOWEVER, it will require you to do a LOT of work - since
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 09:01:55PM -0400, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> What you are trying to accomplish is called "Redaction" and it is a
> VERY complex operation with PDF, since you can't just draw over - you
> need to actually remove things. As such, iText is NOT the tool for
> the job.
>
What you are trying to accomplish is called "Redaction" and it is a
VERY complex operation with PDF, since you can't just draw over - you
need to actually remove things. As such, iText is NOT the tool for
the job.
Try Acrobat 8 - it has excellent redaction tools.
If you need a server-side
I'm trying to hide or remove some text information in the margins of a
PDF that we use before publication. In the published PDF we don't want
the user to see this text. I can hide the information by using fill(),
but the user can still select the text underneath. Is there a way to
prevent that?
