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The sample shows instructions and algorithm of how to extract text from PDF with PDF extractor SDK and how to make it run in your C++ application. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite: the bundle that includes three SDK tools for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can extract text from PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C++.
The following code snippet for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite works best when you need to quickly extract text from PDF 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! Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.
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#include "stdafx.h"
#include "comip.h"
#import "c:\\Program Files\\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\\net4.00\\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.tlb" raw_interfaces_only
using namespace Bytescout_PDFExtractor;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
// Initialize COM.
HRESULT hr = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
// Create the interface pointer.
_TextExtractorPtr pITextExtractor(__uuidof(TextExtractor));
// Set the registration name and key
// Note: You should use _bstr_t or BSTR to pass string to the library because of COM requirements
_bstr_t bstrRegName(L"DEMO");
pITextExtractor->put_RegistrationName(bstrRegName);
_bstr_t bstrRegKey(L"DEMO");
pITextExtractor->put_RegistrationKey(bstrRegKey);
// Load sample PDF document
_bstr_t bstrPath(L"..\\..\\sample3.pdf");
pITextExtractor->LoadDocumentFromFile(bstrPath);
// Save extracted text to file
_bstr_t bstrOutputFile(L"output.txt");
pITextExtractor->SaveTextToFile(bstrOutputFile);
pITextExtractor->Release();
CoUninitialize();
return 0;
}
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// stdafx.cpp : source file that includes just the standard includes
// CPPExample.pch will be the pre-compiled header
// stdafx.obj will contain the pre-compiled type information
#include "stdafx.h"
// TODO: reference any additional headers you need in STDAFX.H
// and not in this file
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// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,
// or project specific include files that are used frequently, but
// are changed infrequently
//
#pragma once
#include "targetver.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here
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#pragma once
// Including SDKDDKVer.h defines the highest available Windows platform.
// If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
// set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.
#include <SDKDDKVer.h>
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