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-----Original Message----- From: AJ Weber [mailto:awe...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:03 PM To: Post all your questions about iText here Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Strip Annotations? Do you know whether that would that be indicated in RUPS? I don't see anything regarding a specific section for updates. I can see that there are missing XRef entries (numerically), and that the Contents stream is one of the last entries, whereas the lm0 stream is the first. On 2/14/2012 11:52 AM, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > You COULD look to see if there are update sections in the PDF - and then > examine what's in the update section... > > -----Original Message----- > From: AJ Weber [mailto:awe...@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:47 AM > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Strip Annotations? > > In this case, as I said, I see that the original PDF was created with iText. > There is an XObject Dictionary with one Stream object ("/lm0" -- I'm > verifying if that is always the name). > > However, the end-user added their comment (and yes, I don't know why they > didn't use a specific comment tool) with some version of Acrobat -- that much > I do know. I'm guessing they used the Text Edit tool or something instead of > the Commenting or Stamp options in that app. > > Too bad we can't tell when a specific object was added to the file (I CAN see > that the modify date of the file is different from the create date). > > On 2/14/2012 11:32 AM, 1T3XT BVBA wrote: >> 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! 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