ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK – C# – Read Values from Form Fields

ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK – C# – Read Values from Form Fields

Program.cs

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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