Redacting a PDF file allows user to hide sensitive information while keeping the document's formatting. This class can be used to mark page contents with redact annotations and apply redaction to permanently remove (redact) visible text and images from PDF documents to protect confidential information such as social security numbers.
- See Also
- foxit.pdf.annots.Redact
Mark page contents (text object, image object, and path object) which are to be redacted.
This function is to add special marks (called redact annotation) to the specified rectangles areas, in order to redact page contents in these areas. Usually, the marked area has two appearance:
Once function Redaction.Apply is called, all the page contents under these marked area will be removed permanently and these marked areas will keep their rollover appearance all the time.
- Parameters
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[in] | page | A PDF page whose content will be marked. |
[in] | rects | Specify areas in the page to be marked. It should not be an empty array. All the input rectangles will be treated as one redact annotation. |
- Returns
- A redact annotation object (along with a pop-up annotation by default), with default appearance:
apply fill color = black, border color = red, opacity = 1.0.