ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Find Text in PDF with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learn to find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C#

The documentation is designed for a specific purpose to help you to apply the features on your side. 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 find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in your C# application.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite. 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! If you want to use these C# sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

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 System.Drawing;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

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

            // Load sample PDF document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample1.pdf");
            
            // Set the matching mode.
            // WordMatchingMode.None - treats the search string as substring
            // WordMatchingMode.ExactMatch - treats the search string as separate word
            // WordMatchingMode.SmartMatch - will find the word in various forms (like Adobe Reader).
            extractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.ExactMatch;

            int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();

            for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
            {
                // Search each page for "ipsum" string
                if (extractor.Find(i, "ipsum", false))
                {
                    do
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("");
                        Console.WriteLine("Found on page " + i + " at location " + extractor.FoundText.Bounds.ToString());
                        Console.WriteLine("");
                        // Iterate through each element in the found text
                        foreach (SearchResultElement element in extractor.FoundText.Elements)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine ("Element #" + element.Index + " at left=" + element.Left + "; top=" + element.Top + "; width=" + element.Width + "; height=" + element.Height);
                            Console.WriteLine ("Text: " + element.Text);
                            Console.WriteLine ("Font is bold: " + element.FontIsBold); 
                            Console.WriteLine ("Font is italic:" + element.FontIsItalic);
                            Console.WriteLine ( "Font name: " + element.FontName);
                            Console.WriteLine ( "Font size:" + element.FontSize);
                            Console.WriteLine ( "Font color:" + element.FontColor);
                        }
                    }
                    while (extractor.FindNext());
                }
            }

            // Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}