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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Read Values from PDF Form Fields with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to read values from PDF form fields with PDF extractor SDK in C# and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learn to code in C# to read values from PDF form fields with PDF extractor SDK with this step-by-step tutorial

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is 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 and you can use it to read values from PDF form fields with PDF extractor SDK with C#.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite works best when you need to quickly read values from PDF form fields with PDF extractor SDK in your C# application. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the C# code. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in C#.

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using System; using System.Xml; using Bytescout.PDFExtractor; namespace ReadValuesFromFormFields { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { try { // Create XMLExtractor interface using (XMLExtractor extractor = new XMLExtractor("demo", "demo")) { // Load Sample PDF document extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("filled_form.pdf"); // Get PDF document text as XML string xmlText = extractor.GetXML(); // Load XML XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument(); xmlDocument.LoadXml(xmlText); // Select all "control" nodes XmlNodeList formControls = xmlDocument.SelectNodes("//control"); if (formControls != null) { foreach (XmlNode formControl in formControls) { XmlAttribute typeAttribute = formControl.Attributes["type"]; // Get filled textboxes if (typeAttribute.Value == "editbox") { if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(formControl.InnerText)) { Console.WriteLine("EDITBOX " + formControl.Attributes["id"].Value + ": " + formControl.InnerText); } } // Get checked checkboxes else if (typeAttribute.Value == "checkbox") { if (formControl.Attributes["state"].Value == "1") { Console.WriteLine("CHECKBOX " + formControl.Attributes["id"].Value + ": " + formControl.Attributes["state"].Value); } } } } } } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit..."); Console.ReadLine(); } } }

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