On 14/02/2012 17:23, AJ Weber wrote: > Right. How do I determine if the text in the /Contents stream is the > intended contents of the page, or whether someone added it > after-the-fact? Ugh. Users... It depends on how the text was added.
For instance: if they used PdfStamper, there will be different content streams in an array. Maybe the content you want to remove is in one array, which you could remove. Or maybe it was added as an XObject. In that case, blanking out the content of that XObject would solve your problem. Or maybe it's really inside the main content stream. In that case, you need to write a PDF syntax parser (I've written several in the past) using PRTokeniser. Let the parser copy all the PDF syntax except for the Text Operators (and its operands) that draw the text you want to remove. Have fun! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
