ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Extract Images from PDF with PDF Extractor SDK

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Extract Images from PDF with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to extract images from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C# and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to extract images from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C#

The code displayed below will guide you to install an C# app to extract images from PDF with PDF extractor SDK. Want to extract images from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in your C# app? ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is designed for it. 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.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite works best when you need to quickly extract images from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in your C# application. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instructions. If you want to use these C# sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace ExtractAllImages
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.ImageExtractor instance
            ImageExtractor extractor = new ImageExtractor();
            extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
            extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            
            // Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample1.pdf");

            int i = 0;

            // Initialize image enumeration
            if (extractor.GetFirstImage())
            {
                do
                {
                    string outputFileName = "image" + i + ".png";

                    // Save image to file
                    extractor.SaveCurrentImageToFile(outputFileName, ImageFormat.Png);

                    i++;

                } while (extractor.GetNextImage()); // Advance image enumeration
            }

            // Cleanup
            extractor.Dispose();

            // Open first output file in default associated application
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("image0.png");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}