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Blacken a text / image-area using JavaScript

2011-06-13 11:09:49

medi

Registered: Jun 17 2009

Posts: 12

Answered

Is there any possibility to blacken an area in the pdf-document by using JS?

Thank you for hints!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended, Windows

2011-06-13 11:47:16

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

Why yes, Adobe added redaction to the Acrobat JavaScript model in Acrobat 9. Look it up. Redaction can be used to blank out part of the PDF page. I'm not completely sure, but I believe one of the options is the fill color of the area being "redacted".

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2011-06-13 12:20:09

medi

Registered: Jun 17 2009

Posts: 12

I'm yet using acrobat 8, cause of different reasons...

So, is there a complete downloadable JS-Documentation, so i can learn more about, before installing acrobat 9?
Thank's for your fast information, thomb!

Dieter

2011-06-13 12:28:04

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

Accepted Answer

The online SDK docs are here:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?&accessible=trueYou'll find downloadable docs and lots of other info here
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat.php

I wrote an article on redaction with JS here:
http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2008/07/auto_redaction_with_javascript

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

2011-06-14 01:24:31

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

In version 8 you can add Redaction highlights using a script, but not apply them.

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