ByteScout PDF 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# using ByteScout PDF Suite

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

Source code documentation samples give simple and easy method to install a needed feature into your application. Want to find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in your C# app? ByteScout PDF Suite is designed for it. ByteScout PDF Suite is the set that includes 6 SDK products 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.

Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the C# code from ByteScout PDF Suite for find text in PDF with PDF extractor SDK below and use it in your 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! Check C# sample code samples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

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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();
        }
    }
}