ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Convert PDF To XML With Images with PDF Extractor SDK

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Convert PDF To XML With Images with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to convert PDF to XML with images with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learn to convert PDF to XML with images with PDF extractor SDK in C#

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite: the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can convert PDF to XML with images with PDF extractor SDK in C#.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite works best when you need to quickly convert PDF to XML with images with PDF extractor SDK in your C# application. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! This basic programming language sample code for C# will do the whole work for you to convert PDF to XML with images with PDF extractor SDK.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace PDF2XML
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.XMLExtractor instance
            XMLExtractor extractor = new XMLExtractor();
            extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
            extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample1.pdf");

            // Uncomment this line to get rid of empty nodes in XML
            //extractor.PreserveFormattingOnTextExtraction = false;

            // Set output image format
            extractor.ImageFormat = OutputImageFormat.PNG;
            
            // Save images to external files
            extractor.SaveImages = ImageHandling.OuterFile;
            extractor.ImageFolder = "images"; // Folder for external images
            extractor.SaveXMLToFile("result_with_external_images.xml");

            // Embed images into XML as Base64 encoded string
            extractor.SaveImages = ImageHandling.Embed;
            extractor.SaveXMLToFile("result_with_embedded_images.xml");

            // Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose();
        }
    }
}