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PdfPageFacade.ClearContent(PdfRectangle, PdfClearContentOptions) Method

Clears the document content located in the specified rectangle. Allows you to specify what content type to keep.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

#Declaration

public void ClearContent(
    PdfRectangle rect,
    PdfClearContentOptions options
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
rect PdfRectangle

A page rectangle to clear.

options PdfClearContentOptions

Options that specify what content type to keep in the target rectangle.

#Example

The code sample below removes only text in the upper half of the first page:

result

using (PdfDocumentProcessor pdfDocumentProcessor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
{
    // Load a document
    pdfDocumentProcessor.LoadDocument("Document.pdf");

    // Access the first page properties
    PdfPageFacade pageFacade = pdfDocumentProcessor.DocumentFacade.Pages[0];

    // Define an area to clear
    PdfRectangle cropBox = pdfDocumentProcessor.Document.Pages[0].CropBox;
    double halfPage = cropBox.Top / 2;
    PdfRectangle pageRectangle = new PdfRectangle(cropBox.Left, halfPage, cropBox.Right + halfPage, cropBox.Top);

    // Set what content type to keep
    PdfClearContentOptions options = new PdfClearContentOptions()
    {
      ClearAnnotations = false,
      ClearGraphics = false, 
      ClearImages = false
    };

    // Clear the page area
    pageFacade.ClearContent(pageRectangle, options);

    pdfDocumentProcessor.SaveDocument("Document_cleared.pdf");
}
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