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How to extract filled PDF form data with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout Premium Suite

Learn to code in C# to extract filled PDF form data with PDF extractor SDK with this step-by-step tutorial

These sample source codes on this page below are displaying how to extract filled PDF form data with PDF extractor SDK in C#. ByteScout Premium Suite: the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can extract filled PDF form data with PDF extractor SDK in C#.

These C# code samples for C# guide developers to speed up coding of the application when using ByteScout Premium 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. If you want to use these C# sample examples in one or many applications then they can be used easily.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Xml;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace ExtractFilledFormData
{
	static class Program
	{
		static void Main()
		{
			// Create XMLExtractor instance
			XMLExtractor extractor = new XMLExtractor();
			extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
			extractor.RegistrationKey = "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"];

					// Show filled textboxes
					if (typeAttribute.Value == "editbox")
					{
						if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(formControl.InnerText))
							Console.WriteLine("EDITBOX " + formControl.Attributes["id"].Value + ": " + formControl.InnerText);
					}
					// Show checked checkboxes
					else if (typeAttribute.Value == "checkbox")
					{
						if (formControl.Attributes["state"].Value == "1")
						    Console.WriteLine("CHECKBOX " + formControl.Attributes["id"].Value + ": " + formControl.Attributes["state"].Value);
					}
				}
			}

			// Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
		    Console.ReadKey();
		}
	}
}