ByteScout PDF To HTML SDK – C# – Reduce Memory Usage During PDF to HTML Conversion

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How to reduce memory usage during PDF to HTML conversion in C# with ByteScout PDF To HTML SDK

The tutorial shows how to reduce memory usage during PDF to HTML conversion in C#

Every ByteScout tool contains example C# source codes that you can find here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. ByteScout PDF To HTML SDK: the PDF to HTML converter with visual layout, positions, vectors, images and form fields. Generated HTML can be viewed using browser without PDF reader. It can reduce memory usage during PDF to HTML conversion in C#.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do reduce memory usage during PDF to HTML conversion in C# with the help of ByteScout PDF To HTML SDK. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instruction. You can use these C# sample examples in one or many applications.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF2HTML;

namespace ReduceMemoryUsage
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // When processing huge PDF documents you may run into OutOfMemoryException.
            // This example demonstrates a way to spare the memory by disabling page data caching.

            // Create Bytescout.PDF2HTML.HTMLExtractor instance
            using (HTMLExtractor extractor = new HTMLExtractor("demo", "demo"))
            {
                try
                {
                    // Load sample PDF document
                    extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf");

                    // Disable page data caching, so processed pages will be disposed automatically
                    extractor.PageDataCaching = PageDataCaching.None;

                    // Save result to file
                    extractor.SaveHtmlToFile("output.html");
                }
                catch (PDF2HTMLException exception)
                {
                    Console.Write(exception.ToString());
                }
            }

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("output.html");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}