RegEx Redaction Patterns

[juliec1496140]

I have customized my searchredactpatterns.xml for Adobe DC Pro and placed the new file in what I thought were the appropriate locations. However when I indicate that I want to Find Text | Patterns.... my new file (or at least my new patterns) are not displayed in the drop-down.

Here is where I've placed the file (using Windows 7):

C:\Users\<UserAccount>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Preferences\Redaction\ENU

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\DocSettings\Redaction\ENU

Can someone perhaps guide me as to where else I might need to replace the file? Thanks so much!

~juliec

[AnandSri]

Hello Juliec,

Sorry for the delay in response to your query and apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Please refer to the following links which discuss the similar issue

Find text in using Regex pattern  Link: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1705991

Using Actions to call Acrobat regular expressions Link: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2307796

Creating and Using Custom Redaction Patterns  Link: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2011/05/creating_and_using_custom_redact/

Hope this helps, and keep us posted with the results.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

[Dan28590883g9oe]

All dead links.This is the third link in google when searching "adobe pdf regex"

[ls_rbls]

Hi @Dan28590883g9oe ,

This a very outdated thread. You may use alternative guidelines :

• https://appligent.com/regular-expressions-creating-custom-patterns-for-redaction/
• https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Pattern-Matching-with-Regular-Expressions.cfm
• https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/text-matching-regular-expressions/
• https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2011/05/11/creating-and-using-custom-redact
• https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/2.pdf
• https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/developing-applications/the-cfml-programming-language/using-regul...
• https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/developing-applications/requesting-and-presenting-information/val...
• https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/data-workbench/using/dataset/c-reg-exp.html?lang=en#section-...
• https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2013/06/04/rule-based-classifications-part-4-using-regular-express...
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa-TUpSx1JA