ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Detect Lines in PDF with PDF Extractor SDK

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ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Detect Lines in PDF with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout PDF Suite

How to write a robust code in C# to detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK with this step-by-step tutorial

The code displayed below will guide you to install an C# app to detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK. ByteScout PDF Suite is the bundle that provides six different SDK libraries to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript and you can use it to detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK with C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do detect lines in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C# with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample C# codes.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace DetectLines
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.LineDetector instance
            LineDetector lineDetector = new LineDetector();
            lineDetector.RegistrationName = "demo";
            lineDetector.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            
            // Load sample PDF document
            lineDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(@".\sample2.pdf");

            FoundLinesCollection foundLines = lineDetector.FindLines(1, LineOrientationsToFind.HorizontalAndVertical);

            Console.WriteLine("Number of lines found: " + foundLines.Count);
            
            for (int i = 0; i < foundLines.Count; i++)
            {
                FoundLine line = foundLines[i];

                Console.WriteLine("Line # " + i);
                
                // Line Orientation
                Console.WriteLine("LineOrientation: " + line.LineOrientation);

                // Starting point of the line
                Console.WriteLine("From point: " + line.From);

                // Ending point of the line
                Console.WriteLine("To point: " + line.To);

                // Line width
                Console.WriteLine("Width: " + line.Width);
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}