ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Extract PDF Text From Page Area with PDF Extractor SDK

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Extract PDF Text From Page Area with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to extract PDF text from page area with PDF extractor SDK in C# using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to extract PDF text from page area with PDF extractor SDK in C#

The coding instructions are formulated to help you to try-out the features without the requirement to write your own code. What is ByteScout Data Extraction Suite? It 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. It can help you to extract PDF text from page area with PDF extractor SDK in your C# application.

Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the C# code from ByteScout Data Extraction Suite for extract PDF text from page area with PDF extractor SDK below and use it in your application. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

If you want to try other source code samples then the free trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is available for download from our website. Just try other source code samples for C#.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using System.Drawing;

namespace ExtractTextFromPageArea
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor("demo", "demo");

            // Load document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample2.pdf");

            // Get page count
            int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();

            // Iterate through pages
            for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
            {
                // Define rectangle location to extract from
                RectangleF location = new RectangleF(0, 0, 200, 200);
                
                // Set extraction area
                extractor.SetExtractionArea(location);

                // Extract text from the extraction area
                string text = extractor.GetTextFromPage(i);
                
                Console.WriteLine("Extracted from page #" + i + ":");
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine(text);

                // Reset the extraction area
                extractor.ResetExtractionArea();

                Console.WriteLine();
            }

            // Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
            Console.ReadKey();

        }
    }
}