Hi Maruan, Here's a link from where you can download the PDF.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Kxacm1mej-bm82NzNvUXFPSmMtUjc0ZFVjVVlrODZnRzdn/view?usp=sharing Kind Regards, a7mad On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > you need to upload it to a public location as the mailing list doesn't > support attachments. > > BR > Maruan > > > Am 23.03.2015 um 19:18 schrieb a7med shre3y <[email protected]>: > > > > Dear Maruan, > > > > Thank you very much for the information. Please find herewith attached > the PDF to reproduce the problem. > > The text to remove is: "To Be Approved". The text has a multi-byte > encoding, so I call first to encode it in order to find it then remove it. > > > > Best Regards, > > a7mad > > > >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear a7mad, > >> > >> removing text from a PDF is not an easy task as > >> - text which might visually appear as a single item might consistent of > individual parts within the PDF itself e.g. each character or groups of > characters are place individually in different COSStrings > >> - text might be drawn using graphics commands > >> - text can appear within different parts of the PDF (e.g. the text > might be content of a form field AND the annotation representing the form > field visually) > >> - you need to look up the encoding information to get form the > characters in the PDF "string" to the ones you are looking for > >> …. > >> > >> If you can post a specific PDF to a public location and describe in > detail which string should have been replaced which hasn't I will be able > to tell you why that might have happened. > >> > >> Maruan > >> > >> > >> > Am 23.03.2015 um 15:03 schrieb a7med shre3y <[email protected]>: > >> > > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > Currently I am facing a strange problem removing text from the some > PDFs. > >> > My program is able to find the text and "remove it" by calling the > >> > COSString.reset() method. > >> > The problem is, when I open the output PDF file, I still see the text > but > >> > not selectable (I mean when I try to highlight it with the mouse to > copy > >> > it, it's not selectable!). When print the content (tokens) of the > output > >> > file, I DO NOT find the text at all!! > >> > > >> > I am currently stuck in the PDF specifications 1.5 and really running > out > >> > of time. > >> > > >> > I'd so much appreciate any help or any idea on what's going on. > >> > > >> > Notes: > >> > 1. I use use PDFBox 1.7.1 > >> > 2. This problem does not occur with all PDFs, only some PDFs cause > this > >> > problem. > >> > > >> > Thank you very much. > >> > a7mad > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
