Extract text from PDF files in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, VBScript

These samples show how to extract all text from PDF file into TXT file (plain text) using Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK.

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Input PDF file and output TXT file with extracted text (click to view full-size screenshot)

 

ASP.NET

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
 
namespace ExtractAllText
{
	public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
	{
		protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{
			// This test file will be copied to the project directory on the pre-build event (see the project properties).
			String inputFile = Server.MapPath("sample2.pdf");
 
			// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
			TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor();
			extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
			extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
 
			// Load sample PDF document
			extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile);
 
			Response.Clear();
			Response.ContentType = "text/html";
 
			// Save extracted text to output stream
			extractor.SaveTextToStream(Response.OutputStream);
 
			Response.End();
		}
	}
}

C#

using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
 
namespace ExtractAllText
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
			TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor();
			extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
			extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
 
			// Load sample PDF document
			extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf");
 
			// Save extracted text to file
			extractor.SaveTextToFile("output.txt");
 
			// Open output file in default associated application
			System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("output.txt");
		}
	}
}

VB.NET

Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor
 
Class Program
	Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())
 
		' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
		Dim extractor As New TextExtractor()
		extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
		extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"
 
		' Load sample PDF document
		extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf")
 
		' Save extracted text to file
		extractor.SaveTextToFile("output.txt")
 
		' Open output file in default associated application
		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("output.txt")
	End Sub
End Class

VBScript

' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor object
Set extractor = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor")
extractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"
 
' Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("..\..\sample2.pdf")
 
' Save extracted text to file
extractor.SaveTextToFile("output.txt")
 
' Open output file in default associated application
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "output.txt", 1, false
Set shell = Nothing
 
Set extractor = Nothing
Filed in: PDF Extractor SDK

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