ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Detect Lines in PDF with PDF Extractor SDK

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Detect Lines in PDF with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C#

Detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK is simple to apply in C# if you use these source codes below. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is 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 and you can use it to detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK with C#.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. If you want to use these C# sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

The trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for C# and other programming languages.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace DetectLines
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.LineDetector instance
            LineDetector lineDetector = new LineDetector();
            lineDetector.RegistrationName = "demo";
            lineDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            
            // Load sample PDF document
            lineDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample2.pdf");

            FoundLinesCollection foundLines = lineDetector.FindLines(1, LineOrientationsToFind.HorizontalAndVertical);

            Console.WriteLine("Number of lines found: " + foundLines.Count);
            
            for (int i = 0; i < foundLines.Count; i++)
            {
                FoundLine line = foundLines[i];

                Console.WriteLine("Line # " + i);
                
                // Line Orientation
                Console.WriteLine("LineOrientation: " + line.LineOrientation);

                // Starting point of the line
                Console.WriteLine("From point: " + line.From);

                // Ending point of the line
                Console.WriteLine("To point: " + line.To);

                // Line width
                Console.WriteLine("Width: " + line.Width);
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}