Certainly! I'll give it a try and will post any updates here... Thanks for your help so far.
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Stoll, Matthias <matthias.st...@dxc.com> wrote: > Hi Gilad, > > Exactly - and there is a small code sample already from which you can > start (XFDFStamper.java) > > PDFBox team has improved their support of XFDF after that call and we will > try to contribute a bit in the future as there are still some smaller > issues/ restrictions. But we can already use it quite good. > > Is this code sample good enough for you to start with? > > Kind regards, > Matthias > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilad Denneboom [mailto:gilad.denneb...@gmail.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2017 12:04 > To: users@pdfbox.apache.org > Subject: Re: Adding a Redaction annotation (without applying it) > > Yes, I'll be very happy to get some sample code... Is it related to this > issue? https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3164 > > Thanks in advance! > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Stoll, Matthias <matthias.st...@dxc.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Gilad, > > > > Yes - by "stamping" I mean applying the redactions (i.e. texts, boxes, > > arrows - everything that XFDF allows) onto the PDF and then exporting > > a new one. > > We do this as part of a rendering component for electronic files. > > Therefore we take 2 file: > > 1) the original PDF (unmodified) > > 2) the annotation file as XFDF > > Then we merge them together on the fly and give it to the viewing > > component as a readonly new temporary PDF document. > > > > XFDF is supported by Adobe and other viewers, i.e. Qoppa viewer and > > the Foxit Web Viewer also directly deal with XFDF as separate files. > > You give them both files and they merge it for display on the fly. > > When using PDF.js as a viewer or another component which natively does > > not support XFDF annotations, you might go the same way as we do - > > render on the fly. > > > > If you need some sample code ("XFDF stamping") to start with, we might > > be happy to help. > > Tilman and the PDFBox team were so kind to help us initially here, so > > we might help you now and give some knowhow back. > > > > Kind regards, > > Matthias > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gilad Denneboom [mailto:gilad.denneb...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2017 10:53 > > To: users@pdfbox.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Adding a Redaction annotation (without applying it) > > > > Hi Matthias, > > > > Thanks for the info. > > What do you mean exactly by "stamping" the XFDF file, though? Do you > > mean just import it? Does that actually apply the redactions? > > > > Gilad > > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Stoll, Matthias > > <matthias.st...@dxc.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Gilad, > > > > > > One approach to do this is by forming redactions based on XFDF. If > > > you want to apply the XFDF based redactions permanently, you can > "stamp" > > > it later into the PDF. > > > Both is possible by using PDFBox. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Matthias > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gilad Denneboom [mailto:gilad.denneb...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2017 09:47 > > > To: users@pdfbox.apache.org > > > Subject: Adding a Redaction annotation (without applying it) > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Does anyone know if PDFBox supports adding Redaction annotations? If > > > so, is it a documented feature? Are there any code samples I could use? > > > I'm not talking about applying them (actually redaction the > > > underlying contents), just creating them... Hopefully it's possible. > > > > > > Regards, Gilad. > > > > > >
